- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947
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This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1947, as elected at the 1944 state election.
Name Party Electorate Term in office Tom Aikens Ind. Labor Mundingburra 1944–1977 Frank Barnes Ind. Labor Bundaberg 1941–1950 Lou Barnes Ind. Labor Cairns 1942–1947 William Brand Country Isis 1920–1950 Hon Samuel Brassington Labor Fortitude Valley 1927–1932, 1933–1950 Hon Henry Bruce Labor The Tableland 1923–1950 Sir John Beals Chandler QPP Hamilton 1943–1947 James Clark Labor Fitzroy 1935–1960 Hon Harold Collins Labor Cook 1935–1957 Hon Frank Cooper[3] Labor Bremer 1915–1946 Patrick Copley Labor Kurilpa 1932–1949 Edward Davis Labor Barcoo 1943–1961 Eric Decker Country Sandgate 1941–1953 George Devries Labor Gregory 1941–1957 James Donald[3] Labor Bremer 1946–1969 John Duggan Labor Toowoomba 1935–1957, 1958–1969 Thomas Dunstan Labor Gympie 1915–1929, 1935–1953 James Edwards Country Nanango 1920–1947 David Farrell Labor Maryborough 1938–1953 Hon Tom Foley Labor Normanby 1919–1960 Hon Vince Gair Labor South Brisbane 1932–1960 Hon David Gledson Labor Ipswich 1915–1929, 1932–1949 Fred Graham Labor Mackay 1943–1969 William Gunn Labor Wynnum 1944–1966 Hon Ned Hanlon Labor Ithaca 1926–1952 Hon Edward Hanson Labor Buranda 1924–1947 John Hayes Labor Nundah 1932–1947 Ernest Clayton[4] Country Wide Bay 1920–1946 Thomas Hiley QPP Logan 1944–1966 Paul Hilton Labor Carnarvon 1935–1963 Walter Ingram Labor Keppel 1944–1952 Cecil Jesson Labor Kennedy 1935–1960 Hon Arthur Jones Labor Charters Towers 1929–1932, 1939–1960 Thomas Kerr QPP Oxley 1943–1956 George Keyatta Labor Townsville 1939–1960 Hon James Larcombe Labor Rockhampton 1912–1929, 1932–1956 Louis Luckins Independent/QPP Maree 1941–1953 Duncan MacDonald Country Stanley 1938–1953 Malcolm McIntyre Country Cunningham 1944–1953 John Healy Labor Warwick 1935–1947 Ted Maher Country West Moreton 1929–1949 John Henry Mann Labor Brisbane 1936–1969 George Marriott Ind. Labor Bulimba 1938–1950 Bill Moore Labor Merthyr 1940–1957 Kenneth Morris QPP Enoggera 1944–1963 Adolf Muller Country Fassifern 1935–1969 Frank Nicklin Country Murrumba 1932–1968 Harry O'Shea Labor Warrego 1941–1950 Fred Paterson[1] Communist Bowen 1944–1950 Arthur Bruce Pie QPP Windsor 1941–1943, 1944–1951 Thomas Plunkett Jr. Country Albert 1929–1957 William Power Labor Baroona 1935–1960 Aubrey Slessar Labor Dalby 1938–1947 Alfred Smith Labor Carpentaria 1941–1960 Walter Sparkes Country Aubigny 1932–1935, 1941–1960 John Taylor Labor Maranoa 1944–1957 Stephen Theodore Labor Herbert 1940–1950 John Turner Labor Kelvin Grove 1941–1957 Harry Walker Country Cooroora 1907–1947 Hon Ted Walsh Labor Mirani 1935–1947, 1950–1969 Charles Wanstall QPP Toowong 1944–1950 Hon Thomas Williams Labor Port Curtis 1932–1947 Leslie Wood[2] Labor East Toowoomba 1946–1947, 1950–1958 Herbert Yeates[2] Country East Toowoomba 1938–1945 - 1 At the 1944 state election, Communist member Fred Paterson won the seat of Bowen. He therefore became the only member of the party ever to win elected office at state or federal level in Australia, and served two full terms until a redistribution abolished the seat in 1950.
- 2 On 24 December 1945, the Country member for East Toowoomba, Herbert Yeates, died. Labor candidate Leslie Wood won the resulting by-election on 2 March 1946.
- 3 On 12 March 1946, the Labor member for Bremer and Premier of Queensland, Frank Cooper, retired. Labor candidate James Donald won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1949.
- 4 On 30 December 1946, the Country member for Wide Bay, Ernest Clayton, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1947 state election.
See also
- Queensland state election, 1944
- Cooper Ministry (Labor) (1942–1946)
- Hanlon Ministry (Labor) (1946–1952)
References
- 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.
Preceded by
29th Assembly30th Queensland Legislative Assembly
1944–1947Succeeded by
31st AssemblyCategories:- Members of Queensland parliaments by term
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