Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1956–1959

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 13 October 1956 election and the 2 May 1959 election. The previous Darwin division had been renamed Braddon after former Premier of Tasmania Sir Edward Braddon.

Name Party Division Years in office
Hon Alexander AtkinsLaborBass1946–1948; 1956–1972
Hon Charley AylettLaborBraddon1946–1964
Claude Barnard[1]LaborBass1950–1957
Bill BeattieLiberalBass1946–1950; 1954–1979
Bert BessellLiberalWilmot1956–1976
Amelia Best[3]LiberalWilmot1955–1956; 1958–1959
Charles Best[3]LiberalWilmot1950–1958
Angus BethuneLiberalWilmot1946–1975
Carrol BramichLiberalBraddon1946–1964
Jack BrehenyLiberalBraddon1951–1972
Hon Douglas CashionLaborWilmot1949–1972
Hon Sir Robert Cosgrove[2]LaborDenison1919–1922; 1925–1931;
1934–1958
Brian CrawfordLaborFranklin1956–1959
Hon John DwyerLaborFranklin1931–1962
Hon Roy FaganLaborWilmot1946–1974
Reg Fisher[4]LaborWilmot1956–1958
Hon Dr John GahaLaborDenison1950–1964
Bill HodgmanLiberalDenison1955–1964
Hon Eric Howroyd[2]LaborDenison1937–1950; 1958–1959
Tim JacksonLiberalFranklin1946–1964
Bert Lacey[5]LaborDenison1959
Kevin LyonsLiberalBraddon1948–1972
William McNeil[4]LaborWilmot1959–1964
Hon John Madden[1]LaborBass1936–1956; 1957–1969
Fred MarriottLiberalBass1946–1961
Mabel MillerLiberalFranklin1955–1964
Hon Bill NeilsonLaborFranklin1946–1977
Thomas PearsallLiberalFranklin1950–1966
Hon Eric ReeceLaborBraddon1946–1975
John SteerLiberalBass1950–1961; 1964–1968
Horace StruttLiberalDenison1946–1959; 1959–1969
Rex TownleyLiberalDenison1946–1965
Hon Dr Reg TurnbullLabor/Independent[6]Bass1946–1961
Sydney WardLaborBraddon1956–1976
Hon Alfred White[5]LaborDenison1941–1959

Notes
1 Labor MHA for Bass, Claude Barnard, died on 6 December 1957. A recount on 23 December 1957 resulted in the election of former Labor MHA John Madden.
2 Labor MHA for Denison and Premier, Robert Cosgrove, resigned due to ill health on 25 August 1958. A recount on 4 September 1958 resulted in the election of Labor candidate Eric Howroyd.
3 Liberal MHA for Wilmot, Charles Best, resigned to contest the Council seat of Meander in November 1958. A recount on 24 November 1958 resulted in the election of former Liberal MHA Amelia Best.
4 Labor MHA for Wilmot, Reg Fisher, died on 29 December 1958. A recount on 15 January 1959 resulted in the election of former Labor candidate William McNeil.
5 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. Lacey never got to sit in Parliament, however, as the House had been prorogued and he was defeated at the following election.
6 On 9 April 1959, Dr Reg Turnbull, 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
  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
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