This is a list of members of the 22nd

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 Assembl ...

from 1920 to 1923, as elected at the 1920 state election held on 9 October 1920. This was the first major showing of the Country Party in the Queensland parliament. In 1923, the

Northern Country Party The Northern Country Party was an Australian political party operating in the state of Queensland during the 1920s. It had a separate organisation from the wider Country Party in the state, although the two were connected. In 1923, its organisati ...

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. : On 7 February 1922, the Labor member for

Paddington Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Paddi ...

John Fihelly John Arthur Fihelly (7 November 1882 – 2 March 1945) was a public servant, politician and rugby union player who represented Australia, a professional rugby league footballer, and a founder of the Queensland Rugby League Early life Fihel ...

, 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. : On 5 October 1922, the Labor member for

Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...

Frank Forde Francis Michael Forde (18 July 189028 January 1983) was an Australian politician who served as prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1932 to 1946. He served as pri ...

, 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.

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* Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.

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