Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1928–1931 explained

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1928 and 1931. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1925 triennial election with terms expiring in 1931, while the other half were elected at the 1928 triennial election with terms expiring in 1934.

Name	Party	Province	Term expires	Term of office
			1934	1912–1952
	Nationalist		1931	1922–1937
			1931	1914–1931; 1934–1952
	Nationalist		1931	1917–1931
	Nationalist	Wellington	1934	1907–1934
	Nationalist		1931	1919–1935
	Nationalist		1931	1913–1955
	Nationalist	Southern	1931	1910–1937
	Nationalist	Melbourne South	1934	1929–1935
	Nationalist		1931	1921–1937
	Nationalist		1934	1928–1940
	Nationalist		1931	1917–1937
	Labor		1931	1916–1943
	Nationalist		1934	1930–1958
	Nationalist	East Yarra	1931	1904–1913; 1917–1948
	Nationalist	Melbourne South	1934	1928–1929
			1931	1919–1949
	Country		1934	1920–1946
	Nationalist		1931	1925–1931
	Labor		1934	1910–1940
	Nationalist		1931	1921–1937
	Labor	Melbourne North	1934	1919–1940
	Country		1934	1928–1946
	Nationalist	Bendigo	1934	1928–1952
		North Western	1934	1928–1931
	Nationalist	Gippsland	1934	1922–1936
	Labor	Melbourne East	1931	1916; 1917–1947
	Nationalist	East Yarra	1934	1928–1929
	Nationalist	South Western	1934	1912–1934
	Nationalist		1934	1924–1940
	Nationalist	Melbourne	1934	1921–1935
	Country	Northern	1931	1925–1955
	Nationalist	South Eastern	1934	1922–1940
	Nationalist	Western	1931	1907–1931
	Labor	Melbourne West	1934	1922–1938
	Country	North Eastern	1937	1922–1935

In October 1928, Robert Menzies, Nationalist MLC for East Yarra Province, resigned to contest Nunawading at the 1929 Assembly election. Nationalist candidate Clifden Eager won the resulting by-election in February 1930.

On 11 May 1929, Norman Falkiner, Nationalist MLC for Melbourne South Province, died. Nationalist candidate Harold Cohen won the resulting by-election in June 1929.

Sources

• Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
• Book: Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Second Session 1929 . 181 . 1930 . H. J. Green . Melbourne.