This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1933 and 1939. 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.
Date | Electorates | |
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2 May 1933 | Cambridge | |
8 May 1934 | Hobart (1); Launceston (1); Gordon | |
7 May 1935 | Hobart (1); Meander; Pembroke | |
5 May 1936 | Huon
| |
4 May 1937 | Derwent | |
3 May 1938 | Buckingham |
Name | Division | Years in office | Elected | |
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1932–1944 | 1938 | |||
1935–1943 | 1935 | |||
1936–1953 | b/e | |||
1924–1942 | 1936 | |||
1907–1913; 1919–1942 | 1937 | |||
1937–1955 | 1937 | |||
1921–1946 | 1933 | |||
1925–1945 | 1934 | |||
1936–1942 | 1936 | |||
1933–1957 | 1933 | |||
1919–1937 | 1931 | |||
Hon Dr John Gaha (Labor) | 1933–1943 | 1933 | ||
1916–1940 | 1934 | |||
1924–1954 | 1936 | |||
Hon James McDonald (Labor) | 1916–1922; 1928–1947 | 1934 | ||
1925–1935 | 1935 | |||
1935–1936 | b/e | |||
1914–1916; 1921–1944 | 1938 | |||
1902–1924; 1926–1935 | 1929 | |||
1939–1962 | b/e | |||
1905–1937 | 1935 | |||
1915–1936 | 1930 | |||
1921–1937 | 1931 | |||
1937–1955 | 1937 | |||
1938–1948 | b/e | |||
1920–1938 | 1938 |
On 27 October 1935, James Murdoch, the member for Pembroke, died. His brother John Murdoch won the resulting by-election on 17 December 1935. However, John Murdoch also died on 17 August 1936, and on 3 October 1936, Archibald Blacklow was elected to replace him.
On 3 December 1937, William Propsting, one of the three members for Hobart and the President of the Council, died. William Strutt won the resulting by-election on 15 February 1938.
On 24 December 1938, Alan Wardlaw, the member for South Esk, died. Leslie Procter won the resulting by-election on 7 March 1939.
. Colin Hughes. Aitkin, Don. Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. 1986. Australian National University. Canberra. 0-9097-7918-X.