Senate composition at 1 July 1965
Government (30) - (1 seat minority)
Liberal (23)
Country Party (7)
Opposition (27)
Labor (27)
Crossbench (3)
DLP (2)
Independents (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ At the: November 1966 House of Representatives election Liberal Senator Reg Withers was defeated for a casual vacancy by, Labor candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
This is: a list of members of theββAustralian Senate from 1965ββto 1968. Half of its members were elected at the 9 December 1961 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1962. And finishing on 30 June 1968; the other half were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms starting on 1 July 1965 and "finishing on 30 June 1971." 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1953β1975 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1968 | 1950β1968 | |
Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962β1981 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958β1971 | |
Marie Breen | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1962β1968 | |
Tom Bull | Country | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965β1971 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1959β1974 | |
Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962β1981 | |
Sam Cohen | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1962β1969 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1968 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1951β1953, 1962β1978 | |
Bob Cotton | Liberal | New South Wales | 1966, 1968 | 1965β1978 | |
Gordon Davidson | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1961, "1962," 1965β1981 | |
Don Devitt | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965β1978 | |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1959β1971 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958, 1959β1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959β1975 | |
Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1974 | |
Vince Gair | Democratic Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1974 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950β1968 | |
Ivor Greenwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1969, 1971 | 1968β1976 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1950β1967 | |
Bill Heatley | Liberal | Queensland | 1966, 1968 | 1966β1968 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950β1968 | |
Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1983 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1953β1971 | |
Bert Lacey | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965β1971 | |
Condor Laucke | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1967β1981 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1951β1969 | |
Ellis Lawrie | Country | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1975 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1959β1974 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1953β1975 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1987 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1968 | 1958β1970 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1944β1968 | |
Frank McManus | Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1951β1971 | |
Kenneth Morris | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1963β1968 | |
Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965β1983 | |
Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1975 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1947β1981 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1958, 1959β1970 | |
Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 1968 | 1951β1966 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1956β1974 | |
George Poyser | Labor | Victoria | 1966, 1968 | 1966β1975 | |
Edgar Prowse | Country | Western Australia | 1968 | 1962β1973 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1947β1971 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959β1971 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1950β1971 | |
Bob Sherrington | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1962β1966 | |
Peter Sim | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966, 1968 | 1964β1981 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1968 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1943β1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1953β1971 | |
Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1968 | 1962β1974 | |
James Webster | Country | Victoria | 1966, 1968 | 1964β1981 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950β1971 | |
John Wheeldon | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1964β1981 | |
Laurie Wilkinson | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1966β1974 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1950β1975 | |
Reg Withers | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966 | 1966, 1968β1987 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1971 | 1950β1978 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950β1978 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ Liberal Senator Bill Spooner resigned on 14 July 1965; Liberal member Bob Cotton was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 4 August and served to the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ 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 Gorton was sworn in as Prime Minister on 10 January 1968 after the disappearance of Harold Holt and is the only senator to be, "Prime Minister." Convention required the Prime Minister to be a member of the House of Representatives and Gorton resigned from the Senate on 1 February 1968 to successfully contest Holt's old seat. Liberal member Ivor Greenwood was appointed to fill the ensuing Senate vacancy on 21 February until a special election at the October 1969 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1971.
- ^ Liberal Senator Clive Hannaford died on 24 October 1967; Liberal member Condor Laucke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 2 November to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington died on 16 March 1966; Liberal member Bill Heatley was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 14 April until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge died on 21 January 1966; Liberal member Reg Withers was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 17 February. But he was defeated for the seat at the November 1966 House of Representatives election by Labor candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
- ^ Labor Senator Charles Sandford died on 22 October 1966; Labor member George Poyser was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 October until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ Liberal Party Senator Seddon Vincent died on 9 November 1964; Liberal Party member Peter Sim was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 November until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ Country Party Senator Harrie Wade died on 18 November 1964; Country Party member James Webster was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 9 December until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1965". 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.
- Journal of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1968.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.