This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 16th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1940 election on 21 September 1940. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Archie Cameron narrowly defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by John Curtin and continued to hold power with the support of two independents. In October 1941 the two independents switched their support to Curtin, bringing him to power.
Member
|
Party
|
Electorate
|
State
|
In office
|
Joe Abbott
|
|
Country
|
New England
|
NSW
|
1940–1949
|
Larry Anthony
|
|
Country
|
Richmond
|
NSW
|
1937–1957
|
Oliver Badman
|
|
United Australia
|
Grey
|
SA
|
1932–1937 (S), 1937–1943
|
Frank Baker
|
|
Labor
|
Maranoa
|
Qld
|
1940–1943
|
Claude Barnard
|
|
Labor
|
Bass
|
Tas
|
1934–1949
|
Jack Beasley
|
|
Lang Labor/Labor
|
West Sydney
|
NSW
|
1928–1946
|
Arthur Beck
|
|
United Australia
|
Denison
|
Tas
|
1940–1943
|
George Bell
|
|
United Australia
|
Darwin
|
Tas
|
1919–1922, 1925–1943
|
Maurice Blackburn
|
|
Labor/Independent
|
Bourke
|
Vic
|
1934–1943
|
Adair Blain[1]
|
|
Independent
|
Northern Territory
|
NT
|
1934–1949
|
John Breen
|
|
Labor
|
Calare
|
NSW
|
1940–1946
|
Frank Brennan
|
|
Labor
|
Batman
|
Vic
|
1911–1931, 1934–1949
|
Arthur Calwell
|
|
Labor
|
Melbourne
|
Vic
|
1940–1972
|
Archie Cameron[2]
|
|
United Australia
|
Barker
|
SA
|
1934–1956
|
Ben Chifley
|
|
Labor
|
Macquarie
|
NSW
|
1928–1931, 1940–1951
|
Joe Clark
|
|
Labor
|
Darling
|
NSW
|
1934–1969
|
Arthur Coles
|
|
Independent
|
Henty
|
Vic
|
1940–1946
|
Thomas Collins
|
|
Country
|
Hume
|
NSW
|
1931–1943
|
William Conelan
|
|
Labor
|
Griffith
|
Qld
|
1939–1949
|
Bernard Corser
|
|
Country
|
Wide Bay
|
Qld
|
1928–1954
|
Rt John Curtin
|
|
Labor
|
Fremantle
|
WA
|
1928–1931, 1934–1945
|
John Dedman
|
|
Labor
|
Corio
|
Vic
|
1940–1949
|
Arthur Drakeford
|
|
Labor
|
Maribyrnong
|
Vic
|
1934–1955
|
Jack Duncan-Hughes
|
|
United Australia
|
Wakefield
|
SA
|
1922–1928, 1931–1938 (S), 1940–1943
|
H.V. Evatt
|
|
Labor
|
Barton
|
NSW
|
1940–1960
|
Arthur Fadden
|
|
Country
|
Darling Downs
|
Qld
|
1936–1958
|
Max Falstein
|
|
Labor
|
Watson
|
NSW
|
1940–1949
|
Frank Forde
|
|
Labor
|
Capricornia
|
Qld
|
1922–1946
|
Josiah Francis
|
|
United Australia
|
Moreton
|
Qld
|
1922–1955
|
Charles Frost
|
|
Labor
|
Franklin
|
Tas
|
1929–1931, 1934–1946
|
Albert Green[3]
|
|
Labor
|
Kalgoorlie
|
WA
|
1922–1940
|
Henry Gregory[4]
|
|
Country
|
Swan
|
WA
|
1913–1940
|
Allan Guy
|
|
United Australia
|
Wilmot
|
Tas
|
1929–1934, 1940–1946
|
Eric Harrison
|
|
United Australia
|
Wentworth
|
NSW
|
1931–1956
|
Jack Holloway
|
|
Labor
|
Melbourne Ports
|
Vic
|
1929–1951
|
Harold Holt
|
|
United Australia
|
Fawkner
|
Vic
|
1935–1967
|
Billy Hughes
|
|
United Australia
|
North Sydney
|
NSW
|
1901–1952
|
William Hutchinson
|
|
United Australia
|
Deakin
|
Vic
|
1931–1949
|
Rowley James
|
|
Labor
|
Hunter
|
NSW
|
1928–1958
|
Herbert Johnson[3]
|
|
Labor
|
Kalgoorlie
|
WA
|
1940–1958
|
William Jolly
|
|
United Australia
|
Lilley
|
Qld
|
1937–1943
|
Joe Langtry
|
|
Labor
|
Riverina
|
NSW
|
1940–1949
|
George Lawson
|
|
Labor
|
Brisbane
|
Qld
|
1931–1961
|
Bert Lazzarini
|
|
Labor
|
Werriwa
|
NSW
|
1919–1931, 1934–1952
|
Norman Makin
|
|
Labor
|
Hindmarsh
|
SA
|
1919–1946, 1954–1963
|
Sir Charles Marr
|
|
United Australia
|
Parkes
|
NSW
|
1919–1929, 1931–1943
|
George Martens
|
|
Labor
|
Herbert
|
Qld
|
1928–1946
|
Thomas Marwick[4]
|
|
Country
|
Swan
|
WA
|
1936–1937 (S), 1940–1943
|
William McCall
|
|
United Australia
|
Martin
|
NSW
|
1934–1943
|
Allan McDonald
|
|
United Australia
|
Corangamite
|
Vic
|
1940–1953
|
John McEwen
|
|
Country
|
Indi
|
Vic
|
1934–1971
|
Don McLeod
|
|
Labor
|
Wannon
|
Vic
|
1940–1949, 1951–1955
|
Robert Menzies
|
|
United Australia
|
Kooyong
|
Vic
|
1934–1966
|
Charles Morgan
|
|
Labor
|
Reid
|
NSW
|
1940–1946, 1949–1958
|
Dan Mulcahy
|
|
Lang Labor/Labor
|
Lang
|
NSW
|
1934–1953
|
Walter Nairn
|
|
United Australia
|
Perth
|
WA
|
1929–1943
|
Sir Earle Page
|
|
Country
|
Cowper
|
NSW
|
1919–1961
|
Thomas Paterson
|
|
Country
|
Gippsland
|
Vic
|
1922–1943
|
John Perkins
|
|
United Australia
|
Eden-Monaro
|
NSW
|
1926–1929, 1931–1943
|
Reg Pollard
|
|
Labor
|
Ballaarat
|
Vic
|
1937–1966
|
Grenfell Price[5]
|
|
United Australia
|
Boothby
|
SA
|
1941–1943
|
John Price[5]
|
|
United Australia
|
Boothby
|
SA
|
1928–1941
|
John Prowse
|
|
Country
|
Forrest
|
WA
|
1919–1943
|
George Rankin
|
|
Country
|
Bendigo
|
Vic
|
1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S)
|
Bill Riordan
|
|
Labor
|
Kennedy
|
Qld
|
1936–1966
|
Sol Rosevear
|
|
Lang Labor/Labor
|
Dalley
|
NSW
|
1931–1953
|
Rupert Ryan
|
|
United Australia
|
Flinders
|
Vic
|
1940–1952
|
James Scullin
|
|
Labor
|
Yarra
|
Vic
|
1910–1913, 1922–1949
|
William Scully
|
|
Labor
|
Gwydir
|
NSW
|
1937–1949
|
Tom Sheehan
|
|
Lang Labor/Labor
|
Cook
|
NSW
|
1937–1955
|
Percy Spender
|
|
United Australia
|
Warringah
|
NSW
|
1937–1951
|
Eric Spooner
|
|
United Australia
|
Robertson
|
NSW
|
1940–1943
|
Fred Stacey
|
|
United Australia
|
Adelaide
|
SA
|
1931–1943
|
Frederick Stewart
|
|
United Australia
|
Parramatta
|
NSW
|
1931–1946
|
Eddie Ward
|
|
Labor
|
East Sydney
|
NSW
|
1931, 1932–1963
|
David Oliver Watkins
|
|
Labor
|
Newcastle
|
NSW
|
1935–1958
|
Thomas White
|
|
United Australia
|
Balaclava
|
Vic
|
1929–1951
|
Alexander Wilson
|
|
Independent
|
Wimmera
|
Vic
|
1937–1945
|