Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1937–1940

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1940, as elected at the 1937 state election.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Albert Allnutt Country Mildura 1927–1945
Hon Sir Stanley Argyle United Australia Toorak 1920–1940
Hon Henry Bailey Country Warrnambool 1914–1932; 1935–1950
Bill Barry Labor Carlton 1932–1955
Matthew Bennett Country Gippsland West 1929–1950
Ernie Bond Independent/Labor Port Fairy and Glenelg 1924–1943
Alexander Borthwick[3] Country Gippsland North 1938–1942
Fanny Brownbill[2] Labor Geelong 1938–1948
William Brownbill[2] Labor Geelong 1920–1932; 1935–1938
Hon Albert Bussau[1] Country Ouyen 1932–1938
John Cain Labor Northcote 1917–1957
Finlay Cameron Country Kara Kara and Borung 1935–1945
Col. Harold Cohen United Australia Caulfield 1935–1943
Arthur Cook Labor Bendigo 1924–1945
Frederick Cook Ind./McEwen Country Benalla 1936–1961
Ted Cotter Labor Richmond 1908–1945
Ernest Coyle Country Waranga 1927–1943
Bert Cremean Labor Clifton Hill 1929–1932; 1934–1945
William Cumming United Australia Hampden 1935–1945
Patrick Denigan Labor Allandale 1936–1945
Lot Diffey Country Wangaratta and Ovens 1929–1945
James Dillon United Australia Essendon 1932–1943
Keith Dodgshun[1] Country Ouyen 1938–1955
Hon Albert Dunstan Country Korong and Eaglehawk 1920–1950
William Dunstone Country Rodney 1936–1944
John Ellis United Australia Prahran 1932–1945
William Everard United Australia Evelyn 1917–1950
Frank Field Labor Dandenong 1937–1947
George Frost Labor Maryborough and Daylesford 1920–1942
John Austin Gray[4] United Australia Hawthorn 1930–1939
William Haworth United Australia Albert Park 1937–1945
Tom Hayes Labor Melbourne 1924–1955
Hon Edmond Hogan Country Warrenheip and Grenville 1913–1943
Frederick Holden Independent Grant 1932–1950
Jack Holland Labor Flemington 1925–1955
Thomas Hollway United Australia Ballarat 1932–1955
Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes United Australia Kew 1927–1949
Hon Herbert Hyland Country Gippsland South 1929–1970
James Jewell Labor Brunswick 1910–1949
Frank Keane Labor Coburg 1924–1940
Alfred Kirton United Australia/Country Mornington 1932–1947
Brig. George Knox United Australia Upper Yarra 1927–1960
Hamilton Lamb Country Lowan 1935–1943
Hon John Lemmon Labor Williamstown 1904–1955
Hon Albert Lind Country Gippsland East 1920–1961
Alec McDonald Country Stawell and Ararat 1935–1945
Allan McDonald United Australia Polwarth 1933–1940
John McDonald Country Goulburn Valley 1936–1955
Hon Ian Macfarlan Independent Brighton 1928–1945
William McKenzie Labor Wonthaggi 1927–1947
Hon Edwin Mackrell Country Upper Goulburn 1920–1945
James McLachlan[3] Independent Gippsland North 1908–1938
Thomas Maltby United Australia Barwon 1929–1961
Hon Norman Martin Country Gunbower 1934–1945
Archie Michaelis United Australia St Kilda 1932–1952
William Moncur Country Walhalla 1927–1945
Jack Mullens Labor Footscray 1937–1945
James Murphy Labor Port Melbourne 1917–1942
Hon Francis Old Country Swan Hill 1919–1945
Trevor Oldham United Australia Boroondara 1933–1953
Roy Paton Country Benambra 1932–1947
Squire Reid Labor Oakleigh 1927–1932; 1937–1947
Clive Shields United Australia Castlemaine and Kyneton 1932–1940
Hon Bill Slater Labor Dundas 1917–1947
Hon Tom Tunnecliffe Labor Collingwood 1903–1904; 1907–1920;
1921–1947
Les Tyack[4] United Australia Hawthorn 1939–1940; 1950–1952
Ivy Weber Independent Nunawading 1937–1943
Harry White United Australia Bulla and Dalhousie 1932–1943
Henry Zwar United Australia Heidelberg 1932–1945
1 In April 1938, the Country member for Ouyen, Albert Bussau, resigned to take up an appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London. Country candidate Keith Dodgshun was elected unopposed as his replacement in May 1938.
2 On 29 April 1938, the Labor member for Geelong, William Brownbill, died. His widow, Labor candidate Fanny Brownbill, won the resulting by-election on 4 June 1938, becoming the first woman Labor MP in Victoria.
3 On 18 September 1938, the Independent member for Gippsland North, James McLachlan, died. Country candidate Alexander Borthwick won the resulting by-election on 5 November 1938.
4 On 6 May 1939, the UAP member for Hawthorn, John Austin Gray, died. UAP candidate Les Tyack won the resulting by-election on 10 June 1939.

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