Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1945–1951

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1945 and 1951. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year.

A major redistribution in 1946 resulted in the multi-member divisions of Hobart and Launceston being split up—the old divisions remained as single-member divisions, whilst Hobart spawned Newdegate and Queenborough, and Launceston spawned Cornwall. A new division of West Devon was created from rural areas of Mersey, whilst Cambridge combined with parts of Macquarie to form the new Monmouth.

Contents

Elections

Date Electorates
8 May 1945 Cambridge (Monmouth); Hobart (Newdegate), Russell
7 May 1946 Hobart; Launceston; Gordon
10 May 1947 Meander; Pembroke; Queenborough; West Devon
8 May 1948 Cornwall; Huon; Mersey
14 May 1949 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland
13 May 1950 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name Division Years in office Elected
Compton Archer Macquarie 1944–1950 1944
Henry Baker[4] Queenborough (Hobart) 1948–1968 b/e
Arthur Blacklow Pembroke 1936–1953 1947
Ronald Brown Huon 1948–1966 1948
Thomas Cheek Macquarie 1950–1968 1950
James Bell Connolly[5] (Labor) Buckingham 1948–1968 1950
Arthur Cutts Tamar 1937–1955 1949
Thomas d'Alton[3] (Labor) Gordon 1947–1968 b/e
Joe Darling[2] Cambridge 1921–1946 1945
Charles Eady[1] Hobart 1925–1945 1940
Arthur Fenton Russell 1933–1957 1945
George Flowers Westmorland 1942–1958 1949
Geoffrey Green[2] Cambridge/Monmouth 1946–1959 b/e
Richard Green[7] Launceston 1946–1950 1946
Arthur Grounds[7] (Labor) Launceston 1950–1951 b/e
Alexander Lillico Mersey 1924–1954 1948
Elliot Lillico Meander 1943–1958 1947
Dennis Lonergan Newdegate (Hobart) 1945–1951 1945
James McDonald[3] (Labor) Gordon 1916–1922; 1928–1947 1946
George McElwee (Labor) Launceston 1940–1946 1940
Margaret McIntyre[6] Cornwall (Launceston) 1948 1948
Leslie Procter South Esk 1939–1962 1950
Ernest Record[6] Cornwall (Launceston) 1948–1954 b/e
William Robinson Cornwall (Launceston) 1942–1948 1942
Rupert Shoobridge Derwent 1937–1955 1949
Sir John Soundy Hobart 1946–1952 1946
William Strutt[4] Queenborough (Hobart) 1938–1948 1947
Arthur Tattersall West Devon 1947–1953 1947
Bill Wedd[5] Buckingham 1944–1948 1944
Rowland Worsley (Labor) Huon 1942–1948 1942

Notes

1 On 20 December 1945, Charles Eady, the member for Hobart, died. The seat was not filled as the term was due to be filled at the 1946 elections.
2 On 2 January 1946, Joe Darling, the member for Cambridge, died. Geoffrey Green won the resulting by-election on 23 February 1946.
3 On 17 October 1947, James McDonald, the Labor member for Gordon, died. Labor candidate Thomas d'Alton won the resulting by-election on 22 November 1947.
4 On 5 March 1948, William Strutt, the member for Queenborough, died. Henry Baker won the resulting by-election on 8 May 1948.
5 On 2 August 1948, Bill Wedd, the member for Buckingham, resigned to contest one of the Denison seats in the August 1948 House of Assembly election. Labor candidate James Bell Connolly won the resulting by-election. This was the first occasion on which a Labor candidate had won a non-Labor-held seat at a Legislative Council by-election.
6 On 2 September 1948, Margaret McIntyre, the member for Cornwall and the first woman elected to the Legislative Council, died four months into her term. Ernest Record won the resulting by-election on 16 October 1948.
7 In April 1950, Richard Green, the member for Launceston, resigned to become a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Labor candidate Arthur Grounds won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1950.

Sources

Members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Legislative Council

1939–1945 · 1945–1951 · 1951–1957
House of Assembly

1941–1946 · 1946–1948 · 1948–1950