Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1955–1958 explained

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 22nd Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1955 election on 10 December 1955. Three new seats were created (Bonython, Bruce and Stirling) and two were abolished (Hoddle and Martin). The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden won an additional eleven seats, defeating the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt, which lost ten seats.

Member	Party		Electorate	State	In office
Charles Adermann				Fisher	Qld	1943–1972
Ian Allan				Gwydir	NSW	1953–1969
Charles Anderson				Hume	NSW	1949–1951, 1955–1961
Doug Anthony^[1]				Richmond	NSW	1957–1984
				Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
William Aston				Phillip	NSW	1955–1961, 1963–1972
Lance Barnard				Bass	Tas	1954–1975
Sir Garfield Barwick^[2]				Parramatta	NSW	1958–1964
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
George Bowden				Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
William Brand				Wide Bay	Qld	1954–1958
Wilfred Brimblecombe				Maranoa	Qld	1951–1966
Harry Bruce				Leichhardt	Qld	1951–1958
				Wills	Vic	1955–1980
Alex Buchanan				McMillan	Vic	1955–1972
Les Bury^[3]				Wentworth	NSW	1956–1974
				Yarra	Vic	1955–1977
Arthur Calwell				Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Archie Cameron^[4]				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			//^[5]	Adelaide	SA	1943–1958
				Perth	WA	1955–1969
				Bendigo	Vic	1949–1960
Joe Clark				Darling	NSW	1934–1969
Richard Cleaver				Swan	WA	1955–1969
Jim Cope				Watson	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
Dan Curtin				Kingsford-Smith	NSW	1949–1969
Fred Daly				Grayndler	NSW	1943–1975
Charles Davidson				Dawson	Qld	1946–1963
Billy Davies^[6]				Cunningham	NSW	1949–1956
Frank Davis				Deakin	Vic	1949–1966
Roger Dean				Robertson	NSW	1949–1964
Alick Downer				Angas	SA	1949–1964
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
Dudley Erwin				Ballaarat	Vic	1955–1975
				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
Jim Forbes				Barker	SA	1956–1975
Max Fox				Henty	Vic	1955–1974
Allan Fraser				Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943–1966, 1969–1972
Jim Fraser^[7]				Australian Capital Territory	ACT	1951–1970
Malcolm Fraser				Wannon	Vic	1955–1983
Gordon Freeth				Forrest	WA	1949–1969
Pat Galvin				Kingston	SA	1951–1966
Bill Graham				St George	NSW	1949–1954, 1955–1958, 1966–1980
Charles Griffiths				Shortland	NSW	1949–1972
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
				Darebin	Vic	1955–1958
				Calare	NSW	1946–1960
Peter Howson				Fawkner	Vic	1955–1972
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
Les Johnson				Hughes	NSW	1955–1966, 1969–1984
				Balaclava	Vic	1951–1960
Victor Kearney				Cunningham	NSW	1956–1963
Wilfrid Kent Hughes				Chisholm	Vic	1949–1970
James Killen				Moreton	Qld	1955–1983
William Lawrence				Wimmera	Vic	1949–1958
George Lawson				Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
Hugh Leslie				Moore	WA	1949–1958, 1961–1963
Robert Lindsay				Flinders	Vic	1954–1966
Tony Luchetti				Macquarie	NSW	1951–1975
Aubrey Luck				Braddon	Tas	1951–1958
Philip Lucock				Lyne	NSW	1952–1980
Dan Mackinnon				Corangamite	Vic	1949–1951, 1953–1966
Norman Makin				Bonython	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
				Gellibrand	Vic	1955–1972
John McLeay Sr.				Boothby	SA	1949–1966
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
Jock Nelson				Northern Territory	NT	1949–1966
William O'Connor				Dalley	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				Scullin	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
Billy Snedden				Bruce	Vic	1955–1983
Frank Stewart				Lang	NSW	1953–1979
Philip Stokes				Maribyrnong	Vic	1955–1969
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				Stirling	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
Keith Wilson				Sturt	SA	1937–1944 (S), 1949–1954, 1955–1966

References

• Book: Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the twenty-second Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1958.
• Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 9 December 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

1. Country Party member Larry Anthony died on 12 July 1957; Country Party candidate Doug Anthony (his son) won the resulting by-election on 14 September
2. Liberal member Howard Beale resigned on 10 February 1958; Liberal candidate Sir Garfield Barwick won the resulting by-election on 8 March.
3. Liberal member Eric Harrison resigned on 17 October 1956; Liberal candidate Les Bury won the resulting by-election on 8 December.
4. Liberal member Archie Cameron died on 9 August 1956; Liberal candidate Jim Forbes won the resulting by-election on 13 October.
5. Labor member Cyril Chambers was expelled from the party in August 1957 for attacking Evatt's leadership. He was readmitted in June 1958.
6. Labor member Billy Davies died on 17 February 1956;Labor candidate Victor Kearney won the resulting by-election on 11 April.
7. At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.