Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1961–1964 explained

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1961 and 1964. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1958 triennial election with terms expiring in 1964, while the other half were elected at the 1961 state election with terms expiring in 1967.

The 1961 election was the first conjoint election for the Legislative Assembly and half of the Legislative Council; from that point forward, the triennial election for the Council and the general election for the Assembly would always be held on the same day, although this was not provided for automatically until 1984.

NamePartyProvinceTerm expiresTerm of office
1967 1953–1978
Country 1964 1942–1969
1964 1958–1976
Liberal 1967 1948–1964
Liberal East Yarra 1967 1964–1983
Liberal 1967 1935–1973
Liberal Ballarat 1967 1956–1978
1967 1960–1979
Country 1967 1955–1967
Country 1964 1953–1964
Labor 1967 1949–1979
Liberal Southern 1964 1958–1976
Liberal 1967 1955–1967
Liberal 1967 1951–1967
Liberal 1964 1958–1976
Liberal East Yarra 1964 1958–1971
Liberal 1967 1961–1992
Labor 1967 1963–1979
Liberal 1967 1931–1965
Labor Melbourne West 1967 1955–1963
Liberal Western 1967 1955–1968
Liberal South Eastern 1964 1958–1964
Country North Western 1967 1952–1973
Country Gippsland 1967 1957–1973
Labor 1964 1958–1970
Liberal Monash 1964 1958–1976
Labor Melbourne 1964 1958–1972
Labor Bendigo 1964 1952–1964
Country North Eastern 1964 1946–1976
Liberal South Western 1964 1958–1970
Liberal 1967 1955–1970
Labor Melbourne West 1964 1958–1970
Labor Doutta Galla 1967 1960–1976
Liberal Higinbotham 1964 1946–1964
Country Northern 1964 1946–1964
Labor Melbourne North 1964 1958–1982

The 1943 state election and the 1943 triennial election were both held on 12 June 1943, and the same took place in 1904; however, these were not conjoint elections, as until 1950 the two elections had different franchise and separate rolls. See Book: Taylor, Greg. The Constitution of Victoria. 50. Federation Press. 2006. 1-86287-612-6.

On 20 June 1963, Buckley Machin, Labor MLC for Melbourne West Province, died. Labor candidate Alexander Knight won the resulting by-election on 10 August 1963.

On 18 January 1964, Ewen Paul Cameron, Liberal MLC for East Yarra Province, died. Liberal candidate Bill Campbell won the resulting by-election on 14 March 1964.

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