This is a list of
members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015
{{Use Australian English, date=June 2015
The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly:
* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859
* Members of the Victorian Legislative ...
from 1950 to 1952, as elected at the
1950 state election and subsequent by-elections:
: On 18 December 1950, the Liberal member for
Ivanhoe
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,
Rupert Curnow, died. Liberal candidate
Frank Block won the
resulting by-election on 24 February 1951.
: In March 1951, the Labor member for
Prahran,
Frank Crean, resigned to stand for
Division of Melbourne Ports at the
1951 federal election. Labor candidate
Robert Pettiona
Robert Francis Lindsay Pettiona (7 July 1915 – 25 November 1980) was an Australian politician.
He was born in South Melbourne to waterside worker John James Pettiona and Sylvia Conroy. He attended Catholic schools but identified as agnost ...
won the
resulting by-election on 16 June 1951.
: On 19 January 1952, the Labor member for
Port Melbourne,
Tom Corrigan, died. His son,
Stan Corrigan
Stanislaus Terence Corrigan (17 October 1916 – 7 June 1964) was an Australian politician.
Born in South Melbourne to Tom Corrigan and Emily Olive Angleton, he was educated at Christian Brothers' College (Albert Park) and completed his ap ...
won the
resulting by-election for Labor on 13 September 1952.
: In July 1952, the Liberal member for
Toorak Toorak may refer to:
* Toorak, Victoria, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne
*Toorak College, Mount Eliza, approximately 40 km south of Melbourne
* Toorak Gardens, South Australia, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide initially named Toorak
* ...
,
Edward Reynolds, resigned. Liberal candidate
Horace Petty won the
resulting by-election on 13 September 1952.
: In September 1952, former Premier
Thomas Hollway was expelled from the Liberal Party. He managed to form a short-lived
ministry in October consisting entirely of his supporters; this ministry's defeat was the catalyst for the
December 1952 election at which three of his five parliamentary supporters retained their seats and Hollway himself won the seat of
Glen Iris from the Liberal leader,
Les Norman.
Sources
Re-member(a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851).
Parliament of Victoria.
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