Members of the Australian Senate, 1965–1968

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1965 to 1968. 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.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Hon Sir Ken Anderson[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1953–1975
Archie Benn[2]	ALP	Queensland	1950–1968
Reg Bishop[2]	ALP	South Australia	1962–1981
Tom Bull[1]	Country	New South Wales	1965–1971
George Branson[1]	Liberal	Western Australia	1958–1971
Marie Breen[2]	Liberal	Victoria	1962–1968
Harry Cant[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1959–1974
Jim Cavanagh[2]	ALP	South Australia	1962–1981
Sam Cohen[2]	ALP	Victoria	1962–1969
Magnus Cormack[2]	Liberal	Victoria	1951–1953, 1962–1978
Hon Walter Cooper[2]	Country	Queensland	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Bob Cotton[2][3]	Liberal	New South Wales	1965–1978
Gordon Davidson[1]	Liberal	South Australia	1961, 1962, 1965–1981
Don Devitt[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1965–1978
Felix Dittmer[1]	ALP	Queensland	1959–1971
Tom Drake-Brockman[1]	Country	Western Australia	1958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury[1]	ALP	South Australia	1959–1975
Joe Fitzgerald[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1949–1955 (HoR), 1962–1974
Hon Vince Gair[1]	DLP	Queensland	1965–1974
Hon John Gorton[1][4]	Liberal	Victoria	1950–1968
Ivor Greenwood[4]	Liberal	Victoria	1968–1976
Clive Hannaford[2][5]	Liberal	South Australia	1950–1967
Bill Heatley[2][6]	Liberal	Queensland	1966–1968
Bert Hendrickson[1]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1971, 1970–1974
Hon Denham Henty[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1968
Jim Keeffe[1]	ALP	Queensland	1965–1983
Pat Kennelly[1]	ALP	Victoria	1953–1971
Bert Lacey[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1965–1971
Condor Laucke[2][5]	Liberal	South Australia	1967–1981
Keith Laught[1]	Liberal	South Australia	1951–1969
Ellis Lawrie[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1965–1975
Elliot Lillico[1]	Liberal	Tasmania	1959–1974
John Marriott[1]	Liberal	Tasmania	1953–1975
Hon Ted Mattner[2]	Liberal	South Australia	1944–1946, 1950–1968
Doug McClelland[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1962–1987
Hon Colin McKellar[2]	Country	New South Wales	1958–1970
Hon Nick McKenna[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1944–1968
Frank McManus[1]	DLP	Victoria	1956–1962, 1965–1974
Hon Alister McMullin[1]	Liberal	New South Wales	1951–1971
Kenneth Morris[2]	Liberal	Queensland	1963–1968
Tony Mulvihill[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1965–1983
Lionel Murphy[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1962–1975
Theo Nicholls[2]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1981
James Ormonde[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1958, 1959–1970
Hon Shane Paltridge[2][7]	Liberal	Western Australia	1951–1966
Bob Poke[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1956–1974
George Poyser[2][8]	ALP	Victoria	1966–1975
Edgar Prowse[2]	Country	Western Australia	1962–1973
Hon Dame Annabelle Rankin[2]	Liberal	Queensland	1947–1971
Clem Ridley[1]	ALP	South Australia	1959–1971
Charles Sandford[2][8]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott[1]	Liberal	Western Australia	1950–1971
Bob Sherrington[2][6]	Liberal	Queensland	1962–1966
Peter Sim[2]	Liberal	Western Australia	1964–1981
Hon Bill Spooner[2][3]	Liberal	New South Wales	1950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1968
Jim Toohey[1]	ALP	South Australia	1953–1971
Reg Turnbull[2]	Independent	Tasmania	1962–1974
James Webster[2]	Country	Victoria	1964–1981
Dame Ivy Wedgwood[1]	Liberal	Victoria	1950–1971
John Wheeldon[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1964–1981
Laurie Wilkinson[2][7]	ALP	Western Australia	1966–1974
Don Willesee[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1950–1975
Reg Withers[7]	Liberal	Western Australia	1966, 1967–1987
Ian Wood[1]	Liberal	Queensland	1950–1978
Reg Wright[2]	Liberal	Tasmania	1950–1978

Notes

1. Term finishing 30 June 1971
2. Term finishing 30 June 1968
3. Liberal Senator Bill Spooner resigned on 14 July 1965; Liberal member Bob Cotton was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 4 August and served to the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to the vacant Senate seat with immediate effect.
4. Liberal Senator John Gorton resigned on 1 February 1968 to become Prime Minister (which required that he move to the House of Representatives); Liberal member Ivor Greenwood was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 21 February.
5. Liberal Senator Clive Hannaford died on 24 October 1967; Liberal member Condor Laucke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 2 November.
6. Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington died on 16 March 1966; Liberal member Bill Heatley was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 14 April and won a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position.
7. Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge died on 21 January 1966; Liberal member Reg Withers was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 17 February. He lost a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position to ALP candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
8. ALP Senator Charles Sandford died on 22 October 1966; ALP member George Poyser was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 October and won a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position (along with Country Party Senator James Webster, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy on 9 December 1964, following the death of Senator Harrie Wade on 18 November 1964).

References

• Journal of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1968.
• "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1963–1966  · 1966–1969  · 1969–1972

Senate 1962–1965  · 1965–1968  · 1968–1971