Members Of The Victorian Legislative Council, 1964–1967
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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 1964 and 1967. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1961 state election with terms expiring in 1967, while the other half were elected at the 1964 state election with terms expiring in 1970. : On 30 August 1964, Bill Mair, Liberal 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. Labor candidate
Ian Cathie Ian Robert Cathie (24 October 1932 – 25 October 2017) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, to printer George Mitchell Cathie and Sybil Balding, he attended state schools, Wesley College, then the University of Melbourne, where he ...
won the resulting by-election on 10 October 1964. : On 10 August 1965, Sir
Gordon McArthur Sir Gordon Stewart McArthur (7 April 1896 – 10 August 1965) was an Australian politician. He was born in South Yarra to judge William Gilbert Stewart McArthur and Margaret Rutherford Macpherson. He attended Geelong College before studying ...
, Liberal MLC for
South Western Province South Western Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856, initially it had five members. Victoria was a ...
, died. Liberal candidate
Stan Gleeson Stanley Edmond Gleeson (17 May 1910 – 24 May 1999) was an Australian politician. He was born at St Kilda to civil engineer Edmond Francis Gleeson and nurse Bertha Anne Stephenson. He attended Melbourne Grammar School and then studied eng ...
won the resulting by-election on 18 September 1965. : On 29 December 1966, Baron Snider, Liberal MLC for
Higinbotham Province Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal throughout ...
, died. Liberal candidate
Murray Hamilton Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986) was an American stage, screen, and television character actor who appeared in such films as ''Anatomy of a Murder'', ''The Hustler'', ''The Graduate'', ''Jaws'' and ''The Amityville Hor ...
won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1967.


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