Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1929–1931

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 12th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1929 election on 12 October 1929. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1923 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by James Scullin. Labor won with its then largest-ever majority in the federal parliament. However major divisions within the Labor over policy responses to the Great Depression, and the subsequent creation of the United Australia Party led to thirty parliamentarians changing their party affiliation in 1931.

Member Party after 1929 election Party at 1931 election Electorate State Term in office Frank Anstey    Bourke Vic 1910–1934 James Bayley    Oxley Qld 1917–1931 Jack Beasley    West Sydney NSW 1928–1946 George Bell    Darwin Tas 1919–1922, 1925–1943 Arthur Blakeley    Darling NSW 1917–1934 Frank Brennan    Batman Vic 1911–1931, 1934–1949 Donald Charles Cameron    Brisbane Qld 1919–1931, 1934–1937 Malcolm Cameron    Barker SA 1922–1934 Ben Chifley    Macquarie NSW 1928–1931, 1940–1951 Percy Coleman    Reid NSW 1922–1931 Bernard Corser    Wide Bay Qld 1928–1954 Richard Crouch    Corangamite Vic 1901–1910, 1929–1931 Charles Culley    Denison Tas 1928–1931 Lou Cunningham    Gwydir NSW 1919–1925, 1929–1931 John Curtin    Fremantle WA 1928–1931, 1934–1945 John Cusack    Eden-Monaro NSW 1929–1931 John Eldridge    Martin NSW 1929–1931 James Fenton    Maribyrnong Vic 1910–1934 Frank Forde    Capricornia Qld 1922–1946 Josiah Francis    Moreton Qld 1922–1955 Charles FrostIndependent member William McWilliams died on 22 October 1929; Labor candidate Charles Frost won the resulting by-election on 14 December.      Franklin Tas 1929–1931, 1934–1946 Moses Gabb    Angas SA 1919–1925, 1929–1934 Sydney Gardner    Robertson NSW 1922–1940 George Gibbons     Calare NSW 1929–1931 Albert Green     Kalgoorlie WA 1922–1940 Roland Green     Richmond NSW 1922–1937 Henry Gregory     Swan WA 1913–1940 Henry Gullett     Henty Vic 1925–1940 Allan Guy    Bass Tas 1929–1934, 1940–1946 Charles Hawker    Wakefield SA 1929–1938 William Hill    Echuca Vic 1919–1934 Jack Holloway    Flinders Vic 1929–1951 Billy Hughes  /  North Sydney NSW 1901–1952 James Hunter     Maranoa Qld 1921–1940 Rowley James    Hunter NSW 1928–1958 Paul Jones    Indi Vic 1928–1931 Richard Keane     Bendigo Vic 1929–1931, 1938–1946 (S) William Killen    Riverina NSW 1922–1931 Andrew Lacey    Grey SA 1922–1931 John Latham    Kooyong Vic 1922–1934 Bert Lazzarini    Werriwa NSW 1919–1931, 1934–1952 Arthur Lewis    Corio Vic 1929–1931 William Long     Lang NSW 1928–1931 Joseph Lyons     Wilmot Tas 1929–1939 George Mackay    Lilley Qld 1917–1934 Norman Makin    Hindmarsh SA 1919–1946, 1954–1963 William Maloney    Melbourne Vic 1904–1940 Walter Marks  /  Wentworth NSW 1919–1931 Charles MarrALP member Edward McTiernan resigned on 19 December 1930 to be appointed to the High Court of Australia; Nationalist candidate Charles Marr won the resulting by-election on 31 January 1931.    Parkes NSW 1919–1929, 1931–1943 George Martens    Herbert Qld 1928–1946 James Mathews    Melbourne Ports Vic 1906–1931 George Maxwell   /  Fawkner Vic 1917–1935 Charles McGrath    Ballaarat Vic 1913–1919, 1920–1934 John McNeill    Wannon Vic 1922–1925, 1929–1931 Edward McTiernan       Parkes NSW 1929–1930 William McWilliams       Franklin Tas 1903–1922, 1928–1929 Parker Moloney    Hume NSW 1910–1913, 1914–1917, 1919–1931 Arthur Morgan    Darling Downs Qld 1929–1931 Walter Nairn    Perth WA 1929–1943 Harold George NelsonAt this time, the member for the Northern Territory could only vote on matters relating to the Northern Territory.    Northern Territory NT 1922–1934 Sir Earle Page    Cowper NSW 1919–1961 Archdale Parkhill     Warringah NSW 1927–1937 Thomas Paterson    Gippsland Vic 1922–1943 John Price    Boothby SA 1928–1941 John Prowse    Forrest WA 1919–1943 Edward Charles Riley     Cook NSW 1922–1934 Edward Riley    South Sydney NSW 1910–1931 Darby Riordan    Kennedy Qld 1929–1936 Albert Rowe    Parramatta NSW 1929–1931 James Scullin    Yarra Vic 1910–1913, 1922–1949 Percy Stewart    Wimmera Vic 1919–1931 Ted Theodore    Dalley NSW 1927–1931 Victor Thompson    New England NSW 1922–1940 James Tully     Barton NSW 1928–1931 Eddie WardALP member John West died on 5 February 1931; Labor candidate Eddie Ward won the resulting by-election on 7 March.      East Sydney NSW 1931, 1932–1963 David Watkins    Newcastle NSW 1901–1935 John West       East Sydney NSW 1910–1931 Thomas White     Balaclava Vic 1929–1951 George Edwin Yates    Adelaide SA 1914–1919, 1922–1931

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