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 led by Billy Hughes.

Member	Party	Electorate	State	First elected
Hon Joe Abbott	Country	New England	NSW	1940–1949
Charles Adermann	Country	Maranoa	Qld	1943–1972
Hon Larry Anthony	Country	Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
Claude Barnard	Labor	Bass	Tas	1934–1949
Hon Jack Beasley	Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1928–1946
Kim Beazley^[1]	Labor	Fremantle	WA	1945–1977
Adair Blain^[2]	Independent	Northern Territory	NT	1934–1949
George Bowden	Country	Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
John Breen	Labor	Calare	NSW	1940–1946
Hon 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
Hon Arthur Calwell	Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Hon Archie Cameron	UAP/Liberal	Barker	SA	1934–1956
Cyril Chambers	Labor	Adelaide	SA	1943–1958
Hon Ben Chifley	Labor	Macquarie	NSW	1928–1931, 1940–1951
Joe Clark	Labor	Darling	NSW	1934–1969
Arthur Coles^[3]	Independent	Henty	Vic	1940–1946
William Conelan	Labor	Griffith	Qld	1939–1949
Bernard Corser	Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
Rt Hon John Curtin^[1]	Labor	Fremantle	WA	1928–1931, 1934–1945
Fred Daly	Labor	Martin	NSW	1943–1975
Hon John Dedman	Labor	Corio	Vic	1940–1949
Hon Arthur Drakeford	Labor	Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt	Labor	Barton	NSW	1940–1960
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden	Country	Darling Downs	Qld	1936–1958
Max Falstein	Labor	Watson	NSW	1940–1949
Rt Hon Frank Forde	Labor	Capricornia	Qld	1922–1946
Hon Josiah Francis	UAP/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
John Gaha	Labor	Denison	Tas	1943–1949
Jo Gullett^[3]	Liberal	Henty	Vic	1946–1955
Allan Guy	UAP	Wilmot	Tas	1929–1934, 1940–1946
Jim Hadley	Labor	Lilley	Qld	1943–1949
Hon Eric Harrison	UAP/Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Les Haylen	Labor	Parkes	NSW	1943–1963
Hon Jack Holloway	Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929–1951
Hon Harold Holt	UAP/Liberal	Fawkner	Vic	1935–1967
Rt Hon Billy Hughes	UAP/Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
William Hutchinson	UAP/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
Hon George Lawson	Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
Hon Bert Lazzarini	Labor	Werriwa	NSW	1919–1931, 1934–1952
Nelson Lemmon	Labor	Forrest	WA	1943–1949, 1954–1955
Dame Enid Lyons	UAP/Liberal	Darwin	Tas	1943–1951
Hon Norman Makin	Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
George Martens	Labor	Herbert	Qld	1928–1946
Hon Allan McDonald	UAP/Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1940–1953
Hon John McEwen	Country	Indi	Vic	1934–1971
Don McLeod	Labor	Wannon	Vic	1940–1949, 1951–1955
Rt Hon Robert Menzies	UAP/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
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page	Country	Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
Hon Reg Pollard	Labor	Ballaarat	Vic	1937–1966
George Rankin	Country	Bendigo	Vic	1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S)
Bill Riordan	Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1936–1966
Hon Sol Rosevear	Labor	Dalley	NSW	1931–1953
Edgar Russell	Labor	Grey	SA	1943–1963
Rupert Ryan	UAP/Liberal	Flinders	Vic	1940–1952
Rt Hon James Scullin	Labor	Yarra	Vic	1910–1913, 1922–1949
Hon 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
Hon Percy Spender	UAP/Liberal	Warringah	NSW	1937–1951
Hon Sir Frederick Stewart	UAP	Parramatta	NSW	1931–1946
Winton Turnbull^[4]	Country	Wimmera	Vic	1946–1972
Hon Eddie Ward	Labor	East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins	Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1935–1958
Hon Thomas White	UAP/Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951
Thomas Williams	Labor	Robertson	NSW	1943–1949
Alexander Wilson^[4]	Independent	Wimmera	Vic	1937–1945

Notes

1 2 ALP member John Curtin died on 5 July 1945; Labor candidate Kim Beazley won the resulting by-election on 18 August.
↑ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
1 2 Independent member Arthur Coles resigned on 11 February 1946; Liberal Party candidate Jo Gullett won the resulting by-election on 30 March.
1 2 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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