This is a list of members of the
Victorian Legislative Council between 1970 and 1973. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the
1967 state election with terms expiring in 1973, while the other half were elected at the
1970 state election with terms expiring in 1976. A redistribution in 1965 had created the new provinces of
Boronia and
Templestowe out of the former
Southern Province; the full redistribution took effect at the 1970 election.
:
Charles Hider
Charles Allen Moir Hider (born 6 November 1935) is a former Australian politician.
Hider was born in Melbourne to John Jubilee Hider and Marjorie Louise Moir, and attended Ivanhoe Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, graduating with ...
was elected at a
by-election to fill the remaining three years of
Lindsay Thompson's term in
Monash Province, which was held on the same day as the 1970 elections.
: Labor candidate
Bunna Walsh
Ronald William "Bunna" Walsh (20 June 1933 - 30 March 2022) was a former Australian politician.
He was born in Port Melbourne to labourer William John Joseph Walsh and Amy Lydia. He attended state schools and became a waterside worker in 1954. H ...
, who won the
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 ...
seat at the 1970 election, was not admitted to the Council due to a conviction 20 years earlier for robbery with violence in the South Melbourne Children's Court. His election was then declared void in September 1970 by the Court of Disputed Returns, and Labor candidate
Bon Thomas
Herbert Arthur "Bon" Thomas (21 November 1911 – 2 November 1995) was an Australian politician.
He was born the son of a farmer's in Walla Walla, and was a farm worker while young. In 1945 he settled at Deer Park, where he ran a milk bar b ...
won the
resulting by-election on 24 October 1970.
: In March 1981,
Rupert Hamer, Liberal MLC for
East Yarra Province, resigned to contest the
Legislative Assembly by-election in the seat of
Kew. Liberal candidate
Haddon Storey
Haddon Storey (born 15 May 1930) is a former Australian politician.
He was born in Melbourne to Elsdon Storey, a dentist, and Gwendoline Alberta Bellett, a dental nurse. He attended Scotch College and Melbourne University, where he received a ...
won the resulting
by-election on 17 April 1971.
: On 20 April 1972,
Jack O'Connell, Labor 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 ...
, died. Labor candidate
Ivan Trayling
Ivan Barry Trayling OAM is a former Australian politician.
Early life and family
Ivan Trayling was born in 1936 in Hobart, Tasmania, the son of Ronald George Trayling, Chief Clerk of the State Superannuation Board of the State of Tasmania & ...
was elected unopposed at the
resulting by-election on 9 June 1972.
Sources
Re-member(a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851).
Parliament of Victoria.
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Members of the Parliament of Victoria by term
20th-century Australian politicians