QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 19 MAY 1956 ======================================================================================== SEATS IN ORDER OF STRENGTH FOR LABOR PARTY ======================================================================================== District Member Margin Swing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOR PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 BUNDABERG Hon Edward J WALSH * < Unopposed 02 BREMER James DONALD * 22.7 03 HAUGHTON Hon Colin G McCATHIE * < 20.4 +01.4 04 WARREGO John J DUFFICY * 17.7 05 BARCOO Edward W DAVIS * 17.6 06 CHARTERS TOWERS Hon Arthur JONES * < 17.5 07 TABLELANDS Hon Harold H COLLINS * < 16.4 -01.3 08 MARYBOROUGH Horace J DAVIES * 16.2 09 BAROONA Hon William J POWER * < 15.9 10 WYNNUM William M GUNN * 15.4 -04.1 11 CAIRNS George W G WALLACE + 15.3 +01.1 12 GREGORY Hon George H DEVRIES * 15.3 13 PORT CURTIS James BURROWS * 14.5 -03.3 14 COOK Herbert A ADAIR * < 13.6 +10.5 15 FITZROY James CLARK * 13.2 -07.2 16 TOOWOOMBA Hon John E DUGGAN * 13.0 -03.1 17 BRISBANE John H MANN * 12.5 18 SOUTH BRISBANE Hon Vincent C GAIR * < 12.4 over independent 19 IPSWICH Ivor MARSDEN * 11.7 20 ITHACA Leonard EASTMENT * 11.7 -04.0 21 KEDRON Eric G LLOYD * 11.0 -04.8 22 MOURILYAN Peter BYRNE * 10.7 -08.3 23 CARPENTARIA Alfred J SMITH * < 10.1 -02.6 24 MERTHYR Hon William M MOORE * < 09.8 -04.0 25 MOUNT GRAVATT Dr Felix C S DITTMER * 09.6 -04.9 26 MACKAY Frederick D GRAHAM * 09.5 -05.0 27 NORTH TOOWOOMBA Leslie A WOOD * 09.0 -02.8 28 BELYANDO Hon Thomas A FOLEY * < 08.7 29 KEPPEL Vivian J N COOPER * < 08.5 -00.3 30 FORTITUDE VALLEY Michael T BROSNAN * < 08.4 31 CARNARVON Hon Paul J R HILTON * < 08.2 -03.2 32 FLINDERS Rt Hon Francis M FORDE * 08.1 33 BULIMBA Robert J GARDNER * < 07.9 -06.1 34 KURILPA Thomas MOORES * < 07.3 -08.7 35 BALONNE John R TAYLOR * 06.7 -04.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Swing needed for CP-Lib majority 36 SANDGATE Herbert F ROBINSON * < 06.6 +00.7 37 NORMAN William E BAXTER * 06.1 -03.1 38 NASH G Brian KEHOE * < 06.0 -00.1 39 SOMERSET Alexander J SKINNER * < 05.9 +04.9 40 KELVIN GROVE John A TURNER * 05.7 -07.6 41 WINDSOR Thomas W RASEY * < 05.7 -04.5 42 NUNDAH James W HADLEY + < 05.6 -06.3 43 BURANDA Richard K BROWN * 05.5 -08.0 44 TOWNSVILLE George KEYATTA * 05.4 -10.6 45 CONDAMINE Leslie F DIPLOCK * < 04.9 +04.4 46 HINCHINBROOK Cecil G JESSON * 02.1 -17.4 47 MULGRAVE Charles B ENGLISH * < 01.9 +00.8 48 ROCKHAMPTON Harold R GARDNER * < 00.4 -12.7 49 ROMA Alfred DOHRING * < 00.1 -01.5 COUNTRY PARTY-LIBERAL PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 MACKENZIE Neville T E HEWITT 00.5 -05.6 51 SHERWOOD John D HERBERT + (Lib) 03.0 -02.0 52 MURRUMBA David E NICHOLSON * 07.8 -04.2 53 CHERMSIDE Alexander T DEWAR * (Lib) 08.5 -06.9 54 YERONGA Dr H Winston NOBLE * (Lib) 08.7 -06.8 55 MIRANI Ernest EVANS * 09.2 -01.3 56 WHITSUNDAY Lloyd H S ROBERTS * 09.4 -07.0 57 COORPAROO Thomas A D HILEY * (Lib) 12.0 -04.5 58 ISIS Jack C A PIZZEY * 12.3 -03.6 59 MOUNT COOT-THA Kenneth J MORRIS * (Lib) 12.4 -05.1 60 WARWICK Otto O MADSEN * 13.6 +01.2 61 CUNNINGHAM Alan R FLETCHER * 14.2 +04.2 62 CALLIDE Vincent E JONES * 15.1 -01.2 63 SOUTHPORT Eric J GAVEN * 16.0 -05.8 64 DARLINGTON Thomas F PLUNKETT * 17.9 +00.1 65 COOROORA David A LOW * 18.2 +01.9 66 AUBIGNY W B James G SPARKES * 22.6 67 LANDSBOROUGH G Francis R NICKLIN * 23.1 68 CLAYFIELD Harold B TAYLOR * (Lib) 24.0 over independent 69 BARAMBAH Johannes BJELKE-PETERSEN * Unopposed 70 FASSIFERN Adolf G MULLER * Unopposed 71 LOCKYER Gordon W W CHALK * (Lib) Unopposed 72 MARODIAN James A HEADING * Unopposed 73 TOOWONG Alan W MUNRO * (Lib) Unopposed OTHER SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 BURDEKIN Arthur COBURN * (Ind) 15.3 over Labor 75 MUNDINGBURRA Thomas AIKENS (NQLP) 27.9 over Labor * Sitting member + New member in seat held by party < Member who joined the Queensland Labor Party in April 1957