Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1946–1949

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 18th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1946 election on 28 September 1946. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Ben Chifley defeated the newly formed opposition Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) led by its founder Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden.

	Seat changes between 1943 and 1946 elections
Labor	Won by Labor Party
Liberal	Won by Liberal Party
Country	Won by Country Party
Lang Labor	Won by Lang Labor
Independent	Won by an independent
Bourke	Seat abolished at the end of the 13th Parliament

Member	Party	Electorate	State	First elected
Hon Joe Abbott	Country	New England	NSW	1940
Charles Adermann	Country	Maranoa	Qld	1943
Hon Larry Anthony	Country	Richmond	NSW	1937
Hon Claude Barnard	ALP	Bass	Tas	1934
Howard Beale	Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1946
Kim Beazley	ALP	Fremantle	WA	1945
Doris Blackburn	Independent	Bourke	Vic	1946
Adair Blain	Independent	Northern Territory	NT	1934
George Bowden	Country	Gippsland	Vic	1943
Hon Frank Brennan	ALP	Batman	Vic	1911–31, 1934
Tom Burke	ALP	Perth	WA	1943
Hon Arthur Calwell	ALP	Melbourne	Vic	1940
Hon Archie Cameron	Liberal	Barker	SA	1934
Hon Cyril Chambers	ALP	Adelaide	SA	1943
Rt Hon Ben Chifley	ALP	Macquarie	NSW	1928–31, 1940
Joe Clark	ALP	Darling	NSW	1934
William Conelan	ALP	Griffith	Qld	1939
Bernard Corser	Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1928
Fred Daly	ALP	Martin	NSW	1943
Charles Davidson	Country	Capricornia	Qld	1946
Hon John Dedman	ALP	Corio	Vic	1940
Hon Arthur Drakeford	ALP	Maribyrnong	Vic	1934
Gil Duthie	ALP	Wilmot	Tas	1946
Bill Edmonds	ALP	Herbert	Qld	1946
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt	ALP	Barton	NSW	1940
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden	Country	Darling Downs	Qld	1936
Bill Falkinder	Liberal	Franklin	Tas	1946
Max Falstein	ALP	Watson	NSW	1940
Hon Josiah Francis	Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1922
Allan Fraser	ALP	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943
Arthur Fuller	ALP	Hume	NSW	1943
John Gaha	ALP	Denison	Tas	1943
Jo Gullett	Liberal	Henty	Vic	1946
James Hadley	ALP	Lilley	Qld	1943
Len Hamilton	Country	Swan	WA	1946
Hon Eric Harrison	Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1931
Leslie Haylen	ALP	Parkes	NSW	1943
Hon Jack Holloway	ALP	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929
Rt Hon Harold Holt	Liberal	Fawkner	Vic	1935
John Howse	Liberal	Calare	NSW	1946
Rt Hon Billy Hughes	Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1901
William Hutchinson	Liberal	Deakin	Vic	1931
Rowley James	ALP	Hunter	NSW	1928
Hon Herbert Johnson	ALP	Kalgoorlie	WA	1940
Jack Lang	Lang Labor	Reid	NSW	1946
Joe Langtry	ALP	Riverina	NSW	1940
Hon George Lawson	ALP	Brisbane	Qld	1931
Hon Bert Lazzarini	ALP	Werriwa	NSW	1919–31, 1934
Hon Nelson Lemmon	ALP	Forrest	WA	1943
Enid Lyons	Liberal	Darwin	Tas	1943
Hon Philip McBride	Liberal	Wakefield	SA	1931–37, 1937–43 (S), 1946
Hon Allan McDonald	Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1940
Hon John McEwen	Country	Indi	Vic	1934
Don McLeod	ALP	Wannon	Vic	1940
Rt Hon Robert Menzies	Liberal	Kooyong	Vic	1934
Dan Mulcahy	ALP	Lang	NSW	1934
William O'Connor	ALP	West Sydney	NSW	1946
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page	Country	Cowper	NSW	1919
Hon Reg Pollard	ALP	Ballaarat	Vic	1937
George Rankin	Country	Bendigo	Vic	1937
Hon Bill Riordan	ALP	Kennedy	Qld	1936
Hon Sol Rosevear	ALP	Dalley	NSW	1931
Edgar Russell	ALP	Grey	SA	1943
Rupert Ryan	Liberal	Flinders	Vic	1940
Rt Hon James Scullin	ALP	Yarra	Vic	1910–13, 1922
William Scully	ALP	Gwydir	NSW	1937
Tom Sheehan	ALP	Cook	NSW	1937
Thomas Sheehy	ALP	Boothby	SA	1943
Percy Spender	Liberal	Warringah	NSW	1937
Albert Thompson	ALP	Hindmarsh	SA	1946
Winton Turnbull	Country	Wimmera	Vic	1946
Hon Eddie Ward	ALP	East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932
David Oliver Watkins	ALP	Newcastle	NSW	1935
Hon Thomas White	Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1929
Thomas Williams	ALP	Robertson	NSW	1943

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system