title: Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1939–1945
text: # Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1939–1945
  
  This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1939 and 1945. 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 |
  | - | - |
  | 2 May 1939 | Cambridge; Hobart (1); Russell |
  | 7 May 1940 | Hobart (1); Launceston (1); Gordon |
  | 6 May 1941 | Hobart (1); Meander; Pembroke |
  | 5 May 1942 | Huon; Launceston (1); Mersey |
  | 4 May 1943 | Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland |
  | 2 May 1944 | Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk |
  
  ## Members
  
  | Name | Division | Years in office | Elected |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Hon Compton Archer | Macquarie | 1944–1950 | 1944 |
  | Hon Albert Bendall | Macquarie | 1932–1944 | 1938 |
  | Hon Percy Best | Meander | 1935–1943 | 1941 |
  | Hon Archibald Blacklow | Pembroke | 1936–1953 | 1941 |
  | Hon William Calvert | Huon | 1924–1942 | 1936 |
  | Hon John Cheek | Westmorland | 1907–1913; 1919–1942 | 1937 |
  | Hon Arthur Cutts | Tamar | 1937–1955 | 1943 |
  | Hon Joe Darling | Cambridge | 1921–1946 | 1939 |
  | Hon Charles Eady | Hobart | 1925–1945 | 1940 |
  | Hon Alexander Evans | Launceston | 1936–1942 | 1936 |
  | Hon Arthur Fenton | Russell | 1933–1957 | 1939 |
  | Hon George Flowers | Westmorland | 1942–1958 | 1943 |
  | Hon Dr John Gaha (Labor) | Hobart | 1933–1943 | 1939 |
  | Hon Frank Hart | Launceston | 1916–1940 | 1934 |
  | Hon Alexander Lillico | Mersey | 1924–1954 | 1942 |
  | Hon Elliot Lillico | Meander | 1943–1958 | b/e |
  | Hon James McDonald (Labor) | Gordon | 1916–1922; 1928–1947 | 1940 |
  | Hon George McElwee (Labor) | Launceston | 1940–1946 | 1940 |
  | Hon Thomas Murdoch | Buckingham | 1914–1916; 1921–1944 | 1938 |
  | Hon Leslie Procter | South Esk | 1939–1962 | 1944 |
  | Hon William Robinson | Launceston | 1942–1948 | 1942 |
  | Hon Rupert Shoobridge | Derwent | 1937–1955 | 1943 |
  | Hon William Strutt | Hobart | 1938–1948 | 1941 |
  | Hon Arthur Tyler (Labor) | Hobart | 1943–1945 | b/e |
  | Hon Bill Wedd | Buckingham | 1944–1948 | 1944 |
  | Hon Rowland Worsley (Labor) | Huon | 1942–1948 | 1942 |
  