Members of the Australian Senate, 1951–1953
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1951 to 1953. The 28 April 1951 election was a double dissolution called by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies in an attempt to gain control of the Senate and to pass a bill to ban the Communist Party of Australia, if necessary at a joint sitting of both houses. All 121 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Ben Chifley and gained control of the Senate with 32 seats to Labor's 28.
In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution terms for Senators was taken to commence on 1 July 1950. Half the Senators representing the States were allocated terms finishing on 30 June 1953 and the other half on 30 June 1956.
Senator | Party | State | Years in Office |
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Stan Amour[1] | ALP | New South Wales | 1938–1965 |
Hon John Armstrong[2] | ALP | New South Wales | 1938–1962 |
Hon Bill Ashley[2] | ALP | New South Wales | 1938–1962 |
James Arnold[1] | ALP | New South Wales | 1941–1965 |
Archie Benn[2] | ALP | Queensland | 1950–1968 |
Bill Aylett[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1938–1965 |
Hon Gordon Brown[1] | ALP | Queensland | 1932–1965 |
Condon Byrne[1] | ALP | Queensland | 1951–1959, 1968–1974 |
Hon Don Cameron[2] | ALP | Victoria | 1938–1962 |
Jack Chamberlain[3] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1951–1953 |
George Cole[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1950–1965 |
Magnus Cormack[1] | Liberal | Victoria | 1951–1953, 1962–1978 |
Joe Cooke[1][4] | ALP | Western Australia | 1947–1951, 1952–1965 |
Hon Walter Cooper[2] | Country | Queensland | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 |
Hon Ben Courtice[2] | ALP | Queensland | 1937–1962 |
Jack Critchley[1] | ALP | South Australia | 1947–1959 |
Jack Devlin[1] | ALP | Victoria | 1946–1957 |
Alex Finlay[1] | ALP | South Australia | 1944–1953 |
Hon James Fraser[1] | ALP | Western Australia | 1938–1959 |
John Gorton[1] | Liberal | Victoria | 1950–1968 |
Donald Grant[1] | ALP | New South Wales | 1944–1959 |
Allan Guy[2] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1950–1956 |
Clive Hannaford[2] | Liberal | South Australia | 1950–1967 |
Bert Hendrickson[1] | ALP | Victoria | 1947–1971, 1970–1974 |
Denham Henty[2] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1950–1968 |
Roy Kendall[1] | Liberal | Queensland | 1950–1965 |
Keith Laught[1] | Liberal | South Australia | 1951–1969 |
Ted Maher[1] | Country | Queensland | 1950–1965 |
John Marriott[3] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953–1975 |
Hon Ted Mattner[2] | Liberal | South Australia | 1944–1946, 1950–1968 |
John McCallum[2] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1950–1962 |
Hon Nick McKenna[2] | ALP | Tasmania | 1944–1968 |
Hon George McLeay[2] | Liberal | South Australia | 1935–1947, 1950–1955 |
Hon Alister McMullin[1] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1951–1971 |
Bill Morrow[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1947–1953 |
Richard Nash[4] | ALP | Western Australia | 1943–1951 |
Theo Nicholls[2] | ALP | South Australia | 1944–1968 |
Justin O'Byrne[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1947–1981 |
Sid O'Flaherty[2] | ALP | South Australia | 1944–1962 |
Hon Neil O'Sullivan[2] | Liberal | Queensland | 1947–1962 |
Hon Shane Paltridge[2] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1951–1966 |
Rex Pearson[1] | Liberal | South Australia | 1951–1961 |
Edmund Piesse[1][5] | Country | Western Australia | 1950–1952 |
Dame Annabelle Rankin[2] | Liberal | Queensland | 1947–1971 |
George Rankin[2] | Country | Victoria | 1950–1956 |
Albert Reid[2] | Country | New South Wales | 1950–1962 |
Agnes Robertson[2] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1950–1962 |
Bill Robinson[5] | Country | Western Australia | 1952–1953 |
John Ryan[1] | ALP | South Australia | 1950–1959 |
Charles Sandford[2] | ALP | Victoria | 1947–1956, 1957–1966 |
Malcolm Scott[1] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1950–1971 |
Harrie Seward[1] | Country | Western Australia | 1951–1958 |
Jim Sheehan[2] | ALP | Victoria | 1938–1940, 1944–1962 |
Hon John Spicer[2] | Liberal | Victoria | 1940–1944, 1950–1956 |
Hon Bill Spooner[2] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1950–1965 |
Dame Dorothy Tangney[2] | ALP | Western Australia | 1943–1968 |
John Tate[1] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1950–1953 |
Seddon Vincent[2] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1950–1964 |
Robert Wardlaw[2][5] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953–1962 |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood[1] | Liberal | Victoria | 1950–1971 |
Don Willesee[2] | ALP | Western Australia | 1950–1975 |
Ian Wood[1] | Liberal | Queensland | 1950–1978 |
Robert Wordsworth[1] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1950–1959 |
Reg Wright[2] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1950–1978 |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Term finishing 30 June 1953
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Term finishing 30 June 1956
- 1 2 Liberal Senator Jack Chamberlain died on 16 January 1953; Liberal member John Marriott was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 3 March, expiring at the 9 May 1953 Senate election, when he was elected to another seat, commencing on 1 July 1953. Robert Wardlaw was elected to the vacancy on 9 May, expiring on 30 June 1956.
- 1 2 ALP Senator Richard Nash died on 12 December 1951; former ALP Senator Joe Cooke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 7 February 1952.
- 1 2 3 Country Party Senator Edmund Piesse died on 25 August 1952; Country Party member Bill Robinson was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 30 September, but he was defeated for the seat at the 1953 election on 9 May.
References
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1953.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
See also
Members of the Australian Parliament | ||
House of Representatives | ||
Senate |