- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1954–1955
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This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 21st Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1954 election on 29 May 1954. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden lost a net of five seats, but defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt.
Seat changes between 1951 and 1954 elections Labor Won by Labor Party Liberal Won by Liberal Party Hoddle Seat abolished at the end of the 21st Parliament Member Party Electorate State First elected Charles Adermann Country Fisher Qld 1943 Ian Allan Country Gwydir NSW 1953 Gordon Anderson ALP Kingsford Smith NSW 1949 Thomas Andrews ALP/ALP (A-C) Darebin Vic 1949 Hon Larry Anthony Country Richmond NSW 1937 Lance Barnard ALP Bass Tas 1954 Jeff Bate Liberal Macarthur NSW 1949 Hon Howard Beale Liberal Parramatta NSW 1946 Kim Beazley ALP Fremantle WA 1945 Alan Bird ALP Batman Vic 1949 Francis Bland Liberal Warringah NSW 1951 William Bostock Liberal Indi Vic 1949 Bill Bourke ALP/ALP (A-C) Fawkner Vic 1949 George Bowden Country Gippsland Vic 1943 William Brand Country Wide Bay Qld 1954 Wilfred Brimblecombe Country Maranoa Qld 1951 Geoffrey Brown Liberal McMillan Vic 1949 Hon Henry Bruce ALP Leichhardt Qld 1951 Tom Burke ALP Perth WA 1943 Bill Bryson ALP/ALP (A-C) Wills Vic 1943–1946, 1949 Hon Arthur Calwell ALP Melbourne Vic 1940 Hon Archie Cameron Liberal Barker SA 1934 Clyde Cameron ALP Hindmarsh SA 1949 Dr Donald Cameron Liberal Oxley Qld 1949 Rt Hon Richard Casey Liberal La Trobe Vic 1931–40, 1949 Hon Cyril Chambers ALP Adelaide SA 1943 Hon Percy Clarey ALP Bendigo Vic 1949 Joe Clark ALP Darling NSW 1934 Jim Cope[1] ALP Cook NSW 1955 Dominic Costa ALP Banks NSW 1949 Wilfred Coutts ALP Griffith Qld 1954 John Cramer Liberal Bennelong NSW 1949 John Cremean ALP/ALP (A-C) Hoddle Vic 1949 Frank Crean ALP Melbourne Ports Vic 1951 Daniel Curtin ALP Watson NSW 1949 Fred Daly ALP Grayndler NSW 1943 Charles Davidson Country Dawson Qld 1946 Billy Davies ALP Cunningham NSW 1949 Frank Davis Liberal Deakin Vic 1949 Roger Dean Liberal Robertson NSW 1949 Alexander Downer Liberal Angas SA 1949 Hon Arthur Drakeford ALP Maribyrnong Vic 1934 Hon David Drummond Country New England NSW 1949 Nigel Drury Liberal Ryan Qld 1949 Gilbert Duthie ALP Wilmot Tas 1946 William Edmonds ALP Herbert Qld 1946 Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt ALP Barton NSW 1940 Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Country McPherson Qld 1949 Laurence Failes Country Lawson NSW 1949 David Fairbairn Liberal Farrer NSW 1949 Hon Allen Fairhall Liberal Paterson NSW 1949 Bill Falkinder Liberal Franklin Tas 1946 Joe Fitzgerald ALP Phillip NSW 1949 Hon Josiah Francis Liberal Moreton Qld 1922 Allan Fraser ALP Eden-Monaro NSW 1943 James Fraser[2] ALP Australian Capital Territory ACT 1951 Gordon Freeth Liberal Forrest WA 1949 Arthur Fuller Country Hume NSW 1943–49, 1951 Patrick Galvin ALP Kingston SA 1951 Arthur Greenup ALP Dalley NSW 1953 Charles Griffiths ALP Shortland NSW 1949 Jo Gullett Liberal Henty Vic 1946 Leonard Hamilton Country Canning WA 1946 Rt Hon Eric Harrison Liberal Wentworth NSW 1931 James Harrison ALP Blaxland NSW 1949 Hon Paul Hasluck Liberal Curtin WA 1949 Hon William Haworth Liberal Isaacs Vic 1949 Leslie Haylen ALP Parkes NSW 1943 Rt Hon Harold Holt Liberal Higgins Vic 1935 John Howse Liberal Calare NSW 1946 Alan Hulme Liberal Petrie Qld 1949 William Jack Liberal North Sydney NSW 1949 Rowley James ALP Hunter NSW 1928 Hon Herbert Johnson ALP Kalgoorlie WA 1940 Robert Joshua ALP/ALP (A-C) Ballaarat ALP 1951 Percy Joske Liberal Balaclava Vic 1951 Hon Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal Chisholm Vic 1949 Stan Keon ALP/ALP (A-C) Yarra Vic 1949 William Lawrence Liberal Wimmera Vic 1949 Hon George Lawson ALP Brisbane Qld 1931 Nelson Lemmon ALP St George NSW 1943–49, 1954 Hugh Leslie Liberal Moore Country 1949 Robert Lindsay Liberal Flinders Vic 1954 Anthony Luchetti ALP Macquarie NSW 1951 Aubrey Luck Liberal Darwin Tas 1951 Philip Lucock Country Lyne NSW 1953 Daniel Mackinnon Liberal Corangamite Vic 1949–51, 1953 Hon Norman Makin ALP Sturt SA 1919–46, 1954 Hon Philip McBride Liberal Wakefield SA 1931–37, 1937–43 (S), 1946 Malcolm McColm Liberal Bowman Qld 1949 Rt Hon John McEwen Country Murray Vic 1934 John McLeay Liberal Boothby SA 1949 Donald McLeod Liberal Wannon ALP 1940–49, 1951 Hon William McMahon Liberal Lowe NSW 1949 Rt Hon Robert Menzies Liberal Kooyong Vic 1934 Daniel Minogue ALP West Sydney NSW 1949 Charles Morgan ALP Reid NSW 1940–46, 1949 John Mullens ALP/ALP (A-C) Gellibrand Vic 1949 John Nelson[2] ALP Northern Territory NT 1949 William O'Connor ALP Martin NSW 1946 Hubert Opperman Liberal Corio Vic 1949 Hon Frederick Osborne Liberal Evans NSW 1949 Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919 Henry Pearce Liberal Capricornia Qld 1949 Ted Peters ALP Burke Vic 1949 Hon Reg Pollard ALP Lalor Vic 1937 Hon Bill Riordan ALP Kennedy Qld 1936 Hugh Roberton Country Riverina NSW 1949 Edgar Russell ALP Grey SA 1943 Thomas Sheehan[1] ALP Cook NSW 1937 Frank Stewart ALP Lang NSW 1953 Reginald Swartz Liberal Darling Downs Qld 1949 Albert Thompson ALP Port Adelaide SA 1946 Frank Timson Liberal Higinbotham Vic 1949 Hon Athol Townley Liberal Denison Tas 1949 Winton Turnbull Country Mallee Vic 1946 Harry Turner Liberal Bradfield NSW 1952 Hon Eddie Ward ALP East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932 David Oliver Watkins ALP Newcastle NSW 1935 Harry Webb ALP Swan WA 1954 William Wentworth Liberal Mackellar NSW 1949 Roy Wheeler Liberal Mitchell NSW 1949 Gough Whitlam ALP Werriwa NSW 1952 Bruce Wight Liberal Lilley Qld 1949 Notes
- ^ a b ALP member Thomas Sheehan died on 26 March 1955; ALP candidate Jim Cope won the resulting by-election on 21 May.
- ^ a b At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.
References
- Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the twenty-first Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1955.
- "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080725081310/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/index.htm. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
See also
Members of the Australian Parliament House of Representatives
Senate
Categories:- Members of Australian parliaments by term
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