Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957 explained

This is a list of members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 19 May 1956 to 3 August 1957, as elected at the 1956 state election held on 19 May 1956.^[1]

The term was cut short by a split within the governing Labor Party—the Premier, Vince Gair, and all but one of his ministers were expelled from the Party on 24 April 1957. He and 25 members of Parliament formed the Queensland Labor Party on 26 April, whilst the remaining Labor members became the main Opposition party and elected Jack Duggan as leader. Gair continued as Premier but could not obtain supply from the Parliament, so an election was called.

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
			1953–1969
			1944–1977
	Labor		1953–1966
			1947–1987
	ALP/QLP		1950–1957
	Labor		1947–1957
	Labor		1947–1963
	Labor		1950–1969
			1947–1976
	Labor		1935–1960
	Independent		1950–1969
	ALP/QLP		1935–1957
	ALP/QLP		1952–1957
	Labor		1953–1971
	Labor		1943–1961
	ALP/QLP		1941–1957
	Liberal		1950–1969
	ALP/QLP		1953–1972
	Labor		1950–1957
	ALP/QLP		1953–1957
	Labor		1946–1969
	Labor		1951–1969
	Labor		1935–1957, 1958–1969
	Labor		1952–1956
	ALP/QLP		1953–1957
	Country		1947–1965
	Country		1953–1974
	ALP/Independent/QLP		1919–1960
	Labor		1917–1922, 1955–1957
	ALP/QLP		1932–1960
	ALP/Independent/QLP		1956–1960
	ALP/QLP		1950–1957
	Country		1950–1966
	Labor		1943–1969
	Labor		1944–1966
	ALP/QLP		1956–1957
	Labor		1956–1974
	Country		1947–1960
	Liberal		1956–1978
	Country		1956–1980
	Liberal		1944–1966
	ALP/QLP		1935–1963
	Labor		1935–1960
	ALP/QLP		1929–1932, 1939–1960
	Country		1950–1971
	ALP/QLP		1953–1957
	Labor		1939–1960
	Labor		1951–1972
	Country		1947–1974
	ALP/QLP		1950–1960
	Country		1947–1963
	Labor		1936–1969
	Labor		1949–1966
	ALP/QLP		1940–1957
	ALP/QLP		1949–1957
	Liberal		1944–1963
	Country		1935–1969
	Liberal		1950–1966
	Country		1950–1972
	Country		1932–1968
	Liberal		1950–1964
	Country		1950–1968
	Country		1929–1957
	ALP/QLP		1935–1960
	ALP/QLP		1950–1957
	Country		1950–1961
	ALP/QLP		1953–1957
	ALP/QLP		1953–1957
	ALP/QLP		1941–1960
	Country		1932–1935, 1941–1960
	Liberal		1947–1963
	Labor		1944–1957
	Labor		1941–1957
	Labor		1956–1964
	ALP/QLP		1935–1947, 1950–1969
	Labor		1946–1947, 1950–1958

On 29 July 1956, the Labor member for Ithaca, Leonard Eastment, died. Labor candidate Pat Hanlon won the resulting by-election on 8 December 1956.

On 13 July 1957, three weeks before the 1957 state election, George Devries, the QLP (formerly ALP) member for Gregory, died. The election was therefore postponed in Gregory, and Country candidate Wally Rae won a special by-election called for 5 October 1957.

See also

• 1956 Queensland state election
• Gair Ministry (Labor/QLP) (1952–1957)

References

• Waterson, D.B. Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament, 1930-1980 Canberra: ANU Press (1982)
• Book: Hughes, Colin A.. Colin Hughes

. Colin Hughes. Graham, B. D.. Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. 1976. Australian National University. Canberra. 0-7081-0301-4.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Table 1. Precis of results of Queensland state elections 1932 to 2012. Queensland Parliament. 16 December 2013.