Members of the Australian Senate, 1951–1953

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
Alex 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Term finishing 30 June 1953
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Term finishing 30 June 1956
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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

1949–1951  · 1951–1954  · 1954–1955

Senate

1950–1951  · 1951–1953  · 1953–1956

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