Senate composition at 1 July 1938
Government (20) - (2 seat majority)
United Australia Party (16)
Country Party (3)
Independent Country (1) [i]
Opposition (16)
Labor (16) [ii]
Changes in composition
- ^ Senator William Gibson had been expelled by the Country Party in September 1935. He was listed as an "Independent Country" member and continued to support the government.
- ^ At the September 1940 election Labor Senator Jim Sheehan was defeated for a casual vacancy by UAP candidate John Spicer.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1938 to 1941. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 15 September 1934 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1935 and finishing on 30 June 1941; the other half were elected at the 23 October 1937 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1938 and finishing on 30 June 1944. 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 | |
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Mac Abbott | Country | New South Wales | 1941 | 1935–1941 | |
Stan Amour | Labor / Non-Comm. Labor [a] | New South Wales | 1944 | 1938–1965 | |
John Armstrong | Labor / Non-Comm. Labor [a] | New South Wales | 1944 | 1938–1962 | |
Tom Arthur | Labor | New South Wales | 1944 | 1938–1944 | |
Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1941 | 1938–1962 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1944 | 1938–1965 | |
John Barnes [b] | Labor | Victoria | 1944 | 1913–20, 1923–35 | |
Charles Brand | United Australia | Victoria | 1941 | 1935–1947 | |
Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1944 | 1932–1965 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1944 | 1938–1962 | |
Robert Clothier | Labor | Western Australia | 1944 | 1938–1950 | |
Herbert Collett | United Australia | Western Australia | 1941 | 1933–1947 | |
Joe Collings | Labor | Queensland | 1944 | 1932–1950 | |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1941 | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 | |
Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1944 | 1937–1962 | |
Thomas Crawford [c] | United Australia | Queensland | 1941 | 1917–1947 | |
James Cunningham | Labor | Western Australia | 1944 | 1937–1943 | |
Richard Darcey | Labor | Tasmania | 1944 | 1938–1944 | |
Dick Dein | United Australia | New South Wales | 1941 | 1935–1941 | |
Harry Foll [c] | United Australia | Queensland | 1941 | 1917–1947 | |
James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1944 | 1938–1959 | |
William Gibson | Independent / Country [d] | Victoria | 1941 | 1935–1947 | |
Charles Grant | United Australia | Tasmania | 1941 | 1925, 1932–1941 | |
John Hayes | United Australia | Tasmania | 1941 | 1923–1947 | |
Herbert Hays | United Australia | Tasmania | 1941 | 1923–1947 | |
Bertie Johnston | Country | Western Australia | 1941 | 1929–1942 | |
Richard Keane | Labor | Victoria | 1944 | 1938–1946 | |
Charles Lamp | Labor | Tasmania | 1944 | 1938–1950 | |
John Leckie | United Australia | Victoria | 1941 | 1935–1947 | |
Allan MacDonald | United Australia | Western Australia | 1941 | 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 | 1941 | 1935–1947 | |
George McLeay | United Australia | South Australia | 1941 | 1935–1947, 1950–1955 | |
Jim Sheehan [b] | Labor | Victoria | 1940 [e] | 1938–1940, 1944–1962 | |
John Spicer [b] | United Australia | Victoria | 1944 | 1940–1944, 1950–1956 | |
Oliver Uppill | United Australia | South Australia | 1941 | 1935–1944 | |
Keith Wilson | United Australia | South Australia | 1944 | 1938–1944 |