Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1931–1934 explained

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 13th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1931 election on 19 December 1931. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia James Scullin was defeated by the newly formed opposition United Australia Party (descended from the Nationalist Party of Australia) led by ex-Labor Joseph Lyons with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page.

Member	Party		Electorate	State	In office
Aubrey Abbott				Gwydir	NSW	1925–1929, 1931–1937
Frank Anstey				Bourke	Vic	1910–1934
Frank Baker				Oxley	Qld	1931–1939
Jack Beasley				West Sydney	NSW	1928–1946
George Bell				Darwin	Tas	1919–1922, 1925–1943
Archibald Blacklow				Franklin	Tas	1931–1934
Arthur Blakeley				Darling	NSW	1917–1934
Stanley Bruce^[1]				Flinders	Vic	1918–1929, 1931–1933
Malcolm Cameron				Barker	SA	1922–1934
Richard Casey				Corio	Vic	1931–1940, 1949–1960
John Clasby^[2]				East Sydney	NSW	1931–1932
Thomas Collins				Hume	NSW	1931–1943
Bernard Corser				Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
				Lang	NSW	1931–1934, 1935–1941 (S)
Samuel Dennis				Batman	Vic	1931–1934
				Flinders	Vic	1933–1940
James Fenton				Maribyrnong	Vic	1910–1934
Frank Forde				Capricornia	Qld	1922–1946
Josiah Francis				Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Moses Gabb				Angas	SA	1919–1925, 1929–1934
Joe Gander				Reid	NSW	1931–1940
Sydney Gardner				Robertson	NSW	1922–1940
William Gibson				Corangamite	Vic	1918–1929, 1931–1934
				Kalgoorlie	WA	1922–1940
				Richmond	NSW	1922–1937
				Swan	WA	1913–1940
Sir Littleton Groom			/UAP	Darling Downs	Qld	1901–1929, 1931–1936
				Henty	Vic	1925–1940
Allan Guy				Bass	Tas	1929–1934, 1940–1946
				Bendigo	Vic	1931–1937
Eric Harrison				Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Charles Hawker				Wakefield	SA	1929–1938
William Hill				Echuca	Vic	1919–1934
Jack Holloway				Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929–1951
William Holman				Martin	NSW	1931–1934
Billy Hughes				North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
				Maranoa	Qld	1921–1940
Arthur Hutchin				Denison	Tas	1931–1934
William Hutchinson				Indi	Vic	1931–1949
Rowley James				Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
John Jennings				South Sydney	NSW	1931–1940
				Barton	NSW	1931–1940
John Latham				Kooyong	Vic	1922–1934
George Lawson				Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
John Lawson				Macquarie	NSW	1931–1940
				Wilmot	Tas	1929–1939
George Mackay				Lilley	Qld	1917–1934
Norman Makin				Hindmarsh	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
William Maloney				Melbourne	Vic	1904–1940
Charles Marr				Parkes	NSW	1919–1929, 1931–1943
George Martens				Herbert	Qld	1928–1946
				Fawkner	Vic	1917–1935
Philip McBride				Grey	SA	1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Hugh McClelland				Wimmera	Vic	1931–1937
Charles McGrath				Ballaarat	Vic	1913–1919, 1920–1934
Walter McNicoll				Werriwa	NSW	1931–1934
Walter Nairn				Perth	WA	1929–1943
Harold George Nelson^[3]				Northern Territory	NT	1922–1934
Horace Nock				Riverina	NSW	1931–1940
Sir Earle Page				Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
				Warringah	NSW	1927–1937
Thomas Paterson				Gippsland	Vic	1922–1943
John Perkins				Eden-Monaro	NSW	1926–1929, 1931–1943
John Price				Boothby	SA	1928–1941
John Prowse				Forrest	WA	1919–1943
				Cook	NSW	1922–1934
Darby Riordan				Kennedy	Qld	1929–1936
Sol Rosevear				Dalley	NSW	1931–1953
Thomas Scholfield				Wannon	Vic	1931–1940
James Scullin				Yarra	Vic	1910–1913, 1922–1949
Fred Stacey				Adelaide	SA	1931–1943
Frederick Stewart				Parramatta	NSW	1931–1946
Victor Thompson				New England	NSW	1922–1940
				Calare	NSW	1931–1940
				East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Watkins				Newcastle	NSW	1901–1935
William Watson				Fremantle	WA	1922–1928, 1931–1934
				Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951

References

• Book: Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Thirteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1934.
• Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 14 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725081310/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/index.htm . 25 July 2008 . dead .

Notes and References

1. UAP member Stanley Bruce resigned on 6 October 1933 to be appointed Australian High Commissioner to London; UAP candidate James Fairbairn won the resulting by-election on 11 November.
2. UAP member John Clasby died on 15 January 1932; Lang Labor candidate Eddie Ward won the resulting by-election on 6 February.
3. At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.