Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957–1960
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This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
from 1957 to 1960, as elected at the 1957 state election
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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 1957 to 1960, as elected at the 1957 state election
Queensland state election, 1957
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Australian Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier John...
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Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
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Bunny Adair | QLP Queensland Labor Party The Queensland Labor Party was a political party of Queensland, Australia formed in 1957 by a breakaway group of the then ruling Australian Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair... |
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... |
1953–1969 |
Thomas Ahearn | 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... |
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... |
1957–1960 |
Tom Aikens | NQLP North Queensland Labor Party The North Queensland Labor Party was a minor political party in Australia from 1949 to 1974. The Party succeeded the Hermit Park Labor Party in 1949 and was succeeded by the North Queensland Party in 1974.... |
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,... |
1944–1977 |
Mervyn Anderson | Liberal | 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... |
1957–1966 |
William Baxter | 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... |
Norman | 1953–1966 |
Edwin Beardmore | 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... |
Balonne | 1957–1969 |
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 |
James Burrows | 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:... |
1947–1963 |
Peter Byrne | 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... |
1950–1969 |
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 |
James Clark | Labor | Fitzroy | 1935–1960 |
Arthur Coburn | Independent | 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... |
1950–1969 |
Peter Connolly Peter Connolly (Australian judge) Peter David Connolly QC was an Australian politician and judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.Born in Sydney in 1920, Connolly served in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force between 1940 and 1946... |
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... |
1957–1960 |
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 |
Edward Davis | Labor | Barcoo | 1943–1961 |
Alexander Dewar | Liberal | Chermside Electoral district of Chermside Chermside 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 north-eastern suburbs of Brisbane and named for the suburb of Chermside. The first existed from 1950 to 1960 and the second from... |
1950–1969 |
Leslie Diplock | QLP | 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... |
1953–1972 |
James Donald | Labor | Bremer | 1946–1969 |
John Dufficy John Dufficy John Joseph Dufficy was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Warrego in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 1969.... |
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... |
1951–1969 |
Hon John Duggan | Labor | North Toowoomba Electoral district of North Toowoomba The electoral district of North Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1950 redistribution and removed by the 1960 redistribution.... |
1935–1957, 1958–1969 |
Hon Ernie Evans | 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... |
1947–1965 |
William Ewan | Country | Roma | 1950–1953, 1957–1967 |
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 |
Hon Tom Foley | QLP | Belyando | 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... |
QLP | 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 |
Mick Gardner Mick Gardner Harold Raymond "Mick" Gardner was an Australian politician. He was the member for Rockhampton in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1960, initially for the Australian Labor Party and then from 1957 as part of the right-wing breakaway Queensland Labor Party... |
QLP | 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... |
1956–1960 |
Eric Gaven | Country | Southport Electoral district of Southport The district of Southport is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the northern part of the Gold Coast. It is named for the suburb of Southport, and also includes the suburbs of Arundel, Ernest, Labrador, Molendinar and... |
1950–1966 |
Tom Gilmore Tom Gilmore, senior Thomas Vernon "Tom" Gilmore was an Australian politician. Born in Wolfram, Queensland, he was educated at state schools before becoming a sugarcane and tobacco grower at Babinda. He served in the military 1942–47... |
Country | 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... |
1957–1963 |
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 |
William Gunn | 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:... |
1944–1966 |
Pat Hanlon | Labor | Ithaca | 1956–1974 |
Robert Harrison | Country | Darlington Electoral district of Darlington Darlington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 with the division of the multi-member district of Redfern and named after and including the inner Sydney suburb of Darlington. It was abolished in 1904 with the downsizing of... |
1957–1966 |
Graham Hart Graham Hart Graham Lloyd Hart was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Mount Gravatt in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1963.... |
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... |
1957–1963 |
Hon James Heading James Heading James Alfred Heading was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wide Bay from 1947 to 1950 and for Marodian from 1950 to 1960.... |
Country | Marodian | 1947–1960 |
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 |
Neville Hewitt | Country | Mackenzie | 1956–1980 |
Hon Thomas Hiley | Liberal | Coorparoo | 1944–1966 |
Hon Paul Hilton | QLP Queensland Labor Party The Queensland Labor Party was a political party of Queensland, Australia formed in 1957 by a breakaway group of the then ruling Australian Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair... |
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 |
Max Hodges | Country | Nash | 1957–1979 |
Keith Hooper | Liberal | Buranda | 1957–1977 |
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 |
Cecil Jesson | Labor | 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.... |
1935–1960 |
Hon Arthur Jones | QLP | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Colin McCathie | QLP | Haughton | 1950–1960 |
Hon Otto Madsen | 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.... |
1947–1963 |
Hon 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 |
Ivor Marsden | 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... |
1949–1966 |
Hon Kenneth Morris Kenneth Morris (Australian politician) Sir Kenneth James Morris KBE was an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was educated at Brisbane Grammar School before becoming the director of his family's boot manufacturing firm. In 1931, he married Ettie Louise Dunlop. He served in the military 1939-1944, in Britain , Tobruk and Egypt... |
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... |
1944–1963 |
Hon Adolf Muller | Country | Fassifern | 1935–1969 |
Hon Alan Munro | Liberal | Toowong | 1950–1966 |
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 |
Hon 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 | 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.... |
1932–1968 |
Hon Dr Winston Noble | 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:... |
1950–1964 |
Hon Jack Pizzey Jack Pizzey Jack Charles Allan Pizzey was a Queensland Country Party politician. He was Premier of Queensland, in a coalition with the Liberal Party, from 17 January 1968 until his death on 31 July that year.... |
Country | Isis | 1950–1968 |
Hon William Power | QLP | Baroona | 1935–1960 |
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 |
Harold Richter | Country | Somerset | 1957–1972 |
Lloyd Roberts Lloyd Roberts (politician) Lloyd Henry Scurfield Roberts was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for Whitsunday in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1950 to 1961.... |
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... |
1950–1961 |
Alfred Smith | QLP | Carpentaria | 1941–1960 |
Percy Smith | 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... |
1957–1969 |
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 |
Harold Taylor | 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.... |
1947–1963 |
Mervyn Thackeray | Labor/Independent | 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... |
1957–1972 |
Douglas Tooth | Liberal | Kelvin Grove | 1957–1974 |
George Wallace | 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... |
1956–1964 |
Hon Ted Walsh | QLP Queensland Labor Party The Queensland Labor Party was a political party of Queensland, Australia formed in 1957 by a breakaway group of the then ruling Australian Labor Party Government after the expulsion of Premier Vince Gair... |
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.... |
1935–1947, 1950–1969 |
Robert Watson | 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... |
1950–1953, 1957–1959 |
Robert Windsor | Liberal | Fortitude Valley | 1957–1966 |
Leslie Wood | Labor | North Toowoomba Electoral district of North Toowoomba The electoral district of North Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1950 redistribution and removed by the 1960 redistribution.... |
1946–1947, 1950–1958 |
Carlisle Wordsworth | 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... |
1950–1953, 1959–1960 |
- On 13 July 1957, three weeks before the 1957 state electionQueensland state election, 1957Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Australian Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier John...
, George Devries, the Labor member for GregoryElectoral district of GregoryThe district of Gregory is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in Queensland, Australia.-Members for Gregory:-Election results:-External links:*...
, died. The election was therefore postponed in Gregory until 5 October 1957, when the Country candidate Wally Rae was elected. - At the 1957 state electionQueensland state election, 1957Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Australian Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier John...
, the seat of FlindersElectoral 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...
was decided in favour of Country candidate Bill Lonergan over Labor incumbent Frank FordeFrank FordeFrancis Michael Forde PC was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. He was the shortest serving Prime Minister in Australia's history, being in office for only eight days.-Early life:...
by one vote. The resulting Elections Tribunal, which was conducted by Mr Justice Philp and heard evidence on 17 February 1958, found on 4 March 1958 that one of the presiding officers had "so improperly conducted a poll that the election was void". Lonergan won the resulting by-election on 17 May 1958 by 1,948 votes to Forde's 1,534. - On 29 March 1958, the Labor member for North ToowoombaElectoral district of North ToowoombaThe electoral district of North Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1950 redistribution and removed by the 1960 redistribution....
and Opposition LeaderLeader of the Opposition (Queensland)This is a list of Leaders of the Opposition in Queensland. Prior to 1898, opposition to the government of the day was less organised. Thus the Queensland Parliamentary Record does not designate Leaders of the Opposition before then....
, Leslie Wood, died. Labor candidate and former Deputy Premier John Duggan won the resulting by-election on 31 May 1958, and subsequently became leader of the Labor Party. - On 26 March 1959, the Country member for MulgraveElectoral 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...
, Robert Watson, died. Country candidate Carlisle Wordsworth won the resulting by-election on 6 June 1959. - On 7 May 1960, three weeks before the 1960 state electionQueensland state election, 1960Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the Electoral Districts Act 1958 which increased the Assembly from 75 to 78 seats and modified the zonal system first...
, Carlisle Wordsworth, the Country member for MulgraveElectoral 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...
, died. The election was therefore postponed in Mulgrave.
See also
- Queensland state election, 1957Queensland state election, 1957Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Australian Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier John...
- Nicklin MinistryNicklin MinistryThe Nicklin Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Country Party Premier Frank Nicklin. It succeeded the Gair Ministry on 12 August 1957 following the defeat of both Labor and the QLP at the state election held nine days earlier...
(Country PartyNational Party of AustraliaThe 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...
) (1957–1968)