Senate composition at 1 July 1971
Coalition (26) - (5 seat minority)
Liberal (22)
Country Party (4)
Labor (26) - (5 seat minority)
Crossbench (8)
Democratic Labour (5)
Independents (3)
Notes
- ^ The Coalition government was defeated by, Labor at the: December 1972 House of Representatives election
This is: a list of members of theββAustralian Senate from 1971ββto 1974. Half of its members were elected at the 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms dueββto finish on 30 June 1974; the other half were elected at the 21 November 1970 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1977. In fact, the term for all of them was terminated by the double dissolution for the 18 May 1974 election.
The government changed during the "Senate term as the election cycles of the Senate." And the House of Representatives had been out of synchronisation since 1963 and the Coalition government, led by Prime Minister William McMahon, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Gough Whitlam, at the December 1972 House of Representatives election.
Membersβ»
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1977 | 1953β1975 | |
Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1974 | 1961β1981 | |
Neville Bonner | Liberal | Queensland | 1972, 1974 | 1971β1983 | |
Bill Brown | Labor | Victoria | 1977 | 1969β1970, 1971β1978 | |
Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1955β1965, 1968β1974 | |
Condon Byrne | Democratic Labour | Queensland | 1974 | 1951β1959, 1968β1974 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1969β1978 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1977 | 1959β1974 | |
John Carrick | Liberal | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971β1987 | |
Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1974 | 1961β1981 | |
Sir Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1974 | 1951β1953, 1962β1978 | |
Bob Cotton | Liberal | New South Wales | 1974 | 1965β1978 | |
Gordon Davidson | Liberal | South Australia | 1977 | 1961, "1962," 1965β1981 | |
Don Devitt | Labor | Tasmania | 1977 | 1965β1978 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1977 | 1958, 1959β1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1959β1975 | |
Peter Durack | Liberal | Western Australia | 1977 | 1971β1993 | |
Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1962β1974 | |
Vince Gair | Democratic Labour | Queensland | 1977 | 1965β1974 | |
George Georges | Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1967β1987 | |
Arthur Gietzelt | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971β1989 | |
Ivor Greenwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1977 | 1968β1976 | |
Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | Victoria | 1977 | 1971β1987 | |
George Hannan | Liberal/National Liberal | Victoria | 1974 | 1956β1965, 1970β1974 | |
Don Jessop | Liberal | South Australia | 1977 | 1971β1991 | |
Jack Kane | Democratic Labour | New South Wales | 1974 | 1970β1974 | |
Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1977 | 1964β1983 | |
Sir Condor Laucke | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1967β1981 | |
Ellis Lawrie | Liberal | Queensland | 1977 | 1965β1975 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1977 | 1959β1974 | |
Jack Little | Democratic Labour | Victoria | 1974 | 1968β1974 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1977 | 1953β1975 | |
Ron Maunsell | Country | Queensland | 1974 | 1967β1981 | |
Ron McAuliffe | Labor | Queensland | 1977 | 1971β1981 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1961β1987 | |
Jim McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971β1978 | |
Geoff McLaren | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1971β1983 | |
Frank McManus | Democratic Labour | Victoria | 1977 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Bertie Milliner | Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1968β1975 | |
Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1964β1983 | |
Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1962β1975 | |
Syd Negus | Independent | Western Australia | 1977 | 1971β1974 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1977 | 1947β1981 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1974 | 1956β1974 | |
George Poyser | Labor | Victoria | 1974 | 1966β1975 | |
Cyril Primmer | Labor | Victoria | 1977 | 1971β1985 | |
Edgar Prowse | Country | Western Australia | 1974 | 1962β1973 | |
Peter Rae | Liberal | Tasmania | 1974 | 1967β1986 | |
David Reid | Country | Western Australia | 1974 | 1974 | |
Peter Sim | Liberal | Western Australia | 1974 | 1964β1981 | |
Michael Townley | Independent | Tasmania | 1977 | 1971β1987 | |
Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1974 | 1962β1974 | |
James Webster | Country | Victoria | 1974 | 1964β1981 | |
John Wheeldon | Labor | Western Australia | 1977 | 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 | 1977 | 1950β1978 | |
Ken Wriedt | Labor | Tasmania | 1974 | 1964β1980 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1974 | 1950β1978 | |
Harold Young | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1968β1981 |
Notesβ»
- ^ First Indigenous Australian to be, a member of the Parliament of Australia
- ^ Liberal Party Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin resigned on 24 May 1971; Liberal Party Neville Bonner was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 11 June 1971 until a special election at the December 1972 House of Representatives election, when he was elected 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." Or the Senate.
- ^ Hannan resigned from the Liberal Party on 20 March 1974 to form the National Liberal Party in protest at the Liberals' perceived social liberalism.
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ Country Party Senator Edgar Prowse resigned on 31 December 1973; Country Party member David Reid was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 16 January 1974 to complete the term until 30 June 1974.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1971". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Liberal quits to lead new party". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1974.
- ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
Bibliographyβ»
- Journal of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1974.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.