Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1943–1946

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 17th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1943 election on 21 August 1943. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin defeated the opposition Country Party led by Arthur Fadden with coalition partner the United Australia Party (UAP) led by Billy Hughes. On 21 February 1945, the parliamentary UAP was dissolved and replaced by the newly established Liberal Party.[1]

Member Party Electorate State First elected
Hon Joe Abbott Country New England NSW 1940–1949
Charles Adermann Country Maranoa Qld 1943–1972
Hon Larry Anthony Country Richmond NSW 1937–1957
Claude Barnard Labor Bass Tas 1934–1949
Hon Jack Beasley Labor West Sydney NSW 1928–1946
Kim Beazley[2] Labor Fremantle WA 1945–1977
Adair Blain[3] Independent Northern Territory NT 1934–1949
George Bowden Country Gippsland Vic 1943–1961
John Breen Labor Calare NSW 1940–1946
Hon Frank Brennan Labor Batman Vic 1911–1931, 1934–1949
Bill Bryson Labor Bourke Vic 1943–1946, 1949–1955
Tom Burke Labor Perth WA 1943–1955
Hon Arthur Calwell Labor Melbourne Vic 1940–1972
Hon Archie Cameron UAP/Liberal Barker SA 1934–1956
Cyril Chambers Labor Adelaide SA 1943–1958
Hon Ben Chifley Labor Macquarie NSW 1928–1931, 1940–1951
Joe Clark Labor Darling NSW 1934–1969
Arthur Coles[4] Independent Henty Vic 1940–1946
William Conelan Labor Griffith Qld 1939–1949
Bernard Corser Country Wide Bay Qld 1928–1954
Rt Hon John Curtin[2] Labor Fremantle WA 1928–1931, 1934–1945
Fred Daly Labor Martin NSW 1943–1975
Hon John Dedman Labor Corio Vic 1940–1949
Hon Arthur Drakeford Labor Maribyrnong Vic 1934–1955
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt Labor Barton NSW 1940–1960
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Country Darling Downs Qld 1936–1958
Max Falstein Labor Watson NSW 1940–1949
Rt Hon Frank Forde Labor Capricornia Qld 1922–1946
Hon Josiah Francis UAP/Liberal Moreton Qld 1922–1955
Allan Fraser Labor Eden-Monaro NSW 1943–1966, 1969–1972
Charles Frost Labor Franklin Tas 1929–1931, 1934–1946
Arthur Fuller Labor Hume NSW 1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963
Dr Frank Gaha Labor Denison Tas 1943–1949
Jo Gullett[4] Liberal Henty Vic 1946–1955
Allan Guy UAP/Liberal Wilmot Tas 1929–1934, 1940–1946
Jim Hadley Labor Lilley Qld 1943–1949
Hon Eric Harrison UAP/Liberal Wentworth NSW 1931–1956
Les Haylen Labor Parkes NSW 1943–1963
Hon Jack Holloway Labor Melbourne Ports Vic 1929–1951
Hon Harold Holt UAP/Liberal Fawkner Vic 1935–1967
Rt Hon Billy Hughes[5] UAP/Ind./Lib. North Sydney NSW 1901–1952
William Hutchinson UAP/Liberal Deakin Vic 1931–1949
Rowley James Labor Hunter NSW 1928–1958
Herbert Johnson Labor Kalgoorlie WA 1940–1958
Joe Langtry Labor Riverina NSW 1940–1949
Hon George Lawson Labor Brisbane Qld 1931–1961
Hon Bert Lazzarini Labor Werriwa NSW 1919–1931, 1934–1952
Nelson Lemmon Labor Forrest WA 1943–1949, 1954–1955
Dame Enid Lyons UAP/Liberal Darwin Tas 1943–1951
Hon Norman Makin Labor Hindmarsh SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963
George Martens Labor Herbert Qld 1928–1946
Hon Allan McDonald UAP/Liberal Corangamite Vic 1940–1953
Hon John McEwen Country Indi Vic 1934–1971
Don McLeod Labor Wannon Vic 1940–1949, 1951–1955
Rt Hon Robert Menzies UAP/Liberal Kooyong Vic 1934–1966
Charles Morgan Labor Reid NSW 1940–1946, 1949–1958
Don Mountjoy Labor Swan WA 1943–1946
Dan Mulcahy Labor Lang NSW 1934–1953
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919–1961
Hon Reg Pollard Labor Ballaarat Vic 1937–1966
George Rankin Country Bendigo Vic 1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S)
Bill Riordan Labor Kennedy Qld 1936–1966
Hon Sol Rosevear Labor Dalley NSW 1931–1953
Edgar Russell Labor Grey SA 1943–1963
Rupert Ryan UAP/Liberal Flinders Vic 1940–1952
Rt Hon James Scullin Labor Yarra Vic 1910–1913, 1922–1949
Hon William Scully Labor Gwydir NSW 1937–1949
Tom Sheehan Labor Cook NSW 1937–1955
Thomas Sheehy Labor Boothby SA 1943–1949
Albert Smith Labor Wakefield SA 1943–1946
Hon Percy Spender[6] UAP/Ind./Lib. Warringah NSW 1937–1951
Hon Sir Frederick Stewart UAP/Liberal Parramatta NSW 1931–1946
Winton Turnbull[7] Country Wimmera Vic 1946–1972
Hon Eddie Ward Labor East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins Labor Newcastle NSW 1935–1958
Hon Thomas White UAP/Liberal Balaclava Vic 1929–1951
Thomas Williams Labor Robertson NSW 1943–1949
Alexander Wilson[7] Independent Wimmera Vic 1937–1945

Notes
  1. LIBERAL PARTY ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT, The Canberra Times, 22 February 1945.
  2. ALP member John Curtin died on 5 July 1945; Labor candidate Kim Beazley won the resulting by-election on 18 August.
  3. At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
  4. Independent member Arthur Coles resigned on 11 February 1946; Liberal Party candidate Jo Gullett won the resulting by-election on 30 March.
  5. Hughes was expelled from the UAP on 14 April 1944 after defying the party by rejoining the Advisory War Council. He sat as an independent until 13 September 1945, when he was admitted to the parliamentary Liberal Party.
  6. Spender was expelled from the UAP on 23 February 1944 after defying party instructions to resign his seat on the Advisory War Council. He subsequently sat as an independent. He became a financial member of the Liberal Party in May 1945, but was not admitted to the parliamentary party until 13 September 1945, after the council's abolition.
  7. Independent member Alexander Wilson resigned on 31 December 1945 to be appointed Administrator of Norfolk Island; Country Party candidate Winton Turnbull won the resulting by-election on 9 February 1946.

References
  • Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Seventeenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1946.
  • "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
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