Members of the Australian Senate, 1951–1953

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1951 to 1953. The 28 April 1951 election was a double dissolution called by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies in an attempt to gain control of the Senate and to pass a bill to ban the Communist Party of Australia, if necessary at a joint sitting of both houses. All 121 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Ben Chifley and gained control of the Senate with 32 seats to Labor's 28.

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution terms for Senators was taken to commence on 1 July 1950. Half the Senators representing the States were allocated terms finishing on 30 June 1953 and the other half on 30 June 1956.

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[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1962
James Arnold[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1941–1965
Archie Benn[2]	ALP	Queensland	1950–1968
Bill Aylett[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1938–1965
Hon Gordon Brown[1]	ALP	Queensland	1932–1965
Condon Byrne[1]	ALP	Queensland	1951–1959, 1968–1974
Hon Don Cameron[2]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1962
Jack Chamberlain[3]	Liberal	Tasmania	1951–1953
George Cole[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1950–1965
Magnus Cormack[1]	Liberal	Victoria	1951–1953, 1962–1978
Joe Cooke[1][4]	ALP	Western Australia	1947–1951, 1952–1965
Hon Walter Cooper[2]	Country	Queensland	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Hon Ben Courtice[2]	ALP	Queensland	1937–1962
Jack Critchley[1]	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
John Gorton[1]	Liberal	Victoria	1950–1968
Donald Grant[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1944–1959
Allan Guy[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1956
Clive Hannaford[2]	Liberal	South Australia	1950–1967
Bert Hendrickson[1]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1971, 1970–1974
Denham Henty[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1968
Roy Kendall[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1950–1965
Keith Laught[1]	Liberal	South Australia	1951–1969
Ted Maher[1]	Country	Queensland	1950–1965
John Marriott[3]	Liberal	Tasmania	1953–1975
Hon Ted Mattner[2]	Liberal	South Australia	1944–1946, 1950–1968
John McCallum[2]	Liberal	New South Wales	1950–1962
Hon Nick McKenna[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1944–1968
Hon George McLeay[2]	Liberal	South Australia	1935–1947, 1950–1955
Hon Alister McMullin[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1951–1971
Bill Morrow[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1953
Richard Nash[4]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1951
Theo Nicholls[2]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1981
Sid O'Flaherty[2]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1962
Hon Neil O'Sullivan[2]	Liberal	Queensland	1947–1962
Hon Shane Paltridge[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1951–1966
Rex Pearson[1]	Liberal	South Australia	1951–1961
Edmund Piesse[1][5]	Country	Western Australia	1950–1952
Dame Annabelle Rankin[2]	Liberal	Queensland	1947–1971
George Rankin[2]	Country	Victoria	1950–1956
Albert Reid[2]	Country	New South Wales	1950–1962
Agnes Robertson[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1962
Bill Robinson[5]	Country	Western Australia	1952–1953
John Ryan[1]	ALP	South Australia	1950–1959
Charles Sandford[2]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott[1]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1971
Harrie Seward[1]	Country	Western Australia	1951–1958
Jim Sheehan[2]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1940, 1944–1962
Hon John Spicer[2]	Liberal	Victoria	1940–1944, 1950–1956
Hon Bill Spooner[2]	Liberal	New South Wales	1950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1968
John Tate[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1950–1953
Seddon Vincent[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1964
Robert Wardlaw[2][5]	Liberal	Tasmania	1953–1962
Dame Ivy Wedgwood[1]	Liberal	Victoria	1950–1971
Don Willesee[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1950–1975
Ian Wood[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1950–1978
Robert Wordsworth[1]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1959
Reg Wright[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1978

Notes

1. Term finishing 30 June 1953
2. Term finishing 30 June 1956
3. Liberal Senator Jack Chamberlain died on 16 January 1953; Liberal member John Marriott was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 3 March, expiring at the 9 May 1953 Senate election, when he was elected to another seat, commencing on 1 July 1953. Robert Wardlaw was elected to the vacancy on 9 May, expiring on 30 June 1956.
4. ALP Senator Richard Nash died on 12 December 1951; former ALP Senator Joe Cooke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 7 February 1952.
5. Country Party Senator Edmund Piesse died on 25 August 1952; Country Party member Bill Robinson was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 30 September, but he was defeated for the seat at the 1953 election on 9 May.

References

• Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1953.
• "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1949–1951  · 1951–1954  · 1954–1955

Senate 1950–1951  · 1951–1953  · 1953–1956