Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1939–1945

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1939 and 1945. 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
2 May 1939 Cambridge; Hobart (1); Russell
7 May 1940 Hobart (1); Launceston (1); Gordon
6 May 1941 Hobart (1); Meander; Pembroke
5 May 1942 Huon; Launceston (1); Mersey
4 May 1943 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland
2 May 1944 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name Division Years in office Elected
Hon Compton Archer Macquarie 1944–1950 1944
Hon Albert Bendall Macquarie 1932–1944 1938
Hon Percy Best[2] Meander 1935–1943 1941
Hon Archibald Blacklow Pembroke 1936–1953 1941
Hon William Calvert Huon 1924–1942 1936
Hon John Cheek[1] Westmorland 1907–1913; 1919–1942 1937
Hon Arthur Cutts Tamar 1937–1955 1943
Hon Joe Darling Cambridge 1921–1946 1939
Hon Charles Eady Hobart 1925–1945 1940
Hon Alexander Evans Launceston 1936–1942 1936
Hon Arthur Fenton Russell 1933–1957 1939
Hon George Flowers[1] Westmorland 1942–1958 1943
Hon Dr John Gaha[3] (Labor) Hobart 1933–1943 1939
Hon Frank Hart Launceston 1916–1940 1934
Hon Alexander Lillico Mersey 1924–1954 1942
Hon Elliot Lillico[2] Meander 1943–1958 b/e
Hon James McDonald (Labor) Gordon 1916–1922; 1928–1947 1940
Hon George McElwee (Labor) Launceston 1940–1946 1940
Hon Thomas Murdoch Buckingham 1914–1916; 1921–1944 1938
Hon Leslie Procter South Esk 1939–1962 1944
Hon William Robinson Launceston 1942–1948 1942
Hon Rupert Shoobridge Derwent 1937–1955 1943
Hon William Strutt Hobart 1938–1948 1941
Hon Arthur Tyler[3] (Labor) Hobart 1943–1945 b/e
Hon Bill Wedd Buckingham 1944–1948 1944
Hon Rowland Worsley (Labor) Huon 1942–1948 1942

Notes

1 On 26 February 1942, John Cheek, the member for Westmorland, died. George Flowers won the resulting by-election on 5 May 1942.
2 On 14 April 1943, Percy Best, the member for Meander, died. Elliot Lillico, the son of Alexander Lillico, won the resulting by-election.
3 On 10 July 1943, Labor member Dr John Gaha, one of the three members for Hobart, resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Denison at the 1943 election. Labor candidate Arthur Tyler won the resulting by-election on 14 September 1943 by a margin of three votes, and the unsuccessful candidate successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to void the election. Tyler won a second by-election on 22 January 1944 by a 211-vote margin against a different opponent.

Sources

  • Hughes, Colin A.; Aitkin, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890–1984. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-9097-7918-X.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856