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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1955–1958

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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 In office
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
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
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
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
Jim Cairns   Labor Yarra Vic 1955–1977
Arthur Calwell   Labor Melbourne Vic 1940–1972
Archie Cameron[4]   Liberal Barker SA 1934–1956
Clyde Cameron   Labor Hindmarsh SA 1949–1980
Donald Cameron   Liberal Oxley Qld 1949–1961
Richard Casey   Liberal La Trobe Vic 1931–1940, 1949–1960
Cyril Chambers   Labor/Independent/Labor[5] Adelaide SA 1943–1958
Fred Chaney   Liberal Perth WA 1955–1969
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
Eric Costa   Labor Banks NSW 1949–1969
Wilfred Coutts   Labor Griffith Qld 1954–1958, 1961–1966
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
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
Alick Downer   Liberal Angas SA 1949–1964
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
H.V. Evatt   Labor Barton NSW 1940–1960
Arthur Fadden   Country McPherson Qld 1936–1958
Laurie Failes   Country Lawson NSW 1949–1969
David Fairbairn   Liberal Farrer NSW 1949–1975
Allen Fairhall   Liberal Paterson NSW 1949–1969
Bill Falkinder   Liberal Franklin Tas 1946–1966
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
Eric Harrison[3]   Liberal Wentworth NSW 1931–1956
Jim Harrison   Labor Blaxland NSW 1949–1969
Paul Hasluck   Liberal Curtin WA 1949–1969
William Haworth   Liberal Isaacs Vic 1949–1969
Les Haylen   Labor Parkes NSW 1943–1963
Harold Holt   Liberal Higgins Vic 1935–1967
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
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
Wilfrid Kent Hughes   Liberal Chisholm Vic 1949–1970
Jim Killen   Liberal Moreton Qld 1955–1983
William Lawrence   Liberal Wimmera Vic 1949–1958
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 1952–1980
Dan Mackinnon   Liberal Corangamite Vic 1949–1951, 1953–1966
Norman Makin   Labor Bonython SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963
Philip McBride   Liberal Wakefield SA 1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Malcolm McColm   Liberal Bowman Qld 1949–1961
John McEwen   Country Murray Vic 1934–1971
Hector McIvor   Labor Gellibrand Vic 1955–1972
John McLeay Sr.   Liberal Boothby SA 1949–1966
William McMahon   Liberal Lowe NSW 1949–1982
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
Frederick Osborne   Liberal Evans NSW 1949–1961
Sir Earle Page   Country Cowper NSW 1919–1961
Henry Pearce   Liberal Capricornia Qld 1949–1961
Ted Peters   Labor Scullin Vic 1949–1969
Reg Pollard   Labor Lalor Vic 1937–1966
Bill Riordan   Labor Kennedy Qld 1936–1966
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
Athol Townley   Liberal Denison Tas 1949–1964
Winton Turnbull   Country Mallee Vic 1946–1972
Harry Turner   Liberal Bradfield NSW 1952–1974
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

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Liberal member Howard Beale resigned on 10 February 1958; Liberal candidate Sir Garfield Barwick won the resulting by-election on 8 March.
  3. ^ a b Liberal member Eric Harrison resigned on 17 October 1956; Liberal candidate Les Bury won the resulting by-election on 8 December.
  4. ^ a b Liberal member Archie Cameron died on 9 August 1956; Liberal candidate Jim Forbes won the resulting by-election on 13 October.
  5. ^ Labor member Cyril Chambers was expelled from the party in August 1957 for attacking Evatt's leadership. He was readmitted in June 1958.
  6. ^ a b Labor member Billy Davies died on 17 February 1956;Labor candidate Victor Kearney won the resulting by-election on 11 April.
  7. ^ 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

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  • 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.