Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1937–1940 explained

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 Labor seats at the 1937 election. With the party's win in Ballaarat and Gwydir (initially at a by-election on 8 March 1937), the Labor had a net gain of 11 seats compared with the previous election.

Member	Party		Electorate	State	In office
				Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
Oliver Badman				Grey	SA	1932–1937 (S), 1937–1943
Frank Baker^[1]				Griffith	Qld	1931–1939
Claude Barnard				Bass	Tas	1934–1949
Jack Beasley				West Sydney	NSW	1928–1946
George Bell				Darwin	Tas	1919–1922, 1925–1943
Maurice Blackburn			/	Bourke	Vic	1934–1943
Adair Blain^[2]				Northern Territory	NT	1934–1949
Frank Brennan				Batman	Vic	1911–1931, 1934–1949
Archie Cameron				Barker	SA	1934–1956
Richard Casey^[3]				Corio	Vic	1931–1940, 1949–1960
Joe Clark				Darling	NSW	1934–1969
Thomas Collins				Hume	NSW	1931–1943
				Griffith	Qld	1939–1949
Bernard Corser				Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
John Curtin				Fremantle	WA	1928–1931, 1934–1945
				Corio	Vic	1940–1949
Arthur Drakeford				Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
Arthur Fadden				Darling Downs	Qld	1936–1958
James Fairbairn				Flinders	Vic	1933–1940
Frank Forde				Capricornia	Qld	1922–1946
Josiah Francis				Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Charles Frost				Franklin	Tas	1929–1931, 1934–1946
Joe Gander				Reid	NSW	1931–1940
Sydney Gardner				Robertson	NSW	1922–1940
				Kalgoorlie	WA	1922–1940
				Swan	WA	1913–1940
				Henty	Vic	1925–1940
Eric Harrison				Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Charles Hawker^[4]				Wakefield	SA	1929–1938
Jack Holloway				Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929–1951
Harold Holt				Fawkner	Vic	1935–1967
Billy Hughes				North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
				Maranoa	Qld	1921–1940
William Hutchinson				Deakin	Vic	1931–1949
Rowley James				Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
John Jennings				Watson	NSW	1931–1940
William Jolly				Lilley	Qld	1937–1943
				Barton	NSW	1931–1940
George Lawson				Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
John Lawson				Macquarie	NSW	1931–1940
Bert Lazzarini				Werriwa	NSW	1919–1931, 1934–1952
Joseph Lyons^[5]				Wilmot	Tas	1929–1939
Gerald Mahoney				Denison	Tas	1934–1940
Norman Makin				Hindmarsh	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
William Maloney				Melbourne	Vic	1904–1940
Sir Charles Marr				Parkes	NSW	1919–1929, 1931–1943
George Martens				Herbert	Qld	1928–1946
William McCall				Martin	NSW	1934–1943
John McEwen				Indi	Vic	1934–1971
Sydney McHugh				Wakefield	SA	1938–1940
Robert Menzies				Kooyong	Vic	1934–1966
				Lang	NSW	1934–1953
Walter Nairn				Perth	WA	1929–1943
Horace Nock				Riverina	NSW	1931–1940
Sir Earle Page				Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
Thomas Paterson				Gippsland	Vic	1922–1943
John Perkins				Eden-Monaro	NSW	1926–1929, 1931–1943
Reg Pollard				Ballaarat	Vic	1937–1966
John Price				Boothby	SA	1928–1941
John Prowse				Forrest	WA	1919–1943
				Bendigo	Vic	1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S)
Bill Riordan				Kennedy	Qld	1936–1966
Sol Rosevear				Dalley	NSW	1931–1953
Thomas Scholfield				Wannon	Vic	1931–1940
James Scullin				Yarra	Vic	1910–1913, 1922–1949
William Scully				Gwydir	NSW	1937–1949
				Cook	NSW	1937–1955
			/	Warringah	NSW	1937–1951
				Wilmot	Tas	1939–1940
Fred Stacey				Adelaide	SA	1931–1943
Frederick Stewart				Parramatta	NSW	1931–1946
Geoffrey Street				Corangamite	Vic	1934–1940
Victor Thompson				New England	NSW	1922–1940
				Calare	NSW	1931–1940
Eddie Ward				East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins				Newcastle	NSW	1935–1958
				Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951
Alexander Wilson				Wimmera	Vic	1937–1945

References

• Book: Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Fifteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1940.
• Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 11 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. ALP member Frank Baker died on 28 March 1939; Labor 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. UAP member Richard Casey resigned on 30 January 1940 to become Australian Ambassadors to the United States; Labor candidate John Dedman won the resulting by-election on 2 March.
4. UAP member Charles Hawker died on 25 October 1938 in an aircrash; Labor candidate John Dedman won the resulting by-election on 10 December.
5. UAP member Prime Minister Joseph Lyons died on 7 April 1939; Labor candidate Lancelot Spurr won the resulting by-election on 27 May.