Talk:Arthur Fadden

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[edit] Government's fall

According to this page (plus Robert Menzies and United Australia Party) two independents had kept the Coalition in power until they pulled the plug over the treatment of Menzies. However Australian federal election, 1940 shows the Coalition winning 37 seats to Labor's 32, Non-Communist Labor Party's 4 and Independents 1. Was the second independent elected in a by-election, a defector from another party or what? And who were the two indies? Timrollpickering (talk) 23:59, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I've also wondered about this... if anyone is more aware of the events it would be good to hear. Timeshift (talk) 00:43, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
I've just found Menzies's memoirs Afternoon Light. He identifies one as Arthur Coles, "one of the two original 'independents', but who had joined my party and attended Government party meetings" (page 54) who resigned from the party. The other was Alexander Wilson, who we don't yet have an article on but there's material at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160667b.htm It seems he wasn't so much an independent but rather the nominee of the state United Country Party who disagreed with the stance of the federal party being in Coalition, and was elected in 1937 and 1940. It's possible he's been confused for a Country Party member - has anyone got a detailed list of MPs elected in 1937, 1940 and 1943? Timrollpickering 23:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)