Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1985–1988

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1985 and 1988. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each periodic election, half of these members were elected at the 1982 state election with terms expiring in 1988, while the other half were elected at the 1985 state election with terms expiring in 1992.

Until the passage of the Constitution (Duration of Parliament) Act 1984 (No. 10106), one of several reforms enacted by the Cain Labor government, elections for the Legislative Assembly were termed the "triennial elections", but they were renamed "periodic elections" with the duration of Parliaments after 1988 being extended to four years.

A redistribution in 1984 took effect from the 1985 election.

Name Party Province Term expires Term of office
Mike ArnoldLaborTemplestowe19881982–1988
Bill BaxterNationalNorth Eastern19921978–1984; 1985–2006
Mark BirrellLiberalEast Yarra19921983–2002
Bruce ChamberlainLiberalWestern19881976–2002
Geoffrey ConnardLiberalHiginbotham19881982–1996
Joan CoxsedgeLaborMelbourne West19921979–1992
George CrawfordLaborJika Jika19921985–1992
Dick de FegelyLiberalBallarat19921985–1999
Judith DixonLaborBoronia19881982–1988
Bernie DunnNationalNorth Western19881969–1988
David EvansNationalNorth Eastern19881976–1996
Jock GranterLiberalCentral Highlands19881964–1988
Fred Grimwade [2]LiberalCentral Highlands19921967–1987
James GuestLiberalMonash19881976–1996
Roger HallamLiberalWestern19921985–2002
David HenshawLaborGeelong19881982–1996
Caroline HoggLaborMelbourne North19881982–1999
Alan HuntLiberalSouth Eastern19921961–1992
Jim KennanLaborThomastown19881982–1988
Cyril KennedyLaborWaverley19921979–1992
Joan KirnerLaborMelbourne West19881982–1988
Rob KnowlesLiberalBallarat19881976–1999
Bill LanderyouLaborDoutta Galla19881976–1992
Robert LawsonLiberalHiginbotham19921979–1992
Dick LongLiberalGippsland19921973–1992
Maureen LysterLaborChelsea19921985–1992
Laurie McArthurLaborNunawading19881982–1988
Reg MaceyLiberalMonash19921985–1992
Rod MackenzieLabor/Independent [3]Geelong19921979–1992
Jean McLeanLaborBoronia19921985–1999
Brian MierLaborWaverley19881982–1996
John MilesLiberalTemplestowe19921985–1992
Barry MurphyLaborGippsland19881982–1988
Barry PullenLaborMelbourne19881982–1999
Bruce ReidLiberalBendigo19881976–1988
Mal SandonLaborChelsea19881982–1988
Giovanni SgroLaborMelbourne North19921979–1992
Haddon StoreyLiberalEast Yarra19881971–1996
Marie Tehan [2]LiberalCentral Highlands19921987–1992
Fred Van BurenLaborEumemmerring19921985–1992
Rosemary Varty [1]LiberalNunawading19921985–1999
Evan WalkerLaborMelbourne19921979–1992
Roy WardLiberalSouth Eastern19881970–1988
David WhiteLaborDoutta Galla19921976–1996
Ken WrightNationalNorth Western19921973–1992
1 The result in Nunawading Province was extremely close at the 1985 election, and Labor candidate Bob Ives was initially declared the victor. The result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns before he could take his seat, and Liberal candidate Rosemary Varty won the resulting by-election in August 1985.
2 In February 1987, Central Highlands Liberal MLC Fred Grimwade resigned. Liberal candidate Marie Tehan won the resulting by-election in April.
3 Geelong MLC Rod Mackenzie was elected as a representative of the Labor Party, but resigned from the party on 14 December 1987. He served out the remainder of his term as an independent.

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.