Members of the Australian Senate, 1947–1950
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1947 to 1950. Half of its members were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 28 September 1946 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and finishing on 30 June 1953.
All senators elected at the 1943 election and 15 of the 18 elected (representing all states except Queensland) represented the Australian Labor Party, leading to the strongest single party domination in any Australian Senate. The plurality-at-large voting system used before the 1949 election meant that the winning party (or coalition) ticket usually took all seats in each state.
| Senator | Party | State | Years in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Amour[1] | ALP | New South Wales | 1938–1965 |
| Hon John Armstrong[1] | ALP | New South Wales | 1938–1962 |
| Hon Bill Ashley[2] | ALP | New South Wales | 1938–1962 |
| James Arnold[2] | ALP | New South Wales | 1941–1965 |
| Fred Beerworth[2] | ALP | South Australia | 1946–1951 |
| Bill Aylett[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1938–1965 |
| Hon Gordon Brown[1] | ALP | Queensland | 1932–1965 |
| Hon Don Cameron[1] | ALP | Victoria | 1938–1962 |
| Robert Clothier[1] | ALP | Western Australia | 1943–1968 |
| Hon Joe Collings[1] | ALP | Queensland | 1932–1950 |
| Joe Cooke[2] | ALP | Western Australia | 1947–1951, 1952–1965 |
| Hon Walter Cooper[2] | Country | Queensland | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 |
| Hon Ben Courtice[1] | ALP | Queensland | 1937–1962 |
| Jack Critchley[2] | 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 |
| Donald Grant[1] | ALP | New South Wales | 1944–1959 |
| John Harris[2] | ALP | Western Australia | 1947–1951, 1953–1959 |
| Bert Hendrickson[2] | ALP | Victoria | 1947–1971, 1970–1974 |
| Fred Katz[2] | ALP | Victoria | 1947–1951 |
| Charles Lamp[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1938–1950 |
| William Large[2] | ALP | New South Wales | 1941–1951 |
| Hon Nick McKenna[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1944–1968 |
| Bill Morrow[2] | ALP | Tasmania | 1947–1953 |
| Reg Murray[2] | ALP | Tasmania | 1947–1951 |
| Richard Nash[1] | ALP | Western Australia | 1943–1951 |
| Theo Nicholls[1] | ALP | South Australia | 1944–1968 |
| Justin O'Byrne[2] | ALP | Tasmania | 1947–1981 |
| Sid O'Flaherty[1] | ALP | South Australia | 1944–1962 |
| Neil O'Sullivan[2] | Liberal | Queensland | 1947–1962 |
| Dame Annabelle Rankin[2] | Liberal | Queensland | 1947–1971 |
| Charles Sandford[2] | ALP | Victoria | 1947–1956, 1957–1966 |
| Jim Sheehan[1] | ALP | Victoria | 1938–1940, 1944–1962 |
| Dame Dorothy Tangney[2] | ALP | Western Australia | 1943–1968 |
| Frederick Ward[2] | ALP | South Australia | 1947–1951 |
Notes
References
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1948.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
See also
- Australian House of Representatives
- Australian electoral system
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