Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1929–1931

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 12th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1929 election on 12 October 1929. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1923 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by James Scullin. Labor won with its then largest-ever majority in the federal parliament. However major divisions within the Labor over policy responses to the Great Depression, and the subsequent creation of the United Australia Party led to thirty parliamentarians changing their party affiliation in 1931.

Member Party after 1929 election Party at 1931 election Electorate State Term in office
Frank Anstey   Labor   Labor Bourke Vic 1910–1934
James Bayley   Nationalist   United Australia       Oxley Qld 1917–1931
Jack Beasley   Labor   Lang Labor West Sydney NSW 1928–1946
George Bell   Nationalist   United Australia Darwin Tas 1919–1922, 1925–1943
Arthur Blakeley   Labor   Labor Darling NSW 1917–1934
Frank Brennan   Labor   Labor Batman Vic 1911–1931, 1934–1949
Donald Charles Cameron   Nationalist   United Australia Brisbane Qld 1919–1931, 1934–1937
Malcolm Cameron   Nationalist   United Australia Barker SA 1922–1934
Ben Chifley   Labor   Labor Macquarie NSW 1928–1931, 1940–1951
Percy Coleman   Labor   Labor Reid NSW 1922–1931
Bernard Corser   Country   Country Wide Bay Qld 1928–1954
Richard Crouch   Labor   Labor Corangamite Vic 1901–1910, 1929–1931
Charles Culley   Labor   Labor Denison Tas 1928–1931
Lou Cunningham   Labor   Labor Gwydir NSW 1919–1925, 1929–1931
John Curtin   Labor   Labor Fremantle WA 1928–1931, 1934–1945
John Cusack   Labor   Labor Eden-Monaro NSW 1929–1931
John Eldridge   Labor   Lang Labor Martin NSW 1929–1931
James Fenton   Labor   United Australia Maribyrnong Vic 1910–1934
Frank Forde   Labor   Labor Capricornia Qld 1922–1946
Josiah Francis   Nationalist   United Australia Moreton Qld 1922–1955
Charles Frost[1]       Labor Franklin Tas 1929–1931, 1934–1946
Moses Gabb   Labor   Independent Angas SA 1919–1925, 1929–1934
Sydney Gardner   Nationalist   United Australia Robertson NSW 1922–1940
George Gibbons   Labor   Labor Calare NSW 1929–1931
Albert Green   Labor   Labor Kalgoorlie WA 1922–1940
Roland Green   Country   Country Richmond NSW 1922–1937
Henry Gregory   Country   Country Swan WA 1913–1940
Henry Gullett   Nationalist   United Australia Henty Vic 1925–1940
Allan Guy   Labor   United Australia Bass Tas 1929–1934, 1940–1946
Charles Hawker   Nationalist   United Australia Wakefield SA 1929–1938
William Hill   Country   Country Echuca Vic 1919–1934
Jack Holloway   Labor   Labor Flinders Vic 1929–1951
Billy Hughes   Independent/Australian   United Australia North Sydney NSW 1901–1952
James Hunter   Country   Country Maranoa Qld 1921–1940
Rowley James   Labor   Lang Labor Hunter NSW 1928–1958
Paul Jones   Labor   Labor Indi Vic 1928–1931
Richard Keane   Labor   Labor Bendigo Vic 1929–1931, 1938–1946 (S)
William Killen   Country   Country Riverina NSW 1922–1931
Andrew Lacey   Labor   Labor Grey SA 1922–1931
John Latham   Nationalist   United Australia Kooyong Vic 1922–1934
Bert Lazzarini   Labor   Lang Labor Werriwa NSW 1919–1931, 1934–1952
Arthur Lewis   Labor   Labor Corio Vic 1929–1931
William Long   Labor   Labor Lang NSW 1928–1931
Joseph Lyons   Labor   United Australia Wilmot Tas 1929–1939
George Mackay   Nationalist   United Australia Lilley Qld 1917–1934
Norman Makin   Labor   Labor Hindmarsh SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963
William Maloney   Labor   Labor Melbourne Vic 1904–1940
Walter Marks   Independent/Australian   United Australia Wentworth NSW 1919–1931
Charles Marr[2]   Nationalist   United Australia Parkes NSW 1919–1929, 1931–1943
George Martens   Labor   Labor Herbert Qld 1928–1946
James Mathews   Labor   Labor Melbourne Ports Vic 1906–1931
George Maxwell   Independent/Australian   United Australia Fawkner Vic 1917–1935
Charles McGrath   Labor   United Australia Ballaarat Vic 1913–1919, 1920–1934
John McNeill   Labor   Labor Wannon Vic 1922–1925, 1929–1931
Edward McTiernan[2]   Labor     Parkes NSW 1929–1930
William McWilliams[1]   Independent     Franklin Tas 1903–1922, 1928–1929
Parker Moloney   Labor   Labor Hume NSW 1910–1913, 1914–1917, 1919–1931
Arthur Morgan   Nationalist   United Australia Darling Downs Qld 1929–1931
Walter Nairn   Nationalist   United Australia Perth WA 1929–1943
Harold George Nelson[3]   Labor   Labor Northern Territory NT 1922–1934
Sir Earle Page   Country   Country Cowper NSW 1919–1961
Archdale Parkhill   Nationalist   United Australia Warringah NSW 1927–1937
Thomas Paterson   Country   Country Gippsland Vic 1922–1943
John Price   Labor   United Australia Boothby SA 1928–1941
John Prowse   Country   Country Forrest WA 1919–1943
Edward Charles Riley   Labor   Labor Cook NSW 1922–1934
Edward Riley   Labor   Labor South Sydney NSW 1910–1931
Darby Riordan   Labor   Labor Kennedy Qld 1929–1936
Albert Rowe   Labor   Labor Parramatta NSW 1929–1931
James Scullin   Labor   Labor Yarra Vic 1910–1913, 1922–1949
Percy Stewart   Country Progressive   Independent Wimmera Vic 1919–1931
Ted Theodore   Labor   Labor Dalley NSW 1927–1931
Victor Thompson   Country   Country New England NSW 1922–1940
James Tully   Labor   Labor Barton NSW 1928–1931
Eddie Ward[4]       Lang Labor East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932–1963
David Watkins   Labor   Labor Newcastle NSW 1901–1935
John West[4]   Labor     East Sydney NSW 1910–1931
Thomas White   Nationalist   United Australia Balaclava Vic 1929–1951
George Edwin Yates   Labor   Labor Adelaide SA 1914–1919, 1922–1931

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Independent member William McWilliams died on 22 October 1929; Labor candidate Charles Frost won the resulting by-election on 14 December.
  2. ^ a b ALP member Edward McTiernan resigned on 19 December 1930 to be appointed to the High Court of Australia; Nationalist candidate Charles Marr won the resulting by-election on 31 January 1931.
  3. ^ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
  4. ^ a b ALP member John West died on 5 February 1931; Labor candidate Eddie Ward won the resulting by-election on 7 March.

References

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  • Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives during the session of the Twelfth Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 1931.
  • "Members of the House of Representatives since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.