MEMBERS OF THE
AUSTRALIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTEENTH PARLIAMENT

ELECTED 21 SEPTEMBER 1940

< 1937 | 1943 >

NEW SOUTH WALES

Joseph Abbott (1891-1965)
New England
Country Party
Elected 1940
  • Minister for Home Security 26
    June 1941 to 7 October 1941



    		•  Larry Anthony (1897-1957)
    Richmond
    Country Party
    Elected 1937
  • Minister without portfolio 28
    October 1940 to 26 June 1941
  • Minister for Transport 26 June
    1941 to 7 October 1941

    		•  Hon John Beasley (1895-1949)
    West Sydney
    Lang Labor (Labor 1941)
    Elected 1928
  • Minister for Supply and
    Development 7 October 1941 to 17
    October 1942
  • Minister for Supply and Shipping
    from 17 October 1942
    		• John Breen (1898-1966)
    Calare
    Labor
    Elected 1940






    		Hon Ben Chifley (1885-1951)
    Macquarie
    Labor
    Elected 1928-31, 1940
  • Treasurer from 7 October 1941
  • Minister for Post-war
    Reconstruction from 22 December 1942



    • Joseph Clarke (1897-1992)
    Darling
    Labor
    Elected 1934





    		Thomas Collins (1886-1945)
    Hume
    Country Party
    Elected 1931
  • Minister without portfolio 28
    October 1940 to 26 June 1941
  • Postmaster-General 26 June 1941
    to 7 October 1941
    		• Dr Herbert Evatt (1894-1965)
    Barton
    Labor
    Elected 1940
  • Attorney-General and Minister for
    External Affairs from 7 October
    1941

    		•  Sydney Falstein (1914-67)
    Watson
    Labor
    Elected 1940





    		Hon Eric Harrison (1892-1974)
    Wentworth
    United Australia
    Elected 1931
  • Minister for Trade and Customs 28
    October 1940 to 7 October 1941



    • Rt Hon Billy Hughes (1862-1952)
    North Sydney
    United Australia
    Elected 1901
  • Attorney-General to 7 October
    1941
  • Minister for Industry to 28
    October 1940
  • Minister for the Navy 28 October
    1940 to 7 October 1941
  • Leader of the United Australia
    Party from 8 October 1941
    		• Rowland James (1885-1962)
    Hunter
    Labor
    Elected 1928









    		Joseph Langtry (1880-1951)
    Riverina
    Labor
    Elected 1940









    		Hubert Lazzarini (1886-1952)
    Werriwa
    Labor
    Elected 1919-31, 1934
  • Minister for Home Security from
    7 October 1941
    Minister assisting the Treasurer from
    7 October 1941




    		• William McCall (1908-68)
    Martin
    United Australia
    Elected 1934










    Hon Charles Marr (1880-1960)
    Parkes
    United Australia
    Elected 1919-29, 1931



    		Charles Morgan (1897-1967)
    Reid
    Labor
    Elected 1940



    		Daniel Mulcahy (1882-1953)
    Lang
    Lang Labor (Labor 1941)
    Elected 1934



    		Rt Hon Sir Earle Page (1880-1961)
    Cowper
    Country Party
    Elected 1919
  • Minister for Commerce 28
    October 1940 to 7 October 1941
    		• Hon John Perkins (1878-1954)
    Eden-Monaro
    United Australia
    Elected 1926-29, 1931




    Sol Rosevear (1892-1953)
    Dalley
    Lang Labor (Labor 1941)
    Elected 1931
  • Speaker from 22 June 1943



    		• William Scully (1890-1966)
    Gwdir
    Labor
    Elected 1937 by
  • Minister for Commerce 7 October
    1941 to 22 December 1942
  • Minister for Commerce and
    Agriculture from 22 December 1942
    		• Thomas Sheehan (1891-1955)
    Cook
    Lang Labor (Labor 1941)
    Elected 1934





    		Hon Percy Spender (1897-1985)
    Warringah
    United Australia
    Elected 1937
  • Treasurer to 28 October 1940
  • Minister for the Army 28 October
    1940 to 7 October 1941

    		• Eric Spooner (1891-1952)
    Robertson
    United Australia
    Elected 1940
  • Minister for War Organisation of
    Industry 26 June 1941 to 7
    October 1941


    • Hon Frederick Stewart (1884-1961)
    Parramatta
    United Australia
    Elected 1931
  • Minister for Social Services to 7
    October 1941
  • Minister for Supply and
    Development 26 January 1940 to 29
    August 1941
  • Minister for External Affairs and
    Minister for Health 28
    October 1940 to 7 October 1941
    		• Eddie Ward (1899-1963)
    East Sydney
    Labor
    Elected 1931 by-31, 1932 by
  • Minister for Labour and National
    Service from 7 October 1941






    		• David Watkins (1865-1935)
    Newcastle
    Labor
    Elected 1935 by


    VICTORIA

    Maurice Blackburn (1880-1944)
    Bourke
    Labor (Ind 1941)
    Elected 1934






    		Hon Frank Brennan (1880-1950)
    Batman
    Labor
    Elected 1911-31, 1934






    		Arthur Calwell (1896-1973)
    Melbourne
    Labor
    Elected 1940






    		Arthur Coles (1892-1982)
    Henty
    Independent
    Elected 1940






    		John Dedman (1896-1973)
    Corio
    Labor
    Elected 1940 by
  • Minister for War Organisation
    of Industry from 7 October 1941
  • Minister in charge of the Council for
    Scientific and Industrial Research
    from 7 October 1941

    • Arthur Drakeford (1881-1957)
    Maribyrnong
    Labor
    Elected 1934
  • Minister for Air and Minister
    for Civil Aviation from
    7 October 1941



    		• Hon Ted Holloway (1875-1967)
    Melbourne Ports
    Labor
    Elected 1929
  • Minister for Social Services and
    Minister for Health from 7 October
    1941



    		• Harold Holt (1908-67)
    Fawkner
    United Australia
    Elected 1935 by
  • Minister for Labour and National
    Service 28 October 1940 to 7
    October 1941
  • Minister in charge of Scientific
    and Industrial Research 28 October
    1940 to 29 August 1941
    		• William Hutchinson (1904-67)
    Deakin
    United Australia
    Elected 1931







    		Allan McDonald (1888-1953)
    Corangamite
    United Australia
    Elected 1940








    Hon John McEwen (1900-80)
    Indi
    Country Party
    Elected 1934
  • Minister for External Affairs to 28
    October 1940
  • Minister for Air and Minister for
    Civil Aviation 28 October 1940 to 7
    October 1941




    		• Donald McLeod (1892-1963)
    Wannon
    Labor
    Elected 1940










    		Rt Hon Robert Menzies (1894-1978)
    Kooyong
    United Australia
    Elected 1934
  • Prime Minister to 29 August 1941
  • Minister for Defence
    Co-ordination to 7 October 1941
  • Minister for Information to 13
    December 1940
  • Minister for Munitions to 29
    October 1940
  • Leader of the United Australia
    Party to 8 October 1941
    		• Hon Thomas Paterson (1882-1952)
    Gippsland
    Country Party
    Elected 1922










    		Reg Pollard (1894-1981)
    Ballaarat
    Labor
    Elected 1937











    George Rankin (1887-1957)
    Bendigo
    Country Party
    Elected 1937     		Rupert Ryan (1884-1952)
    Flinders
    United Australia
    Elected 1940     		Rt Hon James Scullin (1876-1953)
    Yarra
    Labor
    Elected 1910-13, 1922 by     		Hon Thomas White (1888-1957)
    Balaclava
    United Australia
    Elected 1929 by     		Alexander Wilson (1880-1954)
    Wimmera
    Independent
    Elected 1937


    QUEENSLAND

    Francis Baker Sr (1873-1959)
    Maranoa
    Labor
    Elected 1940











    		William Conelan (1893-1983)
    Griffith
    Labor
    Elected 1939 by











    		Bernard Corser (1882-1967)
    Wide Bay
    Country Party
    Elected 1928 by











    		Hon Arthur Fadden (1895-1973)
    Darling Downs
    Country Party
    Elected 1936 by
  • Minister for Air and Minister for
    Civil Aviation to 28 October 1940
  • Treasurer 28 October 1940 to 7
    October 1941
  • Prime Minister 29 August 1941 to
    7 October 1941
  • Leader of the Opposition from 7
    October 1941
  • Leader of the Country Party from
    12 March 1941
    		• Hon Frank Forde (1890-1983)
    Capricornia
    Labor
    Elected 1922
  • Minister for the Army from 7
    October 1941









    • Hon Josiah Francis (1890-1964)
    Moreton
    United Australia
    Elected 1922




    		 William Jolly (1882-1955)
    Lilley
    United Australia
    Elected 1937




    		George Lawson (1881-1966)
    Brisbane
    Labor
    Elected 1931
  • Minister for Transport and
    Minister assisting the Postmaster-
    General from 7 October 1941
    		• George Martens (1874-1949)
    Herbert
    Labor
    Elected 1928




    		William Riordan (1908-73)
    Kennedy
    Labor
    Elected 1936 by






    SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    Albert Badman (1885-1977)
    Grey
    Country Party (UAP 1940)
    Senator 1931-37. Elected 1937





    		Hon Archie Cameron (1895-1956)
    Barker
    Country Party (UAP 1940)
    Elected 1934
  • Minister for the Navy and Minister
    for Commerce to 28 October 1940
  • Leader of the Country Party to 16
    October 1940
    		• John Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962)
    Wakefield
    United Australia
    Elected 1922-28, 1940





    		Hon Norman Makin (1889-1982)
    Hindmarsh
    Labor
    Elected 1919
  • Minister for the Navy and Minister
    for Munitions from 7 October 1941



    • John Price (1882-1941)
    Boothby
    United Australia
    Elected 1928
    Died 23 April 1941     		Fred Stacey (1879-1964)
    Adelaide
    United Australia
    Elected 1931



    WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    John Curtin (1885-1945)
    Fremantle
    Labor
    Elected 1928-31, 1934

  • Leader of the Opposition to 7
    October 1941
  • Prime Minister from 7 October
    1941
  • Minister for Defence Co-ordination
    7 October 1941 to 14 April 1942
  • Minister for Defence from 14 April
    1942
  • Leader of the Labor Party
    		• Hon Albert Green (1869-1940)
    Kalgoorlie
    Labor
    Elected 1922
    Died 2 October 1940










    		Henry Gregory (1860-1940)
    Swan
    Country Party
    Elected 1913
    Died 15 November 1940










    		Walter Nairn (1878-1958)
    Perth
    United Australia
    Elected 1929

  • Speaker 20 November 1940 to 21
    June 1943







    		• John Prowse (1871-1944)
    Forrest
    Country Party
    Elected 1919


    TASMANIA

    Claude Barnard (1890-1957)
    Bass
    Labor
    Elected 1934




    		Arthur Beck (1882-1965)
    Denison
    United Australia
    Elected 1940




    		Hon Sir George Bell (1872-1944)
    Darwin
    United Australia
    Elected 1919-22, 1925
  • Speaker to 19 November 1940


    		• Charles Frost (1881-1964)
    Franklin
    Labor
    Elected 1929-31, 1934
  • Minister for Repatriation and
    Minister in charge of War Service
    Homes from 7 October 1941
    		• James Guy (1890-1979)
    Wilmot
    United Australia
    Elected 1929-34, 1940






    NORTHERN TERRITORY

    Adair Blain (1894-1983)
    Northern Territory
    Independent
    Elected 1934



    BY-ELECTIONS 1940-43

    Herbert Johnson (1889-1962)
    Kalgoorlie
    Labor
    Elected 10 November 1940     		Thomas Marwick (1895-1960)
    Swan
    Country Party
    Elected 21 December 1940     		Archibald Grenfell Price (1892-1977)
    Boothby
    United Australia
    Elected 24 May 1941


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