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1958

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 Partyled by Herbert Evatt, which lost ten seats.

Member Party Electorate State Term 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
Hon 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
Hon 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
Hon 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
Dr Jim Cairns Labor Yarra Vic 1955–1977
Hon Arthur Calwell Labor Melbourne Vic 1940–1972
Archie Cameron[4] Liberal Barker SA 1934–1956
Clyde Cameron Labor Hindmarsh SA 1949–1980
Hon Dr Donald Cameron Liberal Oxley Qld 1949–1961
Rt Hon Richard Casey Liberal La Trobe Vic 1931–1940, 1949–1960
Hon Cyril Chambers Labor/Independent/Labor[5] Adelaide SA 1943–1958
Fred Chaney Sr. Liberal Perth WA 1955–1969
Hon 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
Dominic Costa Labor Banks NSW 1949–1969
Wilfred Coutts Labor Griffith Qld 1954–1958, 1961–1966
Hon 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
Hon 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
Hon Alick Downer Liberal Angas SA 1949–1964
Hon 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
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt Labor Barton NSW 1940–1960
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Country McPherson Qld 1936–1958
Laurie Failes Country Lawson NSW 1949–1969
David Fairbairn Liberal Farrer NSW 1949–1975
Hon Allen Fairhall Liberal Paterson NSW 1949–1969
Bill Falkinder Liberal Franklin Tas 1946–1966
Dr 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
Rt Hon Eric Harrison[3] Liberal Wentworth NSW 1931–1956
Jim Harrison Labor Blaxland NSW 1949–1969
Hon Paul Hasluck Liberal Curtin WA 1949–1969
Hon William Haworth Liberal Isaacs Vic 1949–1969
Les Haylen Labor Parkes NSW 1943–1963
Rt Hon Harold Holt Liberal Higgins Vic 1935–1967
Hon 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
Hon 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
Hon Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal Chisholm Vic 1949–1970
Jim Killen Liberal Moreton Qld 1955–1983
William Lawrence Liberal Wimmera Vic 1949–1958
Hon George Lawson Labor Brisbane Qld 1931–1961
Hugh Leslie Liberal Moore Country 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 1953–1980
Dan Mackinnon Liberal Corangamite Vic 1949–1951, 1953–1966
Hon Norman Makin Labor Bonython SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963
Hon Philip McBride Liberal Wakefield SA 1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Malcolm McColm Liberal Bowman Qld 1949–1961
Rt Hon John McEwen Country Murray Vic 1934–1971
Hector McIvor Labor Gellibrand Vic 1955–1972
Hon John McLeay Sr. Liberal Boothby SA 1949–1966
Hon William McMahon Liberal Lowe NSW 1949–1982
Rt Hon 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
Hon Frederick Osborne Liberal Evans NSW 1949–1961
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919–1961
Henry Pearce Liberal Capricornia Qld 1949–1961
Ted Peters Labor Scullin Vic 1949–1969
Hon Reg Pollard Labor Lalor Vic 1937–1966
Hon Bill Riordan Labor Kennedy Qld 1936–1966
Hon 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
Hon Athol Townley Liberal Denison Tas 1949–1964
Winton Turnbull Country Mallee Vic 1946–1972
Harry Turner Liberal Bradfield NSW 1952–1974
Hon Eddie Ward Labor East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins Labor Newcastle NSW 1935–1958
Harry Webb Liberal 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
  1. ^ Jump up to:a b Country Party member Larry Anthony died on 12 July 1957; Country Party candidate Doug Anthony (his son) won the resulting by-election on 14 September
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b Liberal member Howard Beale resigned on 10 February 1958; Liberal candidate Sir Garfield Barwick won the resulting by-election on 8 March.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b Liberal member Eric Harrison resigned on 17 October 1956; Liberal candidate Les Bury won the resulting by-election on 8 December.
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b Liberal member Archie Cameron died on 9 August 1956; Liberal candidate Jim Forbes won the resulting by-election on 13 October.
  5. Jump up^ Labor member Cyril Chambers was expelled from the party in August 1957 for attacking Evatt's leadership. He was readmitted in June 1958.
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b Labor member Billy Davies died on 17 February 1956;Labor candidate Victor Kearney won the resulting by-election on 11 April.
  7. ^ Jump up to:a b At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.