Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
This is a list of members of the 31st Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1947 to 1950, as elected at the 1947 state election held on 3 May 1947.[1]
During the term, the Queensland People's Party became the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
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Tom Aikens | NQLP | Mundingburra | 1944–1977 |
Frank Barnes | Ind. Labor | Bundaberg | 1941–1950 |
Joh Bjelke-Petersen | Country | Nanango | 1947–1987 |
William Brand | Country | Isis | 1920–1950 |
Hon Samuel Brassington | Labor | Fortitude Valley | 1927–1932, 1933–1950 |
Dick Brown | Labor | Buranda | 1947–1957 |
Hon Harry Bruce | Labor | The Tableland | 1923–1950 |
Jim Burrows | Labor | Port Curtis | 1947–1963 |
Gordon Chalk | QPP/Liberal | East Toowoomba | 1947–1976 |
Jim Clark | Labor | Fitzroy | 1935–1960 |
Hon Harold Collins | Labor | Cook | 1935–1957 |
Kerry Copley[2] | Labor | Kurilpa | 1932–1949 |
Thomas Crowley | Labor | Cairns | 1947–1956 |
Ned Davis | Labor | Barcoo | 1943–1961 |
Eric Decker | Country/QPP | Sandgate | 1941–1953 |
Hon George Devries | Labor | Gregory | 1941–1957 |
Jim Donald | Labor | Bremer | 1946–1969 |
Hon Jack Duggan | Labor | Toowoomba | 1935–1957, 1958–1969 |
Thomas Dunstan | Labor | Gympie | 1915–1929, 1935–1953 |
Ernie Evans | Country | Mirani | 1947–1965 |
David Farrell | Labor | Maryborough | 1938–1953 |
Hon Tom Foley | Labor | Normanby | 1919–1960 |
Hon Vince Gair | Labor | South Brisbane | 1932–1960 |
Hon David Gledson[1] | Labor | Ipswich | 1915–1929, 1932–1949 |
Fred Graham | Labor | Mackay | 1943–1969 |
Bill Gunn | Labor | Wynnum | 1944–1966 |
Hon Ned Hanlon | Labor | Ithaca | 1926–1952 |
James Heading | Country | Wide Bay | 1947–1960 |
Thomas Hiley | QPP/Liberal | Logan | 1944–1966 |
Paul Hilton | Labor | Carnarvon | 1935–1963 |
Walter Ingram | Labor | Keppel | 1944–1952 |
Cecil Jesson | Labor | Kennedy | 1935–1960 |
Hon Arthur Jones | Labor | Charters Towers | 1929–1932, 1939–1960 |
Tom Kerr | QPP/Liberal | Oxley | 1943–1956 |
George Keyatta | Labor | Townsville | 1939–1960 |
Hon James Larcombe | Labor | Rockhampton | 1912–1929, 1932–1956 |
David Low | Country | Cooroora | 1947–1974 |
Louis Luckins | QPP/Liberal | Maree | 1941–1953 |
Duncan MacDonald | Country | Stanley | 1938–1953 |
Malcolm McIntyre | Country | Cunningham | 1944–1953 |
Otto Madsen | Country | Warwick | 1947–1963 |
Ted Maher[3] | Country | West Moreton | 1929–1949 |
Johnno Mann | Labor | Brisbane | 1936–1969 |
George Marriott | Ind. Labor | Bulimba | 1938–1950 |
Ivor Marsden[1] | Labor | Ipswich | 1949–1966 |
Hon Bill Moore | Labor | Merthyr | 1940–1957 |
Tom Moores[2] | Labor | Kurilpa | 1949–1957 |
Kenneth Morris | QPP/Liberal | Enoggera | 1944–1963 |
Alf Muller | Country | Fassifern | 1935–1969 |
Frank Nicklin | Country | Murrumba | 1932–1968 |
Harry O'Shea | Labor | Warrego | 1941–1950 |
Fred Paterson | Communist | Bowen | 1944–1950 |
Bruce Pie | QPP/Liberal | Windsor | 1941–1943, 1944–1951 |
Tom Plunkett | Country | Albert | 1929–1957 |
Hon Bill Power | Labor | Baroona | 1935–1960 |
Frank Roberts | Labor | Nundah | 1947–1956 |
Charles Russell[3] | Country | Dalby | 1947–1949 |
Norm Smith | Labor | Carpentaria | 1941–1960 |
Jim Sparkes | Country | Aubigny | 1932–1935, 1941–1960 |
Harold Taylor | QPP/Liberal | Hamilton | 1947–1963 |
John Taylor | Labor | Maranoa | 1944–1957 |
Stephen Theodore | Labor | Herbert | 1940–1950 |
Bert Turner | Labor | Kelvin Grove | 1941–1957 |
Charles Wanstall | QPP/Liberal | Toowong | 1944–1950 |
- 1 On 14 May 1949, the Labor member for Ipswich, David Gledson, died. Labor candidate Ivor Marsden won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1949.
- 2 On 18 July 1949, the Labor member for Kurilpa, Kerry Copley, died. Labor candidate Tom Moores won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1949.
- 3 On 27 October 1949, Ted Maher, the Country member for West Moreton resigned to contest a seat in the Australian Senate at the 1949 federal election. The following day, Charles Russell, the member for Dalby, resigned to contest the seat of Maranoa. No by-elections were held due to the proximity of the 1950 state election
See also
- 1947 Queensland state election
- Hanlon Ministry (Labor) (1946–1952)
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.
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