Members of the Australian Senate, 1950–1951

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1950 to 28 April 1951.[1] The Senate was expanded from 36 to 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948, which came into effect on 22 February 1950.[2] The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows:

  • 18 of its members (3 for each state) were elected at the 28 September 1946 election, the last election under the plurality-at-large voting system where the Australian Labor Party had won 15 of the 18 seats. These senators had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and due to finish on 30 June 1953.
  • 42 of its members (7 for each state) were elected at the 10 December 1949 election, which was the first election conducted with a single transferable vote under a proportional voting system. The senators were divided into two classes:
    • 30 of its members (5 for each state) had terms starting on 1 July 1950 and due to finish on 30 June 1956. The 18 senators elected in the 21 August 1943 election served until their terms ended on 30 June 1950.
    • 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.

Senate composition at 1 July 1950
Government (26) - (5 seat minority)
  Liberal (21)
  Country Party (5)

Opposition (34)
  Labor (34)
 

Labor retained a Senate majority at the election. The Senate was dissolved for the 1951 election, which was a double dissolution. Labor has not held a Senate majority since.

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Stan Amour LaborNew South Wales19531938–1965
John Armstrong LaborNew South Wales19561938–1962
James Arnold LaborNew South Wales19531941–1965
Bill Ashley LaborNew South Wales19531938–1962
Bill Aylett LaborTasmania19561938–1965
Fred Beerworth LaborSouth Australia19531946–1951
Archie Benn LaborQueensland19561950–1968
Gordon Brown [lower-alpha 1] LaborQueensland19531932–1965
Don Cameron LaborVictoria19561938–1962
George Cole LaborTasmania1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1965
Joe Cooke LaborWestern Australia19531947–1951, 1952–1965
Walter Cooper CountryQueensland19531928–1932, 1935–1968
Ben Courtice LaborQueensland19561937–1962
Jack Critchley LaborSouth Australia19531947–1959
Jack Devlin LaborVictoria19561946–1957
Alex Finlay LaborSouth Australia19561944–1953
James Fraser LaborWestern Australia19561938–1959
John Gorton LiberalVictoria1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1968
Donald Grant LaborNew South Wales19561944–1959
Allan Guy LiberalTasmania1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1956
Clive Hannaford LiberalSouth Australia1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1967
John Harris LaborWestern Australia19531947–1951, 1953–1959
Bert Hendrickson LaborVictoria19531947–1971
Denham Henty LiberalTasmania19561950–1968
Fred Katz LaborVictoria19531947–1951
Roy Kendall LiberalQueensland1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1965
William Large LaborNew South Wales19531941–1951
Ted Maher CountryQueensland1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1965
Ted Mattner LiberalSouth Australia1956 [lower-alpha 2]1944–1946, 1950–1968
John McCallum LiberalNew South Wales1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1962
Nick McKenna LaborTasmania19561944–1968
George McLeay LiberalSouth Australia1956 [lower-alpha 2]1935–1947, 1950–1955
Bill Morrow LaborTasmania19531947–1953
Reg Murray LaborTasmania19531947–1951
Richard Nash LaborWestern Australia19561943–1951
Theo Nicholls LaborSouth Australia19561944–1968
Justin O'Byrne LaborTasmania19531946–1981
Sid O'Flaherty LaborSouth Australia19561944–1962
Neil O'Sullivan LiberalQueensland19531947–1962
Edmund Piesse CountryWestern Australia1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1952
Dame Annabelle Rankin LiberalQueensland19531947–1971
George Rankin CountryVictoria1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1956
Albert Reid CountryNew South Wales1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1962
Agnes Robertson LiberalWestern Australia1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1962
John Ryan LaborSouth Australia1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1959
Charles Sandford LaborVictoria19531947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott LiberalWestern Australia1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1971
Jim Sheehan LaborVictoria19531938–1940, 1944–1962
Wilfrid Simmonds LiberalQueensland1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1951
John Spicer LiberalVictoria1956 [lower-alpha 2]1940–1944, 1950–1956
Bill Spooner LiberalNew South Wales1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney LaborWestern Australia19531943–1968
John Tate LiberalNew South Wales1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1953
Seddon Vincent LiberalWestern Australia19561950–1964
Frederick Ward LaborSouth Australia19531947–1951
Dame Ivy Wedgwood LiberalVictoria1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1971
Don Willesee LaborWestern Australia1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1975
Ian Wood  LiberalQueensland1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1978
Robert Wordsworth LiberalTasmania1953 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1959
Reg Wright LiberalTasmania1956 [lower-alpha 2]1950–1978

Notes
  1. Father of the Senate
  2. Term commenced on 22 February 1950, with expansion of Parliament.

References
  1. "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1950". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. Representation Act 1948 (Cth).
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