Members of the Australian Senate, 1926–1929

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1926 to 1929. Half of its members were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929; the other half were elected at the 14 November 1925 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1926 and finishing on 30 June 1932.

Senator Party State Years in Office
Percy Abbott[1] Nationalist New South Wales 1913–19 (HoR), 1925–29
Richard Abbott[1][2] Country Victoria 1928–1929
David Andrew[2] Country Victoria 1925–1928
Henry Barwell[3] Nationalist South Australia 1928–1935
John Barnes[1] ALP Victoria 1913–1920, 1923–1935
William Carroll[4] Country Western Australia 1926–1936
John Chapman[4] Country South Australia 1926–1931
Walter Cooper[4][5] Country Queensland 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Charles Cox[4] Nationalist New South Wales 1920–1938
Thomas Crawford[1] Nationalist Queensland 1917–1947
John Daly[1][6] ALP South Australia 1928–1935
John Dooley[1][7] ALP New South Wales 1928–1935
Walter Duncan[4] Nationalist New South Wales 1920–1931
Harold Elliott[4] Nationalist Victoria 1920–1931
Edward Findley[1] ALP Victoria 1904–1917, 1923–1929
Harry Foll[1] Nationalist Queensland 1917–1947
Albert Gardiner[7] ALP New South Wales 1910–1926, 1928
Charles Graham[1] ALP Western Australia 1923–1929
Hon Thomas Givens[5] Nationalist Queensland 1904–1928
Hon Bill Glasgow[4] Nationalist Queensland 1920–1932
John Grant[7] ALP New South Wales 1914–1920, 1923–1928
James Guthrie[4] Nationalist Victoria 1920–1938
John Hayes[1] Nationalist Tasmania 1923–1947
Herbert Hays[1] Nationalist Tasmania 1923–1947
Bert Hoare[1] ALP South Australia 1922–1935
Walter Kingsmill[1] Nationalist Western Australia 1923–1935
Patrick Lynch[4] Nationalist Western Australia 1907–1938
John MacDonald[5] ALP Queensland 1922, 1928, 1932–1937
Charles McHugh[8] ALP South Australia 1923–1927
Alexander McLachlan[4] Nationalist South Australia 1926–1944
Hon Walter Massy-Greene[4] Nationalist New South Wales 1910–1922 (HoR), 1923–1925, 1926–1938
John Millen[4] Nationalist Tasmania 1920–1938
Ted Needham[1] ALP Western Australia 1907–1920, 1923–1929
Hon John Newlands[4] Nationalist South Australia 1913–1932
James Ogden[1] ALP, then Nationalist Tasmania 1923–1932
Mick O'Halloran[1][6] ALP South Australia 1928–1935
Herbert Payne[4] Nationalist Tasmania 1920–1938
Hon George Pearce[4] Nationalist Western Australia 1901–1938
William Plain[4] Nationalist Victoria 1917–1923, 1925–1938
Matthew Reid[1] Nationalist Queensland 1917–1935
Albert Robinson[3][6] Nationalist South Australia 1928
Burford Sampson[4] Nationalist Tasmania 1925–1938, 1941–1947
Hon Josiah Thomas[1] Nationalist New South Wales 1917–1923, 1925–1929
William Thompson[4] Nationalist Queensland 1922–1932
John Verran[6][8] Nationalist South Australia 1927–1928

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Term finishing 30 June 1929
  2. ^ a b Country Party Senator David Andrew died on 18 November 1928, having not stood for re-election at the 1928 election; Country Party member Richard Abbott was appointed on 18 December to replace him for the rest of his term, expiring on 30 June 1929.
  3. ^ a b Nationalist Senator Henry Barwell resigned on 22 March 1928 to become South Australian Agent General to London; Nationalist Albert Robinson was appointed on 18 April to replace him until the 17 November 1928 election.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Term finishing 30 June 1932
  5. ^ a b c Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died on 19 June 1928; ALP member John MacDonald was appointed on 1 August to replace him until the 17 November 1928 election, when he was defeated by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
  6. ^ a b c d At the 1928 election Albert Robinson and John Verran were defeated by ALP candidates John Daly and Mick O'Halloran for the remainder of the vacancies finishing on 30 June 1929 and for the full 1929–1935 terms.
  7. ^ a b c ALP Senator John Grant died on 19 May 1928; ALP member Albert Gardiner was appointed on 5 June to replace him until the 17 November 1928 election, when the seat won by ALP candidate John Dooley.
  8. ^ a b ALP Senator Charles McHugh died on 24 July 1927; Nationalist and former Premier of South Australia John Verran was appointed on 30 August to replace him until the 17 November 1928 election.

References

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1922–1925  · 1925–1928  · 1928–1929
Senate

1923–1926  · 1926–1929  · 1929–1932