- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957
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This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 19 May 1956 to 3 August 1957, as elected at the 1956 state election. The term was cut short by a split within the governing Australian 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 John 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 Bunny Adair Labor/QLP Cook 1953–1969 Tom Aikens NQLP Mundingburra 1944–1977 William Baxter Labor Norman 1953–1966 Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country Barambah 1947–1987 Michael Brosnan Labor/QLP Fortitude Valley 1950–1957 Richard Kidston Brown Labor Buranda 1947–1957 James Burrows Labor Port Curtis 1947–1963 Peter Byrne Labor Mourilyan 1950–1969 Gordon Chalk Liberal Lockyer 1947–1976 James Clark Labor Fitzroy 1935–1960 Arthur Coburn Independent Burdekin 1950–1969 Hon Harold Collins Labor/QLP Tablelands 1935–1957 Viv Cooper Labor/QLP Keppel 1952–1957 Horace Davies Labor Maryborough 1953–1971 Edward Davis Labor Barcoo 1943–1961 Hon George Devries[2] Labor/QLP Gregory 1941–1957 Alexander Dewar Liberal Chermside 1950–1969 Hon Leslie Diplock Labor/QLP Condamine 1953–1972 Felix Dittmer Labor Mount Gravatt 1950–1957 Alfred Dohring Labor/QLP Roma 1953–1957 James Donald Labor Bremer 1946–1969 John Dufficy Labor Warrego 1951–1969 Hon John Duggan Labor Toowoomba 1935–1957, 1958–1969 Leonard Eastment[1] Labor Ithaca 1952–1956 Charles English Labor/QLP Mulgrave 1953–1957 Ernie Evans Country Mirani 1947–1965 Alan Fletcher Country Cunningham 1953–1974 Hon Tom Foley Labor/Independent/QLP Belyando 1919–1960 Hon Frank Forde Labor Flinders 1917–1922, 1955–1957 Hon Vince Gair Labor/QLP South Brisbane 1932–1960 Mick Gardner Labor/Independent/QLP Rockhampton 1956–1960 Robert Gardner Labor/QLP Bulimba 1950–1957 Eric Gaven Country Southport 1950–1966 Fred Graham Labor Mackay 1943–1969 William Gunn Labor Wynnum 1944–1966 James Hadley Labor/QLP Nundah 1956–1957 Pat Hanlon[1] Labor Ithaca 1956–1974 James Heading Country Marodian 1947–1960 John Herbert Liberal Sherwood 1956–1978 Neville Hewitt Country Mackenzie 1956–1980 Thomas Hiley Liberal Coorparoo 1944–1966 Hon Paul Hilton Labor/QLP Carnarvon 1935–1963 Cecil Jesson Labor Hinchinbrook 1935–1960 Hon Arthur Jones Labor/QLP Charters Towers 1929–1932, 1939–1960 Vincent Jones Country Callide 1950–1971 Greg Kehoe Labor/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 Labor/QLP Haughton 1950–1960 Otto Madsen Country Warwick 1947–1963 Hon John Henry Mann Labor Brisbane 1936–1969 Ivor Marsden Labor Ipswich 1949–1966 Hon Bill Moore Labor/QLP Merthyr 1940–1957 Hon Thomas Moores Labor/QLP Kurilpa 1949–1957 Kenneth Morris Liberal Mount Coot-tha 1944–1963 Adolf 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 Thomas Plunkett Jr. Country Darlington 1929–1957 Hon William Power Labor/QLP Baroona 1935–1960 Thomas Rasey Labor/QLP Windsor 1950–1957 Lloyd Roberts Country Whitsunday 1950–1961 Herbert Robinson Labor/QLP Sandgate 1953–1957 Alexander Skinner Labor/QLP Somerset 1953–1957 Alfred Smith Labor/QLP Carpentaria 1941–1960 Walter Sparkes Country Aubigny 1932–1935, 1941–1960 Harold Taylor Liberal Clayfield 1947–1963 John Taylor Labor Balonne 1944–1957 John Turner Labor Kelvin Grove 1941–1957 George Wallace Labor Cairns 1956–1964 Hon Ted Walsh Labor/QLP Bundaberg 1935–1947, 1950–1969 Leslie 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 Labor) 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
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
33rd Assembly34th Queensland Legislative Assembly
1956–1957Succeeded by
35th AssemblyCategories:- Members of Queensland parliaments by term
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