Redistributions and seat changes

• Due to the expansion of the House, redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in all states.
  • In New South Wales, nineteen new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Banks, Cunningham, Evans, Grayndler, Kingsford-Smith, Lawson, Lowe, Mitchell, Paterson, Phillip, Shortland and St George; the notionally Liberal seats of Bennelong, Bradfield, Macarthur and Mackellar; the notionally Country seats of Farrer and Lyne; and the notionally Lang Labor seat of Blaxland. The Liberal-held seat of North Sydney and the Lang Labor-held seat of Reid became notionally Labor.
    • The member for Martin, Fred Daly (Labor), contested Grayndler.
    • The member for North Sydney, Billy Hughes (Liberal), contested Bradfield.
    • The member for Reid, Jack Lang (Lang Labor), contested Blaxland.
    • The member for West Sydney, William O'Connor (Labor), contested Martin.
  • In Victoria, the Independent-held seat Bourke was renamed Burke, and became notionally Labor. Thirteen new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Darebin, Gellibrand, Hoddle, Lalor and Wills; the notionally Liberal seats of Chisholm, Higgins, Higinbotham, Isaacs and La Trobe; and the notionally Country seats of Mallee, McMillan and Murray. The Liberal-held seat of Fawkner and the Country-held seat of Bendigo became notionally Labor.
    • The member for Ballaarat, Reg Pollard (Labor), contested Lalor.
    • The member for Bendigo, George Rankin (Country), contested the Senate.
    • The member for Bourke, Doris Blackburn (Independent Labor), contested Wills.
    • The member for Fawkner, Harold Holt (Liberal), contested Higgins.
    • The member for Indi, John McEwen (Country, contested Murray.
    • The member for Wimmera, Winton Turnbull (Country), contested Mallee.
  • In Queensland, eight new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Bowman, Dawson and Leichhardt; the notionally Liberal seats of McPherson, Oxley, Petrie and Ryan; and the notionally Country seat of Fisher. The Labor-held seats of Griffith and Lilley became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Capricornia, Charles Davidson (Country), contested Dawson.
    • The member for Darling Downs, Arthur Fadden (Country), contested McPherson, as part of a Coalition agreement that allocated Darling Downs to the Liberal Party.
    • The member for Maranoa, Charles Adermann (Country), contested Fisher.
  • In Western Australia, three new seats were created: the notionally Labor seat of Curtin; and the notionally Country seats of Canning and Moore. The Country-held seat of Swan became notionally Labor.
    • The member for Swan, Len Hamilton (Country), contested Canning.
  • In South Australia, four new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Kingston, Port Adelaide and Sturt; and the notionally Liberal seat of Angas. The Labor-held seat of Boothby became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Boothby, Thomas Sheehy (Labor), contested Kingston.
    • The member for Hindmarsh, Albert Thompson (Labor), contested Port Adelaide.
  • There were minimal changes in Tasmania.
  • A new seat was created for the Australian Capital Territory.