Members of the Australian Senate, 1953–1956

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1953 to 1956. Half of its members were elected at the 28 April 1951 election and had terms deemed to start on 1 July 1950 and finishing on 30 June 1956; the other half were elected at the 9 May 1953 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1953 and finishing on 30 June 1959.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Stan Amour[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1965
Ken Anderson[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1953–1975
Hon John Armstrong[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1962
Hon Bill Ashley[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1958
James Arnold[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1941–1965
Archie Benn[2]	ALP	Queensland	1950–1968
Bill Aylett[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1938–1965
Gordon Brown[1]	ALP	Queensland	1932–1965
Nancy Buttfield[2][3]	Liberal	South Australia	1955–1965, 1968–1974
Condon Byrne[1]	ALP	Queensland	1951–1959, 1968–1974
Don Cameron[2]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1962
George Cole[1]	ALP/DLP	Tasmania	1950–1965
Joe Cooke[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1947–1951, 1952–1965
Hon Walter Cooper[2]	Country	Queensland	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Ben Courtice[2]	ALP	Queensland	1937–1962
Jack Critchley[1]	ALP	South Australia	1947–1959
Jack Devlin[1]	ALP	Victoria	1946–1957
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
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
Roy Kendall[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1950–1965
Pat Kennelly[1]	ALP	Victoria	1953–1971
Keith Laught[1]	Liberal	South Australia	1951–1969
Ted Maher[1]	Country	Queensland	1950–1965
John Marriott[1]	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[3]	Liberal	South Australia	1935–1947, 1950–1955
Hon Alister McMullin[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1951–1971
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
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
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
Jim Toohey[1]	ALP	South Australia	1953–1971
Seddon Vincent[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1964
Robert Wardlaw[2]	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 1959
2. Term finishing 30 June 1956
3. Liberal Senator George McLeay died on 14 September 1955; Liberal Party member Nancy Buttfield was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 11 October.

References

• Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1956.
• "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1951–1954  · 1954–1955  · 1955–1958

Senate 1951–1953  · 1953–1956  · 1956–1959