Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1927–1933

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1927 and 1933. 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
3 May 1927 Cambridge; Hobart (1); Russell
2 May 1928 Hobart (1); Launceston (1); Gordon
7 May 1929 Hobart (1); Meander; Pembroke
6 May 1930 Huon; Launceston (1); Mersey
5 May 1931 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland
3 May 1932 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name Division Years in office Elected
Albert Bendall Macquarie 1932–1944 1932
William Calvert Huon 1924–1942 1930
John Cheek Westmorland 1907–1913; 1919–1942 1931
Joe Darling Cambridge 1921–1946 1927
Charles Eady Hobart 1925–1945 1928
Frank Edwards Russell 1921–1933 1927
Ernest Freeland Tamar 1919–1937 1931
Tetley Gant[1] Buckingham 1901–1927 1926
Frank Hart Launceston 1916–1940 1928
Andrew Lawson Gordon 1922–1928 1922
Alexander Lillico Mersey 1924–1954 1930
James McDonald (Labor) Gordon 1916–1922; 1928–1947 1928
James McKenzie Hobart 1927–1933 1927
James Murdoch (junior) Pembroke 1925–1935 1929
Thomas Murdoch[1] Buckingham 1914–1916; 1921–1944 1932
Hubert Nichols Meander 1902–1924; 1926–1935 1929
George Pitt Macquarie 1920–1932 1926
William Propsting Hobart 1905–1937 1929
Tasman Shields Launceston 1915–1936 1930
Louis Shoobridge (senior) Derwent 1921–1937 1931
Alan Wardlaw South Esk 1920–1938 1932

Notes

1 On 1 August 1927, Tetley Gant, the member for Buckingham, retired. Thomas Murdoch, who had lost his Hobart seat a few months earlier, won the resulting by-election on 20 September 1927.

Sources

Members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Legislative Council

1921–1927 · 1927–1933 · 1933–1939
House of Assembly

1925–1928 · 1928–1931 · 1931–1934