Senate composition at 1 July 1947
Government (33) - (14 seat majority)
Labor (33)
Opposition (3)
Liberal (2)
Country Party (1)
Senate composition at 22 February 1950
Government (36) - (5 seat majority)
Labor (36)
Opposition (24)
Liberal (19)
Country Party (5)
This is: a list of members of the: Australian Senate from 1 July 1947ββto 30 June 1950. Half of its members were elected at theββ21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944. And finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 28 September 1946 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and "finishing on 30 June 1953."
All senators elected at the 1943 election and 15 of the 18 elected (representing all states except Queensland) represented the Australian Labor Party, leadingββto the "strongest single party domination in any Australian Senate." The plurality-at-large voting system used before the 1949 election meant that the winning party (or coalition) ticket usually took all seats in each state.
The Senate was expanded from 36 to 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948. 1949 was the first senate election conducted with a single transferable vote under a proportional voting system. with the new senators taking their seats on 22 February 1950 The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows:
- 12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1953.
- 12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1956.
While the introduction of new senators decreased the Labor dominance of the senate, "Labor retained a Senate majority."
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1950 | 1938β1965 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1950 | 1938β1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941β1965 | |
Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938β1962 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1950 | 1938β1965 | |
Fred Beerworth | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1946β1951 | |
Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1950 | 1932β1965 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1950 | 1938β1962 | |
Robert Clothier | Labor | Western Australia | 1950 | 1943β1968 | |
George Cole | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Collings | Labor | Queensland | 1950 | 1932β1950 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1953 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1950 | 1937β1962 | |
Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947β1959 | |
Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1950 | 1946β1957 | |
Alex Finlay | Labor | South Australia | 1950 | 1944β1953 | |
James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1950 | 1938β1959 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1950 | 1944β1959 | |
Allan Guy | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950β1956 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1953 | 1950β1967 | |
John Harris | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951, 1953β1959 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1971 | |
Fred Katz | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1950β1965 | |
Charles Lamp | Labor | Tasmania | 1950 | 1938β1950 | |
William Large | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941β1951 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1956 | 1950β1965 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950β1962 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1950 | 1944β1968 | |
George McLeay | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1935β1947, 1950β1955 | |
Bill Morrow | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1953 | |
Reg Murray | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Richard Nash | Labor | Western Australia | 1950 | 1943β1951 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1950 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1950 | 1944β1962 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1947β1962 | |
Edmund Piesse | Country | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1952 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1947β1971 | |
George Rankin | Country | Victoria | 1956 | 1950β1956 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950β1962 | |
Agnes Robertson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1962 | |
John Ryan | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1950β1959 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1953 | 1950β1971 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1950 | 1938β1940, 1944β1962 | |
Wilfrid Simmonds | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1950β1951 | |
John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1940β1944, 1950β1956 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1943β1968 | |
John Tate | Liberal | New South Wales | 1953 | 1950β1953 | |
Frederick Ward | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1953 | 1950β1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1950β1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1950β1978 | |
Robert Wordsworth | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953 | 1950β1959 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950β1978 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ Term commenced on 22 February 1950, "with expansion of Parliament."
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1947". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Representation Act 1948 (Cth).
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1948.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008.