Senate composition at 1 July 1956
Government (30) - (1 seat minority)
Liberal (24)
Country Party (6)
Opposition (28)
Labor (28)
Crossbench (2)
ALP (Anti-Communist)/DLP (2)
Changes in composition
- ^ At the: November 1958 election Labor senator James Ormonde was electedββto a full term seat, from 1 July 1959ββto 30 June 1965. And Country Party candidate Colin McKellar was elected to fill theββcasual vacancy ending on 30 June 1962, giving the "government a majority in the Senate."
- ^ At the November 1958 election Country Party Senator Tom Drake-Brockman was elected to a full term from 1 July 1959 to 30 June 1965 and Liberal candidate George Branson was elected to fill the balance of the casual vacancy ending on 30 June 1959.
- ^ Condon Byrne split from the Labor Party in 1957, joining the Queensland Labor Party.
- ^ The Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) changed its name to the Democratic Labour Party in 1957.
This is: a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1956 to 1959. Half of its members were elected at the 9 May 1953 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1953 and finishing on 30 June 1959; the other half were elected at the 10 December 1955 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1956 and "finishing on 30 June 1962." The process for filling casual vacancies was complex. While senators were elected for a six-year term, people appointed to a casual vacancy only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives. Or the Senate.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1938β1965 | |
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1959 | 1953β1975 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1962 | 1938β1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1941β1965 | |
Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1962 | 1938β1958 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1959 | 1938β1965 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1962 | 1950β1968 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1959 | 1958β1971 | |
Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1959 | 1932β1965 | |
Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | South Australia | 1962 | 1955β1965, 1968β1974 | |
Condon Byrne | Labor/Queensland Labor | Queensland | 1959 | 1951β1959, 1968β1974 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1938β1962 | |
George Cole | Labor (A-C)/Democratic Labor | Tasmania | 1959 | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1962 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1962 | 1937β1962 | |
Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1947β1959 | |
Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1946β1957 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1958 | 1958, 1959β1978 | |
James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1938β1959 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1959 | 1950β1968 | |
Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1944β1959 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1962 | 1950β1967 | |
George Hannan | Liberal | Victoria | 1958 | 1956β1965, 1970β1974 | |
John Harris | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1947β1951, 1953β1959 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1950β1968 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1959 | 1950β1965 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1953β1971 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1959 | 1951β1969 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1959 | 1950β1965 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1959 | 1953β1975 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1962 | 1958β1970 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1962 | 1944β1968 | |
Frank McManus | Labor (A-C)/Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1959 | 1951β1971 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1959 | 1947β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1962 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1958 | 1958, 1959β1970 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1962 | 1947β1962 | |
Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 1962 | 1951β1966 | |
Rex Pearson | Liberal | South Australia | 1959 | 1951β1961 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1962 | 1956β1974 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1962 | 1947β1971 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Agnes Robertson | Country | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
John Ryan | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1950β1959 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1958, 1962 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1959 | 1950β1971 | |
Harrie Seward | Country | Western Australia | 1959 | 1951β1958 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1938β1940, 1944β1962 | |
John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1962 | 1940β1944, 1950β1956 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1962 | 1943β1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1953β1971 | |
Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1964 | |
Harrie Wade | Country | Victoria | 1962 | 1956β1964 | |
Robert Wardlaw | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1953β1962 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1959 | 1950β1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1959 | 1950β1978 | |
Robert Wordsworth | Liberal | Tasmania | 1959 | 1950β1959 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1950β1978 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Labor Senator Bill Ashley died on 27 June 1958; Labor member James Ormonde was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 30 July, expiring at the November 1958 election. At the 1958 election, "Ormonde was elected to a full term seat," from 1 July 1959 to 30 June 1965 and Country Party candidate Colin McKellar was elected to fill the casual vacancy ending on 30 June 1962.
- ^ Country Party Senator Harrie Seward died on 23 July 1958; Country Party member Tom Drake-Brockman was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 12 August, expiring at the November 1958 election. Liberal candidate George Branson was elected to fill the balance of the casual vacancy ending on 30 June 1959. Drake-Brockman was elected to a full term from 1 July 1959 to 30 June 1965.
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ Condon Byrne split from the Labor Party in 1957, joining the Queensland Labor Party.
- ^ The Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) changed its name to the Democratic Labour Party in 1957.
- ^ Labor Senator Jack Devlin died on 26 May 1957; former Labor Senator Charles Sandford was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 6 June, expiring at the November 1958 election, when he was elected to fill the balance of the vacancy ending on 30 June 1962.
- ^ Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives/the Senate.
- ^ Liberal Senator John Spicer resigned on 13 August 1956 to be, appointed to the Commonwealth Industrial Court; Liberal member George Hannan was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 28 August, expiring at the November 1958 election, when he was elected to fill the balance of the vacancy ending on 30 June 1962.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1956". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ 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. 1959.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.