Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1955–1958
Appearance
This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 22nd Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1955 election on 10 December 1955. Three new seats were created (Bonython, Bruce and Stirling) and two were abolished (Hoddle and Martin). The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden won an additional eleven seats, defeating the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt, which lost ten seats.
Member | Party | Electorate | State | Term in office |
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Charles Adermann | Country | Fisher | Qld | 1943–1972 |
Ian Allan | Country | Gwydir | NSW | 1953–1969 |
Charles Anderson | Country | Hume | NSW | 1949–1951, 1955–1961 |
Doug Anthony[1] | Country | Richmond | NSW | 1957–1984 |
Hon Larry Anthony[1] | Country | Richmond | NSW | 1937–1957 |
William Aston | Liberal | Phillip | NSW | 1955–1961, 1963–1972 |
Lance Barnard | Labor | Bass | Tas | 1954–1975 |
Sir Garfield Barwick[2] | Liberal | Parramatta | NSW | 1958–1964 |
Jeff Bate | Liberal | Macarthur | NSW | 1949–1972 |
Hon Howard Beale[2] | Liberal | Parramatta | NSW | 1946–1958 |
Kim Beazley | Labor | Fremantle | WA | 1945–1977 |
Alan Bird | Labor | Batman | Vic | 1949–1962 |
Francis Bland | Liberal | Warringah | NSW | 1951–1961 |
William Bostock | Liberal | Indi | Vic | 1949–1958 |
George Bowden | Country | Gippsland | Vic | 1943–1961 |
William Brand | Country | Wide Bay | Qld | 1954–1958 |
Wilfred Brimblecombe | Country | Maranoa | Qld | 1951–1966 |
Hon Harry Bruce | Labor | Leichhardt | Qld | 1951–1958 |
Gordon Bryant | Labor | Wills | Vic | 1955–1980 |
Alex Buchanan | Liberal | McMillan | Vic | 1955–1972 |
Les Bury[3] | Liberal | Wentworth | NSW | 1956–1974 |
Dr Jim Cairns | Labor | Yarra | Vic | 1955–1977 |
Hon Arthur Calwell | Labor | Melbourne | Vic | 1940–1972 |
Archie Cameron[4] | Liberal | Barker | SA | 1934–1956 |
Clyde Cameron | Labor | Hindmarsh | SA | 1949–1980 |
Hon Dr Donald Cameron | Liberal | Oxley | Qld | 1949–1961 |
Rt Hon Richard Casey | Liberal | La Trobe | Vic | 1931–1940, 1949–1960 |
Hon Cyril Chambers | Labor/Independent/Labor[5] | Adelaide | SA | 1943–1958 |
Fred Chaney Sr. | Liberal | Perth | WA | 1955–1969 |
Hon Percy Clarey | Labor | Bendigo | Vic | 1949–1960 |
Joe Clark | Labor | Darling | NSW | 1934–1969 |
Richard Cleaver | Liberal | Swan | WA | 1955–1969 |
Jim Cope | Labor | Watson | NSW | 1955–1975 |
Dominic Costa | Labor | Banks | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Wilfred Coutts | Labor | Griffith | Qld | 1954–1958, 1961–1966 |
Hon John Cramer | Liberal | Bennelong | NSW | 1949–1974 |
Frank Crean | Labor | Melbourne Ports | Vic | 1951–1977 |
Dan Curtin | Labor | Kingsford-Smith | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Fred Daly | Labor | Grayndler | NSW | 1943–1975 |
Hon Charles Davidson | Country | Dawson | Qld | 1946–1963 |
Billy Davies[6] | Labor | Cunningham | NSW | 1949–1956 |
Frank Davis | Liberal | Deakin | Vic | 1949–1966 |
Roger Dean | Liberal | Robertson | NSW | 1949–1964 |
Hon Alick Downer | Liberal | Angas | SA | 1949–1964 |
Hon David Drummond | Country | New England | NSW | 1949–1963 |
Nigel Drury | Liberal | Ryan | Qld | 1949–1975 |
Gil Duthie | Labor | Wilmot | Tas | 1946–1975 |
Bill Edmonds | Labor | Herbert | Qld | 1946–1958 |
Dudley Erwin | Liberal | Ballaarat | Vic | 1955–1975 |
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt | Labor | Barton | NSW | 1940–1960 |
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden | Country | McPherson | Qld | 1936–1958 |
Laurie Failes | Country | Lawson | NSW | 1949–1969 |
David Fairbairn | Liberal | Farrer | NSW | 1949–1975 |
Hon Allen Fairhall | Liberal | Paterson | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Bill Falkinder | Liberal | Franklin | Tas | 1946–1966 |
Dr Jim Forbes[4] | Liberal | Barker | SA | 1956–1975 |
Max Fox | Liberal | Henty | Vic | 1955–1974 |
Allan Fraser | Labor | Eden-Monaro | NSW | 1943–1966, 1969–1972 |
Jim Fraser[7] | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | ACT | 1951–1970 |
Malcolm Fraser | Liberal | Wannon | Vic | 1955–1983 |
Gordon Freeth | Liberal | Forrest | WA | 1949–1969 |
Pat Galvin | Labor | Kingston | SA | 1951–1966 |
Bill Graham | Liberal | St George | NSW | 1949–1954, 1955–1958, 1966–1980 |
Charles Griffiths | Labor | Shortland | NSW | 1949–1972 |
Len Hamilton | Country | Canning | WA | 1946–1961 |
Rt Hon Eric Harrison[3] | Liberal | Wentworth | NSW | 1931–1956 |
Jim Harrison | Labor | Blaxland | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Hon Paul Hasluck | Liberal | Curtin | WA | 1949–1969 |
Hon William Haworth | Liberal | Isaacs | Vic | 1949–1969 |
Les Haylen | Labor | Parkes | NSW | 1943–1963 |
Rt Hon Harold Holt | Liberal | Higgins | Vic | 1935–1967 |
Hon Robert Holt | Labor | Darebin | Vic | 1955–1958 |
John Howse | Liberal | Calare | NSW | 1946–1960 |
Peter Howson | Liberal | Fawkner | Vic | 1955–1972 |
Alan Hulme | Liberal | Petrie | Qld | 1949–1961, 1963–1972 |
William Jack | Liberal | North Sydney | NSW | 1949–1966 |
Rowley James | Labor | Hunter | NSW | 1928–1958 |
Hon Herbert Johnson | Labor | Kalgoorlie | WA | 1940–1958 |
Les Johnson | Labor | Hughes | NSW | 1955–1966, 1969–1984 |
Percy Joske | Liberal | Balaclava | Vic | 1951–1960 |
Victor Kearney[6] | Labor | Cunningham | NSW | 1956–1963 |
Hon Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Liberal | Chisholm | Vic | 1949–1970 |
Jim Killen | Liberal | Moreton | Qld | 1955–1983 |
William Lawrence | Liberal | Wimmera | Vic | 1949–1958 |
Hon George Lawson | Labor | Brisbane | Qld | 1931–1961 |
Hugh Leslie | Country | Moore | WA | 1949–1958, 1961–1963 |
Robert Lindsay | Liberal | Flinders | Vic | 1954–1966 |
Tony Luchetti | Labor | Macquarie | NSW | 1951–1975 |
Aubrey Luck | Liberal | Braddon | Tas | 1951–1958 |
Philip Lucock | Country | Lyne | NSW | 1953–1980 |
Dan Mackinnon | Liberal | Corangamite | Vic | 1949–1951, 1953–1966 |
Hon Norman Makin | Labor | Bonython | SA | 1919–1946, 1954–1963 |
Hon Philip McBride | Liberal | Wakefield | SA | 1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958 |
Malcolm McColm | Liberal | Bowman | Qld | 1949–1961 |
Rt Hon John McEwen | Country | Murray | Vic | 1934–1971 |
Hector McIvor | Labor | Gellibrand | Vic | 1955–1972 |
Hon John McLeay Sr. | Liberal | Boothby | SA | 1949–1966 |
Hon William McMahon | Liberal | Lowe | NSW | 1949–1982 |
Rt Hon Robert Menzies | Liberal | Kooyong | Vic | 1934–1966 |
Dan Minogue | Labor | West Sydney | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Charles Morgan | Labor | Reid | NSW | 1940–1946, 1949–1958 |
Jock Nelson[7] | Labor | Northern Territory | NT | 1949–1966 |
William O'Connor | Labor | Dalley | NSW | 1946–1969 |
Hubert Opperman | Liberal | Corio | Vic | 1949–1967 |
Hon Frederick Osborne | Liberal | Evans | NSW | 1949–1961 |
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page | Country | Cowper | NSW | 1919–1961 |
Henry Pearce | Liberal | Capricornia | Qld | 1949–1961 |
Ted Peters | Labor | Scullin | Vic | 1949–1969 |
Hon Reg Pollard | Labor | Lalor | Vic | 1937–1966 |
Hon Bill Riordan | Labor | Kennedy | Qld | 1936–1966 |
Hon Hugh Roberton | Country | Riverina | NSW | 1949–1965 |
Edgar Russell | Labor | Grey | SA | 1943–1963 |
Billy Snedden | Liberal | Bruce | Vic | 1955–1983 |
Frank Stewart | Labor | Lang | NSW | 1953–1979 |
Philip Stokes | Liberal | Maribyrnong | Vic | 1955–1969 |
Reginald Swartz | Liberal | Darling Downs | Qld | 1949–1972 |
Albert Thompson | Labor | Port Adelaide | SA | 1946–1963 |
Frank Timson | Liberal | Higinbotham | Vic | 1949–1960 |
Hon Athol Townley | Liberal | Denison | Tas | 1949–1964 |
Winton Turnbull | Country | Mallee | Vic | 1946–1972 |
Harry Turner | Liberal | Bradfield | NSW | 1952–1974 |
Hon Eddie Ward | Labor | East Sydney | NSW | 1931, 1932–1963 |
David Oliver Watkins | Labor | Newcastle | NSW | 1935–1958 |
Harry Webb | Labor | Stirling | WA | 1954–1958, 1961–1972 |
Bill Wentworth | Liberal | Mackellar | NSW | 1949–1977 |
Roy Wheeler | Liberal | Mitchell | NSW | 1949–1961 |
Gough Whitlam | Labor | Werriwa | NSW | 1952–1978 |
Bruce Wight | Liberal | Lilley | Qld | 1949–1961 |
Keith Wilson | Liberal | Sturt | SA | 1937–1944 (S), 1949–1954, 1955–1966 |
Notes
- ^ a b Country Party member Larry Anthony died on 12 July 1957; Country Party candidate Doug Anthony (his son) won the resulting by-election on 14 September
- ^ a b Liberal member Howard Beale resigned on 10 February 1958; Liberal candidate Sir Garfield Barwick won the resulting by-election on 8 March.
- ^ a b Liberal member Eric Harrison resigned on 17 October 1956; Liberal candidate Les Bury won the resulting by-election on 8 December.
- ^ a b Liberal member Archie Cameron died on 9 August 1956; Liberal candidate Jim Forbes won the resulting by-election on 13 October.
- ^ Labor member Cyril Chambers was expelled from the party in August 1957 for attacking Evatt's leadership. He was readmitted in June 1958.
- ^ a b Labor member Billy Davies died on 17 February 1956;Labor candidate Victor Kearney won the resulting by-election on 11 April.
- ^ a b At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.
References
- Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the twenty-second Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1958.
- "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
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