Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1943–1946 explained

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 (UAP) led by Billy Hughes. On 21 February 1945, the parliamentary UAP was dissolved and replaced by the newly established Liberal Party.^[1]

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
Jack Beasley				West Sydney	NSW	1928–1946
Kim Beazley^[2]				Fremantle	WA	1945–1977
Adair Blain^[3]				Northern Territory	NT	1934–1949
George Bowden				Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
				Calare	NSW	1940–1946
Frank Brennan				Batman	Vic	1911–1931, 1934–1949
Bill Bryson				Bourke	Vic	1943–1946, 1949–1955
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
Arthur Coles^[4]				Henty	Vic	1940–1946
William Conelan				Griffith	Qld	1939–1949
Bernard Corser				Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
John Curtin				Fremantle	WA	1928–1931, 1934–1945
Fred Daly				Martin	NSW	1943–1975
John Dedman				Corio	Vic	1940–1949
Arthur Drakeford				Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
				Barton	NSW	1940–1960
Arthur Fadden				Darling Downs	Qld	1936–1958
Max Falstein				Watson	NSW	1940–1949
Frank Forde				Capricornia	Qld	1922–1946
Josiah Francis			/	Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Allan Fraser				Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943–1966, 1969–1972
Charles Frost				Franklin	Tas	1929–1931, 1934–1946
Arthur Fuller				Hume	NSW	1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963
Frank Gaha				Denison	Tas	1943–1949
Jo Gullett				Henty	Vic	1946–1955
Allan Guy			/	Wilmot	Tas	1929–1934, 1940–1946
Jim Hadley				Lilley	Qld	1943–1949
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
Billy Hughes^[5]			/Ind./Lib.	North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
William Hutchinson			/	Deakin	Vic	1931–1949
Rowley James				Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
Herbert Johnson				Kalgoorlie	WA	1940–1958
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
Dame Enid Lyons			/	Darwin	Tas	1943–1951
Norman Makin				Hindmarsh	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
George Martens				Herbert	Qld	1928–1946
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
Charles Morgan				Reid	NSW	1940–1946, 1949–1958
Don Mountjoy				Swan	WA	1943–1946
				Lang	NSW	1934–1953
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
Albert Smith				Wakefield	SA	1943–1946
Percy Spender^[6]			/Ind./Lib.	Warringah	NSW	1937–1951
Sir Frederick Stewart			/	Parramatta	NSW	1931–1946
Winton Turnbull^[7]				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
Alexander Wilson				Wimmera	Vic	1937–1945

References

• Book: Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Seventeenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1946.
• Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 8 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. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2617321 LIBERAL PARTY ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT
2. ALP member John Curtin died on 5 July 1945; Labor candidate Kim Beazley won the resulting by-election on 18 August.
3. At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
4. Independent member Arthur Coles resigned on 11 February 1946; Liberal Party candidate Jo Gullett won the resulting by-election on 30 March.
5. Hughes was expelled from the UAP on 14 April 1944 after defying the party by rejoining the Advisory War Council. He sat as an independent until 13 September 1945, when he was admitted to the parliamentary Liberal Party.
6. Spender was expelled from the UAP on 23 February 1944 after defying party instructions to resign his seat on the Advisory War Council. He subsequently sat as an independent. He became a financial member of the Liberal Party in May 1945, but was not admitted to the parliamentary party until 13 September 1945, after the council's abolition.
7. 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.