Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1949–1951

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 19th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1949 election on 10 December 1949.

In the first of two significant expansions, the house was expanded by 48 seats, from 75 (including the Northern Territory) to 123 seats (including the Australian Capital Territory) — the other expansion in 1984 added 23 seats. In addition the seat of Bourke was replaced by Burke. The opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden won a net of 48 additional seats, allowing it to form government. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Ben Chifley won a net of four additional seats and the four representatives of minor parties and an independent were all defeated.

Member	Party		Electorate	State	In office
Charles Adermann		Country	Fisher	Qld	1943–1972
Charles Anderson		Country	Hume	NSW	1949–1951, 1955–1961
Gordon Anderson		Labor	Kingsford Smith	NSW	1949–1955
Tom Andrews		Labor	Darebin	Vic	1949–1955
Larry Anthony		Country	Richmond	NSW	1937–1957
Jeff Bate		Liberal	Macarthur	NSW	1949–1972
Howard Beale		Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1946–1958
Kim Beazley		Labor	Fremantle	WA	1945–1977
Doug Berry		Liberal	Griffith	Qld	1949–1954
Alan Bird		Labor	Batman	Vic	1949–1962
William Bostock		Liberal	Indi	Vic	1949–1958
Bill Bourke		Labor	Fawkner	Vic	1949–1955
George Bowden		Country	Gippsland	Vic	1943–1961
Geoffrey Brown		Liberal	McMillan	Vic	1949–1955
Bill Bryson		Labor	Wills	Vic	1943–1946, 1949–1955
Tom Burke		Labor	Perth	WA	1943–1955
Arthur Calwell		Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1940–1972
Archie Cameron		Liberal	Barker	SA	1934–1956
Clyde Cameron		Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1949–1980
Donald Cameron		Liberal	Oxley	Qld	1949–1961
Richard Casey		Liberal	La Trobe	Vic	1931–1940, 1949–1960
Cyril Chambers		Labor	Adelaide	SA	1943–1958
Ben Chifley		Labor	Macquarie	NSW	1928–1931, 1940–1951
Percy Clarey		Labor	Bendigo	Vic	1949–1960
Joe Clark		Labor	Darling	NSW	1934–1969
Bernard Corser		Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1928–1954
Eric Costa		Labor	Banks	NSW	1949–1969
John Cramer		Liberal	Bennelong	NSW	1949–1974
Jack Cremean		Labor	Hoddle	Vic	1949–1955
Dan Curtin		Labor	Watson	NSW	1949–1969
Fred Daly		Labor	Grayndler	NSW	1943–1975
Charles Davidson		Country	Dawson	Qld	1946–1963
Billy Davies		Labor	Cunningham	NSW	1949–1956
Frank Davis		Liberal	Deakin	Vic	1949–1966
Roger Dean		Liberal	Robertson	NSW	1949–1964
Alick Downer		Liberal	Angas	SA	1949–1964
Arthur Drakeford		Labor	Maribyrnong	Vic	1934–1955
David Drummond		Country	New England	NSW	1949–1963
Nigel Drury		Liberal	Ryan	Qld	1949–1975
Gil Duthie		Labor	Wilmot	Tas	1946–1975
Bill Edmonds		Labor	Herbert	Qld	1946–1958
Jim Eggins		Country	Lyne	NSW	1949–1952
H.V. Evatt		Labor	Barton	NSW	1940–1960
Arthur Fadden		Country	McPherson	Qld	1936–1958
Laurie Failes		Country	Lawson	NSW	1949–1969
David Fairbairn		Liberal	Farrer	NSW	1949–1975
Allen Fairhall		Liberal	Paterson	NSW	1949–1969
Bill Falkinder		Liberal	Franklin	Tas	1946–1966
Joe Fitzgerald		Labor	Phillip	NSW	1949–1955
Josiah Francis		Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1922–1955
Allan Fraser		Labor	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943–1966, 1969–1972
Gordon Freeth		Liberal	Forrest	WA	1949–1969
Tom Gilmore, Sr.		Country	Leichhardt	Qld	1949–1951
Bill Graham		Liberal	St George	NSW	1949–1954, 1955–1958, 1966–1980
Bill Grayden		Liberal	Swan	WA	1949–1954
Charles Griffiths		Labor	Shortland	NSW	1949–1972
Jo Gullett		Liberal	Henty	Vic	1946–1955
Len Hamilton		Country	Canning	WA	1946–1961
Jim Handby		Liberal	Kingston	SA	1949–1951
Eric Harrison		Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1931–1956
Jim Harrison		Labor	Blaxland	NSW	1949–1969
Paul Hasluck		Liberal	Curtin	WA	1949–1969
William Haworth		Liberal	Isaacs	Vic	1949–1969
Les Haylen		Labor	Parkes	NSW	1943–1963
Jack Holloway		Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929–1951
Harold Holt		Liberal	Higgins	Vic	1935–1967
John Howse		Liberal	Calare	NSW	1946–1960
Billy Hughes		Liberal	Bradfield	NSW	1901–1952
Alan Hulme		Liberal	Petrie	Qld	1949–1961, 1963–1972
William Jack		Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1949–1966
Rowley James		Labor	Hunter	NSW	1928–1958
Herbert Johnson		Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1940–1958
Bruce Kekwick		Liberal	Bass	Tas	1949–1954
Wilfrid Kent Hughes		Liberal	Chisholm	Vic	1949–1970
Stan Keon		Labor	Yarra	Vic	1949–1955
William Lawrence		Liberal	Wimmera	Vic	1949–1958
George Lawson		Labor	Brisbane	Qld	1931–1961
Bert Lazzarini		Labor	Werriwa	NSW	1919–1931, 1934–1952
Hugh Leslie		Country	Moore	WA	1949–1958, 1961–1963
Enid Lyons		Liberal	Darwin	Tas	1943–1951
Dan Mackinnon		Liberal	Wannon	Vic	1949–1951, 1953–1966
Philip McBride		Liberal	Wakefield	SA	1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
Malcolm McColm		Liberal	Bowman	Qld	1949–1961
Allan McDonald		Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1940–1953
John McEwen		Country	Murray	Vic	1934–1971
John McLeay Sr.		Liberal	Boothby	SA	1949–1966
William McMahon		Liberal	Lowe	NSW	1949–1982
Robert Menzies		Liberal	Kooyong	Vic	1934–1966
Dan Minogue		Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1949–1969
Charles Morgan		Labor	Reid	NSW	1940–1946, 1949–1958
Dan Mulcahy		Labor	Lang	NSW	1934–1953
Jack Mullens		Labor	Gellibrand	Vic	1949–1955
Jock Nelson [1]		Labor	Northern Territory	NT	1949–1966
Lewis Nott [1]		Independent	Australian Capital Territory	ACT	1925–1928, 1949–1951
William O'Connor		Labor	Martin	NSW	1946–1969
Hubert Opperman		Liberal	Corio	Vic	1949–1967
Frederick Osborne		Liberal	Evans	NSW	1949–1961
Sir Earle Page		Country	Cowper	NSW	1919–1961
Henry Pearce		Liberal	Capricornia	Qld	1949–1961
Ted Peters		Labor	Burke	Vic	1949–1969
Alan Pittard		Liberal	Ballaarat	Vic	1949–1951
Reg Pollard		Labor	Lalor	Vic	1937–1966
Bill Riordan		Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1936–1966
Hugh Roberton		Country	Riverina	NSW	1949–1965
Sol Rosevear		Labor	Dalley	NSW	1931–1953
Charles Russell		Country	Maranoa	Qld	1949–1951
Edgar Russell		Labor	Grey	SA	1943–1963
Rupert Ryan		Liberal	Flinders	Vic	1940–1952
Tom Sheehan		Labor	Cook	NSW	1937–1955
Percy Spender		Liberal	Warringah	NSW	1937–1951
Reginald Swartz		Liberal	Darling Downs	Qld	1949–1972
Albert Thompson		Labor	Port Adelaide	SA	1946–1963
Frank Timson		Liberal	Higinbotham	Vic	1949–1960
Athol Townley		Liberal	Denison	Tas	1949–1964
Thomas Treloar		Country	Gwydir	NSW	1949–1953
Winton Turnbull		Country	Mallee	Vic	1946–1972
Eddie Ward		Labor	East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins		Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1935–1958
Bill Wentworth		Liberal	Mackellar	NSW	1949–1977
Roy Wheeler		Liberal	Mitchell	NSW	1949–1961
Thomas White		Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1929–1951
Bruce Wight		Liberal	Lilley	Qld	1949–1961
Keith Wilson		Liberal	Sturt	SA	1937–1944 (S), 1949–1954, 1955–1966

Notes

1. At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.

References

• Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the nineteenth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1951.
• "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.