Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1959–1964

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House...

between the 2 May 1959 election

Tasmanian state election, 1964

Elections for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 2 May 1964.The Labor Party, in power since 1934, was seeking a tenth term in office, and Premier Eric Reece was contesting his second election in that role, this time against Leader of the Opposition Angus Bethune...

and the 2 May 1964 election

Tasmanian state election, 1959

A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 2 May 1959.The two previous elections had resulted in a parliamentary deadlock due to an even number of seats in the House of Assembly...

. Prior to this election, each of the five Tasmanian seats had been expanded from 6 to 7 members to provide an odd number of members, due mainly to a series of hung parliament

Hung parliament

In a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control...

Name	Party	Division	Years in office
Hon Alexander Atkins	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...	Bass Division of Bass (state) The Electoral Division of Bass is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, or lower house; it takes its name from the British Naval Surgeon and Explorer of Australia: George Bass. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Bass...	1946–1948; 1956–1972
Charley Aylett	Labor/Independent	Denison Division of Denison (state) The Electoral Division of Denison is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van_Diemen's Land 1847-55, and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61. The division shares its name and boundaries with the...	1946–1964
Eric Barnard Eric Barnard Eric Albert Barnard FRS is a British neuroscientist, and Professor at University of Cambridge.-Works:*Edwin S. Levitan, Peter R. Schofield, David R. Burt, Lucy M. Rhee, William Wisden, Martin Köhler, Norihisa Fujita, Henry F. Rodriguez, Anne Stephenson, Mark G. Darlison, Eric A. Barnard, Peter H...	Labor	Franklin Division of Franklin (state) The Electoral Division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837-43...	1959–1979
Eric Beattie	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...	Bass	1946–1950; 1954–1979
Bert Bessell	Liberal	Wilmot	1956–1976
Angus Bethune	Liberal	Wilmot	1946–1975
Carrol Bramich Carrol Bramich Carrol Athelstone Bramich was an Australian politician. He was born in Penguin, Tasmania. In 1946 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as one of the Labor members for Darwin; he served as a minister from 1948...	Liberal	Braddon Division of Braddon (state) The Electoral Division of Braddon, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The constituency takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The boundaries and name of the electorate are...	1946–1964
John Breheny	Liberal	Braddon	1951–1972
Joseph Britton	Labor	Braddon	1959–1964; 1975–1976
Max Bushby Max Bushby Maxwell Holmes "Max" Bushby OBE was an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1961 as a Liberal member for Bass. He was Chair of Committees from 1966 to 1972 and Speaker from 1982 to 1986. He retired from politics in 1986.-References:...	Liberal	Bass	1961–1986
Hon Douglas Cashion	Labor	Wilmot	1949–1972
Lloyd Costello	Labor	Braddon	1959–1975
Hon John Dwyer	Labor	Franklin	1931–1962
Hon Roy Fagan	Labor	Wilmot	1946–1974
Wallace Fraser	Labor	Bass	1961–1969
Hon Dr John Gaha John Gaha John Francis Gaha , known as Frank, was an Australian politician. Born in Narrabri, New South Wales, he was educated at St Joseph's College in Sydney and the National University of Ireland, becoming a doctor and a house surgeon in Dublin...	Labor	Denison	1950–1964
Lynda Heaven Lynda Heaven Lynda Agnes Victoria Heaven, MBE was an Australian politician. She was the first female Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, and represented the electorate of Franklin between 1962 and 1964....	Labor	Franklin	1962–1964
Bill Hodgman	Liberal/Independent	Denison	1955–1964
Bob Ingamells	Liberal	Wilmot	1959–1976
Tim Jackson	Liberal/Independent	Franklin	1946–1964
Mac Le Fevre	Labor	Bass	1959–1969; 1972–1976
Kevin Lyons Kevin Lyons Kevin Orchard Lyons was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the seat of Darwin...	Liberal	Braddon	1948–1972
Thomas McDonald	Labor	Wilmot	1959–1969
James McGowen	Liberal	Bass	1961–1964
Hon Henry McLoughlin	Labor	Denison	1959–1969
Hon William McNeil	Labor	Wilmot	1959–1964
Hon John Madden	Labor	Bass	1936–1956; 1957–1969
Fred Marriott	Liberal	Bass	1946–1961
Mabel Miller Mabel Miller Dame Mabel Flora Miller, DBE was an Australian lawyer and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Hobart City Council and one of the first two women to be elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly....	Liberal	Franklin	1955–1964
Hon Bill Neilson Bill Neilson William Arthur "Bill" Neilson AC was Premier of Tasmania from 1975 to 1977.Born in Hobart, Tasmania, and educated at Ogilvie High School, Neilson became a postman. He married Jill Benjamin, daughter of Phyllis Benjamin, in Melbourne in 1948...	Labor	Franklin	1946–1977
Archibald Park	Liberal	Denison	1949–1955; 1959
Thomas Pearsall Thomas Pearsall Thomas Gordon Pearsall was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming a dairy farmer at Kingston. He served in the military 1940 -1945 Thomas Gordon Pearsall (11 April 1920 – 28 December 2003) was an Australian politician. Born in...	Liberal	Franklin	1950–1966
Hon Eric Reece Eric Reece Eric Elliott Reece, AC was Premier of Tasmania on two occasions: from 26 August 1958 to 26 May 1969, and from 3 May 1972 to 31 March 1975.-Biography:...	Labor	Braddon	1946–1975
John Steer	Liberal	Bass	1950–1961; 1964–1968
Horace Strutt	Liberal	Denison	1946–1959; 1959–1969
Rex Townley Rex Townley Reginald 'Rex' Colin Townley was an Australian politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party in Tasmania from 1950 to 1956...	Liberal	Denison	1946–1965
Hon Dr Reg Turnbull	Independent	Bass	1946–1961
Hon Sydney Ward	Labor	Braddon	1956–1976
Bill Wedd	Independent	Denison	1948–1953; 1959–1964
Aretas Young	Liberal	Franklin	1959–1969

Sources

Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856

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