Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1917–1919

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

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