This is a list of members of the

Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Co ...

between 1934 and 1937. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1931 triennial election with terms expiring in 1937, while the other half were elected at the 1934 triennial election with terms expiring in 1940. : On 12 February 1935, Alfred Chandler, UAP MLC for

South Eastern Province South Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 1882. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces of Central and Eastern were abolished. The new South Eastern, ...

, died. His son, UAP candidate

Gilbert Chandler Sir Gilbert Lawrence Chandler KBE, CMG (29 August 1903 – 8 April 1974) was a Liberal Party politician who served in the Bolte Ministry in Victoria. Chandler, a horticulturist, was educated at Scotch College in Melbourne. As a 25-year-old, ...

, won the resulting by-election in March 1935. : On 23 February 1935, Albert Zwar, Country MLC for North Eastern Province, died. Country candidate

Percival Inchbold Percival Pennell Inchbold (28 January 1884 – 8 July 1953) was an Australian politician. He was born at Yarrawonga to farmer John Inchbold and Mary Ann Burgess. He and his brother had a farm at Telford, and during World War I he served in t ...

won the resulting by-election in April 1935. : On 25 November 1935,

Herbert Smith Herbert Smith LLP was a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and merged with the Australian law firm Freehills on 1 October 2012, forming Herber ...

, UAP MLC for

Melbourne Province Melbourne Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia). Melbourne Province was created in 1882 when Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of Provinces. Its area included central Melbourne, Carlto ...

, died. UAP candidate George Wales won the resulting by-election in May 1936. : In February 1935, Harold Cohen, UAP MLC for

Melbourne South Province Melbourne South Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in June 1904 when Melbourne Province was reduced in size (four members down to two) and North Yarra Province and South Yarra Province were abolish ...

, resigned to contest Caulfield in the 1935 Assembly election. UAP candidate

Archibald Crofts Archibald "Archie" Crofts (9 September 1875 – 20 May 1942) was an Australian politician, business owner and sports figure. Crofts was born in Secunderabad, British India to soldier Benjamin Crofts and Jane Hemhilswood, raised in Victoria an ...

won the resulting by-election in March 1935. : On 17 August 1936,

Martin McGregor Martin Robert McGregor (22 February 1859 – 17 August 1936) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart to merchant Duncan Robert McGregor and Betsy Roberts. He grew up in Melbourne, and became a public servant with the Chief Secre ...

, UAP MLC for

Gippsland Province Gippsland Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 1882 until 2006. It was based in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Gippsland Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 wh ...

, died. Country candidate

James Miller Balfour James Miller Balfour (30 January 1874 – 31 July 1943) was an Australian politician in the Victorian State Parliament. Balfour was born in Melbourne to butcher James Miller Balfour and Jane Laing Petrie. He was a founding pupil of the then ...

won the resulting by-election in October 1936.

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(a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851).

Parliament of Victoria The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system. It consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Victoria, the Legislative Assembly and ...

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