Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938

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 1935 to 1938, as elected at the 1935 state election

Queensland state election, 1935

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1935 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a second term after having defeated the Country and Progressive National Party in the 1932...

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
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
Roy Bell	CPNP Country and Progressive National Party The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end...	Stanley	1933–1938
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...	CPNP	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	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
James Clark	Labor	Fitzroy	1935–1960
Ernest Clayton	CPNP	Wide Bay	1920–1946
Charles Collins	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....	1909–1912, 1915–1936
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
William Copley	Labor	Bulimba Electoral district of Bulimba -External links:*...	1932–1938
David Daniel	CPNP	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
Owen Daniel	CPNP	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...	1929–1936
John Donnelly	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:...	1935–1938
Hon 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
William Deacon	CPNP	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
William Demaine	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....	1937–1938
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	CPNP	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
Hon Tom Foley	Labor	Normanby	1919–1960
Robert Funnell	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...	1932–1936
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
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
Hon Ned Hanlon	Labor	Ithaca	1926–1952
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
Ronald Hislop	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...	1935–1941
Hon Maurice Hynes Maurice Hynes Maurice Patrick Hynes was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Townsville in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1923 to 1939. He was also Secretary of Labour and Industry from 1932 to 1939 in William Forgan Smith's government....	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...	1923–1939
Cecil Jesson	Labor	Kennedy	1935–1960
James Kane James Kane James David Kane was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for East Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1935 to 1938....	Labor	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...	1935–1938
James Keogh	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...	1932–1940
William King	Labor	Maree	1932–1941
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
Evan Llewellyn Evan Llewellyn Evan John Llewellyn was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1929 and from 1932 to 1935....	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...	1925–1929, 1932–1935
Bernard McLean	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....	1935–1941
Ted Maher	CPNP	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
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
James Maxwell	CPNP	Toowong	1920–1938
Hon Arthur Moore Arthur Edward Moore Arthur Edward Moore, CMG was an Australian politician. He was the Country and Progressive National Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. He was the only Queensland Premier not to come from the ranks of the Labor Party between 1915 and 1957...	CPNP	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....	1915–1941
Godfrey Morgan	CPNP	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:...	1909–1938
Hon John Mullan John Mullan (Australian politician) John Mullan was an Irish-born Australian politician. Born in Dublin, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1889, becoming a clerk, railway worker and miner. He was an organiser of the Charters Towers Miners' Union and the Australian Workers' Union...	Labor	Carpentaria	1908–1912, 1918–1941
Adolf Muller	CPNP	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:...	CPNP	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	CPNP	Oxley	1929–1943
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
Hon Percy Pease	Labor	Herbert	1920–1940
Thomas Plunkett Jr.	CPNP	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
Hon George Pollock	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:*...	1915–1939
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
Hugh Russell	CPNP	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...	1926–1941
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
Hon James Stopford	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....	1915–1936
George Taylor	Labor	Enoggera	1932–1944
Harry Walker	CPNP	Cooroora	1907–1947
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
Frank Waters	Labor	Kelvin Grove	1932–1938
William Wellington	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....	1915–1939
Herbert Williams	Labor	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...	1935–1941
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

On 28 November 1935, the Labor member for 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...

, Evan Llewellyn

Evan Llewellyn

Evan John Llewellyn was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1929 and from 1932 to 1935....

, resigned. Labor candidate John Duggan won the resulting by-election on 14 December 1935.

On 3 January 1936, the Labor member for 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...

, Robert Funnell, died. Labor candidate John Henry Mann won the resulting by-election on 4 April 1936.

On 5 January 1936, the Country (CPNP) member for 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...

, Owen Daniel, died. Country (CPNP) candidate David Daniel won the resulting by-election on 4 April 1936.

On 28 March 1936, the Labor member for 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....

, Charles Collins, died. Labor candidate Ernest Riordan won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1936.

On 30 November 1936, the 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....

, James Stopford, died. Labor candidate William Demaine won the resulting by-election on 27 February 1937.

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:...

, resigned on 8 September 1937 to contest the federal seat of Maranoa

Division of Maranoa

The Division of Maranoa is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the Maranoa River, which runs through the division...

. He was re-elected the resulting by-election on 4 December 1937.

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