Senate composition at 12 June 1951
Government (32) - (2 seat majority)
  Liberal (26)
  Country Party (6)

Opposition (28)
  Labor (28)
 

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1951 to 1953.[1] The 28 April 1951 election was a double dissolution called by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies in an attempt to gain control of the Senate and to pass the Commonwealth Bank Bill,[2] if necessary at a joint sitting of both houses. All 121 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Ben Chifley and gained control of the Senate with 32 seats to Labor's 28.

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution,[3] terms for senators was taken to commence on 1 July 1950. The first five senators elected in each state were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1956 while the other half were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1953.[4]

The Commonwealth Bank Bill was presented to Parliament again on 26 June 1951 and passed both houses.[5][6]

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Stan Amour LaborNew South Wales19531938–1965
John Armstrong LaborNew South Wales19561938–1962
James Arnold LaborNew South Wales19531941–1965
Bill Ashley LaborNew South Wales19561938–1962
Bill Aylett LaborTasmania19531938–1965
Archie Benn LaborQueensland19561950–1968
Gordon Brown [lower-alpha 1] LaborQueensland19531932–1965
Condon Byrne LaborQueensland19531951–1959, 1968–1974
Don Cameron LaborVictoria19561938–1962
Jack Chamberlain [lower-alpha 2] LiberalTasmania19561951–1953
George Cole LaborTasmania19531950–1965
Joe Cooke [lower-alpha 3] LaborWestern Australia19531947–1951, 1952–1965
Walter Cooper CountryQueensland19561928–1932, 1935–1968
Magnus Cormack LiberalVictoria19531951–1953, 1962–1978
Ben Courtice LaborQueensland19561937–1962
Jack Critchley LaborSouth Australia19531947–1959
Jack Devlin LaborVictoria19531946–1957
Alex Finlay LaborSouth Australia19531944–1953
James Fraser LaborWestern Australia19531938–1959
John Gorton LiberalVictoria19531950–1968
Donald Grant LaborNew South Wales19531944–1959
Allan Guy LiberalTasmania19561950–1956
Clive Hannaford LiberalSouth Australia19561950–1967
Bert Hendrickson LaborVictoria19531947–1971
Denham Henty LiberalTasmania19561950–1968
Roy Kendall LiberalQueensland19531950–1965
Keith Laught LiberalSouth Australia19531951–1969
Ted Maher CountryQueensland19531950–1965
John Marriott [lower-alpha 2] LiberalTasmania1953,[lower-alpha 4] 19591953, 1953–1975
Ted Mattner LiberalSouth Australia19561944–1946, 1950–1968
John McCallum LiberalNew South Wales19561950–1962
Nick McKenna LaborTasmania19561944–1968
George McLeay LiberalSouth Australia19561935–1947, 1950–1955
Alister McMullin LiberalNew South Wales19531951–1971
Bill Morrow LaborTasmania19531947–1953
Richard Nash [lower-alpha 3] LaborWestern Australia19531943–1951
Theo Nicholls LaborSouth Australia19561944–1968
Justin O'Byrne LaborTasmania19531947–1981
Sid O'Flaherty LaborSouth Australia19561944–1962
Neil O'Sullivan LiberalQueensland19561947–1962
Shane Paltridge LiberalWestern Australia19531951–1966
Rex Pearson LiberalSouth Australia19531951–1961
Edmund Piesse [lower-alpha 5] CountryWestern Australia19561950–1952
Dame Annabelle Rankin LiberalQueensland19561947–1971
George Rankin CountryVictoria19561950–1956
Albert Reid CountryNew South Wales19561950–1962
Agnes Robertson LiberalWestern Australia19561950–1962
Bill Robinson [lower-alpha 5] CountryWestern Australia1953 [lower-alpha 4]1952–1953
John Ryan LaborSouth Australia19531950–1959
Charles Sandford LaborVictoria19561947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott LiberalWestern Australia19531950–1971
Harrie Seward CountryWestern Australia19531951–1958
Jim Sheehan LaborVictoria19561938–1940, 1944–1962
John Spicer LiberalVictoria19561940–1944, 1950–1956
Bill Spooner LiberalNew South Wales19561950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney LaborWestern Australia19561943–1968
John Tate LiberalNew South Wales19531950–1953
Seddon Vincent LiberalWestern Australia19561950–1964
Robert Wardlaw [lower-alpha 2] LiberalTasmania19561953–1962
Dame Ivy Wedgwood LiberalVictoria19531950–1971
Don Willesee LaborWestern Australia19561950–1975
Ian Wood  LiberalQueensland19531950–1978
Robert Wordsworth LiberalTasmania19531950–1959
Reg Wright LiberalTasmania19561950–1978

Notes

  1. ↑ Father of the Senate
  2. 1 2 3 Liberal Senator Jack Chamberlain died on 16 January 1953; Liberal member John Marriott was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 3 March, expiring at the May 1953 Senate election, when he was elected to a six year term expiring on 30 June 1959. Robert Wardlaw was elected to the vacancy expiring on 30 June 1956.
  3. 1 2 Labor Senator Richard Nash died on 12 December 1951; former Labor Senator Joe Cooke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 7 February 1952.
  4. 1 2 Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[7]
  5. 1 2 Country Party Senator Edmund Piesse died on 25 August 1952; Country Party member Bill Robinson was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 30 September, but was fourth on the Coalition ticket at the 9 May 1953 election and was defeated for the seat by Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge.

References

  1. ↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1951". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Commonwealth Bank Bill". Cairns Post. 23 June 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2022 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ Constitution (Cth) s 13 Rotation of senators.
  4. ↑ "Rotation of Senators" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 13 June 1951. p. 35.
  5. ↑ "Chapter 21 – Relations with the House of Representatives". Odgers' Australian Senate Practice (14th ed.). Parliament of Australia. Simultaneous dissolutions of 1951. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Bank Bill re-submitted to parliament". Cairns Post. 27 June 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2022 – via Trove.
  7. ↑ 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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