title: Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1951–1957
text: # Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1951–1957
  
  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 |
  