- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1937–1940
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This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 15th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1937 election on 23 October 1937. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by John Curtin. At the 1934 election nine seats in New South Wales were won by Lang Labor. Following the reunion of the two Labor parties in February 1936, these were held by their members as ALP seats at the 1937 election. With the party's win in Ballaarat and Gwydir (initially at a by-election on 8 March 1937), the ALP had a net gain of 11 seats compared with the previous election.
Seat changes between 1934 and 1937 elections Labor Won by Labor Party UAP Won by United Australia Party Country Won by Country Party Independent Won by an independent Deakin New seat Member Party Electorate State First elected Hon Larry Anthony Country Richmond NSW 1937 Oliver Badman Country Grey SA 1937 Frank Baker[1] ALP Griffith Qld 1939 Claude Barnard ALP Bass Tas 1934 Hon Jack Beasley ALP West Sydney NSW 1928 Hon George Bell UAP Darwin Tas 1925 Maurice Blackburn ALP/Independent Bourke Vic 1934 Adair Blain[2] Independent Northern Territory NT 1934 Hon Frank Brennan ALP Batman Vic 1911–31, 1934 Hon Archie Cameron Country Barker SA 1934 Rt Hon Richard Casey[3] UAP Corio Vic 1931 Joe Clark ALP Darling NSW 1934 Thomas Collins Country Hume NSW 1931 William Conelan[1] ALP Griffith Qld 1939 Bernard Corser Country Wide Bay Qld 1928 John Curtin ALP Fremantle WA 1928–31, 1934 John Dedman[3] ALP Corio Vic 1940 Arthur Drakeford ALP Maribyrnong Vic 1934 Arthur Fadden Country Darling Downs Qld 1936 Hon James Fairbairn UAP Flinders Vic 1933 Hon Frank Forde ALP Capricornia Qld 1922 Hon Josiah Francis UAP Moreton Qld 1922 Charles Frost ALP Franklin Tas 1929–31, 1934 Joseph Gander ALP Reid NSW 1931 Sydney Gardner UAP Robertson NSW 1922 Hon Albert Green ALP Kalgoorlie WA 1922 Hon Henry Gregory Country Swan WA 1913 Henry Gullett UAP Henty Vic 1925 Hon Eric Harrison UAP Wentworth NSW 1931 Hon Charles Hawker[4] UAP Wakefield SA 1929 Hon Jack Holloway ALP Melbourne Ports Vic 1929 Hon Harold Holt UAP Fawkner Vic 1935 Rt Hon Billy Hughes UAP North Sydney NSW 1901 Hon James Hunter Country Maranoa Qld 1921 William Hutchinson UAP Deakin Vic 1931 Rowley James ALP Hunter NSW 1928 John Jennings UAP Watson NSW 1931 William Jolly UAP Lilley Qld 1937 Albert Lane UAP Barton NSW 1931 George Lawson ALP Brisbane Qld 1931 Hon John Lawson UAP Macquarie NSW 1931 Hubert Lazzarini ALP Werriwa NSW 1919–31, 1934 Rt Hon Joseph Lyons[5] UAP Wilmot Tas 1929 Gerald Mahoney ALP Denison Tas 1934 Norman Makin ALP Hindmarsh SA 1919 William Maloney ALP Melbourne Vic 1904 Hon Sir Charles Marr UAP Parkes NSW 1919–29, 1931 George Martens ALP Herbert Qld 1928 William McCall UAP Martin NSW 1931 Hon John McEwen Country Indi Vic 1934 Sydney McHugh[4] ALP Wakefield SA 1938 Rt Hon Robert Menzies UAP Kooyong Vic 1934 Daniel Mulcahy ALP Lang NSW 1934 Walter Nairn UAP Perth WA 1929 Horace Nock Country Riverina NSW 1931 Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919 Hon Thomas Paterson Country Gippsland Vic 1922 Hon John Perkins UAP Eden-Monaro NSW 1926–29, 1931 Hon Reg Pollard ALP Ballaarat Vic 1937 John Price UAP Boothby SA 1928 John Prowse Country Forrest WA 1919 George Rankin Country Bendigo Vic 1937 Bill Riordan ALP Kennedy Qld 1936 Sol Rosevear ALP Dalley NSW 1931 Thomas Scholfield UAP Wannon Vic 1931 Rt Hon James Scullin ALP Yarra Vic 1910–13, 1922 William Scully ALP Gwydir NSW 1937 Thomas Sheehan ALP Cook NSW 1937 Hon Percy Spender Independent/UAP Warringah NSW 1937 Lancelot Spurr[5] ALP Wilmot Tas 1939 Fred Stacey UAP Adelaide SA 1931 Hon Frederick Stewart UAP Parramatta NSW 1931 Hon Geoffrey Street UAP Corangamite Vic 1934 Hon Victor Thompson Country New England NSW 1922 Hon Harold Thorby Country Calare NSW 1931 Eddie Ward ALP East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932 David Oliver Watkins ALP Newcastle NSW 1935 Hon Thomas White UAP Balaclava Vic 1929 Alexander Wilson Independent Wimmera Vic 1937 Notes
- ^ a b ALP member Frank Baker died on 28 March 1939; ALP candidate William Conelan won the resulting by-election on 20 May.
- ^ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
- ^ a b UAP member Richard Casey resigned on 30 January 1940 to become Australian Ambassadors to the United States; ALP candidate John Dedman won the resulting by-election on 2 March.
- ^ a b UAP member Charles Hawker died on 25 October 1938 in an aircrash; ALP candidate John Dedman won the resulting by-election on 10 December.
- ^ a b UAP member Prime Minister Joseph Lyons died on 7 April 1939; ALP candidate Lancelot Spurr won the resulting by-election on 27 May.
References
- Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Fifteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1940.
- "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 11 November 2008.
See also
Members of the Australian Parliament House of Representatives
Senate
Categories:- Members of Australian parliaments by term
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