Members of the Queensland Parliament were first provided with the resources to establish electorate offices in October 1973. Funding for each electorate office at this time allowed for a secretary, a Members' desk and chair, a typist's desk and chair, four visitor's chairs, a manual typewriter, a filing cabinet, a book case or wardrobe and a telephone.
A former Member from Bulimba remembers that in the 1950s, he personally built an extra room on to his home at his expense to use as an electorate office. Otherwise, Members only had their office at Parliament House which they shared sometimes with five to six others, and relied on the typing pool to type their correspondence.
