Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1946–1949

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
Gil Duthie ALP Wilmot Tas 1946
Bill 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
Len 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
Joe Langtry ALP Riverina NSW 1940
Hon George Lawson ALP Brisbane Qld 1931
Hon Bert 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
Don McLeod ALP Wannon Vic 1940
Rt Hon Robert Menzies Liberal Kooyong Vic 1934
Dan 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
Tom 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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.

References

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1943–1946  · 1946–1949  · 1949–1951

Senate

1944–1947  · 1947–1950  · 1950–1951

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