# Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1927–1929

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1927 to 1929, as elected at the 1927 state election:
| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
| John Allan | Country | Rodney | 1917–1936 |
| Albert Allnutt | Country Progressive | Mildura | 1927–1945 |
| Hon Henry Angus | Nationalist | Gunbower | 1911–1934 |
| Hon Stanley Argyle | Nationalist | Toorak | 1920–1940 |
| Hon Henry Bailey | Labor | Warrnambool | 1914–1932; 1935–1950 |
| Henry Beardmore | Nationalist | Benambra | 1917–1932 |
| Matthew Bennett | Country | Gippsland West | 1929–1950 |
| Maurice Blackburn | Labor | Clifton Hill | 1914–1917; 1925–1934 |
| Henry Bodman | Independent | Gippsland South | 1927 |
| Ernie Bond | Labor | Port Fairy and Glenelg | 1924–1943 |
| Hon Murray Bourchier | Country | Goulburn Valley | 1920–1936 |
| Sir John Bowser | Country | Wangaratta and Ovens | 1894–1929 |
| William Brownbill | Labor | Geelong | 1920–1932; 1935–1938 |
| John Cain | Labor | Northcote | 1917–1957 |
| Edward Cleary | Country Progressive | Benalla | 1927–1936 |
| Arthur Cook | Labor | Bendigo | 1924–1945 |
| Ted Cotter | Labor | Richmond | 1908–1945 |
| Ernest Coyle | Nationalist | Waranga | 1927–1943 |
| Robert Cuthbertson | Nationalist | Albert Park | 1927–1929 |
| Alfred Downward | Country | Mornington | 1894–1929 |
| Arthur Drakeford | Labor | Essendon | 1927–1932 |
| Albert Dunstan | Country Progressive | Korong and Eaglehawk | 1920–1950 |
| William Everard | Nationalist | Evelyn | 1917–1950 |
| Frederick Forrest | Liberal | Caulfield | 1927–1930 |
| George Frost | Labor | Maryborough and Daylesford | 1920–1942 |
| Harold Glowrey | Country Progressive | Ouyen | 1927–1932 |
| Burnett Gray | Liberal | St Kilda | 1927–1932 |
| Edmund Greenwood | Nationalist | Nunawading | 1917–1929 |
| Frank Groves | Nationalist | Dandenong | 1917–1929; 1932–1937 |
| Tom Hayes | Labor | Melbourne | 1924–1955 |
| Ralph Hjorth | Labor | Grant | 1924–1932 |
| Hon Edmond Hogan | Labor | Warrenheip and Grenville | 1913–1943 |
| Jack Holland | Labor | Flemington | 1925–1955 |
| Arthur Hughes | Labor | Hampden | 1921–1929 |
| Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Nationalist | Kew | 1927–1949 |
| Arthur Jackson | Labor | Prahran | 1924–1932 |
| James Jewell | Labor | Brunswick | 1910–1949 |
| Frank Keane | Labor | Coburg | 1924–1940 |
| Brig. George Knox | Nationalist | Upper Yarra | 1927–1960 |
| Walter Langslow | Nationalist | Castlemaine and Kyneton | 1929 |
| Hon Harry Lawson | Nationalist | Castlemaine and Kyneton | 1900–1928 |
| Hon John Lemmon | Labor | Williamstown | 1904–1955 |
| Albert Lind | Country | Gippsland East | 1920–1961 |
| Richard Linton | Nationalist | Boroondara | 1927–1933 |
| William McAdam | Labor | Ballarat | 1924–1932 |
| James McDonald | Nationalist | Polwarth | 1917–1933 |
| Hon Ian Macfarlan | Nationalist | Brighton | 1928–1945 |
| William McKenzie | Labor | Wonthaggi | 1927–1947 |
| Hon Edwin Mackrell | Country | Upper Goulburn | 1920–1945 |
| James McLachlan | Independent | Gippsland North | 1908–1938 |
| Hon William McPherson | Nationalist | Hawthorn | 1913–1930 |
| Thomas Maltby | Nationalist | Barwon | 1929–1961 |
| William Moncur | Country | Walhalla | 1927–1945 |
| Edward Morley | Nationalist | Barwon | 1920–1929 |
| James Murphy | Labor | Port Melbourne | 1917–1942 |
| Francis Old | Country | Swan Hill | 1919–1945 |
| Hon Sir Alexander Peacock | Nationalist | Allandale | 1889–1933 |
| Hon John Pennington | Nationalist | Kara Kara and Borung | 1913–1917; 1918–1935 |
| Reg Pollard | Labor | Bulla and Dalhousie | 1924–1932 |
| Hon George Prendergast | Labor | Footscray | 1894–1897; 1900–1926; 1927–1937 |
| Squire Reid | Labor | Oakleigh | 1927–1932; 1937–1947 |
| Hon William Slater | Labor | Dundas | 1917–1947 |
| Hon Oswald Snowball | Nationalist | Brighton | 1909–1928 |
| Robert Solly | Labor | Carlton | 1904–1906; 1908–1932 |
| Richard Toutcher | Nationalist | Stawell and Ararat | 1897–1935 |
| Hon Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | Collingwood | 1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947 |
| Arthur Walter | Country | Gippsland West | 1924–1929 |
| Gordon Webber | Labor | Heidelberg | 1912–1932 |
| Walter West | Nationalist | Gippsland South | 1922–1927; 1927–1929 |
| Marcus Wettenhall | Country | Lowan | 1920–1935 |
    $^1$ On 2 November 1927, the Independent member for Gippsland South, Henry Bodman, died. Nationalist candidate and former member Walter West won the resulting by-election on 3 December 1927.
    $^2$ On 16 March 1928, the Nationalist member for Brighton and Speaker of the Assembly, Oswald Snowball, died. Nationalist candidate Ian Macfarlan won the resulting by-election on 28 April 1928.
    $^3$ In October 1928, the Nationalist member for Castlemaine and Kyneton, former premier Harry Lawson, resigned to contest a Senate seat at the 1928 federal election. Nationalist candidate Walter Langslow won the resulting by-election on 2 February 1929.
    $^4$ On 8 June 1929, the Nationalist member for Barwon, Edward Morley, died. Nationalist candidate Thomas Maltby won the resulting by-election on 6 July 1929.
    $^5$ In September 1929, the Country member for Gippsland West, Arthur Walter, resigned to contest Division of Indi in the 1929 federal election. Country candidate Matthew Bennett won the resulting by-election on 19 October 1929.

## Sources

* Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.