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Members Of The Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938
This is a list of members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1935 to 1938, as elected at the 1935 state election held on 11 May 1935. : On 28 November 1935, the Labor member for Toowoomba, Evan Llewelyn, resigned. Labor candidate Jack Duggan won the resulting by-election on 14 December 1935. : On 3 January 1936, the Labor member for Brisbane, Robert Funnell, died. Labor candidate Johnno Mann won the resulting by-election on 4 April 1936. : On 5 January 1936, the Country (CPNP) member for Keppel, Owen Daniel, died. Country (CPNP) candidate David Daniel won the resulting by-election on 4 April 1936. : On 28 March 1936, the Labor member for Bowen, Charles Collins, died. Labor candidate Ernest Riordan won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1936. : On 30 November 1936, the Labor member for Maryborough, James Stopford, died. Labor candidate William Demaine won the resulting by-election on 27 February 1937. : The Labor member for Warrego, Rando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Queensland
The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly has 93 members, who have used the letters MP after their names since 2000 (previously they were styled MLAs). There is approximately the same population in each electorate; however, that has not always been the case (in particular, a malapportionment system - not, strictly speaking, a gerrymander - dubbed the ''Bjelkemander'' was in effect during the 1970s and 1980s). The Assembly first sat in May 1860 and produced Australia's first Hansard in April 1864. Following the outcome of the 2015 election, successful amendments to the electoral act in early 2016 include: adding an additional four parliamentary seats from 89 to 93, changing from optional preferential voting to full-preferential voting, and moving from unfixed three-year terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of The Tableland
The Tableland was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland, Australia. History The Tableland was created in the 1931 redistribution, taking effect at the 1932 state election. It was based in the Atherton Tableland, west of Cairns. The Tableland was abolished at the 1950 state election, the eastern portion forming the newly recreated district of Mulgrave and the remainder forming part of the enlarged new Electoral district of Tablelands. Members The following people were elected in the seat of The Tableland: : See also * Electoral districts of Queensland * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former electoral div ... by year * :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name References {{DEFAULTSORT:T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Cooper (Australian Politician)
Frank Arthur Cooper (16 July 1872 – 30 November 1949) was Premier of Queensland from 1942 to 1946 for the Labor Party.Cooper, Frank Arthur (1872–1949) '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'' He was born on 16 July 1872 at , the son of an English miller and his Irish wife who had immigrated to Australia. Frank was educated in Sydney and worked as a clerk in various capacities around Sydney, including the Sydney diocese of the |
Electoral District Of Maranoa
Maranoa was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. History Maranoa of the original sixteen electorates established in 1859. Geographically it was based on the Balonne River catchment area, including the towns of Roma and St George. Despite various redistributions over the years, the electorate remained in the same general vicinity until its abolition in 1949 when most of it was included in the resurrected Electoral district of Balonne. Members The members who represented the electorate were: See also * Electoral districts of Queensland * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former electoral div ... by year * :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name References {{DEFAULTSORT:Maranoa Former ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles William Conroy
Charles William Conroy (28 April 1868 – 28 July 1944) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Conroy was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Michael Conroy and his wife Anne (née Murray) and was educated in Toowoomba. He moved to Roma in his twenties and worked as a clerk for the solicitor, R.H. Dyball. He then went into business as a tobacconist and stationer. On 15 August 1898 he married Bertha Walduck (died 1964)Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 10 April 2016. who shared in much of her husband's public duties. He died at Roma Hospital in July 1944 and his funeral proceeded fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Cook
Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia. Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula north of Cairns, including the resort town of Port Douglas and the Torres Strait Islands. It is named after British navigator James Cook, who charted the coast and landed on Possession Island – one of the Torres Strait islands – in 1770. History 1883 election In the 1883 election, there were four candidates for the (then) two-member electorate. They were: * Thomas Campbell * Frederick Cooper (one of the sitting members) * John Hamilton * Charles Lumley Hill (a former member in Gregory) Cooper and Hamilton were elected, but there were allegations of "ballot stuffing", specifically that there were too many votes cast at the California Gully and Halpin's Creek polling stations given the number of electors. The unsuccessful candidates, Campbell and Hill, petitioned to overturn the ballot. In December 1883, arrests were made in connection with the ballot stuffing. On 4 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Collins (Australian Politician)
Harold Henry Collins (9 August 1887 – 12 July 1962) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.Collins, Harold Henry (1887–1962) — Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 26 January 2015. Politics Collins was a member of the Tinaroo Shire Council from 1916 to 1917. Collins was the |
Electoral District Of Bowen
Bowen was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1873 to 1950 and at various times until 1992. History The electoral district of Bowen was established by the 1872 Electoral Districts Act. During the First McIlwraith Ministry, the seat of Bowen was occupied by three Attorneys-General: Henry Beor, Pope Alexander Cooper and Charles E. Chubb. Upon Beor's death, Cooper, who was not at that time in Parliament, was appointed Attorney-General and contested and won the resulting by-election. When he resigned, Chubb entered parliament in the same manner. Bowen is the only state or federal electorate in Australia to elect a Communist member, Fred Paterson, who served as member for Bowen from the 1944 election until the 1950 election. In a 1949 redistribution, Bowen was abolished, being split between the new electoral districts of Burdekin and Whitsunday. It has been suggested that the redistribution was done deliberately to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Collins (Queensland Politician)
Charles Collins (25 September 1867 – 28 March 1936) was a miner, trade union organiser, and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Collins was born at Willey, Warwickshire, to parents Henry Collins and his wife Lizabeth (née Smith) and was educated at Willey Church of England Village School. He arrived in Maryborough, Queensland in 1883 and worked on the sugar plantations around the Antigua and Pialba regions before moving to Gympie in 1884. Two years later, Collins was in the Kimberley region of Western Australia for the gold rush but, after visiting the Northern Territory, he was back in Gympie to carry on gold mining. Political career Collins was a member of the Political and Amalgamated Miners Association and in 1908 was a general organizer for the Australian Labor Federation and an organizer for the Australian Workers' Union in the North Queensland area from 1912 to 1915. Collins, representing the Labour Party, was a candidate for the seat o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Wide Bay
Wide Bay was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. History Wide Bay was one of the 16 original electorates of 1859; it centred on Maryborough but also included the coastal strip from the Mooloolah River, north to Bustard Head near Gladstone. However, in 1864, the Electoral district of Maryborough was established and the Wide Bay electorate contracted towards the south of Maryborough but still include the rural areas around Maryborough. Initially Wide Bay was a single member constituency, but from 1878 to 1888 it became a two-member constituency, after which it reverted to a single member. In the 1949 redistribution, taking effect in 1950, Wide Bay was abolished, being split up between the Electoral district of Marodian and the Electoral district of Nash. 1871 In the 1871 election held on 13 July, the sitting member for Wide Bay, Henry King, decided to contest the electoral district of Maryborough instead of Wide Bay. King supported the nominatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Clayton (Queensland Politician)
Ernest Henry Collet Clayton (9 November 1889 – 30 December 1946) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Clayton was born in Tinana, Queensland, the son of the Rev. John Edward Clayton and his wife Frances Elizabeth (née Mills). He attended Maryborough Grammar School and upon leaving became a dairy farmer and grew sugarcane. On 17 March 1915, Booker married Emily Cheyne and together had a son and a daughter. Emily died in 1927 and the next year he married her sister,Family history research – Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 25 April 2016. Gladys Cheyne (died 1975). He died in December 1946 after a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Fitzroy (Queensland)
Fitzroy was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district was based in central Queensland, west of Rockhampton. It included the towns of Baralaba, Blackwater, Duaringa, Dysart, Mount Morgan and Wowan as well as some of Rockhampton's outer suburbs. The electorate was first contested in 1992. An earlier district based in the same region was also called Fitzroy. It was first contested in 1888 and abolished in 1960. In 2008, Fitzroy was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election—as a result of a redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Its former territory and voters were divided between the districts of Callide, Gregory, Mirani and Rockhampton. Members for Fitzroy Election results See also * Electoral districts of Queensland * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
