Members of the Australian Senate, 1962–1965

Senate composition at 1 July 1962


Government (30) - (1 seat minority)[lower-roman 1]
     Liberal (24)
     Country Party (6)

Opposition (28)
     Labor (28) [lower-roman 1]

Crossbench (2)
     DLP (1)
     Independents (1)
 
Changes in composition

  1. 1 2 At the November 1963 House of Representatives election Labor Senator George Whiteside was defeated for a casual vacancy by Liberal candidate Kenneth Morris, giving the Government a majority in the Senate.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1962 to 1965.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 22 November 1958 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1959 and finishing on 30 June 1965; the other half were elected at the 9 December 1961 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1962 and finishing on 30 June 1968. 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
Amour, StanStan Amour   Labor New South Wales 1965 1938–1965
Anderson, KenKen Anderson   Liberal New South Wales 1965 1953–1975
Arnold , JamesJames Arnold   Labor New South Wales 1965 1941–1965
Aylett, BillBill Aylett   Labor Tasmania 1965 1938–1965
Benn, ArchieArchie Benn   Labor Queensland 1968 1950–1968
Bishop, RegReg Bishop   Labor South Australia 1968 1962–1981
Branson, GeorgeGeorge Branson   Liberal Western Australia 1965 1958–1971
Breen, MarieMarie Breen   Liberal Victoria 1968 1962–1968
Hon. Gordon Brown [lower-alpha 1]   Labor Queensland 1965 1932–1965
Buttfield, NancyNancy Buttfield   Liberal South Australia 1965 1955–1965, 1968–1974
Cant, HarryHarry Cant   Labor Western Australia 1965 1959–1974
Cavanagh, JimJim Cavanagh   Labor South Australia 1968 1962–1981
Cohen, SamSam Cohen   Labor Victoria 1968 1962–1969
Cole, GeorgeGeorge Cole   DLP Tasmania 1965 1950–1965
Cooke, JoeJoe Cooke   Labor Western Australia 1965 1947–1951, 1952–1965
Hon. Walter Cooper   Country Queensland 1968 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Cormack, MagnusMagnus Cormack   Liberal Victoria 1968 1951–1953, 1962–1978
Dittmer, FelixFelix Dittmer   Labor Queensland 1965 1959–1971
Drake-Brockman, TomTom Drake-Brockman   Country Western Australia 1965 1958, 1959–1978
Drury, ArnoldArnold Drury   Labor South Australia 1965 1959–1975
Fitzgerald, JoeJoe Fitzgerald   Labor New South Wales 1968 1962–1974
Hon. John Gorton   Liberal Victoria 1965 1950–1968
Hannaford, CliveClive Hannaford   Liberal South Australia 1968 1950–1967
Hannan, GeorgeGeorge Hannan   Liberal Victoria 1965 1956–1965, 1970–1974
Hendrickson, BertBert Hendrickson   Labor Victoria 1965 1947–1971
Hon. Denham Henty   Liberal Tasmania 1968 1950–1968
Kendall, RoyRoy Kendall   Liberal Queensland 1965 1950–1965
Kennelly, PatPat Kennelly   Labor Victoria 1965 1953–1971
Laught, KeithKeith Laught   Liberal South Australia 1965 1951–1969
Lillico, ElliotElliot Lillico   Liberal Tasmania 1965 1959–1974
Doug McClelland   Labor New South Wales 1968 1962–1987
Colin McKellar   Country New South Wales 1968 1958–1970
Hon. Nick McKenna   Labor Tasmania 1968 1944–1968
Hon. Alister McMullin   Liberal New South Wales 1965 1951–1971
Maher, TedTed Maher   Country Queensland 1965 1950–1965
Marriott, JohnJohn Marriott   Liberal Tasmania 1965 1953–1975
Hon. Ted Mattner   Liberal South Australia 1968 1944–1946, 1950–1968
Morris, KennethKenneth Morris [lower-alpha 2]   Liberal Queensland 1968 1963–1968
Murphy, LionelLionel Murphy   Labor New South Wales 1968 1962–1975
Nicholls, TheoTheo Nicholls   Labor South Australia 1968 1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne   Labor Tasmania 1965 1947–1981
Ormonde, JamesJames Ormonde   Labor New South Wales 1965 1958, 1959–1970
Hon Shane Paltridge   Liberal Western Australia 1968 1951–1966
Poke, BobBob Poke   Labor Tasmania 1968 1956–1974
Poulter, MaxMax Poulter [lower-alpha 2]   Labor Queensland 1968 1962
Prowse, EdgarEdgar Prowse   Country Western Australia 1968 1962–1973
Rankin, AnnabelleDame Annabelle Rankin   Liberal Queensland 1968 1947–1971
Ridley, ClemClem Ridley   Labor South Australia 1965 1959–1971
Sandford, CharlesCharles Sandford   Labor Victoria 1968 1947–1956, 1957–1966
Scott, MalcolmMalcolm Scott   Liberal Western Australia 1965 1950–1971
Sherrington, BobBob Sherrington   Liberal Queensland 1968 1962–1966
Sim, PeterPeter Sim [lower-alpha 3]   Liberal Western Australia 1964,[lower-alpha 4] 1968 1964–1981
Hon. Bill Spooner   Liberal New South Wales 1968 1950–1965
Tangney, DorothyDame Dorothy Tangney   Labor Western Australia 1968 1943–1968
Toohey, JimJim Toohey   Labor South Australia 1965 1953–1971
Turnbull, RegReg Turnbull   Independent Tasmania 1968 1962–1974
Vincent, SeddonSeddon Vincent [lower-alpha 3]   Liberal Western Australia 1968 1950–1964
Hon. Harrie Wade [lower-alpha 5]   Country Victoria 1968 1956–1964
Webster, JamesJames Webster [lower-alpha 5]   Country Victoria 1966,[lower-alpha 4] 1968 1964–1981
Wedgwood, IvyDame Ivy Wedgwood   Liberal Victoria 1965 1950–1971
Whiteside, GeorgeGeorge Whiteside [lower-alpha 2]   Labor Queensland 1963 1962–1963
Willesee, DonDon Willesee   Labor Western Australia 1968 1950–1975
Wood, IanIan Wood   Liberal Queensland 1965 1950–1978
Wright, RegReg Wright   Liberal Tasmania 1968 1950–1978

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Father of the Senate
  2. 1 2 3 Labor Senator Max Poulter died on 2 September 1962; Labor member George Whiteside was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 9 October but he was defeated for the seat at the November 1963 House of Representatives election by Liberal candidate Kenneth Morris.
  3. 1 2 Liberal Party Senator Seddon Vincent died on 9 November 1964; Liberal Party member Peter Sim was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 November until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
  4. 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]
  5. 1 2 Country Party Senator Harrie Wade died on 18 November 1964; Country Party member James Webster was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 9 December until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.

References

  1. ↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1962". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 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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