Members of the Australian Senate, 1962–1965

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 Term ending Years in office
Stan Amour LaborNew South Wales19651938–1965
Ken Anderson LiberalNew South Wales19651953–1975
James Arnold  LaborNew South Wales19651941–1965
Bill Aylett LaborTasmania19651938–1965
Archie Benn LaborQueensland19681950–1968
Reg Bishop LaborSouth Australia19681962–1981
George Branson LiberalWestern Australia19651958–1971
Marie Breen LiberalVictoria19681962–1968
Gordon Brown [lower-alpha 1] LaborQueensland19651932–1965
Nancy Buttfield LiberalSouth Australia19651955–1965, 1968–1974
Harry Cant LaborWestern Australia19651959–1974
Jim Cavanagh LaborSouth Australia19681962–1981
Sam Cohen LaborVictoria19681962–1969
George Cole Democratic LaborTasmania19651950–1965
Joe Cooke LaborWestern Australia19651947–1951, 1952–1965
Walter Cooper CountryQueensland19681928–1932, 1935–1968
Magnus Cormack LiberalVictoria19681951–1953, 1962–1978
Felix Dittmer LaborQueensland19651959–1971
Tom Drake-Brockman CountryWestern Australia19651958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury LaborSouth Australia19651959–1975
Joe Fitzgerald LaborNew South Wales19681962–1974
John Gorton LiberalVictoria19651950–1968
Clive Hannaford LiberalSouth Australia19681950–1967
George Hannan LiberalVictoria19651956–1965, 1970–1974
Bert Hendrickson LaborVictoria19651947–1971
Denham Henty LiberalTasmania19681950–1968
Roy Kendall LiberalQueensland19651950–1965
Pat Kennelly LaborVictoria19651953–1971
Keith Laught LiberalSouth Australia19651951–1969
Elliot Lillico LiberalTasmania19651959–1974
Ted Maher CountryQueensland19651950–1965
John Marriott LiberalTasmania19651953–1975
Ted Mattner LiberalSouth Australia19681944–1946, 1950–1968
Doug McClelland LaborNew South Wales19681962–1987
Colin McKellar CountryNew South Wales19681958–1970
Nick McKenna LaborTasmania19681944–1968
Alister McMullin LiberalNew South Wales19651951–1971
Kenneth Morris [lower-alpha 2] LiberalQueensland19681963–1968
Lionel Murphy LaborNew South Wales19681962–1975
Theo Nicholls LaborSouth Australia19681944–1968
Justin O'Byrne LaborTasmania19651947–1981
James Ormonde LaborNew South Wales19651958, 1959–1970
Shane Paltridge LiberalWestern Australia19681951–1966
Bob Poke LaborTasmania19681956–1974
Max Poulter [lower-alpha 2] LaborQueensland19681962
Edgar Prowse CountryWestern Australia19681962–1973
Dame Annabelle Rankin LiberalQueensland19681947–1971
Clem Ridley LaborSouth Australia19651959–1971
Charles Sandford LaborVictoria19681947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott LiberalWestern Australia19651950–1971
Bob Sherrington LiberalQueensland19681962–1966
Peter Sim [lower-alpha 3] LiberalWestern Australia1964,[lower-alpha 4] 19681964–1981
Bill Spooner LiberalNew South Wales19681950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney LaborWestern Australia19681943–1968
Jim Toohey LaborSouth Australia19651953–1971
Reg Turnbull IndependentTasmania19681962–1974
Seddon Vincent [lower-alpha 3] LiberalWestern Australia19681950–1964
Harrie Wade [lower-alpha 5] CountryVictoria19681956–1964
James Webster [lower-alpha 5] CountryVictoria1966,[lower-alpha 4] 19681964–1981
Dame Ivy Wedgwood LiberalVictoria19651950–1971
George Whiteside [lower-alpha 2] LaborQueensland19631962–1963
Don Willesee LaborWestern Australia19681950–1975
Ian Wood LiberalQueensland19651950–1978
Reg Wright LiberalTasmania19681950–1978

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. 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.

Notes
  1. Father of the Senate
  2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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