This is a list of the members of the
Australian House of Representatives in the 15th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the
1937 election
The following elections occurred in the year 1937.
Asia
* 1937 Philippine local elections
* 1937 Iranian legislative election
* 1937 Soviet Union legislative election
India
* 1937 Indian provincial elections
* 1937 Madras Presidency legislative ...
on 23 October 1937. The incumbent
United Australia Party led by
Prime Minister of Australia
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Joseph Lyons
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with
coalition
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Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
partner the
Country Party led by
Earle Page defeated the opposition
Australian Labor Party led by
John Curtin. At the
1934 election nine seats in
New South Wales were won by , , , . Following the reunion of the two Labor parties in February 1936, these were held by their members as Labor seats at the 1937 election. With the party's win in
Ballaarat and
Gwydir (initially at a
by-election on 8 March 1937), the Labor had a net gain of 11 seats compared with the previous election.
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