Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1941–1944
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This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Queensland Legislative Assembly
The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...

from 1941 to 1944, as elected at the 1941 state election
Queensland state election, 1941
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 March 1941 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a fourth term in office.-Key dates:-Results:...

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Name Party Electorate Term in office
Frank Barnes  Ind. Labor 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....

 
1941–1950
Lou Barnes Ind. Labor 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...

 
1942–1947
Randolph Bedford
Randolph Bedford
Randolph Bedford was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.-Early life:...

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...

 
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...

 
1923–1941
William Brand
William Brand
Sir William Alfred Brand, CBE was an Australian politician. Born in Childers, Queensland, he was educated at state schools before becoming a sugarcane grower. He was president of the Australian Sugar Growers Association...

 
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...

 
Isis  1920–1950
Samuel Brassington
Samuel Brassington
Samuel John Brassington was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, serving as the member for Balonne from 1927 to 1932 and for Fortitude Valley from 1933 to 1950. He served as Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1944 to...

 
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...

 
Fortitude Valley  1927–1932, 1933–1950
John Innes Brown  Labor Logan
Electoral district of Logan
The district of Logan is an electoral division in southern Queensland, Australia.Logan encompasses urban and semi-rural environments on the southern outskirts of the Brisbane metropolitan area...

 
1935–1944
Hon Henry Bruce  Labor The Tableland  1923–1950
Hon Frank Bulcock Labor Barcoo  1919–1942
Sir John Beals Chandler
John Beals Chandler
Sir John Beals Chandler was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1940 to 1952, and the Member for the Queensland Legislative Assembly district of Hamilton from 1943 to 1947.-Personal life:...

QPP
Queensland People's Party
The Queensland People's Party was a conservative political party in Queensland, Australia.Created in 1943 by Brisbane Lord Mayor John Beals Chandler, the Queensland People's Party contested elections in South East Queensland. In 1948, they became the Queensland branch of the Liberal Party of...

 
Hamilton
Electoral district of Hamilton (Queensland)
Hamilton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1950.The district was based in the inner northeastern suburbs of Brisbane, and included the suburbs of Albion, Ascot, Eagle Farm, Hamilton and Hendra. It was a safe seat for the...

 
1943–1947
James Clark  Labor Fitzroy  1935–1960
Ernest Clayton  Country Wide Bay  1920–1946
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:...

 
Labor 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...

 
1935–1957
Charles Conroy  Labor Maranoa  1920–1944
Hon Frank Cooper  Labor Bremer  1915–1946
Patrick Copley  Labor 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...

 
1932–1949
David Daniel  Country 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...

 
1936–1944
William Dart  United Australia
United Australia Party
The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...

 
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:...

 
1938–1944
John Dash  Labor 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,...

 
1920–1944
Edward Davis Labor Barcoo  1943–1961
William Deacon Ind. Country 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...

 
1920–1943
Eric Decker  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...

 
1941–1953
George Devries  Labor 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:*...

 
1941–1957
John Duggan  Labor 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...

 
1935–1957, 1958–1969
Thomas Dunstan  Labor Gympie
Electoral district of Gympie
The district of Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona....

 
1915–1929, 1935–1953
James Edwards  Country Nanango
Electoral district of Nanango
The district of Nanango is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.Nanango was the original seat of Sir Joh-Bjelke Petersen . In the 2006 legislative election, incumbent member Dorothy Pratt beat off a strong challenge by the late Bjelke-Petersen's son John to retain the seat...

 
1920–1947
David Farrell  Labor 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....

 
1938–1953
Hon Tom Foley  Labor Normanby  1919–1960
Hon 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...

 
Labor 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...

 
1932–1960
Hon David Gledson  Labor 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...

 
1915–1929, 1932–1949
Fred Graham 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...

 
1943–1969
Hon Ned Hanlon  Labor Ithaca  1926–1952
Hon Edward Hanson
Edward Hanson
Edward William Hanson was a United States Navy Rear admiral and the 28th Governor of American Samoa from June 26, 1938 to July 30, 1940. Hanson was born and lived in Alexandria, Minnesota. Hanson served at the Naval War College. He was the commanding officer of the USS Indianapolis ...

 
Labor Buranda  1924–1947
John Hayes  Labor 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:...

 
1932–1947
John Healy  Labor 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....

 
1935–1947
Paul Hilton  Labor 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....

 
1935–1963
Cecil Jesson  Labor Kennedy  1935–1960
Hon Arthur Jones  Labor 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....

 
1929–1932, 1939–1960
Thomas Kerr United Australia
United Australia Party
The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...

 
Oxley  1943–1956
George Keyatta  Labor 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...

 
1939–1960
Hon James Larcombe
James Larcombe
James Larcombe was a labor politician from Queensland, Australia.-Biography:James Larcombe was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 25 April 1884. His father, also named James Larcombe, was a butcher, and his mother was Mary Lee. As a young man, he worked as a butcher with his father and was...

 
Labor 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...

 
1912–1929, 1932–1956
Louis Luckins  United Australia/
Independent/QPP
Maree  1941–1953
Duncan MacDonald  Country Stanley  1938–1953
Ted Maher  Country West Moreton
Electoral district of West Moreton (Queensland)
West Moreton was the name of two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The original district, named for the region it covered, took in all of the Brisbane River catchment area as well as Ipswich and Laidley, bordering New South Wales...

 
1929–1949
Harry Massey  United Australia Toowong  1938–1944
John Henry Mann  Labor 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...

 
1936–1969
George Marriott  Labor/Ind. Labor Bulimba
Electoral district of Bulimba
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1938–1950
Bill Moore  Labor 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...

 
1940–1957
Harry Moorhouse  Ind. Democrat 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...

 
1941–1944
Adolf Muller  Country Fassifern  1935–1969
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:...

 
Country 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...

 
1932–1968
Thomas Nimmo United Australia Oxley  1929–1943
Hon John O'Keefe
John O'Keefe (Australian politician)
John O'Keefe was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing Chillagoe from 1926 to 1929 and Cairns from 1930 to 1942....

Labor 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...

 
1926–1929, 1930–1942
Harry O'Shea Labor 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...

 
1941–1950
Arthur Bruce Pie
Arthur Bruce Pie
Arthur Bruce Pie was an Australian politician who served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He was born in Coburg, Victoria and attended Caulfield Grammar School...

Ind. Democrat Hamilton
Electoral district of Hamilton (Queensland)
Hamilton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1950.The district was based in the inner northeastern suburbs of Brisbane, and included the suburbs of Albion, Ascot, Eagle Farm, Hamilton and Hendra. It was a safe seat for the...

 
1941–1943, 1944–1951
Thomas Plunkett Jr.  Country Albert
Electoral district of Albert
The electoral district of Albert is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. Albert is named for the Albert River, which runs through the electorate and separates Logan City from Gold Coast City...

 
1929–1957
William Power  Labor Baroona  1935–1960
Ernest Riordan  Labor Bowen
Electoral district of Bowen
Bowen was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1873 to 1950 and at various times until 1992....

 
1936–1944, 1950–1954
Aubrey Slessar  Labor Dalby
Electoral district of Dalby
Dalby was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It existed from 1873 to 1949 and centred on the town of Dalby.-Members for Dalby:...

 
1938–1947
Alfred Smith  Labor Carpentaria  1941–1960
Hon William Forgan Smith
William Forgan Smith
William Forgan Smith , generally known as Forgan Smith, was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership, defence of states' rights and interest in state development make him something...

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...

 
1915–1942
Walter Sparkes  Country 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....

 
1932–1935, 1941–1960
George Taylor  Labor/Ind. Labor Enoggera  1932–1944
Stephen Theodore  Labor Herbert  1940–1950
John Turner  Labor Kelvin Grove  1941–1957
Harry Walker  Country Cooroora  1907–1947
Hon Ted Walsh  Labor 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...

 
1935–1947, 1950–1969
Hon Thomas Williams  Labor 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:...

 
1932–1947
Herbert Yeates
Herbert Yeates
Herbert Yeates was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for East Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1938 to 1945....

 
Country East Toowoomba
Electoral district of East Toowoomba
The Electoral District of East 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 East Toowoomba, Toowoomba and Drayton...

 
1938–1945

On 7 July 1941, the Labor member for 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...

, Randolph Bedford
Randolph Bedford
Randolph Bedford was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.-Early life:...

, died. Labor candidate Harry O'Shea won the resulting by-election on 30 August 1941.
On 27 January 1942, the Labor member for 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...

 and Secretary for Mines, John O'Keefe
John O'Keefe (Australian politician)
John O'Keefe was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing Chillagoe from 1926 to 1929 and Cairns from 1930 to 1942....

, died. Independent Labor candidate Lou Barnes, the brother of Frank Barnes, won the resulting by-election on 31 October 1942.
On 9 December 1942, the Labor member for 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...

 and Premier of Queensland, William Forgan Smith
William Forgan Smith
William Forgan Smith , generally known as Forgan Smith, was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership, defence of states' rights and interest in state development make him something...

, retired. Labor candidate Fred Graham won the resulting by-election on 20 March 1943.
On 15 December 1942, the Labor member for Barcoo and Secretary for Agriculture and Stock, Frank Bulcock, resigned to take up an appointment as Commonwealth Director-General of Agriculture. Labor candidate Edward Davis won the resulting by-election on 1 May 1943.
On 6 February 1943, the United Australia member for Oxley, Thomas Nimmo, died. United Australia candidate Thomas Kerr won the resulting by-election on 17 April 1943.
On 30 June 1943, the Independent Democrat member for Hamilton
Electoral district of Hamilton (Queensland)
Hamilton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1950.The district was based in the inner northeastern suburbs of Brisbane, and included the suburbs of Albion, Ascot, Eagle Farm, Hamilton and Hendra. It was a safe seat for the...

, Arthur Bruce Pie
Arthur Bruce Pie
Arthur Bruce Pie was an Australian politician who served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He was born in Coburg, Victoria and attended Caulfield Grammar School...

, resigned to contest Division of Brisbane
Division of Brisbane
The Division of Brisbane is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election...

 at the 1943 federal election
Australian federal election, 1943
Federal elections were held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin easily defeated the opposition Country Party led...

. Lord Mayor of Brisbane and Queensland People's Party candidate Sir John Beals Chandler
John Beals Chandler
Sir John Beals Chandler was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1940 to 1952, and the Member for the Queensland Legislative Assembly district of Hamilton from 1943 to 1947.-Personal life:...

 won the resulting by-election on 9 October 1943.
On 25 December 1943, the Independent Country member for 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...

, William Deacon, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1944 state election
Queensland state election, 1944
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 15 April 1944 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.The election was the first that Labor had contested under Premier Frank Cooper, who had been in office for 19 months by the time of the poll.The election resulted...

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See also

  • Queensland state election, 1941
    Queensland state election, 1941
    Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 March 1941 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a fourth term in office.-Key dates:-Results:...

  • Forgan Smith Ministry
    Forgan Smith Ministry
    The Forgan Smith Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Labor Premier William Forgan Smith. It succeeded the Moore Ministry on 18 June 1932, seven days after Arthur Edward Moore's CPNP government was defeated at the 1932 state election...

     (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...

    ) (1932–1942)
  • Cooper Ministry
    First Cooper Ministry
    The Cooper Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Labor Premier Frank Cooper. It succeeded the Forgan Smith Ministry on 16 September 1942 following Forgan Smith's resignation from the Ministry after over 10 years as Premier...

     (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...

    ) (1942–1946)
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