Members of the Australian Senate, 1944–1947

Senate composition at 1 July 1944

Government (22) - (3 seat majority)
     Labor (22) ^{[lower-roman 1]}

Opposition (14)
     United Australia Party (12) ^{[lower-roman 2]}
     Country Party (2)

Changes in composition

↑ Labor Senator Richard Keane died in April 1946 and was replaced by Country Party member Alexander Fraser. The seat returned to Labor at the September 1946 election, when Fraser was defeated by Labor candidate Jack Devlin.
↑ At the September 1946 election UAP Senator Ted Mattner was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Fred Beerworth.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1944 to 1947.^[1] Half of its members were elected at the 21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1950. 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]

In 1945, Robert Menzies founded the Liberal Party of Australia and it soon absorbed the moribund United Australia Party.

Senator		State	End term	Years in Office
Amour, StanStan Amour	Labor	New South Wales	1950	1938–1965
Armstrong, JohnJohn Armstrong	Labor	New South Wales	1950	1938–1962
Arnold, JamesJames Arnold	Labor	New South Wales	1947	1941–1965
Ashley, Bill !Hon. Bill Ashley	Labor	New South Wales	1947	1938–1962
Aylett, BillBill Aylett	Labor	Tasmania	1950	1938–1965
Beerworth, FredFred Beerworth ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Labor	South Australia	1947	1946–1951
Brand, CharlesCharles Brand	UAP/Liberal	Victoria	1947	1935–1947
Brown, Gordon !Hon. Gordon Brown	Labor	Queensland	1950	1932–1965
Cameron,Don !Hon. Don Cameron	Labor	Victoria	1950	1938–1962
Clothier, RobertRobert Clothier	Labor	Western Australia	1950	1943–1968
Collett, Herbert !Hon. Herbert Collett	UAP/Liberal	Western Australia	1947	1933–1947
Collings, Joe !Hon. Joe Collings	Labor	Queensland	1950	1932–1950
Cooper, WalterWalter Cooper	Country	Queensland	1947	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Courtice, BenBen Courtice	Labor	Queensland	1950	1937–1962
Crawford, ThomasThomas Crawford ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	UAP/Liberal	Queensland	1947	1917–1947
Devlin, JackJack Devlin ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Labor	Victoria	1950	1946–1957
Finlay, AlexAlex Finlay	Labor	South Australia	1950	1944–1953
Foll, Harry !Hon. Harry Foll	UAP/Liberal	Queensland	1947	1917–1947
Fraser, AlexanderAlexander Fraser ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Country	Victoria	1946 ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1946
Fraser, James !Hon. James Fraser	Labor	Western Australia	1950	1938–1959
Gibson, William !Hon. William Gibson	Country	Victoria	1947	1935–1947
Grant, DonaldDonald Grant	Labor	New South Wales	1950	1944–1959
Hayes, John !Hon. John Hayes	UAP/Liberal	Tasmania	1947	1923–1947
Hays, HerbertHerbert Hays	UAP/Liberal	Tasmania	1947	1923–1947
Keane, Richard !Hon. Richard Keane ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Labor	Victoria	1950	1938–1946
Lamp, CharlesCharles Lamp	Labor	Tasmania	1950	1938–1950
Large, WilliamWilliam Large	Labor	New South Wales	1947	1941–1951
Leckie, John !Hon. John Leckie	UAP/Liberal	Victoria	1947	1935–1947
MacDonald, Allan !Hon. Allan MacDonald	UAP/Liberal	Western Australia	1947	1935–1947
MacKenna, Nick !Nick McKenna	Labor	Tasmania	1950	1944–1968
MacLachlan, James !James McLachlan	UAP/Liberal	South Australia	1947	1935–1947
MacLeay, George !Hon. George McLeay	UAP/Liberal	South Australia	1947	1935–1947, 1950–1955
Mattner, TedTed Mattner ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	UAP/Liberal	South Australia	1946 ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1944–1946, 1950–1968
Nash, RichardRichard Nash	Labor	Western Australia	1950	1943–1951
Nicholls, TheoTheo Nicholls	Labor	South Australia	1950	1944–1968
O'Flaherty, SidSid O'Flaherty	Labor	South Australia	1950	1944–1962
Sampson, BurfordBurford Sampson	UAP/Liberal	Tasmania	1947	1925–1938, 1941–1947
Sheehan, JimJim Sheehan	Labor	Victoria	1950	1938–1940, 1944–1962
Tangney, DorothyDorothy Tangney	Labor	Western Australia	1947	1943–1968
Uppill, OliverOliver Uppill ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	UAP	South Australia	1947	1935–1944

Notes

1 2 3 UAP Senator Oliver Uppill resigned on 16 September 1944; UAP member Ted Mattner was appointed to replace him on 10 October, with his term expiring at the 28 September 1946 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Fred Beerworth for the vacancy expiring on 30 June 1947.
↑ Father of the Senate
1 2 3 Labor Senator Richard Keane died on 26 April 1946; Country Party member Alexander Fraser was appointed to replace him on 15 May, with his term expiring at the 28 September 1946 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Jack Devlin for the vacancy expiring on 30 June 1950.
1 2 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]

References

↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1944". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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.

Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1947.
"Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008.

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Members of the Australian Senate, 1944–1947

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