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.

	Seat changes between 1946 and 1949 elections
Labor	Won by Labor Party
Liberal	Won by Liberal Party
Country	Won by Country Party
Independent	Won by an independent
Fisher	New seat

Member	Party	Electorate	State	First elected
Charles Adermann	Country	Fisher	Qld	1943
Charles Anderson	Country	Hume	NSW	1949
Gordon Anderson	ALP	Kingsford Smith	NSW	1949
Tom Andrews	ALP	Darebin	Vic	1949
Hon Larry Anthony	Country	Richmond	NSW	1937
Jeff Bate	Liberal	Macarthur	NSW	1949
Hon Howard Beale	Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1946
Kim Beazley	ALP	Fremantle	WA	1945
Doug Berry	Liberal	Griffith	Qld	1949
Alan Bird	ALP	Batman	Vic	1949
William Bostock	Liberal	Indi	Vic	1949
Bill Bourke	ALP	Fawkner	Vic	1949
George Bowden	Country	Gippsland	Vic	1943
Geoffrey Brown	Liberal	McMillan	Vic	1949
Bill Bryson	ALP	Wills	Vic	1943–1946, 1949
Tom Burke	ALP	Perth	WA	1943
Hon Arthur Calwell	ALP	Melbourne	Vic	1940
Hon Archie Cameron	Liberal	Barker	SA	1934
Clyde Cameron	ALP	Hindmarsh	SA	1949
Dr Donald Cameron	Liberal	Oxley	Qld	1949
Rt Hon Richard Casey	Liberal	La Trobe	Vic	1931–40, 1949
Hon Cyril Chambers	ALP	Adelaide	SA	1943
Rt Hon Ben Chifley	ALP	Macquarie	NSW	1928–31, 1940
Hon Percy Clarey	ALP	Bendigo	Vic	1949
Joe Clark	ALP	Darling	NSW	1934
Bernard Corser	Country	Wide Bay	Qld	1928
Dominic Costa	ALP	Banks	NSW	1949
Hon John Cramer	Liberal	Bennelong	NSW	1949
Jack Cremean	ALP	Hoddle	Vic	1949
Dan Curtin	ALP	Watson	NSW	1949
Fred Daly	ALP	Grayndler	NSW	1943
Charles Davidson	Country	Dawson	Qld	1946
Billy Davies	ALP	Cunningham	NSW	1949
Frank Davis	Liberal	Deakin	Vic	1949
Roger Dean	Liberal	Robertson	NSW	1949
Alec Downer	Liberal	Angas	SA	1949
Hon Arthur Drakeford	ALP	Maribyrnong	Vic	1934
Hon David Drummond	Country	New England	NSW	1949
Nigel Drury	Liberal	Ryan	Qld	1949
Gil Duthie	ALP	Wilmot	Tas	1946
Bill Edmonds	ALP	Herbert	Qld	1946
Jim Eggins	Country	Lyne	NSW	1949
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt	ALP	Barton	NSW	1940
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden	Country	McPherson	Qld	1949
Laurie Failes	Country	Lawson	NSW	1949
David Fairbairn	Liberal	Farrer	NSW	1949
Hon Allen Fairhall	Liberal	Paterson	NSW	1949
Bill Falkinder	Liberal	Franklin	Tas	1946
Joe Fitzgerald	ALP	Phillip	NSW	1949
Hon Josiah Francis	Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1922
Allan Fraser	ALP	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1943
Gordon Freeth	Liberal	Forrest	WA	1949
Hon Tom Gilmore	Country	Leichhardt	Qld	1949
Bill Graham	Liberal	St George	NSW	1949
Bill Grayden	Liberal	Swan	WA	1949
Charles Griffiths	ALP	Shortland	NSW	1949
Jo Gullett	Liberal	Henty	Vic	1946
Len Hamilton	Country	Canning	WA	1946
Jim Handby	Liberal	Kingston	SA	1949
Rt Hon Eric Harrison	Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1931
Jim Harrison	ALP	Blaxland	NSW	1949
Hon Paul Hasluck	Liberal	Curtin	WA	1949
Hon William Haworth	Liberal	Isaacs	Vic	1949
Leslie Haylen	ALP	Parkes	NSW	1943
Rt Hon Jack Holloway	ALP	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1929
Rt Hon Harold Holt	Liberal	Higgins	Vic	1935
John Howse	Liberal	Calare	NSW	1946
Rt Hon Billy Hughes	Liberal	Bradfield	NSW	1901
Alan Hulme	Liberal	Petrie	Qld	1949
William Jack	Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1949
Rowley James	ALP	Hunter	NSW	1928
Hon Herbert Johnson	ALP	Kalgoorlie	WA	1940
Bruce Kekwick	Liberal	Bass	Tas	1949
Hon Wilfrid Kent Hughes	Liberal	Chisholm	Vic	1949
Stan Keon	ALP	Yarra	Vic	1949
William Lawrence	Liberal	Wimmera	Vic	1949
Hon George Lawson	ALP	Brisbane	Qld	1931
Hon Bert Lazzarini	ALP	Werriwa	NSW	1919–31, 1934
Hugh Leslie	Liberal	Moore	WA	1949
Hon Enid Lyons	Liberal	Darwin	Tas	1943
Dan Mackinnon	Liberal	Wannon	Vic	1949
Hon Philip McBride	Liberal	Wakefield	SA	1931–37, 1937–43 (S), 1946
Malcolm McColm	Liberal	Bowman	Qld	1949
Hon Allan McDonald	Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1949
Rt Hon John McEwen	Country	Murray	Vic	1934
John McLeay	Liberal	Boothby	SA	1949
William McMahon	Liberal	Lowe	NSW	1949
Rt Hon Robert Menzies	Liberal	Kooyong	Vic	1934
Dan Minogue	ALP	West Sydney	NSW	1949
Charles Morgan	ALP	Reid	NSW	1940–46, 1949
Dan Mulcahy	ALP	Lang	NSW	1934
Jack Mullens	ALP	Gellibrand	Vic	1949
Jock Nelson	ALP	Northern Territory	NT	1949
Lewis Nott	Independent	Australian Capital Territory	ACT	1925–28, 1949
William O'Connor	ALP	Martin	NSW	1946
Hubert Opperman	Liberal	Corio	Vic	1949
Hon Frederick Osborne	Liberal	Evans	NSW	1949
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page	Country	Cowper	NSW	1919
Henry Pearce	Liberal	Capricornia	Qld	1949
Ted Peters	ALP	Burke	Vic	1949
Alan Pittard	Liberal	Ballaarat	Vic	1949
Hon Reg Pollard	ALP	Lalor	Vic	1937
Hon Bill Riordan	ALP	Kennedy	Qld	1936
Hugh Roberton	Country	Riverina	NSW	1949
Hon Sol Rosevear	ALP	Dalley	NSW	1931
Charles Russell	Country	Maranoa	Qld	1949
Edgar Russell	ALP	Grey	SA	1943
Rupert Ryan	Liberal	Flinders	Vic	1940
Tom Sheehan	ALP	Cook	NSW	1937
Hon Percy Spender	Liberal	Warringah	NSW	1937
Reginald Swartz	Liberal	Darling Downs	Qld	1949
Albert Thompson	ALP	Port Adelaide	SA	1946
Frank Timson	Liberal	Higinbotham	Vic	1949
Hon Athol Townley	Liberal	Denison	Tas	1949
Thomas Treloar	Country	Gwydir	NSW	1949
Winton Turnbull	Country	Mallee	Vic	1946
Hon Eddie Ward	ALP	East Sydney	NSW	1931, 1932
David Oliver Watkins	ALP	Newcastle	NSW	1935
Bill Wentworth	Liberal	Mackellar	NSW	1949
Roy Wheeler	Liberal	Mitchell	NSW	1949
Hon Thomas White	Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1929
Bruce Wight	Liberal	Lilley	Qld	1949
Keith Wilson	Liberal	Sturt	SA	1937–44 (S), 1949

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system