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By-elections,
appointments and defections
By-elections
and appointments
- On 11 April 1956, Victor
Kearney (Labor)
was elected
unopposed to replace Billy
Davies (Labor)
as the member for Cunningham.
- On 28 August 1956, George Hannan (Liberal)
was appointed a Victorian Senator to replace John
Spicer (Liberal).
- On 13 October 1956, Jim
Forbes (Liberal)
was elected to
replace Archie
Cameron (Liberal)
as the member for Barker.
- On 8 December 1956, Les
Bury (Liberal)
was elected to
replace Sir
Eric Harrison (Liberal)
as the member for Wentworth.
- On 6 June 1957, Charles
Sandford (Labor)
was appointed a Victorian Senator to replace Jack
Devlin (Labor).
- On 15 September 1957, Doug
Anthony (Country)
was elected to
replace Larry
Anthony (Country)
as the member for Richmond.
- On 8 March 1958, Sir
Garfield Barwick (Liberal)
was elected to
replace Howard
Beale (Liberal)
as the member for Parramatta.
- On 30 July 1958, James
Ormonde (Labor)
was appointed a New South Wales Senator to
replace Bill
Ashley (Labor).
- On 12 August 1958, Tom
Drake-Brockman (Country)
was appointed a Western Australian Senator to
replace Harrie
Seward (Country).
- On 11 October 1958, Harry
Bruce (Labor),
the member for Leichhardt,
died. Due to the proximity of the election, no
by-election was held.
Defections
- In 1957, Queensland Labor Senator Condon
Byrne switched to the Queensland
Labor Party.
- In 1958, Labor MP Charles
Morgan (Reid)
lost preselection. He contested the election as
an independent.
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