Composition 1914-1916
Government (24) - (5 seat majority)
  Nationalist (24)

Opposition (12)
  Labor (12) [lower-roman 1]
 
Changes in composition

  1. Labor senator James Long resigned in December 1918 and was replaced by Nationalist Edward Mulcahy.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1917 to 1920.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 5 September 1914 election and had terms notionally starting on 1 July 1914 and finishing on 30 June 1920; the other half were elected at the 5 May 1917 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1917 and finishing on 30 June 1923.

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Thomas Bakhap NationalistTasmania19231913–1923
Stephen Barker LaborVictoria19201910–1920, 1923–1924
John Barnes LaborVictoria19201913–1920, 1923–1935
William Kinsey Bolton NationalistVictoria19231917–1923
Richard Buzacott NationalistWestern Australia19231910–1923
Thomas Crawford NationalistQueensland19231917–1947
Hugh de Largie NationalistWestern Australia19231901–1923
John Earle NationalistTasmania19231917–1923
George Fairbairn NationalistVictoria19231917–1923
Myles Ferricks LaborQueensland19201913–1920
Harry Foll NationalistQueensland19231917–1947
Albert Gardiner LaborNew South Wales19201910–1926, 1928
Thomas Givens NationalistQueensland19201904–1928
John Grant LaborNew South Wales19201914–1920, 1923–1928
Robert Guthrie NationalistSouth Australia19231904–1921
James Guy LaborTasmania19201914–1920
George Henderson NationalistWestern Australia19231904–1923
John Keating NationalistTasmania19231901–1923
James Long [lower-alpha 1] LaborTasmania19201910–1918
Patrick Lynch NationalistWestern Australia19201907–1938
William Maughan LaborQueensland19201913–1920
Allan McDougall LaborNew South Wales19201910–1920, 1922–1924
Edward Millen NationalistNew South Wales19231901–1923
Edward Mulcahy [lower-alpha 1] NationalistTasmania1919 [lower-alpha 2]1904–1910, 1918–1920
Ted Needham LaborWestern Australia19201907–1920, 1923–1929
John Newlands NationalistSouth Australia19201913–1932
David O'Keefe LaborTasmania19201901–1906, 1910–1920
James O'Loghlin LaborSouth Australia19201907, 1913–1920, 1923–1925
George Pearce NationalistWestern Australia19201901–1938
William Plain NationalistVictoria19231917–1923, 1925–1938
Herbert Pratten NationalistNew South Wales19231917–1921
Matthew Reid NationalistQueensland19231917–1935
James Rowell NationalistSouth Australia19231917–1923
Edward Russell NationalistVictoria19201907–1925
William Senior NationalistSouth Australia19231913–1923
John Shannon NationalistSouth Australia19201912–1913, 1914–1920
Josiah Thomas NationalistNew South Wales19231917–1923, 1925–1929

Notes

  1. 1 2 Labor senator James Long resigned on 20 December 1918; on 15 January 1919 Nationalist Edward Mulcahy was appointed to replace him.
  2. Mulcahy was 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] In 1919 Mulcahy was elected for the balance of the term ending in 1920.[3]

References

  1. "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1918". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive, Senate 1919 Tas. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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