Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1906–1910

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the Third Australian Parliament, which was elected on 12 December 1906.

In 1909 the Anti-Socialist Party (previously Free Trade) and most of the Protectionist Party merged to become the Commonwealth Liberal Party.

Member	Party		Electorate	State	In office
Edward Archer		Anti-Socialist/Liberal [1]	Capricornia	Qld	1906
Llewellyn Atkinson		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Wilmot	Tas	1906
Frederick Bamford		Labor [2]	Herbert	Qld	1901
Lee Batchelor *		Labor	Boothby	SA	1901
Eric Bowden		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Nepean †	NSW	1906
Joseph Brown		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Indi	Vic	1906
Thomas Brown		Labor	Calare †	NSW	1901 [3]
Ernest Carr		Labor	Macquarie	NSW	1906
James Catts		Labor	Cook †	NSW	1906
John Chanter [4]		Protectionist/Labor [5]	Riverina	NSW	1904 (by-election)
Austin Chapman		Protectionist/Liberal	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1901
James Cook		Protectionist/Liberal	Bourke	Vic	1901
Joseph Cook *		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Parramatta	NSW	1901
Jabez Coon		Protectionist/Liberal	Batman †	Vic	1906
Richard Crouch		Protectionist/Liberal	Corio	Vic	1901
Alfred Deakin		Protectionist/Liberal	Ballarat	Vic	1901
Richard Edwards		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Oxley	Qld	1901
Thomas Ewing		Protectionist/Liberal	Richmond	NSW	1901
George Fairbairn [6]		Independent/Liberal	Fawkner †	Vic	1906
Andrew Fisher		Labor	Wide Bay	Qld	1901
Sir John Forrest		Western Australian Party/Liberal [7]	Swan	WA	1901
Frank Foster		Labor	New England	NSW	1906
James Fowler [8]		Labor/Liberal	Perth	WA	1901
Justin Foxton		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Brisbane	Qld	1906
Charlie Frazer		Labor	Kalgoorlie	WA	1903
George Fuller		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Illawarra	NSW	1901
Sir Philip Fysh		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Denison	Tas	1901
Paddy Glynn		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Angas	SA	1901
Littleton Groom		Protectionist/Liberal	Darling Downs	Qld	1901
David Hall		Labor	Werriwa	NSW	1906
Robert Harper		Protectionist/Liberal	Mernda	Vic	1901
William Hedges		Western Australian Party/Liberal	Fremantle	WA	1906
Frederick Holder [9]		Independent	Wakefield	SA	1901
Billy Hughes		Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1901
James Hutchison *		Labor	Hindmarsh	SA	1903
Hans Irvine		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Grampians	Vic	1906
William Irvine		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Flinders	Vic	1906
Elliot Johnson		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Lang	NSW	1903
Willie Kelly		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Wentworth	NSW	1903
Charles Kingston * [10]		Protectionist	Adelaide	SA	1901
William Knox		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Kooyong	Vic	1901
Frank Liddell		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Hunter	NSW	1903
John Livingston		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Barker	SA	1906
Sir William Lyne [11]		Protectionist/Independent	Hume	NSW	1901
Charles McDonald		Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1901
John McDougall		Labor	Wannon	Vic	1906
William McWilliams *		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Franklin	Tas	1903
Hugh Mahon		Labor	Coolgardie	WA	1901
William Maloney		Labor	Melbourne	Vic	1906
James Mathews		Labor	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1906
Samuel Mauger		Protectionist/Liberal	Maribyrnong †	Vic	1901 [12]
King O'Malley		Labor	Darwin	Tas	1901
Jim Page		Labor	Maranoa	Qld	1901
Albert Palmer [13]		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Echuca	Vic	1906
Alexander Poynton *		Labor	Grey	SA	1901
Sir John Quick [14]		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Bendigo	Vic	1901
George Reid		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	East Sydney	NSW	1901
Carty Salmon		Protectionist/Liberal	Laanecoorie	Vic	1901
Sydney Sampson [15]		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Wimmera	Vic	1906
Hugh Sinclair		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Moreton	Qld	1906
Bruce Smith		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Parkes	NSW	1901
William Spence		Labor	Darling	NSW	1901
David Storrer [16]		Protectionist/Independent	Bass	Tas	1901
Josiah Thomas		Labor	Barrier	NSW	1901
Dugald Thomson *		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	North Sydney	NSW	1901
John Thomson		Protectionist/Liberal	Cowper	NSW	1906
Frank Tudor		Labor	Yarra	Vic	1901
David Watkins		Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1901
Chris Watson		Labor	South Sydney	NSW	1901 [17]
William Webster		Labor	Gwydir	NSW	1903
William Wilks		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Dalley	NSW	1901
Henry Willis		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Robertson	NSW	1901
John Gratton Wilson		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Corangamite	Vic	1903
George Wise [18]		Protectionist/Independent	Gippsland	Vic	1906
Agar Wynne		Independent/Liberal	Balaclava	Vic	1906

Notes

* These candidates were elected unopposed.
† These Divisions were created at the 1906 redistribution.

1. ^ The Anti-Socialists were known as the Free Trade Party before the 1906 election. In 1909, the Anti-Socialists, the Protectionists and the Western Australia Party merged to form the Commonwealth Liberal Party.
2. ^ In 1908 the Labor Party became officially known as the Australian Labour Party (ALP).
3. ^ Thomas Brown was first elected in 1901 to the Division of Canobolas, which was abolished at the 1906 redistribution.
4. ^ John Chanter rejected the Commonwealth Liberal Party merger and joined the ALP.
5. ^ There was no national Protectionist Party organisation in 1906. Members categorised as "Protectionist" were those who accepted the leadership of Alfred Deakin.
6. ^ George Fairbairn was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent Protectionist. He did not sit with the Anti-Socialists.
7. ^ The two Western Australia Party members were considered to be independent conservatives.
8. ^ James Fowler defected from the ALP to the Commonwealth Liberal Party at the time of the merger.
9. ^ Frederick Holder died in 1909. He was replaced at a by-election on 28 August 1909 by Richard Foster a Commonwealth Liberal Party candidate.
10. ^ Charles Kingston died in 1908. He was replaced at a by-election on 13 June 1908 by Ernest Roberts, a Labor candidate.
11. ^ Sir William Lyne rejected the Commonwealth Liberal Party merger and became an independent.
12. ^ Samuel Mauger was first elected in 1901 to the Division of Melbourne Ports, which was abolished at the 1906 redistribution.
13. ^ In 1907 Albert Palmer's election was declared void. He was re-elected in a by-election on 10 July 1907.
14. ^ John Quick was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but sat as an independent.
15. ^ Sydney Sampson was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but sat as an independent.
16. ^ David Storrer rejected the Commonwealth Liberal Party merger and became an independent.
17. ^ Chris Watson was first elected in 1901 to the Division of Bland, which was abolished at the 1906 redistribution.
18. ^ George Wise rejected the Commonwealth Liberal Party merger and became an independent.