Senate composition at 1 July 1950
Government (26) - (5 seat minority)
Liberal (21)
Country Party (5)
Opposition (34)
Labor (34)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1950 to 28 April 1951. [1] The Senate was expanded from 36 to 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948, which came into effect on 22 February 1950. [2] The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows:
Labor retained a Senate majority at the election. The Senate was dissolved for the 1951 election, which was a double dissolution. Labor has not held a Senate majority since.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938β1965 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938β1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941β1965 | |
Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938β1962 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1938β1965 | |
Fred Beerworth | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1946β1951 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Gordon Brown [a] | Labor | Queensland | 1953 | 1932β1965 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938β1962 | |
George Cole | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 [b] | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1953 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1937β1962 | |
Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947β1959 | |
Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1946β1957 | |
Alex Finlay | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1953 | |
James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1938β1959 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 [b] | 1950β1968 | |
Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1944β1959 | |
Allan Guy | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 [b] | 1950β1956 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1953 [b] | 1950β1967 | |
John Harris | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951, 1953β1959 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Fred Katz | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 [b] | 1950β1965 | |
William Large | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941β1951 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1956 [b] | 1950β1965 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 [b] | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 [b] | 1950β1962 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1944β1968 | |
George McLeay | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 [b] | 1935β1947, 1950β1955 | |
Bill Morrow | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1953 | |
Reg Murray | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Richard Nash | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1943β1951 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1946β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1962 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1947β1962 | |
Edmund Piesse | Country | Western Australia | 1956 [b] | 1950β1952 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1947β1971 | |
George Rankin | Country | Victoria | 1956 [b] | 1950β1956 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1956 [b] | 1950β1962 | |
Agnes Robertson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 [b] | 1950β1962 | |
John Ryan | Labor | South Australia | 1953 [b] | 1950β1959 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1953 [b] | 1950β1971 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1938β1940, 1944β1962 | |
Wilfrid Simmonds | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 [b] | 1950β1951 | |
John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 [b] | 1940β1944, 1950β1956 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 [b] | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1943β1968 | |
John Tate | Liberal | New South Wales | 1953 [b] | 1950β1953 | |
Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1964 | |
Frederick Ward | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1953 [b] | 1950β1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 [b] | 1950β1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 [b] | 1950β1978 | |
Robert Wordsworth | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953 [b] | 1950β1959 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 [b] | 1950β1978 |
Senate composition at 1 July 1950
Government (26) - (5 seat minority)
Liberal (21)
Country Party (5)
Opposition (34)
Labor (34)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1950 to 28 April 1951. [1] The Senate was expanded from 36 to 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948, which came into effect on 22 February 1950. [2] The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows:
Labor retained a Senate majority at the election. The Senate was dissolved for the 1951 election, which was a double dissolution. Labor has not held a Senate majority since.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938β1965 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938β1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941β1965 | |
Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938β1962 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1938β1965 | |
Fred Beerworth | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1946β1951 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Gordon Brown [a] | Labor | Queensland | 1953 | 1932β1965 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938β1962 | |
George Cole | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 [b] | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1953 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1937β1962 | |
Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947β1959 | |
Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1946β1957 | |
Alex Finlay | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1953 | |
James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1938β1959 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 [b] | 1950β1968 | |
Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1944β1959 | |
Allan Guy | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 [b] | 1950β1956 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1953 [b] | 1950β1967 | |
John Harris | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951, 1953β1959 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950β1968 | |
Fred Katz | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 [b] | 1950β1965 | |
William Large | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941β1951 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1956 [b] | 1950β1965 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 [b] | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 [b] | 1950β1962 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1944β1968 | |
George McLeay | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 [b] | 1935β1947, 1950β1955 | |
Bill Morrow | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1953 | |
Reg Murray | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Richard Nash | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1943β1951 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1946β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944β1962 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1947β1962 | |
Edmund Piesse | Country | Western Australia | 1956 [b] | 1950β1952 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1947β1971 | |
George Rankin | Country | Victoria | 1956 [b] | 1950β1956 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1956 [b] | 1950β1962 | |
Agnes Robertson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 [b] | 1950β1962 | |
John Ryan | Labor | South Australia | 1953 [b] | 1950β1959 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1953 [b] | 1950β1971 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1938β1940, 1944β1962 | |
Wilfrid Simmonds | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 [b] | 1950β1951 | |
John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 [b] | 1940β1944, 1950β1956 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 [b] | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1943β1968 | |
John Tate | Liberal | New South Wales | 1953 [b] | 1950β1953 | |
Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950β1964 | |
Frederick Ward | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947β1951 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1953 [b] | 1950β1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 [b] | 1950β1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 [b] | 1950β1978 | |
Robert Wordsworth | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953 [b] | 1950β1959 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 [b] | 1950β1978 |