Members of the Australian Senate, 1953–1956

Senate composition at 1 July 1953

Government (31) - (1 seat majority)
     Liberal (26)
     Country Party (5)

Opposition (29)
     Labor (29) [lower-roman 1]
 
Changes in composition

  1. ↑ George Cole joined the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which became the Democratic Labor Party in 1957.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1953 to 1956.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 28 April 1951 election and had terms deemed to start on 1 July 1950 and finishing on 30 June 1956; the other half were elected at the 9 May 1953 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1953 and finishing on 30 June 1959.

Senator Party State End term Years in Office
Amour, StanStan Amour   Labor New South Wales 1959 1938–1965
Anderson, KenKen Anderson   Liberal New South Wales 1959 1953–1975
Hon. John Armstrong   Labor New South Wales 1956 1938–1962
Arnold, JamesJames Arnold   Labor New South Wales 1959 1941–1965
Hon. Bill Ashley   Labor New South Wales 1956 1938–1958
Aylett, BillBill Aylett   Labor Tasmania 1959 1938–1965
Benn, ArchieArchie Benn   Labor Queensland 1956 1950–1968
Hon. Gordon Brown [lower-alpha 1]   Labor Queensland 1959 1932–1965
Buttfield, NancyNancy Buttfield [lower-alpha 2]   Liberal South Australia 1956 [lower-alpha 3] 1955–1965, 1968–1974
Byrne, CondonCondon Byrne   Labor Queensland 1959 1951–1959, 1968–1974
Hon. Don Cameron   Labor Victoria 1956 1938–1962
Cole, GeorgeGeorge Cole   Labor/ALP (A-C) [lower-alpha 4] Tasmania 1959 1950–1965
Cooke, JoeJoe Cooke   Labor Western Australia 1959 1947–1951, 1952–1965
Hon. Walter Cooper   Country Queensland 1956 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Courtice, BenBen Courtice   Labor Queensland 1956 1937–1962
Critchley, JackJack Critchley   Labor South Australia 1959 1947–1959
Devlin, JackJack Devlin   Labor Victoria 1959 1946–1957
Hon. James Fraser   Labor Western Australia 1959 1938–1959
Gorton, JohnJohn Gorton   Liberal Victoria 1956 1950–1968
Grant, DonaldDonald Grant   Labor New South Wales 1959 1944–1959
Guy, AllanAllan Guy   Liberal Tasmania 1956 1950–1956
Hannaford, CliveClive Hannaford   Liberal South Australia 1956 1950–1967
Harris , JohnJohn Harris   Labor Western Australia 1959 1947–1951, 1953–1959
Hendrickson, BertBert Hendrickson   Labor Victoria 1959 1947–1971
Henty, DenhamDenham Henty   Liberal Tasmania 1956 1950–1968
Kendall, RoyRoy Kendall   Liberal Queensland 1959 1950–1965
Kennelly, PatPat Kennelly   Labor Victoria 1959 1953–1971
Laught, KeithKeith Laught   Liberal South Australia 1959 1951–1969
John McCallum   Liberal New South Wales 1956 1950–1962
Hon. Nick McKenna   Labor Tasmania 1956 1944–1968
Hon. George McLeay [lower-alpha 2]   Liberal South Australia 1956 1935–1947, 1950–1955
Hon. Alister McMullin   Liberal New South Wales 1959 1951–1971
Maher, TedTed Maher   Country Queensland 1959 1950–1965
Marriott, JohnJohn Marriott   Liberal Tasmania 1959 1953–1975
Hon. Ted Mattner   Liberal South Australia 1956 1944–1946, 1950–1968
Nicholls, TheoTheo Nicholls   Labor South Australia 1956 1944–1968
O'Byrne, JustinJustin O'Byrne   Labor Tasmania 1959 1947–1981
O'Flaherty, SidSid O'Flaherty   Labor South Australia 1956 1944–1962
Hon. Neil O'Sullivan   Liberal Queensland 1956 1947–1962
Hon Shane Paltridge [lower-alpha 5]   Liberal Western Australia 1956 1951–1966
Pearson, RexRex Pearson   Liberal South Australia 1959 1951–1961
Rankin, AnnabelleDame Annabelle Rankin   Liberal Queensland 1956 1947–1971
Rankin, GeorgeGeorge Rankin   Country Victoria 1956 1950–1956
Reid, AlbertAlbert Reid   Country New South Wales 1956 1950–1962
Robertson, AgnesAgnes Robertson   Liberal Western Australia 1956 1950–1962
Ryan, JohnJohn Ryan   Labor South Australia 1959 1950–1959
Sandford, CharlesCharles Sandford   Labor Victoria 1956 1947–1956, 1957–1966
Scott, MalcolmMalcolm Scott   Liberal Western Australia 1959 1950–1971
Seward, HarrieHarrie Seward   Country Western Australia 1959 1951–1958
Sheehan, JimJim Sheehan   Labor Victoria 1956 1938–1940, 1944–1962
Hon. John Spicer   Liberal Victoria 1956 1940–1944, 1950–1956
Hon. Bill Spooner   Liberal New South Wales 1956 1950–1965
Tangney, DorothyDame Dorothy Tangney   Labor Western Australia 1956 1943–1968
Toohey , JimJim Toohey   Labor South Australia 1959 1953–1971
Vincent, SeddonSeddon Vincent   Liberal Western Australia 1956 1950–1964
Wardlaw, RobertRobert Wardlaw   Liberal Tasmania 1956 1953–1962
Wedgwood, IvyDame Ivy Wedgwood   Liberal Victoria 1959 1950–1971
Willesee, DonDon Willesee   Labor Western Australia 1956 1950–1975
Wood, IanIan Wood   Liberal Queensland 1959 1950–1978
Wordsworth, RobertRobert Wordsworth   Liberal Tasmania 1959 1950–1959
Wright, RegReg Wright   Liberal Tasmania 1956 1950–1978

Notes

  1. ↑ Father of the Senate
  2. 1 2 Liberal Senator George McLeay died on 14 September 1955; Liberal Party member Nancy Buttfield was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 11 October.
  3. ↑ 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]
  4. ↑ As part of the 1955 Labor split, George Cole joined the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which became the Democratic Labor Party in 1957.[3]
  5. ↑ Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge was the 6th and final Senator elected for Western Australia at the 1953 election and won the short term vacancy caused by the dath of Edmund Piesse.

References

  1. ↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1953". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  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.
  3. ↑ "Cole, George Ronald (1908–1969)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia.

See also

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