Members of the Australian Senate, 1947–1950

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1947 to 1950. Half of its members were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 28 September 1946 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and finishing on 30 June 1953.

All senators elected at the 1943 election and 15 of the 18 elected (representing all states except Queensland) represented the Australian Labor Party, leading to the strongest single party domination in any Australian Senate. The plurality-at-large voting system used before the 1949 election meant that the winning party (or coalition) ticket usually took all seats in each state.

Senator Party State Years in Office
Stan Amour[1] ALP New South Wales 1938–1965
Hon John Armstrong[1] ALP New South Wales 1938–1962
Hon Bill Ashley[2] ALP New South Wales 1938–1962
James Arnold[2] ALP New South Wales 1941–1965
Fred Beerworth[2] ALP South Australia 1946–1951
Bill Aylett[1] ALP Tasmania 1938–1965
Hon Gordon Brown[1] ALP Queensland 1932–1965
Hon Don Cameron[1] ALP Victoria 1938–1962
Robert Clothier[1] ALP Western Australia 1943–1968
Hon Joe Collings[1] ALP Queensland 1932–1950
Joe Cooke[2] ALP Western Australia 1947–1951, 1952–1965
Hon Walter Cooper[2] Country Queensland 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Hon Ben Courtice[1] ALP Queensland 1937–1962
Jack Critchley[2] ALP South Australia 1947–1959
Jack Devlin[1] ALP Victoria 1946–1957
Alex Finlay[1] ALP South Australia 1944–1953
Hon James Fraser[1] ALP Western Australia 1938–1959
Donald Grant[1] ALP New South Wales 1944–1959
John Harris[2] ALP Western Australia 1947–1951, 1953–1959
Bert Hendrickson[2] ALP Victoria 1947–1971, 1970–1974
Fred Katz[2] ALP Victoria 1947–1951
Charles Lamp[1] ALP Tasmania 1938–1950
William Large[2] ALP New South Wales 1941–1951
Hon Nick McKenna[1] ALP Tasmania 1944–1968
Bill Morrow[2] ALP Tasmania 1947–1953
Reg Murray[2] ALP Tasmania 1947–1951
Richard Nash[1] ALP Western Australia 1943–1951
Theo Nicholls[1] ALP South Australia 1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne[2] ALP Tasmania 1947–1981
Sid O'Flaherty[1] ALP South Australia 1944–1962
Neil O'Sullivan[2] Liberal Queensland 1947–1962
Dame Annabelle Rankin[2] Liberal Queensland 1947–1971
Charles Sandford[2] ALP Victoria 1947–1956, 1957–1966
Jim Sheehan[1] ALP Victoria 1938–1940, 1944–1962
Dame Dorothy Tangney[2] ALP Western Australia 1943–1968
Frederick Ward[2] ALP South Australia 1947–1951

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Term finishing 30 June 1950
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Term finishing 30 June 1953

References

See also

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1943–1946  · 1946–1949  · 1949–1951

Senate

1944–1947  · 1947–1950  · 1950–1951

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