Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957
This is a list of members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 19 May 1956 to 3 August 1957, as elected at the 1956 state election held on 19 May 1956.[1]
The term was cut short by a split within the governing Labor Party—the Premier, Vince Gair, and all but one of his ministers were expelled from the Party on 24 April 1957. He and 25 members of Parliament formed the Queensland Labor Party on 26 April, whilst the remaining Labor members became the main Opposition party and elected Jack Duggan as leader. Gair continued as Premier but could not obtain supply from the Parliament, so an election was called.
Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
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Bunny Adair | ALP/QLP | Cook | 1953–1969 |
Tom Aikens | NQLP | Mundingburra | 1944–1977 |
Bill Baxter | Labor | Norman | 1953–1966 |
Joh Bjelke-Petersen | Country | Barambah | 1947–1987 |
Mick Brosnan | ALP/QLP | Fortitude Valley | 1950–1957 |
Dick Brown | Labor | Buranda | 1947–1957 |
Jim Burrows | Labor | Port Curtis | 1947–1963 |
Peter Byrne | Labor | Mourilyan | 1950–1969 |
Gordon Chalk | Liberal | Lockyer | 1947–1976 |
Jim Clark | Labor | Fitzroy | 1935–1960 |
Arthur Coburn | Independent | Burdekin | 1950–1969 |
Hon Harold Collins | ALP/QLP | Tablelands | 1935–1957 |
Viv Cooper | ALP/QLP | Keppel | 1952–1957 |
Horace Davies | Labor | Maryborough | 1953–1971 |
Ned Davis | Labor | Barcoo | 1943–1961 |
Hon George Devries[2] | ALP/QLP | Gregory | 1941–1957 |
Alex Dewar | Liberal | Chermside | 1950–1969 |
Hon Les Diplock | ALP/QLP | Condamine | 1953–1972 |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Mount Gravatt | 1950–1957 |
Alfred Dohring | ALP/QLP | Roma | 1953–1957 |
Jim Donald | Labor | Bremer | 1946–1969 |
John Dufficy | Labor | Warrego | 1951–1969 |
Hon Jack Duggan | Labor | Toowoomba | 1935–1957, 1958–1969 |
Leonard Eastment[1] | Labor | Ithaca | 1952–1956 |
Charles English | ALP/QLP | Mulgrave | 1953–1957 |
Ernie Evans | Country | Mirani | 1947–1965 |
Alan Fletcher | Country | Cunningham | 1953–1974 |
Hon Tom Foley | ALP/Independent/QLP | Belyando | 1919–1960 |
Hon Frank Forde | Labor | Flinders | 1917–1922, 1955–1957 |
Hon Vince Gair | ALP/QLP | South Brisbane | 1932–1960 |
Mick Gardner | ALP/Independent/QLP | Rockhampton | 1956–1960 |
Bob Gardner | ALP/QLP | Bulimba | 1950–1957 |
Eric Gaven | Country | Southport | 1950–1966 |
Fred Graham | Labor | Mackay | 1943–1969 |
Bill Gunn | Labor | Wynnum | 1944–1966 |
Jim Hadley | ALP/QLP | Nundah | 1956–1957 |
Pat Hanlon[1] | Labor | Ithaca | 1956–1974 |
James Heading | Country | Marodian | 1947–1960 |
John Herbert | Liberal | Sherwood | 1956–1978 |
Nev Hewitt | Country | Mackenzie | 1956–1980 |
Thomas Hiley | Liberal | Coorparoo | 1944–1966 |
Hon Paul Hilton | ALP/QLP | Carnarvon | 1935–1963 |
Cecil Jesson | Labor | Hinchinbrook | 1935–1960 |
Hon Arthur Jones | ALP/QLP | Charters Towers | 1929–1932, 1939–1960 |
Vince Jones | Country | Callide | 1950–1971 |
Greg Kehoe | ALP/QLP | Nash | 1953–1957 |
George Keyatta | Labor | Townsville | 1939–1960 |
Eric Lloyd | Labor | Kedron | 1951–1972 |
David Low | Country | Cooroora | 1947–1974 |
Hon Colin McCathie | ALP/QLP | Haughton | 1950–1960 |
Otto Madsen | Country | Warwick | 1947–1963 |
Hon Johnno Mann | Labor | Brisbane | 1936–1969 |
Ivor Marsden | Labor | Ipswich | 1949–1966 |
Hon Bill Moore | ALP/QLP | Merthyr | 1940–1957 |
Hon Tom Moores | ALP/QLP | Kurilpa | 1949–1957 |
Kenneth Morris | Liberal | Mount Coot-tha | 1944–1963 |
Alf Muller | Country | Fassifern | 1935–1969 |
Alan Munro | Liberal | Toowong | 1950–1966 |
David Nicholson | Country | Murrumba | 1950–1972 |
Frank Nicklin | Country | Landsborough | 1932–1968 |
Dr Winston Noble | Liberal | Yeronga | 1950–1964 |
Jack Pizzey | Country | Isis | 1950–1968 |
Tom Plunkett | Country | Darlington | 1929–1957 |
Hon Bill Power | ALP/QLP | Baroona | 1935–1960 |
Tom Rasey | ALP/QLP | Windsor | 1950–1957 |
Lloyd Roberts | Country | Whitsunday | 1950–1961 |
Herbert Robinson | ALP/QLP | Sandgate | 1953–1957 |
Alexander Skinner | ALP/QLP | Somerset | 1953–1957 |
Norm Smith | ALP/QLP | Carpentaria | 1941–1960 |
Jim Sparkes | Country | Aubigny | 1932–1935, 1941–1960 |
Harold Taylor | Liberal | Clayfield | 1947–1963 |
John Taylor | Labor | Balonne | 1944–1957 |
Bert Turner | Labor | Kelvin Grove | 1941–1957 |
Watty Wallace | Labor | Cairns | 1956–1964 |
Hon Ted Walsh | ALP/QLP | Bundaberg | 1935–1947, 1950–1969 |
Les Wood | Labor | North Toowoomba | 1946–1947, 1950–1958 |
- 1 On 29 July 1956, the Labor member for Ithaca, Leonard Eastment, died. Labor candidate Pat Hanlon won the resulting by-election on 8 December 1956.
- 2 On 13 July 1957, three weeks before the 1957 state election, George Devries, the QLP (formerly ALP) member for Gregory, died. The election was therefore postponed in Gregory, and Country candidate Wally Rae won a special by-election called for 5 October 1957.
See also
- 1956 Queensland state election
- Gair Ministry (Labor/QLP) (1952–1957)
References
- ^ "Table 1. Precis of results of Queensland state elections 1932 to 2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- Waterson, D.B. Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament, 1930-1980 Canberra: ANU Press (1982)
- Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.