[2] After the war, Bennett joined the Commonwealth Crown Law Office, serving there for three years until he commenced his private practice as a barrister in 1948.

Bennett defeated Gair, and went on to hold the seat until, along with Ed Casey[4] and Merv Thackeray,[5] he was disendorsed before the 1972 state election.

Bennett stood as an independent and gained 19.6 percent of the vote but was defeated by the official Labor candidate, Fred Bromley.

A report was tabled in April 1964 but one year later Bennett again raised issues of police misconduct and was subsequently suspended from the house for 5 days.

In December 1963, he punched Greg Kehoe, a former fellow Labor member who had stood against Bennett as the QLP candidate at the state election held six months previously.

The Chambers seeks to espouse Bennett's philosophy that all people are deserving of legal representation and that a level playing field in law only existed where well trained and committed barristers were prepared to vigorously advance their clients interests.