This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 to 1998, as elected at the 1996 federal election.
1 The
Labor member for
Blaxland,
Paul Keating resigned before the swearing in of parliament, after losing the election and thus, the position of
Prime Minister. At the resulting by-election held on 15 June 1996 by the Labor's
Michael Hatton.
2 The election of
Jackie Kelly in
Lindsay was declared invalid by the
High Court of Australia, but she was subsequently re-elected in a by-election on 19 October 1996.
3 Labor member
John Langmore, member for Fraser, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 1 February 1997, Labor candidate
Steve Dargavel was elected.
4 Pauline Hanson, the member for
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,
One Nation, later in her term.
5 John Bradford, member for the Gold Coast seat of
McPherson, resigned from the
Liberal Party in 1998 and joined the
Christian Democratic Party, serving as their only representative in the parliament. He was defeated at the subsequent general election.
6 Paul Zammit, member for the inner western
Sydney seat of
Lowe, resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 over a dispute about
Sydney Airport. He served the remainder of his term as an independent.
7 Tony Smith, the member for
Dickson, resigned from the Liberal Party in 1998 and sat as an independent.
