This is a list of members of the 25th

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 1929 to 1932, as elected at the 1929 state election held on 11 May 1929. :

Irene Longman Irene Maud Longman (; 24 April 1877 – 29 July 1964) was an Australian community worker and politician. She was Women and government in Australia, the first woman elected to the Parliament of Queensland, representing the Queensland Legislative ...

, the CPNP member for

Bulimba Bulimba is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bulimba had a population of 6,843 people. Geography Bulimba is located north-east of the CBD on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, but it is by road. Topo ...

, became the first female representative in the Queensland Parliament upon her defeat of

Harry Wright William Henry "Harry" Wright (January 10, 1835 – October 3, 1895) was an English-born American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team, t ...

at the 1929 election. : On 16 September 1929, the Labor member for

Burke Burke is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised ...

Darby Riordan David "Darby" Riordan (23 July 1886 – 15 October 1936) was an Australian politician. Riordan was the Australian Labor Party member for Burke in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, winning the seat in 1918. He held Burke till 1929 at which ...

, resigned to contest the 1929 federal election. Labor candidate Arthur Jones won the resulting by-election on 2 November 1929. : On 22 September 1929, the Labor member for Maryborough, David Weir, died. CPNP candidate

John Blackley John Henderson Blackley (born 12 May 1948) is a Scottish football coach and former player. Blackley made 279 appearances at centre-half for Hibernian and also represented Newcastle United, Preston North End and Hamilton Academical. He won ...

won the resulting by-election on 26 October 1929. : On 21 February 1930, the Labor member for

Cairns Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...

and former

Premier of Queensland The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is ap ...

William McCormack William McCormack (27 April 1879 – 21 November 1947)McCormack, William (1879–1947) ...

, died. Labor candidate John O'Keefe won the resulting by-election on 10 May 1930. : On 2 May 1930, the CPNP member for Fassifern,

Ernest Bell Ernest Thomas Bell (31 March 1880 – 2 May 1930) was a pastoralist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Bell was born in Camboon, Queensland, to parents John Thomas Marsh Bell and his wife Gertrude Augusta (née Nor ...

, died. Independent candidate

Arnold Wienholt Arnold Wienholt (25 November 1877 – 10 September 1940) was an Australian grazier, author and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Australian House of Representatives. Early life Arnold Wien ...

won the resulting by-election on 28 June 1930.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1929-1932 Members of Queensland parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians

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