Senate composition at 1 July 1959
Government (32) - (1 seat majority)
  Liberal (25)
  Country Party (7)

Opposition (26)
  Labor (26)

Crossbench (2)
  DLP (2)

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1959 to 1962.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 10 December 1955 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1956 and finishing on 30 June 1962; the other half were elected at the 22 November 1958 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1959 and finishing on 30 June 1965. 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
Stan Amour LaborNew South Wales19651938–1965
Ken Anderson LiberalNew South Wales19651953–1975
John Armstrong LaborNew South Wales19621938–1962
James Arnold  LaborNew South Wales19651941–1965
Bill Aylett LaborTasmania19651938–1965
Archie Benn LaborQueensland19621950–1968
George Branson LiberalWestern Australia19651958–1971
Gordon Brown [lower-alpha 1] LaborQueensland19651932–1965
Nancy Buttfield [lower-alpha 2] LiberalSouth Australia1962, 19651955–1965, 1968–1974
Don Cameron LaborVictoria19621938–1962
Harry Cant LaborWestern Australia19651959–1974
George Cole Democratic LaborTasmania19651950–1965
Joe Cooke LaborWestern Australia19651947–1951, 1952–1965
Walter Cooper CountryQueensland19621928–1932, 1935–1968
Ben Courtice LaborQueensland19621937–1962
Gordon Davidson [lower-alpha 2] LiberalSouth Australia1961,[lower-alpha 3] 1962 [lower-alpha 3]1961, 1962, 1965–1981
Felix Dittmer LaborQueensland19651959–1971
Tom Drake-Brockman CountryWestern Australia19651958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury LaborSouth Australia19651959–1975
John Gorton LiberalVictoria19651950–1968
Clive Hannaford LiberalSouth Australia19621950–1967
George Hannan LiberalVictoria19651956–1965, 1970–1974
Bert Hendrickson LaborVictoria19651947–1971
Denham Henty LiberalTasmania19621950–1968
Roy Kendall LiberalQueensland19651950–1965
Pat Kennelly LaborVictoria19651953–1971
Keith Laught LiberalSouth Australia19651951–1969
Elliot Lillico LiberalTasmania19651959–1974
Ted Maher CountryQueensland19651950–1965
John Marriott LiberalTasmania19651953–1975
Ted Mattner LiberalSouth Australia19621944–1946, 1950–1968
John McCallum LiberalNew South Wales19621950–1962
Colin McKellar CountryNew South Wales19621958–1970
Nick McKenna LaborTasmania19621944–1968
Frank McManus Democratic LaborVictoria19621956–1962, 1965–1974
Alister McMullin LiberalNew South Wales19651951–1971
Theo Nicholls LaborSouth Australia19621944–1968
Justin O'Byrne LaborTasmania19651947–1981
Sid O'Flaherty LaborSouth Australia19621944–1962
James Ormonde LaborNew South Wales19651958, 1959–1970
Neil O'Sullivan LiberalQueensland19621947–1962
Shane Paltridge LiberalWestern Australia19621951–1966
Rex Pearson [lower-alpha 2] LiberalSouth Australia19651951–1961
Bob Poke LaborTasmania19621956–1974
Dame Annabelle Rankin LiberalQueensland19621947–1971
Albert Reid CountryNew South Wales19621950–1962
Clem Ridley LaborSouth Australia19651959–1971
Agnes Robertson CountryWestern Australia19621950–1962
Charles Sandford LaborVictoria19621947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott LiberalWestern Australia19651950–1971
Jim Sheehan LaborVictoria19621938–1940, 1944–1962
Bill Spooner LiberalNew South Wales19621950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney LaborWestern Australia19621943–1968
Jim Toohey LaborSouth Australia19651953–1971
Seddon Vincent LiberalWestern Australia19621950–1964
Harrie Wade CountryVictoria19621956–1964
Robert Wardlaw LiberalTasmania19621953–1962
Dame Ivy Wedgwood LiberalVictoria19651950–1971
Don Willesee LaborWestern Australia19621950–1975
Ian Wood LiberalQueensland19651950–1978
Reg Wright LiberalTasmania19621950–1978

Notes

  1. Father of the Senate
  2. 1 2 3 Liberal Senator Rex Pearson died on 11 September 1961; Liberal member Gordon Davidson was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 28 September. He did not stand at the 9 December 1961 election and his position was won by Liberal candidate Nancy Buttfield. In order to take up the seat with a term finishing on 30 June 1965, Buttfield resigned her pre-existing seat won at the 1955 election and scheduled to expire on 30 June 1962; Davidson was appointed to that position on 8 February 1962.
  3. 1 2 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]

References

  1. "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1959". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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