Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1937–1940


This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 15th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1937 election on 23 October 1937. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by John Curtin. At the 1934 election nine seats in New South Wales were won by Lang Labor. Following the reunion of the two Labor parties in February 1936, these were held by their members as Labor seats at the 1937 election. With the party's win in Ballaarat and Gwydir, the Labor had a net gain of 11 seats compared with the previous election.
MemberPartyElectorateStateTerm in office
Hon Larry AnthonyCountryRichmondNSW1937–1957
Oliver BadmanCountryGreySA1932–1937, 1937–1943
Frank BakerLaborGriffithQld1931–1939
Claude BarnardLaborBassTas1934–1949
Hon Jack BeasleyLaborWest SydneyNSW1928–1946
Hon George BellUAPDarwinTas1919–1922, 1925–1943
Maurice BlackburnLabor/IndependentBourkeVic1934–1943
Adair BlainIndependentNorthern TerritoryNT1934–1949
Hon Frank BrennanLaborBatmanVic1911–1931, 1934–1949
Hon Archie CameronCountryBarkerSA1934–1956
Rt Hon Richard CaseyUAPCorioVic1931–1940, 1949–1960
Joe ClarkLaborDarlingNSW1934–1969
Thomas CollinsCountryHumeNSW1931–1943
William ConelanLaborGriffithQld1939–1949
Bernard CorserCountryWide BayQld1928–1954
John CurtinLaborFremantleWA1928–1931, 1934–1945
John DedmanLaborCorioVic1940–1949
Arthur DrakefordLaborMaribyrnongVic1934–1955
Arthur FaddenCountryDarling DownsQld1936–1958
Hon James FairbairnUAPFlindersVic1933–1940
Hon Frank FordeLaborCapricorniaQld1922–1946
Hon Josiah FrancisUAPMoretonQld1922–1955
Charles FrostLaborFranklinTas1929–1931, 1934–1946
Joe GanderLaborReidNSW1931–1940
Sydney GardnerUAPRobertsonNSW1922–1940
Hon Albert GreenLaborKalgoorlieWA1922–1940
Hon Henry GregoryCountrySwanWA1913–1940
Henry GullettUAPHentyVic1925–1940
Hon Eric HarrisonUAPWentworthNSW1931–1956
Hon Charles HawkerUAPWakefieldSA1929–1938
Hon Jack HollowayLaborMelbourne PortsVic1929–1951
Hon Harold HoltUAPFawknerVic1935–1967
Rt Hon Billy HughesUAPNorth SydneyNSW1901–1952
Hon James HunterCountryMaranoaQld1921–1940
William HutchinsonUAPDeakinVic1931–1949
Rowley JamesLaborHunterNSW1928–1958
John JenningsUAPWatsonNSW1931–1940
William JollyUAPLilleyQld1937–1943
Albert LaneUAPBartonNSW1931–1940
George LawsonLaborBrisbaneQld1931–1961
Hon John LawsonUAPMacquarieNSW1931–1940
Bert LazzariniLaborWerriwaNSW1919–1931, 1934–1952
Rt Hon Joseph LyonsUAPWilmotTas1929–1939
Gerald MahoneyLaborDenisonTas1934–1940
Norman MakinLaborHindmarshSA1919–1946, 1954–1963
William MaloneyLaborMelbourneVic1904–1940
Hon Sir Charles MarrUAPParkesNSW1919–1929, 1931–1943
George MartensLaborHerbertQld1928–1946
William McCallUAPMartinNSW1934–1943
Hon John McEwenCountryIndiVic1934–1971
Sydney McHughLaborWakefieldSA1938–1940
Rt Hon Robert MenziesUAPKooyongVic1934–1966
Dan MulcahyLaborLangNSW1934–1953
Walter NairnUAPPerthWA1929–1943
Horace NockCountryRiverinaNSW1931–1940
Rt Hon Sir Earle PageCountryCowperNSW1919–1961
Hon Thomas PatersonCountryGippslandVic1922–1943
Hon John PerkinsUAPEden-MonaroNSW1926–1929, 1931–1943
Hon Reg PollardLaborBallaaratVic1937–1966
John PriceUAPBoothbySA1928–1941
John ProwseCountryForrestWA1919–1943
George RankinCountryBendigoVic1937–1949, 1950–1956
Bill RiordanLaborKennedyQld1936–1966
Sol RosevearLaborDalleyNSW1931–1953
Thomas ScholfieldUAPWannonVic1931–1940
Rt Hon James ScullinLaborYarraVic1910–1913, 1922–1949
William ScullyLaborGwydirNSW1937–1949
Tom SheehanLaborCookNSW1937–1955
Hon Percy SpenderIndependent/UAPWarringahNSW1937–1951
Lancelot SpurrLaborWilmotTas1939–1940
Fred StaceyUAPAdelaideSA1931–1943
Hon Frederick StewartUAPParramattaNSW1931–1946
Hon Geoffrey StreetUAPCorangamiteVic1934–1940
Hon Victor ThompsonCountryNew EnglandNSW1922–1940
Hon Harold ThorbyCountryCalareNSW1931–1940
Eddie WardLaborEast SydneyNSW1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver WatkinsLaborNewcastleNSW1935–1958
Hon Thomas WhiteUAPBalaclavaVic1929–1951
Alexander WilsonIndependentWimmeraVic1937–1945