Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1954–1955

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 21st Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1954 election on 29 May 1954. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden lost a net of five seats, but defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt.

Seat changes between 1951 and 1954 elections
Labor Won by Labor Party
Liberal Won by Liberal Party
Hoddle Seat abolished at the end of the 21st Parliament
Member Party Electorate State First elected
Charles Adermann Country Fisher Qld 1943
Ian Allan Country Gwydir NSW 1953
Gordon Anderson ALP Kingsford Smith NSW 1949
Tom Andrews ALP/ALP (A-C) Darebin Vic 1949
Hon Larry Anthony Country Richmond NSW 1937
Lance Barnard ALP Bass Tas 1954
Jeff Bate Liberal Macarthur NSW 1949
Hon Howard Beale Liberal Parramatta NSW 1946
Kim Beazley ALP Fremantle WA 1945
Alan Bird ALP Batman Vic 1949
Francis Bland Liberal Warringah NSW 1951
William Bostock Liberal Indi Vic 1949
Bill Bourke ALP/ALP (A-C) Fawkner Vic 1949
George Bowden Country Gippsland Vic 1943
William Brand Country Wide Bay Qld 1954
Wilfred Brimblecombe Country Maranoa Qld 1951
Geoffrey Brown Liberal McMillan Vic 1949
Hon Harry Bruce ALP Leichhardt Qld 1951
Tom Burke ALP Perth WA 1943
Bill Bryson ALP/ALP (A-C) Wills Vic 1943–1946, 1949
Hon Arthur Calwell ALP Melbourne Vic 1940
Hon Archie Cameron Liberal Barker SA 1934
Clyde Cameron ALP Hindmarsh SA 1949
Dr Donald Cameron Liberal Oxley Qld 1949
Rt Hon Richard Casey Liberal La Trobe Vic 1931–40, 1949
Hon Cyril Chambers ALP Adelaide SA 1943
Hon Percy Clarey ALP Bendigo Vic 1949
Joe Clark ALP Darling NSW 1934
Jim Cope[1] ALP Cook NSW 1955
Dominic Costa ALP Banks NSW 1949
Wilfred Coutts ALP Griffith Qld 1954
John Cramer Liberal Bennelong NSW 1949
Jack Cremean ALP/ALP (A-C) Hoddle Vic 1949
Frank Crean ALP Melbourne Ports Vic 1951
Dan Curtin ALP Watson NSW 1949
Fred Daly ALP Grayndler NSW 1943
Charles Davidson Country Dawson Qld 1946
Billy Davies ALP Cunningham NSW 1949
Frank Davis Liberal Deakin Vic 1949
Roger Dean Liberal Robertson NSW 1949
Alec Downer Liberal Angas SA 1949
Hon Arthur Drakeford ALP Maribyrnong Vic 1934
Hon David Drummond Country New England NSW 1949
Nigel Drury Liberal Ryan Qld 1949
Gil Duthie ALP Wilmot Tas 1946
Bill Edmonds ALP Herbert Qld 1946
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt ALP Barton NSW 1940
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Country McPherson Qld 1949
Laurie Failes Country Lawson NSW 1949
David Fairbairn Liberal Farrer NSW 1949
Hon Allen Fairhall Liberal Paterson NSW 1949
Bill Falkinder Liberal Franklin Tas 1946
Joe Fitzgerald ALP Phillip NSW 1949
Hon Josiah Francis Liberal Moreton Qld 1922
Allan Fraser ALP Eden-Monaro NSW 1943
Jim Fraser[2] ALP Australian Capital Territory ACT 1951
Gordon Freeth Liberal Forrest WA 1949
Arthur Fuller Country Hume NSW 1943–49, 1951
Pat Galvin ALP Kingston SA 1951
Arthur Greenup ALP Dalley NSW 1953
Charles Griffiths ALP Shortland NSW 1949
Jo Gullett Liberal Henty Vic 1946
Len Hamilton Country Canning WA 1946
Rt Hon Eric Harrison Liberal Wentworth NSW 1931
Jim Harrison ALP Blaxland NSW 1949
Hon Paul Hasluck Liberal Curtin WA 1949
Hon William Haworth Liberal Isaacs Vic 1949
Leslie Haylen ALP Parkes NSW 1943
Rt Hon Harold Holt Liberal Higgins Vic 1935
John Howse Liberal Calare NSW 1946
Alan Hulme Liberal Petrie Qld 1949
William Jack Liberal North Sydney NSW 1949
Rowley James ALP Hunter NSW 1928
Hon Herbert Johnson ALP Kalgoorlie WA 1940
Bob Joshua ALP/ALP (A-C) Ballaarat ALP 1951
Percy Joske Liberal Balaclava Vic 1951
Hon Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal Chisholm Vic 1949
Stan Keon ALP/ALP (A-C) Yarra Vic 1949
William Lawrence Liberal Wimmera Vic 1949
Hon George Lawson ALP Brisbane Qld 1931
Nelson Lemmon ALP St George NSW 1943–49, 1954
Hugh Leslie Liberal Moore Country 1949
Robert Lindsay Liberal Flinders Vic 1954
Tony Luchetti ALP Macquarie NSW 1951
Aubrey Luck Liberal Darwin Tas 1951
Philip Lucock Country Lyne NSW 1953
Dan Mackinnon Liberal Corangamite Vic 1949–51, 1953
Hon Norman Makin ALP Sturt SA 1919–46, 1954
Hon Philip McBride Liberal Wakefield SA 1931–37, 1937–43 (S), 1946
Malcolm McColm Liberal Bowman Qld 1949
Rt Hon John McEwen Country Murray Vic 1934
John McLeay Liberal Boothby SA 1949
Don McLeod Liberal Wannon ALP 1940–49, 1951
Hon William McMahon Liberal Lowe NSW 1949
Rt Hon Robert Menzies Liberal Kooyong Vic 1934
Dan Minogue ALP West Sydney NSW 1949
Charles Morgan ALP Reid NSW 1940–46, 1949
Jack Mullens ALP/ALP (A-C) Gellibrand Vic 1949
Jock Nelson[2] ALP Northern Territory NT 1949
William O'Connor ALP Martin NSW 1946
Hubert Opperman Liberal Corio Vic 1949
Hon Frederick Osborne Liberal Evans NSW 1949
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919
Henry Pearce Liberal Capricornia Qld 1949
Ted Peters ALP Burke Vic 1949
Hon Reg Pollard ALP Lalor Vic 1937
Hon Bill Riordan ALP Kennedy Qld 1936
Hugh Roberton Country Riverina NSW 1949
Edgar Russell ALP Grey SA 1943
Tom Sheehan[1] ALP Cook NSW 1937
Frank Stewart ALP Lang NSW 1953
Reginald Swartz Liberal Darling Downs Qld 1949
Albert Thompson ALP Port Adelaide SA 1946
Frank Timson Liberal Higinbotham Vic 1949
Hon Athol Townley Liberal Denison Tas 1949
Winton Turnbull Country Mallee Vic 1946
Harry Turner Liberal Bradfield NSW 1952
Hon Eddie Ward ALP East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932
David Oliver Watkins ALP Newcastle NSW 1935
Harry Webb ALP Swan WA 1954
Bill Wentworth Liberal Mackellar NSW 1949
Roy Wheeler Liberal Mitchell NSW 1949
Gough Whitlam ALP Werriwa NSW 1952
Bruce Wight Liberal Lilley Qld 1949

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ALP member Tom Sheehan died on 26 March 1955; ALP candidate Jim Cope won the resulting by-election on 21 May.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.

References

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1951–1954  · 1954–1955  · 1955–1958

Senate

1951–1953  · 1953–1956  · 1956–1959