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 | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1938–1965 | |
Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1959 | 1953–1975 | |
John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938–1962 | |
James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1959 | 1941–1965 | |
Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938–1958 | |
Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1959 | 1938–1965 | |
Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1950–1968 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1959 | 1950–1965 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1959 | 1953–1975 | |
Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1946, 1950–1968 | |
John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1962 | |
Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1944–1968 | |
George McLeay [b] | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1935–1947, 1950–1955 | |
Alister McMullin | Liberal | New South Wales | 1959 | 1951–1971 | |
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 | |
Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1947–1962 | |
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 | |
John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1940–1944, 1950–1956 | |
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 |