Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974
Senate composition at 1 July 1971
Coalition (26) - (5 seat minority) [i]
Liberal (22)
Country Party (4)
Labor (26) - (5 seat minority) [i]
Crossbench (8)
Democratic Labour (5)
Independents (3)
Notes
- ^ a b The Coalition government was defeated by Labor at the December 1972 House of Representatives election
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1971 to 1974.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974; the other half were elected at the 21 November 1970 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1977. In fact, the term for all of them was terminated by the double dissolution for the 18 May 1974 election.
The government changed during the Senate term as the election cycles of the Senate and the House of Representatives had been out of synchronisation since 1963 and the Coalition government, led by Prime Minister William McMahon, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Gough Whitlam, at the December 1972 House of Representatives election.
Members
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Ken Anderson | Liberal | New South Wales | 1977 | 1953–1975 | |
Reg Bishop | Labor | South Australia | 1974 | 1961–1981 | |
Neville Bonner [a][b] | Liberal | Queensland | 1972,[c] 1974 | 1971–1983 | |
Bill Brown | Labor | Victoria | 1977 | 1969–1970, 1971–1978 | |
Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1955–1965, 1968–1974 | |
Condon Byrne | Democratic Labour | Queensland | 1974 | 1951–1959, 1968–1974 | |
Don Cameron | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1969–1978 | |
Harry Cant | Labor | Western Australia | 1977 | 1959–1974 | |
John Carrick | Liberal | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971–1987 | |
Jim Cavanagh | Labor | South Australia | 1974 | 1961–1981 | |
Sir Magnus Cormack | Liberal | Victoria | 1974 | 1951–1953, 1962–1978 | |
Bob Cotton | Liberal | New South Wales | 1974 | 1965–1978 | |
Gordon Davidson | Liberal | South Australia | 1977 | 1961, 1962, 1965–1981 | |
Don Devitt | Labor | Tasmania | 1977 | 1965–1978 | |
Tom Drake-Brockman | Country | Western Australia | 1977 | 1958, 1959–1978 | |
Arnold Drury | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1959–1975 | |
Peter Durack | Liberal | Western Australia | 1977 | 1971–1993 | |
Joe Fitzgerald | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1962–1974 | |
Vince Gair | Democratic Labour | Queensland | 1977 | 1965–1974 | |
George Georges | Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1967–1987 | |
Arthur Gietzelt | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971–1989 | |
Ivor Greenwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1977 | 1968–1976 | |
Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | Victoria | 1977 | 1971–1987 | |
George Hannan[d] | Liberal/National Liberal | Victoria | 1974 | 1956–1965, 1970–1974 | |
Don Jessop | Liberal | South Australia | 1977 | 1971–1991 | |
Jack Kane | Democratic Labour | New South Wales | 1974 | 1970–1974 | |
Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1977 | 1964–1983 | |
Sir Condor Laucke | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1967–1981 | |
Ellis Lawrie | Liberal | Queensland | 1977 | 1965–1975 | |
Elliot Lillico | Liberal | Tasmania | 1977 | 1959–1974 | |
Jack Little | Democratic Labour | Victoria | 1974 | 1968–1974 | |
John Marriott | Liberal | Tasmania | 1977 | 1953–1975 | |
Ron Maunsell | Country | Queensland | 1974 | 1967–1981 | |
Ron McAuliffe | Labor | Queensland | 1977 | 1971–1981 | |
Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1961–1987 | |
Jim McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1971–1978 | |
Geoff McLaren | Labor | South Australia | 1977 | 1971–1983 | |
Frank McManus | Democratic Labour | Victoria | 1977 | 1956–1962, 1965–1974 | |
Bertie Milliner | Labor | Queensland | 1974 | 1968–1975 | |
Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1977 | 1964–1983 | |
Lionel Murphy | Labor | New South Wales | 1974 | 1962–1975 | |
Syd Negus | Independent | Western Australia | 1977 | 1971–1974 | |
Justin O'Byrne [e] | Labor | Tasmania | 1977 | 1947–1981 | |
Bob Poke | Labor | Tasmania | 1974 | 1956–1974 | |
George Poyser | Labor | Victoria | 1974 | 1966–1975 | |
Cyril Primmer | Labor | Victoria | 1977 | 1971–1985 | |
Edgar Prowse [f] | Country | Western Australia | 1974 | 1962–1973 | |
Peter Rae | Liberal | Tasmania | 1974 | 1967–1986 | |
David Reid [f] | Country | Western Australia | 1974 [c] | 1974 | |
Peter Sim | Liberal | Western Australia | 1974 | 1964–1981 | |
Michael Townley | Independent | Tasmania | 1977 | 1971–1987 | |
Reg Turnbull | Independent | Tasmania | 1974 | 1962–1974 | |
James Webster | Country | Victoria | 1974 | 1964–1981 | |
John Wheeldon | Labor | Western Australia | 1977 | 1964–1981 | |
Laurie Wilkinson | Labor | Western Australia | 1974 | 1966–1974 | |
Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1974 | 1950–1975 | |
Reg Withers | Liberal | Western Australia | 1974 | 1966, 1967–1987 | |
Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1977 | 1950–1978 | |
Ken Wriedt | Labor | Tasmania | 1974 | 1964–1980 | |
Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1974 | 1950–1978 | |
Harold Young | Liberal | South Australia | 1974 | 1968–1981 |
Notes
- ^ First Indigenous Australian to be a member of the Parliament of Australia
- ^ Liberal Party Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin resigned on 24 May 1971; Liberal Party Neville Bonner was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 11 June 1971 until a special election at the December 1972 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1974.
- ^ a b Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[3]
- ^ Hannan resigned from the Liberal Party on 20 March 1974 to form the National Liberal Party in protest at the Liberals' perceived social liberalism.[2]
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ a b Country Party Senator Edgar Prowse resigned on 31 December 1973; Country Party member David Reid was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 16 January 1974 to complete the term until 30 June 1974.
References
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1971". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Liberal quits to lead new party". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1974.
- ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
Bibliography
- Journal of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1974.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
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