Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1956–1957

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 19 May 1956 to 3 August 1957, as elected at the 1956 state election. The term was cut short by a split within the governing Australian 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 John 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
Bunny Adair Labor/QLP Cook 1953–1969
Tom Aikens NQLP Mundingburra 1944–1977
William Baxter Labor Norman 1953–1966
Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country Barambah 1947–1987
Michael Brosnan Labor/QLP Fortitude Valley 1950–1957
Richard Kidston Brown Labor Buranda 1947–1957
James Burrows Labor Port Curtis 1947–1963
Peter Byrne Labor Mourilyan 1950–1969
Gordon Chalk Liberal Lockyer 1947–1976
James Clark Labor Fitzroy 1935–1960
Arthur Coburn Independent Burdekin 1950–1969
Hon Harold Collins Labor/QLP Tablelands 1935–1957
Viv Cooper Labor/QLP Keppel 1952–1957
Horace Davies Labor Maryborough 1953–1971
Edward Davis Labor Barcoo 1943–1961
Hon George Devries[2] Labor/QLP Gregory 1941–1957
Alexander Dewar Liberal Chermside 1950–1969
Hon Leslie Diplock Labor/QLP Condamine 1953–1972
Felix Dittmer Labor Mount Gravatt 1950–1957
Alfred Dohring Labor/QLP Roma 1953–1957
James Donald Labor Bremer 1946–1969
John Dufficy Labor Warrego 1951–1969
Hon John Duggan Labor Toowoomba 1935–1957, 1958–1969
Leonard Eastment[1] Labor Ithaca 1952–1956
Charles English Labor/QLP Mulgrave 1953–1957
Ernie Evans Country Mirani 1947–1965
Alan Fletcher Country Cunningham 1953–1974
Hon Tom Foley Labor/Independent/QLP Belyando 1919–1960
Hon Frank Forde Labor Flinders 1917–1922, 1955–1957
Hon Vince Gair Labor/QLP South Brisbane 1932–1960
Mick Gardner Labor/Independent/QLP Rockhampton 1956–1960
Robert Gardner Labor/QLP Bulimba 1950–1957
Eric Gaven Country Southport 1950–1966
Fred Graham Labor Mackay 1943–1969
William Gunn Labor Wynnum 1944–1966
James Hadley Labor/QLP Nundah 1956–1957
Pat Hanlon[1] Labor Ithaca 1956–1974
James Heading Country Marodian 1947–1960
John Herbert Liberal Sherwood 1956–1978
Neville Hewitt Country Mackenzie 1956–1980
Thomas Hiley Liberal Coorparoo 1944–1966
Hon Paul Hilton Labor/QLP Carnarvon 1935–1963
Cecil Jesson Labor Hinchinbrook 1935–1960
Hon Arthur Jones Labor/QLP Charters Towers 1929–1932, 1939–1960
Vincent Jones Country Callide 1950–1971
Greg Kehoe Labor/QLP Nash 1953–1957
George Keyatta Labor Townsville 1939–1960
Eric Lloyd Labor Kedron 1951–1972
David Low Country Cooroora 1947–1974
Hon Colin McCathie Labor/QLP Haughton 1950–1960
Otto Madsen Country Warwick 1947–1963
Hon John Henry Mann Labor Brisbane 1936–1969
Ivor Marsden Labor Ipswich 1949–1966
Hon Bill Moore Labor/QLP Merthyr 1940–1957
Hon Thomas Moores Labor/QLP Kurilpa 1949–1957
Kenneth Morris Liberal Mount Coot-tha 1944–1963
Adolf Muller Country Fassifern 1935–1969
Alan Munro Liberal Toowong 1950–1966
David Nicholson Country Murrumba 1950–1972
Frank Nicklin Country Landsborough 1932–1968
Dr Winston Noble Liberal Yeronga 1950–1964
Jack Pizzey Country Isis 1950–1968
Thomas Plunkett Jr. Country Darlington 1929–1957
Hon William Power Labor/QLP Baroona 1935–1960
Thomas Rasey Labor/QLP Windsor 1950–1957
Lloyd Roberts Country Whitsunday 1950–1961
Herbert Robinson Labor/QLP Sandgate 1953–1957
Alexander Skinner Labor/QLP Somerset 1953–1957
Alfred Smith Labor/QLP Carpentaria 1941–1960
Walter Sparkes Country Aubigny 1932–1935, 1941–1960
Harold Taylor Liberal Clayfield 1947–1963
John Taylor Labor Balonne 1944–1957
John Turner Labor Kelvin Grove 1941–1957
George Wallace Labor Cairns 1956–1964
Hon Ted Walsh Labor/QLP Bundaberg 1935–1947, 1950–1969
Leslie Wood Labor North Toowoomba 1946–1947, 1950–1958
1 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.
2 On 13 July 1957, three weeks before the 1957 state election, George Devries, the QLP (formerly Labor) 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.

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Preceded by
33rd Assembly		 34th Queensland Legislative Assembly
1956–1957		 Succeeded by
35th Assembly