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
Tom AikensNQLPMundingburra1944–1977
Eric AllpassCountryCondamine1950–1953
Joh Bjelke-PetersenCountryBarambah1947–1987
Samuel Brassington[1]LaborFortitude Valley1927–1932, 1933–1950
Mick Brosnan[1]LaborFortitude Valley1950–1957
Dick BrownLaborBuranda1947–1957
Jim BurrowsLaborPort Curtis1947–1963
Peter ByrneLaborMourilyan1950–1969
Gordon ChalkLiberalLockyer1947–1976
Jim ClarkLaborFitzroy1935–1960
Arthur CoburnIndependentBurdekin1950–1969
Hon Harold CollinsLaborTablelands1935–1957
Viv Cooper[6]LaborKeppel1952–1957
Thomas CrowleyLaborCairns1947–1956
Ned DavisLaborBarcoo1943–1961
Eric DeckerLiberalSandgate1941–1953
Hon George DevriesLaborGregory1941–1957
Alex DewarLiberalChermside1950–1969
Felix DittmerLaborMount Gravatt1950–1957
Jim DonaldLaborBremer1946–1969
John Dufficy[2]LaborWarrego1951–1969
Hon Jack DugganLaborToowoomba1935–1957, 1958–1969
Thomas DunstanLaborNash1915–1929, 1935–1953
Leonard Eastment[5]LaborIthaca1952–1956
Ernie EvansCountryMirani1947–1965
William EwanCountryRoma1950–1953, 1957–1967
David FarrellLaborMaryborough1938–1953
Hon Tom FoleyLaborBelyando1919–1960
Hon Vince GairLaborSouth Brisbane1932–1960
Bob Gardner[4]LaborBulimba1950–1957
Eric GavenCountrySouthport1950–1966
Fred GrahamLaborMackay1943–1969
Bill GunnLaborWynnum1944–1966
Hon Ned Hanlon[5]LaborIthaca1926–1952
James HeadingCountryMarodian1947–1960
Thomas HileyLiberalCoorparoo1944–1966
Hon Paul HiltonLaborCarnarvon1935–1963
Walter Ingram[6]LaborKeppel1944–1952
Cecil JessonLaborHinchinbrook1935–1960
Hon Arthur JonesLaborCharters Towers1929–1932, 1939–1960
Vince JonesCountryCallide1950–1971
Tom KerrLiberalSherwood1943–1956
George KeyattaLaborTownsville1939–1960
Hon James LarcombeLaborRockhampton1912–1929, 1932–1956
Eric Lloyd[3]LaborKedron1951–1972
David LowCountryCooroora1947–1974
Louis LuckinsLiberalNorman1941–1953
Otto MadsenCountryWarwick1947–1963
Hon Johnno MannLaborBrisbane1936–1969
Ivor MarsdenLaborIpswich1949–1966
Hon Colin McCathieLaborHaughton1950–1960
Duncan MacDonaldCountrySomerset1938–1953
Malcolm McIntyreCountryCunningham1944–1953
Hon Bill MooreLaborMerthyr1940–1957
Tom MooresLaborKurilpa1949–1957
Kenneth MorrisLiberalMount Coot-tha1944–1963
Alf MullerCountryFassifern1935–1969
Alan MunroLiberalToowong1950–1966
David NicholsonCountryMurrumba1950–1972
Frank NicklinCountryLandsborough1932–1968
Dr Winston NobleLiberalYeronga1950–1964
Harry O'Shea[2]LaborWarrego1941–1950
Bruce Pie[3]LiberalKedron1941–1943, 1944–1951
Jack PizzeyCountryIsis1950–1968
Tom PlunkettCountryDarlington1929–1957
Hon Bill PowerLaborBaroona1935–1960
Tom RaseyLaborWindsor1950–1957
Hon Ernest RiordanLaborFlinders1936–1944, 1950–1954
Frank RobertsLaborNundah1947–1956
Lloyd RobertsCountryWhitsunday1950–1961
Norm SmithLaborCarpentaria1941–1960
Jim SparkesCountryAubigny1932–1935, 1941–1960
Harold TaylorLiberalClayfield1947–1963
John TaylorLaborBalonne1944–1957
Bert TurnerLaborKelvin Grove1941–1957
Hon Ted WalshLaborBundaberg1935–1947, 1950–1969
Bob WatsonCountryMulgrave1950–1953, 1957–1959
Paddy WhyteLaborMackenzie1950–1956
Les WoodLaborNorth Toowoomba1946–1947, 1950–1958
Carlisle WordsworthCountryCook1950–1953, 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

References
  1. "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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