Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

This is a list of members of the 31st Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1947 to 1950, as elected at the 1947 state election held on 3 May 1947.[1]

During the term, the Queensland People's Party became the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Tom AikensNQLPMundingburra1944–1977
Frank BarnesInd. LaborBundaberg1941–1950
Joh Bjelke-PetersenCountryNanango1947–1987
William BrandCountryIsis1920–1950
Hon Samuel BrassingtonLaborFortitude Valley1927–1932, 1933–1950
Dick BrownLaborBuranda1947–1957
Hon Harry BruceLaborThe Tableland1923–1950
Jim BurrowsLaborPort Curtis1947–1963
Gordon ChalkQPP/LiberalEast Toowoomba1947–1976
Jim ClarkLaborFitzroy1935–1960
Hon Harold CollinsLaborCook1935–1957
Kerry Copley[2]LaborKurilpa1932–1949
Thomas CrowleyLaborCairns1947–1956
Ned DavisLaborBarcoo1943–1961
Eric DeckerCountry/QPPSandgate1941–1953
Hon George DevriesLaborGregory1941–1957
Jim DonaldLaborBremer1946–1969
Hon Jack DugganLaborToowoomba1935–1957, 1958–1969
Thomas DunstanLaborGympie1915–1929, 1935–1953
Ernie EvansCountryMirani1947–1965
David FarrellLaborMaryborough1938–1953
Hon Tom FoleyLaborNormanby1919–1960
Hon Vince GairLaborSouth Brisbane1932–1960
Hon David Gledson[1]LaborIpswich1915–1929, 1932–1949
Fred GrahamLaborMackay1943–1969
Bill GunnLaborWynnum1944–1966
Hon Ned HanlonLaborIthaca1926–1952
James HeadingCountryWide Bay1947–1960
Thomas HileyQPP/LiberalLogan1944–1966
Paul HiltonLaborCarnarvon1935–1963
Walter IngramLaborKeppel1944–1952
Cecil JessonLaborKennedy1935–1960
Hon Arthur JonesLaborCharters Towers1929–1932, 1939–1960
Tom KerrQPP/LiberalOxley1943–1956
George KeyattaLaborTownsville1939–1960
Hon James LarcombeLaborRockhampton1912–1929, 1932–1956
David LowCountryCooroora1947–1974
Louis LuckinsQPP/LiberalMaree1941–1953
Duncan MacDonaldCountryStanley1938–1953
Malcolm McIntyreCountryCunningham1944–1953
Otto MadsenCountryWarwick1947–1963
Ted Maher[3]CountryWest Moreton1929–1949
Johnno MannLaborBrisbane1936–1969
George MarriottInd. LaborBulimba1938–1950
Ivor Marsden[1]LaborIpswich1949–1966
Hon Bill MooreLaborMerthyr1940–1957
Tom Moores[2]LaborKurilpa1949–1957
Kenneth MorrisQPP/LiberalEnoggera1944–1963
Alf MullerCountryFassifern1935–1969
Frank NicklinCountryMurrumba1932–1968
Harry O'SheaLaborWarrego1941–1950
Fred PatersonCommunistBowen1944–1950
Bruce PieQPP/LiberalWindsor1941–1943, 1944–1951
Tom PlunkettCountryAlbert1929–1957
Hon Bill PowerLaborBaroona1935–1960
Frank RobertsLaborNundah1947–1956
Charles Russell[3]CountryDalby1947–1949
Norm SmithLaborCarpentaria1941–1960
Jim SparkesCountryAubigny1932–1935, 1941–1960
Harold TaylorQPP/LiberalHamilton1947–1963
John TaylorLaborMaranoa1944–1957
Stephen TheodoreLaborHerbert1940–1950
Bert TurnerLaborKelvin Grove1941–1957
Charles WanstallQPP/LiberalToowong1944–1950
1 On 14 May 1949, the Labor member for Ipswich, David Gledson, died. Labor candidate Ivor Marsden won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1949.
2 On 18 July 1949, the Labor member for Kurilpa, Kerry Copley, died. Labor candidate Tom Moores won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1949.
3 On 27 October 1949, Ted Maher, the Country member for West Moreton resigned to contest a seat in the Australian Senate at the 1949 federal election. The following day, Charles Russell, the member for Dalby, resigned to contest the seat of Maranoa. No by-elections were held due to the proximity of the 1950 state election

See also

References
  1. "Table 1. Precis of results of Queensland state elections 1932 to 2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  • Waterson, D.B. Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament, 1930-1980 Canberra: ANU Press (1982)
  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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