Members of the Australian Senate, 1926–1929

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1926 to 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.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Percy Abbott[1]	Nationalist	New South Wales	1913–19 (HoR), 1925–29
Richard Abbott[1][2]	Country	Victoria	1928–1929
David Andrew[2]	Country	Victoria	1925–1928
Henry Barwell[3]	Nationalist	South Australia	1928–1935
John Barnes[1]	ALP	Victoria	1913–1920, 1923–1935
William Carroll[4]	Country	Western Australia	1926–1936
John Chapman[4]	Country	South Australia	1926–1931
Walter Cooper[4][5]	Country	Queensland	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Charles Cox[4]	Nationalist	New South Wales	1920–1938
Thomas Crawford[1]	Nationalist	Queensland	1917–1947
John Daly[1][6]	ALP	South Australia	1928–1935
John Dooley[1][7]	ALP	New South Wales	1928–1935
Walter Duncan[4]	Nationalist	New South Wales	1920–1931
Harold Elliott[4]	Nationalist	Victoria	1920–1931
Edward Findley[1]	ALP	Victoria	1904–1917, 1923–1929
Harry Foll[1]	Nationalist	Queensland	1917–1947
Albert Gardiner[7]	ALP	New South Wales	1910–1926, 1928
Charles Graham[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1923–1929
Hon Thomas Givens[5]	Nationalist	Queensland	1904–1928
Hon Bill Glasgow[4]	Nationalist	Queensland	1920–1932
John Grant[7]	ALP	New South Wales	1914–1920, 1923–1928
James Guthrie[4]	Nationalist	Victoria	1920–1938
John Hayes[1]	Nationalist	Tasmania	1923–1947
Herbert Hays[1]	Nationalist	Tasmania	1923–1947
Bert Hoare[1]	ALP	South Australia	1922–1935
Walter Kingsmill[1]	Nationalist	Western Australia	1923–1935
Patrick Lynch[4]	Nationalist	Western Australia	1907–1938
John MacDonald[5]	ALP	Queensland	1922, 1928, 1932–1937
Charles McHugh[8]	ALP	South Australia	1923–1927
Alexander McLachlan[4]	Nationalist	South Australia	1926–1944
Hon Walter Massy-Greene[4]	Nationalist	New South Wales	1910–1922 (HoR), 1923–1925, 1926–1938
John Millen[4]	Nationalist	Tasmania	1920–1938
Ted Needham[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1907–1920, 1923–1929
Hon John Newlands[4]	Nationalist	South Australia	1913–1932
James Ogden[1]	ALP, then Nationalist	Tasmania	1923–1932
Mick O'Halloran[1][6]	ALP	South Australia	1928–1935
Herbert Payne[4]	Nationalist	Tasmania	1920–1938
Hon George Pearce[4]	Nationalist	Western Australia	1901–1938
William Plain[4]	Nationalist	Victoria	1917–1923, 1925–1938
Matthew Reid[1]	Nationalist	Queensland	1917–1935
Albert Robinson[3][6]	Nationalist	South Australia	1928
Burford Sampson[4]	Nationalist	Tasmania	1925–1938, 1941–1947
Hon Josiah Thomas[1]	Nationalist	New South Wales	1917–1923, 1925–1929
William Thompson[4]	Nationalist	Queensland	1922–1932
John Verran[6][8]	Nationalist	South Australia	1927–1928

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 June 1929
2. ^ ^{a b} 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.
3. ^ ^{a b} 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 17 November 1928 election.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 June 1932
5. ^ ^{a b c} Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died on 19 June 1928; ALP member John MacDonald was appointed on 1 August to replace him until the 17 November 1928 election, when he was defeated by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
6. ^ ^{a b c d} At the 1928 election Albert Robinson and John Verran were defeated by ALP candidates John Daly and Mick O'Halloran for the remainder of the vacancies finishing on 30 June 1929 and for the full 1929–1935 terms.
7. ^ ^{a b c} ALP Senator John Grant died on 19 May 1928; ALP member Albert Gardiner was appointed on 5 June to replace him until the 17 November 1928 election, when the seat won by ALP candidate John Dooley.
8. ^ ^{a b} ALP 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 17 November 1928 election.

References

• 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. http://web.archive.org/web/20080725081044/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm. Retrieved 6 December 2008. 

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1922–1925  · 1925–1928  · 1928–1929

Senate 1923–1926  · 1926–1929  · 1929–1932