CONTENTS. AGE Members of the Council from 1st January to 31st December, 1919 ... v to viii I n d e x ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... P r o c e e d in g s o n B il l s in t r o d u c e d in t h e C o u n c il ... ... ... ... xxv M in u t e s o f t h e P r o c e e d in g s ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i Q u e st io n s a s k e d b y H o n o r a b l e M em b er s a n d R e p l ie s t h e r e t o .,. ... ... 85 B ill s a s s e n t e d to a f t e r t h e F in a l A d jo u r n m e n t of b o t h H o u se s of P a r l ia m e n t AND BEFORE THE PROROGATION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 87 P roclamation P r o r o g u in g t h e P a r l ia m e n t o f V ic t o r ia ... ... ... ... 89 Select Committees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 91 Divisions in Committee of the Whole Council ... ... ... ... ... 9d MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1 s t JANUARY TO 3 1 s t DECEMBER, 1919. Elected at— Dates of Names of Provinces and Members. Retirement. Remarks. Nomination. Polling. Each Province returns two Members. METROPOLITAN. EAST YARRA: oa aan TT-i + I Males, 26,082. The Honorables— 34,862 Electors ^ Females> 8j780- William Haslam Edgar 5 June, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. James Kerr Merritt 24 May, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. MELBOURNE: 19,826in ooc Electors-vi 4- j(Males, Femalegj 14,396.5>43() The Honorables— Sir John Mark Davies, 29 May, 1913 .. 1919 Retired by rotation and re-elected. K.C.M.G. Elected President 6 July, 1910; succeeded by re-elected 2 July, 1913. Sir Henry Weedon 5 June, 1919 1925 Elected in place of Hon. Sir John Mark Davies, K.C.M.G., who retired by rotation. John McWhae 24 May, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. MELBOURNE EAST : mono-mi 4. ( Males, 15,008. The Honorables— 19,823 Electors j Females> 4,815. Daniel Laurence McNamara 5 June, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. John Percy Jones 24 May, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. MELBOURNE NORTH : .. ... , (Males, 26,813. The Honorables— 32,996 Electors \ Females> 6>lg3. William James Beckett 5 June, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Donald Melville 1 June, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. succeeded by Esmond Laurence Kiernan 5 June, 1919 .. 1922 Elected in place of Hon. >D. Melville, deceased. MELBOURNE SOUTH: o k o rv r 4. I Males, 17,882. 25,297 Electors j Females> 7,415, The Honorables— Arthur Robinson 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Thomas Henry Payne 24 May, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. MELBOURNE WEST : o-KiK ™ . f Males, 2 2 ,359. 27,645 Electors j Femaies> s ;186. The Honorables— James Herbert Disney 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. John George Aikman 1 June, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and, on peti­ tion, re-elected. COUNTRY. in /?ok in 4. ( Males, 7,426. BENDIGO : 10,685 Electors j Femaleg> 3,259. The Honorables— Alfred Hicks 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Joseph Sternberg 24 May, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. GIPPSLAND : 10 koo 4- ( Males, 10,593. 13,528 Electors j Females> 2>9?,5. The Honorables— George Hartley Davis 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Edward Jolley Crooke 1 June, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Males, 7,735. NELSON: 10,453 Electors The Honorables— . Females, 2,718. James Drysdale Brown 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Theodore Beggs 24 May, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. -loncKin 4- f Males, 10,052. NORTHERN: 12,965 Electors <j Fejnales, 2,913. The Honorables— Francis Grenville Clarke .. 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotatiop. and re-elected. William Lawrence Baillieu u May, 1916 ,, 1922 Retired by rotation p,nd re-elected, M e m b e r s o f t h e L e g is l a t iv e Co u n c il —continued. Elected at— Names of Provinces and Members. Dates of Remarks. Retirement. Nomination. Polling. Each Province returns two Members. COUNTRY—continued. NORTH-EASTERN: . „ A-„ , ( Males, 9,745. The Honorables— 13,076 Electors ) FemaleSj 3,331. William Kendell .. 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Arthur Otto Sachse 24 May, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Appointed Chairman of Com­ mittees, 3 July, 1912. Re­ appointed 3 December, 1914; 5 July, 1916 ; and 4 December, 1917. NORTH-WESTERN : caa cm 4. I Males, 13,249. The Honorables— 16,646 Electors ^ Females, 3,397. "29 May, 1913 Retired by rotation and re-elected. 30 June, 1913 Vacated seat by accepting office of Minister of Public H e a lth ; Frederick William Hageltkorn Y 1919 -< re-elected. succeeded by 30 Dec., 1913 Vacated seat by accepting office of Commissioner of Public Works ; re-elected. George Louis Goudie 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Elected in place of Hon. F. W. Hagelthorn, who retired by rotation. Richard Bloomfield Rees .. 24 May, 1916 .. 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. succeeded by William Paul Crockett 19 Nov., 1919.. 1922 Elected in place of Hon. R. B. Rees, resigned. SOUTHERN: to aac -ni 4. ' Males, 10,250. The Honorables— 13,846 Electors j Femaleg) 3,596t William Lionel Russell Clarke 28 May, 1919 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. William Charles Angliss .. 1 June, 1916 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. SOUTH-EASTERN: nr -ni . I Males, 19,271. The Honorables— 25,558 Electors j Females> 6>287. Duncan Elphinstone McBryde 6 June, 1913 1919 Retired by rotation and re-elected. succeeded by Alfred Elliott Chandler 5 June, 1919 1925 Elected in place of Hon. D. E. McBryde, who retired by rotation. William Addison Adamson 24 May, 1916 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. SOUTH-WESTERN : Males, 13,220. 16,903 Electors The Honorables— Females, 3,683. Austin Albert Austin 28 May, 1919 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Horace Frank Richardson.. 24 May, 1916 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. WELLINGTON : The Honorables— 10,345 Electors { ^ Alexander Bell 28 May, 1919 .. 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Frederick William Brawn 1 June, 1916 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. WESTERN : 10 c,aK vi 4. I Males, 10,393. The Honorables— 13,265 Electors j ^ Edward James White 28 May, 1919 1925 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Walter Synnot Manifold 24 May, 1916 1922 Retired by rotation and re-elected. Elected President 8 July, 1919. Total No. of Elec- fMales, 242,206. tors,* 317,619 (Females,75,413. Including 210 non-ratepaying electors—126 males and 84 females. Legislative Council, R. W. V. McCALL, Melbourne, 3lst December, 1919. Clerk of the Legislative Council. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL During the period from 1st January to 31st December, 1919. Member. Province. 1. ADAMSON, The Honorable William Addison South-Eastern. 2 . AIRMAN, The Honorable John George Melbourne West. 3. ANGLISS, The Honorable W illiam ....................................... Southern. 4; AUSTIN, The Honorable Austin Albert South-Western. 5. BAILLIEU, The Honorable William Lawrence Northern. 6. BECKETT, The Honorable William James Melbourne North. 7. BEGGS, The Honorable Theodore Nelson. 8 . BELL, The Honorable Alexander Wellington. 9. BRAWN, The Honorable Frederick William ... Wellington. 10. BROWN, The Honorable James Drysdale Nelson. 11. CHANDLER, The Honorable Alfred Elliott ... South-Eastern. (Elected in place of Honorable Duncan Elphinstone McBryde.) 12. CLARKE, The Honorable Francis Grenville ... Northern. 13. CLARKE, The Honorable William Lionel Russell Southern. 14. CROCKETT, The Honorable William'Paul North-Western. (Elected in place of Honorable Richard Bloomfield Rees, resigned 30th October, 1919. 15. CROOKE, The Honorable Edward Jolley Gippsland. 16. DAVIS, The Honorable George Martiey Gippsland. 17. DISNEY, The Honorable James Herbert Melbourne West. 18. EDGAR, The Honorable William Haslam East Yarra. 19. GOUDIE, The Honorable George Louis N orth-Western. (Elected in place of Honorable Frederick William Hagelthorn.) 20. HICKS, The Honorable Alfred Bendigo. 21. JONES, The Honorable John Percy ... Melbourne East. 22. KENDELL, The Honorable William North-Eastern. 23. KIERNAN, The Honorable Esmond Laurence Melbourne North. (Elected in place of Honorable Donald Melville, deceased 20th March, 1919.) 24. MANIFOLD, The Honorable Walter Synnot (President) Western. 25. McNAMARA, The Honorable Daniel Laurence Melbourne East. 26. McWHAE, The Honorable John ... Melbourne. 27. MERRITT, The Honorable James Kerr East Yarra. 28. PAYNE, The Honorable Thomas Henry Melbourne South. 29. RICHARDSON, The Honorable Horace Frank South-W estern. 30. ROBINSON, The Honorable Arthur Melbourne South. 31. SACHSE, The Honorable Arthur Otto (Chairman of Committees) ... North-Eastern. 32. STERNBERG, The Honorable Joseph Bendigo. 33. WEEDON, The Honorable Sir Henry ... ••• Melbourne. (Elected in place of Honorable Sir John Mark Davies, K.C. M. Gr.) 34. WHITE, The Honorable Edward James Western. Legislative Council, Melbourne, 31st December, 1919. LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SHOWING DATE WHEN FIRST ELECTED. SESSION 1 9 1 9 . No. Member. Province. First Elected. 1 STERNBERG, The Hon. J. Bendigo 1891§ 2* SACHSE, The Hon. A. 0 .