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 1955 to 1958, as elected at the
1955 state election:
: On 25 December 1955, the Labor member for
Flemington,
Jack Holland, died. His son
Kevin Holland won the
resulting by-election on 18 February 1956.
: In February 1956, the Liberal member for
Mornington,
William Leggatt
Sir William Watt Leggatt (23 December 1894 – 27 November 1968) was an Australian soldier, lawyer and politician. He served as commanding officer of the 2/40th Battalion and later Sparrow Force during the Second World War, fighting in Timor ...
, resigned to become
Agent-General for Victoria in London. Liberal candidate
Roberts Dunstan
Roberts Christian "Bob" Dunstan DSO (5 November 1922 – 11 October 1989) was an Australian soldier and aviator during the Second World War. He was notable, among other things, for:
* serving with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as an ai ...
won the
resulting by-election on 3 March 1956.
: On 17 March 1956, the Liberal member for
Camberwell
Camberwell () is a district of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross.
Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This e ...
,
Robert Whately
Robert Kirkham Whately (27 August 1895 – 17 March 1956) was an Australian politician.
Personal life and education
Whately was born in Newtown in Sydney to company director Robert Kirkham Whately and Mary Ann Amelia Bagley. He attended Sydne ...
, died in a car accident near
Yass
Yass may refer to:
People
* Catherine Yass (born 1963), painter
* Yazz, a British pop singer from the 1980s and 1990s
* Jeff Yass (born 1956), options trader, managing director and one of the five founders of the Philadelphia-based Susquehanna I ...
. Liberal candidate
Vernon Wilcox
Vernon Francis Wilcox CBE QC (10 April 1919 – 13 March 2004) was an Australian politician. In a political career spanning twenty years, he represented the electorate of Camberwell in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and held many positi ...
won the
resulting by-election on 21 April 1956.
: On 4 August 1957, the Labor member for
Northcote and former
Premier of Victoria,
John Cain John Cain may refer to:
*John Cain (34th Premier of Victoria) (1882–1957), Australian politician
*John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) (1931–2019), Australian politician, son of the above
*John Cain (lawyer), Victorian Government Solicitor (200 ...
, died while campaigning for Labor at the
Queensland election. Labor candidate
Frank Wilkes won the
resulting by-election on 21 September 1957.
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20th-century Australian politicians