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 In office
Joe Abbott  Country New England NSW 1940–1949
Charles Adermann  Country Maranoa Qld 1943–1972
Larry Anthony  Country Richmond NSW 1937–1957
Claude Barnard  Labor Bass Tas 1934–1949
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
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
Arthur Calwell  Labor Melbourne Vic 1940–1972
Archie Cameron  United Australia/Liberal Barker SA 1934–1956
Cyril Chambers  Labor Adelaide SA 1943–1958
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
John Curtin[2]  Labor Fremantle WA 1928–1931, 1934–1945
Fred Daly  Labor Martin NSW 1943–1975
John Dedman  Labor Corio Vic 1940–1949
Arthur Drakeford  Labor Maribyrnong Vic 1934–1955
H.V. Evatt  Labor Barton NSW 1940–1960
Arthur Fadden  Country Darling Downs Qld 1936–1958
Max Falstein  Labor Watson NSW 1940–1949
Frank Forde  Labor Capricornia Qld 1922–1946
Josiah Francis  United Australia/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
Frank Gaha  Labor Denison Tas 1943–1949
Jo Gullett[4]  Liberal Henty Vic 1946–1955
Allan Guy  United Australia/Liberal Wilmot Tas 1929–1934, 1940–1946
Jim Hadley  Labor Lilley Qld 1943–1949
Eric Harrison  United Australia/Liberal Wentworth NSW 1931–1956
Les Haylen  Labor Parkes NSW 1943–1963
Jack Holloway  Labor Melbourne Ports Vic 1929–1951
Harold Holt  United Australia/Liberal Fawkner Vic 1935–1967
Billy Hughes[5]  United Australia/Ind./Lib. North Sydney NSW 1901–1952
William Hutchinson  United Australia/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
George Lawson  Labor Brisbane Qld 1931–1961
Bert Lazzarini  Labor Werriwa NSW 1919–1931, 1934–1952
Nelson Lemmon  Labor Forrest WA 1943–1949, 1954–1955
Dame Enid Lyons  United Australia/Liberal Darwin Tas 1943–1951
Norman Makin  Labor Hindmarsh SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963
George Martens  Labor Herbert Qld 1928–1946
Allan McDonald  United Australia/Liberal Corangamite Vic 1940–1953
John McEwen  Country Indi Vic 1934–1971
Don McLeod  Labor Wannon Vic 1940–1949, 1951–1955
Robert Menzies  United Australia/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
Sir Earle Page  Country Cowper NSW 1919–1961
Reg Pollard  Labor Ballaarat Vic 1937–1966
George Rankin  Country Bendigo Vic 1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S)
Bill Riordan  Labor Kennedy Qld 1936–1966
Sol Rosevear  Labor Dalley NSW 1931–1953
Edgar Russell  Labor Grey SA 1943–1963
Rupert Ryan  United Australia/Liberal Flinders Vic 1940–1952
James Scullin  Labor Yarra Vic 1910–1913, 1922–1949
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
Percy Spender[6]  United Australia/Ind./Lib. Warringah NSW 1937–1951
Sir Frederick Stewart  United Australia/Liberal Parramatta NSW 1931–1946
Winton Turnbull[7]  Country Wimmera Vic 1946–1972
Eddie Ward  Labor East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins  Labor Newcastle NSW 1935–1958
Thomas White  United Australia/Liberal Balaclava Vic 1929–1951
Thomas Williams  Labor Robertson NSW 1943–1949
Alexander Wilson[7]  Independent Wimmera Vic 1937–1945

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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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