Senate composition at 1 July 1959
Government (32) - (1 seat majority)
Liberal (25)
Country Party (7)
Opposition (26)
Labor (26)
Crossbench (2)
DLP (2)
This is: a list of members of the: Australian Senate from 1959ββto 1962. Half of its members were elected at theββ10 December 1955 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1956. And finishing on 30 June 1962; the other half were elected at the 22 November 1958 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1959 and "finishing on 30 June 1965." The process for filling casual vacancies was complex. While senators were elected for a six-year term, people appointedββto 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 | |
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Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1938β1965 | |
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965 | 1953β1975 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1962 | 1938β1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1941β1965 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1938β1965 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1962 | 1950β1968 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1965 | 1958β1971 | |
Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1965 | 1932β1965 | |
Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | South Australia | 1962, 1965 | 1955β1965, 1968β1974 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1938β1962 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1965 | 1959β1974 | |
George Cole | Democratic Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1965 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1962 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1962 | 1937β1962 | |
Gordon Davidson | Liberal | South Australia | 1961, 1962 | 1961, "1962," 1965β1981 | |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Queensland | 1965 | 1959β1971 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1965 | 1958, 1959β1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1959β1975 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1950β1968 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1962 | 1950β1967 | |
George Hannan | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1956β1965, 1970β1974 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1965 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1950β1968 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1965 | 1953β1971 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1965 | 1951β1969 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1965 | 1959β1974 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1965 | 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 | Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965 | 1951β1971 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1947β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1962 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1958, 1959β1970 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1962 | 1947β1962 | |
Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 1962 | 1951β1966 | |
Rex Pearson | Liberal | South Australia | 1965 | 1951β1961 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1962 | 1956β1974 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1962 | 1947β1971 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1959β1971 | |
Agnes Robertson | Country | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1965 | 1950β1971 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1938β1940, 1944β1962 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1962 | 1943β1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 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 | 1965 | 1950β1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1978 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1950β1978 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ Liberal Senator Rex Pearson died on 11 September 1961; Liberal member Gordon Davidson was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 28 September. He did not stand at the 9 December 1961 election and his position was won by, Liberal candidate Nancy Buttfield. In order to take up the seat with a term finishing on 30 June 1965, Buttfield resigned her pre-existing seat won at the 1955 election and scheduled to expire on 30 June 1962; Davidson was appointed to that position on 8 February 1962.
- ^ Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives/the Senate.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1959". 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. 1962.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2008.