Members of the Australian Senate, 1914–1917

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1914 to 1917. The 5 September 1914 election was a double dissolution called by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Cook in an attempt to gain control of the Senate. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Commonwealth Liberal Party was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Andrew Fisher, who announced with the outbreak of World War I during the campaign that under a Labor Government, Australia would "stand beside the mother country to help and defend her to the last man and the last shilling."^[1]

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution terms for Senators was taken to commence on 1 July 1914. Half the Senators representing the States were allocated terms finishing on 30 June 1917 and the other half on 30 June 1920.

In September 1916, 24 Labor members of the House of Representatives and the Senate—including Prime Minister Billy Hughes—were expelled for their support of conscription during World War I and later formed the National Labor Party, which merged with the Commonwealth Liberal Party in February 1917 to form the Nationalist Party of Australia.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Thomas Bakhap[2]	Liberal/Nationalist	Tasmania	1913–1923
Stephen Barker[3]	ALP	Victoria	1910–1920, 1923–1924
John Barnes[3]	ALP	Victoria	1913–1920, 1923–1935
Albert Blakey[2]	ALP	Victoria	1910–1917
Richard Buzacott[2]	ALP/Nationalist	Western Australia	1910–1923
Hugh de Largie[2]	ALP/Nationalist	Western Australia	1901–1923
John Earle[2][4]	Nationalist	Tasmania	1917–1923
Myles Ferricks[3]	ALP	Queensland	1913–1920
Edward Findley[2]	ALP	Victoria	1904–1917, 1923–1929
Albert Gardiner[3]	ALP	New South Wales	1910–1926, 1928
Hon Thomas Givens[3]	ALP/Nationalist	Queensland	1904–1928
Hon Albert Gould[2]	Liberal/Nationalist	New South Wales	1901–1917
John Grant[3]	ALP	New South Wales	1914–1920, 1923–1928
Robert Guthrie[2]	ALP/Nationalist	South Australia	1904–1921
James Guy[3]	ALP	Tasmania	1914–1920
George Henderson[2]	ALP/Nationalist	Western Australia	1904–1923
Hon John Keating[2]	Liberal/Nationalist	Tasmania	1901–1923
James Long[3]	ALP	Tasmania	1910–1918
Patrick Lynch[3]	ALP/Nationalist	Western Australia	1907–1938
William Maughan[3]	ALP	Queensland	1913–1920
Allan McDougall[3]	ALP	New South Wales	1910–1920, 1922–1924
Andrew McKissock[2]	ALP	Victoria	1914–1917
Hon Edward Millen[2]	Liberal/Nationalist	New South Wales	1901–1923
John Mullan[2]	ALP	Queensland	1913–1917
Ted Needham[3]	ALP	Western Australia	1907–1920, 1923–1929
John Newlands[3]	ALP/Nationalist	South Australia	1913–1932
David O'Keefe[3]	ALP	Tasmania	1901–1906, 1910–1914, 1914–1920, 1922–1925 (HoR)
James O'Loghlin[3]	ALP	South Australia	1907, 1913–1920, 1923–1925
Hon George Pearce[3]	ALP/Nationalist	Western Australia	1901–1938
Rudolph Ready[4]	ALP	Tasmania	1910–1917
James Rowell[2][5]	Nationalist	South Australia	1917–1923
Edward Russell[3]	ALP/Nationalist	Victoria	1907–1925
William Senior[2]	ALP/Nationalist	South Australia	1913–1923
John Shannon[3]	Liberal/Nationalist	South Australia	1912–1913, 1914–1920
James Stewart[2]	ALP	Queensland	1901–1917
William Story[5]	ALP/Nationalist	South Australia	1904–1917
Hon Harry Turley[2]	ALP	Queensland	1904–1917
David Watson[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1914–1917

Notes

1. ^ Murphy, D. J.. "Fisher, Andrew (1862 - 1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080529b.htm. Retrieved 11 December 2008. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 June 1917
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 June 1920
4. ^ ^{a b} ALP senator Rudolph Ready resigned on 1 March 1917; on the same day Nationalist John Earle was appointed to replace him.
5. ^ ^{a b} Nationalist senator William Story resigned on 24 April 1917 to run successfully for the House of Representatives seat of Boothby; on 24 May 1917 Nationalist James Rowell—who had been elected at the 5 May 1917 election for a term commencing on 1 July 1917—was appointed to replace him.

References

• Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1917. 
• "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080725081044/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm. Retrieved 11 December 2008. 

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1913–1914  · 1914–1917  · 1917–1919

Senate 1913–1914  · 1914–1917  · 1917–1920