Members Of The Victorian Legislative Council, 1937–1940
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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 C ...
between 1937 and 1940. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1934 triennial election with terms expiring in 1940, while the other half were elected at the 1937 triennial election with terms expiring in 1943. : On 17 March 1938,
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, Independent (formerly Labor) MLC for
Melbourne West Province Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1904 until 2006. It was created in June 1904 when Melbourne Province was reduced in size (four members down to two), North Yarra Province and South Yarra Pr ...
, died. Labor candidate
Pat Kennelly Patrick John Kennelly (3 June 1900 – 12 December 1981) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at Catholic schools before becoming a clerk in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) office in Melbourne. He was an organis ...
won the resulting by-election in May 1938. : In July 1938, Sir George Wales, 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, Carlton ...
, resigned over an alleged conflict of interest. Labor candidate Paul Jones won the resulting by-election in September 1938.


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(a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851).
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. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1937-1940 Members of the Parliament of Victoria by term 20th-century Australian politicians