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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 Country New England NSW 1940–1949 Charles Adermann Country Maranoa Qld 1943–1972 Larry Anthony Country Richmond NSW 1937–1957 Claude Barnard Labor Bass Tas 1934–1949 Jack Beasley Labor West Sydney NSW 1928–1946 Kim Beazley [2] Labor Fremantle WA 1945–1977 Adair Blain [3] Independent Northern Territory NT 1934–1949 George Bowden Country Gippsland Vic 1943–1961 John Breen Labor Calare NSW 1940–1946 Frank Brennan Labor Batman Vic 1911–1931, 1934–1949 Bill Bryson Labor Bourke Vic 1943–1946, 1949–1955 Tom Burke Labor Perth WA 1943–1955 Arthur Calwell Labor Melbourne Vic 1940–1972 Archie Cameron United Australia /Liberal Barker SA 1934–1956 Cyril Chambers Labor Adelaide SA 1943–1958 Ben Chifley Labor Macquarie NSW 1928–1931, 1940–1951 Joe Clark Labor Darling NSW 1934–1969 Arthur Coles [4] Independent Henty Vic 1940–1946 William Conelan Labor Griffith Qld 1939–1949 Bernard Corser Country Wide Bay Qld 1928–1954 John Curtin [2] Labor Fremantle WA 1928–1931, 1934–1945 Fred Daly Labor Martin NSW 1943–1975 John Dedman Labor Corio Vic 1940–1949 Arthur Drakeford Labor Maribyrnong Vic 1934–1955 H.V. Evatt Labor Barton NSW 1940–1960 Arthur Fadden Country Darling Downs Qld 1936–1958 Max Falstein Labor Watson NSW 1940–1949 Frank Forde Labor Capricornia Qld 1922–1946 Josiah Francis United Australia /Liberal Moreton Qld 1922–1955 Allan Fraser Labor Eden-Monaro NSW 1943–1966, 1969–1972 Charles Frost Labor Franklin Tas 1929–1931, 1934–1946 Arthur Fuller Labor Hume NSW 1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963 Frank Gaha Labor Denison Tas 1943–1949 Jo Gullett [4] Liberal Henty Vic 1946–1955 Allan Guy United Australia /Liberal Wilmot Tas 1929–1934, 1940–1946 Jim Hadley Labor Lilley Qld 1943–1949 Eric Harrison United Australia /Liberal Wentworth NSW 1931–1956 Les Haylen Labor Parkes NSW 1943–1963 Jack Holloway Labor Melbourne Ports Vic 1929–1951 Harold Holt United Australia /Liberal Fawkner Vic 1935–1967 Billy Hughes [5] United Australia /Ind./Lib. North Sydney NSW 1901–1952 William Hutchinson United Australia /Liberal Deakin Vic 1931–1949 Rowley James Labor Hunter NSW 1928–1958 Herbert Johnson Labor Kalgoorlie WA 1940–1958 Joe Langtry Labor Riverina NSW 1940–1949 George Lawson Labor Brisbane Qld 1931–1961 Bert Lazzarini Labor Werriwa NSW 1919–1931, 1934–1952 Nelson Lemmon Labor Forrest WA 1943–1949, 1954–1955 Dame Enid Lyons United Australia /Liberal Darwin Tas 1943–1951 Norman Makin Labor Hindmarsh SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963 George Martens Labor Herbert Qld 1928–1946 Allan McDonald United Australia /Liberal Corangamite Vic 1940–1953 John McEwen Country Indi Vic 1934–1971 Don McLeod Labor Wannon Vic 1940–1949, 1951–1955 Robert Menzies United Australia /Liberal Kooyong Vic 1934–1966 Charles Morgan Labor Reid NSW 1940–1946, 1949–1958 Don Mountjoy Labor Swan WA 1943–1946 Dan Mulcahy Labor Lang NSW 1934–1953 Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919–1961 Reg Pollard Labor Ballaarat Vic 1937–1966 George Rankin Country Bendigo Vic 1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S) Bill Riordan Labor Kennedy Qld 1936–1966 Sol Rosevear Labor Dalley NSW 1931–1953 Edgar Russell Labor Grey SA 1943–1963 Rupert Ryan United Australia /Liberal Flinders Vic 1940–1952 James Scullin Labor Yarra Vic 1910–1913, 1922–1949 William Scully Labor Gwydir NSW 1937–1949 Tom Sheehan Labor Cook NSW 1937–1955 Thomas Sheehy Labor Boothby SA 1943–1949 Albert Smith Labor Wakefield SA 1943–1946 Percy Spender [6] United Australia /Ind./Lib. Warringah NSW 1937–1951 Sir Frederick Stewart United Australia /Liberal Parramatta NSW 1931–1946 Winton Turnbull [7] Country Wimmera Vic 1946–1972 Eddie Ward Labor East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932–1963 David Oliver Watkins Labor Newcastle NSW 1935–1958 Thomas White United Australia /Liberal Balaclava Vic 1929–1951 Thomas Williams Labor Robertson NSW 1943–1949 Alexander Wilson[7] Independent Wimmera Vic 1937–1945
Notes ^ LIBERAL PARTY ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT, The Canberra Times , 22 February 1945. ^ a b ALP member John Curtin died on 5 July 1945; Labor candidate Kim Beazley won the resulting by-election on 18 August. ^ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory. ^ a b Independent member Arthur Coles resigned on 11 February 1946; Liberal Party candidate Jo Gullett won the resulting by-election on 30 March. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ a b 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. References Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Seventeenth Parliament . Parliament of Australia . 1946. "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook . Parliament of Australia . Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008 .