Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1935–1937

Last updated July 17, 2025

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1935 to 1937, as elected at the 1935 state election.

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
John Allan ^[2]	Country	Rodney	1917–1936
Albert Allnutt	Country	Mildura	1927–1945
Hon Sir Stanley Argyle	United Australia	Toorak	1920–1940
Hon Henry Bailey	Country	Warrnambool	1914–1932; 1935–1950
Bill Barry	Labor	Carlton	1932–1955
Matthew Bennett	Country	Gippsland West	1929–1950
Ernie Bond	Independent Labor	Port Fairy and Glenelg	1924–1943
Hon Murray Bourchier ^[3]	Country	Goulburn Valley	1920–1936
William Boyland	United Australia	Nunawading	1934–1937
William Brownbill	Labor	Geelong	1920–1932; 1935–1938
Albert Bussau	Country	Ouyen	1932–1938
John Cain	Labor	Northcote	1917–1957
Finlay Cameron	Country	Kara Kara and Borung	1935–1945
Edward Cleary ^[4]	Country	Benalla	1927–1936
Col. Harold Cohen	United Australia	Caulfield	1935–1943
Arthur Cook	Labor	Bendigo	1924–1945
Frederick Cook ^[4]	Independent	Benalla	1936–1961
Ted Cotter	Labor	Richmond	1908–1945
Ernest Coyle	Country	Waranga	1927–1943
Bert Cremean	Labor	Clifton Hill	1929–1932; 1934–1945
William Cumming	United Australia	Hampden	1935–1945
Patrick Denigan ^[1]	Labor	Allandale	1936–1945
Lot Diffey	Country	Wangaratta and Ovens	1929–1945
James Dillon	United Australia	Essendon	1932–1943
Harry Drew	Nationalist	Albert Park	1932–1937; 1947–1950
Hon Albert Dunstan	Country	Korong and Eaglehawk	1920–1950
William Dunstone ^[2]	Country	Rodney	1936–1944
John Ellis	United Australia	Prahran	1932–1945
William Everard	United Australia	Evelyn	1917–1950
George Frost	Labor	Maryborough and Daylesford	1920–1942
John Austin Gray	United Australia	Hawthorn	1930–1939
Frank Groves	United Australia	Dandenong	1917–1929; 1932–1937
Tom Hayes	Labor	Melbourne	1924–1955
Hon Edmond Hogan	Country	Warrenheip and Grenville	1913–1943
Frederick Holden	United Australia ^[A]	Grant	1932–1950
Jack Holland	Labor	Flemington	1925–1955
Thomas Hollway	United Australia	Ballarat	1932–1955
Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes	United Australia	Kew	1927–1949
Hon Herbert Hyland	Country	Gippsland South	1929–1970
James Jewell	Labor	Brunswick	1910–1949
Frank Keane	Labor	Coburg	1924–1940
Alfred Kirton	United Australia ^[A]	Mornington	1932–1947
Brig. George Knox	United Australia ^[A]	Upper Yarra	1927–1960
Hamilton Lamb	Country	Lowan	1935–1943
Hon John Lemmon	Labor	Williamstown	1904–1955
Hon Albert Lind	Country	Gippsland East	1920–1961
Alec McDonald	Country	Stawell and Ararat	1935–1945
Allan McDonald	United Australia	Polwarth	1933–1940
John McDonald ^[3]	Country	Goulburn Valley	1936–1955
Hon Ian Macfarlan	United Australia ^[A]	Brighton	1928–1945
William McKenzie	Labor	Wonthaggi	1927–1947
Hon Edwin Mackrell	Country	Upper Goulburn	1920–1945
James McLachlan	Independent	Gippsland North	1908–1938
Thomas Maltby	United Australia ^[A]	Barwon	1929–1961
Hon Norman Martin	Country	Gunbower	1934–1945
Archie Michaelis	United Australia	St Kilda	1932–1952
William Moncur	Country	Walhalla	1927–1945
James Murphy	Labor	Port Melbourne	1917–1942
Hon Francis Old	Country	Swan Hill	1919–1945
Trevor Oldham	United Australia	Boroondara	1933–1953
Thomas Parkin ^[1]	United Australia	Allandale	1935–1936
Roy Paton	Country	Benambra	1932–1947
Hon George Prendergast ^[5]	Labor	Footscray	1894–1897; 1900–1926; 1927–1937
Clive Shields	United Australia ^[A]	Castlemaine and Kyneton	1932–1940
Hon Bill Slater	Labor	Dundas	1917–1947
James Vinton Smith	United Australia	Oakleigh	1932–1937
Hon Tom Tunnecliffe	Labor	Collingwood	1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947
Harry White	United Australia	Bulla and Dalhousie	1932–1943
Henry Zwar	United Australia	Heidelberg	1932–1945

¹ On 29 January 1936, the UAP member for Allandale, Thomas Parkin, died. Labor candidate Patrick Denigan won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1936.

² On 22 February 1936, the Country member for Rodney, John Allan, died. Country candidate William Dunstone won the resulting by-election on 18 April 1936.

³ In August 1936, the Country member for Goulburn Valley, Murray Bourchier, resigned to take up an appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London. Country candidate John McDonald won the resulting by-election on 19 September 1936.

⁴ On 24 August 1936, the Country member for Benalla, Edward Cleary, died. Independent candidate Frederick Cook won the resulting by-election on 3 October 1936.

¹ On 28 August 1937, the Labor member for Footscray, George Prendergast, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1937 state election.

^A In 1936–1937, six United Australia MPs (Shields, Knox, Maltby, Kirton, Drew, and Macfarlan) formed the "Country and Liberal wing" of the party and shifted to the crossbenches, declaring their unhappiness with the direction of the UAP and asserting their right to support the Dunstan government on measures of which they approved. They remained formally in the party, neither resigning nor being expelled, until the disbandment of the section immediately following the 1937 election.^[1]

References

↑ "UNITED COUNTRY PARTY". Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954) . Kilmore, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 23 July 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

"Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

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[1] "UNITED COUNTRY PARTY". Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954) . Kilmore, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 23 July 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

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