Members of the Australian Senate, 1965–1968

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1965 to 1968. Half of its members were elected at the 9 December 1961 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1962 and finishing on 30 June 1968; the other half were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms starting on 1 July 1965 and finishing on 30 June 1971.

Senator Party State Years in Office
Hon Sir Ken Anderson[1] Liberal New South Wales 1953–1975
Archie Benn[2] ALP Queensland 1950–1968
Reg Bishop[2] ALP South Australia 1962–1981
Tom Bull[1] Country New South Wales 1965–1971
George Branson[1] Liberal Western Australia 1958–1971
Marie Breen[2] Liberal Victoria 1962–1968
Harry Cant[1] ALP Western Australia 1959–1974
Jim Cavanagh[2] ALP South Australia 1962–1981
Sam Cohen[2] ALP Victoria 1962–1969
Magnus Cormack[2] Liberal Victoria 1951–1953, 1962–1978
Hon Walter Cooper[2] Country Queensland 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Bob Cotton[2][3] Liberal New South Wales 1965–1978
Gordon Davidson[1] Liberal South Australia 1961, 1962, 1965–1981
Don Devitt[1] ALP Tasmania 1965–1978
Felix Dittmer[1] ALP Queensland 1959–1971
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
Hon John Gorton[1][4] Liberal Victoria 1950–1968
Ivor Greenwood[4] Liberal Victoria 1968–1976
Clive Hannaford[2][5] Liberal South Australia 1950–1967
Bill Heatley[2][6] Liberal Queensland 1966–1968
Bert Hendrickson[1] ALP Victoria 1947–1971, 1970–1974
Hon Denham Henty[2] Liberal Tasmania 1950–1968
Jim Keeffe[1] ALP Queensland 1965–1983
Pat Kennelly[1] ALP Victoria 1953–1971
Bert Lacey[1] ALP Tasmania 1965–1971
Condor Laucke[2][5] Liberal South Australia 1967–1981
Keith Laught[1] Liberal South Australia 1951–1969
Ellis Lawrie[1] Liberal Queensland 1965–1975
Elliot Lillico[1] Liberal Tasmania 1959–1974
John Marriott[1] Liberal Tasmania 1953–1975
Hon Ted Mattner[2] Liberal South Australia 1944–1946, 1950–1968
Doug McClelland[2] ALP New South Wales 1962–1987
Hon Colin McKellar[2] Country New South Wales 1958–1970
Hon Nick McKenna[2] ALP Tasmania 1944–1968
Frank McManus[1] DLP Victoria 1956–1962, 1965–1974
Hon Alister McMullin[1] Liberal New South Wales 1951–1971
Kenneth Morris[2] Liberal Queensland 1963–1968
Tony Mulvihill[1] ALP New South Wales 1965–1983
Lionel Murphy[2] ALP New South Wales 1962–1975
Theo Nicholls[2] ALP South Australia 1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne[1] ALP Tasmania 1947–1981
James Ormonde[1] ALP New South Wales 1958, 1959–1970
Hon Shane Paltridge[2][7] Liberal Western Australia 1951–1966
Bob Poke[2] ALP Tasmania 1956–1974
George Poyser[2][8] ALP Victoria 1966–1975
Edgar Prowse[2] Country Western Australia 1962–1973
Hon Dame Annabelle Rankin[2] Liberal Queensland 1947–1971
Clem Ridley[1] ALP South Australia 1959–1971
Charles Sandford[2][8] ALP Victoria 1947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott[1] Liberal Western Australia 1950–1971
Bob Sherrington[2][6] Liberal Queensland 1962–1966
Peter Sim[2] Liberal Western Australia 1964–1981
Hon Bill Spooner[2][3] Liberal New South Wales 1950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney[1] ALP Western Australia 1943–1968
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][7] ALP Western Australia 1966–1974
Don Willesee[2] ALP Western Australia 1950–1975
Reg Withers[7] Liberal Western Australia 1966, 1967–1987
Ian Wood[1] Liberal Queensland 1950–1978
Reg Wright[2] Liberal Tasmania 1950–1978

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 Term finishing 30 June 1971
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 Term finishing 30 June 1968
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Liberal Senator Bill Spooner resigned on 14 July 1965; Liberal member Bob Cotton was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 4 August and served to the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to the vacant Senate seat with immediate effect.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Liberal Senator John Gorton resigned on 1 February 1968 to become Prime Minister (which required that he move to the House of Representatives); Liberal member Ivor Greenwood was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 21 February.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Liberal Senator Clive Hannaford died on 24 October 1967; Liberal member Condor Laucke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 2 November.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington died on 16 March 1966; Liberal member Bill Heatley was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 14 April and won a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge died on 21 January 1966; Liberal member Reg Withers was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 17 February. He lost a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position to ALP candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 ALP Senator Charles Sandford died on 22 October 1966; ALP member George Poyser was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 October and won a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position (along with Country Party Senator James Webster, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy on 9 December 1964, following the death of Senator Harrie Wade on 18 November 1964).

References

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1963–1966  · 1966–1969  · 1969–1972

Senate

1962–1965  · 1965–1968  · 1968–1971