Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1904–1907

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly as elected at the 1 June 1904 election and subsequent by-elections up to the election of 15 March 1907.^[1]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.

20th Parliament
Name	Party^[2]	Electorate	Term in Office
Frank Anstey	Labor	Brunswick	1902–1910
Reginald Argyle	Anti-Socialist	Dalhousie	1900–1914
Alfred Bailes		Bendigo East	1886–1894; 1897–1907
Henry Beard	Labor	Jika Jika	1904–1907
William Beazley	Labor	Abbotsford	1889–1912
George Bennett		Richmond	1889–1908
Harry Bennett	Labor	Ballarat West	1904–1907
Thomas Bent	Anti-Socialist / Reform	Brighton	1871–1894; 1900–1909
Alfred Billson	Anti-Socialist	Ovens	1901–1902; 1904–1927
John Billson	Labor	Fitzroy	1900–1924
John Bowser	Anti-Socialist	Wangaratta	1894–1929
James Boyd	non-Labor	Melbourne	1901–1908
Frederick Bromley		Carlton	1892–1908
Ewen Cameron ^[a]		Glenelg	1900–1906
Ewen Hugh Cameron	Anti-Socialist	Evelyn	1874–1914
James Cameron	Anti-Socialist	Gippsland East	1902–1920
John Carlisle	Anti-Socialist	Benalla	1903–1927
William Colechin		Geelong	1904–1907
Albert Craven	Anti-Socialist	Benambra	1889–1913
John Cullen	Anti-Socialist	Gunbower	1901–1911
Alfred Downward	Anti-Socialist	Mornington	1894–1929
James Francis Duffus		Port Fairy	1894–1908; 1911–1914
George Elmslie	Labor	Albert Park	1902–1918
George Fairbairn ^[b]		Toorak	1903–1906
Charles Forrest	Anti-Socialist	Polwarth	1886–1894; 1897–1911
David Gaunson	Labor	Public Officers	1875–1881; 1883–1889; 1904–1906
Samuel Gillott ^[c]		East Melbourne	1899–1906
George Graham	Anti-Socialist	Goulburn Valley	1884–1914
John Gray	Anti-Socialist	Swan Hill	1904–1917
Martin Hannah	Labor	Railway Officers	1904–1906; 1908–1921
Albert Harris	Anti-Socialist	Walhalla	1883–1910
George Holden	Independent	Warrenheip	1900–1913
Thomas Hunt		Upper Goulburn	1874–1892; 1903–1908
William Hutchinson	Anti-Socialist	Borung	1902–1920
William Irvine ^[d]		Lowan	1894–1906
William Keast	Independent	Dandenong	1900–1917
Hubert Patrick Keogh		Gippsland North	1901–1908
Hay Kirkwood		Eaglehawk	1902–1907
Thomas Langdon	Anti-Socialist	Korong	1880–1889; 1892–1914
Harry Lawson	Anti-Socialist	Castlemaine and Maldon	1900–1928
John Lemmon	Labor	Williamstown	1904–1955
Jonas Levien ^[e]		Barwon	1871–1877; 1880–1906
Thomas Livingston	Anti-Socialist	Gippsland South	1902–1922
Peter McBride	Anti-Socialist	Kara Kara	1897–1913
Robert McCutcheon	Anti-Socialist	St Kilda	1902–1917
Charles McGrath	Labor	Grenville	1904–1913
Robert McGregor	Anti-Socialist	Ballarat East	1894–1924
Hugh McKenzie	Anti-Socialist	Rodney	1904–1917
John Mackey	Anti-Socialist	Gippsland West	1902–1924
Donald Mackinnon	Anti-Socialist	Prahran	1900–1920
Donald McLeod	Anti-Socialist	Daylesford	1900–1923
Frank Madden	Anti-Socialist	Boroondara	1894–1917
John Morrissey		Waranga	1897–1907
John Murray	Independent	Warrnambool	1884–1916
David Oman	Anti-Socialist	Hampden	1900–1927
Alfred Richard Outtrim	Labor	Maryborough	1885–1902; 1904–1920
Alexander Peacock	Anti-Socialist	Allandale	1889–1933
George Prendergast	Labor	North Melbourne	1894–1897; 1900–1926; 1927–1937
Andrew Robertson	Anti-Socialist	Bulla	1903–1924
George Sangster	Labor	Port Melbourne	1894–1915
David Smith	Labor	Bendigo West	1904–1924
Robert Solly	Labor	Railway Officers	1904–1906; 1908–1932
George Swinburne	Anti-Socialist	Hawthorn	1902–1913
John Thomson	Anti-Socialist	Dundas	1892–1900; 1902–1914
Richard Toutcher	Independent	Stawell and Ararat	1897–1935
Edward Warde	Labor	Flemington	1900–1925
William Watt	Independent	Essendon	1897–1900; 1902–1914
Edgar Wilkins		Collingwood	1892–1908

Thomas Bent was Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Railways. Frank Madden was Speaker, Albert Craven was Chairman of Committees.

^[a] Ewen Cameron (MLA Glenelg) died 30 March 1906; replaced by Hugh Campbell in May 1906.

^[b] Fairbairn resigned in September 1906 to contest the Federal seat of Fawkner; replaced by Norman Bayles October 1906.

^[c] Gillott resigned December 1907; replaced by Henry Weedon in January 1907.

^[d] Irvine resigned in June 1906 to take the Federal seat of Flinders; replaced by Robert Stanley in July 1906.

^[e] Levien died 24 May 1906; replaced by James Farrer in June 1906.

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↑ "State Elections". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 December 1908.

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[1] "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

[2] "State Elections". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 December 1908.

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