- Members of the Australian Senate, 1951–1953
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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 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 Alexander 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Term finishing 30 June 1953
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Term finishing 30 June 1956
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c 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. http://web.archive.org/web/20080725081044/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
See also
Members of the Australian Parliament House of Representatives
Senate
Categories:- Members of Australian parliaments by term
- Australian Senate lists
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