Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1914–1917

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the Sixth Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1914 election on 5 September 1914.

There was a significant change in the party system during the Sixth Parliament. There was a split in the Australian Labor Party on 14 November 1916, when the then Prime Minister Billy Hughes walked out of a meeting of the Labor caucus over the issue of conscription along with twenty-four of his supporters, who were all then expelled from the party. Hughes and his followers became the informal "National Labor Party", which formed a minority government until merging with the Commonwealth Liberal Party on 17 February 1917 to form the Nationalist Party of Australia.

 Images Member Party Electorate State In officePortfolio  Percy Abbott New EnglandNSW 1913–1919  Nationalist  Frank Anstey Bourke Vic 1910–1934  William Archibald Hindmarsh SA1910–1919• Minister for Home Affairs from 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915 • Minister for Trade and Customs from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  John ArthurArthur died in December 1914, and was succeeded by Alfred Hampson (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 6 February 1915. Bendigo Vic 1913–1914• Minister for External Affairs from 27 September 1914 to 9 December 1914  Llewellyn Atkinson Wilmot Tas 1906–1929   Nationalist  Fred Bamford Herbert Qld 1901–1925 • Minister for Home and Territories from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  Sir Robert Best Kooyong Vic 1910–1922   Nationalist  James Boyd Henty Vic 1913–1919   Nationalist  Frank Brennan Batman Vic 1911–1931, 1934–1949  Reginald Burchell Fremantle WA 1913–1922 • Chief National Labor Whip in the House from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  George Burns Illawarra NSW 1913–1917  Ernest Carr Macquarie NSW 1906–1917   National Labor  Nationalist  James Catts Cook NSW 1906–1922  John Chanter Riverina NSW 1901–1903, 1904–1913, 1914–1922 • Chairman of Committees from 9 October 1914 to 6 November 1922  National Labor  Nationalist Austin Chapman Eden-Monaro NSW 1901–1926  Nationalist  Matthew Charlton Hunter NSW 1910–1928  Joseph Cook Parramatta NSW 1901–1921• Leader of the Opposition from 17 September 1914 to 17 February 1917 • Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party from 17 February 1917 to 9 February 1923

• Minister for the Navy from 17 February 1917 to 28 July 1920  Nationalist  Edward Corser Wide Bay Qld 1915–1928  Nationalist George Dankel Boothby SA 1913–1917  National Labor  Nationalist  James Fenton Maribyrnong Vic 1910–1934  William Finlayson Brisbane Qld 1910–1919  Andrew FisherFisher resigned in 1915, and was succeeded by Edward Corser (Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 11 December 1915. Wide Bay Qld 1901–1915• Prime Minister from 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915 • Leader of the Labor Party from 30 October 1907 to 72 October 1915

• Treasurer from 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915  William Fleming Robertson NSW 1913–1922  Nationalist  Sir John Forrest Swan WA 1901–1918• Treasurer from 17 February 1917 to 27 March 1918  Nationalist  Richard Foster Wakefield SA 1909–1928  Nationalist  James Fowler Perth WA1901–1922  Nationalist  Paddy Glynn Angas SA 1901–1919• Minister for Home and Territories from 17 February 1917 to 3 February 1920  Nationalist  Henry Gregory Dampier WA 1913–1940  Nationalist  Littleton Groom Darling Downs Qld 1901–1929, 1931–1936• Honorary Minister from 17 February 1917 to 10 January 1918  Nationalist  Alfred Hampson Bendigo Vic 1915–1917  Joseph Hannan Fawkner Vic 1913–1917  William Higgs Capricornia Qld 1910–1922• Treasurer from 27 October 1915 to 14 November 1916  Robert HoweHowe died in 1915, and was succeeded by William Mahony (Labor) at the resulting by-election on 6 May 1915. Dalley NSW 1910–1915 Billy Hughes West Sydney NSW 1901–1952• Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 18 September 1914 to 27 October 1915 • Attorney-General from 17 September 1914 to 21 December 1921

• Prime Minister from 27 October 1915 to 9 February 1923

• Leader of the Labor Party from 27 October 1915 to 14 November 1916

• Minister for Trade and Customs from 29 September 1916 to 14 November 1916

• Leader of the National labor Party from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917

• Leader of the Nationalist Party from 17 February 1917 to 9 February 1923  National Labor  Nationalist  Sir William Irvine FlindersVic 1906–1918  Nationalist  Jens Jensen Bass Tas 1910–1919• Assistant Minister from 17 September 1914 to 12 July 1915 • Minister for the Navy from 12 July 1915 to 17 February 1917

• Minister for Trade and Customs from 17 February 1917 to 13 December 1918  National Labor  Nationalist  Elliot Johnson Lang NSW1903–1928  Nationalist  Edward JolleyJolley died in 1915, and was succeeded by Carty Salmon (Commonwealth Liberal / Nationalist) at the resulting by-election on 20 February 1915. Grampians Vic 1914–1915  Willie Kelly Wentworth NSW 1903–1919  Nationalist  John Livingston Barker SA 1906–1922  Nationalist  John Lynch Werriwa NSW 1914–1919  National Labor  Nationalist  Hugh Mahon Kalgoorlie WA 1901–1917, 1919–1920• Assistant Minister from 17 September 1914 to 14 December 1914 • Minister for External Affairs from 9 December 1914 to 27 October 1916  William Mahony Dalley NSW 1915–1927  William Maloney Melbourne Vic 1904–1940  Chester Manifold CorangamiteVic1901–1903, 1913–1918  Nationalist  Walter Massy-Greene Richmond NSW 1910–1922• Chief Government Whip in the House from 13 June 1917 to 26 March 1918  Nationalist  James Mathews Melbourne Ports Vic 1906–1931  Charles McDonald Kennedy Qld 1901–1925• Speaker of the House of Representatives from 8 October 1914 to 26 March 1917  Charles McGrath Ballarat Vic 1913–1919, 1920–1934  William McWilliams Franklin Tas 1903–1922, 1928–1929  Nationalist  Parker Moloney Indi Vic 1910–1913, 1914–1917, 1919–1931  King O'Malley Darwin Tas 1901–1917• Minister for Home Affairs from 27 October 1915 to 14 November 1916  Richard Orchard Nepean NSW 1913–1919  Nationalist  Alfred Ozanne Corio Vic 1910–1913, 1914–1917  Jim Page Maranoa Qld 1901–1921• Chief Government Whip in the House from 17 September 1914 to 14 November 1916 • Chief Labor Whip in the House from 8 July 1913 to 3 June 1921

• Chief Opposition Whip in the House from 14 November 1916 to 3 June 1921  Albert Palmer Echuca Vic 1906–1919  Nationalist Robert Patten Hume NSW 1913–1917  Nationalist  Henry Pigott Calare NSW 1913–1919  Nationalist  Alexander Poynton Grey SA 1901–1922• Treasurer from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  Edward Riley South Sydney NSW 1910–1931  Arthur Rodgers Wannon Vic1913–1922, 1925–1929  Nationalist  Granville Ryrie North Sydney NSW 1911–1927  Nationalist  Carty Salmon Grampians Vic 1901–1913, 1915–1917  Sydney Sampson Wimmera Vic 1906–1919  Nationalist  James Sharpe Oxley Qld 1913–1917  Hugh Sinclair Moreton Qld 1906–1919  Nationalist  Bruce Smith Parkes NSW 1901–1919  Nationalist  William Laird Smith Denison Tas 1910–1922• Assistant Minister from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  William Spence Darling NSW 1901–1917, 1917–1919• Postmaster-General from 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915 • Vice-President of the Executive Council from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  Jacob Stumm Lilley Qld 1913–1917  Nationalist  Josiah Thomas Barrier NSW 1901–1917  National Labor  Nationalist  John Thomson Cowper NSW 1906–1919• Chief Ministerial Whip in the House from 13 June 1917 to 26 March 1918  Nationalist  Frank Tudor Yarra Vic 1901–1922• Minister for Trade and Customs from 17 September 1914 to 14 September 1916 • Leader of the Opposition from 14 November 1916 to 10 January 1922

• Leader of the Labor Party from 14 November 1916 to 10 January 1922  David Watkins Newcastle NSW 1901–1935  William Watt Balaclava Vic 1914–1929• Minister for Works and Railways from 17 February 1917 to 27 March 1918  Nationalist  William Webster Gwydir NSW 1903–1919 • Postmaster-General from 27 October 1915 to 3 February 1920  National Labor  Nationalist  John West East Sydney NSW 1910–1931  George Wise Gippsland Vic 1906–1913, 1914–1922   Nationalist Wise joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917.  George Edwin Yates Adelaide SA 1914–1919, 1922–1931

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