- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1955–1958
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This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 22nd Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1955 election on 10 December 1955. Three new seats were created (Bonython, Bruce and Stirling) and two were abolished (Hoddle and Martin). The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden won an additional eleven seats, defeating the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt, which lost ten seats.
Seat changes between 1954 and 1955 elections Liberal Won by Liberal Party Country Won by Country Party Bonython New seat Member Party Electorate State First elected Charles Adermann Country Fisher Qld 1943 Ian Allan Country Gwydir NSW 1953 Charles Anderson Country Hume NSW 1949–51, 1955 Doug Anthony[1] Country Richmond NSW 1957 Hon Larry Anthony[1] Country Richmond NSW 1937 William Aston Liberal Phillip NSW 1955 Lance Barnard ALP Bass Tas 1954 Sir Garfield Barwick[2] Liberal Parramatta NSW 1946 Jeff Bate Liberal Macarthur NSW 1949 Hon Howard Beale[2] 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 George Bowden Country Gippsland Vic 1943 William Brand Country Wide Bay Qld 1954 Wilfred Brimblecombe Country Maranoa Qld 1951 Hon Henry Bruce ALP Leichhardt Qld 1951 Gordon Bryant ALP[3] Wills Vic 1955 Alexander Buchanan Liberal McMillan Vic 1955 Leslie Bury[4] Liberal Wentworth NSW 1956 Dr Jim Cairns ALP[3] Yarra Vic 1955 Hon Arthur Calwell ALP Melbourne Vic 1940 Archie Cameron[5] Liberal Barker SA 1934 Clyde Cameron ALP Hindmarsh SA 1949 Hon 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 Fred Chaney Liberal Perth WA 1955 Hon Percy Clarey ALP Bendigo Vic 1949 Joe Clark ALP Darling NSW 1934 Richard Cleaver Liberal Swan WA 1955 Jim Cope ALP Watson NSW 1955 Dominic Costa ALP Banks NSW 1949 Wilfred Coutts ALP Griffith Qld 1954 Hon John Cramer Liberal Bennelong NSW 1949 Frank Crean ALP Melbourne Ports Vic 1951 Daniel Curtin ALP Kingsford-Smith NSW 1949 Fred Daly ALP Grayndler NSW 1943 Hon Charles Davidson Country Dawson Qld 1946 Billy Davies[6] ALP Cunningham NSW 1949 Frank Davis Liberal Deakin Vic 1949 Roger Dean Liberal Robertson NSW 1949 Hon Alexander Downer Liberal Angas SA 1949 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 Dudley Erwin Liberal Ballaarat Vic 1955 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 Dr Jim Forbes[5] Liberal Barker SA 1956 Max Fox Liberal Henty Vic 1955 Allan Fraser ALP Eden-Monaro NSW 1943 Malcolm Fraser Liberal Wannon Vic 1955 James Fraser[7] ALP Australian Capital Territory ACT 1951 Gordon Freeth Liberal Forrest WA 1949 Patrick Galvin ALP Kingston SA 1951 Bill Graham Liberal St George NSW 1949–1954, 1955 Charles Griffiths ALP Shortland NSW 1949 Leonard Hamilton Country Canning WA 1946 Rt Hon Eric Harrison[4] 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 Hon Robert Holt ALP[3] Darebin Vic 1955 John Howse Liberal Calare NSW 1946 Peter Howson Liberal Fawkner Vic 1955 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 Les Johnson ALP Hughes NSW 1955 Percy Joske Liberal Balaclava Vic 1951 Victor Kearney[6] ALP Cunningham NSW 1956 Hon Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal Chisholm Vic 1949 Jim Killen Liberal Moreton Qld 1955 William Lawrence Liberal Wimmera Vic 1949 Hon George Lawson ALP Brisbane Qld 1931 Hugh Leslie Liberal Moore Country 1949 Robert Lindsay Liberal Flinders Vic 1954 Anthony Luchetti ALP Macquarie NSW 1951 Aubrey Luck Liberal Braddon Tas 1951 Philip Lucock Country Lyne NSW 1953 Daniel Mackinnon Liberal Corangamite Vic 1949–51, 1953 Hon Norman Makin ALP Bonython 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 Hector McIvor ALP[3] Gellibrand Vic 1955 Hon John McLeay Liberal Boothby SA 1949 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 Nelson[7] ALP Northern Territory NT 1949 William O'Connor ALP Dalley 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 Scullin Vic 1949 Hon Reg Pollard ALP Lalor Vic 1937 Hon Bill Riordan ALP Kennedy Qld 1936 Hon Hugh Roberton Country Riverina NSW 1949 Edgar Russell ALP Grey SA 1943 Billy Snedden Liberal Bruce Vic 1955 Frank Stewart ALP Lang NSW 1953 Philip Stokes Liberal Maribyrnong Vic 1955 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 Liberal Stirling 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 Keith Wilson Liberal Sturt SA 1949–54, 1955 Notes
- ^ a b Country Party member Larry Anthony died on 12 July 1957; Country Party candidate Doug Anthony (his son) won the resulting by-election on 14 September
- ^ a b Liberal member Howard Beale resigned on 10 February 1958; Liberal candidate Sir Garfield Barwick won the resulting by-election on 8 March.
- ^ a b c d Seat won back for Labor from a member of Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)
- ^ a b Liberal member Eric Harrison resigned on 17 October 1956; Liberal candidate Leslie Bury won the resulting by-election on 8 December.
- ^ a b Liberal member Archie Cameron died on 9 August 1956; Liberal candidate Jim Forbes won the resulting by-election on 13 October.
- ^ a b ALP member Billy Davies died on 17 February 1956; ALP candidate Victor Kearney won the resulting by-election on 11 April.
- ^ 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-second Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1958.
- "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 December 2008.
See also
Members of the Australian Parliament House of Representatives
Senate
Categories:- Members of Australian parliaments by term
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