Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1969–1972
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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 1969 to 1972, as elected at the 1969 state election
Queensland state election, 1969
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 May 1969 to elect the 78 members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.The National-Liberal Coalition won its fifth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957...

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Name Party Electorate Term in office
Mike Ahern
Michael Ahern (Australian politician)
Michael John Ahern AO is a former Queensland National Party politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1987 to September 1989. After a long career in the government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern became his successor amidst the controversy caused by the Fitzgerald Inquiry into...

 
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...

 
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....

 
1968–1990
John Aiken  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...

 
1969–1974
Tom Aikens  North Queensland Party
North Queensland Party
The North Queensland Party is a group aspiring to become a political party in Queensland, Australia. They aim to achieve the best possible political outcomes for the North Queensland region. - External links :* * * *...

 
Townsville South  1944–1977
Gilbert Alison
Gilbert Alison
Gilbert Alison is an Australian politician. He served as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the seat of Maryborough from 1971 until his defeat in 1977, before returning at the 1983 election as a member of the National Party of Australia...

Liberal 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....

 
1971–1977, 1983–1989
Roy Armstrong  Country 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...

 
1960–1980
Colin Bennett  Labor/Independent 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...

 
1960–1972
Edgar Baldwin  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...

 
1969–1974
Val Bird  Country 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...

 
1969–1983
Hon 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...

 
Country 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....

 
1947–1987
Jim Blake  Labor Isis  1968–1974, 1977–1983
Ray Bousen  Labor Toowoomba West
Electoral district of Toowoomba West
The Electoral district of Toowoomba West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution....

 
1969–1974
Fred Bromley  Labor Norman  1960–1974
Hon Ron Camm  Country 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...

 
1961–1980
Hon Fred Campbell  Liberal Aspley
Electoral district of Aspley
-External links:*...

 
1960–1980
Ed Casey
Ed Casey
Edmund Denis Casey was best known as a former leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland between 1978 and 1982. He also served as Primary Industries Minister in the government of Wayne Goss between 1989 and 1995...

 
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...

 
1969–1995
Hon 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....

 
Liberal 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...

 
1947–1976
Cec Carey 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...

 
1960–1969
Geoff Chinchen  Liberal 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...

 
1963–1977
David Cory  Country 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....

 
1963–1977
Dr Arthur Crawford  Liberal Wavell
Electoral district of Wavell
Wavell was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1960 to 1986.The district was based in the northern suburbs of Brisbane.-Members for Wavell:...

 
1969–1977
Horace Davies 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....

 
1953–1971
Brian Davis  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...

 
1969–1974, 1977–1989
Harold Dean  Labor 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...

 
1960–1977
Hon Peter Delamothe  Liberal 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....

 
1960–1971
Leslie Diplock  DLP
Democratic Labor Party (historical)
The Democratic Labor Party was an Australian political party that existed from 1955 until 1978.-History:The DLP was formed as a result of a split in the Australian Labor Party that began in 1954. The split was between the party's national leadership, under the then party leader Dr H.V...

 
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....

 
1953–1972
Hon Alan Fletcher  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...

 
1953–1974
Pat Hanlon  Labor Baroona  1956–1974
Martin Hanson
Martin Hanson
Martin Hanson was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Port Curtis in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1963 to 1976....

 
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:...

 
1963–1976
Edward Harris  Labor 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:...

 
1966–1974
Bill Heatley Liberal 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...

 
1970–1971
Hon John Herbert  Liberal 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...

 
1956–1978
Hon Neville Hewitt  Country Mackenzie  1956–1980
Bill Hewitt
Bill Hewitt (politician)
William "Bill" Douglas Hewitt is an Australian politician.Hewitt was a Liberal member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 5 May 1966 to 22 October 1983, representing the electorate of Chatsworth from 5 May 1966 to 12 November 1977 and Greenslopes from 12 November 1977 to 22 October 1983,...

 
Liberal Chatsworth
Electoral district of Chatsworth
The district of Chatsworth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane and stretches north to Tingalpa, west to Carina Heights, east to Tingalpa Creek and south to Bulimba...

 
1966–1983
Russ Hinze
Russ Hinze
The Hon. Russell James "Russ" Hinze , born in Oxenford on the Gold Coast, was a Queensland politician in the 1970s and 1980s. He presided over an era of controversy that included the setting up of the Racing Development Fund, ministerial rezonings and the licensing of Jupiters Casino...

 
Country South Coast
Electoral district of South Coast (Queensland)
South Coast was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1960 to 1992.The district was based in the south-east corner of the state and included much of the Gold Coast.-Members for South Coast:...

 
1966–1988
Hon Max Hodges  Country 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....

 
1957–1979
Keith Hooper  Liberal Greenslopes
Electoral district of Greenslopes
-External links:*...

 
1957–1977
Jim Houghton  Country Redcliffe
Electoral district of Redcliffe
The district of Redcliffe is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses suburbs to the north and northeast of Brisbane, including Redcliffe, Woody Point, Scarborough, Clontarf and Margate, as well as parts of Kippa-Ring...

 
1960–1979
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....

 
Labor Bulimba
Electoral district of Bulimba
-External links:*...

 
1957–1980
Clive Hughes  Liberal 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...

 
1960–1974
Harold Hungerford  Country Balonne  1969–1972
Alex Inch  Labor Burke  1960–1974
Lou Jensen  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....

 
1969–1977
Ray Jones  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...

 
1965–1983
Vincent Jones Country 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...

 
1950–1971
Vi Jordan  Labor Ipswich West
Electoral district of Ipswich West
The district of Ipswich West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district takes in western parts of suburban Ipswich, as well as rural areas further west. It was first created for the 1960 election....

 
1966–1974
Bill Kaus  Liberal Hawthorne  1966–1986
Hon 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....

 
Liberal 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:...

 
1957–1989
Don Lane
Don Lane (politician)
Donald Frederick Lane was a Minister of Transport in the Bjelke-Petersen state of Queensland's coalition government. A former policeman in the Special Branch, in 1971 he was elected as the Liberal member for Merthyr. In 1983 he joined the National Party providing it with a majority...

Liberal 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...

 
1971–1989
Norm Lee  Liberal 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:...

 
1964–1989
Bill Lickiss  Liberal 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...

 
1963–1989
Eric Lloyd  Labor 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...

 
1951–1972
Bill Lonergan  Country 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...

 
1957–1958, 1958–1974
David Low  Country Cooroora  1947–1974
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....

 
Labor Ipswich East  1969–1977
Henry McKechnie  Country 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....

 
1963–1974
Jack Melloy
Jack Melloy
John Melloy was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party.-Personal life:...

 
Labor Nudgee
Electoral district of Nudgee
The district of Nudgee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based in the north-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, the district is a safe seat for the Labor Party.-Members for Nudgee:-Election results:...

 
1960–1977
Colin Miller  Liberal Ithaca  1966–1986
Bob Moore  Liberal 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...

 
1969–1983
Peter Moore  Labor 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...

 
1969–1974
Selwyn Muller  Country Fassifern  1969–1983
John Murray
John Murray (Queensland politician)
John Murray, MBE was an Australian politician. He attended state schools before serving in the military 1939-45. He returned to become a farmer and grazier at Ingham, Queensland...

 
Liberal 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....

 
1963–1976
Tom Newbery  Country 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...

 
1965–1980
Fred Newton  Labor Belmont
Electoral district of Belmont (Queensland)
Belmont was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1960 to 1977.First created for the 1960 state election, the district was based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, taking in areas previously belonging to the districts of Bulimba, Mount...

 
1960–1974
Hon David Nicholson  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...

 
1950–1972
Eugene O'Donnell  Labor Barcoo  1961–1974
Charles Porter  Liberal Toowong  1966–1980
Hon Wally Rae  Country 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:*...

 
1957–1974
Ray Ramsden Liberal 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...

 
1957–1971
Hon Harold Richter  Country Somerset  1957–1972
Hon John Row  Country 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....

 
1960–1972
Doug Sherrington  Labor Salisbury  1960–1974
Hon Vic Sullivan  Country 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...

 
1960–1983
Mervyn Thackeray  Independent Rockhampton North  1957–1972
Ken Tomkins  Country Roma  1967–1983
Hon Douglas Tooth  Liberal Ashgrove
Electoral district of Ashgrove
The division of Ashgrove is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, encompassing Alderley, Ashgrove, Enoggera, The Gap, and Newmarket...

 
1957–1974
Perc Tucker  Labor Townsville North  1960–1974
Edwin Wallis-Smith  Labor 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...

 
1963–1974
Claude Wharton  Country Burnett
Electoral district of Burnett
The district of Burnett is an electoral division of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in central Queensland, Australia.It covers most of the coastal region south of Gladstone, as well as coastal and inland regions around Bundaberg. Towns within its boundaries include Miriam Vale, Agnes Water,...

 
1960–1986
Bill Wood  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...

 
1969–1974
Peter Wood
Peter Wood (Australian politician)
Peter Wood was an Australian politician.Wood and his twin brother Bill were the sons of Les Wood, also a Labor politician. Peter was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1966, representing Toowoomba East; he moved to Toowoomba South in 1972 but was defeated in 1974...

 
Labor Toowoomba East
Electoral district of Toowoomba East
The Electoral district of Toowoomba East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution....

 
1966–1974
Keith Wright
Keith Wright (Australian politician)
Keith Webb Wright is a former Australian politician and convicted rapist. Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, he was educated at the University of Queensland and Kelvin Grove Teachers College in Brisbane before becoming a teacher and author....

 
Labor Rockhampton South  1969–1984

On 26 December 1969, Country member for 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...

, Cec Carey, died. Liberal candidate Bill Heatley won the resulting by-election on 14 February 1970.
On 4 June 1971, Labor member for 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....

, Horace Davies, died. Liberal candidate Gilbert Alison
Gilbert Alison
Gilbert Alison is an Australian politician. He served as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the seat of Maryborough from 1971 until his defeat in 1977, before returning at the 1983 election as a member of the National Party of Australia...

 won the resulting by-election on 24 July 1971.
On 30 June 1971, Liberal member for 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...

, Ray Ramsden, resigned. Liberal candidate Don Lane
Don Lane (politician)
Donald Frederick Lane was a Minister of Transport in the Bjelke-Petersen state of Queensland's coalition government. A former policeman in the Special Branch, in 1971 he was elected as the Liberal member for Merthyr. In 1983 he joined the National Party providing it with a majority...

 won the resulting by-election on 24 July 1971.
On 29 October 1971, Liberal member for 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...

, Bill Heatley, died. No by-election was called because of the proximity of the 1972 election.
On 30 October 1971, Country member for 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...

, Vincent Jones, died. No by-election was called because of the proximity of the 1972 election.

See also

  • Queensland state election, 1969
    Queensland state election, 1969
    Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 May 1969 to elect the 78 members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.The National-Liberal Coalition won its fifth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957...

  • Premier: 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...

     (National Party of Australia
    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...

    ) (1968–1987)
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