Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1954–1955 explained

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 21st Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1954 election on 29 May 1954. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden lost a net of five seats, but defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt.

Member	Electorate	State	In office
Charles Adermann		Fisher	Qld	1943–1972
Ian Allan		Gwydir	NSW	1953–1969
Gordon Anderson		Kingsford Smith	NSW	1949–1955
Tom Andrews	/	Darebin	Vic	1949–1955
		Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
Lance Barnard		Bass	Tas	1954–1975
Jeff Bate		Macarthur	NSW	1949–1972
Howard Beale		Parramatta	NSW	1946–1958
Kim Beazley		Fremantle	WA	1945–1977
Alan Bird		Batman	Vic	1949–1962
Francis Bland		Warringah	NSW	1951–1961
William Bostock		Indi	Vic	1949–1958
Bill Bourke	/	Fawkner	Vic	1949–1955
George Bowden		Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
William Brand		Wide Bay	Qld	1954–1958
Wilfred Brimblecombe		Maranoa	Qld	1951–1966
Geoffrey Brown		McMillan	Vic	1949–1955
Harry Bruce		Leichhardt	Qld	1951–1958
Tom Burke		Perth	WA	1943–1955
Bill Bryson	/	Wills	Vic	1943–1946, 1949–1955
Arthur Calwell		Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Archie Cameron		Barker	SA	1934–1956
Clyde Cameron		Hindmarsh	SA	1949–1980
Donald Cameron		Oxley	Qld	1949–1961
		La Trobe	Vic	1931–1940, 1949–1960
Cyril Chambers		Adelaide	SA	1943–1958
		Bendigo	Vic	1949–1960
Joe Clark		Darling	NSW	1934–1969
Jim Cope^[1]		Cook	NSW	1955–1975
Eric Costa		Banks	NSW	1949–1969
Wilfred Coutts		Griffith	Qld	1954–1958, 1961–1966
John Cramer		Bennelong	NSW	1949–1974
Frank Crean		Melbourne Ports	Vic	1951–1977
Jack Cremean	/	Hoddle	Vic	1949–1955
Dan Curtin		Watson	NSW	1949–1969
Fred Daly		Grayndler	NSW	1943–1975
Charles Davidson		Dawson	Qld	1946–1963
Billy Davies		Cunningham	NSW	1949–1956
Frank Davis		Deakin	Vic	1949–1966
Roger Dean		Robertson	NSW	1949–1964
Alick Downer		Angas	SA	1949–1964
Arthur Drakeford		Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
David Drummond		New England	NSW	1949–1963
Nigel Drury		Ryan	Qld	1949–1975
Gil Duthie		Wilmot	Tas	1946–1975
Bill Edmonds		Herbert	Qld	1946–1958
		Barton	NSW	1940–1960
Arthur Fadden		McPherson	Qld	1936–1958
Laurie Failes		Lawson	NSW	1949–1969
David Fairbairn		Farrer	NSW	1949–1975
Allen Fairhall		Paterson	NSW	1949–1969
Bill Falkinder		Franklin	Tas	1946–1966
Joe Fitzgerald		Phillip	NSW	1949–1955
Josiah Francis		Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Allan Fraser		Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943–1966, 1969–1972
Jim Fraser^[2]		Australian Capital Territory	ACT	1951–1970
Gordon Freeth		Forrest	WA	1949–1969
Arthur Fuller		Hume	NSW	1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963
Pat Galvin		Kingston	SA	1951–1966
Arthur Greenup		Dalley	NSW	1953–1955
Charles Griffiths		Shortland	NSW	1949–1972
Jo Gullett		Henty	Vic	1946–1955
Len Hamilton		Canning	WA	1946–1961
Eric Harrison		Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Jim Harrison		Blaxland	NSW	1949–1969
Paul Hasluck		Curtin	WA	1949–1969
William Haworth		Isaacs	Vic	1949–1969
Les Haylen		Parkes	NSW	1943–1963
Harold Holt		Higgins	Vic	1935–1967
		Calare	NSW	1946–1960
Alan Hulme		Petrie	Qld	1949–1961, 1963–1972
William Jack		North Sydney	NSW	1949–1966
Rowley James		Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
Herbert Johnson		Kalgoorlie	WA	1940–1958
Bob Joshua	/	Ballaarat	Vic	1951–1955
		Balaclava	Vic	1951–1960
Wilfrid Kent Hughes		Chisholm	Vic	1949–1970
Stan Keon	/	Yarra	Vic	1949–1955
William Lawrence		Wimmera	Vic	1949–1958
George Lawson		Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
Nelson Lemmon		St George	NSW	1943–1949, 1954–1955
Hugh Leslie		Moore	WA	1949–1958, 1961–1963
Robert Lindsay		Flinders	Vic	1954–1966
Tony Luchetti		Macquarie	NSW	1951–1975
Aubrey Luck		Darwin	Tas	1951–1958
Philip Lucock		Lyne	NSW	1952–1980
Dan Mackinnon		Corangamite	Vic	1949–1951, 1953–1966
Norman Makin		Sturt	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
Philip McBride		Wakefield	SA	1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Malcolm McColm		Bowman	Qld	1949–1961
John McEwen		Murray	Vic	1934–1971
John McLeay Sr.		Boothby	SA	1949–1966
Don McLeod		Wannon	Vic	1940–1949, 1951–1955
William McMahon		Lowe	NSW	1949–1982
Robert Menzies		Kooyong	Vic	1934–1966
Dan Minogue		West Sydney	NSW	1949–1969
Charles Morgan		Reid	NSW	1940–1946, 1949–1958
Jack Mullens	/	Gellibrand	Vic	1949–1955
Jock Nelson		Northern Territory	NT	1949–1966
William O'Connor		Martin	NSW	1946–1969
Hubert Opperman		Corio	Vic	1949–1967
Frederick Osborne		Evans	NSW	1949–1961
Sir Earle Page		Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
Henry Pearce		Capricornia	Qld	1949–1961
Ted Peters		Burke	Vic	1949–1969
Reg Pollard		Lalor	Vic	1937–1966
Bill Riordan		Kennedy	Qld	1936–1966
Hugh Roberton		Riverina	NSW	1949–1965
Edgar Russell		Grey	SA	1943–1963
		Cook	NSW	1937–1955
Frank Stewart		Lang	NSW	1953–1979
Reginald Swartz		Darling Downs	Qld	1949–1972
Albert Thompson		Port Adelaide	SA	1946–1963
Frank Timson		Higinbotham	Vic	1949–1960
Athol Townley		Denison	Tas	1949–1964
Winton Turnbull		Mallee	Vic	1946–1972
Harry Turner		Bradfield	NSW	1952–1974
Eddie Ward		East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins		Newcastle	NSW	1935–1958
Harry Webb		Swan	WA	1954–1958, 1961–1972
Bill Wentworth		Mackellar	NSW	1949–1977
Roy Wheeler		Mitchell	NSW	1949–1961
Gough Whitlam		Werriwa	NSW	1952–1978
Bruce Wight		Lilley	Qld	1949–1961

References

Book: Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the twenty-first Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1955.
Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 9 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725081310/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/index.htm . 25 July 2008 . dead .

Notes and References

ALP member Tom Sheehan died on 26 March 1955; Labor candidate Jim Cope won the resulting by-election on 21 May.
At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.