Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1901–1903

This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the First Australian Parliament, which was elected on 29 March 1901. There were 75 members, as required by the Constitution, as near as possible to twice the number of Senators which was then 36. South Australia and Tasmania had not been divided into electoral divisions in 1901 which resulted in the particular state voting as a single electorate, with each elector casting seven votes. The seven candidates with the highest votes were elected.

Member	Party	Electorate	State	First elected
Frederick Bamford	Labor	Herbert	Qld	1901
Rt Hon Edmund Barton	Protectionist	Hunter	NSW	1901
Lee Batchelor	Labor		SA	1901
Sir Langdon Bonython	Protectionist		SA	1901
Rt Hon Sir Edward Braddon	Free Trade		Tas	1901
Thomas Brown	Labor	Canobolas	NSW	1901
Norman Cameron	Free Trade		Tas	1901
John Chanter	Protectionist	Riverina	NSW	1901
Austin Chapman	Protectionist	Eden-Monaro	NSW	1901
Francis Clarke	Protectionist	Cowper	NSW	1901
Alfred Conroy	Free Trade	Werriwa	NSW	1901
James Hume Cook	Protectionist	Bourke	Vic	1901
Hon Joseph Cook	Free Trade	Parramatta	NSW	1901
Samuel Cooke	Free Trade	Wannon	Vic	1901
Richard Crouch	Protectionist	Corio	Vic	1901
George Cruickshank	Protectionist	Gwydir	NSW	1901
Hon Alfred Deakin	Protectionist	Ballarat	Vic	1901
George Edwards	Free Trade	South Sydney	NSW	1901
Richard Edwards	Protectionist	Oxley	Qld	1901
Thomas Ewing	Protectionist	Richmond	NSW	1901
Andrew Fisher	Labor	Wide Bay	Qld	1901
Rt Hon Sir John Forrest	Protectionist	Swan	WA	1901
James Fowler	Labor	Perth	WA	1901
George Fuller	Free Trade	Illawarra	NSW	1901
Hon Sir Philip Fysh	Protectionist		Tas	1901
Patrick Glynn	Free Trade		SA	1901
Arthur Groom	Free Trade	Flinders	Vic	1901
William Henry Groom	Protectionist	Darling Downs	Qld	1901
Robert Harper	Protectionist	Mernda	Vic	1901
H.B. Higgins	Protectionist	Northern Melbourne	Vic	1901
Hon Frederick Holder	Free Trade/Independent		SA	1901
Billy Hughes	Labor	West Sydney	NSW	1901
Hon Isaac Isaacs	Protectionist	Indi	Vic	1901
Thomas Kennedy	Protectionist	Moira	Vic	1901
Rt Hon Charles Kingston	Protectionist		SA	1901
John Kirwan	Free Trade	Kalgoorlie	WA	1901
William Knox	Free Trade	Kooyong	Vic	1901
Hon Sir William Lyne	Protectionist	Hume	NSW	1901
James McCay	Protectionist	Corinella	Vic	1901
James McColl	Protectionist	Echuca	Vic	1901
Charles McDonald	Labor	Kennedy	Qld	1901
Thomas Macdonald-Paterson	Protectionist	Brisbane	Qld	1901
Sir Malcolm McEacharn	Protectionist	Melbourne	Vic	1901
Allan McLean	Protectionist	Gippsland	Vic	1901
Francis McLean	Free Trade	Lang	NSW	1901
Hon Sir William McMillan	Free Trade	Wentworth	NSW	1901
Hugh Mahon	Labor	Coolgardie	WA	1901
Chester Manifold	Protectionist	Corangamite	Vic	1901
Samuel Mauger	Protectionist	Melbourne Ports	Vic	1901
King O'Malley	Labor		Tas	1901
Jim Page	Labor	Maranoa	Qld	1901
Alexander Paterson	Independent	Capricornia	Qld	1901
Pharez Phillips	Protectionist	Wimmera	Vic	1901
Frederick William Piesse	Free Trade		Tas	1901
Alexander Poynton	Free Trade		SA	1901
Sir John Quick	Protectionist	Bendigo	Vic	1901
Rt Hon George Reid	Free Trade	East Sydney	NSW	1901
James Ronald	Labor	Southern Melbourne	Vic	1901
Dr Carty Salmon	Protectionist	Laanecoorie	Vic	1901
William Sawers	Protectionist	New England	NSW	1901
Thomas Skene	Free Trade	Grampians	Vic	1901
Bruce Smith	Free Trade	Parkes	NSW	1901
Sydney Smith	Free Trade	Macquarie	NSW	1901
Elias Solomon	Free Trade	Fremantle	WA	1901
Vaiben Louis Solomon	Free Trade		SA	1901
William Spence	Labor	Darling	NSW	1901
Josiah Thomas	Labor	Barrier	NSW	1901
Dugald Thomson	Free Trade	North Sydney	NSW	1901
Rt Hon Sir George Turner	Protectionist	Balaclava	Vic	1901
Frank Tudor	Labor	Yarra	Vic	1901
David Watkins	Labor	Newcastle	NSW	1901
Chris Watson	Labor	Bland	NSW	1901
James Wilkinson	Independent	Moreton	Qld	1901
William Wilks	Free Trade	Dalley	NSW	1901
Henry Willis	Free Trade	Robertson	NSW	1901

Notes

• At the time of the 1901 election, the states of Tasmania and South Australia had not yet been divided into electoral divisions. There were seven Members for South Australia, and five Members for Tasmania.

^ There was no national Labor Party organisation at the time of the 1901 election. Members categorised as "Labor" were endorsed by their various state Labor parties.

^ There was no national Protectionist party organisation at the time of the 1901 election. Members categorised as "Protectionist" were those who accepted the leadership of Edmund Barton.

^ The Free Trade Party, then known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, was the only national political party at the 1901 election.

^ William Henry Groom died in 1901, and was replaced by Littleton Ernest Groom at the resulting by-election on 14 September.

^ Frederick Piesse died in 1902, and was replaced by William Hartnoll at the resulting by-election on 26 March.

^ Rt Hon George Reid resigned in 1903, and was re-elected to his seat at the resulting by-election on 4 September.

Members of the Australian Parliament

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