Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
This is a list of members of the 32nd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1950 to 1953, as elected at the 1950 state election held on 29 April 1950.[1]
The election followed a redistribution which created 15 new seats in the Assembly.
Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
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Tom Aikens | NQLP | Mundingburra | 1944–1977 |
Eric Allpass | Country | Condamine | 1950–1953 |
Joh Bjelke-Petersen | Country | Barambah | 1947–1987 |
Samuel Brassington[1] | Labor | Fortitude Valley | 1927–1932, 1933–1950 |
Mick Brosnan[1] | 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[6] | Labor | Keppel | 1952–1957 |
Thomas Crowley | Labor | Cairns | 1947–1956 |
Ned Davis | Labor | Barcoo | 1943–1961 |
Eric Decker | Liberal | Sandgate | 1941–1953 |
Hon George Devries | Labor | Gregory | 1941–1957 |
Alex Dewar | Liberal | Chermside | 1950–1969 |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Mount Gravatt | 1950–1957 |
Jim Donald | Labor | Bremer | 1946–1969 |
John Dufficy[2] | Labor | Warrego | 1951–1969 |
Hon Jack Duggan | Labor | Toowoomba | 1935–1957, 1958–1969 |
Thomas Dunstan | Labor | Nash | 1915–1929, 1935–1953 |
Leonard Eastment[5] | Labor | Ithaca | 1952–1956 |
Ernie Evans | Country | Mirani | 1947–1965 |
William Ewan | Country | Roma | 1950–1953, 1957–1967 |
David Farrell | Labor | Maryborough | 1938–1953 |
Hon Tom Foley | Labor | Belyando | 1919–1960 |
Hon Vince Gair | Labor | South Brisbane | 1932–1960 |
Bob Gardner[4] | Labor | Bulimba | 1950–1957 |
Eric Gaven | Country | Southport | 1950–1966 |
Fred Graham | Labor | Mackay | 1943–1969 |
Bill Gunn | Labor | Wynnum | 1944–1966 |
Hon Ned Hanlon[5] | Labor | Ithaca | 1926–1952 |
James Heading | Country | Marodian | 1947–1960 |
Thomas Hiley | Liberal | Coorparoo | 1944–1966 |
Hon Paul Hilton | Labor | Carnarvon | 1935–1963 |
Walter Ingram[6] | Labor | Keppel | 1944–1952 |
Cecil Jesson | Labor | Hinchinbrook | 1935–1960 |
Hon Arthur Jones | Labor | Charters Towers | 1929–1932, 1939–1960 |
Vince Jones | Country | Callide | 1950–1971 |
Tom Kerr | Liberal | Sherwood | 1943–1956 |
George Keyatta | Labor | Townsville | 1939–1960 |
Hon James Larcombe | Labor | Rockhampton | 1912–1929, 1932–1956 |
Eric Lloyd[3] | Labor | Kedron | 1951–1972 |
David Low | Country | Cooroora | 1947–1974 |
Louis Luckins | Liberal | Norman | 1941–1953 |
Otto Madsen | Country | Warwick | 1947–1963 |
Hon Johnno Mann | Labor | Brisbane | 1936–1969 |
Ivor Marsden | Labor | Ipswich | 1949–1966 |
Hon Colin McCathie | Labor | Haughton | 1950–1960 |
Duncan MacDonald | Country | Somerset | 1938–1953 |
Malcolm McIntyre | Country | Cunningham | 1944–1953 |
Hon Bill Moore | Labor | Merthyr | 1940–1957 |
Tom Moores | Labor | Kurilpa | 1949–1957 |
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 |
Harry O'Shea[2] | Labor | Warrego | 1941–1950 |
Bruce Pie[3] | Liberal | Kedron | 1941–1943, 1944–1951 |
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 | Labor | Flinders | 1936–1944, 1950–1954 |
Frank Roberts | Labor | Nundah | 1947–1956 |
Lloyd Roberts | Country | Whitsunday | 1950–1961 |
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 |
Bob Watson | Country | Mulgrave | 1950–1953, 1957–1959 |
Paddy Whyte | Labor | Mackenzie | 1950–1956 |
Les Wood | Labor | North Toowoomba | 1946–1947, 1950–1958 |
Carlisle Wordsworth | Country | Cook | 1950–1953, 1959–1960 |
- 1 On 4 October 1950, the Labor member for Fortitude Valley and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Samuel Brassington, died. Labor candidate Mick Brosnan won the resulting by-election on 18 November 1950.
- 2 On 4 November 1950, the Labor member for Warrego, Harry O'Shea, died. Labor candidate John Dufficy won the resulting by-election on 3 March 1951.
- 3 On 6 January 1951, the Liberal member for Kedron, Bruce Pie, resigned. Labor candidate Eric Lloyd won the resulting by-election on 14 April 1951.
- 4 At the 1950 state election, Labor candidate Bob Gardner won the seat of Bulimba by 42 votes against his Liberal opponent, J. E. Hamilton. A petition was lodged on 24 July 1950 against Gardner's return, and the election was declared void on the basis of errors in counting by the returning officer on 18 January 1951. Gardner won the resulting by-election on 14 April 1951.
- 5 On 15 January 1952, the Labor member for Ithaca and Premier of Queensland, Ned Hanlon, died. At the resulting by-election on 5 April 1952, Labor candidate Leonard Eastment was elected.
- 6 On 24 July 1952, the Labor member for Keppel, Walter Ingram, died. Labor candidate Viv Cooper won the resulting by-election on 25 October 1952.
See also
- 1950 Queensland state election
- Hanlon Ministry (Labor) (1946–1952)
- 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.
- "Petition". Queensland Government Gazette. 29 July 1950. p. 175:620.
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