Members of the Australian Senate, 1968–1971

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1968 to 1971. Half of its members were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1971; the other half were elected at 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974.

Senator Party State Years in Office
Hon Sir Ken Anderson[1] Liberal New South Wales 1953–1975
Reg Bishop[2] ALP South Australia 1961–1981
Tom Bull[1] Country New South Wales 1965–1971
George Branson[1] Liberal Western Australia 1958–1971
Bill Brown[3] 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[4] ALP South Australia 1969–1978
Martin Cameron[4] Liberal South Australia 1969
Harry Cant[1] ALP Western Australia 1959–1974
Jim Cavanagh[2] ALP South Australia 1961–1981
Sam Cohen[3] ALP Victoria 1962–1969
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
Don Devitt[1] ALP Tasmania 1965–1978
Felix Dittmer[1] ALP Queensland 1959–1971
Hon 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
George Georges[2] ALP Queensland 1967–1987
Hon Ivor Greenwood[1] Liberal Victoria 1968–1976
George Hannan[2][3] Liberal Victoria 1956–1965, 1970–1974
Bert Hendrickson[1] ALP Victoria 1947–1971, 1970–1974
Jack Kane[5] DLP New South Wales 1970–1974
Jim Keeffe[1] ALP Queensland 1964–1983
Pat Kennelly[1] ALP Victoria 1953–1971
Bert Lacey[1] ALP Tasmania 1965–1971
Sir Condor Laucke[2] Liberal South Australia 1967–1981
Keith Laught[1][4] Liberal South Australia 1951–1969
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
Doug McClelland[2] ALP New South Wales 1961–1987
Jim McClelland[6] ALP New South Wales 1970–1978
Hon Colin McKellar[2][5] Country New South Wales 1958–1970
Frank McManus[1] DLP Victoria 1956–1962, 1965–1974
Alister McMullin[1] Liberal New South Wales 1951–1971
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
Hon Justin O'Byrne[1] ALP Tasmania 1947–1981
James Ormonde[1][6] ALP New South Wales 1958, 1959–1970
Bob Poke[2] ALP Tasmania 1956–1974
George Poyser[2] ALP Victoria 1966–1975
Edgar Prowse[2] Country Western Australia 1962–1973
Peter Rae[2] Liberal Tasmania 1968–1986
Hon Dame Annabelle Rankin[2] Liberal Queensland 1947–1971
Clem Ridley[1] ALP South Australia 1959–1971
Douglas Scott[5] Country New South Wales 1970, 1974–1985
Hon Malcolm Scott[1] Liberal Western Australia 1950–1971
Peter Sim[2] Liberal Western Australia 1964–1981
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] 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
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. ↑ 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 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 Term finishing 30 June 1974
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ALP Senator Sam Cohen died on 7 October 1969; ALP member Bill Brown was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 19 November and served to the 21 November 1970 half Senate election, when the seat was won by Liberal candidate George Hannan with immediate effect.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Liberal Senator Keith Laught died on 13 May 1969; Liberal member Martin Cameron was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 23 May and served to the 21 November 1970 half Senate election, when the seat was won by ALP candidate Don Cameron with immediate effect.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Country Party Senator Colin McKellar died on 13 April 1970; Country Party member Douglas Scott was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 6 August and served to the 21 November 1970 half Senate election, when the vacancy was won by DLP candidate Jack Kane with immediate effect.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 ALP Senator James Ormonde died on 30 November 1970; ALP member Jim McClelland—who had been elected to the Senate at the 1970 election with effect from 1 July 1971—was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 16 March 1971.

References

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1966–1969  · 1969–1972  · 1972–1974

Senate

1965–1968  · 1968–1971  · 1971–1974