Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1929–1932
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1929 to 1932, as elected at the 1929 state election.
Several realignments took place during the period:
- The Country Progressive Party re-merged with the Country Party in 1930. Harold Glowrey remained as an Independent.
- The Nationalist Party was renamed the United Australia Party (UAP) on 15 September 1931, to match the situation at federal level.[1]
- During the 1932 election campaign, several Labor members including the Premier, Edmond Hogan, were expelled from the Victorian Labor Party for supporting the Premiers' Plan.
- 1 In August 1930, the Nationalist member for Hawthorn, former Premier William Murray McPherson, resigned. Nationalist candidate John Austin Gray won the resulting by-election on 27 September 1930.
- 2 In October 1930, the Liberal member for Caulfield, Frederick Forrest, died. Nationalist candidate and Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Harold Luxton, won the resulting by-election on 22 November 1930.
Sources
- Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
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References
- "State Nationalists: New Name Adopted". The Melbourne Argus. 16 September 1931.
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