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.

Member	Party		Electorate	State	In office
Charles Adermann		Country	Fisher	Qld	1943–1972
Ian Allan		Country	Gwydir	NSW	1953–1969
Gordon Anderson		Labor	Kingsford Smith	NSW	1949–1955
Tom Andrews		Labor/Labor (A-C)	Darebin	Vic	1949–1955
Larry Anthony		Country	Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
Lance Barnard		Labor	Bass	Tas	1954–1975
Jeff Bate		Liberal	Macarthur	NSW	1949–1972
Howard Beale		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
Bill Bourke		Labor/Labor (A-C)	Fawkner	Vic	1949–1955
George Bowden		Country	Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
William Brand		Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1954–1958
Wilfred Brimblecombe		Country	Maranoa	Qld	1951–1966
Geoffrey Brown		Liberal	McMillan	Vic	1949–1955
Harry Bruce		Labor	Leichhardt	Qld	1951–1958
Tom Burke		Labor	Perth	WA	1943–1955
Bill Bryson		Labor/Labor (A-C)	Wills	Vic	1943–1946, 1949–1955
Arthur Calwell		Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Archie Cameron		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	Adelaide	SA	1943–1958
Percy Clarey		Labor	Bendigo	Vic	1949–1960
Joe Clark		Labor	Darling	NSW	1934–1969
Jim Cope [1]		Labor	Cook	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
Jack Cremean		Labor/Labor (A-C)	Hoddle	Vic	1949–1955
Dan Curtin		Labor	Watson	NSW	1949–1969
Fred Daly		Labor	Grayndler	NSW	1943–1975
Charles Davidson		Country	Dawson	Qld	1946–1963
Billy Davies		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
Arthur Drakeford		Labor	Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
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
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
Joe Fitzgerald		Labor	Phillip	NSW	1949–1955
Josiah Francis		Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Allan Fraser		Labor	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943–1966, 1969–1972
Jim Fraser [2]		Labor	Australian Capital Territory	ACT	1951–1970
Gordon Freeth		Liberal	Forrest	WA	1949–1969
Arthur Fuller		Labor	Hume	NSW	1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963
Pat Galvin		Labor	Kingston	SA	1951–1966
Arthur Greenup		Labor	Dalley	NSW	1953–1955
Charles Griffiths		Labor	Shortland	NSW	1949–1972
Jo Gullett		Liberal	Henty	Vic	1946–1955
Len Hamilton		Country	Canning	WA	1946–1961
Eric Harrison		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
John Howse		Liberal	Calare	NSW	1946–1960
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
Bob Joshua		Labor/Labor (A-C)	Ballaarat	Vic	1951–1955
Percy Joske		Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1951–1960
Wilfrid Kent Hughes		Liberal	Chisholm	Vic	1949–1970
Stan Keon		Labor/Labor (A-C)	Yarra	Vic	1949–1955
William Lawrence		Liberal	Wimmera	Vic	1949–1958
George Lawson		Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
Nelson Lemmon		Labor	St George	NSW	1943–1949, 1954–1955
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	Darwin	Tas	1951–1958
Philip Lucock		Country	Lyne	NSW	1952–1980
Dan Mackinnon		Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1949–1951, 1953–1966
Norman Makin		Labor	Sturt	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
John McLeay Sr.		Liberal	Boothby	SA	1949–1966
Don McLeod		Labor	Wannon	Vic	1940–1949, 1951–1955
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
Jack Mullens		Labor/Labor (A-C)	Gellibrand	Vic	1949–1955
Jock Nelson [2]		Labor	Northern Territory	NT	1949–1966
William O'Connor		Labor	Martin	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	Burke	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
Tom Sheehan [1]		Labor	Cook	NSW	1937–1955
Frank Stewart		Labor	Lang	NSW	1953–1979
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	Swan	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

Notes

1. ALP member Tom Sheehan died on 26 March 1955; Labor candidate Jim Cope won the resulting by-election on 21 May.
2. 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-first Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1955.
• "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.