Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944

Senate composition at 1 July 1941
Coalition (19) - (1 seat majority)[i]
  United Australia Party (16)
  Country Party (3)[ii]

  Labor (17) - (2 seat minority)
 
Changes in composition

  1. ^ The minority government lost the confidence of the House of Representatives in October 1941 and Labor formed a minority government.
  2. ^ At the August 1943 election Country Party Senator Charles Latham was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Dorothy Tangney.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1941 to 1944.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 23 October 1937 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1938 and finishing on 30 June 1944; the other half were elected at the 21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947. 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]

The government changed during the Senate term as the minority government, a Coalition of the Country Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Arthur Fadden and the United Australia Party led by Billy Hughes lost the confidence of the House of Representatives in October 1941. The Australian Labor Party, led by John Curtin, formed a minority government.

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Stan Amour   Labor New South Wales 1944 1938–1965
John Armstrong   Labor New South Wales 1944 1938–1962
James Arnold   Labor New South Wales 1947 1941–1965
Tom Arthur   Labor New South Wales 1944 1938–1944
Bill Ashley   Labor New South Wales 1947 1938–1962
Bill Aylett   Labor Tasmania 1944 1938–1965
Charles Brand   United Australia Victoria 1947 1935–1947
Gordon Brown   Labor Queensland 1944 1932–1965
Don Cameron   Labor Victoria 1944 1938–1962
Robert Clothier   Labor Western Australia 1944 1943–1968
Herbert Collett   United Australia Western Australia 1947 1933–1947
Joe Collings   Labor Queensland 1944 1932–1950
Walter Cooper   Country Queensland 1947 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Ben Courtice   Labor Queensland 1944 1937–1962
Thomas Crawford [a]   United Australia Queensland 1947 1917–1947
James Cunningham [b]   Labor Western Australia 1944 1937–1943
Richard Darcey   Labor Tasmania 1944 1938–1944
Harry Foll [a]   United Australia Queensland 1947 1917–1947
James Fraser   Labor Western Australia 1944 1938–1959
William Gibson   Country Victoria 1947 1935–1947
John Hayes   United Australia Tasmania 1947 1923–1947
Herbert Hays   United Australia Tasmania 1947 1923–1947
Bertie Johnston [c]   Country Western Australia 1947 1929–1942
Richard Keane   Labor Victoria 1944 1938–1946
Charles Lamp   Labor Tasmania 1944 1938–1950
William Large   Labor New South Wales 1947 1941–1951
Charles Latham [c]   Country Western Australia 1943[d] 1942–1943
John Leckie   United Australia Victoria 1947 1935–1947
Allan MacDonald   United Australia Western Australia 1947 1935–1947
Philip McBride   United Australia South Australia 1944 1937–1944
Alexander McLachlan   United Australia South Australia 1944 1926–1944
James McLachlan   United Australia South Australia 1947 1935–1947
George McLeay   United Australia South Australia 1947 1935–1947, 1950–1955
Richard Nash [b]   Labor Western Australia 1944 1943–1951
Burford Sampson   United Australia Tasmania 1947 1925–1938, 1941–1947
John Spicer   United Australia Victoria 1944 1940–1944, 1950–1956
Dorothy Tangney [c][e]   Labor Western Australia 1947 1943–1968
Oliver Uppill   United Australia South Australia 1947 1935–1944
Keith Wilson   United Australia South Australia 1944 1938–1944

Notes

  1. ^ a b Father of the Senate
  2. ^ a b Labor Senator James Cunningham died on 4 July 1943; Labor member Richard Nash was elected at the August 1943 election to fill the resulting vacancy, expiring on 30 June 1944.
  3. ^ a b c Country Party Senator Bertie Johnston died on 6 September 1942; Country Party state politician Charles Latham was appointed to replace him on 8 October, with his term expiring at the August 1943 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Dorothy Tangney for the vacancy, expiring on 30 June 1947.
  4. ^ 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]
  5. ^ First woman in the Senate

References

  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1941". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 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.