This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1927 and 1933. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year.
Elections
Date Electorates 3 May 1927 Cambridge; Hobart (1); Russell 2 May 1928 Hobart (1); Launceston (1); Gordon 7 May 1929 Hobart (1); Meander; Pembroke 6 May 1930 Huon; Launceston (1); Mersey 5 May 1931 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland 3 May 1932 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk
Members
Name Division Years in office Elected Hon Albert Bendall Macquarie 1932–1944 1932 Hon William Calvert Huon 1924–1942 1930 Hon John Cheek Westmorland 1907–1913; 1919–1942 1931 Hon Joe Darling Cambridge 1921–1946 1927 Hon Charles Eady Hobart 1925–1945 1928 Hon Frank Edwards Russell 1921–1933 1927 Hon Ernest Freeland Tamar 1919–1937 1931 Hon Tetley Gant Buckingham 1901–1927 1926 Hon Frank Hart Launceston 1916–1940 1928 Hon Andrew Lawson Gordon 1922–1928 1922 Hon Alexander Lillico Mersey 1924–1954 1930 Hon James McDonald (Labor) Gordon 1916–1922; 1928–1947 1928 Hon James McKenzie Hobart 1927–1933 1927 Hon James Murdoch (junior) Pembroke 1925–1935 1929 Hon Thomas Murdoch Buckingham 1914–1916; 1921–1944 1932 Hon Hubert Nichols Meander 1902–1924; 1926–1935 1929 Hon George Pitt Macquarie 1920–1932 1926 Hon William Propsting Hobart 1905–1937 1929 Hon Tasman Shields Launceston 1915–1936 1930 Hon Louis Shoobridge (senior) Derwent 1921–1937 1931 Hon Alan Wardlaw South Esk 1920–1938 1932
Notes On 1 August 1927, Tetley Gant, the member for Buckingham, retired. Thomas Murdoch, who had lost his Hobart seat a few months earlier, won the resulting by-election on 20 September 1927.
Sources
Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856