Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1970–1973

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1970 and 1973. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1967 state election with terms expiring in 1973, while the other half were elected at the 1970 state election with terms expiring in 1976. A redistribution in 1965 had created the new provinces of Boronia and Templestowe out of the former Southern Province; the full redistribution took effect at the 1970 election.

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Name ! Party ! Province ! Term expires ! Term of office
| Keith Bradbury	Country	North Eastern	1973	1953–1978
| Hon Murray Byrne	Liberal	Ballarat	1976	1958–1976
| Bill Campbell	Liberal	East Yarra	1973	1964–1983
| Hon Sir Gilbert Chandler	Liberal	Boronia	1973	1935–1973
| Michael Clarke	Country	Northern	1976	1964–1976
| Hon Vance Dickie	Liberal	Ballarat	1973	1956–1978
| Bernie Dunn	Country	North Western	1976	1969–1988
| Dolph Eddy	Labor	Doutta Galla	1976	1970–1982
| Doug Elliot	Labor	Melbourne	1973	1960–1979
| Hon William Fry	Liberal	Higinbotham	1973	1967–1979
| John Galbally	Labor	Melbourne North	1973	1949–1979
| Raymond Garrett	Liberal	Templestowe	1976	1958–1976
| Stan Gleeson	Liberal	South Western	1973	1965–1979
| Jock Granter	Liberal	Bendigo	1976	1964–1988
| Fred Grimwade	Liberal	Bendigo	1973	1967–1987
| Kenneth Gross	Liberal	Western	1976	1958–1976
| Hon Rupert Hamer{{ref label|EYar|3|3}}	Liberal	East Yarra	1976	1958–1971
| Vernon Hauser	Liberal	Boronia	1976	1970–1982
| Murray Hamilton	Liberal	Higinbotham	1976	1967–1982
| Charles Hider{{ref label|Mona|1|1}}	Liberal	Monash	1973	1970–1979
| Hon Vasey Houghton	Liberal	Templestowe	1973	1967–1985
| Hon Alan Hunt	Liberal	South Eastern	1973	1961–1992
| Glyn Jenkins	Liberal	South Western	1976	1970–1982
| Eric Kent	Labor	Gippsland	1976	1970–1976, 1979–1985
| Alexander Knight	Labor	Melbourne West	1973	1963–1979
| Stuart McDonald	Country	Northern	1973	1967–1979
| Arthur Mansell	Country	North Western	1973	1952–1973
| Bob May	Country	Gippsland	1973	1957–1973
| Clive Mitchell	Country	Western	1973	1968–1973
| Graham Nicol	Liberal	Monash	1976	1958–1976
| Jack O'Connell{{ref label|Melb|4|4}}	Labor	Melbourne	1976	1958–1972
| Haddon Storey{{ref label|EYar|3|3}}	Liberal	East Yarra	1976	1971–1996
| Ivan Swinburne	Country	North Eastern	1976	1946–1976
| Bon Thomas{{ref label|MelW|2|2}}	Labor	Melbourne West	1976	1970–1982
| Ivan Trayling{{ref label|Melb|4|4}}	Labor	Melbourne	1976	1972–1982
| John Tripovich	Labor	Doutta Galla	1973	1960–1976
| John Walton	Labor	Melbourne North	1976	1958–1982
| Roy Ward	Liberal	South Eastern	1976	1970–1988
| Bunna Walsh{{ref label|MelW|2|2}}	Labor	Melbourne West	1976	1970

:{{note label|Mona|1|1}} Charles Hider was elected at a by-election to fill the remaining three years of Lindsay Thompson's term in Monash Province, which was held on the same day as the 1970 elections.

:{{note label|MelW|2|2}} Labor candidate Bunna Walsh, who won the Melbourne West Province seat at the 1970 election, was not admitted to the Council due to a conviction 20 years earlier for robbery with violence in the South Melbourne Children's Court. His election was then declared void in September 1970 by the Court of Disputed Returns, and Labor candidate Bon Thomas won the resulting by-election on 24 October 1970.

:{{note label|EYar|3|3}} In March 1981, Rupert Hamer, Liberal MLC for East Yarra Province, resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly by-election in the seat of Kew. Liberal candidate Haddon Storey won the resulting by-election on 17 April 1971.

:{{note label|Melb|4|4}} On 20 April 1972, Jack O'Connell, Labor MLC for Melbourne Province, died. Labor candidate Ivan Trayling was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 9 June 1972.