- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1946–1949
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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.
Seat changes between 1943 and 1946 elections Labor Won by Labor Party Liberal Won by Liberal Party Country Won by Country Party Lang Labor Won by Lang Labor Independent Won by an independent Bourke Seat abolished at the end of the 13th Parliament Member Party Electorate State First elected Hon Joe Abbott Country New England NSW 1940 Charles Adermann Country Maranoa Qld 1943 Hon Larry Anthony Country Richmond NSW 1937 Hon Claude Barnard ALP Bass Tas 1934 Howard Beale Liberal Parramatta NSW 1946 Kim Beazley ALP Fremantle WA 1945 Doris Blackburn Independent Bourke Vic 1946 Adair Blain[1] Independent Northern Territory NT 1934 George Bowden Country Gippsland Vic 1943 Hon Frank Brennan ALP Batman Vic 1911–31, 1934 Tom Burke ALP Perth WA 1943 Hon Arthur Calwell ALP Melbourne Vic 1940 Hon Archie Cameron Liberal Barker SA 1934 Hon Cyril Chambers ALP Adelaide SA 1943 Rt Hon Ben Chifley ALP Macquarie NSW 1928–31, 1940 Joe Clark ALP Darling NSW 1934 William Conelan ALP Griffith Qld 1939 Bernard Corser Country Wide Bay Qld 1928 Fred Daly ALP Martin NSW 1943 Charles Davidson Country Capricornia Qld 1946 Hon John Dedman ALP Corio Vic 1940 Hon Arthur Drakeford ALP Maribyrnong Vic 1934 Gilbert Duthie ALP Wilmot Tas 1946 William Edmonds ALP Herbert Qld 1946 Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt ALP Barton NSW 1940 Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Country Darling Downs Qld 1936 Bill Falkinder Liberal Franklin Tas 1946 Max Falstein ALP Watson NSW 1940 Hon Josiah Francis Liberal Moreton Qld 1922 Allan Fraser ALP Eden-Monaro NSW 1943 Arthur Fuller ALP Hume NSW 1943 John Gaha ALP Denison Tas 1943 Jo Gullett Liberal Henty Vic 1946 James Hadley ALP Lilley Qld 1943 Leonard Hamilton Country Swan WA 1946 Hon Eric Harrison Liberal Wentworth NSW 1931 Leslie Haylen ALP Parkes NSW 1943 Hon Jack Holloway ALP Melbourne Ports Vic 1929 Rt Hon Harold Holt Liberal Fawkner Vic 1935 John Howse Liberal Calare NSW 1946 Rt Hon Billy Hughes Liberal North Sydney NSW 1901 William Hutchinson Liberal Deakin Vic 1931 Rowley James ALP Hunter NSW 1928 Hon Herbert Johnson ALP Kalgoorlie WA 1940 Jack Lang Lang Labor Reid NSW 1946 Joseph Langtry ALP Riverina NSW 1940 Hon George Lawson ALP Brisbane Qld 1931 Hon Hubert Lazzarini ALP Werriwa NSW 1919–31, 1934 Hon Nelson Lemmon ALP Forrest WA 1943 Enid Lyons Liberal Darwin Tas 1943 Hon Philip McBride Liberal Wakefield SA 1931–37, 1937–43 (S), 1946 Hon Allan McDonald Liberal Corangamite Vic 1940 Hon John McEwen Country Indi Vic 1934 Donald McLeod ALP Wannon Vic 1940 Rt Hon Robert Menzies Liberal Kooyong Vic 1934 Daniel Mulcahy ALP Lang NSW 1934 William O'Connor ALP West Sydney NSW 1946 Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919 Hon Reg Pollard ALP Ballaarat Vic 1937 George Rankin Country Bendigo Vic 1937 Hon Bill Riordan ALP Kennedy Qld 1936 Hon Sol Rosevear ALP Dalley NSW 1931 Edgar Russell ALP Grey SA 1943 Rupert Ryan Liberal Flinders Vic 1940 Rt Hon James Scullin ALP Yarra Vic 1910–13, 1922 William Scully ALP Gwydir NSW 1937 Thomas Sheehan ALP Cook NSW 1937 Thomas Sheehy ALP Boothby SA 1943 Percy Spender Liberal Warringah NSW 1937 Albert Thompson ALP Hindmarsh SA 1946 Winton Turnbull Country Wimmera Vic 1946 Hon Eddie Ward ALP East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932 David Oliver Watkins ALP Newcastle NSW 1935 Hon Thomas White Liberal Balaclava Vic 1929 Thomas Williams ALP Robertson NSW 1943 Notes
- ^ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating relating to the Northern Territory.
References
- Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Eighteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1949.
- "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080725081310/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/index.htm. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
See also
Members of the Australian Parliament House of Representatives
Senate
Categories:- Members of Australian parliaments by term
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