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

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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.
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