Members of the Australian Senate, 1965–1968
Senate composition at 1 July 1965
Government (30) - (1 seat minority)
Liberal (24) [i]
Country Party (6)
Opposition (27)
Labor (27)
Crossbench (3)
DLP (2)
Independents (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ At the November 1966 House of Representatives election Liberal Senator Reg Withers was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1965 to 1968.[1] 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. The process for filling casual vacancies was complex. While senators were elected for a six-year term, people appointed to a casual vacancy only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[2]
Senator | Party | State | End term | Years in Office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1953–1975 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1968 | 1950–1968 | |
Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962–1981 | |
George Branson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958–1971 | |
Marie Breen | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1962–1968 | |
Tom Bull | Country | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965–1971 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1959–1974 | |
Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1962–1981 | |
Sam Cohen | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1962–1969 | |
Hon. Walter Cooper [a] | Country | Queensland | 1968 | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 | |
Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1968 | 1951–1953, 1962–1978 | |
Bob Cotton [b] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1966,[c] 1968 | 1965–1978 | |
Gordon Davidson | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1961, 1962, 1965–1981 | |
Don Devitt | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965–1978 | |
Felix Dittmer | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1959–1971 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1971 | 1958, 1959–1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959–1975 | |
Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962–1974 | |
Hon. Vince Gair | DLP | Queensland | 1971 | 1965–1974 | |
Hon. John Gorton [d] | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950–1968 | |
Ivor Greenwood [d] | Liberal | Victoria | 1969,[c] 1971 | 1968–1976 | |
Clive Hannaford [e] | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1950–1967 | |
Bill Heatley [f] | Liberal | Queensland | 1966,[c] 1968 | 1966–1968 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1947–1971 | |
Hon. Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950–1968 | |
Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1971 | 1965–1983 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1971 | 1953–1971 | |
Bert Lacey | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1965–1971 | |
Condor Laucke [e] | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 [c] | 1967–1981 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1971 | 1951–1969 | |
Ellis Lawrie | Liberal | Queensland | 1971 | 1965–1975 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1959–1974 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1971 | 1953–1975 | |
Hon. Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1968 | 1944–1946, 1950–1968 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962–1987 | |
Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 1968 | 1958–1970 | |
Hon. Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1944–1968 | |
Frank McManus | DLP | Victoria | 1971 | 1956–1962, 1965–1974 | |
Hon. Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1971 | 1951–1971 | |
Kenneth Morris | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1963–1968 | |
Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1965–1983 | |
Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1968 | 1962–1975 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1968 | 1944–1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1971 | 1947–1981 | |
James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 1971 | 1958, 1959–1970 | |
Hon Shane Paltridge [g] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1968 | 1951–1966 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1968 | 1956–1974 | |
George Poyser [h] | Labor | Victoria | 1966,[c] 1968 | 1966–1975 | |
Edgar Prowse | Country | Western Australia | 1968 | 1962–1973 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1947–1971 | |
Clem Ridley | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1959–1971 | |
Charles Sandford [h] | Labor | Victoria | 1968 | 1947–1956, 1957–1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1971 | 1950–1971 | |
Bob Sherrington [f] | Liberal | Queensland | 1968 | 1962–1966 | |
Peter Sim [i] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966,[c] 1968 | 1964–1981 | |
Hon. Bill Spooner [b] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1968 | 1950–1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1943–1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1971 | 1953–1971 | |
Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1968 | 1962–1974 | |
James Webster [j] | Country | Victoria | 1966,[c] 1968 | 1964–1981 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1971 | 1950–1971 | |
John Wheeldon | Labor | Western Australia | 1971 | 1964–1981 | |
Laurie Wilkinson [g] | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1966–1974 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1968 | 1950–1975 | |
Reg Withers [g] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966 [c] | 1966, 1968–1987 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1971 | 1950–1978 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1968 | 1950–1978 |
Notes
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ a b 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 November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[2]
- ^ a b Liberal Senator John Gorton was sworn in as Prime Minister on 10 January 1968 after the disappearance of Harold Holt and is the only senator to be Prime Minister. Convention required the Prime Minister to be a member of the House of Representatives and Gorton resigned from the Senate on 1 February 1968 to successfully contest Holt's old seat. Liberal member Ivor Greenwood was appointed to fill the ensuing Senate vacancy on 21 February until a special election at the October 1969 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1971.
- ^ a b Liberal Senator Clive Hannaford died on 24 October 1967; Liberal member Condor Laucke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 2 November to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ a b Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington died on 16 March 1966; Liberal member Bill Heatley was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 14 April until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ a b c Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge died on 21 January 1966; Liberal member Reg Withers was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 17 February but he was defeated for the seat at the November 1966 House of Representatives election by Labor candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
- ^ a b Labor Senator Charles Sandford died on 22 October 1966; Labor member George Poyser was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 October until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ Liberal Party Senator Seddon Vincent died on 9 November 1964; Liberal Party member Peter Sim was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 November until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
- ^ Country Party Senator Harrie Wade died on 18 November 1964; Country Party member James Webster was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 9 December until a special election at the November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1968.
References
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1965". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ a b Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- 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.