Members of the Australian Senate, 1965–1968
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1965 to 1968. Half of its members were elected at the 9 December 1961 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1962 and finishing on 30 June 1968; the other half were elected at the 5 December 1964 half Senate election and had terms starting on 1 July 1965 and finishing on 30 June 1971.
Senator | Party | State | Years in Office |
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Hon Sir Ken Anderson[1] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1953–1975 |
Archie Benn[2] | ALP | Queensland | 1950–1968 |
Reg Bishop[2] | ALP | South Australia | 1962–1981 |
Tom Bull[1] | Country | New South Wales | 1965–1971 |
George Branson[1] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1958–1971 |
Marie Breen[2] | Liberal | Victoria | 1962–1968 |
Harry Cant[1] | ALP | Western Australia | 1959–1974 |
Jim Cavanagh[2] | ALP | South Australia | 1962–1981 |
Sam Cohen[2] | ALP | Victoria | 1962–1969 |
Magnus Cormack[2] | Liberal | Victoria | 1951–1953, 1962–1978 |
Hon Walter Cooper[2] | Country | Queensland | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 |
Bob Cotton[2][3] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1965–1978 |
Gordon Davidson[1] | Liberal | South Australia | 1961, 1962, 1965–1981 |
Don Devitt[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1965–1978 |
Felix Dittmer[1] | ALP | Queensland | 1959–1971 |
Tom Drake-Brockman[1] | Country | Western Australia | 1958, 1959–1978 |
Arnold Drury[1] | ALP | South Australia | 1959–1975 |
Joe Fitzgerald[2] | ALP | New South Wales | 1949–1955 (HoR), 1962–1974 |
Hon Vince Gair[1] | DLP | Queensland | 1965–1974 |
Hon John Gorton[1][4] | Liberal | Victoria | 1950–1968 |
Ivor Greenwood[4] | Liberal | Victoria | 1968–1976 |
Clive Hannaford[2][5] | Liberal | South Australia | 1950–1967 |
Bill Heatley[2][6] | Liberal | Queensland | 1966–1968 |
Bert Hendrickson[1] | ALP | Victoria | 1947–1971, 1970–1974 |
Hon Denham Henty[2] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1950–1968 |
Jim Keeffe[1] | ALP | Queensland | 1965–1983 |
Pat Kennelly[1] | ALP | Victoria | 1953–1971 |
Bert Lacey[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1965–1971 |
Condor Laucke[2][5] | Liberal | South Australia | 1967–1981 |
Keith Laught[1] | Liberal | South Australia | 1951–1969 |
Ellis Lawrie[1] | Liberal | Queensland | 1965–1975 |
Elliot Lillico[1] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1959–1974 |
John Marriott[1] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953–1975 |
Hon Ted Mattner[2] | Liberal | South Australia | 1944–1946, 1950–1968 |
Doug McClelland[2] | ALP | New South Wales | 1962–1987 |
Hon Colin McKellar[2] | Country | New South Wales | 1958–1970 |
Hon Nick McKenna[2] | ALP | Tasmania | 1944–1968 |
Frank McManus[1] | DLP | Victoria | 1956–1962, 1965–1974 |
Hon Alister McMullin[1] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1951–1971 |
Kenneth Morris[2] | Liberal | Queensland | 1963–1968 |
Tony Mulvihill[1] | ALP | New South Wales | 1965–1983 |
Lionel Murphy[2] | ALP | New South Wales | 1962–1975 |
Theo Nicholls[2] | ALP | South Australia | 1944–1968 |
Justin O'Byrne[1] | ALP | Tasmania | 1947–1981 |
James Ormonde[1] | ALP | New South Wales | 1958, 1959–1970 |
Hon Shane Paltridge[2][7] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1951–1966 |
Bob Poke[2] | ALP | Tasmania | 1956–1974 |
George Poyser[2][8] | ALP | Victoria | 1966–1975 |
Edgar Prowse[2] | Country | Western Australia | 1962–1973 |
Hon Dame Annabelle Rankin[2] | Liberal | Queensland | 1947–1971 |
Clem Ridley[1] | ALP | South Australia | 1959–1971 |
Charles Sandford[2][8] | ALP | Victoria | 1947–1956, 1957–1966 |
Malcolm Scott[1] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1950–1971 |
Bob Sherrington[2][6] | Liberal | Queensland | 1962–1966 |
Peter Sim[2] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1964–1981 |
Hon Bill Spooner[2][3] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1950–1965 |
Dame Dorothy Tangney[1] | ALP | Western Australia | 1943–1968 |
Jim Toohey[1] | ALP | South Australia | 1953–1971 |
Reg Turnbull[2] | Independent | Tasmania | 1962–1974 |
James Webster[2] | Country | Victoria | 1964–1981 |
Dame Ivy Wedgwood[1] | Liberal | Victoria | 1950–1971 |
John Wheeldon[1] | ALP | Western Australia | 1964–1981 |
Laurie Wilkinson[2][7] | ALP | Western Australia | 1966–1974 |
Don Willesee[2] | ALP | Western Australia | 1950–1975 |
Reg Withers[7] | Liberal | Western Australia | 1966, 1967–1987 |
Ian Wood[1] | Liberal | Queensland | 1950–1978 |
Reg Wright[2] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1950–1978 |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Term finishing 30 June 1971
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Term finishing 30 June 1968
- 1 2 Liberal Senator Bill Spooner resigned on 14 July 1965; Liberal member Bob Cotton was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 4 August and served to the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to the vacant Senate seat with immediate effect.
- 1 2 Liberal Senator John Gorton resigned on 1 February 1968 to become Prime Minister (which required that he move to the House of Representatives); Liberal member Ivor Greenwood was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 21 February.
- 1 2 Liberal Senator Clive Hannaford died on 24 October 1967; Liberal member Condor Laucke was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 2 November.
- 1 2 Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington died on 16 March 1966; Liberal member Bill Heatley was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 14 April and won a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position.
- 1 2 3 Liberal Senator Shane Paltridge died on 21 January 1966; Liberal member Reg Withers was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 17 February. He lost a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position to ALP candidate Laurie Wilkinson.
- 1 2 ALP Senator Charles Sandford died on 22 October 1966; ALP member George Poyser was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 26 October and won a special election at the 26 November 1966 House of Representatives election to retain the position (along with Country Party Senator James Webster, who had been appointed to fill a vacancy on 9 December 1964, following the death of Senator Harrie Wade on 18 November 1964).
References
- Journal of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1968.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
See also
Members of the Australian Parliament | ||
House of Representatives | ||
Senate |
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