Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1971 to 1974. Half of its members were elected at the 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974; the other half were elected at the 21 November 1970 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1977. In fact, the term for all of them was terminated by the double dissolution for the 18 May 1974 election.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Hon Sir Ken Anderson[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1953–1975
Hon Reg Bishop[2]	ALP	South Australia	1961–1981
Neville Bonner[2]	Liberal	Queensland	1971–1983
Bill Brown[1]	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[1]	ALP	South Australia	1969–1978
Harry Cant[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1959–1974
Hon John Carrick[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1970–1987
Hon Jim Cavanagh[2]	ALP	South Australia	1961–1981
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
Hon Tom Drake-Brockman[1]	Country	Western Australia	1958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury[1]	ALP	South Australia	1959–1975
Peter Durack[1]	Liberal	Western Australia	1970–1993
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
Arthur Gietzelt[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1970–1989
Hon Ivor Greenwood[1]	Liberal	Victoria	1968–1976
Margaret Guilfoyle[1]	Liberal	Victoria	1970–1987
George Hannan[2]	Liberal/National Liberal	Victoria	1956–1965, 1970–1974
Don Jessop[1]	Liberal	South Australia	1970–1991
Jack Kane[2]	DLP	New South Wales	1970–1974
Jim Keeffe[1]	ALP	Queensland	1964–1983
Sir Condor Laucke[2]	Liberal	South Australia	1967–1981
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
Ron McAuliffe[1]	ALP	Queensland	1970–1981
Hon Doug McClelland[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1961–1987
Hon Jim McClelland[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1970–1978
Geoff McLaren[1]	ALP	South Australia	1970–1983
Frank McManus[1]	DLP	Victoria	1956–1962, 1965–1974
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
Syd Negus[1]	Independent	Western Australia	1971–1974
Hon Justin O'Byrne[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1981
Bob Poke[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1956–1974
Arthur Poyser[2]	ALP	Victoria	1966–1975
Cyril Primmer[1]	ALP	Victoria	1971–1985
Edgar Prowse[2][3]	Country	Western Australia	1962–1973
Peter Rae[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1967–1986
David Reid[3]	Country	Western Australia	1974
Peter Sim[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1964–1981
Michael Townley[1]	Liberal	Tasmania	1970–1987
Reg Turnbull[2]	Independent	Tasmania	1962–1974
James Webster[2]	Country	Victoria	1964–1981
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
Hon 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 1977
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} Country Party Senator Edgar Prowse resigned on 31 December 1973; Country Party member David Reid was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 16 January 1974.

References

• Journal of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1974. 
• "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 1969–1972  · 1972–1974  · 1974–1975

Senate 1968–1971  · 1971–1974  · 1974–1975