Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1946–1949 explained

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 18th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1946 election on 28 September 1946. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Ben Chifley defeated the newly formed opposition Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) led by its founder Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden.

Member	Party		Electorate	State	In office
Joe Abbott				New England	NSW	1940–1949
				Maranoa	Qld	1943–1972
				Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
Claude Barnard				Bass	Tas	1934–1949
Howard Beale				Parramatta	NSW	1946–1958
Kim Beazley				Fremantle	WA	1945–1977
Doris Blackburn				Bourke	Vic	1946–1949
Adair Blain^[1]				Northern Territory	NT	1934–1949
George Bowden				Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
Frank Brennan				Batman	Vic	1911–1931, 1934–1949
Tom Burke				Perth	WA	1943–1955
Arthur Calwell				Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Archie Cameron				Barker	SA	1934–1956
Cyril Chambers				Adelaide	SA	1943–1958
Ben Chifley				Macquarie	NSW	1928–1931, 1940–1951
Joe Clark				Darling	NSW	1934–1969
William Conelan				Griffith	Qld	1939–1949
Bernard Corser				Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
Fred Daly				Martin	NSW	1943–1975
Charles Davidson				Capricornia	Qld	1946–1963
John Dedman				Corio	Vic	1940–1949
Arthur Drakeford				Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
Gil Duthie				Wilmot	Tas	1946–1975
Bill Edmonds				Herbert	Qld	1946–1958
				Barton	NSW	1940–1960
Arthur Fadden				Darling Downs	Qld	1936–1958
Bill Falkinder				Franklin	Tas	1946–1966
Max Falstein				Watson	NSW	1940–1949
Josiah Francis				Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Allan Fraser				Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943–1966, 1969–1972
Arthur Fuller				Hume	NSW	1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963
Frank Gaha				Denison	Tas	1943–1949
Jo Gullett				Henty	Vic	1946–1955
Jim Hadley				Lilley	Qld	1943–1949
Len Hamilton				Swan	WA	1946–1961
Eric Harrison				Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Les Haylen				Parkes	NSW	1943–1963
Jack Holloway				Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929–1951
Harold Holt				Fawkner	Vic	1935–1967
				Calare	NSW	1946–1960
Billy Hughes				North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
William Hutchinson				Deakin	Vic	1931–1949
Rowley James				Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
Herbert Johnson				Kalgoorlie	WA	1940–1958
Jack Lang				Reid	NSW	1946–1949
Joe Langtry				Riverina	NSW	1940–1949
George Lawson				Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
Bert Lazzarini				Werriwa	NSW	1919–1931, 1934–1952
Nelson Lemmon				Forrest	WA	1943–1949, 1954–1955
Enid Lyons				Darwin	Tas	1943–1951
Philip McBride				Wakefield	SA	1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Allan McDonald				Corangamite	Vic	1940–1953
John McEwen				Indi	Vic	1934–1971
Don McLeod				Wannon	Vic	1940–1949, 1951–1955
Robert Menzies				Kooyong	Vic	1934–1966
				Lang	NSW	1934–1953
William O'Connor				West Sydney	NSW	1946–1969
Sir Earle Page				Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
Reg Pollard				Ballaarat	Vic	1937–1966
				Bendigo	Vic	1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S)
Bill Riordan				Kennedy	Qld	1936–1966
Sol Rosevear				Dalley	NSW	1931–1953
Edgar Russell				Grey	SA	1943–1963
Rupert Ryan				Flinders	Vic	1940–1952
James Scullin				Yarra	Vic	1910–1913, 1922–1949
William Scully				Gwydir	NSW	1937–1949
				Cook	NSW	1937–1955
Thomas Sheehy				Boothby	SA	1943–1949
				Warringah	NSW	1937–1951
Albert Thompson				Hindmarsh	SA	1946–1963
Winton Turnbull				Wimmera	Vic	1946–1972
Eddie Ward				East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins				Newcastle	NSW	1935–1958
				Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951
Thomas Williams				Robertson	NSW	1943–1949

References

• Book: Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Eighteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1949.
• Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 9 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. At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.