Members of the Australian Senate, 1935–1938
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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate
from 1935 to 1938. Half of its members were elected at the 19 December 1931 election
and had terms starting on 1 July 1932 and finishing on 30 June 1938; the other half were elected at the 15 September 1934 election
and had terms starting on 1 July 1935 and finishing on 30 June 1941.
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
from 1935 to 1938. Half of its members were elected at the 19 December 1931 election
Australian federal election, 1931
Federal elections were held in Australia on 19 December 1931. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election...
and had terms starting on 1 July 1932 and finishing on 30 June 1938; the other half were elected at the 15 September 1934 election
Australian federal election, 1934
Federal elections were held in Australia on 15 September 1934. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 18 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons with coalition partner the Country Party led...
and had terms starting on 1 July 1935 and finishing on 30 June 1941.
Senator | Party | State | Years in Office |
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Mac Abbott | Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... |
1935–1941 |
James Arkins James Arkins James Guy Dalley Arkins was an Australian politician.Born in Millthorpe, New South Wales, he was educated at public schools before becoming a builder. In 1915 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Castlereagh. After the Labor split of 1916 over... |
Country | New South Wales | 1935–1937 |
Bill Ashley | ALP Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
New South Wales | 1937–1958 |
Oliver Badman | Country | South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... |
1932–1937, 1937–1943 (HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
Charles Brand Charles Brand Major General Charles Henry Brand CB, CMG, CVO, DSO was an Australian Army brigadier-general in World War I. He retired in 1930 as a major-general.-Early life and career:... |
UAP | Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... |
1935–1947 |
Tom Brennan | UAP | Victoria | 1931–1938 |
Gordon Brown Gordon Brown (Australian politician) Gordon Brown was a long-serving Australian politician.Born in Derbyshire, England, he was educated at Clay Cross Grammar School before becoming a printer and engineer. He migrated to Australia in 1912, where he became an organiser of the Shop Assistants' Union and of the Socialist Party... |
ALP | Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... |
1932–1965 |
William Carroll William Carroll (Australian politician) William Carroll was an Australian politician. Born in Garvoc, Victoria, he was educated at Horsham before moving to Western Australia during the gold rush to become a miner, and subsequently became a farmer at Tammin... |
Country | Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... |
1926–1936 |
Herbert Collett Herbert Collett Herbert Brayley Collett CMG DSO was an Australian politician, librarian and soldier.Collett was born in St. Peter Port, Guernsey and arrived with his family in Western Australia in October 1884. He was educated at Perth Grammar School and became a librarian at the Victoria Public Library in 1891... |
UAP | Western Australia | 1933–1947 |
Joseph Collings Joseph Collings Joseph Silver Collings was a long-serving Australian politician. He was a hardworking Australian Labor Party bureaucrat with valuable writing and speaking talents, who was eventually rewarded by a five-year stint as a federal government minister.Collings was born in Brighton, England and... |
ALP | Queensland | 1932–1950 |
Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 |
Lionel Courtenay Lionel Courtenay Lionel Thomas Courtenay was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, where he was educated, he became a builder and a company director. He was involved in local politics, sitting on Mascot Council, Mosman Council and Sydney City Council. In 1932, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative... |
UAP | New South Wales | 1935 |
Ben Courtice | ALP | Queensland | 1937–1962 |
Charles Cox Charles Frederick Cox Major General Charles Frederick Cox CB, CMG, DSO, VD was an Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in World War I. He retired in 1930 as an honorary major general.-Early life and career:... |
UAP | New South Wales | 1920–1938 |
James Cunningham James Cunningham (Australian politician) James Cunningham was an Australian politician. Born in Western Australia, he received a primary education before becoming a goldminer at Norseman and then Boulder. He was secretary of the Federated Miners' Union before his election to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1916 as a Labor... |
ALP | Western Australia | 1937–1943 |
Thomas Crawford Thomas Crawford (Australian politician) Thomas William Crawford was a long-serving member of the Australian Senate and joint Father of the Senate.-Early life:... |
UAP | Queensland | 1917–1947 |
Adam Dein Adam Dein Adam Kemball Dein was an Australian politician. Born in Orange, New South Wales, he was educated at public schools before becoming a goldminer and a farmer. Moving to Sydney he became a teacher. In 1931 he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the member for Lang, representing... |
UAP | New South Wales | 1935–1941 |
Jack Duncan-Hughes | UAP | South Australia | 1922–28 (HoR), 1931–38, 1940–1943 (HoR) |
Hon Harry Foll | UAP | Queensland | 1917–1947 |
Hon William Gibson | Country | Victoria | 1918–29 (HoR), 1931—34 (HoR), 1935–1947 |
Charles Grant Charles Grant (Australian politician) Charles William Grant was an Australian politician.Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated at Hutchins School before becoming a merchant and later a magistrate. In 1922 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Denison... |
UAP | Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... |
1925, 1932–1941 |
James Guthrie James Guthrie (Australian politician) James Francis Guthrie was an Australian politician. Born at Rich Avon Station in Victoria, he was educated at Geelong College before becoming a grazier, sheep breeder and woolbroker. In 1919, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for Victoria... |
UAP | Victoria | 1920–1938 |
Charles Hardy Charles Hardy (Australian politician) Charles Hardy was an Australian politician. Born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, he was educated at Geelong Grammar School before serving in the military 1917-1919. He returned to become a manufacturer of building supplies, and was a leader of the Riverina new state movement... |
Country | New South Wales | 1932–1938 |
John Hayes John Hayes (Australian politician) John Blyth Hayes was Premier of Tasmania from 12 August 1922 to 14 August 1923. Hayes was also the President of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1938 to 30 June 1941.Hayes was born in Bridgewater, and died in Launceston.... |
UAP | Tasmania | 1923–1947 |
Herbert Hays Herbert Hays Herbert Hays was an Australian politician. Born at Forth, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming a farmer. In 1911, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a member for Wilmot, serving as an Honorary Minister 1916-1922... |
UAP | Tasmania | 1923–1947 |
Bertie Johnston | Country | Western Australia | 1929–1942 |
John Leckie John Leckie (Australian politician) John William Leckie was an Australian farmer turned politician.Leckie was born at Alexandra, Victoria and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. He played Australian rules football for Fitzroy Football Club in 1895... |
UAP | Victoria | 1935–1947 |
Hon Patrick Lynch Patrick Lynch (Australian politician) Patrick Joseph Lynch was an Australian politician.Lynch was born in Skeark, County Meath, Ireland and educated at Cormeen National School and Bailieborough Model School, County Cavan. He migrated to Queensland in 1886 and cut railway sleepers near Charleville and then travelled to the Croydon... |
UAP | Western Australia | 1907–1938 |
Allan MacDonald Allan MacDonald Allan Nicoll MacDonald was an Australian politician and government minister.MacDonald was born at Lochee, Forfarshire, Scotland and educated at Arbroath High School. He migrated to Western Australia in 1911 and worked at Collie before moving to Perth in 1914, where he was employed as an accountant... |
UAP | Western Australia | 1935–1947 |
John MacDonald John MacDonald (Australian politician) John Valentine MacDonald was a New Zealand-born Australian politician. Born in Opotiki in New Zealand, he was educated in the country before becoming a printer. He migrated to Australia in 1897, becoming a journalist and editor; he was editor of the Brisbane Standard in 1913... |
ALP | Queensland | 1922, 1928, 1932–1937 |
Thomas Marwick Thomas Marwick Thomas William Marwick was an Australian politician.Born in York, Western Australia, he was educated at Catholic schools and at Perth Technical College before becoming an engineer. He farmed at Brookton and at York before entering politics. In 1936, he was appointed to the Australian Senate to... |
Country | Western Australia | 1936–1937, 1940–1943 (HoR) |
Hon Walter Massy-Greene | UAP | New South Wales | 1910–1922 (HoR), 1923–1925, 1926–1938 |
Hon Philip McBride Philip McBride Sir Philip Albert Martin McBride KCMG was an Australian politician.McBride was born into a well-known pastoral family and educated at Burra Public School and Prince Alfred College in Adelaide. In 1931, he was elected as the member for Grey in the Australian House of Representatives, representing... |
UAP | South Australia | 1931–1937 (HoR), 1937–1944, 1946–1958 (HoR) |
Hon Alexander McLachlan Alexander McLachlan Alexander John McLachlan was an Australian politician.McLachlan was born in Naracoorte, South Australia and educated at Hamilton Academy, and Mount Gambier High School. He was an articled clerk in Mount Gambier and completed the Final Certificate in Law at the University of Adelaide in 1895. He... |
UAP | South Australia | 1926–1944 |
James McLachlan James McLachlan (Australian politician) James McLachlan was an Australian politician. Born in Alma, South Australia, he was educated at Winham College before becoming a farmer at Dalkey. After working as a storekeeper and agent, he was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly as the Nationalist member for Wooroora in 1918,... |
UAP | South Australia | 1935–1947 |
Hon George McLeay George McLeay George McLeay was an Australian politician and senior minister in the Menzies Liberal government.McLeay was born in Port Clinton, South Australia and educated at Port Clinton Public School until 1906 when he was sent to Adelaide where he continued his education at Unley Public School... |
UAP | South Australia | 1935–1947, 1950–1955 |
John Millen John Millen (Australian politician) John Dunlop Millen was an Irish-born Australian politician. Born in Derry, he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated at the University of Sydney, becoming an engineer and mine manager in Tasmania. In 1919, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for Tasmania... |
UAP | Tasmania | 1920–1938 |
Herbert Payne Herbert Payne Herbert James Mockford Payne was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming an investor and grazier. In 1903, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Burnie, transferring to Darwin in 1909. He was Treasurer, Minister for... |
UAP | Tasmania | 1920–1938 |
Hon George Pearce George Pearce Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO was an Australian politician who was instrumental in founding the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia.... |
UAP | Western Australia | 1901–1938 |
William Plain William Plain William Plain was a Scottish-born Australian politician.Born in Scotland, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1890, where he became a farm worker and goldminer at Lara, Victoria. In 1908, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Geelong... |
UAP | Victoria | 1917–1923, 1925–1938 |
Burford Sampson Burford Sampson Burford Sampson was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School before serving in the military 1899-1901, during the Boer War. He remained in Africa, serving with the Rhodesian Mountain Police and farming in South Africa. He returned to... |
UAP | Tasmania | 1925–1938, 1941–1947 |
Oliver Uppill Oliver Uppill Oliver Uppill was an Australian politician. Born in Nantawarra, South Australia, he was educated at public schools before becoming a farmer and grazier at Balaklava. He was director of the State Bank of South Australia, and served as President of the Liberal Federation 1920-1924... |
UAP | South Australia | 1935–1944 |
See also
- Australian House of RepresentativesAustralian House of RepresentativesThe House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
- Australian electoral systemAustralian electoral systemThe Australian electoral system has evolved over nearly 150 years of continuous democratic government, and has a number of distinctive features including compulsory voting, preferential voting and the use of proportional voting to elect the upper house, the Australian Senate.- Compulsory voting...