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	Party		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	1953–1980
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

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
2. Liberal member Howard Beale resigned on 10 February 1958; Liberal candidate Sir Garfield Barwick won the resulting by-election on 8 March.
3. Liberal member Eric Harrison resigned on 17 October 1956; Liberal candidate Les Bury won the resulting by-election on 8 December.
4. Liberal member Archie Cameron died on 9 August 1956; Liberal candidate Jim Forbes won the resulting by-election on 13 October.
5. Labor member Cyril Chambers was expelled from the party in August 1957 for attacking Evatt's leadership. He was readmitted in June 1958.
6. Labor member Billy Davies died on 17 February 1956;Labor candidate Victor Kearney won the resulting by-election on 11 April.
7. 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.