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Members of the Australian Senate, 1907–1910

Composition 1907-1909
Government (18) - (1 seat minority)
  Protectionist (3)
  Labour (15)

Opposition (17)
  Anti-Socialist (17)

Crossbench (1)
  Independent (1)

Composition 1909-1910
Government (19) - (1 seat majority)
  Liberal (19)

Opposition (15)
  Labour (15)

Crossbench (2)
  Independent (2)

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1907 to 1910.[1] Half of its members were elected in the 16 December 1903 election, with terms starting on 1 January 1904 and finishing on 30 June 1910; the other half were elected in the 12 December 1906 election with terms starting on 1 January 1907 and finishing on 30 June 1913. They had extended terms as a result of the 1906 referendum, which changed Senate terms to finish on 30 June, rather than 31 December.[2]

In May 1909, the Anti-Socialist Party (previously Free Trade) and most of the Protectionist Party merged to become the Commonwealth Liberal Party.[e]

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Robert Best   Protectionist/Liberal Victoria 1910 1901–1910
Cyril Cameron   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Tasmania 1913 1901–1903, 1907–1913
Thomas Chataway   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Queensland 1913 1907–1913
John Clemons   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Tasmania 1913 1901–1914
John Croft   Labour Western Australia 1910 1904–1910
Hugh de Largie   Labour Western Australia 1910 1901–1923
Henry Dobson   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Tasmania 1910 1901–1910
Edward Findley   Labour Victoria 1910 1904–1917, 1923–1929
Simon Fraser   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Victoria 1913 1901–1913
Thomas Givens   Labour Queensland 1910 1904–1928
Albert Gould   Anti-Socialist/Liberal New South Wales 1913 1901–1917
John Gray   Anti-Socialist/Liberal New South Wales 1910 1901–1910
Robert Guthrie   Labour South Australia 1910 1904–1921
George Henderson   Labour Western Australia 1910 1904–1923
John Keating   Protectionist/Liberal Tasmania 1913 1901–1923
Patrick Lynch   Labour Western Australia 1913 1907–1938
James Macfarlane   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Tasmania 1910 1901–1910
James McColl   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Victoria 1913 1907–1914
Gregor McGregor   Labour South Australia 1910 1901–1914
Edward Millen   Anti-Socialist/Liberal New South Wales 1913 1901–1923
Edward Mulcahy   Protectionist/Liberal Tasmania 1910 1901–1910, 1919–1920
Ted Needham   Labour Western Australia 1913 1907–1920, 1923–1929
John Neild   Anti-Socialist/Liberal New South Wales 1910 1901–1910
James O'Loghlin   Labour South Australia casual [b] 1907,[c] 1913–1920, 1923–1925
George Pearce   Labour Western Australia 1913 1901–1938
Edward Pulsford   Anti-Socialist/Liberal New South Wales 1910 1901–1910
Edward Russell   Labour Victoria 1913 1907–1925
William Russell   Labour South Australia 1913 1907–1913
Anthony St Ledger   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Queensland 1913 1907–1913
Robert Sayers   Anti-Socialist/Liberal Queensland 1913 1907–1913
James Stewart   Labour Queensland 1910 1901–1917
William Story   Labour South Australia 1910 1904–1917
Sir Josiah Symon   Anti-Socialist/Independent South Australia 1913 1901–1913
William Trenwith   Independent [f] /Liberal Victoria 1910 1904–1910
Harry Turley   Labour Queensland 1910 1904–1917
Joseph Vardon   Anti-Socialist/Liberal South Australia 1913 1907,[a] 1908[d]–1913
James Walker   Anti-Socialist/Liberal New South Wales 1913 1901–1913

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The election of Anti-Socialist senator Joseph Vardon was declared void on 31 May 1907;[6]
  2. ^ a b On 11 July 1907 Labour member James O'Loghlin was appointed to the casual vacancy to replace Joseph Vardon and would only have held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[3]
  3. ^ a b On 20 December 1907 O'Loghlin's appointment was declared void.[4]
  4. ^ a b A special election was held on 15 February 1908, when Vardon defeated O'Loghlin for the seat.[7]
  5. ^ Changes to the Senate in chronological order were Vardon's election declared void,[a] O'Loughlin's was appointed,[b] O'Loughlin's appointment declared void,[c] and Vardon was elected.[d]
  6. ^ William Trenwith, was a former trade union official and leader of the Victorian Labour Party who was an independent because of his refusal to pledge to vote as directed by the Labour Party.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1907". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) 1906 (Cth).
  3. ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  4. ^ Vardon v O'Loghlin [1907] HCA 69, (1907) 5 CLR 201.
  5. ^ Scates, B. "Trenwith, William Arthur (Billy) (1846–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ Blundell v Vardon [1907] HCA 75, (1907) 4 CLR 1463.
  7. ^ "The Senate Election". Evening Journal (Adelaide). South Australia. 16 March 1908. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.

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