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.

The election followed a redistribution which created 15 new seats in the Assembly.

Name Party Electorate Term in office Tom Aikens NQLP Mundingburra 1944–1977 Eric Allpass Country Condamine 1950–1953 Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country Barambah 1947–1987 Samuel Brassington Labor Fortitude Valley 1927–1932, 1933–1950 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 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 Labor Warrego 1951–1969 Hon Jack Duggan Labor Toowoomba 1935–1957, 1958–1969 Thomas Dunstan Labor Nash 1915–1929, 1935–1953 Leonard Eastment 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 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 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 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 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 Labor Warrego 1941–1950 Bruce Pie 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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

Waterson, D.B. Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament, 1930-1980 Canberra: ANU Press (1982)