Almost 90 years on, few Queenslanders would understand how the state lost its upper house back in 1922, making it the only state where legislation only has to pass one house.

Labor premiers TJ Ryan and then "Red" Ted Theodore for years argued the upper house, the Queensland Legislative Council, was a "constraint" on the progressive ideas of the new Labor-controlled lower house.

Former premier Ted Theodore argued the upper house was a constraint on the progressive ideas of the Labor-controlled lower house.

During Ryan's first term (1915-19), 800 Bills on subjects proposing major reforms in health, industrial relations, local government, were drastically amended or rejected, Queensland's Parliamentary history shows.

Labor's belief was that members of the upper house were representatives from before Labor's time in office and were dragging the chain on progressive ideas.