Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1951–1957

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1951 and 1957. 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
12 May 1951 Monmouth; Newdegate, Russell
10 May 1952 Hobart; Launceston; Gordon
2 May 1953 Meander; Pembroke; Queenborough; West Devon
8 May 1954 Cornwall; Huon; Mersey
14 May 1955 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland
12 May 1956 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name Division Years in office Elected
Hon Henry Baker Queenborough 1948–1968 1953
Hon Phyllis Benjamin (Labor) Hobart 1952–1976 1952
Hon Archibald Blacklow Pembroke 1936–1953 1947
Hon Ron Brown Huon 1948–1966 1954
Hon Thomas Cheek Macquarie 1950–1968 1956
Hon James Bell Connolly (Labor) Buckingham 1948–1968 1956
Hon Neil Campbell Tamar 1955–1960 1955
Hon Arthur Cutts Tamar 1937–1955 1949
Hon Thomas d'Alton (Labor) Gordon 1947–1968 1952
Hon Walter Davis West Devon 1953–1971 1953
Hon Joseph Dixon Derwent 1955–1961; 1967–1979 1955
Hon William Dunbabin Pembroke 1953–1959 1953
Hon Arthur Fenton Russell 1933–1957 1951
Hon George Flowers Westmorland 1942–1958 1955
Hon George Gray Newdegate 1951–1957 1951
Hon Geoffrey Green Monmouth 1946–1959 1951
Hon Dr Arthur Grounds[1] (Labor) Launceston 1950–1951 b/e
Hon Lucy Grounds[1] (Labor) Launceston 1951–1958 1952
Hon Mervyn Lakin[2] Mersey 1954 1954
Hon Alexander Lillico Mersey 1924–1954 1948
Hon Elliot Lillico Meander 1943–1958 1953
Hon Hector McFie[2] Mersey 1954–1972 b/e
Hon John Orchard Cornwall 1954–1961; 1966–1968 1954
Hon Leslie Procter South Esk 1939–1962 1956
Hon Ernest Record Cornwall 1948–1954 b/e
Hon Sir Rupert Shoobridge Derwent 1937–1955 1949
Hon John Soundy Hobart 1946–1952 1946
Hon Arthur Tattersall West Devon 1947–1953 1947

Notes

1 On 29 July 1951, Arthur Grounds, the Labor member for Launceston, died. His widow Lucy Grounds won the resulting by-election on 29 September 1951.
2 On 19 June 1954, Mervyn Lakin, the member for Mersey, died just 1 month and 11 days after being elected, becoming one of the shortest serving members in the Council's history. Hector McFie won the resulting by-election on 4 September 1954.

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