Members of the Australian Senate, 1935–1938

Senate composition at 1 July 1935

Government (33) - (15 seat majority)
     United Australia Party (26) [lower-roman 1]
     Country Party (7) [lower-roman 2]

Opposition (3)
     Labor (3)
 
Changes in composition

  1. ↑ At the 23 October 1937 election UAP Senator Guy Arkins was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Bill Ashley.
  2. ↑ At the 23 October 1937 election Country Party Senator Thomas Marwick was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate James Cunningham.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1935 to 1938.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 19 December 1931 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1932 and finishing on 30 June 1938; the other half were elected at the 15 September 1934 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1935 and finishing on 30 June 1941. The process for filling casual vacancies was complex. While senators were elected for a six year term, people appointed to a casual vacancy only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[2]

Senator Party State End term Years in Office
Abbott, MacMac Abbott   Country New South Wales 1941 1935–1941
Arkins, GuyGuy Arkins [lower-alpha 1]   UAP New South Wales 1937 [lower-alpha 2] 1935–1937
Ashley, BillBill Ashley [lower-alpha 1]   Labor New South Wales 1941 1937–1958
Badman, OliverOliver Badman [lower-alpha 3]   Country South Australia 1938 1932–1937
Brand, CharlesCharles Brand   UAP Victoria 1941 1935–1947
Brennan, TomTom Brennan   UAP Victoria 1938 1931–1938
Brown, GordonGordon Brown   Labor Queensland 1938 1932–1965
Carroll, WilliamWilliam Carroll [lower-alpha 4]   Country Western Australia 1938 1926–1936
Collett, HerbertHerbert Collett   UAP Western Australia 1941 1933–1947
Collings, JoeJoe Collings   Labor Queensland 1938 1932–1950
Cooper, WalterWalter Cooper   Country Queensland 1941 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Courtenay, LionelLionel Courtenay [lower-alpha 1]   UAP New South Wales 1941 1935
Courtice, BenBen Courtice [lower-alpha 5]   Labor Queensland 1937,[lower-alpha 2] 1938 1937–1962
Cox, CharlesCharles Cox   UAP New South Wales 1938 1920–1938
Crawford, ThomasThomas Crawford   UAP Queensland 1941 1917–1947
Cunningham, JamesJames Cunningham [lower-alpha 4]   Labor Western Australia 1938 1937–1943
Dein, DickDick Dein   UAP New South Wales 1941 1935–1941
Duncan-Hughes, JackJack Duncan-Hughes   UAP South Australia 1938 1931–38
Hon. Harry Foll   UAP Queensland 1941 1917–1947
Hon. William Gibson   Country Victoria 1941 1935–1947
Grant, CharlesCharles Grant   UAP Tasmania 1941 1925, 1932–1941
Guthrie, JamesJames Guthrie   UAP Victoria 1938 1920–1938
Hardy, CharlesCharles Hardy   Country New South Wales 1938 1932–1938
Hayes, JohnJohn Hayes   UAP Tasmania 1941 1923–1947
Hays, HerbertHerbert Hays   UAP Tasmania 1941 1923–1947
Johnston, BertieBertie Johnston   Country Western Australia 1941 1929–1942
Leckie, JohnJohn Leckie   UAP Victoria 1941 1935–1947
Hon. Patrick Lynch   UAP Western Australia 1938 1907–1938
Hon. Philip McBride [lower-alpha 3]   UAP South Australia 1937,[lower-alpha 2] 1938 1937–1944
MacDonald, AllanAllan MacDonald   UAP Western Australia 1941 1935–1947
MacDonald, JohnJohn MacDonald [lower-alpha 5]   Labor Queensland 1938 1922, 1928, 1932–1937
Hon. Alexander McLachlan   UAP South Australia 1938 1926–1944
James McLachlan   UAP South Australia 1941 1935–1947
Hon. George McLeay   UAP South Australia 1941 1935–1947, 1950–1955
Marwick, ThomasThomas Marwick [lower-alpha 4]   Country Western Australia 1937 [lower-alpha 2] 1936–1937
Hon. Walter Massy-Greene   UAP New South Wales 1938 1923–1925, 1926–1938
Millen, JohnJohn Millen   UAP Tasmania 1938 1920–1938
Payne, HerbertHerbert Payne   UAP Tasmania 1938 1920–1938
Hon. Sir George Pearce [lower-alpha 6]   UAP Western Australia 1938 1901–1938
Plain, WilliamWilliam Plain   UAP Victoria 1938 1917–1923, 1925–1938
Sampson, BurfordBurford Sampson   UAP Tasmania 1938 1925–1938, 1941–1947
Uppill, OliverOliver Uppill   UAP South Australia 1941 1935–1944

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 UAP Senator Lionel Courtenay died on 11 July 1935 before he could take his seat. UAP member Guy Arkins was appointed to replace him on 26 September, with his term expiring at the 23 October 1937 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Bill Ashley to fill the remainder of the vacancy, expiring on 30 June 1941.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[2]
  3. 1 2 Country Party senator Oliver Badman resigned on 30 September 1937 to run for the House of Representatives seat of the Grey; UAP member for Grey, Philip McBride was appointed to replace him on 21 October, with his term expiring at the 23 October 1937 election, when he was re-elected with his term expiring on 30 June 1944.
  4. 1 2 3 Country Party Senator William Carroll died on 30 May 1936; Country Party member Thomas Marwick was appointed to replace him on 19 August, with his term expiring at the 23 October 1937 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate James Cunningham for the vacancy.
  5. 1 2 Labor Senator John MacDonald died on 17 August 1937; Labor member Ben Courtice was appointed to replace him on 26 September, with his term expiring at the 23 October 1937 election, when he was re-elected with his term expiring on 30 June 1944.
  6. ↑ Father of the Senate

References

  1. ↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1935". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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