Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1951–1957
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1951 and 1957. 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.
Elections
Date |
Electorates |
12 May 1951 |
Monmouth; Newdegate, Russell |
10 May 1952 |
Hobart; Launceston; Gordon |
2 May 1953 |
Meander; Pembroke; Queenborough; West Devon |
8 May 1954 |
Cornwall; Huon; Mersey |
14 May 1955 |
Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland |
12 May 1956 |
Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk |
Members
Name |
Division |
Years in office |
Elected |
Henry Baker |
Queenborough |
1948–1968 |
1953 |
Phyllis Benjamin (Labor) |
Hobart |
1952–1976 |
1952 |
Arthur Blacklow |
Pembroke |
1936–1953 |
1947 |
Ronald Brown |
Huon |
1948–1966 |
1954 |
Thomas Cheek |
Macquarie |
1950–1968 |
1956 |
James Bell Connolly (Labor) |
Buckingham |
1948–1968 |
1956 |
Neil Campbell |
Tamar |
1955–1960 |
1955 |
Arthur Cutts |
Tamar |
1937–1955 |
1949 |
Thomas d'Alton (Labor) |
Gordon |
1947–1968 |
1952 |
Walter Davis |
West Devon |
1953–1971 |
1953 |
Joseph Dixon |
Derwent |
1955–1961; 1967–1979 |
1955 |
William Dunbabin |
Pembroke |
1953–1959 |
1953 |
Arthur Fenton |
Russell |
1933–1957 |
1951 |
George Flowers |
Westmorland |
1942–1958 |
1955 |
George Gray |
Newdegate |
1951–1957 |
1951 |
Geoffrey Green |
Monmouth |
1946–1959 |
1951 |
Dr Arthur Grounds[1] (Labor) |
Launceston |
1950–1951 |
b/e |
Lucy Grounds[1] (Labor) |
Launceston |
1951–1958 |
1952 |
Mervyn Lakin[2] |
Mersey |
1954 |
1954 |
Alexander Lillico |
Mersey |
1924–1954 |
1948 |
Elliot Lillico |
Meander |
1943–1958 |
1953 |
Hector McFie[2] |
Mersey |
1954–1972 |
b/e |
John Orchard |
Cornwall |
1954–1961; 1966–1968 |
1954 |
Leslie Procter |
South Esk |
1939–1962 |
1956 |
Ernest Record |
Cornwall |
1948–1954 |
b/e |
Rupert Shoobridge |
Derwent |
1937–1955 |
1949 |
Sir John Soundy |
Hobart |
1946–1952 |
1946 |
Arthur Tattersall |
West Devon |
1947–1953 |
1947 |
Notes
- 1 On 29 July 1951, Arthur Grounds, the Labor member for Launceston, died. His widow Lucy Grounds won the resulting by-election on 29 September 1951.
- 2 On 19 June 1954, Mervyn Lakin, the member for Mersey, died just 1 month and 11 days after being elected, becoming one of the shortest serving members in the Council's history. Hector McFie won the resulting by-election on 4 September 1954.
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