Senate composition at 1 July 1959
Government (32) - (1 seat majority)
Liberal (25)
Country Party (7)
Opposition (26)
Labor (26)
Crossbench (2)
DLP (2)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1959 to 1962. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 10 December 1955 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1956 and finishing on 30 June 1962; the other half were elected at the 22 November 1958 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1959 and finishing on 30 June 1965. 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1938β1965 | |
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965 | 1953β1975 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1962 | 1938β1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1941β1965 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1938β1965 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1962 | 1950β1968 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1965 | 1958β1971 | |
Gordon Brown [a] | Labor | Queensland | 1965 | 1932β1965 | |
Nancy Buttfield [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1962, 1965 | 1955β1965, 1968β1974 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1938β1962 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1965 | 1959β1974 | |
George Cole | Democratic Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1965 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1962 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1962 | 1937β1962 | |
Gordon Davidson [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1961, [c] 1962 [c] | 1961, 1962, 1965β1981 | |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Queensland | 1965 | 1959β1971 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1965 | 1958, 1959β1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1959β1975 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1950β1968 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1962 | 1950β1967 | |
George Hannan | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1956β1965, 1970β1974 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1965 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1950β1968 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1965 | 1953β1971 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1965 | 1951β1969 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1965 | 1959β1974 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1965 | 1953β1975 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1962 | 1958β1970 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1962 | 1944β1968 | |
Frank McManus | Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965 | 1951β1971 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1947β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1962 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1958, 1959β1970 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1962 | 1947β1962 | |
Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 1962 | 1951β1966 | |
Rex Pearson [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1965 | 1951β1961 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1962 | 1956β1974 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1962 | 1947β1971 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1959β1971 | |
Agnes Robertson | Country | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1965 | 1950β1971 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1938β1940, 1944β1962 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1962 | 1943β1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1953β1971 | |
Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1964 | |
Harrie Wade | Country | Victoria | 1962 | 1956β1964 | |
Robert Wardlaw | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1953β1962 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1950β1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1978 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1950β1978 |
Senate composition at 1 July 1959
Government (32) - (1 seat majority)
Liberal (25)
Country Party (7)
Opposition (26)
Labor (26)
Crossbench (2)
DLP (2)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1959 to 1962. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 10 December 1955 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1956 and finishing on 30 June 1962; the other half were elected at the 22 November 1958 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1959 and finishing on 30 June 1965. 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1938β1965 | |
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965 | 1953β1975 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1962 | 1938β1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1941β1965 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1938β1965 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1962 | 1950β1968 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1965 | 1958β1971 | |
Gordon Brown [a] | Labor | Queensland | 1965 | 1932β1965 | |
Nancy Buttfield [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1962, 1965 | 1955β1965, 1968β1974 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1938β1962 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1965 | 1959β1974 | |
George Cole | Democratic Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1965 | 1947β1951, 1952β1965 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1962 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1962 | 1937β1962 | |
Gordon Davidson [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1961, [c] 1962 [c] | 1961, 1962, 1965β1981 | |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Queensland | 1965 | 1959β1971 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1965 | 1958, 1959β1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1959β1975 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1950β1968 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1962 | 1950β1967 | |
George Hannan | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1956β1965, 1970β1974 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1965 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1950β1968 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1965 | 1953β1971 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1965 | 1951β1969 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1965 | 1959β1974 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1965 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1965 | 1953β1975 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1962 | 1958β1970 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1962 | 1944β1968 | |
Frank McManus | Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965 | 1951β1971 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1965 | 1947β1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1962 | 1944β1962 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1965 | 1958, 1959β1970 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1962 | 1947β1962 | |
Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 1962 | 1951β1966 | |
Rex Pearson [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1965 | 1951β1961 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1962 | 1956β1974 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1962 | 1947β1971 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1959β1971 | |
Agnes Robertson | Country | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1962 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1965 | 1950β1971 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1962 | 1938β1940, 1944β1962 | |
Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1962 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1962 | 1943β1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1965 | 1953β1971 | |
Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1964 | |
Harrie Wade | Country | Victoria | 1962 | 1956β1964 | |
Robert Wardlaw | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1953β1962 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1965 | 1950β1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1962 | 1950β1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1965 | 1950β1978 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1962 | 1950β1978 |