Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1914–1917

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the Sixth Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1914 election on 5 September 1914.

There was a significant change in the party system during the Sixth Parliament. There was a split in the Australian Labor Party on 14 November 1916, when the then Prime Minister Billy Hughes walked out of a meeting of the Labor caucus over the issue of conscription along with twenty-four of his supporters, who were all then expelled from the party. Hughes and his followers became the informal "National Labor Party", which formed a minority government until merging with the Commonwealth Liberal Party on 17 February 1917 to form the Nationalist Party of Australia.

A shaded box — 1914 — indicates seats changing hands at the beginning of the Sixth Parliament.

Member Party Electorate State First elected
Percy Abbott Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist New England NSW 1913
Frank Anstey Labor Bourke Vic 1910
William Archibald Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Hindmarsh SA 1910
John Arthur [1] Labor Bendigo Vic 1913
Llewellyn Atkinson Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Wilmot Tas 1906
Frederick Bamford Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Herbert Qld 1901
Sir Robert Best Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Kooyong Vic 1910 (by-election)
James Boyd Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Henty Vic 1913
Frank Brennan [2] Labor Batman Vic 1911 (by-election)
Reginald Burchell Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Fremantle WA 1913
George Burns Labor Illawarra NSW 1913
Ernest Carr Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Macquarie NSW 1906
James Catts Labor Cook NSW 1906
John Chanter Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Riverina NSW 1914 [3]
Austin Chapman Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Eden-Monaro NSW 1901
Matthew Charlton Labor Hunter NSW 1910
Hon Joseph Cook [2] Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Parramatta NSW 1901
George Dankel Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Boothby SA 1913
James Fenton Labor Maribyrnong Vic 1910
William Finlayson Labor Brisbane Qld 1910
Andrew Fisher [4] Labor Wide Bay Qld 1901
William Fleming Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Robertson NSW 1913
Sir John Forrest Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Swan WA 1901
Richard Foster Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Wakefield SA 1909 (by-election)
James Fowler Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Perth WA 1901
Patrick Glynn [2] Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Angas SA 1901
Henry Gregory Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Dampier WA 1913
Littleton Groom Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Darling Downs Qld 1901 (by-election)
Joseph Hannan Labor Fawkner Vic 1913
William Higgs Labor Capricornia Qld 1910
Robert Howe [5] Labor Dalley NSW 1910
Billy Hughes Labor / National Labor / Nationalist West Sydney NSW 1901
Sir William Irvine Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Flinders Vic 1906
Jens Jensen Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Bass Tas 1910
Elliot Johnson Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Lang NSW 1903
Edward Jolley [6] Labor Grampians Vic 1914
William Kelly Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Wentworth NSW 1903
John Livingston Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Barker SA 1906
John Lynch Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Werriwa NSW 1914
Charles McDonald [2] Labor Kennedy Qld 1901
Charles McGrath Labor Ballarat Vic 1913
William McWilliams [2] Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Franklin Tas 1903
Hugh Mahon [2] Labor Kalgoorlie WA 1913 (by-election) [7]
Dr William Maloney Labor Melbourne Vic 1904 (by-election)
Chester Manifold Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Corangamite Vic 1913 [8]
Walter Massy-Greene [2] Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Richmond NSW 1910
James Mathews [2] Labor Melbourne Ports Vic 1906
Parker Moloney Labor Indi Vic 1914 [9]
King O'Malley Labor Darwin Tas 1901
Richard Orchard Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Nepean NSW 1913
Alfred Ozanne Labor Corio Vic 1914 [10]
James Page [2] Labor Maranoa Qld 1901
Albert Palmer Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Echuca Vic 1906
Robert Patten Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Hume NSW 1913
Henry Pigott Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Calare NSW 1913
Alexander Poynton Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Grey SA 1901
Edward Riley Labor South Sydney NSW 1910
Arthur Rodgers Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Wannon Vic 1913
Granville Ryrie Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist North Sydney NSW 1911 (by-election)
Sydney Sampson [2] Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Wimmera Vic 1906
James Sharpe Labor Oxley Qld 1913
Hugh Sinclair Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Moreton Qld 1906
Bruce Smith Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Parkes NSW 1901
William Laird Smith Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Denison Tas 1910
William Spence Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Darling NSW 1901
Jacob Stumm Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Lilley Qld 1913
Josiah Thomas Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Barrier NSW 1901
John Thomson [2] Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Cowper NSW 1906
Frank Tudor [2] Labor Yarra Vic 1901
David Watkins [2] Labor Newcastle NSW 1901
William Watt Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist Balaclava Vic 1914
William Webster Labor / National Labor / Nationalist Gwydir NSW 1903
John West Labor East Sydney NSW 1910
George Wise Independent/Nationalist [11] Gippsland Vic 1914 [12]
Edwin Yates Labor Adelaide SA 1914 (by-election)

Notes

  1. ^ Arthur died in 1915, and was succeeded by Alfred Hampson (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 6 February 1915.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m This candidate was elected unopposed.
  3. ^ Chanter was previously the member for Riverina from 1901 to 1903 and from 1904 to 1913.
  4. ^ Fisher resigned in 1915, and was succeeded by Edward Corser (Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 11 December 1915.
  5. ^ Howe died in 1915, and was succeeded by William Mahony (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 6 May 1915.
  6. ^ Jolley died in 1915, and was succeeded by Dr Charles Salmon (Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 20 February 1915.
  7. ^ Mahon was previously the member for Coolgardie from 1901 to 1913.
  8. ^ Manifold was previously the member for Corangamite from 1901 to 1903.
  9. ^ Moloney was previously the member for Indi from 1910 to 1913.
  10. ^ Ozanne was previously the member for Corio from 1910 to 1913.
  11. ^ Wise joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917.
  12. ^ Wise was previously the member for Gippsland from 1906 to 1913.

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1913–1914  · 1914–1917  · 1917–1919
Senate

1913–1914  · 1914–1917  · 1917–1920