Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1969–1975

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1969 and 1975. 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
24 May 1969 Monmouth; Newdegate, Russell
23 May 1970 Hobart; Launceston; Gordon
22 May 1971 Meander; Pembroke; Queenborough; West Devon
3 May 1972 Cornwall; Huon; Mersey
26 May 1973 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland
25 May 1974 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name Division Years in office Elected
Hon Phyllis Benjamin (Labor) Hobart 1952–1976 1970
Hon Charles Best Meander 1958–1971 1965
Hon Louis Bisdee Monmouth 1959–1981 1969
Hon Harry Braid Mersey 1972–1990 1972
Hon Alby Broadby Gordon 1968–1988 1970
Hon Lloyd Carins South Esk 1962–1980 1974
Hon Jeff Coates Meander 1971–1989 1971
Hon Walter Davis[1] West Devon 1953–1971 1971
Hon Joseph Dixon Derwent 1955–1961; 1967–1979 1973
Hon Charles Fenton Russell 1957–1981 1969
Hon Geoffrey Foot Cornwall 1961–1972 1966
Hon Oliver Gregory Westmorland 1959–1985 1973
Hon Daniel Hitchcock (Liberal) Tamar 1960–1979 1973
Hon Bill Hodgman Queenborough 1971–1983 b/e
Hon Michael Hodgman[2] Huon 1966–1974 1972
Hon Peter Hodgman[2] Huon 1974–1986 b/e
Hon Frank King Cornwall 1972–1978 1972
Hon Ken Lowrie Macquarie 1968–1986 1974
Hon Hector McFie Mersey 1954–1972 1966
Hon Ben McKay Pembroke 1959–1976 1971
Hon Brian Miller (Labor) Newdegate 1957–1986 1969
Hon George Shaw Buckingham 1968–1998 1974
Hon Ray Shipp Launceston 1968–1982 1970
Hon Louis Shoobridge Queenborough 1968–1971 b/e
Hon William Young[1] West Devon 1971–1983 b/e

Notes

1 On 7 October 1971, Walter Davis, the member for West Devon, died. William Young won the resulting by-election on 11 December 1971.
2 In April 1974, Michael Hodgman, the member for Huon, resigned to contest the seat of Denison in the Australian House of Representatives. His brother Peter Hodgman won the resulting by-election on 25 May 1974.

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