Members of the Australian Senate, 1917–1920
Composition 1914-1916
Government (24) - (5 seat majority)
Nationalist (24)
Opposition (12)
Labor (12) [i]
Changes in composition
- ^ Labor senator James Long resigned in December 1918 and was replaced by Nationalist Edward Mulcahy.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1917 to 1920.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 5 September 1914 election and had terms notionally starting on 1 July 1914 and finishing on 30 June 1920; the other half were elected at the 5 May 1917 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1917 and finishing on 30 June 1923.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Thomas Bakhap | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1923 | 1913–1923 | |
Stephen Barker | Labor | Victoria | 1920 | 1910–1920, 1923–1924 | |
John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 1920 | 1913–1920, 1923–1935 | |
William Kinsey Bolton | Nationalist | Victoria | 1923 | 1917–1923 | |
Richard Buzacott | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1923 | 1910–1923 | |
Thomas Crawford | Nationalist | Queensland | 1923 | 1917–1947 | |
Hugh de Largie | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1923 | 1901–1923 | |
John Earle | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1923 | 1917–1923 | |
George Fairbairn | Nationalist | Victoria | 1923 | 1917–1923 | |
Myles Ferricks | Labor | Queensland | 1920 | 1913–1920 | |
Harry Foll | Nationalist | Queensland | 1923 | 1917–1947 | |
Albert Gardiner | Labor | New South Wales | 1920 | 1910–1926, 1928 | |
Thomas Givens | Nationalist | Queensland | 1920 | 1904–1928 | |
John Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1920 | 1914–1920, 1923–1928 | |
Robert Guthrie | Nationalist | South Australia | 1923 | 1904–1921 | |
James Guy | Labor | Tasmania | 1920 | 1914–1920 | |
George Henderson | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1923 | 1904–1923 | |
John Keating | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1923 | 1901–1923 | |
James Long [a] | Labor | Tasmania | 1920 | 1910–1918 | |
Patrick Lynch | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1920 | 1907–1938 | |
William Maughan | Labor | Queensland | 1920 | 1913–1920 | |
Allan McDougall | Labor | New South Wales | 1920 | 1910–1920, 1922–1924 | |
Edward Millen | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1923 | 1901–1923 | |
Edward Mulcahy [a] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1919 [b] | 1904–1910, 1918–1920 | |
Ted Needham | Labor | Western Australia | 1920 | 1907–1920, 1923–1929 | |
John Newlands | Nationalist | South Australia | 1920 | 1913–1932 | |
David O'Keefe | Labor | Tasmania | 1920 | 1901–1906, 1910–1920 | |
James O'Loghlin | Labor | South Australia | 1920 | 1907, 1913–1920, 1923–1925 | |
George Pearce | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1920 | 1901–1938 | |
William Plain | Nationalist | Victoria | 1923 | 1917–1923, 1925–1938 | |
Herbert Pratten | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1923 | 1917–1921 | |
Matthew Reid | Nationalist | Queensland | 1923 | 1917–1935 | |
James Rowell | Nationalist | South Australia | 1923 | 1917–1923 | |
Edward Russell | Nationalist | Victoria | 1920 | 1907–1925 | |
William Senior | Nationalist | South Australia | 1923 | 1913–1923 | |
John Shannon | Nationalist | South Australia | 1920 | 1912–1913, 1914–1920 | |
Josiah Thomas | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1923 | 1917–1923, 1925–1929 |
Notes
- ^ a b Labor senator James Long resigned on 20 December 1918; on 15 January 1919 Nationalist Edward Mulcahy was appointed to replace him.
- ^ Mulcahy was 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] In 1919 Mulcahy was elected for the balance of the term ending in 1920.[3]
References
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1918". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive, Senate 1919 Tas. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1919.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
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