Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1937–1940

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 15th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1937 election on 23 October 1937. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by John Curtin. At the 1934 election nine seats in New South Wales were won by Lang Labor. Following the reunion of the two Labor parties in February 1936, these were held by their members as ALP seats at the 1937 election. With the party's win in Ballaarat and Gwydir (initially at a by-election on 8 March 1937), the ALP had a net gain of 11 seats compared with the previous election.

Seat changes between 1934 and 1937 elections
Labor Won by Labor Party
UAP Won by United Australia Party
Country Won by Country Party
Independent Won by an independent
Deakin New seat
Member Party Electorate State First elected
Hon Larry Anthony Country Richmond NSW 1937
Oliver Badman Country Grey SA 1937
Frank Baker[1] ALP Griffith Qld 1939
Claude Barnard ALP Bass Tas 1934
Hon Jack Beasley ALP West Sydney NSW 1928
Hon George Bell UAP Darwin Tas 1925
Maurice Blackburn ALP/Independent Bourke Vic 1934
Adair Blain[2] Independent Northern Territory NT 1934
Hon Frank Brennan ALP Batman Vic 1911–31, 1934
Hon Archie Cameron Country Barker SA 1934
Rt Hon Richard Casey[3] UAP Corio Vic 1931
Joe Clark ALP Darling NSW 1934
Thomas Collins Country Hume NSW 1931
William Conelan[1] ALP Griffith Qld 1939
Bernard Corser Country Wide Bay Qld 1928
John Curtin ALP Fremantle WA 1928–31, 1934
John Dedman[3] ALP Corio Vic 1940
Arthur Drakeford ALP Maribyrnong Vic 1934
Arthur Fadden Country Darling Downs Qld 1936
Hon James Fairbairn UAP Flinders Vic 1933
Hon Frank Forde ALP Capricornia Qld 1922
Hon Josiah Francis UAP Moreton Qld 1922
Charles Frost ALP Franklin Tas 1929–31, 1934
Joe Gander ALP Reid NSW 1931
Sydney Gardner UAP Robertson NSW 1922
Hon Albert Green ALP Kalgoorlie WA 1922
Hon Henry Gregory Country Swan WA 1913
Henry Gullett UAP Henty Vic 1925
Hon Eric Harrison UAP Wentworth NSW 1931
Hon Charles Hawker[4] UAP Wakefield SA 1929
Hon Jack Holloway ALP Melbourne Ports Vic 1929
Hon Harold Holt UAP Fawkner Vic 1935
Rt Hon Billy Hughes UAP North Sydney NSW 1901
Hon James Hunter Country Maranoa Qld 1921
William Hutchinson UAP Deakin Vic 1931
Rowley James ALP Hunter NSW 1928
John Jennings UAP Watson NSW 1931
William Jolly UAP Lilley Qld 1937
Albert Lane UAP Barton NSW 1931
George Lawson ALP Brisbane Qld 1931
Hon John Lawson UAP Macquarie NSW 1931
Bert Lazzarini ALP Werriwa NSW 1919–31, 1934
Rt Hon Joseph Lyons[5] UAP Wilmot Tas 1929
Gerald Mahoney ALP Denison Tas 1934
Norman Makin ALP Hindmarsh SA 1919
William Maloney ALP Melbourne Vic 1904
Hon Sir Charles Marr UAP Parkes NSW 1919–29, 1931
George Martens ALP Herbert Qld 1928
William McCall UAP Martin NSW 1931
Hon John McEwen Country Indi Vic 1934
Sydney McHugh[4] ALP Wakefield SA 1938
Rt Hon Robert Menzies UAP Kooyong Vic 1934
Dan Mulcahy ALP Lang NSW 1934
Walter Nairn UAP Perth WA 1929
Horace Nock Country Riverina NSW 1931
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919
Hon Thomas Paterson Country Gippsland Vic 1922
Hon John Perkins UAP Eden-Monaro NSW 1926–29, 1931
Hon Reg Pollard ALP Ballaarat Vic 1937
John Price UAP Boothby SA 1928
John Prowse Country Forrest WA 1919
George Rankin Country Bendigo Vic 1937
Bill Riordan ALP Kennedy Qld 1936
Sol Rosevear ALP Dalley NSW 1931
Thomas Scholfield UAP Wannon Vic 1931
Rt Hon James Scullin ALP Yarra Vic 1910–13, 1922
William Scully ALP Gwydir NSW 1937
Tom Sheehan ALP Cook NSW 1937
Hon Percy Spender Independent/UAP Warringah NSW 1937
Lancelot Spurr[5] ALP Wilmot Tas 1939
Fred Stacey UAP Adelaide SA 1931
Hon Frederick Stewart UAP Parramatta NSW 1931
Hon Geoffrey Street UAP Corangamite Vic 1934
Hon Victor Thompson Country New England NSW 1922
Hon Harold Thorby Country Calare NSW 1931
Eddie Ward ALP East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932
David Oliver Watkins ALP Newcastle NSW 1935
Hon Thomas White UAP Balaclava Vic 1929
Alexander Wilson Independent Wimmera Vic 1937

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ALP member Frank Baker died on 28 March 1939; ALP candidate William Conelan won the resulting by-election on 20 May.
  2. ↑ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 UAP member Richard Casey resigned on 30 January 1940 to become Australian Ambassadors to the United States; ALP candidate John Dedman won the resulting by-election on 2 March.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 UAP member Charles Hawker died on 25 October 1938 in an aircrash; ALP candidate John Dedman won the resulting by-election on 10 December.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 UAP member Prime Minister Joseph Lyons died on 7 April 1939; ALP candidate Lancelot Spurr won the resulting by-election on 27 May.

References

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1934–1937  · 1937–1940  · 1940–1943

Senate

1935–1938  · 1938–1941  · 1941–1944