Senate composition at 12 June 1951
Government (32) - (2 seat majority)
Liberal (26)
Country Party (6)
Opposition (28)
Labor (28)
This is: a list of members of the: Australian Senate from 1951ββto 1953. The 28 April 1951 election was a double dissolution called by, Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies in an attemptββto gain control of theββSenate. And to pass the "Commonwealth Bank Bill," if necessary at a joint sitting of both houses. All 121 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Ben Chifley and gained control of the Senate with 32 seats to Labor's 28.
In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution, terms for senators was taken to commence on 1 July 1950. The first five senators elected in each state were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1956 while the other half were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1953.
The Commonwealth Bank Bill was presented to Parliament again on 26 June 1951 and "passed both houses."
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 | 1956 | 1938β1962 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1938β1965 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1953 | 1932β1965 | |
Condon Byrne | Labor | Queensland | 1953 | 1951β1959, 1968β1974 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938β1962 | |
Jack Chamberlain | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1951β1953 | |
George Cole | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1956 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1953 | 1951β1953, 1962β1978 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1937β1962 | |
Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947β1959 | |
Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1946β1957 | |
Alex Finlay | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1944β1953 | |
James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1938β1959 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1953 | 1950β1968 | |
Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1944β1959 | |
Allan Guy | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950β1956 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1950β1967 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1950β1965 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1953 | 1951β1969 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1953 | 1950β1965 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953, 1959 | 1953, 1953β1975 | |
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 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1953 | 1951β1971 | |
Bill Morrow | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1953 | |
Richard Nash | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1943β1951 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1962 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1947β1962 | |
Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 1953 | 1951β1966 | |
Rex Pearson | Liberal | South Australia | 1953 | 1951β1961 | |
Edmund Piesse | Country | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1952 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1947β1971 | |
George Rankin | Country | Victoria | 1956 | 1950β1956 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950β1962 | |
Agnes Robertson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1962 | |
Bill Robinson | Country | Western Australia | 1953 | 1952β1953 | |
John Ryan | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1950β1959 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1953 | 1950β1971 | |
Harrie Seward | Country | Western Australia | 1953 | 1951β1958 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938β1940, 1944β1962 | |
John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1940β1944, 1950β1956 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1943β1968 | |
John Tate | Liberal | New South Wales | 1953 | 1950β1953 | |
Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1964 | |
Robert Wardlaw | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1953β1962 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1953 | 1950β1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1950β1978 | |
Robert Wordsworth | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953 | 1950β1959 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950β1978 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ Liberal Senator Jack Chamberlain died on 16 January 1953; Liberal member John Marriott was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 3 March, expiring at the May 1953 Senate election, when he was elected to a six year term expiring on 30 June 1959. Robert Wardlaw was elected to the vacancy expiring on 30 June 1956.
- ^ Labor Senator Richard Nash died on 12 December 1951; former Labor Senator Joe Cooke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 7 February 1952.
- ^ Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives. Or the Senate.
- ^ Country Party Senator Edmund Piesse died on 25 August 1952; Country Party member Bill Robinson was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 30 September. But was fourth on the Coalition ticket at the 9 May 1953 election and was defeated for the seat by Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1951". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Commonwealth Bank Bill". Cairns Post. 23 June 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ Constitution (Cth) s 13 Rotation of senators.
- ^ "Rotation of Senators" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 13 June 1951. p. 35.
- ^ "Chapter 21 β Relations with the House of Representatives". Odgers' Australian Senate Practice (14th ed.). Parliament of Australia. Simultaneous dissolutions of 1951. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Bank Bill re-submitted to parliament". Cairns Post. 27 June 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1953.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.