Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

This is a list of members of the 31st Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1947 to 1950, as elected at the 1947 state election held on 3 May 1947.[1]

During the term, the Queensland People's Party became the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Tom AikensNQLPMundingburra1944–1977
Frank BarnesInd. LaborBundaberg1941–1950
Joh Bjelke-PetersenCountryNanango1947–1987
William BrandCountryIsis1920–1950
Hon Samuel BrassingtonLaborFortitude Valley1927–1932, 1933–1950
Dick BrownLaborBuranda1947–1957
Hon Harry BruceLaborThe Tableland1923–1950
Jim BurrowsLaborPort Curtis1947–1963
Gordon ChalkQPP/LiberalEast Toowoomba1947–1976
Jim ClarkLaborFitzroy1935–1960
Hon Harold CollinsLaborCook1935–1957
Kerry Copley[2]LaborKurilpa1932–1949
Thomas CrowleyLaborCairns1947–1956
Ned DavisLaborBarcoo1943–1961
Eric DeckerCountry/QPPSandgate1941–1953
Hon George DevriesLaborGregory1941–1957
Jim DonaldLaborBremer1946–1969
Hon Jack DugganLaborToowoomba1935–1957, 1958–1969
Thomas DunstanLaborGympie1915–1929, 1935–1953
Ernie EvansCountryMirani1947–1965
David FarrellLaborMaryborough1938–1953
Hon Tom FoleyLaborNormanby1919–1960
Hon Vince GairLaborSouth Brisbane1932–1960
Hon David Gledson[1]LaborIpswich1915–1929, 1932–1949
Fred GrahamLaborMackay1943–1969
Bill GunnLaborWynnum1944–1966
Hon Ned HanlonLaborIthaca1926–1952
James HeadingCountryWide Bay1947–1960
Thomas HileyQPP/LiberalLogan1944–1966
Paul HiltonLaborCarnarvon1935–1963
Walter IngramLaborKeppel1944–1952
Cecil JessonLaborKennedy1935–1960
Hon Arthur JonesLaborCharters Towers1929–1932, 1939–1960
Tom KerrQPP/LiberalOxley1943–1956
George KeyattaLaborTownsville1939–1960
Hon James LarcombeLaborRockhampton1912–1929, 1932–1956
David LowCountryCooroora1947–1974
Louis LuckinsQPP/LiberalMaree1941–1953
Duncan MacDonaldCountryStanley1938–1953
Malcolm McIntyreCountryCunningham1944–1953
Otto MadsenCountryWarwick1947–1963
Ted Maher[3]CountryWest Moreton1929–1949
Johnno MannLaborBrisbane1936–1969
George MarriottInd. LaborBulimba1938–1950
Ivor Marsden[1]LaborIpswich1949–1966
Hon Bill MooreLaborMerthyr1940–1957
Tom Moores[2]LaborKurilpa1949–1957
Kenneth MorrisQPP/LiberalEnoggera1944–1963
Alf MullerCountryFassifern1935–1969
Frank NicklinCountryMurrumba1932–1968
Harry O'SheaLaborWarrego1941–1950
Fred PatersonCommunistBowen1944–1950
Bruce PieQPP/LiberalWindsor1941–1943, 1944–1951
Tom PlunkettCountryAlbert1929–1957
Hon Bill PowerLaborBaroona1935–1960
Frank RobertsLaborNundah1947–1956
Charles Russell[3]CountryDalby1947–1949
Norm SmithLaborCarpentaria1941–1960
Jim SparkesCountryAubigny1932–1935, 1941–1960
Harold TaylorQPP/LiberalHamilton1947–1963
John TaylorLaborMaranoa1944–1957
Stephen TheodoreLaborHerbert1940–1950
Bert TurnerLaborKelvin Grove1941–1957
Charles WanstallQPP/LiberalToowong1944–1950
1 On 14 May 1949, the Labor member for Ipswich, David Gledson, died. Labor candidate Ivor Marsden won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1949.
2 On 18 July 1949, the Labor member for Kurilpa, Kerry Copley, died. Labor candidate Tom Moores won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1949.
3 On 27 October 1949, Ted Maher, the Country member for West Moreton resigned to contest a seat in the Australian Senate at the 1949 federal election. The following day, Charles Russell, the member for Dalby, resigned to contest the seat of Maranoa. No by-elections were held due to the proximity of the 1950 state election

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Table 1. Precis of results of Queensland state elections 1932 to 2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  • Waterson, D.B. Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament, 1930-1980 Canberra: ANU Press (1982)
  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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