Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947

This is a list of members of the 30th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1944 to 1947, as elected at the 1944 state election held on 15 April 1944.

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
Tom Aikens	Ind. Labor	Mundingburra	1944–1977
Frank Barnes	Ind. Labor	Bundaberg	1941–1950
Lou Barnes	Ind. Labor	Cairns	1942–1947
William Brand	Country	Isis	1920–1950
Hon Samuel Brassington	Labor	Fortitude Valley	1927–1932, 1933–1950
Hon Harry Bruce	Labor	The Tableland	1923–1950
John Beals Chandler	QPP	Hamilton	1943–1947
Jim Clark	Labor	Fitzroy	1935–1960
Harry Clayton[3]	Country	Wide Bay	1920–1946
Hon Harold Collins	Labor	Cook	1935–1957
Hon Frank Cooper[2]	Labor	Bremer	1915–1946
Kerry Copley	Labor	Kurilpa	1932–1949
Ned Davis	Labor	Barcoo	1943–1961
Eric Decker	Country	Sandgate	1941–1953
George Devries	Labor	Gregory	1941–1957
Jim Donald[2]	Labor	Bremer	1946–1969
Jack Duggan	Labor	Toowoomba	1935–1957, 1958–1969
Thomas Dunstan	Labor	Gympie	1915–1929, 1935–1953
Jim Edwards	Country	Nanango	1920–1947
David Farrell	Labor	Maryborough	1938–1953
Hon Tom Foley	Labor	Normanby	1919–1960
Hon Vince Gair	Labor	South Brisbane	1932–1960
Hon David Gledson	Labor	Ipswich	1915–1929, 1932–1949
Fred Graham	Labor	Mackay	1943–1969
Bill Gunn	Labor	Wynnum	1944–1966
Hon Ned Hanlon	Labor	Ithaca	1926–1952
Hon Ted Hanson	Labor	Buranda	1924–1947
John Hayes	Labor	Nundah	1932–1947
John Healy	Labor	Warwick	1935–1947
Thomas Hiley	QPP	Logan	1944–1966
Paul Hilton	Labor	Carnarvon	1935–1963
Walter Ingram	Labor	Keppel	1944–1952
Cecil Jesson	Labor	Kennedy	1935–1960
Hon Arthur Jones	Labor	Charters Towers	1929–1932, 1939–1960
Tom Kerr	QPP	Oxley	1943–1956
George Keyatta	Labor	Townsville	1939–1960
Hon James Larcombe	Labor	Rockhampton	1912–1929, 1932–1956
Louis Luckins	Independent/QPP	Maree	1941–1953
Duncan MacDonald	Country	Stanley	1938–1953
Malcolm McIntyre	Country	Cunningham	1944–1953
Ted Maher	Country	West Moreton	1929–1949
Johnno Mann	Labor	Brisbane	1936–1969
George Marriott	Ind. Labor	Bulimba	1938–1950
Bill Moore	Labor	Merthyr	1940–1957
Kenneth Morris	QPP	Enoggera	1944–1963
Alf Muller	Country	Fassifern	1935–1969
Frank Nicklin	Country	Murrumba	1932–1968
Harry O'Shea	Labor	Warrego	1941–1950
Fred Paterson	Communist	Bowen	1944–1950
Bruce Pie	QPP	Windsor	1941–1943, 1944–1951
Tom Plunkett	Country	Albert	1929–1957
Bill Power	Labor	Baroona	1935–1960
Aubrey Slessar	Labor	Dalby	1938–1947
Norm Smith	Labor	Carpentaria	1941–1960
Jim Sparkes	Country	Aubigny	1932–1935, 1941–1960
John Taylor	Labor	Maranoa	1944–1957
Stephen Theodore	Labor	Herbert	1940–1950
Bert Turner	Labor	Kelvin Grove	1941–1957
Harry Walker	Country	Cooroora	1907–1947
Hon Ted Walsh	Labor	Mirani	1935–1947, 1950–1969
Charles Wanstall	QPP	Toowong	1944–1950
Hon Tommy Williams	Labor	Port Curtis	1932–1947
Les Wood[1]	Labor	East Toowoomba	1946–1947, 1950–1958
Herbert Yeates[1]	Country	East Toowoomba	1938–1945

¹ On 24 December 1945, the Country member for East Toowoomba, Herbert Yeates, died. Labor candidate Les Wood won the resulting by-election on 2 March 1946.

² On 12 March 1946, the Labor member for Bremer and Premier of Queensland, Frank Cooper, retired. Labor candidate Jim Donald won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1946.

³ On 30 December 1946, the Country member for Wide Bay, Harry Clayton, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1947 state election.

See also

• 1944 Queensland state election
• Cooper Ministry (Labor) (1942–1946)
• Hanlon Ministry (Labor) (1946–1952)

References

• 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.