Members of the Australian Senate, 1907–1910

Composition 1907-1909

Government (18) - (1 seat minority)
     Protectionist (3)
     Labour (15)

Opposition (17)
     Anti-Socialist (17)

Crossbench (1)

     Independent (1)
Composition 1909-1910

Government (19) - (1 seat majority)
     Liberal (19)

Opposition (15)
     Labour (15)

Crossbench (2)

     Independent (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
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] 1907,[lower-alpha 2] 1913–1920, 1923–1925
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 1907,[lower-alpha 2] 1908–1913
Hon. James Walker   Anti-Socialist/Liberal New South Wales 1913 1901–1913

See also

Notes

  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]

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