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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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Term finishing 30 June 1971
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Term finishing 30 June 1968
  3. ^ 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 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to the vacant Senate seat with immediate effect.
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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 and won a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position.
  7. ^ 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. He lost a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position to ALP candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
  8. ^ a b 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

Members of the Australian Parliament
House of Representatives

1963–1966 · 1966–1969 · 1969–1972

Senate

1962–1965 · 1965–1968 · 1968–1971

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