Members of the Australian Senate, 1950–1951

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1950 to 1951.

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. The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows:

• 18 of its members (3 for each state) were elected at the 28 September 1946 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and due to finish on 30 June 1953.
• 42 of its members (7 for each state) were elected at the 10 December 1949 election. These were divided into two classes:
  • 30 of its members (5 for each state) had terms starting on 1 July 1950 and due to finish on 30 June 1956. The 18 senators elected in the 21 August 1943 election served until their terms ended on 30 June 1950.
  • 12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1953.

However, the Senate was dissolved for the 1951 election, which was a double dissolution.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Stan Amour[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1965
Hon John Armstrong[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1962
Hon Bill Ashley[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1962
James Arnold[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1941–1965
Fred Beerworth[1]	ALP	South Australia	1946–1951
Archie Benn[2]	ALP	Queensland	1950–1968
Bill Aylett[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1938–1965
Hon Gordon Brown[1]	ALP	Queensland	1932–1965
Hon Don Cameron[2]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1962
George Cole[1][3]	ALP	Tasmania	1950–1965
Joe Cooke[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1947–1951, 1952–1965
Hon Walter Cooper[1]	Country	Queensland	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Hon Ben Courtice[2]	ALP	Queensland	1937–1962
Jack Critchley[1]	ALP	South Australia	1947–1959
Jack Devlin[2]	ALP	Victoria	1946–1957
Alex Finlay[2]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1953
Hon James Fraser[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1938–1959
John Gorton[2][3]	Liberal	Victoria	1950–1968
Donald Grant[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1944–1959
Allan Guy[2][3]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1956
Clive Hannaford[1][3]	Liberal	South Australia	1950–1967
John Harris[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1947–1951, 1953–1959
Bert Hendrickson[1]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1971, 1970–1974
Denham Henty[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1968
Fred Katz[1]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1951
Roy Kendall[2][3]	Liberal	Queensland	1950–1965
William Large[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1941–1951
Ted Maher[2][3]	Country	Queensland	1950–1965
Ted Mattner[2][3]	Liberal	South Australia	1944–1946, 1950–1968
John McCallum[2][3]	Liberal	New South Wales	1950–1962
Hon Nick McKenna[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1944–1968
Hon George McLeay[2][3]	Liberal	South Australia	1935–1947, 1950–1955
Bill Morrow[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1953
Reg Murray[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1951
Richard Nash[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1951
Theo Nicholls[2]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1946–1981
Sid O'Flaherty[2]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1962
Hon Neil O'Sullivan[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1947–1962
Edmund Piesse[2][3]	Country	Western Australia	1950–1952
Dame Annabelle Rankin[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1947–1971
George Rankin[2][3]	Country	Victoria	1950–1956
Albert Reid[2][3]	Country	New South Wales	1950–1962
Agnes Robertson[2][3]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1962
John Ryan[1][3]	ALP	South Australia	1950–1959
Charles Sandford[1]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott[1][3]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1971
Jim Sheehan[1]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1940, 1944–1962
Wilfrid Simmonds[1][3]	Liberal	Queensland	1950–1951
Hon John Spicer[2][3]	Liberal	Victoria	1940–1944, 1950–1956
Hon Bill Spooner[2][3]	Liberal	New South Wales	1950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1968
John Tate[1][3]	Liberal	New South Wales	1950–1953
Seddon Vincent[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1964
Frederick Ward[1]	ALP	South Australia	1947–1951
Dame Ivy Wedgwood[1][3]	Liberal	Victoria	1950–1971
Don Willesee[1][3]	ALP	Western Australia	1950–1975
Ian Wood[2][3]	Liberal	Queensland	1950–1978
Robert Wordsworth[1][3]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1959
Reg Wright[2][3]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1978

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Notes

1. Term finishing 30 June 1953
2. Term finishing 30 June 1956
3. New seat established on 22 February 1950, with expansion of Parliament

References

• Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1951.
• "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1946–1949  · 1949–1951  · 1951–1954

Senate 1947–1950  · 1950–1951  · 1951–1953