Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1946–1949

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 18th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1946 election on 28 September 1946. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Ben Chifley defeated the newly formed opposition Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) led by its founder Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden.

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
Howard Beale		Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1946–1958
Kim Beazley		Labor	Fremantle	WA	1945–1977
Doris Blackburn		Independent	Bourke	Vic	1946–1949
Adair Blain [1]		Independent	Northern Territory	NT	1934–1949
George Bowden		Country	Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
Frank Brennan		Labor	Batman	Vic	1911–1931, 1934–1949
Tom Burke		Labor	Perth	WA	1943–1955
Arthur Calwell		Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Archie Cameron		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
William Conelan		Labor	Griffith	Qld	1939–1949
Bernard Corser		Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
Fred Daly		Labor	Martin	NSW	1943–1975
Charles Davidson		Country	Capricornia	Qld	1946–1963
John Dedman		Labor	Corio	Vic	1940–1949
Arthur Drakeford		Labor	Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
Gil Duthie		Labor	Wilmot	Tas	1946–1975
Bill Edmonds		Labor	Herbert	Qld	1946–1958
H.V. Evatt		Labor	Barton	NSW	1940–1960
Arthur Fadden		Country	Darling Downs	Qld	1936–1958
Bill Falkinder		Liberal	Franklin	Tas	1946–1966
Max Falstein		Labor	Watson	NSW	1940–1949
Josiah Francis		Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Allan Fraser		Labor	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943–1966, 1969–1972
Arthur Fuller		Labor	Hume	NSW	1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963
Frank Gaha		Labor	Denison	Tas	1943–1949
Jo Gullett		Liberal	Henty	Vic	1946–1955
Jim Hadley		Labor	Lilley	Qld	1943–1949
Len Hamilton		Country	Swan	WA	1946–1961
Eric Harrison		Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Les Haylen		Labor	Parkes	NSW	1943–1963
Jack Holloway		Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929–1951
Harold Holt		Liberal	Fawkner	Vic	1935–1967
John Howse		Liberal	Calare	NSW	1946–1960
Billy Hughes		Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1901–1952
William Hutchinson		Liberal	Deakin	Vic	1931–1949
Rowley James		Labor	Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
Herbert Johnson		Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1940–1958
Jack Lang		Lang Labor	Reid	NSW	1946–1949
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
Enid Lyons		Liberal	Darwin	Tas	1943–1951
Philip McBride		Liberal	Wakefield	SA	1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Allan McDonald		Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1940–1953
John McEwen		Country	Indi	Vic	1934–1971
Don McLeod		Labor	Wannon	Vic	1940–1949, 1951–1955
Robert Menzies		Liberal	Kooyong	Vic	1934–1966
Dan Mulcahy		Labor	Lang	NSW	1934–1953
William O'Connor		Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1946–1969
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		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
Percy Spender		Liberal	Warringah	NSW	1937–1951
Albert Thompson		Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1946–1963
Winton Turnbull		Country	Wimmera	Vic	1946–1972
Eddie Ward		Labor	East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins		Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1935–1958
Thomas White		Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951
Thomas Williams		Labor	Robertson	NSW	1943–1949

Notes

1. At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.

References

• Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Eighteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1949.
• "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.