Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1949–1951
This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 19th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1949 election on 10 December 1949.
In the first of two significant expansions, the house was expanded by 48 seats, from 75 (including the Northern Territory) to 123 seats (including the Australian Capital Territory) — the other expansion in 1984 added 23 seats. In addition the seat of Bourke was replaced by Burke. The opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden won a net of 48 additional seats, allowing it to form government. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Ben Chifley won a net of four additional seats and the four representatives of minor parties and an independent were all defeated.
Member | Party | Electorate | State | Term in office |
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Charles Adermann | Country | Fisher | Qld | 1943–1972 |
Charles Anderson | Country | Hume | NSW | 1949–1951, 1955–1961 |
Gordon Anderson | Labor | Kingsford Smith | NSW | 1949–1955 |
Tom Andrews | Labor | Darebin | Vic | 1949–1955 |
Hon Larry Anthony | Country | Richmond | NSW | 1937–1957 |
Jeff Bate | Liberal | Macarthur | NSW | 1949–1972 |
Hon Howard Beale | Liberal | Parramatta | NSW | 1946–1958 |
Kim Beazley | Labor | Fremantle | WA | 1945–1977 |
Doug Berry | Liberal | Griffith | Qld | 1949–1954 |
Alan Bird | Labor | Batman | Vic | 1949–1962 |
William Bostock | Liberal | Indi | Vic | 1949–1958 |
Bill Bourke | Labor | Fawkner | Vic | 1949–1955 |
George Bowden | Country | Gippsland | Vic | 1943–1961 |
Geoffrey Brown | Liberal | McMillan | Vic | 1949–1955 |
Bill Bryson | Labor | Wills | Vic | 1943–1946, 1949–1955 |
Tom Burke | Labor | Perth | WA | 1943–1955 |
Hon Arthur Calwell | Labor | Melbourne | Vic | 1940–1972 |
Hon Archie Cameron | Liberal | Barker | SA | 1934–1956 |
Clyde Cameron | Labor | Hindmarsh | SA | 1949–1980 |
Dr Donald Cameron | Liberal | Oxley | Qld | 1949–1961 |
Rt Hon Richard Casey | Liberal | La Trobe | Vic | 1931–1940, 1949–1960 |
Hon Cyril Chambers | Labor | Adelaide | SA | 1943–1958 |
Rt Hon Ben Chifley | Labor | Macquarie | NSW | 1928–1931, 1940–1951 |
Hon Percy Clarey | Labor | Bendigo | Vic | 1949–1960 |
Joe Clark | Labor | Darling | NSW | 1934–1969 |
Bernard Corser | Country | Wide Bay | Qld | 1928–1954 |
Dominic Costa | Labor | Banks | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Hon John Cramer | Liberal | Bennelong | NSW | 1949–1974 |
Jack Cremean | Labor | Hoddle | Vic | 1949–1955 |
Dan Curtin | Labor | Watson | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Fred Daly | Labor | Grayndler | NSW | 1943–1975 |
Charles Davidson | Country | Dawson | Qld | 1946–1963 |
Billy Davies | Labor | Cunningham | NSW | 1949–1956 |
Frank Davis | Liberal | Deakin | Vic | 1949–1966 |
Roger Dean | Liberal | Robertson | NSW | 1949–1964 |
Alick Downer | Liberal | Angas | SA | 1949–1964 |
Hon Arthur Drakeford | Labor | Maribyrnong | Vic | 1934–1955 |
Hon David Drummond | Country | New England | NSW | 1949–1963 |
Nigel Drury | Liberal | Ryan | Qld | 1949–1975 |
Gil Duthie | Labor | Wilmot | Tas | 1946–1975 |
Bill Edmonds | Labor | Herbert | Qld | 1946–1958 |
Jim Eggins | Country | Lyne | NSW | 1949–1952 |
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt | Labor | Barton | NSW | 1940–1960 |
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden | Country | McPherson | Qld | 1936–1958 |
Laurie Failes | Country | Lawson | NSW | 1949–1969 |
David Fairbairn | Liberal | Farrer | NSW | 1949–1975 |
Hon Allen Fairhall | Liberal | Paterson | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Bill Falkinder | Liberal | Franklin | Tas | 1946–1966 |
Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | Phillip | NSW | 1949–1955 |
Hon Josiah Francis | Liberal | Moreton | Qld | 1922–1955 |
Allan Fraser | Labor | Eden-Monaro | NSW | 1943–1966, 1969–1972 |
Gordon Freeth | Liberal | Forrest | WA | 1949–1969 |
Hon Tom Gilmore, Sr. | Country | Leichhardt | Qld | 1949–1951 |
Bill Graham | Liberal | St George | NSW | 1949–1954, 1955–1958, 1966–1980 |
Bill Grayden | Liberal | Swan | WA | 1949–1954 |
Charles Griffiths | Labor | Shortland | NSW | 1949–1972 |
Jo Gullett | Liberal | Henty | Vic | 1946–1955 |
Len Hamilton | Country | Canning | WA | 1946–1961 |
Jim Handby | Liberal | Kingston | SA | 1949–1951 |
Rt Hon Eric Harrison | Liberal | Wentworth | NSW | 1931–1956 |
Jim Harrison | Labor | Blaxland | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Hon Paul Hasluck | Liberal | Curtin | WA | 1949–1969 |
Hon William Haworth | Liberal | Isaacs | Vic | 1949–1969 |
Les Haylen | Labor | Parkes | NSW | 1943–1963 |
Rt Hon Jack Holloway | Labor | Melbourne Ports | Vic | 1929–1951 |
Rt Hon Harold Holt | Liberal | Higgins | Vic | 1935–1967 |
John Howse | Liberal | Calare | NSW | 1946–1960 |
Rt Hon Billy Hughes | Liberal | Bradfield | NSW | 1901–1952 |
Alan Hulme | Liberal | Petrie | Qld | 1949–1961, 1963–1972 |
William Jack | Liberal | North Sydney | NSW | 1949–1966 |
Rowley James | Labor | Hunter | NSW | 1928–1958 |
Hon Herbert Johnson | Labor | Kalgoorlie | WA | 1940–1958 |
Bruce Kekwick | Liberal | Bass | Tas | 1949–1954 |
Hon Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Liberal | Chisholm | Vic | 1949–1970 |
Stan Keon | Labor | Yarra | Vic | 1949–1955 |
William Lawrence | Liberal | Wimmera | Vic | 1949–1958 |
Hon George Lawson | Labor | Brisbane | Qld | 1931–1961 |
Hon Bert Lazzarini | Labor | Werriwa | NSW | 1919–1931, 1934–1952 |
Hugh Leslie | Country | Moore | WA | 1949–1958, 1961–1963 |
Hon Enid Lyons | Liberal | Darwin | Tas | 1943–1951 |
Dan Mackinnon | Liberal | Wannon | Vic | 1949–1951, 1953–1966 |
Hon Philip McBride | Liberal | Wakefield | SA | 1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958 |
Malcolm McColm | Liberal | Bowman | Qld | 1949–1961 |
Hon Allan McDonald | Liberal | Corangamite | Vic | 1940–1953 |
Rt Hon John McEwen | Country | Murray | Vic | 1934–1971 |
John McLeay Sr. | Liberal | Boothby | SA | 1949–1966 |
William McMahon | Liberal | Lowe | NSW | 1949–1982 |
Rt Hon Robert Menzies | Liberal | Kooyong | Vic | 1934–1966 |
Dan Minogue | Labor | West Sydney | NSW | 1949–1969 |
Charles Morgan | Labor | Reid | NSW | 1940–1946, 1949–1958 |
Dan Mulcahy | Labor | Lang | NSW | 1934–1953 |
Jack Mullens | Labor | Gellibrand | Vic | 1949–1955 |
Jock Nelson[1] | Labor | Northern Territory | NT | 1949–1966 |
Lewis Nott[1] | Independent | Australian Capital Territory | ACT | 1925–1928, 1949–1951 |
William O'Connor | Labor | Martin | NSW | 1946–1969 |
Hubert Opperman | Liberal | Corio | Vic | 1949–1967 |
Hon Frederick Osborne | Liberal | Evans | NSW | 1949–1961 |
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page | Country | Cowper | NSW | 1919–1961 |
Henry Pearce | Liberal | Capricornia | Qld | 1949–1961 |
Ted Peters | Labor | Burke | Vic | 1949–1969 |
Alan Pittard | Liberal | Ballaarat | Vic | 1949–1951 |
Hon Reg Pollard | Labor | Lalor | Vic | 1937–1966 |
Hon Bill Riordan | Labor | Kennedy | Qld | 1936–1966 |
Hugh Roberton | Country | Riverina | NSW | 1949–1965 |
Hon Sol Rosevear | Labor | Dalley | NSW | 1931–1953 |
Charles Russell | Country | Maranoa | Qld | 1949–1951 |
Edgar Russell | Labor | Grey | SA | 1943–1963 |
Rupert Ryan | Liberal | Flinders | Vic | 1940–1952 |
Tom Sheehan | Labor | Cook | NSW | 1937–1955 |
Hon Percy Spender | Liberal | Warringah | NSW | 1937–1951 |
Reginald Swartz | Liberal | Darling Downs | Qld | 1949–1972 |
Albert Thompson | Labor | Port Adelaide | SA | 1946–1963 |
Frank Timson | Liberal | Higinbotham | Vic | 1949–1960 |
Hon Athol Townley | Liberal | Denison | Tas | 1949–1964 |
Thomas Treloar | Country | Gwydir | NSW | 1949–1953 |
Winton Turnbull | Country | Mallee | Vic | 1946–1972 |
Hon Eddie Ward | Labor | East Sydney | NSW | 1931, 1932–1963 |
David Oliver Watkins | Labor | Newcastle | NSW | 1935–1958 |
Bill Wentworth | Liberal | Mackellar | NSW | 1949–1977 |
Roy Wheeler | Liberal | Mitchell | NSW | 1949–1961 |
Hon Thomas White | Liberal | Balaclava | Vic | 1929–1951 |
Bruce Wight | Liberal | Lilley | Qld | 1949–1961 |
Keith Wilson | Liberal | Sturt | SA | 1937–1944 (S), 1949–1954, 1955–1966 |
Notes
- At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.
References
- Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the nineteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1951.
- "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.