This is a list of members of the 41st

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 1974 to 1977, as elected at the 1974 state election held on 7 December 1974. : On 11 February 1976, the Liberal member for

Clayfield Clayfield is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Clayfield had a population of 10,555 people. Geography Clayfield is by road from the Brisbane GPO. Clayfield is bordered to the north by Nundah, to the east by A ...

, John Murray, resigned. Liberal candidate Ivan Brown won the resulting by-election on 11 May 1976. : On 19 February 1976, the Labor member for

Port Curtis Port Curtis is a suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Port Curtis had a population of 281 people. Geography The Fitzroy River bounds the suburb to the north-east. Gavial Creek, a tributary of the ...

Martin Hanson Martin 'Marty' Hanson (2 July 1923 – 20 February 1976) was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Port Curtis in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the ...

, resigned due to ill-health, and died the following day. Labor candidate

Bill Prest William George Prest (2 April 1926 – 8 December 2012) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party from 1976 until 1992, former Gladstone Harbour Board member and once Gladstone City Council mayor. Early life ...

won the resulting by-election on 29 May 1976. : On 12 August 1976, the Liberal member for Lockyer and

Deputy Premier A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

, Sir

Gordon Chalk Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk, Gordon William (Chalkie) (1913 ...

, resigned. Liberal candidate

Tony Bourke Tony Bourke (born 13 June 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from East Ballarat Football Club in the Ballarat Football League (BFL), Bourke was drafted ...

won the resulting by-election on 16 October 1976. : On 7 March 1977, the Independent member for Mackay,

Ed Casey Edmund Denis Casey (2 January 1933 – 1 May 2006), known as Ed, was best known as the leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland between 1978 and 1982. He also served as Primary Industries Minister in the government of Wayne Goss betwe ...

, who had won twice as an independent after losing Labor preselection ahead of the 1972 election, was readmitted to the Labor Party. : On 12 May 1977, the Liberal member for

, Ivan Brown, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1977 state election. The Clayfield electorate was abolished at the election as a result of an electoral redistribution.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1974-1977 Members of Queensland parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians

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