Senate composition at 1 July 1923
Government (25) - (7 seat majority)
Nationalist (24)
FSA/ Country Party (1)
Opposition (11)
Labor (11) [i] [ii] [iii]
Changes in composition
- ^ At the November 1925 election Labor senator Joseph Hannan was defeated for a casual vacancy by Country Party candidate David Andrew.
- ^ Labor senator William Gibbs did not stand for election at the November 1925 election and the casual vacancy was won by Nationalist Josiah Thomas.
- ^ Labor Senator James O'Loghlin died in December 1925 and was replaced by Nationalist Henry Barwell.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1923 to 1926. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 13 December 1919 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1920 and finishing on 30 June 1926; the other half were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929.
This period was marked by the number of casual vacancies and the filling of these 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] Because the 1925 election was a half senate election, each state would ordinarily elect 3 senators. NSW however had 2 additional vacancies as a result of the death of 2 senators with terms ending in 1929. The first three elected, Cox, Duncan and Massy-Greene won the full term from 1 July 1926 to 30 June 1932, while the next two elected Abbott and Thomas won the long vacancies finishing on 30 June 1929. Massy-Greene who had been appointed to fill one of the vacancies in 1923 ceased to be a senator between 14 November 1925 and the start of his new term on 1 July 1926. [3] Victoria had 1 additional vacancy, a short vacancy with the term ending in 1926. Plain was the third senator elected and thus won both the short vacancy ending on 30 June 1926 and the full term from 1 July 1926 to 30 June 1932. [4]
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Percy Abbott [a] | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1925β1929 | |
David Andrew [b] | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1925β1928 | |
Thomas Bakhap [c] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1913β1923 | |
Stephen Barker [b] | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1910β1920, 1923β1924 | |
John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1913β1920, 1923β1935 | |
Henry Barwell [d] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [e] | 1925β1928 | |
Benjamin Benny [f] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1926 | 1920β1926 | |
Charles Cox | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1926 | 1920β1938 | |
Thomas Crawford | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
Edmund Drake-Brockman | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1926 | 1920β1926 | |
Walter Duncan | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1926 | 1920β1931 | |
Harold Elliott | Nationalist | Victoria | 1926 | 1920β1931 | |
Edward Findley | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1904β1917, 1923β1929 | |
Harry Foll | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
George Foster [g] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1926 | 1920β1925 | |
Albert Gardiner | Labor | New South Wales | 1926 | 1910β1926, 1928 | |
William Gibbs [h] | Labor | New South Wales | 1925 [e] | 1925 | |
Thomas Givens | Nationalist | Queensland | 1926 | 1904β1928 | |
William Glasgow | Nationalist | Queensland | 1926 | 1920β1932 | |
Charles Graham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1929 | |
Charles Grant [g] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1925 [e] | 1925, 1932β1941 | |
John Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1914β1920, 1923β1928 | |
James Guthrie | Nationalist | Victoria | 1926 | 1920β1938 | |
Joseph Hannan [b] | Labor | Victoria | 1925 [e] | 1924β1925 | |
John Hayes | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Herbert Hays [c] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1925, [e] 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Bert Hoare | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1922β1935 | |
Walter Kingsmill | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1935 | |
Patrick Lynch | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1926 | 1907β1938 | |
Walter Massy-Greene [a] | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1925, [e] 1932 | 1923β1925, 1926β1938 | |
Allan McDougall [h] | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1910β1920, 1922β1924 | |
Charles McHugh | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1923β1927 | |
Alexander McLachlan [f] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1926 [e] | 1926β1944 | |
Edward Millen [a] | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1901β1923 | |
John Millen | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1926 | 1920β1938 | |
Ted Needham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1907β1920, 1923β1929 | |
John Newlands | Nationalist | South Australia | 1926 | 1913β1932 | |
James Ogden | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1932 | |
James O'Loghlin [d] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | ||
Herbert Payne | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1926 | 1920β1938 | |
George Pearce [i] | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1926 | 1901β1938 | |
William Plain [j] | Nationalist | Victoria | 1925, [e] 1932 | 1917β1923, 1925β1938 | |
Jack Power [h] | Labor | New South Wales | 1925 [e] | 1924β1925 | |
Matthew Reid | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1935 | |
Edward Russell [j] | Nationalist | Victoria | 1926 | 1907β1925 | |
Burford Sampson [g] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1926 | 1925β1938, 1941β1947 | |
Josiah Thomas [h] | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1917β1923, 1925β1929 | |
William Thompson | Nationalist | Queensland | 1926 | 1922β1932 | |
Victor Wilson | FSA/ Country | South Australia | 1926 | 1920β1926 |
Senate composition at 1 July 1923
Government (25) - (7 seat majority)
Nationalist (24)
FSA/ Country Party (1)
Opposition (11)
Labor (11) [i] [ii] [iii]
Changes in composition
- ^ At the November 1925 election Labor senator Joseph Hannan was defeated for a casual vacancy by Country Party candidate David Andrew.
- ^ Labor senator William Gibbs did not stand for election at the November 1925 election and the casual vacancy was won by Nationalist Josiah Thomas.
- ^ Labor Senator James O'Loghlin died in December 1925 and was replaced by Nationalist Henry Barwell.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1923 to 1926. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 13 December 1919 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1920 and finishing on 30 June 1926; the other half were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929.
This period was marked by the number of casual vacancies and the filling of these 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] Because the 1925 election was a half senate election, each state would ordinarily elect 3 senators. NSW however had 2 additional vacancies as a result of the death of 2 senators with terms ending in 1929. The first three elected, Cox, Duncan and Massy-Greene won the full term from 1 July 1926 to 30 June 1932, while the next two elected Abbott and Thomas won the long vacancies finishing on 30 June 1929. Massy-Greene who had been appointed to fill one of the vacancies in 1923 ceased to be a senator between 14 November 1925 and the start of his new term on 1 July 1926. [3] Victoria had 1 additional vacancy, a short vacancy with the term ending in 1926. Plain was the third senator elected and thus won both the short vacancy ending on 30 June 1926 and the full term from 1 July 1926 to 30 June 1932. [4]
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percy Abbott [a] | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1925β1929 | |
David Andrew [b] | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1925β1928 | |
Thomas Bakhap [c] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1913β1923 | |
Stephen Barker [b] | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1910β1920, 1923β1924 | |
John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1913β1920, 1923β1935 | |
Henry Barwell [d] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [e] | 1925β1928 | |
Benjamin Benny [f] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1926 | 1920β1926 | |
Charles Cox | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1926 | 1920β1938 | |
Thomas Crawford | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
Edmund Drake-Brockman | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1926 | 1920β1926 | |
Walter Duncan | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1926 | 1920β1931 | |
Harold Elliott | Nationalist | Victoria | 1926 | 1920β1931 | |
Edward Findley | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1904β1917, 1923β1929 | |
Harry Foll | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
George Foster [g] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1926 | 1920β1925 | |
Albert Gardiner | Labor | New South Wales | 1926 | 1910β1926, 1928 | |
William Gibbs [h] | Labor | New South Wales | 1925 [e] | 1925 | |
Thomas Givens | Nationalist | Queensland | 1926 | 1904β1928 | |
William Glasgow | Nationalist | Queensland | 1926 | 1920β1932 | |
Charles Graham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1929 | |
Charles Grant [g] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1925 [e] | 1925, 1932β1941 | |
John Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1914β1920, 1923β1928 | |
James Guthrie | Nationalist | Victoria | 1926 | 1920β1938 | |
Joseph Hannan [b] | Labor | Victoria | 1925 [e] | 1924β1925 | |
John Hayes | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Herbert Hays [c] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1925, [e] 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Bert Hoare | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1922β1935 | |
Walter Kingsmill | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1935 | |
Patrick Lynch | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1926 | 1907β1938 | |
Walter Massy-Greene [a] | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1925, [e] 1932 | 1923β1925, 1926β1938 | |
Allan McDougall [h] | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1910β1920, 1922β1924 | |
Charles McHugh | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1923β1927 | |
Alexander McLachlan [f] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1926 [e] | 1926β1944 | |
Edward Millen [a] | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1901β1923 | |
John Millen | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1926 | 1920β1938 | |
Ted Needham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1907β1920, 1923β1929 | |
John Newlands | Nationalist | South Australia | 1926 | 1913β1932 | |
James Ogden | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1932 | |
James O'Loghlin [d] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | ||
Herbert Payne | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1926 | 1920β1938 | |
George Pearce [i] | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1926 | 1901β1938 | |
William Plain [j] | Nationalist | Victoria | 1925, [e] 1932 | 1917β1923, 1925β1938 | |
Jack Power [h] | Labor | New South Wales | 1925 [e] | 1924β1925 | |
Matthew Reid | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1935 | |
Edward Russell [j] | Nationalist | Victoria | 1926 | 1907β1925 | |
Burford Sampson [g] | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1926 | 1925β1938, 1941β1947 | |
Josiah Thomas [h] | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1917β1923, 1925β1929 | |
William Thompson | Nationalist | Queensland | 1926 | 1922β1932 | |
Victor Wilson | FSA/ Country | South Australia | 1926 | 1920β1926 |