Members of the Australian Senate, 1917–1920

Composition 1914-1916
Government (24) - (5 seat majority)
  Nationalist (24)

Opposition (12)
  Labor (12) [i]
 
Changes in composition

  1. ^ Labor senator James Long resigned in December 1918 and was replaced by Nationalist Edward Mulcahy.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1917 to 1920.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 5 September 1914 election and had terms notionally starting on 1 July 1914 and finishing on 30 June 1920; the other half were elected at the 5 May 1917 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1917 and finishing on 30 June 1923.

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Thomas Bakhap   Nationalist Tasmania 1923 1913–1923
Stephen Barker   Labor Victoria 1920 1910–1920, 1923–1924
John Barnes   Labor Victoria 1920 1913–1920, 1923–1935
William Kinsey Bolton   Nationalist Victoria 1923 1917–1923
Richard Buzacott   Nationalist Western Australia 1923 1910–1923
Thomas Crawford   Nationalist Queensland 1923 1917–1947
Hugh de Largie   Nationalist Western Australia 1923 1901–1923
John Earle   Nationalist Tasmania 1923 1917–1923
George Fairbairn   Nationalist Victoria 1923 1917–1923
Myles Ferricks   Labor Queensland 1920 1913–1920
Harry Foll   Nationalist Queensland 1923 1917–1947
Albert Gardiner   Labor New South Wales 1920 1910–1926, 1928
Thomas Givens   Nationalist Queensland 1920 1904–1928
John Grant   Labor New South Wales 1920 1914–1920, 1923–1928
Robert Guthrie   Nationalist South Australia 1923 1904–1921
James Guy   Labor Tasmania 1920 1914–1920
George Henderson   Nationalist Western Australia 1923 1904–1923
John Keating   Nationalist Tasmania 1923 1901–1923
James Long [a]   Labor Tasmania 1920 1910–1918
Patrick Lynch   Nationalist Western Australia 1920 1907–1938
William Maughan   Labor Queensland 1920 1913–1920
Allan McDougall   Labor New South Wales 1920 1910–1920, 1922–1924
Edward Millen   Nationalist New South Wales 1923 1901–1923
Edward Mulcahy [a]   Nationalist Tasmania 1919 [b] 1904–1910, 1918–1920
Ted Needham   Labor Western Australia 1920 1907–1920, 1923–1929
John Newlands   Nationalist South Australia 1920 1913–1932
David O'Keefe   Labor Tasmania 1920 1901–1906, 1910–1920
James O'Loghlin   Labor South Australia 1920 1907, 1913–1920, 1923–1925
George Pearce   Nationalist Western Australia 1920 1901–1938
William Plain   Nationalist Victoria 1923 1917–1923, 1925–1938
Herbert Pratten   Nationalist New South Wales 1923 1917–1921
Matthew Reid   Nationalist Queensland 1923 1917–1935
James Rowell   Nationalist South Australia 1923 1917–1923
Edward Russell   Nationalist Victoria 1920 1907–1925
William Senior   Nationalist South Australia 1923 1913–1923
John Shannon   Nationalist South Australia 1920 1912–1913, 1914–1920
Josiah Thomas   Nationalist New South Wales 1923 1917–1923, 1925–1929

Notes

  1. ^ a b Labor senator James Long resigned on 20 December 1918; on 15 January 1919 Nationalist Edward Mulcahy was appointed to replace him.
  2. ^ Mulcahy was 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] In 1919 Mulcahy was elected for the balance of the term ending in 1920.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1918". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive, Senate 1919 Tas. Retrieved 17 March 2017.