Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1925–1928

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This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 10th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1925 election on 14 November 1925. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1922 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Matthew Charlton. The Nationalist won 11 seats, they did not take at the 1922 election, although five of them were held by Liberal Party members, who had joined the Nationalist government after Bruce became Prime Minister in February 1923.

MemberPartyElectorateStateIn office
Aubrey Abbott   Country Gwydir NSW1925–1929, 1931–1937
Frank Anstey   Labor Bourke Vic1910–1934
Llewellyn Atkinson   Country Wilmot Tas1906–1929
James Bayley   Nationalist Oxley Qld1917–1931
George Bell   Nationalist Darwin Tas1919–1922, 1925–1943
Arthur Blakeley   Labor Darling NSW1917–1934
Eric Bowden   Nationalist Parramatta NSW1906–1910, 1919–1929
Frank Brennan   Labor Batman Vic1911–1931, 1934–1949
Stanley Bruce   Nationalist Flinders Vic1918–1929, 1931–1933
Donald Charles Cameron   Nationalist Brisbane Qld1919–1931, 1934–1937
Malcolm Cameron   Nationalist Barker SA1922–1934
Austin Chapman [1]   Nationalist Eden-Monaro NSW1901–1926
Matthew Charlton   Labor Hunter NSW1910–1928
Percy Coleman   Labor Reid NSW1922–1931
Robert Cook   Country Indi Vic1919–1928
Bernard Corser [2]   Country Wide Bay Qld1928–1954
Edward Corser [2]   Nationalist Wide Bay Qld1915–1928
Jack Duncan-Hughes   Nationalist Boothby SA1922–1928, 1931–1938 (S), 1940–1943
James Fenton   Labor Maribyrnong Vic1910–1934
Frank Forde   Labor Capricornia Qld1922–1946
Richard Foster   Nationalist Wakefield SA1909–1928
Grosvenor Francis   Nationalist Kennedy Qld1925–1929
Josiah Francis   Nationalist Moreton Qld1922–1955
Sydney Gardner   Nationalist Robertson NSW1922–1940
Sir John Gellibrand   Nationalist Denison Tas1925–1928
William Gibson   Country Corangamite Vic1918–1929, 1931–1934
Albert Green   Labor Kalgoorlie WA1922–1940
Roland Green   Country Richmond NSW1922–1937
Henry Gregory   Country Swan WA1913–1940
Sir Littleton Groom   Nationalist Darling Downs Qld1901–1929, 1931–1936
Henry Gullett   Nationalist Henty Vic1925–1940
William Hill   Country Echuca Vic1919–1934
Sir Neville Howse   Nationalist Calare NSW1922–1929
Billy Hughes   Nationalist North Sydney NSW1901–1952
James Hunter   Country Maranoa Qld1921–1940
Geoffry Hurry   Nationalist Bendigo Vic1922–1929
Syd Jackson   Nationalist Bass Tas1919–1929
Sir Elliot Johnson   Nationalist Lang NSW1903–1928
William Killen   Country Riverina NSW1922–1931
Andrew Lacey   Labor Grey SA1922–1931
William Lambert   Labor West Sydney NSW1921–1928
John Latham   Nationalist Kooyong Vic1922–1934
Bert Lazzarini   Labor Werriwa NSW1919–1931, 1934–1952
Thomas Ley   Nationalist Barton NSW1925–1928
John Lister   Nationalist Corio Vic1917–1929
George Mackay   Nationalist Lilley Qld1917–1934
William Mahony [3]   Labor Dalley NSW1915–1927
Norman Makin   Labor Hindmarsh SA1919–1946, 1954–1963
William Maloney   Labor Melbourne Vic1904–1940
Edward Mann   Nationalist Perth WA1922–1929
Arthur Manning   Nationalist Macquarie NSW1922–1928
Walter Marks   Nationalist Wentworth NSW1919–1931
Charles Marr   Nationalist Parkes NSW1919–1929, 1931–1943
James Mathews   Labor Melbourne Ports Vic1906–1931
George Maxwell   Nationalist Fawkner Vic1917–1935
Charles McGrath   Labor Ballaarat Vic1913–1919, 1920–1934
Parker Moloney   Labor Hume NSW1910–1913, 1914–1917, 1919–1931
Harold George Nelson [4]   Labor Northern Territory NT1922–1934
Lewis Nott   Nationalist Herbert Qld1925–1928, 1949–1951
Sir Earle Page   Country Cowper NSW1919–1961
Archdale Parkhill [5]   Nationalist Warringah NSW1927–1937
Walter Parsons   Nationalist Angas SA1925–1929
Thomas Paterson   Country Gippsland Vic1922–1943
John Perkins [1]   Nationalist Eden-Monaro NSW1926–1929, 1931–1943
Graham Pratten [6]   Nationalist Martin NSW1928–1929
Herbert Pratten [6]   Nationalist Martin NSW1921–1928
John Prowse   Country Forrest WA1919–1943
Edward Charles Riley   Labor Cook NSW1922–1934
Edward Riley   Labor South Sydney NSW1910–1931
Arthur Rodgers   Nationalist Wannon Vic1913–1922, 1925–1929
Sir Granville Ryrie [5]   Nationalist Warringah NSW1911–1927
James Scullin   Labor Yarra Vic1910–1913, 1922–1949
Alfred Seabrook   Nationalist Franklin Tas1922–1928
Percy Stewart   Independent Wimmera Vic1919–1931
Ted Theodore [3]   Labor Dalley NSW1927–1931
Victor Thompson   Country New England NSW1922–1940
David Watkins   Labor Newcastle NSW1901–1935
William Watson   Independent Fremantle WA1922–1928, 1931–1934
William Watt   Nationalist Balaclava Vic1914–1929
John West   Labor East Sydney NSW1910–1931
George Edwin Yates   Labor Adelaide SA1914–1919, 1922–1931

Notes

  1. 1 2 Nationalist member Austin Chapman died on 12 January 1926; Nationalist Party candidate John Perkins won the resulting by-election on 6 March.
  2. 1 2 Nationalist Party member Edward Corser died on 31 July 1928; his son, Country Party candidate Bernard Corser won the resulting by-election on 3 September.
  3. 1 2 ALP member William Mahony resigned on 18 January 1927; Labor candidate Ted Theodore won the resulting by-election on 26 February.
  4. ↑ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
  5. 1 2 Nationalist member Granville Ryrie resigned on 13 May 1927 to be appointed Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; Nationalist Party candidate Archdale Parkhill won the resulting by-election on 21 May.
  6. 1 2 Nationalist member Herbert Pratten died on 7 May 1928; his nephew, Nationalist Party candidate Graham Pratten won the resulting by-election on 16 June.

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