Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1955–1958

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		Electorate	State	In office
Charles Adermann	Country	Fisher	Qld	1943–1972
Ian Allan	Country	Gwydir	NSW	1953–1969
Charles Anderson	Country	Hume	NSW	1949–1951, 1955–1961
Doug Anthony^[1]	Country	Richmond	NSW	1957–1984
Larry Anthony^[1]	Country	Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
William Aston	Liberal	Phillip	NSW	1955–1961, 1963–1972
Lance Barnard	Labor	Bass	Tas	1954–1975
Sir Garfield Barwick^[2]	Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1958–1964
Jeff Bate	Liberal	Macarthur	NSW	1949–1972
Howard Beale^[2]	Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1946–1958
Kim Beazley	Labor	Fremantle	WA	1945–1977
Alan Bird	Labor	Batman	Vic	1949–1962
Francis Bland	Liberal	Warringah	NSW	1951–1961
William Bostock	Liberal	Indi	Vic	1949–1958
George Bowden	Country	Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
William Brand	Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1954–1958
Wilfred Brimblecombe	Country	Maranoa	Qld	1951–1966
Harry Bruce	Labor	Leichhardt	Qld	1951–1958
Gordon Bryant	Labor	Wills	Vic	1955–1980
Alex Buchanan	Liberal	McMillan	Vic	1955–1972
Les Bury^[3]	Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1956–1974
Jim Cairns	Labor	Yarra	Vic	1955–1977
Arthur Calwell	Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Archie Cameron^[4]	Liberal	Barker	SA	1934–1956
Clyde Cameron	Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1949–1980
Donald Cameron	Liberal	Oxley	Qld	1949–1961
Richard Casey	Liberal	La Trobe	Vic	1931–1940, 1949–1960
Cyril Chambers	Labor/Independent/Labor^[5]	Adelaide	SA	1943–1958
Fred Chaney	Liberal	Perth	WA	1955–1969
Percy Clarey	Labor	Bendigo	Vic	1949–1960
Joe Clark	Labor	Darling	NSW	1934–1969
Richard Cleaver	Liberal	Swan	WA	1955–1969
Jim Cope	Labor	Watson	NSW	1955–1975
Eric Costa	Labor	Banks	NSW	1949–1969
Wilfred Coutts	Labor	Griffith	Qld	1954–1958, 1961–1966
John Cramer	Liberal	Bennelong	NSW	1949–1974
Frank Crean	Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1951–1977
Dan Curtin	Labor	Kingsford-Smith	NSW	1949–1969
Fred Daly	Labor	Grayndler	NSW	1943–1975
Charles Davidson	Country	Dawson	Qld	1946–1963
Billy Davies^[6]	Labor	Cunningham	NSW	1949–1956
Frank Davis	Liberal	Deakin	Vic	1949–1966
Roger Dean	Liberal	Robertson	NSW	1949–1964
Alick Downer	Liberal	Angas	SA	1949–1964
David Drummond	Country	New England	NSW	1949–1963
Nigel Drury	Liberal	Ryan	Qld	1949–1975
Gil Duthie	Labor	Wilmot	Tas	1946–1975
Bill Edmonds	Labor	Herbert	Qld	1946–1958
Dudley Erwin	Liberal	Ballaarat	Vic	1955–1975
H.V. Evatt	Labor	Barton	NSW	1940–1960
Arthur Fadden	Country	McPherson	Qld	1936–1958
Laurie Failes	Country	Lawson	NSW	1949–1969
David Fairbairn	Liberal	Farrer	NSW	1949–1975
Allen Fairhall	Liberal	Paterson	NSW	1949–1969
Bill Falkinder	Liberal	Franklin	Tas	1946–1966
Jim Forbes^[4]	Liberal	Barker	SA	1956–1975
Max Fox	Liberal	Henty	Vic	1955–1974
Allan Fraser	Labor	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943–1966, 1969–1972
Jim Fraser^[7]	Labor	Australian Capital Territory	ACT	1951–1970
Malcolm Fraser	Liberal	Wannon	Vic	1955–1983
Gordon Freeth	Liberal	Forrest	WA	1949–1969
Pat Galvin	Labor	Kingston	SA	1951–1966
Bill Graham	Liberal	St George	NSW	1949–1954, 1955–1958, 1966–1980
Charles Griffiths	Labor	Shortland	NSW	1949–1972
Len Hamilton	Country	Canning	WA	1946–1961
Eric Harrison^[3]	Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Jim Harrison	Labor	Blaxland	NSW	1949–1969
Paul Hasluck	Liberal	Curtin	WA	1949–1969
William Haworth	Liberal	Isaacs	Vic	1949–1969
Les Haylen	Labor	Parkes	NSW	1943–1963
Harold Holt	Liberal	Higgins	Vic	1935–1967
Robert Holt	Labor	Darebin	Vic	1955–1958
John Howse	Liberal	Calare	NSW	1946–1960
Peter Howson	Liberal	Fawkner	Vic	1955–1972
Alan Hulme	Liberal	Petrie	Qld	1949–1961, 1963–1972
William Jack	Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1949–1966
Rowley James	Labor	Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
Herbert Johnson	Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1940–1958
Les Johnson	Labor	Hughes	NSW	1955–1966, 1969–1984
Percy Joske	Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1951–1960
Victor Kearney^[6]	Labor	Cunningham	NSW	1956–1963
Wilfrid Kent Hughes	Liberal	Chisholm	Vic	1949–1970
Jim Killen	Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1955–1983
William Lawrence	Liberal	Wimmera	Vic	1949–1958
George Lawson	Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
Hugh Leslie	Country	Moore	WA	1949–1958, 1961–1963
Robert Lindsay	Liberal	Flinders	Vic	1954–1966
Tony Luchetti	Labor	Macquarie	NSW	1951–1975
Aubrey Luck	Liberal	Braddon	Tas	1951–1958
Philip Lucock	Country	Lyne	NSW	1952–1980
Dan Mackinnon	Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1949–1951, 1953–1966
Norman Makin	Labor	Bonython	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
Philip McBride	Liberal	Wakefield	SA	1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Malcolm McColm	Liberal	Bowman	Qld	1949–1961
John McEwen	Country	Murray	Vic	1934–1971
Hector McIvor	Labor	Gellibrand	Vic	1955–1972
John McLeay Sr.	Liberal	Boothby	SA	1949–1966
William McMahon	Liberal	Lowe	NSW	1949–1982
Robert Menzies	Liberal	Kooyong	Vic	1934–1966
Dan Minogue	Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1949–1969
Charles Morgan	Labor	Reid	NSW	1940–1946, 1949–1958
Jock Nelson^[7]	Labor	Northern Territory	NT	1949–1966
William O'Connor	Labor	Dalley	NSW	1946–1969
Hubert Opperman	Liberal	Corio	Vic	1949–1967
Frederick Osborne	Liberal	Evans	NSW	1949–1961
Sir Earle Page	Country	Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
Henry Pearce	Liberal	Capricornia	Qld	1949–1961
Ted Peters	Labor	Scullin	Vic	1949–1969
Reg Pollard	Labor	Lalor	Vic	1937–1966
Bill Riordan	Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1936–1966
Hugh Roberton	Country	Riverina	NSW	1949–1965
Edgar Russell	Labor	Grey	SA	1943–1963
Billy Snedden	Liberal	Bruce	Vic	1955–1983
Frank Stewart	Labor	Lang	NSW	1953–1979
Philip Stokes	Liberal	Maribyrnong	Vic	1955–1969
Reginald Swartz	Liberal	Darling Downs	Qld	1949–1972
Albert Thompson	Labor	Port Adelaide	SA	1946–1963
Frank Timson	Liberal	Higinbotham	Vic	1949–1960
Athol Townley	Liberal	Denison	Tas	1949–1964
Winton Turnbull	Country	Mallee	Vic	1946–1972
Harry Turner	Liberal	Bradfield	NSW	1952–1974
Eddie Ward	Labor	East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins	Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1935–1958
Harry Webb	Labor	Stirling	WA	1954–1958, 1961–1972
Bill Wentworth	Liberal	Mackellar	NSW	1949–1977
Roy Wheeler	Liberal	Mitchell	NSW	1949–1961
Gough Whitlam	Labor	Werriwa	NSW	1952–1978
Bruce Wight	Liberal	Lilley	Qld	1949–1961
Keith Wilson	Liberal	Sturt	SA	1937–1944 (S), 1949–1954, 1955–1966

Notes

^ ^a ^b 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
^ ^a ^b Liberal member Howard Beale resigned on 10 February 1958; Liberal candidate Sir Garfield Barwick won the resulting by-election on 8 March.
^ ^a ^b Liberal member Eric Harrison resigned on 17 October 1956; Liberal candidate Les Bury won the resulting by-election on 8 December.
^ ^a ^b Liberal member Archie Cameron died on 9 August 1956; Liberal candidate Jim Forbes won the resulting by-election on 13 October.
^ Labor member Cyril Chambers was expelled from the party in August 1957 for attacking Evatt's leadership. He was readmitted in June 1958.
^ ^a ^b Labor member Billy Davies died on 17 February 1956;Labor candidate Victor Kearney won the resulting by-election on 11 April.
^ ^a ^b At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.

References

Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the twenty-second Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1958.
"Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.

[Anthony-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

[Barwick-2] Liberal member Howard Beale resigned on 10 February 1958; Liberal candidate Sir Garfield Barwick won the resulting by-election on 8 March.

[Bury-3] Liberal member Eric Harrison resigned on 17 October 1956; Liberal candidate Les Bury won the resulting by-election on 8 December.

[Cameron-4] Liberal member Archie Cameron died on 9 August 1956; Liberal candidate Jim Forbes won the resulting by-election on 13 October.

[Chambers-5] Labor member Cyril Chambers was expelled from the party in August 1957 for attacking Evatt's leadership. He was readmitted in June 1958.

[Davies-6] Labor member Billy Davies died on 17 February 1956;Labor candidate Victor Kearney won the resulting by-election on 11 April.

[actnt-7] At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.

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