This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 17th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1943 election on 21 August 1943. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin defeated the opposition Country Party led by Arthur Fadden with coalition partner the United Australia Party (UAP) led by Billy Hughes. On 21 February 1945, the parliamentary UAP was dissolved and replaced by the newly established Liberal Party.[1]
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Member |
Party |
Electorate |
State |
In office |
Joe Abbott |
| Country |
New England |
NSW |
1940–1949 |
Charles Adermann |
| Country |
Maranoa |
Qld |
1943–1972 |
Larry Anthony |
| Country |
Richmond |
NSW |
1937–1957 |
Claude Barnard |
| Labor |
Bass |
Tas |
1934–1949 |
Jack Beasley |
| Labor |
West Sydney |
NSW |
1928–1946 |
Kim Beazley[2] |
| Labor |
Fremantle |
WA |
1945–1977 |
Adair Blain[3] |
| Independent |
Northern Territory |
NT |
1934–1949 |
George Bowden |
| Country |
Gippsland |
Vic |
1943–1961 |
John Breen |
| Labor |
Calare |
NSW |
1940–1946 |
Frank Brennan |
| Labor |
Batman |
Vic |
1911–1931, 1934–1949 |
Bill Bryson |
| Labor |
Bourke |
Vic |
1943–1946, 1949–1955 |
Tom Burke |
| Labor |
Perth |
WA |
1943–1955 |
Arthur Calwell |
| Labor |
Melbourne |
Vic |
1940–1972 |
Archie Cameron |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Barker |
SA |
1934–1956 |
Cyril Chambers |
| Labor |
Adelaide |
SA |
1943–1958 |
Ben Chifley |
| Labor |
Macquarie |
NSW |
1928–1931, 1940–1951 |
Joe Clark |
| Labor |
Darling |
NSW |
1934–1969 |
Arthur Coles[4] |
| Independent |
Henty |
Vic |
1940–1946 |
William Conelan |
| Labor |
Griffith |
Qld |
1939–1949 |
Bernard Corser |
| Country |
Wide Bay |
Qld |
1928–1954 |
John Curtin[2] |
| Labor |
Fremantle |
WA |
1928–1931, 1934–1945 |
Fred Daly |
| Labor |
Martin |
NSW |
1943–1975 |
John Dedman |
| Labor |
Corio |
Vic |
1940–1949 |
Arthur Drakeford |
| Labor |
Maribyrnong |
Vic |
1934–1955 |
H.V. Evatt |
| Labor |
Barton |
NSW |
1940–1960 |
Arthur Fadden |
| Country |
Darling Downs |
Qld |
1936–1958 |
Max Falstein |
| Labor |
Watson |
NSW |
1940–1949 |
Frank Forde |
| Labor |
Capricornia |
Qld |
1922–1946 |
Josiah Francis |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Moreton |
Qld |
1922–1955 |
Allan Fraser |
| Labor |
Eden-Monaro |
NSW |
1943–1966, 1969–1972 |
Charles Frost |
| Labor |
Franklin |
Tas |
1929–1931, 1934–1946 |
Arthur Fuller |
| Labor |
Hume |
NSW |
1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963 |
Frank Gaha |
| Labor |
Denison |
Tas |
1943–1949 |
Jo Gullett[4] |
| Liberal |
Henty |
Vic |
1946–1955 |
Allan Guy |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Wilmot |
Tas |
1929–1934, 1940–1946 |
Jim Hadley |
| Labor |
Lilley |
Qld |
1943–1949 |
Eric Harrison |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Wentworth |
NSW |
1931–1956 |
Les Haylen |
| Labor |
Parkes |
NSW |
1943–1963 |
Jack Holloway |
| Labor |
Melbourne Ports |
Vic |
1929–1951 |
Harold Holt |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Fawkner |
Vic |
1935–1967 |
Billy Hughes[5] |
| United Australia/Ind./Lib. |
North Sydney |
NSW |
1901–1952 |
William Hutchinson |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Deakin |
Vic |
1931–1949 |
Rowley James |
| Labor |
Hunter |
NSW |
1928–1958 |
Herbert Johnson |
| Labor |
Kalgoorlie |
WA |
1940–1958 |
Joe Langtry |
| Labor |
Riverina |
NSW |
1940–1949 |
George Lawson |
| Labor |
Brisbane |
Qld |
1931–1961 |
Bert Lazzarini |
| Labor |
Werriwa |
NSW |
1919–1931, 1934–1952 |
Nelson Lemmon |
| Labor |
Forrest |
WA |
1943–1949, 1954–1955 |
Dame Enid Lyons |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Darwin |
Tas |
1943–1951 |
Norman Makin |
| Labor |
Hindmarsh |
SA |
1919–1946, 1954–1963 |
George Martens |
| Labor |
Herbert |
Qld |
1928–1946 |
Allan McDonald |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Corangamite |
Vic |
1940–1953 |
John McEwen |
| Country |
Indi |
Vic |
1934–1971 |
Don McLeod |
| Labor |
Wannon |
Vic |
1940–1949, 1951–1955 |
Robert Menzies |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Kooyong |
Vic |
1934–1966 |
Charles Morgan |
| Labor |
Reid |
NSW |
1940–1946, 1949–1958 |
Don Mountjoy |
| Labor |
Swan |
WA |
1943–1946 |
Dan Mulcahy |
| Labor |
Lang |
NSW |
1934–1953 |
Sir Earle Page |
| Country |
Cowper |
NSW |
1919–1961 |
Reg Pollard |
| Labor |
Ballaarat |
Vic |
1937–1966 |
George Rankin |
| Country |
Bendigo |
Vic |
1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S) |
Bill Riordan |
| Labor |
Kennedy |
Qld |
1936–1966 |
Sol Rosevear |
| Labor |
Dalley |
NSW |
1931–1953 |
Edgar Russell |
| Labor |
Grey |
SA |
1943–1963 |
Rupert Ryan |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Flinders |
Vic |
1940–1952 |
James Scullin |
| Labor |
Yarra |
Vic |
1910–1913, 1922–1949 |
William Scully |
| Labor |
Gwydir |
NSW |
1937–1949 |
Tom Sheehan |
| Labor |
Cook |
NSW |
1937–1955 |
Thomas Sheehy |
| Labor |
Boothby |
SA |
1943–1949 |
Albert Smith |
| Labor |
Wakefield |
SA |
1943–1946 |
Percy Spender[6] |
| United Australia/Ind./Lib. |
Warringah |
NSW |
1937–1951 |
Sir Frederick Stewart |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Parramatta |
NSW |
1931–1946 |
Winton Turnbull[7] |
| Country |
Wimmera |
Vic |
1946–1972 |
Eddie Ward |
| Labor |
East Sydney |
NSW |
1931, 1932–1963 |
David Oliver Watkins |
| Labor |
Newcastle |
NSW |
1935–1958 |
Thomas White |
| United Australia/Liberal |
Balaclava |
Vic |
1929–1951 |
Thomas Williams |
| Labor |
Robertson |
NSW |
1943–1949 |
Alexander Wilson[7] |
| Independent |
Wimmera |
Vic |
1937–1945 |
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At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
Hughes was expelled from the UAP on 14 April 1944 after defying the party by rejoining the Advisory War Council. He sat as an independent until 13 September 1945, when he was admitted to the parliamentary Liberal Party.
Spender was expelled from the UAP on 23 February 1944 after defying party instructions to resign his seat on the Advisory War Council. He subsequently sat as an independent. He became a financial member of the Liberal Party in May 1945, but was not admitted to the parliamentary party until 13 September 1945, after the council's abolition.