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1940

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 Term in office
Hon Joe Abbott Country New England NSW 1940–1949
Hon Larry Anthony Country Richmond NSW 1937–1957
Oliver Badman UAP 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 UAP Denison Tas 1940–1943
Hon George Bell UAP 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
Hon Frank Brennan Labor Batman Vic 1911–1931, 1934–1949
Arthur Calwell Labor Melbourne Vic 1940–1972
Hon Archie Cameron[2] UAP Barker SA 1934–1956
Hon Ben Chifley Labor Macquarie NSW 1928–1931, 1940–1951
Joe Clark Labor Darling NSW 1934–1969
Arthur Coles Independent Henty Vic 1940–1946
Hon Thomas Collins Country Hume NSW 1931–1943
William Conelan Labor Griffith Qld 1939–1949
Bernard Corser Country Wide Bay Qld 1928–1954
Rt Hon. John Curtin Labor Fremantle WA 1928–1931, 1934–1945
Hon John Dedman Labor Corio Vic 1940–1949
Hon Arthur Drakeford Labor Maribyrnong Vic 1934–1955
Jack Duncan-Hughes UAP Wakefield SA 1922–1928, 1931–1938 (S), 1940–1943
Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt Labor Barton NSW 1940–1960
Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Country Darling Downs Qld 1936–1958
Max Falstein Labor Watson NSW 1940–1949
Hon Frank Forde Labor Capricornia Qld 1922–1946
Hon Josiah Francis UAP Moreton Qld 1922–1955
Hon Charles Frost Labor Franklin Tas 1929–1931, 1934–1946
Hon Albert Green[3] Labor Kalgoorlie WA 1922–1940
Hon Henry Gregory[4] Country Swan WA 1913–1940
Hon Allan Guy UAP Wilmot Tas 1929–1934, 1940–1946
Hon Eric Harrison UAP Wentworth NSW 1931–1956
Hon Jack Holloway Labor Melbourne Ports Vic 1929–1951
Hon Harold Holt UAP Fawkner Vic 1935–1967
Rt Hon Billy Hughes UAP North Sydney NSW 1901–1952
William Hutchinson UAP Deakin Vic 1931–1949
Rowley James Labor Hunter NSW 1928–1958
Herbert Johnson[3] Labor Kalgoorlie WA 1940–1958
William Jolly UAP Lilley Qld 1937–1943
Joe Langtry Labor Riverina NSW 1940–1949
Hon George Lawson Labor Brisbane Qld 1931–1961
Hon Bert Lazzarini Labor Werriwa NSW 1919–1931, 1934–1952
Hon Norman Makin Labor Hindmarsh SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963
Hon Sir Charles Marr UAP 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 UAP Martin NSW 1934–1943
Hon Allan McDonald UAP Corangamite Vic 1940–1953
Hon John McEwen Country Indi Vic 1934–1971
Don McLeod Labor Wannon Vic 1940–1949, 1951–1955
Rt Hon Robert Menzies UAP Kooyong Vic 1934–1966
Charles Morgan Labor Reid NSW 1940–1946, 1949–1958
Dan Mulcahy Lang Labor/Labor Lang NSW 1934–1953
Hon Walter Nairn UAP Perth WA 1929–1943
Rt Hon Sir Earle Page Country Cowper NSW 1919–1961
Hon Thomas Paterson Country Gippsland Vic 1922–1943
Hon John Perkins UAP Eden-Monaro NSW 1926–1929, 1931–1943
Hon Reg Pollard Labor Ballaarat Vic 1937–1966
Grenfell Price[5] UAP Boothby SA 1941–1943
John Price[5] UAP 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
Hon Sol Rosevear Lang Labor/Labor Dalley NSW 1931–1953
Rupert Ryan UAP Flinders Vic 1940–1952
Rt Hon James Scullin Labor Yarra Vic 1910–1913, 1922–1949
Hon William Scully Labor Gwydir NSW 1937–1949
Tom Sheehan Lang Labor/Labor Cook NSW 1937–1955
Hon Percy Spender UAP Warringah NSW 1937–1951
Hon Eric Spooner UAP Robertson NSW 1940–1943
Fred Stacey UAP Adelaide SA 1931–1943
Hon Frederick Stewart UAP Parramatta NSW 1931–1946
Hon Eddie Ward Labor East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932–1963
David Oliver Watkins Labor Newcastle NSW 1935–1958
Hon Thomas White UAP Balaclava Vic 1929–1951
Alexander Wilson Independent Wimmera Vic 1937–1945
  1. Jump up^ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
  2. Jump up^ Archie Cameron won as a UAP candidate, but had previously represented the Country Party.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b ALP member Albert Green died on 2 October 1940; Labor candidate Herbert Johnson won the resulting by-election on 16 November.
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b Country Party member Henry Gregory died on 15 November 1940; Country Party candidate Thomas Marwick won the resulting by-election on 21 December.
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b UAP member John Price died on 23 April 1941; UAP candidate Grenfell Price won the resulting by-election on 24 May.