Senate composition at 1 July 1932
Government (26) - (8 seat majority)
United Australia Party (22)
Country Party (4)
Opposition (8)
Labor (8)
Crossbench (2)
Lang Labor (2)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1932 to 1935.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 17 November 1928 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1929 and finishing on 30 June 1935; the other half were elected at the 19 December 1931 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1932 and finishing on 30 June 1938. 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 | |
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Oliver Badman | United Australia | South Australia | 1938 | 1932–1937 | |
John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 1935 | 1913–1920, 1923–1935 | |
Tom Brennan | United Australia | Victoria | 1938 | 1931–1938 | |
Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1938 | 1932–1965 | |
William Carroll | Country | Western Australia | 1938 | 1926–1936 | |
Hal Colebatch [a] | United Australia | Western Australia | 1935 | 1929–1933 | |
Herbert Collett [a] | United Australia | Western Australia | 1934,[b] 1935 | 1933–1947 | |
Joe Collings | Labor | Queensland | 1938 | 1932–1950 | |
Charles Cox | United Australia | New South Wales | 1938 | 1920–1938 | |
Thomas Crawford | United Australia | Queensland | 1935 | 1917–1947 | |
John Daly | Labor | South Australia | 1935 | 1928–1935 | |
John Dooley | Labor | New South Wales | 1935 | 1928–1935 | |
Jack Duncan-Hughes | United Australia | South Australia | 1938 | 1931–38 | |
James Dunn | Lang Labor [c] | New South Wales | 1935 | 1929–1935 | |
Robert Elliott | Country | Victoria | 1935 | 1929–1935 | |
Harry Foll | United Australia | Queensland | 1935 | 1917–1947 | |
Charles Grant [d] | United Australia | Tasmania | 1934,[b] 1935 | 1925, 1932–1941 | |
James Guthrie | United Australia | Victoria | 1938 | 1920–1938 | |
Charles Hardy | Country | New South Wales | 1938 | 1932–1938 | |
John Hayes | United Australia | Tasmania | 1935 | 1923–1947 | |
Herbert Hays | United Australia | Tasmania | 1935 | 1923–1947 | |
Bert Hoare | Labor | South Australia | 1935 | 1922–1935 | |
Bertie Johnston | Country | Western Australia | 1935 | 1929–1942 | |
Walter Kingsmill [e] | United Australia | Western Australia | 1935 | 1923–1935 | |
Harry Lawson | United Australia | Victoria | 1935 | 1929–1935 | |
Patrick Lynch | United Australia | Western Australia | 1938 | 1907–1938 | |
Allan MacDonald [e] | United Australia | Western Australia | 1935 [b] | 1935–1947 | |
John MacDonald | Labor | Queensland | 1938 | 1922, 1928, 1932–1937 | |
Walter Massy-Greene | United Australia | New South Wales | 1938 | 1923–1925, 1926–1938 | |
Alexander McLachlan | United Australia | South Australia | 1938 | 1926–1944 | |
John Millen | United Australia | Tasmania | 1938 | 1920–1938 | |
Mick O'Halloran | Labor | South Australia | 1935 | 1928–1935 | |
Herbert Payne | United Australia | Tasmania | 1938 | 1920–1938 | |
Sir George Pearce [f] | United Australia | Western Australia | 1938 | 1901–1938 | |
William Plain | United Australia | Victoria | 1938 | 1917–1923, 1925–1938 | |
Arthur Rae | Lang Labor [c] | New South Wales | 1935 | 1910–1914, 1929–1935 | |
Matthew Reid | United Australia | Queensland | 1935 | 1917–1935 | |
Burford Sampson | United Australia | Tasmania | 1938 | 1925–1938, 1941–1947 |
Notes
edit- ^ a b UAP Senator Hal Colebatch resigned on 20 March 1933 to become Western Australian Agent-General in London; UAP member Herbert Collett was appointed to replace him on 6 April with his term expiring at the September 1934 election, when he was re-elected for the balance of the term expiring on 30 June 1935 and a six year term expiring on 30 June 1941.
- ^ a b c 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]
- ^ a b Elected as a Labor member but walked out of the party with the split in March 1931 and sat as a member of Lang Labor.
- ^ UAP Senator Charles Grant was appointed to a casual vacancy on 3 March 1932 with his term expiring at the September 1934 election, when he was re-elected for the balance of the term expiring on 30 June 1935 and a six year term expiring on 30 June 1941.
- ^ a b UAP Senator Walter Kingsmill died on 15 January 1935; UAP candidate Allan MacDonald was elected at the 15 September 1934 election for a six-year term due to start on 1 July 1935; he was appointed to replace Kingsmill on 5 March for the remainder of his term finishing on 30 June 1935.
- ^ Father of the Senate
References
edit- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1932". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ a b Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1935.
- "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.