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1917

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the Seventh Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1917 election on 5 May 1917.

Member Party Electorate State Term in office
Percy Abbott Nationalist New England NSW 1913–1919
Frank Anstey Labor Bourke Vic 1910–1934
Hon William Archibald Nationalist Hindmarsh SA 1910–1919
Llewellyn Atkinson Nationalist Wilmot Tas 1906–1929
Hon Fred Bamford Nationalist Herbert Qld 1901–1925
James Bayley Nationalist Oxley Qld 1917–1931
Hon Sir Robert Best Nationalist Kooyong Vic 1910–1922
Arthur Blakeley Labor Darling NSW 1917–1934
James Boyd Nationalist Henty Vic 1913–1919
Frank Brennan Labor Batman Vic 1911–1931, 1934–1949
Stanley Bruce [1] Nationalist Flinders Vic 1918–1929, 1931–1933
Reginald Burchell Nationalist Fremantle WA 1913–1922
James Catts Labor Cook NSW 1906–1922
Hon John Chanter Nationalist Riverina NSW 1901–1903, 1904–1913, 1914–1922
Hon Austin Chapman Nationalist Eden-Monaro NSW 1901–1926
Matthew Charlton Labor Hunter NSW 1910–1928
Michael Considine Labor/Independent Barrier NSW 1917–1922
Rt Hon Joseph Cook Nationalist Parramatta NSW 1901–1921
Edward Corser Nationalist Wide Bay Qld 1915–1928
Franc Falkiner Nationalist Hume NSW 1913–1914, 1917–1919
James Fenton Labor Maribyrnong Vic 1910–1934
William Finlayson Labor Brisbane Qld 1910–1919
William Fleming Nationalist Robertson NSW 1913–1922
Rt Hon Sir John Forrest [2] Nationalist Swan WA 1901–1918
Richard Foster Nationalist Wakefield SA 1909–1928
Hon James Fowler Nationalist Perth WA 1901–1922
William Gibson [3] VFU Corangamite Vic 1918–1929, 1931–1934
Hon Paddy Glynn Nationalist Angas SA 1901–1919
Henry Gregory Nationalist Dampier WA 1913–1940
Hon Littleton Groom Nationalist Darling Downs Qld 1901–1929, 1931–1936
Edward Heitmann Nationalist Kalgoorlie WA 1917–1919
Hon William Higgs Labor Capricornia Qld 1910–1922
William Hill [4] VFU Echuca Vic 1919–1934
Charles Howroyd [5] Nationalist Darwin Tas 1917
Rt Hon Billy Hughes Nationalist Bendigo Vic 1901–1952
Hon Sir William Irvine [1] Nationalist Flinders Vic 1906–1918
Hon Jens Jensen Nationalist/Independent Bass Tas 1910–1919
Elliot Johnson Nationalist Lang NSW 1903–1928
Edmund Jowett [6] VFU Grampians Vic 1917–1922
Hon Willie Kelly Nationalist Wentworth NSW 1903–1919
Hon William Laird Smith Nationalist Denison Tas 1910–1922
Hector Lamond Nationalist Illawarra NSW 1917–1922
John Leckie Nationalist Indi Vic 1917–1919
John Lister Nationalist Corio Vic 1917–1929
John Livingston Nationalist Barker SA 1906–1922
John Lynch Nationalist Werriwa NSW 1914–1919
George Mackay Nationalist Lilley Qld 1917–1934
William Mahony Labor Dalley NSW 1915–1927
Dr William Maloney Labor Melbourne Vic 1904–1940
Hon Chester Manifold [3] Nationalist Corangamite Vic 1901–1903, 1913–1918
Walter Massy-Greene Nationalist Richmond NSW 1910–1922
James Mathews Labor Melbourne Ports Vic 1906–1931
George Maxwell Nationalist Fawkner Vic 1917–1935
Hon Charles McDonald Labor Kennedy Qld 1901–1925
Charles McGrath Labor Ballarat Vic 1913–1919, 1920–1934
William McWilliams Nationalist Franklin Tas 1903–1922, 1928–1929
Samuel Nicholls Labor Macquarie NSW 1917–1922
Richard Orchard Nationalist Nepean NSW 1913–1919
Hon Jim Page Labor Maranoa Qld 1901–1921
Albert Palmer [4] Nationalist Echuca Vic 1906–1919
Henry Pigott Nationalist Calare NSW 1913–1919
Hon Alexander Poynton Nationalist Grey SA 1901–1922
Edward Riley Labor South Sydney NSW 1910–1931
Arthur Rodgers Nationalist Wannon Vic 1913–1922, 1925–1929
Granville Ryrie Nationalist North Sydney NSW 1911–1927
Hon Dr Carty Salmon [6] Nationalist Grampians Vic 1901–1913, 1915–1917
Sydney Sampson Nationalist Wimmera Vic 1906–1919
Hugh Sinclair Nationalist Moreton Qld 1906–1919
Hon Bruce Smith Nationalist/Independent Parkes NSW 1901–1919
William Spence [5] Nationalist Darwin Tas 1901–1917, 1917–1919
William Story Nationalist Boothby SA 1904–1917 (S), 1917–1922
John Thomson Nationalist Cowper NSW 1906–1919
Hon Frank Tudor Labor Yarra Vic 1901–1922
Con Wallace Labor West Sydney NSW 1917–1919
Hon David Watkins Labor Newcastle NSW 1901–1935
Hon William Watt Nationalist Balaclava Vic 1914–1929
Hon William Webster Nationalist Gwydir NSW 1903–1919
John West Labor East Sydney NSW 1910–1931
George Wise Nationalist Gippsland Vic 1906–1913, 1914–1922
George Edwin Yates Labor Adelaide SA 1914–1919, 1922–1931
  1. ^ Jump up to:a b Irvine resigned in 1918, and was succeeded by Stanley Bruce (Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 11 May 1918.
  2. Jump up^ Forrest died in 1918, and was succeeded by Edwin Corboy (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 26 October 1918.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b Manifold died in 1918, and was succeeded by William Gibson (Victorian Farmers Union) at the resulting by-election on 14 December 1918.
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b Palmer died in 1919, and was succeeded by William Hill (Victorian Farmers Union) at the resulting by-election on 20 September 1919.
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b Howroyd died on 10 May 1917, just five days after the election, and was succeeded by Hon William Spence, (Nationalist), the defeated MP for the NSW seat of Darling, at the resulting by-election on 30 June 1917.
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b Salmon died in 1917, and was succeeded by Edmund Jowett (Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 27 October 1917.