Members of the Australian Senate, 1959–1962

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Senate composition at 1 July 1959
Government (32) - (1 seat majority)
  Liberal (25)
  Country Party (7)

Opposition (26)
  Labor (26)

Crossbench (2)
  DLP (2)

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1959 to 1962.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 10 December 1955 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1956 and finishing on 30 June 1962; the other half were elected at the 22 November 1958 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1959 and finishing on 30 June 1965. 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 Term ending Years in office
Stan Amour   Labor New South Wales 1965 1938–1965
Ken Anderson   Liberal New South Wales 1965 1953–1975
John Armstrong   Labor New South Wales 1962 1938–1962
James Arnold   Labor New South Wales 1965 1941–1965
Bill Aylett   Labor Tasmania 1965 1938–1965
Archie Benn   Labor Queensland 1962 1950–1968
George Branson   Liberal Western Australia 1965 1958–1971
Gordon Brown [a]   Labor Queensland 1965 1932–1965
Nancy Buttfield [b]   Liberal South Australia 1962, 1965 1955–1965, 1968–1974
Don Cameron   Labor Victoria 1962 1938–1962
Harry Cant   Labor Western Australia 1965 1959–1974
George Cole   Democratic Labor Tasmania 1965 1950–1965
Joe Cooke   Labor Western Australia 1965 1947–1951, 1952–1965
Walter Cooper   Country Queensland 1962 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Ben Courtice   Labor Queensland 1962 1937–1962
Gordon Davidson [b]   Liberal South Australia 1961,[c] 1962 [c] 1961, 1962, 1965–1981
Felix Dittmer   Labor Queensland 1965 1959–1971
Tom Drake-Brockman   Country Western Australia 1965 1958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury   Labor South Australia 1965 1959–1975
John Gorton   Liberal Victoria 1965 1950–1968
Clive Hannaford   Liberal South Australia 1962 1950–1967
George Hannan   Liberal Victoria 1965 1956–1965, 1970–1974
Bert Hendrickson   Labor Victoria 1965 1947–1971
Denham Henty   Liberal Tasmania 1962 1950–1968
Roy Kendall   Liberal Queensland 1965 1950–1965
Pat Kennelly   Labor Victoria 1965 1953–1971
Keith Laught   Liberal South Australia 1965 1951–1969
Elliot Lillico   Liberal Tasmania 1965 1959–1974
Ted Maher   Country Queensland 1965 1950–1965
John Marriott   Liberal Tasmania 1965 1953–1975
Ted Mattner   Liberal South Australia 1962 1944–1946, 1950–1968
John McCallum   Liberal New South Wales 1962 1950–1962
Colin McKellar   Country New South Wales 1962 1958–1970
Nick McKenna   Labor Tasmania 1962 1944–1968
Frank McManus   Democratic Labor Victoria 1962 1956–1962, 1965–1974
Alister McMullin   Liberal New South Wales 1965 1951–1971
Theo Nicholls   Labor South Australia 1962 1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne   Labor Tasmania 1965 1947–1981
Sid O'Flaherty   Labor South Australia 1962 1944–1962
James Ormonde   Labor New South Wales 1965 1958, 1959–1970
Neil O'Sullivan   Liberal Queensland 1962 1947–1962
Shane Paltridge   Liberal Western Australia 1962 1951–1966
Rex Pearson [b]   Liberal South Australia 1965 1951–1961
Bob Poke   Labor Tasmania 1962 1956–1974
Dame Annabelle Rankin   Liberal Queensland 1962 1947–1971
Albert Reid   Country New South Wales 1962 1950–1962
Clem Ridley   Labor South Australia 1965 1959–1971
Agnes Robertson   Country Western Australia 1962 1950–1962
Charles Sandford   Labor Victoria 1962 1947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott   Liberal Western Australia 1965 1950–1971
Jim Sheehan   Labor Victoria 1962 1938–1940, 1944–1962
Bill Spooner   Liberal New South Wales 1962 1950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney   Labor Western Australia 1962 1943–1968
Jim Toohey   Labor South Australia 1965 1953–1971
Seddon Vincent   Liberal Western Australia 1962 1950–1964
Harrie Wade   Country Victoria 1962 1956–1964
Robert Wardlaw   Liberal Tasmania 1962 1953–1962
Dame Ivy Wedgwood   Liberal Victoria 1965 1950–1971
Don Willesee   Labor Western Australia 1962 1950–1975
Ian Wood   Liberal Queensland 1965 1950–1978
Reg Wright   Liberal Tasmania 1962 1950–1978

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Father of the Senate
  2. ^ a b c Liberal Senator Rex Pearson died on 11 September 1961; Liberal member Gordon Davidson was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 28 September. He did not stand at the 9 December 1961 election and his position was won by Liberal candidate Nancy Buttfield. In order to take up the seat with a term finishing on 30 June 1965, Buttfield resigned her pre-existing seat won at the 1955 election and scheduled to expire on 30 June 1962; Davidson was appointed to that position on 8 February 1962.
  3. ^ a b 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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1959". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
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