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This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives of the 29th Parliament of Australia (1974β1975) as elected on 18 May 1974. It convened on 12 June 1974. And ended on 11 November 1975. On 18 May 1974 a double dissolution of both Houses was held. All 127 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by, Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Billy Snedden and Coalition partner the Country Party led by Doug Anthony.
Membersβ»
- Labor member Lance Barnard resigned on 2 June 1975; Liberal candidate Kevin Newman won the resulting by-election on 28 June 1975.
Leadershipβ»
Presiding officerβ»
Office | Party | Officer | Electorate | State | Term | |
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Speaker of the House | Labor | Jim Cope | Sydney | NSW | 27 February 1973 β 27 February 1975 | |
Labor | Gordon Scholes | Corio | Vic | 27 February 1975 β 11 November 1975 |
Majority leadership (Labor)β»
Office | Officer | Electorate | State | Term of office |
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Leader of the House | Fred Daly | Grayndler | NSW | 5 December 1972 β 22 December 1975 |
House Majority Whip | Martin Nicholls | Bonython | SA | 10 June 1974 β 9 March 1977 |
Deputy Speaker | Gordon Scholes | Corio | Vic | 28 February 1973 β 27 February 1975 |
Joe Berinson | Perth | WA | 27 February 1975 β 14 July 1975 | |
Harry Jenkins Sr. | Scullin | Vic | 19 August 1975 β 11 November 1975 | |
Chair, Labor Party Caucus | Bill Brown | Vic | ||
Deputy Chair, Labor Party Caucus | Ted Innes | Melbourne | Vic |
Minority leadership (LiberalβCountry)β»
Office | Officer | Party | Electorate | State | Term of office | |
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Opposition Leader of the House | Ian Sinclair | Country | New England | NSW | 22 December 1975 β 27 September 1979 | |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Phillip Lynch | Liberal | Flinders | Vic | ||
Chief Opposition Whip in the House | Victor Garland | Liberal | Curtin | WA |
Partisan mix of the House by state. And territoryβ»
State/Territory ranked in partisan order | Percentage Liberal-Country | Percentage Labor | Liberal-Country/Labor | Liberal-Country seat plurality |
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NT | 100% | 0% | 1/0 | +1 |
QLD | 67% | 33% | 12/6 | +6 |
VIC | 53% | 47% | 18/16 | +2 |
WA | 50% | 50% | 5/5 | 0 |
NSW | 44% | 56% | 20/25 | β5 |
SA | 42% | 58% | 5/7 | β2 |
TAS | 20% | 80% | 1/4 | β3 |
ACT | 0% | 100% | 0/2 | β2 |
House of Representatives | 48.8% | 51.2% | 62/65 | -3 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Historical information on the Australian Parliament". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "ParlInfo β FAMILY LAW BILL". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "ParlInfo β Federal Parliamentary Labor party caucus committees: 29th Federal Parliament". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "ParlInfo β PM Should Demand Ambassador Gair's Resignation". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "ParlInfo β Re-Assembly of House of Representatives". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 28 May 2022.