Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1963–1969

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1963 and 1969. 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.

Contents

Elections

Date Electorates
11 May 1963 Monmouth; Newdegate, Russell
9 May 1964 Hobart; Launceston; Gordon
8 May 1965 Meander; Pembroke; Queenborough; West Devon
14 May 1966 Cornwall; Huon; Mersey
13 May 1967 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland
25 May 1968 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name Division Years in office Elected
Henry Baker[3] Queenborough 1948–1968 1965
Phyllis Benjamin (Labor) Hobart 1952–1976 1964
Charles Best Meander 1958–1971 1965
Louis Bisdee Monmouth 1959–1981 1963
Ronald Brown Huon 1948–1966 1960
Albert Broadby[2] Gordon 1968–1988 b/e
Lloyd Carins South Esk 1962–1980 1968
Thomas Cheek Macquarie 1950–1968 1962
James Bell Connolly (Labor) Buckingham 1948–1968 1962
Thomas d'Alton[2] (Labor) Gordon 1947–1968 1964
Walter Davis West Devon 1953–1971 1965
Joseph Dixon Derwent 1955–1961; 1967–1979 1967
Charles Fenton Russell 1957–1981 1963
Geoffrey Foot Cornwall 1961–1972 1966
William Fry[1] Launceston 1958–1965 1964
Oliver Gregory Westmorland 1959–1985 1967
Daniel Hitchcock (Liberal) Tamar 1960–1979 1967
Michael Hodgman Huon 1966–1974 1966
Kenneth Lowrie Macquarie 1968–1986 1968
Hector McFie} Mersey 1954–1972 1966
Ben McKay Pembroke 1959–1976 1965
Don Marriott (Labor) Derwent 1961–1967 1961
Brian Miller (Labor) Newdegate 1957–1986 1963
John Orchard[1][4] Launceston 1954–1961; 1966–1968 b/e
George Shaw Buckingham 1968–1998 1968
Raymond Shipp[4] Launceston 1968–1982 b/e
Louis Shoobridge[3] Queenborough 1968–1971 b/e

Notes

1 On 19 December 1965, William Fry, the member for Launceston, died. John Orchard won the resulting by-election on 29 January 1966.
2 On 7 May 1968, Thomas d'Alton, the Labor member for Gordon, died. Albert Broadby won the resulting by-election on 26 June 1968.
3 On 20 July 1968, Henry Baker, the member for Queenborough, died. Louis Shoobridge won the resulting by-election on 28 September 1968, which was contested by 13 candidates — a record for the Legislative Council.
4 In late 1968, John Orchard, the member for Launceston, was forced to vacate his seat under the Constitution (Disqualification Removal) Act 1968 due to his having been engaged in a contract with the government in his business affairs. Raymond Shipp won the resulting by-election on 21 December 1968.

Sources

Members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Legislative Council

1957–1963 · 1963–1969 · 1969–1975
House of Assembly

1959–1964 · 1964–1969 · 1969–1972