Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1972–1974

This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 1972 to 1974.^[1] At the 2 December 1972 election, all 125 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. The Liberal Party of Australia had been in power since 1949, under Prime Minister of Australia William McMahon since March 1971 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Doug Anthony, but were defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam.

Member	Party		Electorate	State	In office
Evan Adermann		Country	Fisher	Qld	1972–1990
Doug Anthony		Country	Richmond	NSW	1957–1984
John Armitage		Labor	Chifley	NSW	1961–1963, 1969–1983
Alfred Ashley-Brown		Labor	Mitchell	NSW	1972–1974
Lance Barnard		Labor	Bass	Tas	1954–1975
Kim Beazley Sr.		Labor	Fremantle	WA	1945–1977
Adrian Bennett		Labor	Swan	WA	1969–1975
Joe Berinson		Labor	Perth	WA	1969–1975
Fred Birrell		Labor	Port Adelaide	SA	1963–1974
Robert Bonnett		Liberal	Herbert	Qld	1966–1977
John Bourchier		Liberal	Bendigo	Vic	1972–1983
Lionel Bowen		Labor	Kingsford-Smith	NSW	1969–1990
Nigel Bowen 1		Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1964–1973
Gordon Bryant		Labor	Wills	Vic	1955–1980
Les Bury		Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1956–1974
Jim Cairns		Labor	Lalor	Vic	1955–1977
Sam Calder		Country Liberal	Northern Territory	NT	1966–1980
Clyde Cameron		Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1949–1980
Don Cameron		Liberal	Griffith	Qld	1966–1990
Moss Cass		Labor	Maribyrnong	Vic	1969–1983
Don Chipp		Liberal	Hotham	Vic	1960–1977
John Coates		Labor	Denison	Tas	1972–1975
Barry Cohen		Labor	Robertson	NSW	1969–1990
Fred Collard		Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1961–1975
Rex Connor		Labor	Cunningham	NSW	1963–1977
Marshall Cooke		Liberal	Petrie	Qld	1972–1974
James Corbett		Country	Maranoa	Qld	1966–1980
Jim Cope		Labor	Sydney	NSW	1955–1975
Sir John Cramer		Liberal	Bennelong	NSW	1949–1974
Frank Crean		Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1951–1977
Manfred Cross		Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1961–1975, 1980–1990
Fred Daly		Labor	Grayndler	NSW	1943–1975
Ron Davies		Labor	Braddon	Tas	1958–1975
Frank Doyle		Labor	Lilley	Qld	1972–1974
Peter Drummond		Liberal	Forrest	WA	1972–1987
Nigel Drury		Liberal	Ryan	Qld	1949–1975
Gil Duthie		Labor	Wilmot	Tas	1946–1975
Harry Edwards		Liberal	Berowra	NSW	1972–1993
Kep Enderby		Labor	Canberra	ACT	1970–1975
John England		Country	Calare	NSW	1960–1975
Dudley Erwin		Liberal	Ballaarat	Vic	1955–1975
Doug Everingham		Labor	Capricornia	Qld	1967–1975, 1977–1984
David Fairbairn		Liberal	Farrer	NSW	1949–1975
Peter Fisher		Country	Mallee	Vic	1972–1993
John FitzPatrick		Labor	Darling	NSW	1969–1980
Jim Forbes		Liberal	Barker	SA	1956–1975
Max Fox		Liberal	Henty	Vic	1955–1974
Malcolm Fraser		Liberal	Wannon	Vic	1955–1984
Bill Fulton		Labor	Leichhardt	Qld	1958–1975
Victor Garland		Liberal	Curtin	WA	1969–1981
Horrie Garrick		Labor	Batman	Vic	1969–1977
Geoffrey Giles		Liberal	Angas	SA	1964–1983
John Gorton		Liberal	Higgins	Vic	1968–1975
Bill Graham		Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1949–1954, 1955–1958, 1966–1980
Al Grassby		Labor	Riverina	NSW	1969–1974
Richard Gun		Labor	Kingston	SA	1969–1975
John Hallett		Country	Canning	WA	1963–1974
David Hamer		Liberal	Isaacs	Vic	1969–1974, 1975–1977
Brendan Hansen		Labor	Wide Bay	Qld	1961–1974
Bill Hayden		Labor	Oxley	Qld	1961–1988
Arthur Hewson		Country	McMillan	Vic	1972–1975
Mac Holten		Country	Indi	Vic	1958–1977
Ralph Hunt		Country	Gwydir	NSW	1969–1989
Chris Hurford		Labor	Adelaide	SA	1969–1988
Ted Innes		Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1972–1983
Ralph Jacobi		Labor	Hawker	SA	1969–1987
Bert James		Labor	Hunter	NSW	1960–1980
Alan Jarman		Liberal	Deakin	Vic	1966–1983
Harry Jenkins Sr.		Labor	Scullin	Vic	1969–1985
Keith Johnson		Labor	Burke	Vic	1969–1980
Les Johnson		Labor	Hughes	NSW	1955–1966, 1969–1984
Charles Jones		Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1958–1983
Bob Katter Sr.		Country	Kennedy	Qld	1966–1990
Paul Keating		Labor	Blaxland	NSW	1969–1996
Bert Kelly		Liberal	Wakefield	SA	1958–1977
Len Keogh		Labor	Bowman	Qld	1969–1975, 1983–1987
John Kerin		Labor	Macarthur	NSW	1972–1975, 1978–1993
James Killen		Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1955–1983
Robert King		Country	Wimmera	Vic	1958–1977
Dick Klugman		Labor	Prospect	NSW	1969–1990
Tony Lamb		Labor	La Trobe	Vic	1972–1975, 1984–1990
Bruce Lloyd		Country	Murray	Vic	1971–1996
Tony Luchetti		Labor	Macquarie	NSW	1951–1975
Philip Lucock		Country	Lyne	NSW	1952–1980
Phillip Lynch		Liberal	Flinders	Vic	1966–1982
Michael MacKellar		Liberal	Warringah	NSW	1969–1994
Don Maisey		Country	Moore	WA	1963–1974
Vince Martin		Labor	Banks	NSW	1969–1980
Race Mathews		Labor	Casey	Vic	1972–1975
David McKenzie		Labor	Diamond Valley	Vic	1972–1975
John McLeay Jr.		Liberal	Boothby	SA	1966–1981
William McMahon		Liberal	Lowe	NSW	1949–1982
Tom McVeigh		Country	Darling Downs	Qld	1972–1988
Peter Morris		Labor	Shortland	NSW	1972–1998
Bill Morrison		Labor	St George	NSW	1969–1975, 1980–1984
Allan Mulder		Labor	Evans	NSW	1972–1975
Martin Nicholls		Labor	Bonython	SA	1963–1977
Peter Nixon		Country	Gippsland	Vic	1961–1983
Frank O'Keefe		Country	Paterson	NSW	1969–1984
Max Oldmeadow		Labor	Holt	Vic	1972–1975
Frank Olley		Labor	Hume	NSW	1972–1974
Rex Patterson		Labor	Dawson	Qld	1966–1975
Andrew Peacock		Liberal	Kooyong	Vic	1966–1994
Len Reynolds		Labor	Barton	NSW	1958–1966, 1969–1975
Joe Riordan		Labor	Phillip	NSW	1972–1975
Eric Robinson		Liberal	McPherson	Qld	1972–1990
Ian Robinson		Country	Cowper	NSW	1963–1981
Philip Ruddock 1		Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1973–2016
Gordon Scholes		Labor	Corio	Vic	1967–1993
Ray Sherry		Labor	Franklin	Tas	1969–1975
Ian Sinclair		Country	New England	NSW	1963–1998
Billy Snedden		Liberal	Bruce	Vic	1955–1983
Tony Staley		Liberal	Chisholm	Vic	1970–1980
Frank Stewart		Labor	Lang	NSW	1953–1979
Tony Street		Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1966–1984
Ray Thorburn		Labor	Cook	NSW	1972–1975
Harry Turner		Liberal	Bradfield	NSW	1952–1974
Tom Uren		Labor	Reid	NSW	1958–1990
Ian Viner		Liberal	Stirling	WA	1972–1983
Laurie Wallis		Labor	Grey	SA	1969–1983
Bill Wentworth		Liberal	Mackellar	NSW	1949–1977
Bob Whan		Labor	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1972–1975
Gough Whitlam		Labor	Werriwa	NSW	1952–1978
Ray Whittorn		Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1960–1974
Ralph Willis		Labor	Gellibrand	Vic	1972–1998
Ian Wilson		Liberal	Sturt	SA	1966–1969, 1972–1993

¹ Liberal member Nigel Bowen resigned on 11 July 1973; Liberal candidate Philip Ruddock won the resulting by-election on 22 September 1973.