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		Winner		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

External links

Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive

v t e Elections and referendums in Victoria
General elections	1856 1859 1861 1864 1866 1868 1871 1874 1877 1880 (Feb) 1880 (Jul) 1883 1886 1889 1892 1894 1897 1900 1902 1904 1907 1908 1911 1914 1917 1920 1921 1924 1927 1929 1932 1935 1937 1940 1943 1945 1947 1950 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1992 1996 1999 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Legislative Council- only elections	1851 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1889 1890 1892 1894 1895 1896 1898 1900 1901 1902 1904 1907 1910 1913 1916 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958
Local elections	1919 1931 1933 1947 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Aboriginal	2019 2023
Referendums	1898 1899
See also: Legislative Assembly by-elections Legislative Council by-elections

v t e By-elections, appointments and countbacks in Australian parliaments
By-elections	House of Representatives NSW Legislative Assembly Queensland Legislative Assembly SA House of Assembly Victorian Legislative Assembly WA Legislative Assembly NT Legislative Assembly Tasmanian Legislative Council NSW Legislative Council (historic) SA Legislative Council (historic) Victorian Legislative Council (historic) WA Legislative Council (historic)
Appointments	Senate NSW Legislative Council SA Legislative Council Victorian Legislative Council ACT Legislative Assembly (historic)
Countbacks	ACT Legislative Assembly Tasmanian House of Assembly WA Legislative Council

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List of Legislative Council by-elections

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