Members of the Australian Senate, 1947–1950

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1947 to 1950. Half of its members were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 28 September 1946 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and finishing on 30 June 1953.

All senators elected at the 1943 election and 15 of the 18 elected (representing all states except Queensland) represented the Australian Labor Party, leading to the strongest single party domination in any Australian Senate. The plurality-at-large voting system used before the 1949 election meant that the winning party (or coalition) ticket usually took all seats in each state.

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Stan Amour[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1965
Hon John Armstrong[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1962
Hon Bill Ashley[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1938–1962
James Arnold[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1941–1965
Fred Beerworth[2]	ALP	South Australia	1946–1951
Bill Aylett[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1938–1965
Hon Gordon Brown[1]	ALP	Queensland	1932–1965
Hon Don Cameron[1]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1962
Robert Clothier[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1968
Hon Joseph Collings[1]	ALP	Queensland	1932–1950
Joe Cooke[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1947–1951, 1952–1965
Hon Walter Cooper[2]	Country	Queensland	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Hon Ben Courtice[1]	ALP	Queensland	1937–1962
Jack Critchley[2]	ALP	South Australia	1947–1959
Jack Devlin[1]	ALP	Victoria	1946–1957
Alexander Finlay[1]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1953
Hon James Fraser[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1938–1959
Donald Grant[1]	ALP	New South Wales	1944–1959
John Harris[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1947–1951, 1953–1959
Bert Hendrickson[2]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1971, 1970–1974
Fred Katz[2]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1951
Charles Lamp[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1938–1950
William Large[2]	ALP	New South Wales	1941–1951
Hon Nick McKenna[1]	ALP	Tasmania	1944–1968
Bill Morrow[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1953
Reg Murray[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1951
Richard Nash[1]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1951
Theo Nicholls[1]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne[2]	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1981
Sid O'Flaherty[1]	ALP	South Australia	1944–1962
Neil O'Sullivan[2]	Liberal	Queensland	1947–1962
Dame Annabelle Rankin[2]	Liberal	Queensland	1947–1971
Charles Sandford[2]	ALP	Victoria	1947–1956, 1957–1966
Jim Sheehan[1]	ALP	Victoria	1938–1940, 1944–1962
Dame Dorothy Tangney[2]	ALP	Western Australia	1943–1968
Frederick Ward[2]	ALP	South Australia	1947–1951

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 June 1950
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} Term finishing 30 June 1953

References

• Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1948. 
• "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 1 December 2008. 

See also

• Australian House of Representatives
• Australian electoral system

Members of the Australian Parliament

House of Representatives 1943–1946  · 1946–1949  · 1949–1951

Senate 1944–1947  · 1947–1950  · 1950–1951