Members of the Australian Senate, 1907–1910
Government (18) - (1 seat minority)
Protectionist (3)
Labour (15)
Opposition (17)
Anti-Socialist (17)
Crossbench (1)
Government (19) - (1 seat majority)
Liberal (19)
Opposition (15)
Labour (15)
Crossbench (2)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1907 to 1910.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 16 December 1903 election and had terms starting on 1 January 1904 and finishing on 30 June 1910; the other half were elected at the 12 December 1906 election and had terms starting on 1 January 1907 and finishing on 30 June 1913. They had an extended term as a result of the 1906 referendum, which changed Senate terms to finish on 30 June, rather than 31 December.[2]
In May 1909 the Anti-Socialist Party (previously Free Trade) and most of the Protectionist Party merged to become the Commonwealth Liberal Party.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in Office | |
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Hon. Robert Best | Protectionist/Liberal | Victoria | 1910 | 1901–1910 | |
Cameron, CyrilCyril Cameron | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Tasmania | 1913 | 1901–1903, 1907–1913 | |
Chataway, ThomasThomas Chataway | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Queensland | 1913 | 1907–1913 | |
Clemons, JohnJohn Clemons | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Tasmania | 1913 | 1901–1914 | |
Croft, JohnJohn Croft | Labour | Western Australia | 1910 | 1904–1910 | |
de Largie, HughHugh de Largie | Labour | Western Australia | 1910 | 1901–1923 | |
Hon. Henry Dobson | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Tasmania | 1910 | 1901–1910 | |
Findley, EdwardEdward Findley | Labour | Victoria | 1910 | 1904–1917, 1923–1929 | |
Hon. Simon Fraser | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Victoria | 1913 | 1901–1913 | |
Givens, ThomasThomas Givens | Labour | Queensland | 1910 | 1904–1928 | |
Hon. Albert Gould | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | New South Wales | 1913 | 1901–1917 | |
Gray, JohnJohn Gray | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | New South Wales | 1910 | 1901–1910 | |
Guthrie, RobertRobert Guthrie | Labour | South Australia | 1910 | 1904–1921 | |
Henderson, GeorgeGeorge Henderson | Labour | Western Australia | 1910 | 1904–1923 | |
Hon. John Keating | Protectionist/Liberal | Tasmania | 1913 | 1901–1923 | |
Lynch, PatrickPatrick Lynch | Labour | Western Australia | 1913 | 1907–1938 | |
James McColl | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Victoria | 1913 | 1907–1914 | |
Macfarlane, JamesJames Macfarlane | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Tasmania | 1910 | 1901–1910 | |
Hon. Gregor McGregor | Labour | South Australia | 1910 | 1901–1914 | |
Millen, EdwardEdward Millen | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | New South Wales | 1913 | 1901–1923 | |
Mulcahy, EdwardEdward Mulcahy | Protectionist/Liberal | Tasmania | 1910 | 1901–1910, 1919–1920 | |
Needham, TedTed Needham | Labour | Western Australia | 1913 | 1907–1920, 1923–1929 | |
Neild, JohnJohn Neild | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | New South Wales | 1910 | 1901–1910 | |
OLoghlin, JamesJames O'Loghlin | Labour | South Australia | casual [lower-alpha 1] | | |
Hon. George Pearce | Labour | Western Australia | 1913 | 1901–1938 | |
Pulsford, EdwardEdward Pulsford | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | New South Wales | 1910 | 1901–1910 | |
Russell, EdwardEdward Russell | Labour | Victoria | 1913 | 1907–1925 | |
Russell, WilliamWilliam Russell | Labour | South Australia | 1913 | 1907–1913 | |
Saint Ledger, AnthonyAnthony St Ledger | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Queensland | 1913 | 1907–1913 | |
Sayers, RobertRobert Sayers | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | Queensland | 1913 | 1907–1913 | |
Stewart, JamesJames Stewart | Labour | Queensland | 1910 | 1901–1917 | |
Story, WilliamWilliam Story | Labour | South Australia | 1910 | 1904–1917 | |
Hon. Sir Josiah Symon | Anti-Socialist/Independent | South Australia | 1913 | 1901–1913 | |
Trenwith, WilliamWilliam Trenwith | Independent [lower-alpha 3] /Liberal | Victoria | 1910 | 1904–1910 | |
Turley, HarryHarry Turley | Labour | Queensland | 1910 | 1904–1917 | |
Vardon, JosephJoseph Vardon | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | South Australia | 1913 | | |
Hon. James Walker | Anti-Socialist/Liberal | New South Wales | 1913 | 1901–1913 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ James O'Loghlin was purported to be appointed to a casual vacancy and would only have held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[3]
- 1 2 The election of Anti-Socialist senator Joseph Vardon was declared void on 31 May 1907;[4] on 11 July Labour member James O'Loghlin was appointed to replace him. This appointment was declared void on 20 December,[5] and a special election was held on 15 February 1908, when Vardon defeated O'Loghlin for the seat.[6]
- ↑ William Trenwith, was a former trade union official and leader of the Victorian Labour Party who was an independent because of his refusal to pledge to vote as directed by the Labour Party.[7]
References
- ↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1907". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ↑ Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906 (Cth).
- ↑ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ Blundell v Vardon [1907] HCA 75, (1907) 4 CLR 1463.
- ↑ Vardon v O'Loghlin [1907] HCA 69, (1907) 5 CLR 201.
- ↑ "The Senate Election". Evening Journal (Adelaide). South Australia. 16 March 1908. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Scates, B. "Trenwith, William Arthur (Billy) (1846–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1907.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.