Members of the Australian Senate, 1968–1971

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1968 to 1971. Half of its members were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1971; the other half were elected at 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Hon Sir Ken Anderson[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1953–1975
Reg Bishop[2]	ALP	South Australia	1961–1981
Tom Bull[1]	Country	New South Wales	1965–1971
George Branson[1]	Liberal	Western Australia	1958–1971
Bill Brown[3]	ALP	Victoria	1969–1970, 1971–1978
Nancy Buttfield[2]	Liberal	South Australia	1955–1965, 1968–1974
Condon Byrne[2]	DLP	Queensland	1951–1959, 1968–1974
Don Cameron[4]	ALP	South Australia	1969–1978
Martin Cameron[4]	Liberal	South Australia	1969
Harry Cant[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1959–1974
Jim Cavanagh[2]	ALP	South Australia	1961–1981
Sam Cohen[3]	ALP	Victoria	1962–1969
Hon Sir Magnus Cormack[2]	Liberal	Victoria	1951–1953, 1962–1978
Hon Bob Cotton[2]	Liberal	New South Wales	1965–1978
Gordon Davidson[1]	Liberal	South Australia	1961, 1962, 1965–1981
Donald Devitt[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1965–1978
Felix Dittmer[1]	ALP	Queensland	1959–1971
Hon Tom Drake-Brockman[1]	Country	Western Australia	1958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury[1]	ALP	South Australia	1959–1975
Joe Fitzgerald[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1949–1955 (HoR), 1962–1974
Hon Vince Gair[1]	DLP	Queensland	1965–1974
George Georges[2]	ALP	Queensland	1967–1987
Hon Ivor Greenwood[1]	Liberal	Victoria	1968–1976
George Hannan[2][3]	Liberal	Victoria	1956–1965, 1970–1974
Bert Hendrickson[1]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1971, 1970–1974
Jack Kane[5]	DLP	New South Wales	1970–1974
Jim Keeffe[1]	ALP	Queensland	1964–1983
Pat Kennelly[1]	ALP	Victoria	1953–1971
Bert Lacey[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1965–1971
Sir Condor Laucke[2]	Liberal	South Australia	1967–1981
Keith Laught[1][4]	Liberal	South Australia	1951–1969
Ellis Lawrie[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1965–1975
Elliot Lillico[1]	Liberal	Tasmania	1959–1974
Jack Little[2]	DLP	Victoria	1968–1974
John Marriott[1]	Liberal	Tasmania	1953–1975
Ron Maunsell[2]	Country	Queensland	1967–1981
Doug McClelland[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1961–1987
Jim McClelland[6]	ALP	New South Wales	1970–1978
Hon Colin McKellar[2][5]	Country	New South Wales	1958–1970
Frank McManus[1]	DLP	Victoria	1956–1962, 1965–1974
Alister McMullin[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1951–1971
Bertie Milliner[2]	ALP	Queensland	1968–1975
Tony Mulvihill[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1964–1983
Hon Lionel Murphy[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1962–1975
Hon Justin O'Byrne[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1981
James Ormonde[1][6]	ALP	New South Wales	1958, 1959–1970
Bob Poke[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1956–1974
Arthur Poyser[2]	ALP	Victoria	1966–1975
Edgar Prowse[2]	Country	Western Australia	1962–1973
Peter Rae[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1968–1986
Hon Dame Annabelle Rankin[2]	Liberal	Queensland	1947–1971
Clem Ridley[1]	ALP	South Australia	1959–1971
Douglas Scott[5]	Country	New South Wales	1970, 1974–1985
Hon Malcolm Scott[1]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1971
Peter Sim[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1964–1981
Jim Toohey[1]	ALP	South Australia	1953–1971
Reg Turnbull[2]	Independent	Tasmania	1962–1974
James Webster[2]	Country	Victoria	1964–1981
Dame Ivy Wedgwood[1]	Liberal	Victoria	1950–1971
John Wheeldon[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1964–1981
Laurie Wilkinson[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1966–1974
Don Willesee[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1950–1975
Reg Withers[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1966, 1967–1987
Ian Wood[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1950–1978
Ken Wriedt[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1964–1980
Hon Reg Wright[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1978
Harold Young[2]	Liberal	South Australia	1968–1981

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 1971
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 1974
3. ^ ^{a b c} ALP Senator Sam Cohen died on 7 October 1969; ALP member Bill Brown was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 19 November and served to the 21 November 1970 half Senate election, when the seat was won by Liberal candidate George Hannan with immediate effect.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Liberal Senator Keith Laught died on 13 May 1969; Liberal member Martin Cameron was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 23 May and served to the 21 November 1970 half Senate election, when the seat was won by ALP candidate Don Cameron with immediate effect.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Country Party Senator Colin McKellar died on 13 April 1970; Country Party member Douglas Scott was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 6 August and served to the 21 November 1970 half Senate election, when the vacancy was won by DLP candidate Jack Kane with immediate effect.
6. ^ ^{a b} ALP Senator James Ormonde died on 30 November 1970; ALP member Jim McClelland—who had been elected to the Senate at the 1970 election with effect from 1 July 1971—was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 16 March 1971.

References

• Journal of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1970. 
• "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 22 November 2008. 

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1966–1969  · 1969–1972  · 1972–1974

Senate 1965–1968  · 1968–1971  · 1971–1974