Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1910–1913

Last updated December 31, 2021

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the Fourth Australian Parliament, which was elected on 13 April 1910.

Member	Party	Electorate	State	In office
Frank Anstey	Labor	Bourke	Vic	1910
William Archibald *	Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1910
Llewellyn Atkinson	Commonwealth Liberal	Wilmot	Tas	1906
Frederick Bamford	Labor	Herbert	Qld	1901
Lee Batchelor	Labor	Boothby	SA	1901
Henry Beard	Labor	Batman	Vic	1910
Hon Thomas Brown	Labor	Calare	NSW	1901–1906, 1906
George Cann	Labor	Nepean	NSW	1910
Ernest Carr	Labor	Macquarie	NSW	1906
James Catts	Labor	Cook	NSW	1906
Hon John Chanter	Labor	Riverina	NSW	1901–1903, 1904 (by-election)
Austin Chapman *	Commonwealth Liberal	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1901
Matthew Charlton	Labor	Hunter	NSW	1910
Hon Joseph Cook	Commonwealth Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1901
Hon Alfred Deakin	Commonwealth Liberal	Ballarat	Vic	1901
Hon George Edwards	Commonwealth Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1901–1906, 1910
Hon Richard Edwards	Commonwealth Liberal	Oxley	Qld	1901
George Fairbairn	Commonwealth Liberal	Fawkner	Vic	1906
James Fenton	Labor	Maribyrnong	Vic	1910
William Finlayson	Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1910
Andrew Fisher	Labor	Wide Bay	Qld	1901
Rt Hon Sir John Forrest	Commonwealth Liberal	Swan	WA	1901
Frank Foster	Labor	New England	NSW	1906
Richard Foster	Commonwealth Liberal	Wakefield	SA	1909 (by-election)
Hon James Fowler	Commonwealth Liberal	Perth	WA	1901
Charlie Frazer	Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1903
George Fuller	Commonwealth Liberal	Illawarra	NSW	1901
Paddy Glynn *	Commonwealth Liberal	Angas	SA	1901
Littleton Groom	Commonwealth Liberal	Darling Downs	Qld	1901
David Hall	Labor	Werriwa	NSW	1906
Robert Harper	Commonwealth Liberal	Mernda	Vic	1901
William Hedges	Commonwealth Liberal	Fremantle	WA	1906
Hon William Higgs	Labor	Capricornia	Qld	1910
Robert Howe	Labor	Dalley	NSW	1910
Billy Hughes	Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1901
Hans Irvine	Commonwealth Liberal	Grampians	Vic	1906
Hon William Irvine	Commonwealth Liberal	Flinders	Vic	1906
Jens Jensen	Labor	Bass	Tas	1910
Elliot Johnson	Commonwealth Liberal	Lang	NSW	1903
William Johnson	Labor	Robertson	NSW	1910
Willie Kelly	Commonwealth Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1903
William Knox	Commonwealth Liberal	Kooyong	Vic	1901
William Laird Smith	Labor	Denison	Tas	1910
John Livingston	Commonwealth Liberal	Barker	SA	1906
Hon Sir William Lyne	Independent	Hume	NSW	1901
Charles McDonald	Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1901
John McDougall	Labor	Wannon	Vic	1906
William McWilliams	Commonwealth Liberal	Franklin	Tas	1903
Hugh Mahon	Labor	Coolgardie	WA	1901
Dr William Maloney	Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1906
Walter Massy-Greene	Commonwealth Liberal	Richmond	NSW	1910
James Mathews	Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1906
Parker Moloney	Labor	Indi	Vic	1910
King O'Malley	Labor	Darwin	Tas	1901
Alfred Ozanne	Labor	Corio	Vic	1910
Jim Page	Labor	Maranoa	Qld	1901
Albert Palmer	Commonwealth Liberal	Echuca	Vic	1906
Alexander Poynton *	Labor	Grey	SA	1901
Sir John Quick	Commonwealth Liberal	Bendigo	Vic	1901
Edward Riley	Labor	South Sydney	NSW	1910
Ernest Roberts	Labor	Adelaide	SA	1908 (by-election)
Dr Carty Salmon	Commonwealth Liberal	Laanecoorie	Vic	1901
Sydney Sampson	Commonwealth Liberal	Wimmera	Vic	1906
James Scullin	Labor	Corangamite	Vic	1910
Hugh Sinclair	Commonwealth Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1906
Bruce Smith	Commonwealth Liberal	Parkes	NSW	1901
William Spence	Labor	Darling	NSW	1901
Josiah Thomas	Labor	Barrier	NSW	1901
John Thomson	Commonwealth Liberal	Cowper	NSW	1906
Frank Tudor	Labor	Yarra	Vic	1901
David Watkins	Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1901
William Webster	Labor	Gwydir	NSW	1903
John West	Labor	East Sydney	NSW	1910
George Wise	Independent	Gippsland	Vic	1906
Agar Wynne	Commonwealth Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1906

Notes

* These candidates were elected unopposed.

^ The Commonwealth Liberal Party, or the Fusion Party, was formed in 1909 when the Protectionist Party merged with the Free Trade Party.
^ Hon Lee Batchelor died in 1911, and was replaced by David Gordon (Commonwealth Liberal) at the resulting by-election on 11 November 1911.
^ Henry Beard died in 1911, and was replaced by Frank Brennan (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 8 February 1911.
^ Hon Thomas Brown was first elected in 1901 to the Division of Canobolas, which was abolished at the 1906 redistribution.
^ Hon John Chanter was first elected in 1901, defeated at the 1903 election, but then re-elected at a by-election in 1904.
^ Hon George Edwards died in 1911, and was replaced by Granville Ryrie (Commonwealth Liberal) at the resulting by-election on 11 March 1911.
^ Hon George Edwards was first elected in 1901 to the Division of South Sydney, but retired before the 1906 election.
^ Hon James Fowler joined the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909 having previously been a Labor member.
^ David Hall resigned in 1912, and was replaced by Benjamin Bennett (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 1 June 1912.
^ Hon William Higgs previously sat in the Australian Senate as a Senator for Queensland from 1901 to 1907.
^ Hon William Knox resigned in 1910, and was replaced by Hon Sir Robert Best (Commonwealth Liberal) at the resulting by-election on 29 August 1910.
^ Hon Sir William Lyne stood as an independent, having previously been a member of the Protectionist Party.
^ George Wise stood as an independent, having previously been a member of the Protectionist Party.

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