Members of the Australian Senate, 1901–1903

This is a list of the members of the Australian Senate in the First Australian Parliament, which was elected on 29 March 1901. There were 36 Senators in this initial parliament. Terms were deemed to start on 1 January 1901. Half of its members were elected for six years, finishing on 31 December 1906; the other half were elected for three years, finishing on 31 December 1903.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Hon Sir Richard Baker[1]	Free Trade[2]	South Australia	1901–1906
John Barrett[3]	Labor[4]	Victoria	1901–1903
Hon Robert Best[3]	Protectionist[5]	Victoria	1901–1910, 1910–1922 (HoR)
Cyril Cameron[3]	Protectionist	Tasmania	1901–1903, 1907–1913
Hon David Charleston[3]	Free Trade	South Australia	1901–1903
John Clemons[1]	Free Trade	Tasmania	1901–1914
Hon Anderson Dawson[1]	Labor	Queensland	1901–1906
Hugh de Largie[3]	Labor	Western Australia	1901–1923
Hon Henry Dobson[3]	Free Trade	Tasmania	1901–1910
Hon Sir John Downer[3]	Protectionist	South Australia	1901–1903
Hon James Drake[1]	Protectionist	Queensland	1901–1906
Norman Ewing[6]	Free Trade	Western Australia	1901–1903
John Ferguson[3]	Free Trade	Queensland	1901–1903
Hon Simon Fraser[1]	Protectionist	Victoria	1901–1913
Thomas Glassey[3]	Protectionist	Queensland	1901–1903
Hon Albert Gould[1]	Free Trade	New South Wales	1901–1917
Edward Harney[3]	Free Trade	Western Australia	1901–1903
William Higgs[1]	Labor	Queensland	1901–1906, 1910–1922 (HoR)
John Keating[1]	Protectionist	Tasmania	1901–1923
James Macfarlane[3]	Free Trade	Tasmania	1901–1910
Dr Charles Mackellar[3][7]	Protectionist	New South Wales	1903
Hon Alexander Matheson[1]	Free Trade	Western Australia	1901–1906
Hon Gregor McGregor[3]	Labor	South Australia	1901–1914
Edward Millen[1]	Free Trade	New South Wales	1901–1923
John Neild[3]	Free Trade	New South Wales	1901–1910
Hon Richard O'Connor[7]	Protectionist	New South Wales	1901–1903
David O'Keefe[1]	Labor	Tasmania	1901–1906, 1910–1914, 1914–1920, 1922–1925 (HoR)
George Pearce[1]	Labor	Western Australia	1901–1938
Hon Thomas Playford[1]	Protectionist	South Australia	1901–1906
Hon Edward Pulsford[3]	Free Trade	New South Wales	1901–1910
Robert Reid[3][8]	Free Trade	Victoria	1903
Hon Sir Frederick Sargood[8]	Free Trade	Victoria	1901–1903
Henry Saunders[3][6]	Free Trade	Western Australia	1903
Staniforth Smith[1]	Free Trade	Western Australia	1901–1906
James Stewart[3]	Labor	Queensland	1901–1917
James Styles[1]	Protectionist	Victoria	1901–1906
Hon Sir Josiah Symon[1]	Free Trade	South Australia	1901–1913
James Walker[1]	Free Trade	New South Wales	1901–1913
Hon Sir William Zeal[1]	Protectionist	Victoria	1901–1906

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 December 1906
2. ^ The Free Trade Party, then known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, was the only national political party at the 1901 election.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} finishing 30 December 1903
4. ^ There was no national Labor Party organisation at the time of the 1901 election. Members categorised as "Labor" were endorsed by their various state Labor parties.
5. ^ There was no national Protectionist party organisation at the time of the 1901 election. Members categorised as "Protectionist" were those who accepted the leadership of Edmund Barton.
6. ^ ^{a b} Western Australian Free Trade Senator Norman Ewing resigned on 17 April 1903. Henry Saunders was appointed as his replacement on 20 May.
7. ^ ^{a b} New South Wales Protectionist Senator Richard O'Connor resigned on 27 September 1903, to take up a position as a Justice of the new High Court of Australia. Dr Charles Mackellar was appointed as his replacement on 8 October.
8. ^ ^{a b} Victorian Free Trade Senator Frederick Sargood died on 2 January 1903. Robert Reid was appointed as his replacement on 21 January.

References

• Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1903. 
• "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080725081044/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm. Retrieved 14 December 2008. 

See also

• Australian Senate
• Australian electoral system
• Australian federal election, 1901

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1901–1903  · 1903–1906  · 1906–1910

Senate 1901–1903  · 1904–1906  · 1907–1910