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'''[[Government of Australia|Government]] (31)''' - (1 seat majority) <br> |
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{{Color box|{{Australian politics/party colours|Liberal}}|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] (26) {{efn-lr|name=robertson|[[Agnes Robertson]] left the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] in 1955, then after 21 days as an independent joined the [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]].}} <br> |
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{{Color box|{{Australian politics/party colours|National}}|border=darkgray}} [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]] (5) <br> |
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'''[[Opposition (Australia)|Opposition]] (29)''' <br> |
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{{Color box|{{Australian politics/party colours|Labor}}|border=darkgray}} [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] (29) {{efn-lr|[[George Cole (Australian politician)|George Cole]] joined the [[Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)]] in 1955, which became the [[Democratic Labor Party (historical)|Democratic Labor Party]] in 1957.}} <br> |
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|| {{sortname|Agnes|Robertson}} || {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Western Australia || 1956 || 1950–1962 |
|| {{sortname|Agnes|Robertson}} || {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] / [[Independent politician|Ind.]] / [[National Party of Australia|Country]] {{Efn|Robertson resigned from the Liberal Party on 7 September 1955, after being dropped from the party's Senate ticket for the upcoming election.<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91208396 SENATOR AGNES ROBERTSON LEAVES LIBERALS], ''[[The Canberra Times]]'', 8 September 1955.</ref> She sat as an [[Independent politician|independent]] until 28 September, when she joined the Country Party.<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91209570 Senator Robertson Joins C.P.], ''The Canberra Times'', 29 September 1955.</ref>}} || Western Australia || 1956 || 1950–1962 |
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|| {{sortname|John|Ryan|John Ryan (Australian politician)}} || {{Australian party style|Labor}}| || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || South Australia || 1959 || 1950–1959 |
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Revision as of 18:43, 9 October 2017
Senate composition at 1 July 1953
Government (31) - (1 seat majority)
Liberal (26) [i]
Country Party (5) [i]
Opposition (29)
Labor (29) [ii]
Changes in composition
- ^ a b Agnes Robertson left the Liberal Party in 1955, then after 21 days as an independent joined the Country Party.
- ^ George Cole joined the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) in 1955, which became the Democratic Labor Party in 1957.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1953 to 1956.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 28 April 1951 election and had terms deemed to start on 1 July 1950 and finishing on 30 June 1956; the other half were elected at the 9 May 1953 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1953 and finishing on 30 June 1959.
Senator | Party | State | End term | Years in Office | |
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Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1938–1965 | |
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1959 | 1953–1975 | |
Hon. John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938–1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1941–1965 | |
Hon. Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938–1958 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1959 | 1938–1965 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1950–1968 | |
Hon. Gordon Brown [a] | Labor | Queensland | 1959 | 1932–1965 | |
Nancy Buttfield [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 [c] | 1955–1965, 1968–1974 | |
Condon Byrne | Labor | Queensland | 1959 | 1951–1959, 1968–1974 | |
Hon. Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938–1962 | |
George Cole | Labor/ALP (A-C) [d] | Tasmania | 1959 | 1950–1965 | |
Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1947–1951, 1952–1965 | |
Hon. Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1956 | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1937–1962 | |
Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1947–1959 | |
Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1946–1957 | |
Hon. James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1938–1959 | |
John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1950–1968 | |
Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1944–1959 | |
Allan Guy | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1956 | |
Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1950–1967 | |
John Harris | Labor | Western Australia | 1959 | 1947–1951, 1953–1959 | |
Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1947–1971 | |
Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1968 | |
Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1959 | 1950–1965 | |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Victoria | 1959 | 1953–1971 | |
Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 1959 | 1951–1969 | |
John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1962 | |
Hon. Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1944–1968 | |
Hon. George McLeay [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1935–1947, 1950–1955 | |
Hon. Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1959 | 1951–1971 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1959 | 1950–1965 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1959 | 1953–1975 | |
Hon. Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1946, 1950–1968 | |
Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1968 | |
Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1959 | 1947–1981 | |
Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1962 | |
Hon. Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1947–1962 | |
Hon Shane Paltridge [e] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1951–1966 | |
Rex Pearson | Liberal | South Australia | 1959 | 1951–1961 | |
Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1947–1971 | |
George Rankin | Country | Victoria | 1956 | 1950–1956 | |
Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1962 | |
Agnes Robertson | Liberal / Ind. / Country [f] | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1962 | |
John Ryan | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1950–1959 | |
Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1947–1956, 1957–1966 | |
Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1959 | 1950–1971 | |
Harrie Seward | Country | Western Australia | 1959 | 1951–1958 | |
Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938–1940, 1944–1962 | |
Hon. John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1940–1944, 1950–1956 | |
Hon. Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1965 | |
Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1943–1968 | |
Jim Toohey | Labor | South Australia | 1959 | 1953–1971 | |
Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1964 | |
Robert Wardlaw | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1953–1962 | |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1959 | 1950–1971 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1975 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1959 | 1950–1978 | |
Robert Wordsworth | Liberal | Tasmania | 1959 | 1950–1959 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1978 |
Notes
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ a b Liberal Senator George McLeay died on 14 September 1955; Liberal Party member Nancy Buttfield was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 11 October.
- ^ 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]
- ^ As part of the 1955 Labor split, George Cole joined the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which became the Democratic Labor Party in 1957.[3]
- ^ Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge was the 6th and final Senator elected for Western Australia at the 1953 election and won the short term vacancy caused by the dath of Edmund Piesse.
- ^ Robertson resigned from the Liberal Party on 7 September 1955, after being dropped from the party's Senate ticket for the upcoming election.[4] She sat as an independent until 28 September, when she joined the Country Party.[5]
References
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1953". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Cole, George Ronald (1908–1969)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Parliament of Australia.
- ^ SENATOR AGNES ROBERTSON LEAVES LIBERALS, The Canberra Times, 8 September 1955.
- ^ Senator Robertson Joins C.P., The Canberra Times, 29 September 1955.
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1956.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
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