This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 17th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1943 election on 21 August 1943. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by

Prime Minister of Australia The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the Australian Government, federal government of Australia and is also accountable to Parliament of A ...

John Curtin defeated the opposition Country Party led by Arthur Fadden with

coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

partner the United Australia Party (UAP) led by

Billy Hughes William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country during World War I, but ...

. On 21 February 1945, the parliamentary UAP was dissolved and replaced by the newly established Liberal Party.LIBERAL PARTY ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT
''The Canberra Times'', 22 February 1945.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1943-1946 Members of Australian parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians