Senate composition at 1 July 1965
Government (30) - (1 seat minority)
Liberal (23) [i]
Country Party (7)
Opposition (27)
Labor (27)
Crossbench (3)
DLP (2)
Independents (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ At the November 1966 House of Representatives election Liberal Senator Reg Withers was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1965 to 1968. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 9 December 1961 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1962 and finishing on 30 June 1968; the other half were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms starting on 1 July 1965 and finishing on 30 June 1971. 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1953β1975 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1968 | 1950β1968 | |
Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962β1981 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958β1971 | |
Marie Breen | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1962β1968 | |
Tom Bull | Country | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965β1971 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1959β1974 | |
Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962β1981 | |
Sam Cohen | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1962β1969 | |
Walter Cooper [a] | Country | Queensland | 1968 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1951β1953, 1962β1978 | |
Bob Cotton [b] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1965β1978 | |
Gordon Davidson | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1961, 1962, 1965β1981 | |
Don Devitt | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965β1978 | |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1959β1971 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958, 1959β1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959β1975 | |
Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1974 | |
Vince Gair | Democratic Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1974 | |
John Gorton [d] | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950β1968 | |
Ivor Greenwood [d] | Liberal | Victoria | 1969, [c] 1971 | 1968β1976 | |
Clive Hannaford [e] | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1950β1967 | |
Bill Heatley [f] | Liberal | Queensland | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1966β1968 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950β1968 | |
Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1983 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1953β1971 | |
Bert Lacey | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965β1971 | |
Condor Laucke [e] | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 [c] | 1967β1981 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1951β1969 | |
Ellis Lawrie | Country | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1975 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1959β1974 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1953β1975 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1987 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1968 | 1958β1970 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1944β1968 | |
Frank McManus | Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1951β1971 | |
Kenneth Morris | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1963β1968 | |
Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965β1983 | |
Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1975 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1947β1981 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1958, 1959β1970 | |
Shane Paltridge [g] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1968 | 1951β1966 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1956β1974 | |
George Poyser [h] | Labor | Victoria | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1966β1975 | |
Edgar Prowse | Country | Western Australia | 1968 | 1962β1973 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1947β1971 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959β1971 | |
Charles Sandford [h] | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1950β1971 | |
Bob Sherrington [f] | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1962β1966 | |
Peter Sim [i] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1964β1981 | |
Bill Spooner [b] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1968 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1943β1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1953β1971 | |
Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1968 | 1962β1974 | |
James Webster [j] | Country | Victoria | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1964β1981 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950β1971 | |
John Wheeldon | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1964β1981 | |
Laurie Wilkinson [g] | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1966β1974 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1950β1975 | |
Reg Withers [g] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966 [c] | 1966, 1968β1987 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1971 | 1950β1978 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950β1978 |
Senate composition at 1 July 1965
Government (30) - (1 seat minority)
Liberal (23) [i]
Country Party (7)
Opposition (27)
Labor (27)
Crossbench (3)
DLP (2)
Independents (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ At the November 1966 House of Representatives election Liberal Senator Reg Withers was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1965 to 1968. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 9 December 1961 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1962 and finishing on 30 June 1968; the other half were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms starting on 1 July 1965 and finishing on 30 June 1971. 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1953β1975 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1968 | 1950β1968 | |
Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962β1981 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958β1971 | |
Marie Breen | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1962β1968 | |
Tom Bull | Country | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965β1971 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1959β1974 | |
Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962β1981 | |
Sam Cohen | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1962β1969 | |
Walter Cooper [a] | Country | Queensland | 1968 | 1928β1932, 1935β1968 | |
Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1951β1953, 1962β1978 | |
Bob Cotton [b] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1965β1978 | |
Gordon Davidson | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1961, 1962, 1965β1981 | |
Don Devitt | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965β1978 | |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1959β1971 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958, 1959β1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959β1975 | |
Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1974 | |
Vince Gair | Democratic Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1974 | |
John Gorton [d] | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950β1968 | |
Ivor Greenwood [d] | Liberal | Victoria | 1969, [c] 1971 | 1968β1976 | |
Clive Hannaford [e] | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1950β1967 | |
Bill Heatley [f] | Liberal | Queensland | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1966β1968 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1947β1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950β1968 | |
Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1983 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1953β1971 | |
Bert Lacey | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965β1971 | |
Condor Laucke [e] | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 [c] | 1967β1981 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1951β1969 | |
Ellis Lawrie | Country | Queensland | 1971 | 1965β1975 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1959β1974 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1953β1975 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1944β1946, 1950β1968 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1987 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1968 | 1958β1970 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1944β1968 | |
Frank McManus | Democratic Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1956β1962, 1965β1974 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1951β1971 | |
Kenneth Morris | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1963β1968 | |
Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965β1983 | |
Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962β1975 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1944β1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1947β1981 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1958, 1959β1970 | |
Shane Paltridge [g] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1968 | 1951β1966 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1956β1974 | |
George Poyser [h] | Labor | Victoria | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1966β1975 | |
Edgar Prowse | Country | Western Australia | 1968 | 1962β1973 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1947β1971 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959β1971 | |
Charles Sandford [h] | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1947β1956, 1957β1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1950β1971 | |
Bob Sherrington [f] | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1962β1966 | |
Peter Sim [i] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1964β1981 | |
Bill Spooner [b] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1968 | 1950β1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1943β1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1953β1971 | |
Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1968 | 1962β1974 | |
James Webster [j] | Country | Victoria | 1966, [c] 1968 | 1964β1981 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950β1971 | |
John Wheeldon | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1964β1981 | |
Laurie Wilkinson [g] | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1966β1974 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1950β1975 | |
Reg Withers [g] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966 [c] | 1966, 1968β1987 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1971 | 1950β1978 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950β1978 |