This is a list of members of the

Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 m ...

between the 13 October 1956 election and the 2 May 1959 election. The previous Darwin division had been renamed Braddon after former

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Sir

Edward Braddon Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon (11 June 1829 – 2 February 1904) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Tasmania from 1894 to 1899, and was a Member of the First Australian Parliament in the House of Representatives. Bradd ...

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: Labor MHA for

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Claude Barnard Herbert Claude Barnard (16 October 18906 December 1957) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represented the Division of Bass in federal parliament from 1934 to 1949. He served as Minister for Re ...

, died on 6 December 1957. A recount on 23 December 1957 resulted in the election of former Labor MHA

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. : Labor MHA for Denison and

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Robert Cosgrove Sir Robert Cosgrove (28 December 1884 – 25 August 1969) was an Australian politician who was the 30th and longest-serving Premier of Tasmania. He held office for over 18 years, serving from 1939 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1958. His involve ...

, resigned due to ill health on 25 August 1958. A recount on 4 September 1958 resulted in the election of Labor candidate

Eric Howroyd Eric Richard Aldred Howroyd (14 April 1900 – 13 June 1980) was an Australian politician. The son of Charles Howroyd, Eric was born in Launceston. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1937 for Bass, and was government whip ...

. : Liberal MHA for

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, Charles Best, resigned to contest the

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seat of

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in November 1958. A recount on 24 November 1958 resulted in the election of former Liberal MHA Amelia Best. : Labor MHA for

, Reg Fisher, died on 29 December 1958. A recount on 15 January 1959 resulted in the election of former Labor candidate

William McNeil William Donald McNeil (21 January 1906 – 16 May 1964) was an Australian politician. He was born in Adelaide. In 1959 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot Wilmot may refer to: Places Australia *D ...

. : Labor MHA for Denison, Alfred White, was appointed to the role of Agent-General in London in January 1959. A recount on 27 January 1959 resulted in the election of Labor candidate

Bert Lacey Robert Herbert "Bert" Lacey (12 January 1900 – 2 November 1984) was an Australian politician. Life and career Born in Maryborough, Victoria, Lacey was educated at state schools and then at Wendouree Agricultural College in Ballarat. He bec ...

. Lacey never got to sit in Parliament, however, as the House had been prorogued and he was defeated at the following election. : On 9 April 1959, Dr

Reg Turnbull Reginald John David "Spot" Turnbull (21 February 1908 – 17 July 2006) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1946 to 1961 (1946–1959 for the Labor Party, 1959–1961 as an Independent), then a ...

, the Treasurer and Minister for Health, was suspended from Labor Party membership by the State Executive due mainly to constant criticism of the Reece Government. The event precipitated the calling of the 1959 election for 2 May, at which Turnbull won two quotas (27.93%) in his own right.

Sources

* * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)
The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
{{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1956-1959 Members of Tasmanian parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians