Senate composition at 1 July 1926
Government (28) - (11 seat majority)
Nationalist (25)
Country Party (3)
Opposition (7)
Labor (7)
Crossbench (1)
Independent (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died in June 1928. And was replaced by, Labor member John MacDonald until the: November 1928 election, when theββcasual vacancy was won by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
- ^ Nationalist Senator Albert Robinson did not stand for election at the November 1928 election and the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate Mick O'Halloran.
- ^ Labor Senator Charles McHugh died in July 1927 and was replaced by Nationalist John Verran until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate John Daly.
- ^ James Ogden was expelled from the Labor Party in 1925 & sat as an independent until the 1928 election when he was re-elected as a Nationalist.
This is: a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1926ββto 1929. Half of its members were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929; the other half were elected at the 14 November 1925 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1926 and "finishing on 30 June 1932." 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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Percy Abbott | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1925β29 | |
Richard Abbott | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1928β1929 | |
David Andrew | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1925β1928 | |
John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1913β1920, 1923β1935 | |
Henry Barwell | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 | 1925β1928 | |
William Carroll | Country | Western Australia | 1932 | 1926β1936 | |
John Chapman | Country | South Australia | 1932 | 1926β1931 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1932 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Charles Cox | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Thomas Crawford | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
John Daly | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
John Dooley | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
Walter Duncan | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1920β1931 | |
Harold Elliott | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1920β1931 | |
Edward Findley | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1904β1917, 1923β1929 | |
Harry Foll | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
Albert Gardiner | Labor | New South Wales | 1928 | 1910β1926, 1928 | |
Thomas Givens | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1904β1928 | |
William Glasgow | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1920β1932 | |
Charles Graham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1929 | |
John Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1914β1920, 1923β1928 | |
James Guthrie | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
John Hayes | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Herbert Hays | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Bert Hoare | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1922β1935 | |
Walter Kingsmill | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1935 | |
Patrick Lynch | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1932 | 1907β1938 | |
John MacDonald | Labor | Queensland | 1928 | 1922, "1928," 1932β1937 | |
Walter Massy-Greene | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1923β1925, 1926β1938 | |
Charles McHugh | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1923β1927 | |
Alexander McLachlan | Nationalist | South Australia | 1932 | 1926β1944 | |
John Millen | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Ted Needham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1907β1920, 1923β1929 | |
John Newlands | Nationalist | South Australia | 1932 | 1913β1932 | |
James Ogden | Ind/Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1932 | |
Mick O'Halloran | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
Herbert Payne | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Sir George Pearce | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1932 | 1901β1938 | |
William Plain | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1917β1923, 1925β1938 | |
Matthew Reid | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1935 | |
Albert Robinson | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 | 1928 | |
Burford Sampson | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1925β1938, 1941β1947 | |
Josiah Thomas | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1917β1923, 1925β1929 | |
William Thompson | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1922β1932 | |
John Verran | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 | 1927β1928 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Country Party Senator David Andrew died on 18 November 1928, having not stood for re-election at the 1928 election; Country Party member Richard Abbott was appointed on 18 December to replace him for the rest of his term, "expiring on 30 June 1929."
- ^ Nationalist Senator Henry Barwell resigned on 22 March 1928 to become South Australian Agent-General to London; Nationalist Albert Robinson was appointed on 18 April to replace him until the November 1928 election. Robinson did not stand for re-election in 1928 and the vacancy was won by Labor candidate Mick O'Halloran.
- ^ Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives/the Senate.
- ^ Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died on 19 June 1928; Labor member John MacDonald was appointed on 1 August to replace him until the November 1928 election, when he was defeated by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
- ^ Labor Senator Charles McHugh died on 24 July 1927; Nationalist and former Premier of South Australia John Verran was appointed on 30 August to replace him until the November 1928 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate John Daly.
- ^ Labor Senator John Grant died on 19 May 1928; Labor member and former senator Albert Gardiner was appointed on 5 June to replace him until the November 1928 election. Gardiner did not stand for re-election in 1928 and the vacancy was won by Labor candidate John Dooley.
- ^ James Ogden was expelled from the Labor Party in 1925 for supporting the Bruce-Page government's legislation on navigation and immigration. He sat as an independent until the 1928 election when he was re-elected as a Nationalist.
- ^ Father of the Senate
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1926". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 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. 1928.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.