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 1955 and 1958. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1952 triennial election with terms expiring in 1958, while the other half were elected at the 1955 triennial election with terms expiring in 1961. : On 15 January 1956, Herbert Ludbrook, Liberal MLC for

Ballarat Province Ballarat Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1937 until 2006, located around Ballarat. Ballarat, along with Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash Provinces was created in the expansion of the Legislative Co ...

, died. Liberal candidate

Pat Dickie Vance Oakley "Pat" Dickie (29 August 191816 May 2012) was an Australian politician of the state of Victoria, who held the Victorian Legislative Council seat of the Province of Ballarat from 1956 to 1978. Biography Dickie was born in Bacchus Mar ...

won the resulting by-election on 3 March 1956. : On 17 May 1957,

William MacAulay William MacAulay (31 October 1893 – 17 May 1957) was an Australian politician. He was born in Binginwarri to Scottish-born farmer Allan MacAulay and Margaret Ann Enwen. He worked on his father's farm at Gelliondale, which he inherited in ...

, Country 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 Bob May won the resulting by-election on 29 June 1957.

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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 ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1955-1958 Members of the Parliament of Victoria by term 20th-century Australian politicians