This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 18th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1946 election on 28 September 1946. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Ben Chifley defeated the newly formed opposition Liberal Party of Australia (descended from the United Australia Party) led by its founder Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden.
Member
|
Party
|
Electorate
|
State
|
In office
|
Joe Abbott
|
|
Country
|
New England
|
NSW
|
1940–1949
|
Charles Adermann
|
|
Country
|
Maranoa
|
Qld
|
1943–1972
|
Larry Anthony
|
|
Country
|
Richmond
|
NSW
|
1937–1957
|
Claude Barnard
|
|
Labor
|
Bass
|
Tas
|
1934–1949
|
Howard Beale
|
|
Liberal
|
Parramatta
|
NSW
|
1946–1958
|
Kim Beazley
|
|
Labor
|
Fremantle
|
WA
|
1945–1977
|
Doris Blackburn
|
|
Independent
|
Bourke
|
Vic
|
1946–1949
|
Adair Blain[1]
|
|
Independent
|
Northern Territory
|
NT
|
1934–1949
|
George Bowden
|
|
Country
|
Gippsland
|
Vic
|
1943–1961
|
Frank Brennan
|
|
Labor
|
Batman
|
Vic
|
1911–1931, 1934–1949
|
Tom Burke
|
|
Labor
|
Perth
|
WA
|
1943–1955
|
Arthur Calwell
|
|
Labor
|
Melbourne
|
Vic
|
1940–1972
|
Archie Cameron
|
|
Liberal
|
Barker
|
SA
|
1934–1956
|
Cyril Chambers
|
|
Labor
|
Adelaide
|
SA
|
1943–1958
|
Ben Chifley
|
|
Labor
|
Macquarie
|
NSW
|
1928–1931, 1940–1951
|
Joe Clark
|
|
Labor
|
Darling
|
NSW
|
1934–1969
|
William Conelan
|
|
Labor
|
Griffith
|
Qld
|
1939–1949
|
Bernard Corser
|
|
Country
|
Wide Bay
|
Qld
|
1928–1954
|
Fred Daly
|
|
Labor
|
Martin
|
NSW
|
1943–1975
|
Charles Davidson
|
|
Country
|
Capricornia
|
Qld
|
1946–1963
|
John Dedman
|
|
Labor
|
Corio
|
Vic
|
1940–1949
|
Arthur Drakeford
|
|
Labor
|
Maribyrnong
|
Vic
|
1934–1955
|
Gil Duthie
|
|
Labor
|
Wilmot
|
Tas
|
1946–1975
|
Bill Edmonds
|
|
Labor
|
Herbert
|
Qld
|
1946–1958
|
H.V. Evatt
|
|
Labor
|
Barton
|
NSW
|
1940–1960
|
Arthur Fadden
|
|
Country
|
Darling Downs
|
Qld
|
1936–1958
|
Bill Falkinder
|
|
Liberal
|
Franklin
|
Tas
|
1946–1966
|
Max Falstein
|
|
Labor
|
Watson
|
NSW
|
1940–1949
|
Josiah Francis
|
|
Liberal
|
Moreton
|
Qld
|
1922–1955
|
Allan Fraser
|
|
Labor
|
Eden-Monaro
|
NSW
|
1943–1966, 1969–1972
|
Arthur Fuller
|
|
Labor
|
Hume
|
NSW
|
1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963
|
Frank Gaha
|
|
Labor
|
Denison
|
Tas
|
1943–1949
|
Jo Gullett
|
|
Liberal
|
Henty
|
Vic
|
1946–1955
|
Jim Hadley
|
|
Labor
|
Lilley
|
Qld
|
1943–1949
|
Len Hamilton
|
|
Country
|
Swan
|
WA
|
1946–1961
|
Eric Harrison
|
|
Liberal
|
Wentworth
|
NSW
|
1931–1956
|
Les Haylen
|
|
Labor
|
Parkes
|
NSW
|
1943–1963
|
Jack Holloway
|
|
Labor
|
Melbourne Ports
|
Vic
|
1929–1951
|
Harold Holt
|
|
Liberal
|
Fawkner
|
Vic
|
1935–1967
|
John Howse
|
|
Liberal
|
Calare
|
NSW
|
1946–1960
|
Billy Hughes
|
|
Liberal
|
North Sydney
|
NSW
|
1901–1952
|
William Hutchinson
|
|
Liberal
|
Deakin
|
Vic
|
1931–1949
|
Rowley James
|
|
Labor
|
Hunter
|
NSW
|
1928–1958
|
Herbert Johnson
|
|
Labor
|
Kalgoorlie
|
WA
|
1940–1958
|
Jack Lang
|
|
Lang Labor
|
Reid
|
NSW
|
1946–1949
|
Joe Langtry
|
|
Labor
|
Riverina
|
NSW
|
1940–1949
|
George Lawson
|
|
Labor
|
Brisbane
|
Qld
|
1931–1961
|
Bert Lazzarini
|
|
Labor
|
Werriwa
|
NSW
|
1919–1931, 1934–1952
|
Nelson Lemmon
|
|
Labor
|
Forrest
|
WA
|
1943–1949, 1954–1955
|
Enid Lyons
|
|
Liberal
|
Darwin
|
Tas
|
1943–1951
|
Philip McBride
|
|
Liberal
|
Wakefield
|
SA
|
1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958
|
Allan McDonald
|
|
Liberal
|
Corangamite
|
Vic
|
1940–1953
|
John McEwen
|
|
Country
|
Indi
|
Vic
|
1934–1971
|
Don McLeod
|
|
Labor
|
Wannon
|
Vic
|
1940–1949, 1951–1955
|
Robert Menzies
|
|
Liberal
|
Kooyong
|
Vic
|
1934–1966
|
Dan Mulcahy
|
|
Labor
|
Lang
|
NSW
|
1934–1953
|
William O'Connor
|
|
Labor
|
West Sydney
|
NSW
|
1946–1969
|
Sir Earle Page
|
|
Country
|
Cowper
|
NSW
|
1919–1961
|
Reg Pollard
|
|
Labor
|
Ballaarat
|
Vic
|
1937–1966
|
George Rankin
|
|
Country
|
Bendigo
|
Vic
|
1937–1949, 1950–1956 (S)
|
Bill Riordan
|
|
Labor
|
Kennedy
|
Qld
|
1936–1966
|
Sol Rosevear
|
|
Labor
|
Dalley
|
NSW
|
1931–1953
|
Edgar Russell
|
|
Labor
|
Grey
|
SA
|
1943–1963
|
Rupert Ryan
|
|
Liberal
|
Flinders
|
Vic
|
1940–1952
|
James Scullin
|
|
Labor
|
Yarra
|
Vic
|
1910–1913, 1922–1949
|
William Scully
|
|
Labor
|
Gwydir
|
NSW
|
1937–1949
|
Tom Sheehan
|
|
Labor
|
Cook
|
NSW
|
1937–1955
|
Thomas Sheehy
|
|
Labor
|
Boothby
|
SA
|
1943–1949
|
Percy Spender
|
|
Liberal
|
Warringah
|
NSW
|
1937–1951
|
Albert Thompson
|
|
Labor
|
Hindmarsh
|
SA
|
1946–1963
|
Winton Turnbull
|
|
Country
|
Wimmera
|
Vic
|
1946–1972
|
Eddie Ward
|
|
Labor
|
East Sydney
|
NSW
|
1931, 1932–1963
|
David Oliver Watkins
|
|
Labor
|
Newcastle
|
NSW
|
1935–1958
|
Thomas White
|
|
Liberal
|
Balaclava
|
Vic
|
1929–1951
|
Thomas Williams
|
|
Labor
|
Robertson
|
NSW
|
1943–1949
|
Notes
- ^ At this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.
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