Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1940–1943 explained

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

References

• Book: Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Sixteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1943.
• Web site: Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 11 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725081310/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/index.htm . 25 July 2008 . dead .

Notes and References

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