Members of the Australian Senate, 1965–1968

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1965 to 1968.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 9 December 1961 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1962 and finishing on 30 June 1968; the other half were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms starting on 1 July 1965 and finishing on 30 June 1971. 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
Ken Anderson LiberalNew South Wales19711953–1975
Archie Benn LaborQueensland19681950–1968
Reg Bishop LaborSouth Australia19681962–1981
George Branson LiberalWestern Australia19711958–1971
Marie Breen LiberalVictoria19681962–1968
Tom Bull CountryNew South Wales19711965–1971
Harry Cant LaborWestern Australia19711959–1974
Jim Cavanagh LaborSouth Australia19681962–1981
Sam Cohen LaborVictoria19681962–1969
Walter Cooper [lower-alpha 1] CountryQueensland19681928–1932, 1935–1968
Magnus Cormack LiberalVictoria19681951–1953, 1962–1978
Bob Cotton [lower-alpha 2] LiberalNew South Wales1966,[lower-alpha 3] 19681965–1978
Gordon Davidson LiberalSouth Australia19711961, 1962, 1965–1981
Don Devitt LaborTasmania19711965–1978
Felix Dittmer LaborQueensland19711959–1971
Tom Drake-Brockman CountryWestern Australia19711958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury LaborSouth Australia19711959–1975
Joe Fitzgerald LaborNew South Wales19681962–1974
Vince Gair Democratic LaborQueensland19711965–1974
John Gorton [lower-alpha 4] LiberalVictoria19711950–1968
Ivor Greenwood [lower-alpha 4] LiberalVictoria1969,[lower-alpha 3] 19711968–1976
Clive Hannaford [lower-alpha 5] LiberalSouth Australia19681950–1967
Bill Heatley [lower-alpha 6] LiberalQueensland1966,[lower-alpha 3] 19681966–1968
Bert Hendrickson LaborVictoria19711947–1971
Denham Henty LiberalTasmania19681950–1968
Jim Keeffe LaborQueensland19711965–1983
Pat Kennelly LaborVictoria19711953–1971
Bert Lacey LaborTasmania19711965–1971
Condor Laucke [lower-alpha 5] LiberalSouth Australia1968 [lower-alpha 3]1967–1981
Keith Laught LiberalSouth Australia19711951–1969
Ellis Lawrie CountryQueensland19711965–1975
Elliot Lillico LiberalTasmania19711959–1974
John Marriott LiberalTasmania19711953–1975
Ted Mattner LiberalSouth Australia19681944–1946, 1950–1968
Doug McClelland LaborNew South Wales19681962–1987
Colin McKellar CountryNew South Wales19681958–1970
Nick McKenna LaborTasmania19681944–1968
Frank McManus Democratic LaborVictoria19711956–1962, 1965–1974
Alister McMullin LiberalNew South Wales19711951–1971
Kenneth Morris LiberalQueensland19681963–1968
Tony Mulvihill LaborNew South Wales19711965–1983
Lionel Murphy LaborNew South Wales19681962–1975
Theo Nicholls LaborSouth Australia19681944–1968
Justin O'Byrne LaborTasmania19711947–1981
James Ormonde LaborNew South Wales19711958, 1959–1970
Shane Paltridge [lower-alpha 7] LiberalWestern Australia19681951–1966
Bob Poke LaborTasmania19681956–1974
George Poyser [lower-alpha 8] LaborVictoria1966,[lower-alpha 3] 19681966–1975
Edgar Prowse CountryWestern Australia19681962–1973
Dame Annabelle Rankin LiberalQueensland19681947–1971
Clem Ridley LaborSouth Australia19711959–1971
Charles Sandford [lower-alpha 8] LaborVictoria19681947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott LiberalWestern Australia19711950–1971
Bob Sherrington [lower-alpha 6] LiberalQueensland19681962–1966
Peter Sim [lower-alpha 9] LiberalWestern Australia1966,[lower-alpha 3] 19681964–1981
Bill Spooner [lower-alpha 2] LiberalNew South Wales19681950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney LaborWestern Australia19711943–1968
Jim Toohey LaborSouth Australia19711953–1971
Reg Turnbull IndependentTasmania19681962–1974
James Webster [lower-alpha 10] CountryVictoria1966,[lower-alpha 3] 19681964–1981
Dame Ivy Wedgwood LiberalVictoria19711950–1971
John Wheeldon LaborWestern Australia19711964–1981
Laurie Wilkinson [lower-alpha 7] LaborWestern Australia19681966–1974
Don Willesee LaborWestern Australia19681950–1975
Reg Withers [lower-alpha 7] LiberalWestern Australia1966 [lower-alpha 3]1966, 1968–1987
Ian Wood LiberalQueensland19711950–1978
Reg Wright LiberalTasmania19681950–1978

Senate composition at 1 July 1965
Government (30) - (1 seat minority)
  Liberal (23) [lower-roman 1]
  Country Party (7)

Opposition (27)
  Labor (27)

Crossbench (3)
  DLP (2)
  Independents (1)
 
Changes in composition

  1. At the November 1966 House of Representatives election Liberal Senator Reg Withers was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Laurie Wilkinson.

Notes
  1. Father of the Senate
  2. Liberal Senator Bill Spooner resigned on 14 July 1965; Liberal member Bob Cotton was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 4 August and served to the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
  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. Liberal Senator John Gorton was sworn in as Prime Minister on 10 January 1968 after the disappearance of Harold Holt and is the only senator to be Prime Minister. Convention required the Prime Minister to be a member of the House of Representatives and Gorton resigned from the Senate on 1 February 1968 to successfully contest Holt's old seat. Liberal member Ivor Greenwood was appointed to fill the ensuing Senate vacancy on 21 February until a special election at the October 1969 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1971.
  5. Liberal Senator Clive Hannaford died on 24 October 1967; Liberal member Condor Laucke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 2 November to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
  6. Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington died on 16 March 1966; Liberal member Bill Heatley was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 14 April until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
  7. Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge died on 21 January 1966; Liberal member Reg Withers was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 17 February but he was defeated for the seat at the November 1966 House of Representatives election by Labor candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
  8. Labor Senator Charles Sandford died on 22 October 1966; Labor member George Poyser was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 October until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
  9. 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.
  10. 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 1965". 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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