This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 21st Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1954 election on 29 May 1954. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden lost a net of five seats, but defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Herbert Evatt.
Member Party Electorate State In office Charles Adermann Fisher Qld 1943–1972 Ian Allan Gwydir NSW 1953–1969 Gordon Anderson Kingsford Smith NSW 1949–1955 Tom Andrews / Darebin Vic 1949–1955 Larry Anthony Richmond NSW 1937–1957 Lance Barnard Bass Tas 1954–1975 Jeff Bate Macarthur NSW 1949–1972 Howard Beale Parramatta NSW 1946–1958 Kim Beazley Fremantle WA 1945–1977 Alan Bird Batman Vic 1949–1962 Francis Bland Warringah NSW 1951–1961 William Bostock Indi Vic 1949–1958 Bill Bourke / Fawkner Vic 1949–1955 George Bowden Gippsland Vic 1943–1961 William Brand Wide Bay Qld 1954–1958 Wilfred Brimblecombe Maranoa Qld 1951–1966 Geoffrey Brown McMillan Vic 1949–1955 Harry Bruce Leichhardt Qld 1951–1958 Tom Burke Perth WA 1943–1955 Bill Bryson / Wills Vic 1943–1946, 1949–1955 Arthur Calwell Melbourne Vic 1940–1972 Archie Cameron Barker SA 1934–1956 Clyde Cameron Hindmarsh SA 1949–1980 Donald Cameron Oxley Qld 1949–1961 Richard Casey La Trobe Vic 1931–1940, 1949–1960 Cyril Chambers Adelaide SA 1943–1958 Percy Clarey Bendigo Vic 1949–1960 Joe Clark Darling NSW 1934–1969 Jim CopeALP member Tom Sheehan died on 26 March 1955; Labor candidate Jim Cope won the resulting by-election on 21 May. Cook NSW 1955–1975 Eric Costa Banks NSW 1949–1969 Wilfred Coutts Griffith Qld 1954–1958, 1961–1966 John Cramer Bennelong NSW 1949–1974 Frank Crean Melbourne Ports Vic 1951–1977 Jack Cremean / Hoddle Vic 1949–1955 Dan Curtin Watson NSW 1949–1969 Fred Daly Grayndler NSW 1943–1975 Charles Davidson Dawson Qld 1946–1963 Billy Davies Cunningham NSW 1949–1956 Frank Davis Deakin Vic 1949–1966 Roger Dean Robertson NSW 1949–1964 Alick Downer Angas SA 1949–1964 Arthur Drakeford Maribyrnong Vic 1934–1955 David Drummond New England NSW 1949–1963 Nigel Drury Ryan Qld 1949–1975 Gil Duthie Wilmot Tas 1946–1975 Bill Edmonds Herbert Qld 1946–1958 H.V. Evatt Barton NSW 1940–1960 Arthur Fadden McPherson Qld 1936–1958 Laurie Failes Lawson NSW 1949–1969 David Fairbairn Farrer NSW 1949–1975 Allen Fairhall Paterson NSW 1949–1969 Bill Falkinder Franklin Tas 1946–1966 Joe Fitzgerald Phillip NSW 1949–1955 Josiah Francis Moreton Qld 1922–1955 Allan Fraser Eden-Monaro NSW 1943–1966, 1969–1972 Jim FraserAt this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories. Australian Capital Territory ACT 1951–1970 Gordon Freeth Forrest WA 1949–1969 Arthur Fuller Hume NSW 1943–1949, 1951–1955, 1961–1963 Pat Galvin Kingston SA 1951–1966 Arthur Greenup Dalley NSW 1953–1955 Charles Griffiths Shortland NSW 1949–1972 Jo Gullett Henty Vic 1946–1955 Len Hamilton Canning WA 1946–1961 Eric Harrison Wentworth NSW 1931–1956 Jim Harrison Blaxland NSW 1949–1969 Paul Hasluck Curtin WA 1949–1969 William Haworth Isaacs Vic 1949–1969 Les Haylen Parkes NSW 1943–1963 Harold Holt Higgins Vic 1935–1967 John Howse Calare NSW 1946–1960 Alan Hulme Petrie Qld 1949–1961, 1963–1972 William Jack North Sydney NSW 1949–1966 Rowley James Hunter NSW 1928–1958 Herbert Johnson Kalgoorlie WA 1940–1958 Bob Joshua / Ballaarat Vic 1951–1955 Percy Joske Balaclava Vic 1951–1960 Wilfrid Kent Hughes Chisholm Vic 1949–1970 Stan Keon / Yarra Vic 1949–1955 William Lawrence Wimmera Vic 1949–1958 George Lawson Brisbane Qld 1931–1961 Nelson Lemmon St George NSW 1943–1949, 1954–1955 Hugh Leslie Moore WA 1949–1958, 1961–1963 Robert Lindsay Flinders Vic 1954–1966 Tony Luchetti Macquarie NSW 1951–1975 Aubrey Luck Darwin Tas 1951–1958 Philip Lucock Lyne NSW 1952–1980 Dan Mackinnon Corangamite Vic 1949–1951, 1953–1966 Norman Makin Sturt SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963 Philip McBride Wakefield SA 1931–1937, 1937–1943 (S), 1946–1958 Malcolm McColm Bowman Qld 1949–1961 John McEwen Murray Vic 1934–1971 John McLeay Sr. Boothby SA 1949–1966 Don McLeod Wannon Vic 1940–1949, 1951–1955 William McMahon Lowe NSW 1949–1982 Robert Menzies Kooyong Vic 1934–1966 Dan Minogue West Sydney NSW 1949–1969 Charles Morgan Reid NSW 1940–1946, 1949–1958 Jack Mullens / Gellibrand Vic 1949–1955 Jock Nelson Northern Territory NT 1949–1966 William O'Connor Martin NSW 1946–1969 Hubert Opperman Corio Vic 1949–1967 Frederick Osborne Evans NSW 1949–1961 Sir Earle Page Cowper NSW 1919–1961 Henry Pearce Capricornia Qld 1949–1961 Ted Peters Burke Vic 1949–1969 Reg Pollard Lalor Vic 1937–1966 Bill Riordan Kennedy Qld 1936–1966 Hugh Roberton Riverina NSW 1949–1965 Edgar Russell Grey SA 1943–1963 Tom Sheehan Cook NSW 1937–1955 Frank Stewart Lang NSW 1953–1979 Reginald Swartz Darling Downs Qld 1949–1972 Albert Thompson Port Adelaide SA 1946–1963 Frank Timson Higinbotham Vic 1949–1960 Athol Townley Denison Tas 1949–1964 Winton Turnbull Mallee Vic 1946–1972 Harry Turner Bradfield NSW 1952–1974 Eddie Ward East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932–1963 David Oliver Watkins Newcastle NSW 1935–1958 Harry Webb Swan WA 1954–1958, 1961–1972 Bill Wentworth Mackellar NSW 1949–1977 Roy Wheeler Mitchell NSW 1949–1961 Gough Whitlam Werriwa NSW 1952–1978 Bruce Wight Lilley Qld 1949–1961
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