Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1929–1931 explained

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 12th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1929 election on 12 October 1929. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1923 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by James Scullin. Labor won with its then largest-ever majority in the federal parliament. However major divisions within the Labor over policy responses to the Great Depression, and the subsequent creation of the United Australia Party led to thirty parliamentarians changing their party affiliation in 1931.

Member	Party after 1929 election		Party at 1931 election		Electorate	State	Term in office
Frank Anstey							Bourke	Vic	1910–1934
James Bayley							Oxley	Qld	1917–1931
Jack Beasley							West Sydney	NSW	1928–1946
George Bell							Darwin	Tas	1919–1922, 1925–1943
Arthur Blakeley							Darling	NSW	1917–1934
Frank Brennan							Batman	Vic	1911–1931, 1934–1949
Donald Charles Cameron							Brisbane	Qld	1919–1931, 1934–1937
Malcolm Cameron							Barker	SA	1922–1934
Ben Chifley							Macquarie	NSW	1928–1931, 1940–1951
Percy Coleman							Reid	NSW	1922–1931
Bernard Corser							Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
Richard Crouch							Corangamite	Vic	1901–1910, 1929–1931
Charles Culley							Denison	Tas	1928–1931
Lou Cunningham							Gwydir	NSW	1919–1925, 1929–1931
John Curtin							Fremantle	WA	1928–1931, 1934–1945
John Cusack							Eden-Monaro	NSW	1929–1931
John Eldridge							Martin	NSW	1929–1931
James Fenton							Maribyrnong	Vic	1910–1934
Frank Forde							Capricornia	Qld	1922–1946
Josiah Francis							Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Charles Frost^[1]						Franklin	Tas	1929–1931, 1934–1946
Moses Gabb							Angas	SA	1919–1925, 1929–1934
Sydney Gardner							Robertson	NSW	1922–1940
							Calare	NSW	1929–1931
							Kalgoorlie	WA	1922–1940
							Richmond	NSW	1922–1937
							Swan	WA	1913–1940
							Henty	Vic	1925–1940
Allan Guy							Bass	Tas	1929–1934, 1940–1946
Charles Hawker							Wakefield	SA	1929–1938
William Hill							Echuca	Vic	1919–1934
Jack Holloway							Flinders	Vic	1929–1951
Billy Hughes			/				North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
							Maranoa	Qld	1921–1940
Rowley James							Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
Paul Jones							Indi	Vic	1928–1931
							Bendigo	Vic	1929–1931, 1938–1946 (S)
William Killen							Riverina	NSW	1922–1931
Andrew Lacey							Grey	SA	1922–1931
John Latham							Kooyong	Vic	1922–1934
Bert Lazzarini							Werriwa	NSW	1919–1931, 1934–1952
Arthur Lewis							Corio	Vic	1929–1931
							Lang	NSW	1928–1931
							Wilmot	Tas	1929–1939
George Mackay							Lilley	Qld	1917–1934
Norman Makin							Hindmarsh	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
William Maloney							Melbourne	Vic	1904–1940
Walter Marks			/				Wentworth	NSW	1919–1931
Charles Marr^[2]							Parkes	NSW	1919–1929, 1931–1943
George Martens							Herbert	Qld	1928–1946
James Mathews							Melbourne Ports	Vic	1906–1931
			/				Fawkner	Vic	1917–1935
Charles McGrath							Ballaarat	Vic	1913–1919, 1920–1934
John McNeill							Wannon	Vic	1922–1925, 1929–1931
						Parkes	NSW	1929–1930
						Franklin	Tas	1903–1922, 1928–1929
Parker Moloney							Hume	NSW	1910–1913, 1914–1917, 1919–1931
Arthur Morgan							Darling Downs	Qld	1929–1931
Walter Nairn							Perth	WA	1929–1943
Harold George Nelson^[3]							Northern Territory	NT	1922–1934
Sir Earle Page							Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
							Warringah	NSW	1927–1937
Thomas Paterson							Gippsland	Vic	1922–1943
John Price							Boothby	SA	1928–1941
John Prowse							Forrest	WA	1919–1943
							Cook	NSW	1922–1934
Edward Riley							South Sydney	NSW	1910–1931
Darby Riordan							Kennedy	Qld	1929–1936
Albert Rowe							Parramatta	NSW	1929–1931
James Scullin							Yarra	Vic	1910–1913, 1922–1949
Percy Stewart							Wimmera	Vic	1919–1931
Ted Theodore							Dalley	NSW	1927–1931
Victor Thompson							New England	NSW	1922–1940
							Barton	NSW	1928–1931
Eddie Ward^[4]						East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Watkins							Newcastle	NSW	1901–1935
						East Sydney	NSW	1910–1931
							Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951
George Edwin Yates							Adelaide	SA	1914–1919, 1922–1931

References

• Book: Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Twelfth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1931.
• Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 15 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. Independent member William McWilliams died on 22 October 1929; Labor candidate Charles Frost won the resulting by-election on 14 December.
2. ALP member Edward McTiernan resigned on 19 December 1930 to be appointed to the High Court of Australia; Nationalist candidate Charles Marr won the resulting by-election on 31 January 1931.
3. At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
4. ALP member John West died on 5 February 1931; Labor candidate Eddie Ward won the resulting by-election on 7 March.