Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1914–1917
This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the Sixth Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1914 election on 5 September 1914.
There was a significant change in the party system during the Sixth Parliament. There was a split in the Australian Labor Party on 14 November 1916, when the then Prime Minister Billy Hughes walked out of a meeting of the Labor caucus over the issue of conscription along with twenty-four of his supporters, who were all then expelled from the party. Hughes and his followers became the informal "National Labor Party", which formed a minority government until merging with the Commonwealth Liberal Party on 17 February 1917 to form the Nationalist Party of Australia.
A shaded box — 1914 — indicates seats changing hands at the beginning of the Sixth Parliament.
| Member | Party | Electorate | State | First elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Abbott | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | New England | NSW | 1913 |
| Frank Anstey | Labor | Bourke | Vic | 1910 |
| William Archibald | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Hindmarsh | SA | 1910 |
| John Arthur [1] | Labor | Bendigo | Vic | 1913 |
| Llewellyn Atkinson | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Wilmot | Tas | 1906 |
| Frederick Bamford | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Herbert | Qld | 1901 |
| Sir Robert Best | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Kooyong | Vic | 1910 (by-election) |
| James Boyd | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Henty | Vic | 1913 |
| Frank Brennan [2] | Labor | Batman | Vic | 1911 (by-election) |
| Reginald Burchell | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Fremantle | WA | 1913 |
| George Burns | Labor | Illawarra | NSW | 1913 |
| Ernest Carr | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Macquarie | NSW | 1906 |
| James Catts | Labor | Cook | NSW | 1906 |
| John Chanter | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Riverina | NSW | 1914 [3] |
| Austin Chapman | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Eden-Monaro | NSW | 1901 |
| Matthew Charlton | Labor | Hunter | NSW | 1910 |
| Hon Joseph Cook [2] | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Parramatta | NSW | 1901 |
| George Dankel | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Boothby | SA | 1913 |
| James Fenton | Labor | Maribyrnong | Vic | 1910 |
| William Finlayson | Labor | Brisbane | Qld | 1910 |
| Andrew Fisher [4] | Labor | Wide Bay | Qld | 1901 |
| William Fleming | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Robertson | NSW | 1913 |
| Sir John Forrest | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Swan | WA | 1901 |
| Richard Foster | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Wakefield | SA | 1909 (by-election) |
| James Fowler | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Perth | WA | 1901 |
| Patrick Glynn [2] | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Angas | SA | 1901 |
| Henry Gregory | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Dampier | WA | 1913 |
| Littleton Groom | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Darling Downs | Qld | 1901 (by-election) |
| Joseph Hannan | Labor | Fawkner | Vic | 1913 |
| William Higgs | Labor | Capricornia | Qld | 1910 |
| Robert Howe [5] | Labor | Dalley | NSW | 1910 |
| Billy Hughes | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | West Sydney | NSW | 1901 |
| Sir William Irvine | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Flinders | Vic | 1906 |
| Jens Jensen | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Bass | Tas | 1910 |
| Elliot Johnson | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Lang | NSW | 1903 |
| Edward Jolley [6] | Labor | Grampians | Vic | 1914 |
| Willie Kelly | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Wentworth | NSW | 1903 |
| John Livingston | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Barker | SA | 1906 |
| John Lynch | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Werriwa | NSW | 1914 |
| Charles McDonald [2] | Labor | Kennedy | Qld | 1901 |
| Charles McGrath | Labor | Ballarat | Vic | 1913 |
| William McWilliams [2] | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Franklin | Tas | 1903 |
| Hugh Mahon [2] | Labor | Kalgoorlie | WA | 1913 (by-election) [7] |
| Dr William Maloney | Labor | Melbourne | Vic | 1904 (by-election) |
| Chester Manifold | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Corangamite | Vic | 1913 [8] |
| Walter Massy-Greene [2] | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Richmond | NSW | 1910 |
| James Mathews [2] | Labor | Melbourne Ports | Vic | 1906 |
| Parker Moloney | Labor | Indi | Vic | 1914 [9] |
| King O'Malley | Labor | Darwin | Tas | 1901 |
| Richard Orchard | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Nepean | NSW | 1913 |
| Alfred Ozanne | Labor | Corio | Vic | 1914 [10] |
| Jim Page [2] | Labor | Maranoa | Qld | 1901 |
| Albert Palmer | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Echuca | Vic | 1906 |
| Robert Patten | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Hume | NSW | 1913 |
| Henry Pigott | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Calare | NSW | 1913 |
| Alexander Poynton | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Grey | SA | 1901 |
| Edward Riley | Labor | South Sydney | NSW | 1910 |
| Arthur Rodgers | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Wannon | Vic | 1913 |
| Granville Ryrie | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | North Sydney | NSW | 1911 (by-election) |
| Sydney Sampson [2] | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Wimmera | Vic | 1906 |
| James Sharpe | Labor | Oxley | Qld | 1913 |
| Hugh Sinclair | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Moreton | Qld | 1906 |
| Bruce Smith | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Parkes | NSW | 1901 |
| William Laird Smith | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Denison | Tas | 1910 |
| William Spence | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Darling | NSW | 1901 |
| Jacob Stumm | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Lilley | Qld | 1913 |
| Josiah Thomas | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Barrier | NSW | 1901 |
| John Thomson [2] | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Cowper | NSW | 1906 |
| Frank Tudor [2] | Labor | Yarra | Vic | 1901 |
| David Watkins [2] | Labor | Newcastle | NSW | 1901 |
| William Watt | Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist | Balaclava | Vic | 1914 |
| William Webster | Labor / National Labor / Nationalist | Gwydir | NSW | 1903 |
| John West | Labor | East Sydney | NSW | 1910 |
| George Wise | Independent/Nationalist [11] | Gippsland | Vic | 1914 [12] |
| Edwin Yates | Labor | Adelaide | SA | 1914 (by-election) |
Notes
- ↑ Arthur died in 1915, and was succeeded by Alfred Hampson (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 6 February 1915.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 This candidate was elected unopposed.
- ↑ Chanter was previously the member for Riverina from 1901 to 1903 and from 1904 to 1913.
- ↑ Fisher resigned in 1915, and was succeeded by Edward Corser (Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 11 December 1915.
- ↑ Howe died in 1915, and was succeeded by William Mahony (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 6 May 1915.
- ↑ Jolley died in 1915, and was succeeded by Dr Carty Salmon (Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 20 February 1915.
- ↑ Mahon was previously the member for Coolgardie from 1901 to 1913.
- ↑ Manifold was previously the member for Corangamite from 1901 to 1903.
- ↑ Moloney was previously the member for Indi from 1910 to 1913.
- ↑ Ozanne was previously the member for Corio from 1910 to 1913.
- ↑ Wise joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917.
- ↑ Wise was previously the member for Gippsland from 1906 to 1913.
See also
| Members of the Australian Parliament | ||
| House of Representatives | ||
| Senate |