Senate composition at 1 July 1968
Government (29) - (2 seat minority)
Liberal (23)
Country Party (6)
Opposition (26)
Labor (26)
Crossbench (5)
DLP (4)
Independents (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ At the: October 1969 House of Representatives election Liberal Senator Martin Cameron was defeated for a casual vacancy by, Labor candidate Don Cameron.
- ^ At theββNovember 1970 half Senate election Country Party Senator Douglas Scott was defeated for a casual vacancy by DLP candidate Jack Kane.
- ^ At the November 1970 half Senate election Labor Senator Bill Brown was defeated for a casual vacancy by Liberal candidate George Hannan.
This is: a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1968ββto 1971. Half of its members were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms dueββto finish on 30 June 1971; the other half were elected at 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974. 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1953β1975 | |
Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1974 | 1961β1981 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958β1971 | |
Bill Brown | Labor | Victoria | 1970 | 1969β1970, 1971β1978 | |
Tom Bull | Country | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965β1971 | |
Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1955β1965, 1968β1974 | |
Condon Byrne | Democratic Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1951β1959, 1968β1974 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1969β1978 | |
Martin Cameron | Liberal | South Australia | 1969 | 1969 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1959β1974 | |
Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1974 | 1961β1981 | |
Sam Cohen | Labor | Victoria | 1974 | 1962β1969 | |
Sir Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1974 | 1951β1953, 1962β1978 | |
Bob Cotton | Liberal | New South Wales | 1974 | 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 | 1974 | 1962β1974 | |
Vince Gair | Democratic Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1974 | |
George Georges | Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1967β1987 | |
Ivor Greenwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1968β1976 | |
George Hannan | Liberal | Victoria | 1974 | 1956β1965, 1970β1974 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1947β1971 | |
Jack Kane | Democratic Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1970β1974 | |
Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1964β1983 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1953β1971 | |
Bert Lacey | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965β1971 | |
Condor Laucke | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1967β1981 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1951β1969 | |
Ellis Lawrie | Liberal | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1975 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1959β1974 | |
Jack Little | Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1974 | 1968β1974 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1953β1975 | |
Ron Maunsell | Country | Queensland | 1974 | 1967β1981 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1961β1987 | |
Jim McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1970β1978 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1974 | 1958β1970 | |
Frank McManus | Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1951β1971 | |
Bertie Milliner | Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1968β1975 | |
Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1964β1983 | |
Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1962β1975 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1947β1981 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1958, 1959β1970 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1974 | 1956β1974 | |
George Poyser | Labor | Victoria | 1974 | 1966β1975 | |
Edgar Prowse | Country | Western Australia | 1974 | 1962β1973 | |
Peter Rae | Liberal | Tasmania | 1974 | 1968β1986 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1974 | 1947β1971 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959β1971 | |
Douglas Scott | Country | New South Wales | 1970 | 1970, 1974β1985 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1950β1971 | |
Peter Sim | Liberal | Western Australia | 1974 | 1964β1981 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1953β1971 | |
Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1974 | 1962β1974 | |
James Webster | Country | Victoria | 1974 | 1964β1981 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950β1971 | |
John Wheeldon | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1964β1981 | |
Laurie Wilkinson | Labor | Western Australia | 1974 | 1966β1974 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1974 | 1950β1975 | |
Reg Withers | Liberal | Western Australia | 1974 | 1966, 1967β1987 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1971 | 1950β1978 | |
Ken Wriedt | Labor | Tasmania | 1974 | 1964β1980 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1974 | 1950β1978 | |
Harold Young | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1968β1981 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Labor Senator Sam Cohen died on 7 October 1969; Labor member Bill Brown was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 19 November. But he was defeated for the seat at the November 1970 half Senate election by Liberal candidate George Hannan to complete the term until 30 June 1974.
- ^ 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 Keith Laught died on 13 May 1969; Liberal member Martin Cameron was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 23 May but he was defeated for the seat at the October 1969 House of Representatives election by Labor candidate Don Cameron to complete the term until 30 June 1971.
- ^ Liberal Senator John Gorton resigned from the Senate on 1 February 1968. 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.
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ Country Party Senator Colin McKellar died on 13 April 1970; Country Party member Douglas Scott was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 6 August but he was defeated for the seat at the November 1970 half Senate election by DLP candidate Jack Kane to complete the term until 30 June 1974.
- ^ Labor Senator James Ormonde died on 30 November 1970; Labor member Jim McClelland was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 16 March to complete the term until 30 June 1971. McClelland had been elected to the Senate at the 1970 election for a term from 1 July 1971 to 30 June 1977
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1968". 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. 1970.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.