Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956
This is a list of members of the 33rd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1953 to 1956, as elected at the 1953 state election held on 7 March 1953.[1]
Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
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Bunny Adair | Labor | Cook | 1953–1969 |
Tom Aikens | NQLP | Mundingburra | 1944–1977 |
Bill Baxter | Labor | Norman | 1953–1966 |
Joh Bjelke-Petersen | Country | Barambah | 1947–1987 |
Mick Brosnan | Labor | 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 | Labor | Tablelands | 1935–1957 |
Viv Cooper | Labor | Keppel | 1952–1957 |
Thomas Crowley | Labor | Cairns | 1947–1956 |
Horace Davies[1] | Labor | Maryborough | 1953–1971 |
Ned Davis | Labor | Barcoo | 1943–1961 |
Hon George Devries | Labor | Gregory | 1941–1957 |
Alex Dewar | Liberal | Chermside | 1950–1969 |
Les Diplock | Labor | Condamine | 1953–1972 |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Mount Gravatt | 1950–1957 |
Alfred Dohring | Labor | 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 | Labor | Ithaca | 1952–1956 |
Charles English | Labor | Mulgrave | 1953–1957 |
Ernie Evans | Country | Mirani | 1947–1965 |
David Farrell[1] | Labor | Maryborough | 1938–1953 |
Alan Fletcher | Country | Cunningham | 1953–1974 |
Hon Tom Foley | Labor | Belyando | 1919–1960 |
Hon Frank Forde[2] | Labor | Flinders | 1917–1922, 1955–1957 |
Hon Vince Gair | Labor | South Brisbane | 1932–1960 |
Bob Gardner | Labor | Bulimba | 1950–1957 |
Eric Gaven | Country | Southport | 1950–1966 |
Fred Graham | Labor | Mackay | 1943–1969 |
Bill Gunn | Labor | Wynnum | 1944–1966 |
James Heading | Country | Marodian | 1947–1960 |
Thomas Hiley | Liberal | Coorparoo | 1944–1966 |
Hon Paul Hilton | Labor | Carnarvon | 1935–1963 |
Cecil Jesson | Labor | Hinchinbrook | 1935–1960 |
Hon Arthur Jones | Labor | Charters Towers | 1929–1932, 1939–1960 |
Vince Jones | Country | Callide | 1950–1971 |
Greg Kehoe | Labor | Nash | 1953–1957 |
Tom Kerr | Liberal | Sherwood | 1943–1956 |
George Keyatta | Labor | Townsville | 1939–1960 |
Hon James Larcombe | Labor | Rockhampton | 1912–1929, 1932–1956 |
Eric Lloyd | Labor | Kedron | 1951–1972 |
David Low | Country | Cooroora | 1947–1974 |
Hon Colin McCathie | Labor | 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 | Labor | Merthyr | 1940–1957 |
Tom Moores | Labor | Kurilpa | 1949–1957 |
Sir 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 | Labor | Baroona | 1935–1960 |
Tom Rasey | Labor | Windsor | 1950–1957 |
Hon Ernest Riordan[2] | Labor | Flinders | 1936–1944, 1950–1954 |
Frank Roberts | Labor | Nundah | 1947–1956 |
Lloyd Roberts | Country | Whitsunday | 1950–1961 |
Herbert Robinson | Labor | Sandgate | 1953–1957 |
Alexander Skinner | Labor | Somerset | 1953–1957 |
Norm Smith | Labor | 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 |
Hon Ted Walsh | Labor | Bundaberg | 1935–1947, 1950–1969 |
Paddy Whyte | Labor | Mackenzie | 1950–1956 |
Les Wood | Labor | North Toowoomba | 1946–1947, 1950–1958 |
- 1 On 17 August 1953, the Labor member for Maryborough, David Farrell, died. Labor candidate Horace Davies won the on 28 November 1953.
- 2 On 9 December 1954, the Labor member for Flinders and the Secretary for Mines and Immigration, Ernest Riordan, died. Labor candidate and former Prime Minister Frank Forde won the on 12 March 1955.
See also[]
- 1953 Queensland state election
- Gair Ministry (Labor) (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.
Categories:
- Members of Queensland parliaments by term
- 20th-century Australian politicians