Members of the Australian Senate, 1951–1953

Members of the Australian Senate, 19511953

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 19381965
Hon John Armstrong[2] ALP New South Wales 19381962
Hon Bill Ashley[2] ALP New South Wales 19381962
James Arnold[1] ALP New South Wales 19411965
Archie Benn[2] ALP Queensland 19501968
Bill Aylett[1] ALP Tasmania 19381965
Hon Gordon Brown[1] ALP Queensland 19321965
Condon Byrne[1] ALP Queensland 19511959, 19681974
Hon Don Cameron[2] ALP Victoria 19381962
Jack Chamberlain[3] Liberal Tasmania 19511953
George Cole[1] ALP Tasmania 19501965
Magnus Cormack[1] Liberal Victoria 19511953, 19621978
Joe Cooke[1][4] ALP Western Australia 19471951, 19521965
Hon Walter Cooper[2] Country Queensland 19281932, 19351968
Hon Ben Courtice[2] ALP Queensland 19371962
Jack Critchley[1] ALP South Australia 19471959
Jack Devlin[1] ALP Victoria 19461957
Alexander Finlay[1] ALP South Australia 19441953
Hon James Fraser[1] ALP Western Australia 19381959
John Gorton[1] Liberal Victoria 19501968
Donald Grant[1] ALP New South Wales 19441959
Allan Guy[2] Liberal Tasmania 19501956
Clive Hannaford[2] Liberal South Australia 19501967
Bert Hendrickson[1] ALP Victoria 19471971, 19701974
Denham Henty[2] Liberal Tasmania 19501968
Roy Kendall[1] Liberal Queensland 19501965
Keith Laught[1] Liberal South Australia 19511969
Ted Maher[1] Country Queensland 19501965
John Marriott[3] Liberal Tasmania 19531975
Hon Ted Mattner[2] Liberal South Australia 19441946, 19501968
John McCallum[2] Liberal New South Wales 19501962
Hon Nick McKenna[2] ALP Tasmania 19441968
Hon George McLeay[2] Liberal South Australia 19351947, 19501955
Hon Alister McMullin[1] Liberal New South Wales 19511971
Bill Morrow[1] ALP Tasmania 19471953
Richard Nash[4] ALP Western Australia 19431951
Theo Nicholls[2] ALP South Australia 19441968
Justin O'Byrne[1] ALP Tasmania 19471981
Sid O'Flaherty[2] ALP South Australia 19441962
Hon Neil O'Sullivan[2] Liberal Queensland 19471962
Hon Shane Paltridge[2] Liberal Western Australia 19511966
Rex Pearson[1] Liberal South Australia 19511961
Edmund Piesse[1][5] Country Western Australia 19501952
Dame Annabelle Rankin[2] Liberal Queensland 19471971
George Rankin[2] Country Victoria 19501956
Albert Reid[2] Country New South Wales 19501962
Agnes Robertson[2] Liberal Western Australia 19501962
Bill Robinson[5] Country Western Australia 19521953
John Ryan[1] ALP South Australia 19501959
Charles Sandford[2] ALP Victoria 19471956, 19571966
Malcolm Scott[1] Liberal Western Australia 19501971
Harrie Seward[1] Country Western Australia 19511958
Jim Sheehan[2] ALP Victoria 19381940, 19441962
Hon John Spicer[2] Liberal Victoria 19401944, 19501956
Hon Bill Spooner[2] Liberal New South Wales 19501965
Dame Dorothy Tangney[2] ALP Western Australia 19431968
John Tate[1] Liberal New South Wales 19501953
Seddon Vincent[2] Liberal Western Australia 19501964
Robert Wardlaw[2][5] Liberal Tasmania 19531962
Dame Ivy Wedgwood[1] Liberal Victoria 19501971
Don Willesee[2] ALP Western Australia 19501975
Ian Wood[1] Liberal Queensland 19501978
Robert Wordsworth[1] Liberal Tasmania 19501959
Reg Wright[2] Liberal Tasmania 19501978

Notes

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

19491951  · 19511954  · 19541955

Senate

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