This is a list of members of the

Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members o ...

from 1966 to 1969, as elected at the 1966 federal election. : At this time, the members for the

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and

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could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories. : The Liberal member for Corio,

Hubert Opperman Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman, OBE (29 May 1904 – 18 April 1996), referred to as Oppy by Australian and French crowds, was an Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acc ...

, resigned on 10 June 1967 to accept an appointment as Australia's first High Commissioner to

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; Labor candidate Gordon Scholes won the resulting by-election on 22 July 1967. : The Labor member for Capricornia, George Gray, died on 2 August 1967; Labor candidate

Doug Everingham Douglas Nixon Everingham (25 June 1923 – 24 August 2017) was an Australian politician who served as Minister for Health in the Whitlam government from 1972 to 1975. He represented the Labor Party in the House of Representatives from 1967 to ...

won the resulting by-election on 30 September 1967. : The

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and Liberal member for Higgins, Harold Holt, was presumed dead on 19 December 1967, after disappearing two days earlier while swimming at Portsea; Liberal candidate

John Gorton Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician who served as the nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1968 to 1971. He led the Liberal Party during that time, having previously been a l ...

won the resulting by-election on 24 February 1968. : The Liberal member for Curtin,

Paul Hasluck Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck, (1 April 1905 – 9 January 1993) was an Australian statesman who served as the 17th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1969 to 1974. Prior to that, he was a Liberal Party politician, holding min ...

, resigned on 10 February 1969 to accept an appointment as Governor-General of Australia; Liberal candidate

Victor Garland Sir Ransley Victor Garland KBE (5 May 1934 – 1 January 2022), usually known as Vic Garland, was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1981, representing the Liberal Party, and ser ...

won the resulting by-election on 19 April 1969. : The Labor member for Bendigo,

Noel Beaton Noel Lawrence Beaton (28 December 1925 – 18 December 2004) was an Australian politician. Born in Mooroopna, Victoria, he was educated at state schools and was a volunteer firefighter in his home town, before serving in the military from 19 ...

, resigned on 9 April 1969; Labor candidate David Kennedy won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1969. : The Country Party member for Gwydir, Ian Allan, resigned on 30 April 1969; Country Party candidate Ralph Hunt won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1969.

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