This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1951 and 1957. 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 12 May 1951 Monmouth; Newdegate, Russell 10 May 1952 Hobart; Launceston; Gordon 2 May 1953 Meander; Pembroke; Queenborough; West Devon 8 May 1954 Cornwall; Huon; Mersey 14 May 1955 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland 12 May 1956 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name Division Years in office Elected Hon Henry Baker Queenborough 1948–1968 1953 Hon Phyllis Benjamin (Labor) Hobart 1952–1976 1952 Hon Archibald Blacklow Pembroke 1936–1953 1947 Hon Ron Brown Huon 1948–1966 1954 Hon Thomas Cheek Macquarie 1950–1968 1956 Hon James Bell Connolly (Labor) Buckingham 1948–1968 1956 Hon Neil Campbell Tamar 1955–1960 1955 Hon Arthur Cutts Tamar 1937–1955 1949 Hon Thomas d'Alton (Labor) Gordon 1947–1968 1952 Hon Walter Davis West Devon 1953–1971 1953 Hon Joseph Dixon Derwent 1955–1961; 1967–1979 1955 Hon William Dunbabin Pembroke 1953–1959 1953 Hon Arthur Fenton Russell 1933–1957 1951 Hon George Flowers Westmorland 1942–1958 1955 Hon George Gray Newdegate 1951–1957 1951 Hon Geoffrey Green Monmouth 1946–1959 1951 Hon Dr Arthur Grounds (Labor) Launceston 1950–1951 b/e Hon Lucy Grounds (Labor) Launceston 1951–1958 1952 Hon Mervyn Lakin Mersey 1954 1954 Hon Alexander Lillico Mersey 1924–1954 1948 Hon Elliot Lillico Meander 1943–1958 1953 Hon Hector McFie Mersey 1954–1972 b/e Hon John Orchard Cornwall 1954–1961; 1966–1968 1954 Hon Leslie Procter South Esk 1939–1962 1956 Hon Ernest Record Cornwall 1948–1954 b/e Hon Sir Rupert Shoobridge Derwent 1937–1955 1949 Hon John Soundy Hobart 1946–1952 1946 Hon Arthur Tattersall West Devon 1947–1953 1947

Notes On 29 July 1951, Arthur Grounds, the Labor member for Launceston, died. His widow Lucy Grounds won the resulting by-election on 29 September 1951. On 19 June 1954, Mervyn Lakin, the member for Mersey, died just 1 month and 11 days after being elected, becoming one of the shortest serving members in the Council's history. Hector McFie won the resulting by-election on 4 September 1954.

Sources

Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856