Senate composition at 1 July 1926
Government (28) - (11 seat majority)
Nationalist (25) [i] [ii]
Country Party (3)
Opposition (7)
Labor (7) [iii]
Crossbench (1)
Independent (1) [iv]
Changes in composition
- ^ Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died in June 1928 and was replaced by Labor member John MacDonald until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
- ^ Nationalist Senator Albert Robinson did not stand for election at the November 1928 election and the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate Mick O'Halloran.
- ^ Labor Senator Charles McHugh died in July 1927 and was replaced by Nationalist John Verran until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate John Daly.
- ^ James Ogden was expelled from the Labor Party in 1925 & sat as an independent until the 1928 election when he was re-elected as a Nationalist.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1926 to 1929. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929; the other half were elected at the 14 November 1925 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1926 and finishing on 30 June 1932. 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percy Abbott | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1925β29 | |
Richard Abbott [a] | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1928β1929 | |
David Andrew [a] | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1925β1928 | |
John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1913β1920, 1923β1935 | |
Henry Barwell [b] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1925β1928 | |
William Carroll | Country | Western Australia | 1932 | 1926β1936 | |
John Chapman | Country | South Australia | 1932 | 1926β1931 | |
Walter Cooper [d] | Country | Queensland | 1932 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Charles Cox | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Thomas Crawford | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
John Daly [e] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
John Dooley [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
Walter Duncan | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1920β1931 | |
Harold Elliott | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1920β1931 | |
Edward Findley | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1904β1917, 1923β1929 | |
Harry Foll | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
Albert Gardiner [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1928 [c] | 1910β1926, 1928 | |
Thomas Givens [d] | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1904β1928 | |
William Glasgow | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1920β1932 | |
Charles Graham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1929 | |
John Grant [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1914β1920, 1923β1928 | |
James Guthrie | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
John Hayes | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Herbert Hays | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Bert Hoare | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1922β1935 | |
Walter Kingsmill | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1935 | |
Patrick Lynch | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1932 | 1907β1938 | |
John MacDonald [d] | Labor | Queensland | 1928 [c] | 1922, 1928, 1932β1937 | |
Walter Massy-Greene | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1923β1925, 1926β1938 | |
Charles McHugh [e] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1923β1927 | |
Alexander McLachlan | Nationalist | South Australia | 1932 | 1926β1944 | |
John Millen | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Ted Needham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1907β1920, 1923β1929 | |
John Newlands | Nationalist | South Australia | 1932 | 1913β1932 | |
James Ogden | Ind/ Nationalist [g] | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1932 | |
Mick O'Halloran [b] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
Herbert Payne | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Sir George Pearce [h] | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1932 | 1901β1938 | |
William Plain | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1917β1923, 1925β1938 | |
Matthew Reid | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1935 | |
Albert Robinson [b] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1928 | |
Burford Sampson | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1925β1938, 1941β1947 | |
Josiah Thomas | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1917β1923, 1925β1929 | |
William Thompson | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1922β1932 | |
John Verran [e] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1927β1928 |
Senate composition at 1 July 1926
Government (28) - (11 seat majority)
Nationalist (25) [i] [ii]
Country Party (3)
Opposition (7)
Labor (7) [iii]
Crossbench (1)
Independent (1) [iv]
Changes in composition
- ^ Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died in June 1928 and was replaced by Labor member John MacDonald until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
- ^ Nationalist Senator Albert Robinson did not stand for election at the November 1928 election and the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate Mick O'Halloran.
- ^ Labor Senator Charles McHugh died in July 1927 and was replaced by Nationalist John Verran until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate John Daly.
- ^ James Ogden was expelled from the Labor Party in 1925 & sat as an independent until the 1928 election when he was re-elected as a Nationalist.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1926 to 1929. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929; the other half were elected at the 14 November 1925 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1926 and finishing on 30 June 1932. 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percy Abbott | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1925β29 | |
Richard Abbott [a] | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1928β1929 | |
David Andrew [a] | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1925β1928 | |
John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1913β1920, 1923β1935 | |
Henry Barwell [b] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1925β1928 | |
William Carroll | Country | Western Australia | 1932 | 1926β1936 | |
John Chapman | Country | South Australia | 1932 | 1926β1931 | |
Walter Cooper [d] | Country | Queensland | 1932 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Charles Cox | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Thomas Crawford | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
John Daly [e] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
John Dooley [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
Walter Duncan | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1920β1931 | |
Harold Elliott | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1920β1931 | |
Edward Findley | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1904β1917, 1923β1929 | |
Harry Foll | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1947 | |
Albert Gardiner [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1928 [c] | 1910β1926, 1928 | |
Thomas Givens [d] | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1904β1928 | |
William Glasgow | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1920β1932 | |
Charles Graham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1929 | |
John Grant [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1914β1920, 1923β1928 | |
James Guthrie | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
John Hayes | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Herbert Hays | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1947 | |
Bert Hoare | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1922β1935 | |
Walter Kingsmill | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923β1935 | |
Patrick Lynch | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1932 | 1907β1938 | |
John MacDonald [d] | Labor | Queensland | 1928 [c] | 1922, 1928, 1932β1937 | |
Walter Massy-Greene | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1923β1925, 1926β1938 | |
Charles McHugh [e] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1923β1927 | |
Alexander McLachlan | Nationalist | South Australia | 1932 | 1926β1944 | |
John Millen | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Ted Needham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1907β1920, 1923β1929 | |
John Newlands | Nationalist | South Australia | 1932 | 1913β1932 | |
James Ogden | Ind/ Nationalist [g] | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923β1932 | |
Mick O'Halloran [b] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1928β1935 | |
Herbert Payne | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1920β1938 | |
Sir George Pearce [h] | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1932 | 1901β1938 | |
William Plain | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1917β1923, 1925β1938 | |
Matthew Reid | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917β1935 | |
Albert Robinson [b] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1928 | |
Burford Sampson | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1925β1938, 1941β1947 | |
Josiah Thomas | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1917β1923, 1925β1929 | |
William Thompson | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1922β1932 | |
John Verran [e] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1927β1928 |