Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1928–1931

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1928 and 1931. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1925 triennial election with terms expiring in 1931, while the other half were elected at the 1928 triennial election with terms expiring in 1934.

NameParty Province Term expiresTerm of office
William Angliss Nationalist Southern 19341912–1952
Edwin Bath Nationalist Nelson 19311922–1937
William Beckett Labor Melbourne North 19311914–1931; 1934–1952
Alexander Bell Nationalist Wellington 19311917–1931
Frederick Brawn NationalistWellington19341907–1934
Alfred Chandler Nationalist South Eastern 19311919–1935
Hon. Sir Frank Clarke Nationalist Melbourne South 19311913–1955
Russell Clarke NationalistSouthern19311910–1937
Harold Cohen [2] NationalistMelbourne South19341929–1935
Hon. Henry Cohen Nationalist Melbourne 19311921–1937
Alan Currie Nationalist Nelson 19341928–1940
George Martley Davis Nationalist Gippsland 19311917–1937
Arthur Disney Labor Melbourne West 19311916–1943
Clifden Eager [1] Nationalist East Yarra 19341930–1958
Hon. William Edgar NationalistEast Yarra19311904–1913; 1917–1948
Norman Falkiner [2] NationalistMelbourne South19341928–1929
Hon. George Goudie Country North Western 19311919–1949
John Harris Country North Eastern 19341920–1946
Howard Hitchcock Nationalist South Western 19311925–1931
Hon. John Percy Jones Labor Melbourne East 19341910–1940
Herbert Keck Nationalist Bendigo 19311921–1937
Esmond Kiernan LaborMelbourne North19341919–1940
Richard Kilpatrick Country Northern 19341928–1946
Lt. Col. George Lansell NationalistBendigo19341928–1952
William McCann Country Progressive North Western19341928–1931
Martin McGregor NationalistGippsland19341922–1936
Daniel McNamara LaborMelbourne East19311916; 1917–1947
Robert Menzies [1] NationalistEast Yarra19341928–1929
Horace Richardson NationalistSouth Western19341912–1934
Marcus Saltau Nationalist Western 19341924–1940
Herbert Smith NationalistMelbourne19341921–1935
George Tuckett CountryNorthern19311925–1955
William Tyner NationalistSouth Eastern19341922–1940
Edward White NationalistWestern19311907–1931
Hon. Robert Williams LaborMelbourne West19341922–1938
Albert Zwar CountryNorth Eastern19371922–1935
1 In October 1928, Robert Menzies, Nationalist MLC for East Yarra Province, resigned to contest Nunawading at the 1929 Assembly election. Nationalist candidate Clifden Eager won the resulting by-election in February 1930.
2 On 11 May 1929, Norman Falkiner, Nationalist MLC for Melbourne South Province, died. Nationalist candidate Harold Cohen won the resulting by-election in June 1929.

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