Senate composition at 1 July 1926
Government (28) - (11 seat majority)
  Nationalist (25) [lower-roman 1][lower-roman 2]
  Country Party (3)

Opposition (7)
  Labor (7) [lower-roman 3]

Crossbench (1)
  Independent (1) [lower-roman 4]

Changes in composition

  1. ↑ Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died in June 1928 and was replaced by Labor member John MacDonald until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
  2. ↑ Nationalist Senator Albert Robinson did not stand for election at the November 1928 election and the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate Mick O'Halloran.
  3. ↑ Labor Senator Charles McHugh died in July 1927 and was replaced by Nationalist John Verran until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate John Daly.
  4. ↑ James Ogden was expelled from the Labor Party in 1925 & sat as an independent until the 1928 election when he was re-elected as a Nationalist.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1926 to 1929.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929; the other half were elected at the 14 November 1925 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1926 and finishing on 30 June 1932. 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
Percy Abbott NationalistNew South Wales19291925–29
Richard Abbott [lower-alpha 1] CountryVictoria19291928–1929
David Andrew [lower-alpha 1] CountryVictoria19291925–1928
John Barnes LaborVictoria19291913–1920, 1923–1935
Henry Barwell [lower-alpha 2] NationalistSouth Australia1928 [lower-alpha 3]1925–1928
William Carroll CountryWestern Australia19321926–1936
John Chapman CountrySouth Australia19321926–1931
Walter Cooper [lower-alpha 4] CountryQueensland19321928–1932, 1935–1968
Charles Cox NationalistNew South Wales19321920–1938
Thomas Crawford NationalistQueensland19291917–1947
John Daly [lower-alpha 5] LaborSouth Australia19291928–1935
John Dooley [lower-alpha 6] LaborNew South Wales19291928–1935
Walter Duncan NationalistNew South Wales19321920–1931
Harold Elliott NationalistVictoria19321920–1931
Edward Findley LaborVictoria19291904–1917, 1923–1929
Harry Foll NationalistQueensland19291917–1947
Albert Gardiner [lower-alpha 6] LaborNew South Wales1928 [lower-alpha 3]1910–1926, 1928
Thomas Givens [lower-alpha 4] NationalistQueensland19321904–1928
William Glasgow NationalistQueensland19321920–1932
Charles Graham LaborWestern Australia19291923–1929
John Grant [lower-alpha 6] LaborNew South Wales19291914–1920, 1923–1928
James Guthrie NationalistVictoria19321920–1938
John Hayes NationalistTasmania19291923–1947
Herbert Hays NationalistTasmania19291923–1947
Bert Hoare LaborSouth Australia19291922–1935
Walter Kingsmill NationalistWestern Australia19291923–1935
Patrick Lynch NationalistWestern Australia19321907–1938
John MacDonald [lower-alpha 4] LaborQueensland1928 [lower-alpha 3]1922, 1928, 1932–1937
Walter Massy-Greene NationalistNew South Wales19321923–1925, 1926–1938
Charles McHugh [lower-alpha 5] LaborSouth Australia19291923–1927
Alexander McLachlan NationalistSouth Australia19321926–1944
John Millen NationalistTasmania19321920–1938
Ted Needham LaborWestern Australia19291907–1920, 1923–1929
John Newlands NationalistSouth Australia19321913–1932
James Ogden Ind/Nationalist [lower-alpha 7]Tasmania19291923–1932
Mick O'Halloran [lower-alpha 2] LaborSouth Australia19291928–1935
Herbert Payne NationalistTasmania19321920–1938
Sir George Pearce [lower-alpha 8] NationalistWestern Australia19321901–1938
William Plain NationalistVictoria19321917–1923, 1925–1938
Matthew Reid NationalistQueensland19291917–1935
Albert Robinson [lower-alpha 2] NationalistSouth Australia1928 [lower-alpha 3]1928
Burford Sampson NationalistTasmania19321925–1938, 1941–1947
Josiah Thomas NationalistNew South Wales19291917–1923, 1925–1929
William Thompson NationalistQueensland19321922–1932
John Verran [lower-alpha 5] NationalistSouth Australia1928 [lower-alpha 3]1927–1928

Notes

  1. 1 2 Country Party Senator David Andrew died on 18 November 1928, having not stood for re-election at the 1928 election; Country Party member Richard Abbott was appointed on 18 December to replace him for the rest of his term, expiring on 30 June 1929.
  2. 1 2 3 Nationalist Senator Henry Barwell resigned on 22 March 1928 to become South Australian Agent-General to London; Nationalist Albert Robinson was appointed on 18 April to replace him until the November 1928 election. Robinson did not stand for re-election in 1928 and the vacancy was won by Labor candidate Mick O'Halloran.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 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]
  4. 1 2 3 Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died on 19 June 1928; Labor member John MacDonald was appointed on 1 August to replace him until the November 1928 election, when he was defeated by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
  5. 1 2 3 Labor Senator Charles McHugh died on 24 July 1927; Nationalist and former Premier of South Australia John Verran was appointed on 30 August to replace him until the November 1928 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate John Daly.
  6. 1 2 3 Labor Senator John Grant died on 19 May 1928; Labor member and former senator Albert Gardiner was appointed on 5 June to replace him until the November 1928 election. Gardiner did not stand for re-election in 1928 and the vacancy was won by Labor candidate John Dooley.
  7. ↑ James Ogden was expelled from the Labor Party in 1925 for supporting the Bruce-Page government's legislation on navigation and immigration. He sat as an independent until the 1928 election when he was re-elected as a Nationalist.
  8. ↑ Father of the Senate

References

  1. ↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1926". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 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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