Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1940–1943

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 16th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1940 election on 21 September 1940. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Archie Cameron narrowly defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by John Curtin and continued to hold power with the support of two independents. In October 1941 the two independents switched their support to Curtin, bringing him to power.

Member	Party	Electorate	State	Term in office
Hon Joe Abbott	Country	New England	NSW	1940–1949
Hon Larry Anthony	Country	Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
Oliver Badman	UAP	Grey	SA	1932–1937 (S), 1937–1943
Frank Baker	Labor	Maranoa	Qld	1940–1943
Claude Barnard	Labor	Bass	Tas	1934–1949
Jack Beasley	Lang Labor/Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1928–1946
Arthur Beck	UAP	Denison	Tas	1940–1943
Hon George Bell	UAP	Darwin	Tas	1919–1922, 1925–1943
Maurice Blackburn	Labor/Independent	Bourke	Vic	1934–1943
Adair Blain[1]	Independent	Northern Territory	NT	1934–1949
John Breen	Labor	Calare	NSW	1940–1946
Hon Frank Brennan	Labor	Batman	Vic	1911–1931, 1934–1949
Arthur Calwell	Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Hon Archie Cameron[2]	UAP	Barker	SA	1934–1956
Hon Ben Chifley	Labor	Macquarie	NSW	1928–1931, 1940–1951
Joe Clark	Labor	Darling	NSW	1934–1969
Arthur Coles	Independent	Henty	Vic	1940–1946
Hon Thomas Collins	Country	Hume	NSW	1931–1943
William Conelan	Labor	Griffith	Qld	1939–1949
Bernard Corser	Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
Rt Hon. John Curtin	Labor	Fremantle	WA	1928–1931, 1934–1945
Hon John Dedman	Labor	Corio	Vic	1940–1949
Hon Arthur Drakeford	Labor	Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
Jack Duncan-Hughes	UAP	Wakefield	SA	1922–1928, 1931–1938 (S), 1940–1943
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt	Labor	Barton	NSW	1940–1960
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden	Country	Darling Downs	Qld	1936–1958
Max Falstein	Labor	Watson	NSW	1940–1949
Hon Frank Forde	Labor	Capricornia	Qld	1922–1946
Hon Josiah Francis	UAP	Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Hon Charles Frost	Labor	Franklin	Tas	1929–1931, 1934–1946
Hon Albert Green[3]	Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1922–1940
Hon Henry Gregory[4]	Country	Swan	WA	1913–1940
Hon Allan Guy	UAP	Wilmot	Tas	1929–1934, 1940–1946
Hon Eric Harrison	UAP	Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Hon Jack Holloway	Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929–1951
Hon Harold Holt	UAP	Fawkner	Vic	1935–1967
Rt Hon Billy Hughes	UAP	North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
William Hutchinson	UAP	Deakin	Vic	1931–1949
Rowley James	Labor	Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
Herbert Johnson[3]	Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1940–1958
William Jolly	UAP	Lilley	Qld	1937–1943
Joe Langtry	Labor	Riverina	NSW	1940–1949
Hon George Lawson	Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
Hon Bert Lazzarini	Labor	Werriwa	NSW	1919–1931, 1934–1952
Hon Norman Makin	Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1919–1946, 1954–1963
Hon Sir Charles Marr	UAP	Parkes	NSW	1919–1929, 1931–1943
George Martens	Labor	Herbert	Qld	1928–1946
Thomas Marwick[4]	Country	Swan	WA	1936–1937 (S), 1940–1943
William McCall	UAP	Martin	NSW	1934–1943
Hon Allan McDonald	UAP	Corangamite	Vic	1940–1953
Hon John McEwen	Country	Indi	Vic	1934–1971
Don McLeod	Labor	Wannon	Vic	1940–1949, 1951–1955
Rt Hon Robert Menzies	UAP	Kooyong	Vic	1934–1966
Charles Morgan	Labor	Reid	NSW	1940–1946, 1949–1958
Dan Mulcahy	Lang Labor/Labor	Lang	NSW	1934–1953
Hon Walter Nairn	UAP	Perth	WA	1929–1943
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page	Country	Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
Hon Thomas Paterson	Country	Gippsland	Vic	1922–1943
Hon John Perkins	UAP	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1926–1929, 1931–1943
Hon Reg Pollard	Labor	Ballaarat	Vic	1937–1966
Grenfell Price[5]	UAP	Boothby	SA	1941–1943
John Price[5]	UAP	Boothby	SA	1928–1941
John Prowse	Country	Forrest	WA	1919–1943
George Rankin	Country	Bendigo	Vic	1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S)
Bill Riordan	Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1936–1966
Hon Sol Rosevear	Lang Labor/Labor	Dalley	NSW	1931–1953
Rupert Ryan	UAP	Flinders	Vic	1940–1952
Rt Hon James Scullin	Labor	Yarra	Vic	1910–1913, 1922–1949
Hon William Scully	Labor	Gwydir	NSW	1937–1949
Tom Sheehan	Lang Labor/Labor	Cook	NSW	1937–1955
Hon Percy Spender	UAP	Warringah	NSW	1937–1951
Hon Eric Spooner	UAP	Robertson	NSW	1940–1943
Fred Stacey	UAP	Adelaide	SA	1931–1943
Hon Frederick Stewart	UAP	Parramatta	NSW	1931–1946
Hon Eddie Ward	Labor	East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins	Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1935–1958
Hon Thomas White	UAP	Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951
Alexander Wilson	Independent	Wimmera	Vic	1937–1945

Notes

1. At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
2. Archie Cameron won as a UAP candidate, but had previously represented the Country Party.
3. ALP member Albert Green died on 2 October 1940; Labor candidate Herbert Johnson won the resulting by-election on 16 November.
4. Country Party member Henry Gregory died on 15 November 1940; Country Party candidate Thomas Marwick won the resulting by-election on 21 December.
5. UAP member John Price died on 23 April 1941; UAP candidate Grenfell Price won the resulting by-election on 24 May.

References

• Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Sixteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1943.
• "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1937–1940  · 1940–1943  · 1943–1946

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