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1940

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1941 to 1944. Half of its members were elected at the 23 October 1937 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1938 and finishing on 30 June 1944; the other half were elected at the 21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947. 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.

The Government changed during the Senate term as the minority government, a Coalition of the Country Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Arthur Fadden and the United Australia Party led by Billy Hughes lost the confidence of the House of Representatives in October 1941. The Australian Labor Party, led by John Curtin, formed a minority government.

Senator Party State End term Years in Office
Stan Amour   Labor New South Wales 1944 1938–1965
John Armstrong   Labor New South Wales 1944 1938–1962
James Arnold   Labor New South Wales 1947 1941–1965
Tom Arthur   Labor New South Wales 1944 1938–1944
Hon. Bill Ashley   Labor New South Wales 1947 1938–1962
Bill Aylett   Labor Tasmania 1944 1938–1965
Charles Brand   UAP Victoria 1947 1935–1947
Hon. Gordon Brown   Labor Queensland 1944 1932–1965
Hon. Don Cameron   Labor Victoria 1944 1938–1962
Robert Clothier   Labor Western Australia 1944 1943–1968
Hon. Herbert Collett   UAP Western Australia 1947 1933–1947
Hon. Joe Collings   Labor Queensland 1944 1932–1950
Walter Cooper   Country Queensland 1947 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Ben Courtice   Labor Queensland 1944 1937–1962
Thomas Crawford [a]   UAP Queensland 1947 1917–1947
James Cunningham [b]   Labor Western Australia 1944 1937–1943
Richard Darcey   Labor Tasmania 1944 1938–1944
Hon. Harry Foll [a]   UAP Queensland 1947 1917–1947
James Fraser   Labor Western Australia 1944 1938–1959
Hon. William Gibson   Country Victoria 1947 1935–1947
Hon. John Hayes   UAP Tasmania 1947 1923–1947
Herbert Hays   UAP Tasmania 1947 1923–1947
Bertie Johnston [c]   Country Western Australia 1947 1929–1942
Hon. Richard Keane   Labor Victoria 1944 1938–1946
Charles Lamp   Labor Tasmania 1944 1938–1950
William Large   Labor New South Wales 1947 1941–1951
Charles Latham [c]   Country Western Australia 1943 [d] 1942–1943
Hon. John Leckie   UAP Victoria 1947 1935–1947
Hon. Philip McBride   UAP South Australia 1944 1937–1944
Hon. Allan MacDonald   UAP Western Australia 1947 1935–1947
Hon. Alexander McLachlan   UAP South Australia 1944 1926–1944
James McLachlan   UAP South Australia 1947 1935–1947
Hon. George McLeay   UAP South Australia 1947 1935–1947, 1950–1955
Richard Nash [b]   Labor Western Australia 1944 1943–1951
Burford Sampson   UAP Tasmania 1947 1925–1938, 1941–1947
John Spicer   UAP Victoria 1944 1940–1944, 1950–1956
Dorothy Tangney [c][e]   Labor Western Australia 1947 1943–1968
Oliver Uppill   UAP South Australia 1947 1935–1944
Keith Wilson   UAP South Australia 1944 1938–1944