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The 1950's

1950 - Thursday, April 13

Dissolution of 37th Victorian Parliament.

1950 - Friday, April 14

Former Victorian Premier Sir Albert Arthur Dunstan died.

1950 - Friday, April 28

Royal Commission inquiring into the origins, aims, objects and funds of the Communist Party in Victoria and other related matters presented its final report to Parliament.

1950 - Saturday, May 13

A general election was held in Victoria.

1950 - Tuesday, June 20

Opening of 38th Victorian Parliament.

The Hon. Sir Archie Michaelis became Victoria's 22nd Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1950 - Tuesday, June 27

Premier of Victoria Thomas Tuke Hollway retired from his second term as Premier having served 572 days.

John Gladstone Black McDonald assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria Thomas Tuke Hollway retired from second term in office after having served 952 days.

1950 - Tuesday, November 7

Prorogation of First Session of 38th Parliament of Victoria.

1950 - Monday, November 13

Opening of Second Session of 38th Parliament of Victoria.

1951 - Monday, February 19

Jean Lee, Robert Clayton and Norman Andrews are hanged in Melbourne for murdering a 73-year-old man. Lee is the last woman to be hanged in Australia.

1951 - Saturday, September 22

A Federal referendum designed to provide the Government with powers to outlaw Communism was defeated by a narrow majority, 2,370,009 to 2,317,927 with the states equally divided on the issue.

1951 - Tuesday, November 13

100th anniversary of foundation of Victoria’s first Legislative Council.

1952 - Sunday, January 20

The first through express trains ran between Melbourne and Adelaide with the completion of the railway between the cities.

Sir James Stanley Disney, businessman, politician and former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, died at Auburn in Melbourne, aged 55.

1952 - Thursday, June 12

Former Victorian Premier Harry Lawson died.

1952 - Thursday, June 26

Grace Muriel Stratton became the first female candidate to stand for a Legislative Council seat (Higinbotham). She stood as an Independent candidate, gaining 41.29% of the votes.

1952 - Tuesday, October 28

Premier Thomas Tuke Hollway assumed office for his third time, forming a 4-day Electoral Reform Ministry after Council refused Supply. This was the shortest Government in Victorian history.

Premier of Victoria John Gladstone Black McDonald retired from office having served 855 days.

1952 - Friday, October 31

Dissolution of 38th Victorian Parliament.

John Gladstone Black McDonald assumed office for his second term as Premier of Victoria.

Premier Thomas Tuke Hollway retired from his third and final term in Office having served for just 4 days. This was the shortest Government in Victorian history.

1952 - Saturday, December 6

a general election was held in Victoria.

1952 - Wednesday, December 17

The Hon. Patrick Keith Sutton became Victoria's 23rd Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

John Cain (Snr) assumed office for his third term as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria John Gladstone Black McDonald retired from his second term in office having served 48 days.

1952 - Monday, December 22

Opening of 39th Victorian Parliament.

1953 - Wednesday, January 28

James Henry Scullin, newspaper editor, Labor leader and Prime Minister of Australia from 1929 to 1931, died in Melbourne.

1953 - Tuesday, April 21

Victorian Premier John Mansfield Brumby was born.

1953 - Saturday, May 2

Victorian Liberal minister and lawyer, Trevor Donald Oldham, 53, and his wife, Kathleen, were killed in an air crash in India near Calcutta while on their way to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London.

1954 - Wednesday, February 24

Queen Elizabeth II visited Parliament House.

1954 - Thursday, February 25

Queen Elizabeth II opens the 2nd session of the 39th Parliament of Victoria during a visit to Melbourne.

1954 - Friday, October 15

Stephen Phillip Bracks, Victorian Premier from 1999 to 2007, was born.

1955 - Friday, April 22

Dissolution of 39th Victorian Parliament.

1955 - Saturday, May 28

A general election was held in Victoria. The Liberal and Country Party wins power resulting in Henry Bolte becoming Premier (sworn in on 7 June) for what would become a record 17-year term.

1955 - Tuesday, June 7

Premier of Victoria John Cain (Snr) retired from his fourth and final term in office having served a total of 1639 days as Premier.

Sir Henry Edward Bolte assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

1955 - Wednesday, June 15

The Opening of the 40th Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

The Hon. Sir William John Farquhar McDonald became Victoria's 24th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1955 - Wednesday, November 23

100 years of Responsible Government.

1956 - Wednesday, February 1

Royal Commission into the operation of the Housing Acts of Victoria and the administration of the Housing Commission established.

1956 - Wednesday, June 13

Broadmeadows in Melbourne was proclaimed a city.

1956 - Tuesday, July 31

Royal Commission into the operation of the Housing Acts of Victoria and the administration of the Housing Commission presented its final report to Parliament.

1956 - Friday, November 9

The Olympic Torch began a 13-day journey from Cairns to Melbourne for the opening of the Olympic Games.

1956 - Wednesday, November 21

Celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of First Parliament. First day of new session of Parliament. A Centenary Luncheon and Garden Party took place. United Kingdom Government presented to Parliament of Victoria a piece of the Palace of Westminster stone (now located in the Parliamentary Gardens). UK Branch of CPA presented 2 minute Sandglass to Legislative Council, and pair of Dispatch Boxes to the Legislative Assembly. UK CPA delegates attended celebrations following invitation from Victoria Branch of CPA.

1956 - Thursday, November 22

Ron Clarke lit the Olympic flame in the MCG at the opening of the Olympic Games held in Melbourne.

1956 - Sunday, November 25

100th anniversary of the Opening of the first Parliament of Victoria.

1957 - Saturday, January 19

GTV 9 begins transmission in Melbourne.

1957 - Sunday, August 4

Former Victorian Premier John Cain (Snr) died.

1957 - Monday, October 21

Start of Australia's first automatic telephone weather service, in Melbourne.

1958 - Friday, April 18

Dissolution of 40th Victorian Parliament.

1958 - Friday, May 30

The Monash University at Clayton, east of Melbourne, was officially established with the proclamation of the Monash University Act and the gazettal of the Interim Council with Robert Rutherford Blackwood as the first Chairman and later Chancellor.

1958 - Saturday, May 31

A general election was held in Victoria.

1958 - Tuesday, July 8

Opening of 41st Victorian Parliament.

The Hon. Sir Gordon Stewart McArthur became Victoria's 10th President of the Legislative Council.

1958 - Tuesday, September 30

The fourth consolidation in alphabetical order of Victorian public general Acts operative 30 September 1958.

Periodic reprinting of public general acts with subsequent amendments incorporated (making periodic general consolidations of public general acts obsolete) was enabled by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1958 operative 30 September 1958

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into off-course betting established.

1959 - Friday, February 27

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into off-course betting presented its final report to Parliament.

1959 - Tuesday, May 26

Royal Commission on motor car third-party compulsory insurance appointed.

1959 - Monday, December 14

Royal Commission on motor car third-party compulsory insurance presented its final report to Parliament.