Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1970–1973

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1970 and 1973. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1967 state election with terms expiring in 1973, while the other half were elected at the 1970 state election with terms expiring in 1976. A redistribution in 1965 had created the new provinces of Boronia and Templestowe out of the former Southern Province; the full redistribution took effect at the 1970 election.

Name Party Province Term expires Term of office
Keith Bradbury Country North Eastern 1973 1953–1978
Hon Murray Byrne Liberal Ballarat 1976 1958–1976
Bill Campbell Liberal East Yarra 1973 1964–1983
Hon Sir Gilbert Chandler Liberal Boronia 1973 1935–1973
Michael Clarke Country Northern 1976 1964–1976
Hon Vance Dickie Liberal Ballarat 1973 1956–1978
Bernie Dunn Country North Western 1976 1969–1988
Dolph Eddy Labor Doutta Galla 1976 1970–1982
Doug Elliot Labor Melbourne 1973 1960–1979
Hon William Fry Liberal Higinbotham 1973 1967–1979
John Galbally Labor Melbourne North 1973 1949–1979
Raymond Garrett Liberal Templestowe 1976 1958–1976
Stan Gleeson Liberal South Western 1973 1965–1979
Jock Granter Liberal Bendigo 1976 1964–1988
Fred Grimwade Liberal Bendigo 1973 1967–1987
Kenneth Gross Liberal Western 1976 1958–1976
Hon Rupert Hamer[3] Liberal East Yarra 1976 1958–1971
Vernon Hauser Liberal Boronia 1976 1970–1982
Murray Hamilton Liberal Higinbotham 1976 1967–1982
Charles Hider[1] Liberal Monash 1973 1970–1979
Hon Vasey Houghton Liberal Templestowe 1973 1967–1985
Hon Alan Hunt Liberal South Eastern 1973 1961–1992
Glyn Jenkins Liberal South Western 1976 1970–1982
Eric Kent Labor Gippsland 1976 1970–1976, 1979–1985
Alexander Knight Labor Melbourne West 1973 1963–1979
Stuart McDonald Country Northern 1973 1967–1979
Arthur Mansell Country North Western 1973 1952–1973
Bob May Country Gippsland 1973 1957–1973
Clive Mitchell Country Western 1973 1968–1973
Graham Nicol Liberal Monash 1976 1958–1976
Jack O'Connell[4] Labor Melbourne 1976 1958–1972
Haddon Storey[3] Liberal East Yarra 1976 1971–1996
Ivan Swinburne Country North Eastern 1976 1946–1976
Bon Thomas[2] Labor Melbourne West 1976 1970–1982
Ivan Trayling[4] Labor Melbourne 1976 1972–1982
John Tripovich Labor Doutta Galla 1973 1960–1976
John Walton Labor Melbourne North 1976 1958–1982
Roy Ward Liberal South Eastern 1976 1970–1988
Bunna Walsh[2] Labor Melbourne West 1976 1970
1 Charles Hider was elected at a by-election to fill the remaining three years of Lindsay Thompson's term in Monash Province, which was held on the same day as the 1970 elections.
2 Labor candidate Bunna Walsh, who won the Melbourne West Province seat at the 1970 election, was not admitted to the Council due to a conviction 20 years earlier for robbery with violence in the South Melbourne Children's Court. His election was then declared void in September 1970 by the Court of Disputed Returns, and Labor candidate Bon Thomas won the resulting by-election on 24 October 1970.
3 In March 1981, Rupert Hamer, Liberal MLC for East Yarra Province, resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly by-election in the seat of Kew. Liberal candidate Haddon Storey won the resulting by-election on 17 April 1971.
4 On 20 April 1972, Jack O'Connell, Labor MLC for Melbourne Province, died. Labor candidate Ivan Trayling was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 9 June 1972.

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Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1967–1970 • 1970–1973 • 1973–1976

Legislative Assembly

1967–1970 • 1970–1973 • 1973–1976

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