Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1917–1919

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the Seventh Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1917 election on 5 May 1917.

1917: indicates seats changing hands at the beginning of the Seventh Parliament.

Member Party Electorate State First elected
Percy Abbott [1] Nationalist New England NSW 1913
Frank Anstey Labor Bourke Vic 1910
Hon William Archibald Nationalist Hindmarsh SA 1910
Llewellyn Atkinson Nationalist Wilmot Tas 1906
Hon Frederick Bamford Nationalist Herbert Qld 1901
James Bayley Nationalist Oxley Qld 1917
Hon Sir Robert Best [1] Nationalist Kooyong Vic 1910 (by-election)
Arthur Blakeley Labor Darling NSW 1917
James Boyd Nationalist Henty Vic 1913
Frank Brennan Labor Batman Vic 1911 (by-election)
Reginald Burchell Nationalist Fremantle WA 1913
James Catts Labor Cook NSW 1906
Hon John Chanter Nationalist Riverina NSW 1914 [2]
Hon Austin Chapman Nationalist Eden-Monaro NSW 1901
Matthew Charlton Labor Hunter NSW 1910
Michael Considine Labor/Independent Barrier NSW 1917
Rt Hon Joseph Cook Nationalist Parramatta NSW 1901
Edward Corser Nationalist Wide Bay Qld 1915 (by-election)
Franc Falkiner Nationalist Hume NSW 1917 [3]
James Fenton Labor Maribyrnong Vic 1910
William Finlayson Labor Brisbane Qld 1910
William Fleming Nationalist Robertson NSW 1913
Rt Hon Sir John Forrest [1][4] Nationalist Swan WA 1901
Richard Foster Nationalist Wakefield SA 1909 (by-election)
Hon James Fowler Nationalist Perth WA 1901
Hon Patrick Glynn Nationalist Angas SA 1901
Henry Gregory Nationalist Dampier WA 1913
Hon Littleton Groom Nationalist Darling Downs Qld 1901 (by-election)
Edward Heitmann Nationalist Kalgoorlie WA 1917
Hon William Higgs Labor Capricornia Qld 1910
Charles Howroyd [5] Nationalist Darwin Tas 1917
Rt Hon Billy Hughes Nationalist Bendigo Vic 1917 [6]
Hon Sir William Irvine [7] Nationalist Flinders Vic 1906
Hon Jens Jensen Nationalist/Independent Bass Tas 1910
Elliot Johnson Nationalist Lang NSW 1903
Hon Willie Kelly Nationalist Wentworth NSW 1903
Hon William Laird Smith Nationalist Denison Tas 1910
Hector Lamond Nationalist Illawarra NSW 1917
John Leckie Nationalist Indi Vic 1917
John Lister Nationalist Corio Vic 1917
John Livingston Nationalist Barker SA 1906
John Lynch Nationalist Werriwa NSW 1914
Hon Charles McDonald Labor Kennedy Qld 1901
Charles McGrath [1] Labor Ballarat Vic 1913
William McWilliams [1] Nationalist Franklin Tas 1903
George Mackay Nationalist Lilley Qld 1917
William Mahony Labor Dalley NSW 1915 (by-election)
Dr William Maloney Labor Melbourne Vic 1904 (by-election)
Hon Chester Manifold [8] Nationalist Corangamite Vic 1913 [9]
Walter Massy-Greene Nationalist Richmond NSW 1910
James Mathews Labor Melbourne Ports Vic 1906
George Maxwell Nationalist Fawkner Vic 1917
Samuel Nicholls Labor Macquarie NSW 1917
Richard Orchard Nationalist Nepean NSW 1913
Hon Jim Page Labor Maranoa Qld 1901
Albert Palmer [10] Nationalist Echuca Vic 1906
Henry Pigott Nationalist Calare NSW 1913
Hon Alexander Poynton Nationalist Grey SA 1901
Edward Riley Labor South Sydney NSW 1910
Arthur Rodgers Nationalist Wannon Vic 1913
Granville Ryrie [1] Nationalist North Sydney NSW 1911 (by-election)
Hon Dr Carty Salmon [11] Nationalist Grampians Vic 1915 (by-election)
Sydney Sampson [1] Nationalist Wimmera Vic 1906
Hugh Sinclair Nationalist Moreton Qld 1906
Hon Bruce Smith Nationalist/Independent Parkes NSW 1901
William Story Nationalist Boothby SA 1917 [12]
John Thomson [1] Nationalist Cowper NSW 1906
Hon Frank Tudor Labor Yarra Vic 1901
Con Wallace Labor West Sydney NSW 1917
Hon David Watkins [1] Labor Newcastle NSW 1901
Hon William Watt Nationalist Balaclava Vic 1914
Hon William Webster Nationalist Gwydir NSW 1903
John West [1] Labor East Sydney NSW 1910
George Wise Nationalist [13] Gippsland Vic 1914 [14]
Edwin Yates [1] Labor Adelaide SA 1914 (by-election)

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 This candidate was elected unopposed.
  2. ↑ Chanter was previously the member for Riverina from 1901 to 1903 and from 1904 to 1913.
  3. ↑ Falkiner was previously the member for Riverina from 1913 to 1914.
  4. ↑ Forrest died in 1918, and was succeeded by Edwin Corboy (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 26 October 1918.
  5. ↑ Howroyd died on 10 May 1917, just five days after the election, and was succeeded by Hon William Spence (Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 30 June 1917. Spence was previously the member for Darling from 1901 to 1917.
  6. ↑ Hughes was previously the member for West Sydney from 1901 to 1917.
  7. ↑ Irvine resigned in 1918, and was succeeded by Stanley Bruce (Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 11 May 1918.
  8. ↑ Manifold died in 1918, and was succeeded by William Gibson (Victorian Farmers Union) at the resulting by-election on 14 December 1918.
  9. ↑ Manifold was previously the member for Corangamite from 1901 to 1903.
  10. ↑ Palmer died in 1919, and was succeeded by William Hill (Victorian Farmers Union) at the resulting by-election on 20 September 1919.
  11. ↑ Salmon died in 1917, and was succeeded by Edmund Jowett (Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 27 October 1917.
  12. ↑ Story was previously a Senator for South Australia from 1903 to 1917.
  13. ↑ Wise joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917, prior to this he was an independent.
  14. ↑ Wise was previously the member for Gippsland from 1906 to 1913.

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1914–1917  · 1917–1919  · 1919–1922

Senate

1914–1917  · 1917–1920  · 1920–1923