Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947

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 1944 to 1947, as elected at the 1944 state election

Queensland state election, 1944

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 15 April 1944 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.The election was the first that Labor had contested under Premier Frank Cooper, who had been in office for 19 months by the time of the poll.The election resulted...

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
Tom Aikens	Ind. 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,...	1944–1977
Frank Barnes	Ind. 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....	1941–1950
Lou Barnes	Ind. 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...	1942–1947
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...	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...	Isis	1920–1950
Hon 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 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...	Fortitude Valley	1927–1932, 1933–1950
Hon Henry Bruce	Labor	The Tableland	1923–1950
Sir John Beals Chandler John Beals Chandler Sir John Beals Chandler was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1940 to 1952, and the Member for the Queensland Legislative Assembly district of Hamilton from 1943 to 1947.-Personal life:...	QPP Queensland People's Party The Queensland People's Party was a conservative political party in Queensland, Australia.Created in 1943 by Brisbane Lord Mayor John Beals Chandler, the Queensland People's Party contested elections in South East Queensland. In 1948, they became the Queensland branch of the Liberal Party of...	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...	1943–1947
James Clark	Labor	Fitzroy	1935–1960
Hon 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
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
Edward Davis	Labor	Barcoo	1943–1961
Eric Decker	Country	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...	1941–1953
George Devries	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:*...	1941–1957
James Donald	Labor	Bremer	1946–1969
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	Country	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
David Farrell	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....	1938–1953
Hon Tom Foley	Labor	Normanby	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...	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
Hon 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
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
Hon Ned Hanlon	Labor	Ithaca	1926–1952
Hon 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
Ernest Clayton	Country	Wide Bay	1920–1946
Thomas Hiley	QPP	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...	1944–1966
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
Walter Ingram	Labor	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...	1944–1952
Cecil Jesson	Labor	Kennedy	1935–1960
Hon Arthur Jones	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....	1929–1932, 1939–1960
Thomas Kerr	QPP	Oxley	1943–1956
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
Hon 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
Louis Luckins	Independent/QPP	Maree	1941–1953
Duncan MacDonald	Country	Stanley	1938–1953
Malcolm McIntyre	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...	1944–1953
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
Ted Maher	Country	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
George Marriott	Ind. Labor	Bulimba Electoral district of Bulimba -External links:*...	1938–1950
Bill Moore	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...	1940–1957
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...	QPP	Enoggera	1944–1963
Adolf Muller	Country	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:...	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...	1932–1968
Harry O'Shea	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...	1941–1950
Fred Paterson Fred Paterson Frederick Woolnough Paterson was an Australian politician, activist, unionist and lawyer. He was the only member of a Communist Party ever to be elected to a parliament anywhere in the Commonwealth of Australia....	Communist Communist Party of Australia The Communist Party of Australia was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991; it was succeeded by the Socialist Party of Australia, which then renamed itself, becoming the current Communist Party of Australia. The CPA achieved its greatest political strength in the 1940s and faced an attempted...	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....	1944–1950
Arthur Bruce Pie Arthur Bruce Pie Arthur Bruce Pie was an Australian politician who served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He was born in Coburg, Victoria and attended Caulfield Grammar School...	QPP	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...	1941–1943, 1944–1951
Thomas Plunkett Jr.	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...	1929–1957
William Power	Labor	Baroona	1935–1960
Aubrey Slessar	Labor	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:...	1938–1947
Alfred Smith	Labor	Carpentaria	1941–1960
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
John Taylor	Labor	Maranoa	1944–1957
Stephen Theodore	Labor	Herbert	1940–1950
John Turner	Labor	Kelvin Grove	1941–1957
Harry Walker	Country	Cooroora	1907–1947
Hon 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
Charles Wanstall	QPP	Toowong	1944–1950
Hon 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
Leslie Wood	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...	1946–1947, 1950–1958
Herbert Yeates Herbert Yeates Herbert Yeates was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for East Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1938 to 1945....	Country	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...	1938–1945

At the 1944 state election

Queensland state election, 1944

, Communist

Communist Party of Australia

The Communist Party of Australia was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991; it was succeeded by the Socialist Party of Australia, which then renamed itself, becoming the current Communist Party of Australia. The CPA achieved its greatest political strength in the 1940s and faced an attempted...

member Fred Paterson

Fred Paterson

Frederick Woolnough Paterson was an Australian politician, activist, unionist and lawyer. He was the only member of a Communist Party ever to be elected to a parliament anywhere in the Commonwealth of Australia....

won the seat of 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....

. He therefore became the only member of the party ever to win elected office at state or federal level in Australia, and served two full terms until a redistribution abolished the seat in 1950.

On 24 December 1945, the Country member for 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...

, Herbert Yeates

Herbert Yeates

Herbert Yeates was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for East Toowoomba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1938 to 1945....

, died. Labor candidate Leslie Wood won the resulting by-election on 2 March 1946.

On 12 March 1946, the Labor member for Bremer and Premier of Queensland, Frank Cooper, retired. Labor candidate James Donald won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1949.

On 30 December 1946, the Country member for Wide Bay, Ernest Clayton, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1947 state election

Queensland state election, 1947

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 May 1947 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.The election was the first that the Labor government had contested under Premier Ned Hanlon, who had been in office for 14 months by the time of the poll.The election...

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