Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1970–1973

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1970 and 1973. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1967 state election with terms expiring in 1973, while the other half were elected at the 1970 state election with terms expiring in 1976. A redistribution in 1965 had created the new provinces of Boronia and Templestowe out of the former Southern Province; the full redistribution took effect at the 1970 election.

NameParty Province Term expiresTerm of office
Keith Bradbury Country North Eastern 19731953–1978
Hon Murray Byrne Liberal Ballarat 19761958–1976
Bill Campbell Liberal East Yarra 19731964–1983
Hon Sir Gilbert Chandler Liberal Boronia 19731935–1973
Michael Clarke Country Northern 19761964–1976
Hon Vance Dickie LiberalBallarat19731956–1978
Bernie Dunn Country North Western 19761969–1988
Dolph Eddy Labor Doutta Galla 19761970–1982
Doug Elliot Labor Melbourne 19731960–1979
Hon William Fry Liberal Higinbotham 19731967–1979
John Galbally Labor Melbourne North 19731949–1979
Raymond Garrett Liberal Templestowe 19761958–1976
Stan Gleeson Liberal South Western 19731965–1979
Jock Granter Liberal Bendigo 19761964–1988
Fred Grimwade LiberalBendigo19731967–1987
Kenneth Gross Liberal Western 19761958–1976
Hon Rupert Hamer [3] LiberalEast Yarra19761958–1971
Vernon Hauser LiberalBoronia19761970–1982
Murray Hamilton LiberalHiginbotham19761967–1982
Charles Hider [1] Liberal Monash 19731970–1979
Hon Vasey Houghton LiberalTemplestowe19731967–1985
Hon Alan Hunt Liberal South Eastern 19731961–1992
Glyn Jenkins LiberalSouth Western19761970–1982
Eric Kent Labor Gippsland 19761970–1976, 1979–1985
Alexander Knight Labor Melbourne West 19731963–1979
Stuart McDonald CountryNorthern19731967–1979
Arthur Mansell CountryNorth Western19731952–1973
Bob May CountryGippsland19731957–1973
Clive Mitchell CountryWestern19731968–1973
Graham Nicol LiberalMonash19761958–1976
Jack O'Connell [4] LaborMelbourne19761958–1972
Haddon Storey [3] LiberalEast Yarra19761971–1996
Ivan Swinburne CountryNorth Eastern19761946–1976
Bon Thomas [2] LaborMelbourne West19761970–1982
Ivan Trayling [4] LaborMelbourne19761972–1982
John Tripovich LaborDoutta Galla19731960–1976
John Walton LaborMelbourne North19761958–1982
Roy Ward LiberalSouth Eastern19761970–1988
Bunna Walsh [2] LaborMelbourne West19761970
1 Charles Hider was elected at a by-election to fill the remaining three years of Lindsay Thompson's term in Monash Province, which was held on the same day as the 1970 elections.
2 Labor candidate Bunna Walsh, who won the Melbourne West Province seat at the 1970 election, was not admitted to the Council due to a conviction 20 years earlier for robbery with violence in the South Melbourne Children's Court. His election was then declared void in September 1970 by the Court of Disputed Returns, and Labor candidate Bon Thomas won the resulting by-election on 24 October 1970.
3 In March 1981, Rupert Hamer, Liberal MLC for East Yarra Province, resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly by-election in the seat of Kew. Liberal candidate Haddon Storey won the resulting by-election on 17 April 1971.
4 On 20 April 1972, Jack O'Connell, Labor MLC for Melbourne Province, died. Labor candidate Ivan Trayling was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 9 June 1972.

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