Members of the Australian Senate, 1962–1965
Senate composition at 1 July 1962
Government (30) - (1 seat minority)[i]
Liberal (24)
Country Party (6)
Opposition (28)
Labor (28) [i]
Crossbench (2)
DLP (1)
Independents (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ a b 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 | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1938–1965 | |
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965 | 1953–1975 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1941–1965 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1938–1965 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1968 | 1950–1968 | |
Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962–1981 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1965 | 1958–1971 | |
Marie Breen | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1962–1968 | |
Gordon Brown [a] | Labor | Queensland | 1965 | 1932–1965 | |
Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | South Australia | 1965 | 1955–1965, 1968–1974 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1965 | 1959–1974 | |
Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962–1981 | |
Sam Cohen | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1962–1969 | |
George Cole | Democratic Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1950–1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1965 | 1947–1951, 1952–1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1968 | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 | |
Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1951–1953, 1962–1978 | |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Queensland | 1965 | 1959–1971 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1965 | 1958, 1959–1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1959–1975 | |
Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962–1974 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1950–1968 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1950–1967 | |
George Hannan | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1956–1965, 1970–1974 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1965 | 1947–1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950–1968 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1965 | 1950–1965 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1965 | 1953–1971 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1965 | 1951–1969 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1965 | 1959–1974 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1965 | 1950–1965 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1965 | 1953–1975 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1944–1946, 1950–1968 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962–1987 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1968 | 1958–1970 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1944–1968 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965 | 1951–1971 | |
Kenneth Morris [b] | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1963–1968 | |
Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962–1975 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1944–1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1947–1981 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1958, 1959–1970 | |
Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 1968 | 1951–1966 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1956–1974 | |
Max Poulter [b] | Labor | Queensland | 1968 | 1962 | |
Edgar Prowse | Country | Western Australia | 1968 | 1962–1973 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1947–1971 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1959–1971 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1947–1956, 1957–1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1965 | 1950–1971 | |
Bob Sherrington | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1962–1966 | |
Peter Sim [c] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1964,[d] 1968 | 1964–1981 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1968 | 1950–1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1943–1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1953–1971 | |
Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1968 | 1962–1974 | |
Seddon Vincent [c] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1968 | 1950–1964 | |
Harrie Wade [e] | Country | Victoria | 1968 | 1956–1964 | |
James Webster [e] | Country | Victoria | 1966,[d] 1968 | 1964–1981 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1950–1971 | |
George Whiteside [b] | Labor | Queensland | 1963 | 1962–1963 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1950–1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1965 | 1950–1978 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950–1978 |
Notes
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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]
- ^ a b 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
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1962". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ a b Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- Journal of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1966.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
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