Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1937–1940
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 Labor seats at the 1937 election. With the party's win in Ballaarat and Gwydir (initially at a by-election on 8 March 1937), the Labor had a net gain of 11 seats compared with the previous election.
Member |
Party |
Electorate |
State |
Term in office |
Hon Larry Anthony |
Country |
Richmond |
NSW |
1937–1957 |
Oliver Badman |
Country |
Grey |
SA |
1932–1937 (S), 1937–1943 |
Frank Baker[1] |
Labor |
Griffith |
Qld |
1931–1939 |
Claude Barnard |
Labor |
Bass |
Tas |
1934–1949 |
Hon Jack Beasley |
Labor |
West Sydney |
NSW |
1928–1946 |
Hon George Bell |
UAP |
Darwin |
Tas |
1919–1922, 1925–1943 |
Maurice Blackburn |
Labor/Independent |
Bourke |
Vic |
1934–1943 |
Adair Blain[2] |
Independent |
Northern Territory |
NT |
1934–1949 |
Hon Frank Brennan |
Labor |
Batman |
Vic |
1911–1931, 1934–1949 |
Hon Archie Cameron |
Country |
Barker |
SA |
1934–1956 |
Rt Hon Richard Casey[3] |
UAP |
Corio |
Vic |
1931–1940, 1949–1960 |
Joe Clark |
Labor |
Darling |
NSW |
1934–1969 |
Thomas Collins |
Country |
Hume |
NSW |
1931–1943 |
William Conelan[1] |
Labor |
Griffith |
Qld |
1939–1949 |
Bernard Corser |
Country |
Wide Bay |
Qld |
1928–1954 |
John Curtin |
Labor |
Fremantle |
WA |
1928–1931, 1934–1945 |
John Dedman[3] |
Labor |
Corio |
Vic |
1940–1949 |
Arthur Drakeford |
Labor |
Maribyrnong |
Vic |
1934–1955 |
Arthur Fadden |
Country |
Darling Downs |
Qld |
1936–1958 |
Hon James Fairbairn |
UAP |
Flinders |
Vic |
1933–1940 |
Hon Frank Forde |
Labor |
Capricornia |
Qld |
1922–1946 |
Hon Josiah Francis |
UAP |
Moreton |
Qld |
1922–1955 |
Charles Frost |
Labor |
Franklin |
Tas |
1929–1931, 1934–1946 |
Joe Gander |
Labor |
Reid |
NSW |
1931–1940 |
Sydney Gardner |
UAP |
Robertson |
NSW |
1922–1940 |
Hon Albert Green |
Labor |
Kalgoorlie |
WA |
1922–1940 |
Hon Henry Gregory |
Country |
Swan |
WA |
1913–1940 |
Henry Gullett |
UAP |
Henty |
Vic |
1925–1940 |
Hon Eric Harrison |
UAP |
Wentworth |
NSW |
1931–1956 |
Hon Charles Hawker[4] |
UAP |
Wakefield |
SA |
1929–1938 |
Hon Jack Holloway |
Labor |
Melbourne Ports |
Vic |
1929–1951 |
Hon Harold Holt |
UAP |
Fawkner |
Vic |
1935–1967 |
Rt Hon Billy Hughes |
UAP |
North Sydney |
NSW |
1901–1952 |
Hon James Hunter |
Country |
Maranoa |
Qld |
1921–1940 |
William Hutchinson |
UAP |
Deakin |
Vic |
1931–1949 |
Rowley James |
Labor |
Hunter |
NSW |
1928–1958 |
John Jennings |
UAP |
Watson |
NSW |
1931–1940 |
William Jolly |
UAP |
Lilley |
Qld |
1937–1943 |
Albert Lane |
UAP |
Barton |
NSW |
1931–1940 |
George Lawson |
Labor |
Brisbane |
Qld |
1931–1961 |
Hon John Lawson |
UAP |
Macquarie |
NSW |
1931–1940 |
Bert Lazzarini |
Labor |
Werriwa |
NSW |
1919–1931, 1934–1952 |
Rt Hon Joseph Lyons[5] |
UAP |
Wilmot |
Tas |
1929–1939 |
Gerald Mahoney |
Labor |
Denison |
Tas |
1934–1940 |
Norman Makin |
Labor |
Hindmarsh |
SA |
1919–1946, 1954–1963 |
William Maloney |
Labor |
Melbourne |
Vic |
1904–1940 |
Hon Sir Charles Marr |
UAP |
Parkes |
NSW |
1919–1929, 1931–1943 |
George Martens |
Labor |
Herbert |
Qld |
1928–1946 |
William McCall |
UAP |
Martin |
NSW |
1934–1943 |
Hon John McEwen |
Country |
Indi |
Vic |
1934–1971 |
Sydney McHugh[4] |
Labor |
Wakefield |
SA |
1938–1940 |
Rt Hon Robert Menzies |
UAP |
Kooyong |
Vic |
1934–1966 |
Dan Mulcahy |
Labor |
Lang |
NSW |
1934–1953 |
Walter Nairn |
UAP |
Perth |
WA |
1929–1943 |
Horace Nock |
Country |
Riverina |
NSW |
1931–1940 |
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page |
Country |
Cowper |
NSW |
1919–1961 |
Hon Thomas Paterson |
Country |
Gippsland |
Vic |
1922–1943 |
Hon John Perkins |
UAP |
Eden-Monaro |
NSW |
1926–1929, 1931–1943 |
Hon Reg Pollard |
Labor |
Ballaarat |
Vic |
1937–1966 |
John Price |
UAP |
Boothby |
SA |
1928–1941 |
John Prowse |
Country |
Forrest |
WA |
1919–1943 |
George Rankin |
Country |
Bendigo |
Vic |
1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S) |
Bill Riordan |
Labor |
Kennedy |
Qld |
1936–1966 |
Sol Rosevear |
Labor |
Dalley |
NSW |
1931–1953 |
Thomas Scholfield |
UAP |
Wannon |
Vic |
1931–1940 |
Rt Hon James Scullin |
Labor |
Yarra |
Vic |
1910–1913, 1922–1949 |
William Scully |
Labor |
Gwydir |
NSW |
1937–1949 |
Tom Sheehan |
Labor |
Cook |
NSW |
1937–1955 |
Hon Percy Spender |
Independent/UAP |
Warringah |
NSW |
1937–1951 |
Lancelot Spurr[5] |
Labor |
Wilmot |
Tas |
1939–1940 |
Fred Stacey |
UAP |
Adelaide |
SA |
1931–1943 |
Hon Frederick Stewart |
UAP |
Parramatta |
NSW |
1931–1946 |
Hon Geoffrey Street |
UAP |
Corangamite |
Vic |
1934–1940 |
Hon Victor Thompson |
Country |
New England |
NSW |
1922–1940 |
Hon Harold Thorby |
Country |
Calare |
NSW |
1931–1940 |
Eddie Ward |
Labor |
East Sydney |
NSW |
1931, 1932–1963 |
David Oliver Watkins |
Labor |
Newcastle |
NSW |
1935–1958 |
Hon Thomas White |
UAP |
Balaclava |
Vic |
1929–1951 |
Alexander Wilson |
Independent |
Wimmera |
Vic |
1937–1945 |
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