Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1957
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This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1957 Queensland state election
. The election was held on 3 August 1957.
The election followed a split in April 1957 in the Australian Labor Party
, which had been in government for 39 of the previous 42 years. The main parties in the election were the Queensland Labor Party
(QLP), led by Premier Vince Gair
; the Labor Party
, led by former Deputy Premier
John Duggan, the Country Party
, led by Leader of the Opposition
Frank Nicklin
, and the Liberal Party
, led by Kenneth Morris
.
Queensland state election, 1957
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Australian Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier John...
. The election was held on 3 August 1957.
The election followed a split in April 1957 in the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
, which had been in government for 39 of the previous 42 years. The main parties in the election were the Queensland Labor Party
Queensland Labor Party
The Queensland Labor Party was a political party of Queensland, Australia formed in 1957 by a breakaway group of the then ruling Australian Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair...
(QLP), led by Premier Vince Gair
Vince Gair
Vincent Clare "Vince" Gair was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957, when his stormy relations with the trade union movement saw him expelled from the Australian Labor Party. He was elected to the Australian Senate and led the Democratic Labor Party...
; the Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
, led by former Deputy Premier
Deputy Premier of Queensland
The Deputy Premier of Queensland is a role in the Government of Queensland assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Queensland. It has second ranking behind the Premier of Queensland in Cabinet, and its holder serves as Acting Premier during absence or incapacity of the Premier...
John Duggan, the Country Party
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
, led by Leader of the Opposition
Leader of the Opposition (Queensland)
This is a list of Leaders of the Opposition in Queensland. Prior to 1898, opposition to the government of the day was less organised. Thus the Queensland Parliamentary Record does not designate Leaders of the Opposition before then....
Frank Nicklin
Frank Nicklin
Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin, KCMG, MM was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1957 to 1968, and the first Country Party Premier since 1932.-Early life and career:...
, and the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
, led by Kenneth Morris
Kenneth Morris (Australian politician)
Sir Kenneth James Morris KBE was an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was educated at Brisbane Grammar School before becoming the director of his family's boot manufacturing firm. In 1931, he married Ettie Louise Dunlop. He served in the military 1939-1944, in Britain , Tobruk and Egypt...
.
By-elections
- On 8 December 1956, Pat Hanlon (Labor) was elected to succeed Leonard EastmentLeonard EastmentLeonard Eastment was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Ithaca in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1956....
(Labor), who had died on 29 July 1956, as the member for Ithaca.
QLP
- George Devries (GregoryElectoral district of GregoryThe district of Gregory is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in Queensland, Australia.-Members for Gregory:-Election results:-External links:*...
) — died before the election.
Country
- Thomas Plunkett Jr. (DarlingtonElectoral district of DarlingtonDarlington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 with the division of the multi-member district of Redfern and named after and including the inner Sydney suburb of Darlington. It was abolished in 1904 with the downsizing of...
)
Candidates
Sitting members at the time of the election are in bold.Electorate | Held by | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... Candidate |
Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... Candidate |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... Candidate |
QLP Queensland Labor Party The Queensland Labor Party was a political party of Queensland, Australia formed in 1957 by a breakaway group of the then ruling Australian Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair... Candidate |
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Aubigny Electoral district of Aubigny The electoral district of Aubigny was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the 1873 state election, and existed until the 1972 state election.... |
Country | Walter Sparkes | ||||
Balonne | Labor | John Taylor | Edwin Beardmore | A. H. Bunton | ||
Barambah Electoral district of Barambah Barambah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 2001.The district was based in the South Burnett region. It is best known for being the seat of long-serving Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.... |
Country | Joh Bjelke-Petersen Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen, KCMG , was an Australian politician. He was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of Queensland, holding office from 1968 to 1987, a period that saw considerable economic development in the state... |
T. J. O'Neill | |||
Barcoo | Labor | Edward Davis | R. E. Paynter | S. T. Barry | ||
Baroona | QLP | Norman Buchan | Robert Thomasson | William Power | ||
Belyando | QLP | J. Williams | C. R. Whyte | Tom Foley | ||
Bremer | Labor | James Donald | George Groth | F. Corbutt | ||
Brisbane Electoral district of Brisbane (Queensland) Brisbane was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1912 to 1977.Based in inner central Brisbane, north of the Brisbane River, it was first created as a single member constituency for the 1912 state election, largely replacing the dual member... |
Labor | John Henry Mann | Roger Moore | D. Casey | ||
Bulimba Electoral district of Bulimba -External links:*... |
QLP | Jack Houston Jack Houston John William "Jack" Houston was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Bulimba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1980.... |
Bill Lickiss | Robert Gardner | H. W. Ricketts | |
Bundaberg Electoral district of Bundaberg The division of Bundaberg is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in central Queensland, Australia.It covers the city of Bundaberg, as well as the immediate surrounding area, hence its name.... |
QLP | William Elson-Green | Thomas Pulsford | Ted Walsh | ||
Buranda | Labor | Richard Kidston Brown | Keith Hooper | Michael Lyons | J. K. Handasyde | |
Burdekin Electoral district of Burdekin Burdekin is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. Centred on the Ayr–Home Hill region, the electorate also includes some of Townsville's southern suburbs as well as the coal-mining town of Collinsville... |
Independent | John Gralton | Oliver Andersen | Arthur Coburn | ||
Cairns Electoral district of Cairns The electoral district of Cairns is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs of Cairns, in Far North Queensland... |
Labor | George Wallace | C. J. Cummings | J. J. Bidney | ||
Callide Electoral district of Callide The district of Callide is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia.It encompasses agricultural and mining towns in the Burnett, Callide and Dawson valleys... |
Country | Vincent Jones | ||||
Carnarvon Electoral district of Carnarvon Carnarvon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland that existed from 1873 to 1992.The district took in rural areas in southern Queensland, including the towns of Stanthorpe and Goondiwindi.... |
QLP | Douglas Gow | Fred Rogers | Paul Hilton | ||
Carpentaria | QLP | Alex Inch | William Aplin | Alfred Smith | ||
Charters Towers Electoral district of Charters Towers Charters Towers was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It has had three incarnations, most recently being created as part of a redistribution in 1991 and lasting until 2008.... |
QLP | R. H. Davies | K. S. Siemon | Arthur Jones | ||
Chermside Electoral district of Chermside Chermside was the name of two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Both districts were based in the north-eastern suburbs of Brisbane and named for the suburb of Chermside. The first existed from 1950 to 1960 and the second from... |
Liberal | L. H. Sampson | Alexander Dewar | J. R. Parry | ||
Clayfield Electoral district of Clayfield The district of Clayfield is an electoral division of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. It is centred around the inner northern suburb of Clayfield in the state capital of Brisbane.... |
Liberal | Harold Taylor | James Ryan (Conservative) | |||
Condamine Electoral district of Condamine The district of Condamine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Condamine takes in areas to the north-west, west and south of Toowoomba. It includes the towns of Dalby, Oakey, Pittsworth and Clifton. The district is named for the Condamine River... |
QLP | W. R. Eggington | Stewart Keys | Leslie Diplock | ||
Cook Electoral district of Cook The electoral division of Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia.Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula north of Cairns, including the resort town of Port Douglas and the Torres Strait Islands... |
QLP | S. D. E. Chataway | Carlisle Wordsworth | Bunny Adair | ||
Cooroora | Country | R. A. Smith | David Low | |||
Coorparoo | Liberal | Bernard Ouston | Thomas Hiley | |||
Cunningham Electoral district of Cunningham Cunningham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1888 to 2009.Prior to its abolition, the district occupied an area of the Darling Downs, south and west of Toowoomba. Historically it was centred on the town of Clifton. The eastern portion... |
Country | Alan Fletcher | L. T. Ott | |||
Darlington Electoral district of Darlington Darlington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 with the division of the multi-member district of Redfern and named after and including the inner Sydney suburb of Darlington. It was abolished in 1904 with the downsizing of... |
Country | Charles Knoll | Robert Harrison | M. J. Smith H. Longfield |
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Fassifern | Country | Adolf Muller | Kenneth Rawle | |||
Fitzroy | Labor | James Clark | G. P. Dunn | J. W. Norton | ||
Flinders Electoral district of Flinders (Queensland) The electoral district of Flinders was formerly a state electorate in the Parliament of Queensland covering parts of central Queensland. It was abolished in a redistribution in 1991, effective 1992. The last sitting member of the seat was Bob Katter, who had held it since December 1974.-Members for... |
Labor | Frank Forde Frank Forde Francis Michael Forde PC was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. He was the shortest serving Prime Minister in Australia's history, being in office for only eight days.-Early life:... |
Bill Lonergan | Bob Katter, Sr. Bob Katter, Sr. Robert Cummin "Bob" Katter was an Australian federal politician and Minister for the Army. He was a Country Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for over 23 years.-Early years and background:... |
C. Corney (Ind. Labor) | |
Fortitude Valley | QLP | Jack Egerton Jack Egerton Sir John Alfred Roy Egerton was an Australian trade union organiser and member of the Australian Labor Party. Egerton was born in Emerald, Queensland and was educated at Rockhampton and Mount Morgan High Schools.... |
Robert Windsor | Michael Brosnan | ||
Gregory Electoral district of Gregory The district of Gregory is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in Queensland, Australia.-Members for Gregory:-Election results:-External links:*... |
QLP | John Duggan | Robert Windsor | K. Smith | ||
Haughton | QLP | V. J. Owens | W. A. Clayton | Colin McCathie | ||
Hinchinbrook Electoral district of Hinchinbrook The district of Hinchinbrook is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from just south of Innisfail to just north of Townsville; though neither town is part of the electorate.... |
Labor | Cecil Jesson | John Row | John William Argaet | Francis Curro | |
Ipswich Electoral district of Ipswich The district of Ipswich is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Brisbane River, west of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland... |
Labor | Ivor Marsden | W. T. Gibbs | R. C. Johnstone | ||
Isis | Country | Jack Pizzey Jack Pizzey Jack Charles Allan Pizzey was a Queensland Country Party politician. He was Premier of Queensland, in a coalition with the Liberal Party, from 17 January 1968 until his death on 31 July that year.... |
Edward McDonnell | |||
Ithaca | Labor | Pat Hanlon | Alan Edwards | A. D. Machin | ||
Kedron Electoral district of Kedron Kedron was the name of two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Both districts were based in the northern suburbs of Brisbane and named for the suburb of Kedron. The first existed from 1950 to 1972 and the second from 1992 to... |
Labor | Eric Lloyd | J. L. Harris | C. W. Uhr | ||
Kelvin Grove | Labor | John Albert Turner | Douglas Tooth | J. J. Dawson | ||
Keppel Electoral district of Keppel The district of Keppel is an electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electoral district encompasses the central Queensland coast from the mouth of the Fitzroy River in the south to Shoalwater Bay to the north... |
QLP | Mervyn Thackeray | Tom Griffith | Viv Cooper | Rex Pilbeam | |
Kurilpa Electoral district of Kurilpa Kurilpa was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland from 1912 to 1986. It was named for the Kurilpa Peninsula on the Brisbane River... |
QLP | M. J. Kane | Peter Connolly | Thomas Moores | G. H. Fry (Ind. Labor) | |
Landsborough Electoral district of Landsborough Landsborough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992. The district was based on the Sunshine Coast.... |
Country | Frank Nicklin Frank Nicklin Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin, KCMG, MM was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1957 to 1968, and the first Country Party Premier since 1932.-Early life and career:... |
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Lockyer Electoral district of Lockyer The district of Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including... |
Liberal | Gordon Chalk Gordon Chalk Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk, KBE was Premier of Queensland for a week, from 1 to 8 August 1968. He was the first, and only, Queensland Premier from the modern Liberal Party of Australia.... |
Jim Dwyer (Ind. Labor) | |||
Mackay Electoral district of Mackay The district of Mackay is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in North Queensland, Australia, encompassing the inner suburbs of the city of Mackay... |
Labor | Fred Graham | W. G. Field | J. M. Griffin | ||
Mackenzie | Country | W. G. James | Neville Hewitt | J. T. Cook | ||
Marodian | Country | William Weir | James Heading James Heading James Alfred Heading was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay from 1947 to 1950 and for Marodian from 1950 to 1960.... |
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Maryborough Electoral district of Maryborough The district of Maryborough is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is centred on the regional city of Maryborough and takes in other surrounding communities.... |
Labor | Horace Davies | James Dunn | C. G. Gott | ||
Merthyr Electoral district of Merthyr Merthyr was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1912 to 1992.First created for the 1912 state election, the district was based in inner Brisbane centred on the suburb of New Farm, covering areas that previously belonged to the district of... |
QLP | Tom Campbell | Ray Ramsden | Bill Moore | ||
Mirani Electoral district of Mirani The district of Mirani is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.It covers much of the Queensland coast between the cities of Rockhampton and Mackay, as well as the hinterland west of Mackay. Towns include St Lawrence, Carmila, Sarina, and Eungella... |
Country | J. C. Chataway | Ernie Evans | Walter O'Grady | ||
Mount Coot-tha Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha The district of Mount Coot-tha is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electoral district encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-west, including Milton, Auchenflower, Paddington, Bardon and parts of the suburbs of Toowong and Ashgrove... |
Liberal | D. E. Raven | Kenneth Morris Kenneth Morris (Australian politician) Sir Kenneth James Morris KBE was an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was educated at Brisbane Grammar School before becoming the director of his family's boot manufacturing firm. In 1931, he married Ettie Louise Dunlop. He served in the military 1939-1944, in Britain , Tobruk and Egypt... |
J. F. Lynch | ||
Mount Gravatt Electoral district of Mount Gravatt Mount Gravatt was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 2009.The district was based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane... |
Labor | Felix Dittmer Felix Dittmer Felix Cyril Sigismund Dittmer was an Australian politician. Born in Dugandan, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and then the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, becoming a doctor. He was an honorary surgeon in Brisbane... |
Graham Hart Graham Hart Graham Lloyd Hart was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Mount Gravatt in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1963.... |
C. A. Edwards | H. M. Boone | |
Mourilyan Electoral district of Mourilyan Mourilyan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992.First created for the 1950 state election, the district was based in north Queensland, centred on the town of Mourilyan, taking in areas previously belonging to the abolished... |
Labor | Peter Byrne | E. H. Webb | A. L. Drew | ||
Mulgrave Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland) The district of Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns at its northern end to Innisfail at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the... |
QLP | L. R. Trembath | Robert Watson | Charles English | ||
Mundingburra Electoral district of Mundingburra The district of Mundingburra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.- Overview :The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland. Significant utilities within the Mundingburra electorate are the Townsville Hospital,... |
NQLP | Jim Mahony | Tom Aikens (NQLP North Queensland Labor Party The North Queensland Labor Party was a minor political party in Australia from 1949 to 1974. The Party succeeded the Hermit Park Labor Party in 1949 and was succeeded by the North Queensland Party in 1974.... ) G. F. Evans |
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Murrumba Electoral district of Murrumba The district of Murrumba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Deception Bay, Kippa-Ring, Murrumba Downs and Rothwell... |
Country | B. C. Krause | David Nicholson | M. H. Ryan | ||
Nash | QLP | George Hooper | Max Hodges | Greg Kehoe Greg Kehoe Gregory Brian "Greg" Kehoe was an Australian politician. He was the member for Nash in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1957, representing first the Australian Labor Party and then the breakaway Queensland Labor Party.-References:... |
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Norman | Labor | William Baxter | George Regan | N. M. Tacey | ||
North Toowoomba Electoral district of North Toowoomba The electoral district of North Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1950 redistribution and removed by the 1960 redistribution.... |
Labor | Leslie Wood | S. S. Webb | F. G. Bowdler | ||
Nundah Electoral district of Nundah Nundah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1888 to 1992.The district was based in the northern suburbs of Brisbane. At the time of its abolition it included the suburbs of Nundah, Eagle Farm, Hendra and Toombul.-Members for Nundah:... |
QLP | Dudley Ryder | William Knox William Knox (Queensland politician) Sir William Knox was born in Victoria, Australia and was the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the district of Nundah for the Liberal Party of Australia between from 1956 to 1989.... |
James Hadley James Hadley (Australian politician) James William Hadley was an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he received a primary education before becoming a timber worker, after which he worked with the railways. He was also an organiser with the Australian Workers' Union... |
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Port Curtis Electoral district of Port Curtis Port Curtis was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1860 to 1992.The district was centred on the regional city of Gladstone. In 1992, it was renamed Gladstone.-Members for Port Curtis:... |
Labor | James Burrows | C. A. Wilson | Samuel Andrewartha | ||
Rockhampton Electoral district of Rockhampton The district of Rockhampton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Wedged between the electoral districts of Keppel to the east and Mirani to the west, Rockhampton encompasses the bulk of the regional city of Rockhampton and many of its outlying... |
Labor | J. N. Fraser | J. F. Marshall | Robert Gardner | Rex Pilbeam Tom Kelly |
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Roma | QLP | W. Hay | William Ewan | Alfred Dohring Alfred Dohring Alfred Dohring was an Australian politician. He was the member for Roma in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1957, representing first the Australian Labor Party and then the breakaway Queensland Labor Party in 1957.-References:... |
J. Clarke (Ind. Country) | |
Sandgate Electoral district of Sandgate The district of Sandgate is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, covering Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Deagon, Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Fitzgibbon, and Taigum... |
QLP | Harold Dean | Thomas Ahearn Thomas Ahearn Thomas Ahearn, PC was a Canadian inventor and businessman. Ahearn, a native of Ottawa, was instrumental in the success a vast streetcar system that was once in Ottawa, the Ottawa Electric Railway, and was the first chairman of Canada's Federal District Commission in 1927... |
Herbert Robinson Herbert Robinson (Queensland politician) Herbert Freemont Robinson was an Australian politician, and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1957 representing the seat of Sandgate.-Biography:... |
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Sherwood Electoral district of Sherwood Sherwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992.First created for the 1950 state election, the district was based in the south-western suburbs of Brisbane, covering areas that previously belonged to the abolished district of Oxley... |
Liberal | Doug Sherrington | John Herbert | Harry Wright | ||
Somerset | QLP | Evan Marginson Evan Marginson Evan Marginson was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1977, representing Ipswich East until 1972 and Wolston thereafter.... |
Harold Richter | Alexander Skinner | ||
South Brisbane Electoral district of South Brisbane The district of South Brisbane is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The electorate encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-south, stretching from East Brisbane to West End, and south to Fairfield... |
QLP | Tom Doyle | W. N. Henry | Vince Gair Vince Gair Vincent Clare "Vince" Gair was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of Queensland from 1952 until 1957, when his stormy relations with the trade union movement saw him expelled from the Australian Labor Party. He was elected to the Australian Senate and led the Democratic Labor Party... |
Frank Roberts Frank Roberts (mayor) Frank Roberts was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane for a single term from 1952 to 1955.He also held the seat of Nundah in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1947 to 1956 .... J. A. Noonan |
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Southport Electoral district of Southport The district of Southport is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the northern part of the Gold Coast. It is named for the suburb of Southport, and also includes the suburbs of Arundel, Ernest, Labrador, Molendinar and... |
Country | William Belford | Eric Gaven | |||
Tablelands Electoral district of Tablelands Tablelands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Prior to its abolition, it encompassed towns on the Atherton Tablelands west of Cairns, including Mareeba, Atherton, Ravenshoe, Chillagoe and Mount Molloy. The seat was won by the One Nation Party... |
QLP | S. E. Tullipan | Tom Gilmore Tom Gilmore, senior Thomas Vernon "Tom" Gilmore was an Australian politician. Born in Wolfram, Queensland, he was educated at state schools before becoming a sugarcane and tobacco grower at Babinda. He served in the military 1942–47... |
Harold Collins Harold Collins (politician) Harold Henry Collins was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Cook from 1935 to 1950 and for Tablelands from 1950 to 1957, when he defected to the breakaway Queensland Labor Party.-References:... |
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Toowong | Liberal | Alan Munro | ||||
Toowoomba Electoral district of Toowoomba The Electoral District of Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 1912 when the old seat of Drayton & Toowoomba split into Toowoomba, East Toowoomba and Drayton... |
Labor | John Duggan | Mervyn Anderson | T. D. McCawley | V. Lacaze | |
Townsville Electoral district of Townsville The district of Townsville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland, and covers the Eastern and Northern suburbs of the City of Townsville as well as Magnetic Island and... |
Labor | George Keyatta | Roy Pope | Lionel Tomlins | ||
Warrego Electoral district of Warrego The district of Warrego is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The electorate lies in the extreme southwest of Queensland, running along the western part of the border with New South Wales... |
Labor | John Dufficy John Dufficy John Joseph Dufficy was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Warrego in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 1969.... |
Arnold White | J. A. Glynn | ||
Warwick Electoral district of Warwick Warwick was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1860 to 2001. It centred on the town of Warwick.... |
Country | Otto Madsen | G. P. Wilkinson | |||
Whitsunday Electoral district of Whitsunday The district of Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Australia.It encompasses the Whitsunday Islands as well as mainland centres from Bowen to the northern suburbs of Mackay, Queensland, including the tourist resort of Airlie Beach and the sugar... |
Country | R. L. Staples | Lloyd Roberts Lloyd Roberts (politician) Lloyd Henry Scurfield Roberts was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for Whitsunday in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1950 to 1961.... |
B. J. Lewis | ||
Windsor Electoral district of Windsor (Queensland) Windsor was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1912 to 1992.First created for the 1912 state election, the district was based in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, taking in areas north of Breakfast Creek and south of Kedron Brook... |
QLP | K. M. Kemshead | Percy Smith | Thomas Rasey Thomas Rasey Thomas William Rasey was an Australian politician. He was the member for Windsor in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1950 to 1957, representing the Australian Labor Party until 1957 and the breakaway Queensland Labor Party thereafter.... |
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Wynnum Electoral district of Wynnum Wynnum was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1923 to 1986.The district was based in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane and named for the suburb of Wynnum.-Members for Wynnum:... |
Labor | William Gunn | P. S. McAdam | J. B. Pendergast | W. F. St. George-Grambauer | |
Yeronga Electoral district of Yeronga Yeronga was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 2001.The district was based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane and named for the suburb of Yeronga.-Members for Yeronga:... |
Liberal | R. M. Dent | Winston Noble | W. A. Quaill |
See also
- Queensland state election, 1957Queensland state election, 1957Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Australian Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier John...
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 19 May 1956 to 3 August 1957, as elected at the 1956 state election. The term was cut short by a split within the governing Australian Labor Party—the Premier, Vince Gair, and all but one of his ministers were expelled from the...
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957–1960Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957–1960This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1960, as elected at the 1957 state election:-References:* Waterson, D.B. Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament, 1930-1980 Canberra: ANU Press...
- List of political parties in Australia