Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1920–1923 explained

This is a list of members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1920 to 1923, as elected at the 1920 state election held on 9 October 1920.^[1]

This was the first major showing of the Country Party in the Queensland parliament. In 1923, the Northern Country Party merged with the Country Party, but its two members both defected to the Nationalists who, with two former Country Party members, formed the United Party.

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
	Country/United		1908–1929
			1901–1935
	National/United		1908–1935
	National/United		1901–1915, 1918–1933
	Country		1912–1923
	Country/United		1913–1930
	Labor		1912–1929
	Country		1920–1950
	Labor		1918–1925
	Labor		1919–1942
	Country		1920–1923
	Country		1920–1946
	Labor		1909–1912, 1915–1936
	Labor		1920–1944
	Labor		1915–1946
	Labor		1918–1929
	Country		1912–1928
	Country		1920–1935
	Labor		1908–1923
	Labor		1920–1944
	Country		1920–1943
	Labor		1915–1929, 1935–1953
	Independent/Country		1920–1947
	National/United		1918–1929
	Labor		1923–1929
	Labor		1909–1912, 1920–1929
	Labor		1912–1922
	National/United		1920–1923
	Labor		1919–1960
	Labor		1917–1922, 1955–1957
	National/United		1918–1932
	Labor		1912–1926
	Labor		1912–1925
	Labor		1915–1929, 1932–1949
	Northern Country/United		1920–1923
	Labor		1915–1929
	Labor		1908–1909, 1912–1924
	Labor		1904–1909, 1915–1917, 1922–1932
	Northern Country/United		1920–1923
	National/United		1920–1932
	National/United		1920–1935
	Labor		1912–1932
	Labor		1904–1927
	Labor		1912–1929, 1932–1956
	Country		1920–1929
	Labor		1912–1930
	National/United		1920–1923
	National/United		1920–1938
	Country		1915–1941
	Country		1909–1938
	Labor		1908–1912, 1918–1941
	Country		1920–1927
	Labor		1905–1928
	Labor		1920–1940
	Labor/United		1915–1935
	United		1893–1926
	Labor		1915–1939
	Labor		1918–1929
	Country		1920–1923
	National/United		1907–1934
	Labor		1915–1929
	National/United		1918–1935
	Labor		1915–1942
	Labor		1915–1936
	Northern Country/Country		1907–1935
	National/United		1918–1935
	Labor		1909–1925
	Country		1911–1926
	Country		1907–1947
	Country/United		1918–1932
	Labor		1917–1929
	Labor		1915–1939
	Labor		1916–1933
	Labor		1908–1932

On 7 February 1922, the Labor member for Paddington, John Fihelly, resigned to take up an appointment as Agent-General for Queensland in London. The Labor candidate and former President of the Queensland Legislative Council, Alfred Jones, won the resulting by-election on 18 March 1922.

On 5 October 1922, the Labor member for Rockhampton, Frank Forde, resigned to contest the 1922 election for the seat of Capricornia. George Farrell, the Labor candidate, won the resulting by-election on 17 February 1923.

References

• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.

See also

• 1920 Queensland state election
• Theodore Ministry (Labor) (1919–1925)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929. Queensland Parliament. 16 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131216062439/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.24.pdf. 16 December 2013. dead.