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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1947 to 30 June 1950.  Half of its members were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 28 September 1946 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and finishing on 30 June 1953.

All senators elected at the 1943 election and 15 of the 18 elected (representing all states except Queensland) represented the Australian Labor Party, leading to the strongest single party domination in any Australian Senate. The plurality-at-large voting system used before the 1949 election meant that the winning party (or coalition) ticket usually took all seats in each state.

The Senate was expanded from 36 to 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948.[2] 1949 was the first senate election conducted with a single transferable vote under a proportional voting system. with the new senators taking their seats on 22 February 1950 The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows:

  • 12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1953.
  • 12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1956.

While the introduction of new senators decreased the Labor dominance of the senate, Labor retained a Senate majority.

Senator Party State End term Years in Office
Stan Amour   ALP New South Wales 1950 1938–1965
Hon John Armstrong   ALP New South Wales 1950 1938–1962
James Arnold   ALP New South Wales 1953 1941–1965
Hon. Bill Ashley   ALP New South Wales 1953 1938–1962
Bill Aylett   ALP Tasmania 1950 1938–1965
Fred Beerworth   ALP South Australia 1953 1946–1951
Hon. Gordon Brown [a]   ALP Queensland 1950 1932–1965
Hon. Don Cameron   ALP Victoria 1950 1938–1962
George Cole   ALP Tasmania 1953 [b] 1950–1965
Robert Clothier   ALP Western Australia 1950 1943–1968
Hon. Joe Collings [a]   ALP Queensland 1950 1932–1950
Joe Cooke   ALP Western Australia 1953 1947–1951, 1952–1965
Hon. Walter Cooper   Country Queensland 1953 1928–1932, 1935–1968
Hon. Ben Courtice   ALP Queensland 1950 1937–1962
Jack Critchley   ALP South Australia 1953 1947–1959
Jack Devlin   ALP Victoria 1950 1946–1957
Alex Finlay   ALP South Australia 1950 1944–1953
Hon. James Fraser   ALP Western Australia 1950 1938–1959
John Gorton   Liberal Victoria 1956 [b] 1950–1968
Donald Grant   ALP New South Wales 1950 1944–1959
Allan Guy   Liberal Tasmania 1956 [b] 1950–1956
Clive Hannaford   Liberal South Australia 1953 [b] 1950–1967
John Harris   ALP Western Australia 1953 1947–1951, 1953–1959
Bert Hendrickson   ALP Victoria 1953 1947–1971
Fred Katz   ALP Victoria 1953 1947–1951
Roy Kendall   Liberal Queensland 1956 [b] 1950–1965
Charles Lamp   ALP Tasmania 1950 1938–1950
William Large   ALP New South Wales 1953 1941–1951
John MacCallum   Liberal New South Wales 1956 [b] 1950–1962
Nick McKenna   ALP Tasmania 1950 1944–1968
Hon. George McLeay   Liberal South Australia 1956 [b] 1935–1947, 1950–1955
Ted Maher   Country Queensland 1956 [b] 1950–1965
Ted Mattner   Liberal South Australia 1956 [b] 1944–1946, 1950–1968
Bill Morrow   ALP Tasmania 1953 1947–1953
Reg Murray   ALP Tasmania 1953 1947–1951
Richard Nash   ALP Western Australia 1950 1943–1951
Theo Nicholls   ALP South Australia 1950 1944–1968
Justin O'Byrne   ALP Tasmania 1953 1947–1981
Sid O'Flaherty   ALP South Australia 1950 1944–1962
Neil O'Sullivan   Liberal Queensland 1953 1947–1962
Edmund Piesse   Country Western Australia 1956 [b] 1950–1952
Dame Annabelle Rankin   Liberal Queensland 1953 1947–1971
George Rankin   Country Victoria 1956 [b] 1950–1956
Albert Reid   Country New South Wales 1956 [b] 1950–1962
Agnes Robertson   Liberal Western Australia 1956 [b] 1950–1962
John Ryan   ALP South Australia 1953 [b] 1950–1959
Charles Sandford   ALP Victoria 1953 1947–1956, 1957–1966
Malcolm Scott   Liberal Western Australia 1953 [b] 1950–1971
Jim Sheehan   ALP Victoria 1950 1938–1940, 1944–1962
Wilfrid Simmonds   Liberal Queensland 1953 [b] 1950–1951
Hon. John Spicer   Liberal Victoria 1956 [b] 1940–1944, 1950–1956
Hon. Bill Spooner   Liberal New South Wales 1956 [b] 1950–1965
Dame Dorothy Tangney   ALP Western Australia 1953 1943–1968
John Tate   Liberal New South Wales 1953 [b] 1950–1953
Frederick Ward   ALP South Australia 1953 1947–1951
Dame Ivy Wedgwood   Liberal Victoria 1953 [b] 1950–1971
Don Willesee   ALP Western Australia 1953 [b] 1950–1975
Ian Wood   Liberal Queensland 1956 [b] 1950–1978
Robert Wordsworth   Liberal Tasmania 1953 [b] 1950–1959
Reg Wright   Liberal Tasmania 1956 [b] 1950–1978