This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 to 1998, as elected at the 1996 Australian federal election, 1996 federal election.
: The Labor member for Division of Blaxland, Blaxland, Paul Keating resigned before the swearing in of parliament, after losing the election and thus, the position of Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister. The 1996 Blaxland by-election, resulting by-election held on 15 June 1996 was won by Labor's Michael Hatton.
: The election of Jackie Kelly in Division of Lindsay, Lindsay was declared invalid by the High Court of Australia, but she was subsequently re-elected in a 1996 Lindsay by-election, by-election on 19 October 1996.
: Labor member John Langmore, member for Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory), Fraser, resigned. At the 1997 Fraser by-election, resulting by-election on 1 February 1997, Labor candidate Steve Dargavel was elected.
: Pauline Hanson, the member for Division of Oxley, Oxley, was elected as a Liberal, though she had been disendorsed during the campaign. She subsequently sat in Parliament as an independent, until forming her own party, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, One Nation, later in her term.
: John Bradford (Australian politician), John Bradford, member for the Gold Coast seat of Division of McPherson, McPherson, resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 and joined the Christian Democratic Party (Australia), Christian Democratic Party, serving as their only representative in the parliament. He was defeated at the 1998 Australian federal election, subsequent general election.
: Paul Zammit, member for the inner western Sydney seat of Division of Lowe, Lowe, resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 over a dispute about Sydney Airport. He served the remainder of his term as an independent.
: Tony Smith (Queensland politician), Tony Smith, the member for Division of Dickson, Dickson, resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 and sat as an independent.
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Members of Australian parliaments by term
20th-century Australian politicians