Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974

Senate composition at 1 July 1971
Coalition (26) - (5 seat minority) [i]
  Liberal (22)
  Country Party (4)

  Labor (26) - (5 seat minority) [i]

Crossbench (8)
  Democratic Labour (5)
  Independents (3)
 
Notes

  1. ^ a b The Coalition government was defeated by Labor at the December 1972 House of Representatives election

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1971 to 1974.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974; the other half were elected at the 21 November 1970 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1977. In fact, the term for all of them was terminated by the double dissolution for the 18 May 1974 election.

The government changed during the Senate term as the election cycles of the Senate and the House of Representatives had been out of synchronisation since 1963 and the Coalition government, led by Prime Minister William McMahon, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Gough Whitlam, at the December 1972 House of Representatives election.

Members

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Ken Anderson   Liberal New South Wales 1977 1953–1975
Reg Bishop   Labor South Australia 1974 1961–1981
Neville Bonner [a][b]   Liberal Queensland 1972,[c] 1974 1971–1983
Bill Brown   Labor Victoria 1977 1969–1970, 1971–1978
Nancy Buttfield   Liberal South Australia 1974 1955–1965, 1968–1974
Condon Byrne   Democratic Labour Queensland 1974 1951–1959, 1968–1974
Don Cameron   Labor South Australia 1977 1969–1978
Harry Cant   Labor Western Australia 1977 1959–1974
John Carrick   Liberal New South Wales 1977 1971–1987
Jim Cavanagh   Labor South Australia 1974 1961–1981
Sir Magnus Cormack   Liberal Victoria 1974 1951–1953, 1962–1978
Bob Cotton   Liberal New South Wales 1974 1965–1978
Gordon Davidson   Liberal South Australia 1977 1961, 1962, 1965–1981
Don Devitt   Labor Tasmania 1977 1965–1978
Tom Drake-Brockman   Country Western Australia 1977 1958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury   Labor South Australia 1977 1959–1975
Peter Durack   Liberal Western Australia 1977 1971–1993
Joe Fitzgerald   Labor New South Wales 1974 1962–1974
Vince Gair   Democratic Labour Queensland 1977 1965–1974
George Georges   Labor Queensland 1974 1967–1987
Arthur Gietzelt   Labor New South Wales 1977 1971–1989
Ivor Greenwood   Liberal Victoria 1977 1968–1976
Margaret Guilfoyle   Liberal Victoria 1977 1971–1987
George Hannan[d]   Liberal/National Liberal Victoria 1974 1956–1965, 1970–1974
Don Jessop   Liberal South Australia 1977 1971–1991
Jack Kane   Democratic Labour New South Wales 1974 1970–1974
Jim Keeffe   Labor Queensland 1977 1964–1983
Sir Condor Laucke   Liberal South Australia 1974 1967–1981
Ellis Lawrie   Liberal Queensland 1977 1965–1975
Elliot Lillico   Liberal Tasmania 1977 1959–1974
Jack Little   Democratic Labour Victoria 1974 1968–1974
John Marriott   Liberal Tasmania 1977 1953–1975
Ron Maunsell   Country Queensland 1974 1967–1981
Ron McAuliffe   Labor Queensland 1977 1971–1981
Doug McClelland   Labor New South Wales 1974 1961–1987
Jim McClelland   Labor New South Wales 1977 1971–1978
Geoff McLaren   Labor South Australia 1977 1971–1983
Frank McManus   Democratic Labour Victoria 1977 1956–1962, 1965–1974
Bertie Milliner   Labor Queensland 1974 1968–1975
Tony Mulvihill   Labor New South Wales 1977 1964–1983
Lionel Murphy   Labor New South Wales 1974 1962–1975
Syd Negus   Independent Western Australia 1977 1971–1974
Justin O'Byrne [e]   Labor Tasmania 1977 1947–1981
Bob Poke   Labor Tasmania 1974 1956–1974
George Poyser   Labor Victoria 1974 1966–1975
Cyril Primmer   Labor Victoria 1977 1971–1985
Edgar Prowse [f]   Country Western Australia 1974 1962–1973
Peter Rae   Liberal Tasmania 1974 1967–1986
David Reid [f]   Country Western Australia 1974 [c] 1974
Peter Sim   Liberal Western Australia 1974 1964–1981
Michael Townley   Independent Tasmania 1977 1971–1987
Reg Turnbull   Independent Tasmania 1974 1962–1974
James Webster   Country Victoria 1974 1964–1981
John Wheeldon   Labor Western Australia 1977 1964–1981
Laurie Wilkinson   Labor Western Australia 1974 1966–1974
Don Willesee   Labor Western Australia 1974 1950–1975
Reg Withers   Liberal Western Australia 1974 1966, 1967–1987
Ian Wood   Liberal Queensland 1977 1950–1978
Ken Wriedt   Labor Tasmania 1974 1964–1980
Reg Wright   Liberal Tasmania 1974 1950–1978
Harold Young   Liberal South Australia 1974 1968–1981

Notes

  1. ^ First Indigenous Australian to be a member of the Parliament of Australia
  2. ^ Liberal Party Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin resigned on 24 May 1971; Liberal Party Neville Bonner was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 11 June 1971 until a special election at the December 1972 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1974.
  3. ^ a b Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[3]
  4. ^ Hannan resigned from the Liberal Party on 20 March 1974 to form the National Liberal Party in protest at the Liberals' perceived social liberalism.[2]
  5. ^ Father of the Senate
  6. ^ a b Country Party Senator Edgar Prowse resigned on 31 December 1973; Country Party member David Reid was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 16 January 1974 to complete the term until 30 June 1974.

References

  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1971". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Liberal quits to lead new party". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1974.
  3. ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

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