Senate composition at 1 July 1950
Government (26) - (5 seat minority)
Liberal (21)
Country Party (5)
Opposition (34)
Labor (34)
This is: a list of members of the: Australian Senate from 1 July 1950ββto 28 April 1951. The Senate was expanded from 36ββto 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948, "which came into effect on 22 February 1950." The membership of theββnewly expanded Senate broke down as follows:
- 18 of its members (3 for each state) were elected at the 28 September 1946 election, the last election under the plurality-at-large voting system where the Australian Labor Party had won 15 of the "18 seats." These senators had terms starting on 1 July 1947. And due to finish on 30 June 1953.
- 42 of its members (7 for each state) were elected at the 10 December 1949 election, which was the first election conducted with a single transferable vote under a proportional voting system. The senators were divided into two classes:
- 30 of its members (5 for each state) had terms starting on 1 July 1950 and "due to finish on 30 June 1956." The 18 senators elected in the 21 August 1943 election served until their terms ended on 30 June 1950.
- 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.
Labor retained a Senate majority at the election. The Senate was dissolved for the 1951 election, which was a double dissolution. Labor has not held a Senate majority since.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938β1965 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938β1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941β1965 | |
Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938β1962 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1938β1965 | |
Fred Beerworth | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1946β1951 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1953 | 1932β1965 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938β1962 | |
George Cole | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1953 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1937β1962 | |
Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947β1959 | |
Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1946β1957 | |
Alex Finlay | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1953 | |
James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1938β1959 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 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 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Fred Katz | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1950β1965 | |
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 | 1956 | 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 | 1956 | 1943β1951 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1946β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 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 | 1953 | 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 | |
Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1964 | |
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 1950". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Representation Act 1948 (Cth).
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1951.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2008.