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1947

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1945 and 1951. 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.

A major redistribution in 1946 resulted in the multi-member divisions of Hobart and Launceston being split up—the old divisions remained as single-member divisions, whilst Hobart spawned Newdegate and Queenborough, and Launceston spawned Cornwall. A new division of West Devon was created from rural areas of Mersey, whilst Cambridge combined with parts of Macquarie to form the new Monmouth.

Elections

Date Electorates
8 May 1945 Cambridge (Monmouth); Hobart (Newdegate), Russell
7 May 1946 Hobart; Launceston; Gordon
10 May 1947 Meander; Pembroke; Queenborough; West Devon
8 May 1948 Cornwall; Huon; Mersey
14 May 1949 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland
13 May 1950 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name Division Years in office Elected
Hon Compton Archer Macquarie 1944–1950 1944
Hon Henry Baker[4] Queenborough (Hobart) 1948–1968 b/e
Hon Archibald Blacklow Pembroke 1936–1953 1947
Hon Ron Brown Huon 1948–1966 1948
Hon Thomas Cheek Macquarie 1950–1968 1950
Hon James Bell Connolly[5] (Labor) Buckingham 1948–1968 1950
Hon Arthur Cutts Tamar 1937–1955 1949
Hon Thomas d'Alton[3] (Labor) Gordon 1947–1968 b/e
Hon Joe Darling[2] Cambridge 1921–1946 1945
Hon Charles Eady[1] Hobart 1925–1945 1940
Hon Arthur Fenton Russell 1933–1957 1945
Hon George Flowers Westmorland 1942–1958 1949
Hon Geoffrey Green[2] Cambridge/Monmouth 1946–1959 b/e
Hon Richard Green[7] Launceston 1946–1950 1946
Hon Dr Arthur Grounds[7] (Labor) Launceston 1950–1951 b/e
Hon Alexander Lillico Mersey 1924–1954 1948
Hon Elliot Lillico Meander 1943–1958 1947
Hon Dennis Lonergan Newdegate (Hobart) 1945–1951 1945
Hon James McDonald[3] (Labor) Gordon 1916–1922; 1928–1947 1946
Hon George McElwee (Labor) Launceston 1940–1946 1940
Hon Margaret McIntyre[6] Cornwall (Launceston) 1948 1948
Hon Leslie Procter South Esk 1939–1962 1950
Hon Ernest Record[6] Cornwall (Launceston) 1948–1954 b/e
Hon William Robinson Cornwall (Launceston) 1942–1948 1942
Hon (Sir) Rupert Shoobridge Derwent 1937–1955 1949
Hon John Soundy Hobart 1946–1952 1946
Hon William Strutt[4] Queenborough (Hobart) 1938–1948 1947
Hon Arthur Tattersall West Devon 1947–1953 1947
Hon Bill Wedd[5] Buckingham 1944–1948 1944
Hon Rowland Worsley (Labor) Huon 1942–1948 1942
1 On 20 December 1945, Charles Eady, the member for Hobart, died. The seat was not filled as the term was due to be filled at the 1946 elections.
2 On 2 January 1946, Joe Darling, the member for Cambridge, died. Geoffrey Green won the resulting by-election on 23 February 1946.
3 On 17 October 1947, James McDonald, the Labor member for Gordon, died. Labor candidate Thomas d'Alton won the resulting by-election on 22 November 1947.
4 On 5 March 1948, William Strutt, the member for Queenborough, died. Henry Baker won the resulting by-election on 8 May 1948.
5 On 2 August 1948, Bill Wedd, the member for Buckingham, resigned to contest one of the Denison seats in the August 1948 House of Assembly election. Labor candidate James Bell Connolly won the resulting by-election. This was the first occasion on which a Labor candidate had won a non-Labor-held seat at a Legislative Council by-election.
6 On 2 September 1948, Margaret McIntyre, the member for Cornwall and the first woman elected to the Legislative Council, died four months into her term. Ernest Record won the resulting by-election on 16 October 1948.
7 In April 1950, Richard Green, the member for Launceston, resigned to become a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Labor candidate Arthur Grounds won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1950.