Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1920–1923

This is a list of members of the 22nd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1920 to 1923, as elected at the 1920 state election held on 9 October 1920.[1]

This was the first major showing of the Country Party in the Queensland parliament. In 1923, the Northern Country Party merged with the Country Party, but its two members both defected to the Nationalists who, with two former Country Party members, formed the United Party.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
John Appel Country/United Albert 1908–1929
George Barber Labor Bundaberg 1901–1935
George Barnes National/United Warwick 1908–1935
Walter Barnes National/United Bulimba 1901–1915, 1918–1933
William Bebbington Country Drayton 1912–1923
Ernest Bell Country/United Fassifern 1913–1930
Hon William Bertram Labor Maree 1912–1929
William Brand Country Burrum 1920–1950
Frank Brennan Labor Toowoomba 1918–1925
Frank Bulcock Labor Barcoo 1919–1942
Henry Cattermull Country Musgrave 1920–1923
Harry Clayton Country Wide Bay 1920–1946
Charles Collins Labor Bowen 1909–1912, 1915–1936
Charles Conroy Labor Maranoa 1920–1944
Frank Cooper Labor Bremer 1915–1946
William Cooper Labor Rosewood 1918–1929
Bernard Corser Country Burnett 1912–1928
Edward Costello Country Carnarvon 1920–1935
Harry Coyne Labor Warrego 1908–1923
John Dash Labor Mundingburra 1920–1944
William Deacon Country Cunningham 1920–1943
Hon Thomas Dunstan Labor Gympie 1915–1929, 1935–1953
Jim Edwards Independent/Country Nanango 1920–1947
Cecil Elphinstone National/United Oxley 1918–1929
George Farrell[2] Labor Rockhampton 1923–1929
Myles Ferricks Labor South Brisbane 1909–1912, 1920–1929
Hon John Fihelly[1] Labor Paddington 1912–1922
John Fletcher National/United Port Curtis 1920–1923
Tom Foley Labor Leichhardt 1919–1960
Frank Forde[2] Labor Rockhampton 1917–1922, 1955–1957
James Fry National/United Kurilpa 1918–1932
John Gilday Labor Ithaca 1912–1926
Hon William Gillies Labor Eacham 1912–1925
Hon David Gledson Labor Ipswich 1915–1929, 1932–1949
William Green Northern Country/United Townsville 1920–1923
Harry Hartley Labor Fitzroy 1915–1929
Hon John Huxham Labor Buranda 1908–1909, 1912–1924
Hon Alfred Jones[1] Labor Paddington 1904–1909, 1915–1917,
1922–1932
John Jones Northern Country/United Kennedy 1920–1923
Jim Kerr National/United Enoggera 1920–1932
Reginald King National/United Logan 1920–1935
Mick Kirwan Labor Brisbane 1912–1932
Edward Land Labor Balonne 1904–1927
James Larcombe Labor Keppel 1912–1929, 1932–1956
George Logan Country Lockyer 1920–1929
Hon William McCormack Labor Cairns 1912–1930
Peter MacGregor National/United Merthyr 1920–1923
James Maxwell National/United Toowong 1920–1938
Arthur Moore Country Aubigny 1915–1941
Godfrey Morgan Country Murilla 1909–1938
Hon John Mullan Labor Flinders 1908–1912, 1918–1941
Frederick Nott Country Stanley 1920–1927
John Payne Labor Mitchell 1905–1928
Percy Pease Labor Herbert 1920–1940
Jens Peterson Labor/United Normanby 1915–1935
Andrew Petrie United Toombul 1893–1926
George Pollock Labor Gregory 1915–1939
Darby Riordan Labor Burke 1918–1929
Cecil Roberts Country Pittsworth 1920–1923
Robert Roberts National/United East Toowoomba 1907–1934
Henry Ryan Labor Cook 1915–1929
Hubert Sizer National/United Nundah 1918–1935
Hon William Forgan Smith Labor Mackay 1915–1942
Hon James Stopford Labor Mount Morgan 1915–1936
Edward Swayne Northern Country/Country Mirani 1907–1935
Charles Taylor National/United Windsor 1918–1935
Hon Ted Theodore Labor Chillagoe 1909–1925
William Vowles Country Dalby 1911–1926
Harry Walker Country Cooroora 1907–1947
Richard Warren Country/United Murrumba 1918–1932
David Weir Labor Maryborough 1917–1929
William Wellington Labor Charters Towers 1915–1939
Hon Thomas Wilson Labor Fortitude Valley 1916–1933
Vern Winstanley Labor Queenton 1908–1932
1 On 7 February 1922, the Labor member for Paddington, John Fihelly, resigned to take up an appointment as Agent-General for Queensland in London. The Labor candidate and former President of the Queensland Legislative Council, Alfred Jones, won the resulting by-election on 18 March 1922.
2 On 5 October 1922, the Labor member for Rockhampton, Frank Forde, resigned to contest the 1922 election for the seat of Capricornia. George Farrell, the Labor candidate, won the resulting by-election on 17 February 1923.

References

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  1. ^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  • Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.

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