Members of the Australian Senate, 1947–1950

Senate composition at 1 July 1947

Government (33) - (14 seat majority)
     Labor (33)

Opposition (3)
     Liberal (2)
     Country Party (1)

Senate composition at 22 February 1950
Government (36) - (5 seat majority)
     Labor (36)

Opposition (24)
     Liberal (19)
     Country Party (5)

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1947 to 30 June 1950. ^[1] Half of its members were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 28 September 1946 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and finishing on 30 June 1953.

All senators elected at the 1943 election and 15 of the 18 elected (representing all states except Queensland) represented the Australian Labor Party, leading to the strongest single party domination in any Australian Senate. The plurality-at-large voting system used before the 1949 election meant that the winning party (or coalition) ticket usually took all seats in each state.

The Senate was expanded from 36 to 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948.^[2] 1949 was the first senate election conducted with a single transferable vote under a proportional voting system. with the new senators taking their seats on 22 February 1950 The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows:

12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1953.
12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1956.

While the introduction of new senators decreased the Labor dominance of the senate, Labor retained a Senate majority.

Senator		State	End term	Years in Office
Amour, StanStan Amour	Labor	New South Wales	1950	1938–1965
Armstrong, John !Hon John Armstrong	Labor	New South Wales	1950	1938–1962
Arnold, JamesJames Arnold	Labor	New South Wales	1953	1941–1965
Ashley, Bill !Hon. Bill Ashley	Labor	New South Wales	1953	1938–1962
Aylett, BillBill Aylett	Labor	Tasmania	1950	1938–1965
Beerworth, FredFred Beerworth	Labor	South Australia	1953	1946–1951
Brown, Gordon !Hon. Gordon Brown ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Labor	Queensland	1950	1932–1965
Cameron,Don !Hon. Don Cameron	Labor	Victoria	1950	1938–1962
Cole, GeorgeGeorge Cole	Labor	Tasmania	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1965
Clothier, RobertRobert Clothier	Labor	Western Australia	1950	1943–1968
Collings, Joe !Hon. Joe Collings ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Labor	Queensland	1950	1932–1950
Cooke, JoeJoe Cooke	Labor	Western Australia	1953	1947–1951, 1952–1965
Cooper,Walter !Hon. Walter Cooper	Country	Queensland	1953	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Courtice, Ben !Hon. Ben Courtice	Labor	Queensland	1950	1937–1962
Critchley, JackJack Critchley	Labor	South Australia	1953	1947–1959
Devlin, JackJack Devlin	Labor	Victoria	1950	1946–1957
Finlay, AlexAlex Finlay	Labor	South Australia	1950	1944–1953
Fraser, James !Hon. James Fraser	Labor	Western Australia	1950	1938–1959
Gorton, JohnJohn Gorton	Liberal	Victoria	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1968
Grant, DonaldDonald Grant	Labor	New South Wales	1950	1944–1959
Guy, AllanAllan Guy	Liberal	Tasmania	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1956
Hannaford, CliveClive Hannaford	Liberal	South Australia	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1967
Harris, JohnJohn Harris	Labor	Western Australia	1953	1947–1951, 1953–1959
Hendrickson, BertBert Hendrickson	Labor	Victoria	1953	1947–1971
Katz, FredFred Katz	Labor	Victoria	1953	1947–1951
Kendall, RoyRoy Kendall	Liberal	Queensland	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1965
Lamp, CharlesCharles Lamp	Labor	Tasmania	1950	1938–1950
Large, WilliamWilliam Large	Labor	New South Wales	1953	1941–1951
MacCallum, JohnJohn MacCallum	Liberal	New South Wales	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1962
MacKenna, Nick !Nick McKenna	Labor	Tasmania	1950	1944–1968
MacLeay, George !Hon. George McLeay	Liberal	South Australia	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1935–1947, 1950–1955
Maher, TedTed Maher	Country	Queensland	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1965
Mattner, TedTed Mattner	Liberal	South Australia	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1944–1946, 1950–1968
Morrow, BillBill Morrow	Labor	Tasmania	1953	1947–1953
Murray, RegReg Murray	Labor	Tasmania	1953	1947–1951
Nash, RichardRichard Nash	Labor	Western Australia	1950	1943–1951
Nicholls, TheoTheo Nicholls	Labor	South Australia	1950	1944–1968
O'Byrne, JustinJustin O'Byrne	Labor	Tasmania	1953	1947–1981
O'Flaherty, SidSid O'Flaherty	Labor	South Australia	1950	1944–1962
O'Sullivan, NeilNeil O'Sullivan	Liberal	Queensland	1953	1947–1962
Piesse, EdmundEdmund Piesse	Country	Western Australia	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1952
Rankin, AnnabelleDame Annabelle Rankin	Liberal	Queensland	1953	1947–1971
Rankin, GeorgeGeorge Rankin	Country	Victoria	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1956
Reid, AlbertAlbert Reid	Country	New South Wales	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1962
Robertson, AgnesAgnes Robertson	Liberal	Western Australia	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1962
Ryan, JohnJohn Ryan	Labor	South Australia	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1959
Sandford, CharlesCharles Sandford	Labor	Victoria	1953	1947–1956, 1957–1966
Scott, MalcolmMalcolm Scott	Liberal	Western Australia	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1971
Sheehan, JimJim Sheehan	Labor	Victoria	1950	1938–1940, 1944–1962
Simmonds, WilfridWilfrid Simmonds	Liberal	Queensland	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1951
Spicer, John !Hon. John Spicer	Liberal	Victoria	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1940–1944, 1950–1956
Spooner, Bill !Hon. Bill Spooner	Liberal	New South Wales	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1965
Tangney, DorothyDame Dorothy Tangney	Labor	Western Australia	1953	1943–1968
Tate, JohnJohn Tate	Liberal	New South Wales	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1953
Ward, FrederickFrederick Ward	Labor	South Australia	1953	1947–1951
Wedgwood, IvyDame Ivy Wedgwood	Liberal	Victoria	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1971
Willesee, DonDon Willesee	Labor	Western Australia	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1975
Wood , IanIan Wood	Liberal	Queensland	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1978
Wordsworth, RobertRobert Wordsworth	Liberal	Tasmania	1953 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1959
Wright, RegReg Wright	Liberal	Tasmania	1956 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1950–1978

Notes

1 2 Father of the Senate
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Term commenced on 22 February 1950, with expansion of Parliament.

References

↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1947". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
↑ Representation Act 1948 (Cth).

Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1948.
"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, 1947–1950

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