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 1967 and 1970. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1964 state election with terms expiring in 1970, while the other half were elected at the 1967 state election with terms expiring in 1973. A redistribution in 1965 saw Southern Province abolished and

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and

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created in its place. The redistribution was carried out in a staggered manner so that in this term, there was one MLC for each of the abolished and new provinces, with the redistribution becoming complete at the 1970 election. : On 12 February 1968,

Ronald Mack Sir Ronald William Mack (20 May 1904 – 12 February 1968) was an Australian politician. He was born at Warrnambool to wool buyer Frederick David Mack and Elizabeth Edith Hatton. He attended Warrnambool High School and qualified as an acco ...

, Liberal MLC for

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, died. Country candidate Clive Mitchell won the resulting by-election on 6 April 1968. : In September 1969, Sir

Percy Byrnes Sir Percy Thomas Byrnes (28 January 1893 – 5 March 1973) was an Australian politician. He was born at Eidsvold in Queensland to water bailiff Thomas Byrnes and Annie Louisa James. He attended the University of Melbourne, where he received ...

, Country MLC for North Western, resigned. Country candidate

Bernie Dunn Bernard Phillip Dunn (19 August 1944 – 15 June 2018) was a former Australian politician. Dunn was born in Warracknabeal to farmer Donald Panther Dunn and Leila Edna. He attended local state schools, and was a wheat and sheep farmer in the War ...

won the resulting by-election on 15 November 1969. : In May 1970,

Lindsay Thompson Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG (15 October 1923 – 16 July 2008) was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served the 40th Premier of Victoria from June 1981 to April 1982. He was previously the Deputy Premier between 1972 and ...

resigned to contest the seat of

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in the Legislative Assembly. A

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was held concurrently with the 1970 state election, which was won by Liberal candidate Charles Hider.

Sources

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(a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851).

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1967-1970 Members of the Parliament of Victoria by term 20th-century Australian politicians