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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 1952–1980 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 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 .