List of Victorian Legislative Council by-elections

The list of Victorian Legislative Council by-elections includes every by-election held in the Australian state of Victoria for the Legislative Council. Prior to the Constitution (Parliamentary Reform) Act 2003 which came into force at the 2006 election, it was necessary for a by-election to be held to fill any vacancy; they have since been filled by an appointment by a joint sitting of the Parliament of Victoria.

List of Legislative Council by-elections

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Western	30 November 2002	Roger Hallam		National	David Koch		Liberal	Resignation	No
East Yarra	30 November 2002	Mark Birrell		Liberal	Richard Dalla-Riva		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Melbourne North	18 September 1999	Caroline Hogg		Labor	Candy Broad		Labor	Resignation	Yes
Melbourne	18 September 1999	Barry Pullen		Labor	Gavin Jennings		Labor	Resignation	Yes
Ballarat	18 September 1999	Rob Knowles		Liberal	John McQuilten		Labor	Resignation	No
Doutta Galla	30 March 1996	David White		Labor	Tayfun Eren		Labor	Resignation	Yes
Doutta Galla	18 September 1993	John Brumby		Labor	Monica Gould		Labor	Resignation	Yes
Doutta Galla	20 February 1993	Bill Landeryou		Labor	John Brumby		Labor	Resignation	Yes
Central Highlands	21 March 1987	Fred Grimwade		Liberal	Marie Tehan		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Nunawading	17 August 1985	Bob Ives		Labor	Rosemary Varty		Liberal	Election Voided	No
North Eastern	2 February 1985	Bill Baxter		National	Bill Baxter		National	Resignation	Yes
East Yarra	7 May 1983	Bill Campbell		Liberal	Mark Birrell		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Waverley	4 December 1982	Tony Van Vliet		Labor	Brian Mier		Labor	Death	Yes
Ballarat	28 October 1978	Pat Dickie		Liberal	David Williams		Labor	Resignation	No
North Eastern	24 June 1978	Keith Bradbury		National	Bill Baxter		National	Resignation	Yes
Doutta Galla	16 October 1976	John Tripovich		Labor	David White		Labor	Death	Yes
Melbourne	9 June 1972	Jack O'Connell		Labor	Ivan Trayling		Labor	Death	Yes
East Yarra	17 April 1971	Dick Hamer		Liberal	Haddon Storey		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Melbourne West	24 October 1970	Bunna Walsh		Labor	Bon Thomas		Labor	Disqualification	Yes
Monash	20 June 1970	Lindsay Thompson		Liberal	Charles Hider		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
North Western	15 November 1969	Percy Byrnes		Country	Bernie Dunn		Country	Resignation	Yes
Western	6 April 1968	Ronald Mack		Liberal	Clive Mitchell		Country	Death	No
Higinbotham	25 February 1967	Baron Snider		Liberal	Murray Hamilton		Liberal	Death	Yes
South Western	18 September 1965	Gordon McArthur		Liberal	Stan Gleeson		Liberal	Death	Yes
South Eastern	10 October 1964	Bill Mair		Liberal and Country	Ian Cathie		Labor	Death	No
East Yarra	14 March 1964	Ewen Paul Cameron		Liberal and Country	Bill Campbell		Liberal and Country	Death	Yes
Melbourne West	10 August 1963	Buckley Machin		Labor	Alexander Knight		Labor	Death	Yes
Melbourne	6 August 1960	Fred Thomas		Labor	Doug Elliot		Labor	Death	Yes
Doutta Galla	6 August 1960	Bill Slater		Labor	John Tripovich		Labor	Death	Yes
Gippsland	29 June 1957	William MacAulay		Country	Bob May		Country	Death	Yes
Ballarat	3 March 1956	Herbert Ludbrook		Liberal and Country	Pat Dickie		Liberal and Country	Death	Yes
Monash	2 April 1955	Frank Clarke		Liberal and Country	Charles Gawith		Liberal and Country	Death	Yes
Higinbotham	29 January 1955	James Kennedy		Liberal and Country	Lindsay Thompson		Liberal and Country	Death	Yes
Melbourne North	14 August 1954	Archibald Fraser		Labor	Jack Little		Labor	Resignation	Yes
North Eastern	22 August 1953	Percival Inchbold		Country	Keith Bradbury		Country	Death	Yes
Gippsland	21 February 1953	Trevor Harvey		Country	Bill Fulton		Country	Death	Yes
North Western	5 July 1952	Colin McNally		Country	Arthur Mansell		Country	Death	Yes
Bendigo	17 March 1951	John Lienhop		Liberal and Country	Thomas Grigg		Liberal and Country	Resignation	Yes
East Yarra	7 August 1948	William Edgar		Liberal	Ewen Paul Cameron		Liberal	Death	Yes
Melbourne	20 March 1948	Daniel McNamara		Labor	Fred Thomas		Labor	Death	Yes
Western	30 November 1946	Leonard Rodda		Country	Hugh MacLeod		Independent Liberal	Resignation	No
Western	23 October 1943	Leonard Rodda		Country	Leonard Rodda		Country	Resignation	Yes
Melbourne West	23 October 1943	Arthur Disney		Labor	Les Coleman		Labor	Death	Yes
Gippsland	23 October 1943	James Miller Balfour		Country	Trevor Harvey		Country	Death	Yes
Monash	8 October 1943	Frank Beaurepaire		United Australia	Frank Beaurepaire		United Australia	Resignation	Yes
Monash	18 July 1942	Archibald Crofts		United Australia	Frank Beaurepaire		United Australia	Death	Yes
North Western	27 May 1942	Henry Pye		Country	Percy Byrnes		Country	Death	Yes
Melbourne	10 September 1938	George Wales		United Australia	Paul Jones		Labor	Resigned	No
Melbourne West	11 May 1938	Robert Williams		Independent	Pat Kennelly		Labor	Death	No
Gippsland	17 October 1936	Martin McGregor		United Australia	James Miller Balfour		Country	Death	No
Melbourne	23 May 1936	Herbert Smith		United Australia	George Wales		United Australia	Death	Yes
North Eastern	13 April 1935	Albert Zwar		Country	Percival Inchbold		Country	Death	Yes
South Eastern	30 March 1935	Alfred Chandler		United Australia	Gilbert Chandler		United Australia	Death	Yes
Melbourne South	30 March 1935	Harold Cohen		United Australia	Archibald Crofts		United Australia	Resignation	Yes
North Western	2 March 1932	William McCann		Country	Henry Pye		Country	Resignation	Yes
East Yarra	8 February 1930	Robert Menzies		Nationalist	Clifden Eager		Nationalist	Resignation	Yes
Melbourne South	22 June 1929	Norman Falkiner		Nationalist	Harold Cohen		Nationalist	Death	Yes
East Yarra	6 October 1928	George Swinburne		Nationalist	Robert Menzies		Nationalist	Death	Yes
Western	28 February 1924	Walter Manifold		Nationalist	Marcus Saltau		Nationalist	Resignation	Yes
North Eastern	8 November 1922	William Kendell		Nationalist	Albert Zwar		VFU	Death	No
Melbourne	15 December 1921	John McWhae		Nationalist	Herbert Smith		Nationalist	Resignation	Yes
Bendigo	6 October 1921	Alfred Hicks		Nationalist	Herbert Keck		Nationalist	Death	Yes
Melbourne	5 May 1921	Henry Weedon		Nationalist	Henry Cohen		Nationalist	Death	Yes
North Eastern	2 September 1920	Arthur Sachse		Nationalist	John Harris		VFU	Death	No
North Western	19 November 1919	Richard Rees		VFU	William Crockett		VFU	Resignation	Yes
Melbourne North	5 June 1919	Donald Melville		Nationalist	Esmond Kiernan		Labor	Death	No
East Yarra	5 July 1917	Robert Beckett		Non-Labor	William Edgar		Nationalist	Death	No
Melbourne East	9 May 1917	Adam McLellan		Labor	Daniel McNamara		Labor	Resignation	No
Wellington	2 March 1917	John McDonald		Non-Labor	Alexander Bell		Nationalist	Resignation	No
Gippsland	31 January 1917	William Pearson Jr.		Non-Labor	George Davis		Nationalist	Resignation	No
South-West	X	TBD			TBD			X	X

See also

• List of Victorian state by-elections

External links

• Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive