Members of the Australian Senate, 1944–1947

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1944 to 1947. Half of its members were elected at the 21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1950.

In August 1945 Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party of Australia and it soon absorbed the moribund United Australia Party.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Stan Amour[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1965
John Armstrong[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1962
Hon Bill Ashley[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1962
James Arnold[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1941–1965
Fred Beerworth[2][3]	ALP	South Australia	1946–1951
Bill Aylett[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1938–1965
Charles Brand[2]	UAP/Liberal	Victoria	1935–1947
Hon Gordon Brown[1]	ALP	Queensland	1932–1965
Hon Don Cameron[1]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1962
Robert Clothier[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1968
Hon Herbert Collett[2]	UAP/Liberal	Western Australia	1933–1947
Hon Joseph Collings[1]	ALP	Queensland	1932–1950
Walter Cooper[2]	Country	Queensland	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Ben Courtice[1]	ALP	Queensland	1937–1962
Thomas Crawford[2]	UAP/Liberal	Queensland	1917–1947
Jack Devlin[1][4]	ALP	Victoria	1946–1957
Alexander Finlay[1]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1953
Hon Harry Foll[2]	UAP/Liberal	Queensland	1917–1947
Alexander Fraser[4]	Country	Victoria	1946
Hon James Fraser[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1938–1959
Hon William Gibson[2]	Country	Victoria	1935–1947
Donald Grant[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1944–1959
Hon John Hayes[2]	UAP/Liberal	Tasmania	1923–1947
Herbert Hays[2]	UAP/Liberal	Tasmania	1923–1947
Hon Richard Keane[4]	ALP	Victoria	1929–1931 (HoR), 1938–1946
Charles Lamp[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1938–1950
William Large[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1941–1951
Hon John Leckie[2]	UAP/Liberal	Victoria	1935–1947
Hon Allan MacDonald[2]	UAP/Liberal	Western Australia	1935–1947
Ted Mattner[3]	UAP/Liberal	South Australia	1944–1946, 1950–1968
Nick McKenna[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1944–1968
James McLachlan[2]	UAP/Liberal	South Australia	1935–1947
Hon George McLeay[2]	UAP/Liberal	South Australia	1935–1947, 1950–1955
Richard Nash[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1951
Theo Nicholls[1]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1968
Sid O'Flaherty[1]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1962
Burford Sampson[2]	UAP/Liberal	Tasmania	1925–1938, 1941–1947
Jim Sheehan[1]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1940, 1944–1962
Dorothy Tangney[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1968
Oliver Uppill[3]	UAP	South Australia	1935–1944

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 June 1950
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 June 1947
3. ^ ^{a b c} UAP Senator Oliver Uppill resigned on 16 September 1944; UAP member Ted Mattner was appointed to replace him on 10 October, with his term expiring at the 28 September 1946 election, when he was defeated by ALP candididate Fred Beerworth for the vacancy expiring on 30 June 1947.
4. ^ ^{a b c} ALP Senator Richard Keane died on 26 April 1946; Country Party member Alexander Fraser was appointed to replace him on 15 May, with his term expiring at the 28 September 1946 election, when he was defeated by ALP candidate Jack Devlin for the vacancy expiring on 30 June 1950.

References

• Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1947. 
• "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 1 December 2008. 

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1940–1943  · 1943–1946  · 1946–1949

Senate 1941–1944  · 1944–1947  · 1947–1950