- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1929–1931
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This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 12th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1929 election on 12 October 1929. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1923 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by James Scullin. Labor won with its then largest-ever majority in the federal parliament.
Seat changes between 1928 and 1929 elections Labor Won by Labor Party Nationalist Won by Nationalist Party Independent Won by an independent Member Party Electorate State First elected Hon Frank Anstey ALP Bourke Vic 1910 James Bayley Nationalist Oxley Qld 1917 Hon Jack Beasley ALP West Sydney NSW 1928 George Bell Nationalist Darwin Tas 1925 Hon Arthur Blakeley ALP Darling NSW 1917 Hon Frank Brennan ALP Batman Vic 1911 Donald Charles Cameron Nationalist Brisbane Qld 1919 Malcolm Cameron Nationalist Barker SA 1922 Hon Ben Chifley ALP Macquarie NSW 1928 Percy Coleman ALP Reid NSW 1922 Bernard Corser Country Wide Bay Qld 1928 Hon Richard Crouch ALP Corangamite Vic 1901—1910, 1929 Hon Charles Culley ALP Denison Tas 1925 Hon Lou Cunningham ALP Gwydir NSW 1919–25, 1929 John Curtin ALP Fremantle WA 1928 John Cusack ALP Eden-Monaro NSW 1929 John Eldridge ALP Martin NSW 1929 Hon James Fenton ALP Maribyrnong Vic 1910 Hon Frank Forde ALP Capricornia Qld 1922 Hon Josiah Francis Nationalist Moreton Qld 1922 Charles Frost[1] ALP Franklin Tas 1929 Moses Gabb ALP Angas SA 1919–25, 1929 Sydney Gardner Nationalist Robertson NSW 1922 George Gibbons ALP Calare NSW 1929 Hon Albert Green ALP Kalgoorlie WA 1922 Roland Green Country Richmond NSW 1922 Hon Henry Gregory Country Swan WA 1913 Hon Henry Gullett Nationalist Henty Vic 1925 Allan Guy ALP Bass Tas 1929 Hon Charles Hawker Nationalist Wakefield SA 1929 Hon William Hill Country Echuca Vic 1919 Hon Jack Holloway ALP Flinders Vic 1929 Rt Hon Billy Hughes Independent/Australian North Sydney NSW 1901 James Hunter Country Maranoa Qld 1921 Rowley James ALP Hunter NSW 1928 Paul Jones ALP Indi Vic 1928 Richard Keane ALP Bendigo Vic 1929 William Killen Country Riverina NSW 1922 Andrew Lacey ALP Grey SA 1922 Hon John Latham Nationalist Kooyong Vic 1922 Hubert Lazzarini ALP/Lang Labor Werriwa NSW 1919 Arthur Lewis ALP Corio Vic 1929 William Long ALP Lang NSW 1928 Hon Joseph Lyons ALP Wilmot Tas 1929 George Mackay Nationalist Lilley Qld 1917 Hon Norman Makin ALP Hindmarsh SA 1919 William Maloney ALP Melbourne Vic 1904 Walter Marks Independent Wentworth NSW 1919 Hon Charles Marr[2] Nationalist Parkes NSW 1919–29, 1931 George Martens ALP Herbert Qld 1928 James Mathews ALP Melbourne Ports Vic 1906 George Maxwell Nationalist Fawkner Vic 1917 Charles McGrath ALP Ballaarat Vic 1913-19, 1920 John McNeill ALP Wannon Vic 1922–25, 1929 Hon Edward McTiernan[2] ALP Parkes NSW 1929 William McWilliams[1] Independent Franklin Tas 1903–22, 1928 Hon Parker Moloney ALP Hume NSW 1910–13, 1914–17, 1919 Arthur Morgan Nationalist Darling Downs Qld 1929 Walter Nairn Nationalist Perth WA 1929 Harold Nelson[3] ALP Northern Territory NT 1922 Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919 Hon Archdale Parkhill Nationalist Warringah NSW 1927 Hon Thomas Paterson Country Gippsland Vic 1922 John Price ALP Boothby SA 1928 John Prowse Country Forrest WA 1919 Edward Charles Riley ALP Cook NSW 1922 Edward Riley ALP South Sydney NSW 1910 Darby Riordan ALP Kennedy Qld 1929 Albert Rowe ALP Parramatta NSW 1929 Rt Hon James Scullin ALP Yarra Vic 1910–13, 1922 Hon Percy Stewart Independent Wimmera Vic 1919 Hon Ted Theodore ALP Dalley NSW 1927 Victor Thompson Country New England NSW 1922 James Tully ALP Barton NSW 1928 Eddie Ward[4] ALP East Sydney NSW 1931 Hon David Watkins ALP Newcastle NSW 1901 John West[4] ALP East Sydney NSW 1910 Hon Thomas White Nationalist Balaclava Vic 1929 Edwin Yates ALP Adelaide SA 1914–19, 1922 Notes
- ^ a b Independent member William McWilliams died on 22 October 1929; ALP candidate Charles Frost won the resulting by-election on 14 December.
- ^ a b ALP member Edward McTiernan resigned on 19 December 1930 to be appointed to the High Court of Australia; Nationalist candidate Charles Marr won the resulting by-election on 31 January 1931.
- ^ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
- ^ a b ALP member John West died on 5 February 1931; ALP candidate Eddie Ward won the resulting by-election on 7 March.
References
- Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Twelfth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1931.
- "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 15 November 2008.
See also
Members of the Australian Parliament House of Representatives
Senate
Categories:- Members of Australian parliaments by term
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