Members of the Australian Senate, 1920–1923

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Senate composition at 1 July 1920
Government (34) - (16 seat majority) [f]
  Nationalist (34) [e]

Opposition (3)
  Labor (2) [c]
 

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1920 to 1923. [1] Half of its members were elected at the 5 May 1917 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1917 and finishing on 30 June 1923; the other half were elected at the 13 December 1919 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1920 and finishing on 30 June 1926.

SenatorPartyStateTerm endingYears in office
John Adamson [e]   Nationalist Queensland 19261920–1922
Thomas Bakhap   Nationalist Tasmania 19231913–1923
Benjamin Benny   Nationalist South Australia 19261920–1926
William Bolton   Nationalist Victoria 19231917–1923
Richard Buzacott   Nationalist Western Australia 19231910–1923
Charles Cox   Nationalist New South Wales 19261920–1938
Thomas Crawford   Nationalist Queensland19231917–1947
Hugh de Largie   Nationalist Western Australia19231901–1923
Edmund Drake-Brockman   Nationalist Western Australia19261920–1926
Walter Duncan   Nationalist New South Wales19261920–1931
John Earle   Nationalist Tasmania19231917–1923
Harold Elliott   Nationalist Victoria19261920–1931
George Fairbairn   Nationalist Victoria19231917–1923
Harry Foll   Nationalist Queensland19231917–1947
George Foster   Nationalist Tasmania19261920–1925
Albert Gardiner   Labor New South Wales19261910–1926, 1928
Henry Garling [d]   Nationalist New South Wales1922 [a] 1921–1922
Thomas Givens   Nationalist Queensland19261904–1928
William Glasgow   Nationalist Queensland19261920–1932
James Guthrie   Nationalist Victoria19261920–1938
Robert Guthrie [b]   Nationalist South Australia19231904–1921
George Henderson   Nationalist Western Australia19231904–1923
Bert Hoare   Labor South Australia1923 [b] 1922–1935
John Keating   Nationalist Tasmania19231901–1923
Patrick Lynch   Nationalist Western Australia19261907–1938
John MacDonald [e]   Labor Queensland1922 [a] 1922, 1928, 1932–1937
Allan McDougall   Labor New South Wales1923 [d] 1910–1920, 1922–1924
Edward Millen   Nationalist New South Wales19231901–1923
John Millen   Nationalist Tasmania19261920–1938
John Newlands   Nationalist South Australia19261913–1932
Herbert Payne   Nationalist Tasmania19261920–1938
George Pearce   Nationalist Western Australia19261901–1938
William Plain   Nationalist Victoria19231917–1923, 1925–1938
Herbert Pratten [d]   Nationalist New South Wales19231917–1921)
Matthew Reid   Nationalist Queensland19231917–1935
James Rowell   Nationalist South Australia19231917–1923
Edward Russell   Nationalist Victoria19261907–1925
William Senior   Nationalist South Australia19231913–1923
Josiah Thomas   Nationalist New South Wales19231917–1923, 1925–1929
William Thompson   Nationalist Queensland1926 [e] 1922–1932
Edward Vardon [b] [c]   Nationalist South Australia1922 [a] 1921–1922
Victor Wilson   Nationalist South Australia19261920–1926

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 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]
  2. 1 2 3 4 Nationalist senator Robert Guthrie died on 20 January 1921; on 16 February Nationalist Edward Vardon was appointed to replace him however Vardon's appointment lapsed on 4 August 1921 due to lack of confirmation by the South Australian Parliament.
  3. 1 2 3 Nationalist Vardon was reappointed on 9 August 1921until the 16 December 1922 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Bert Hoare for the remainder of the term finishing on 30 June 1923.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Nationalist senator Herbert Pratten resigned on 23 November 1921 to contest successfully the 1922 election for the House of Representatives seat of Parramatta; on 15 December Nationalist Henry Garling was appointed to replace him until the 16 December 1922 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Allan McDougall for the remainder of the term finishing on 30 June 1923.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Nationalist senator John Adamson died on 2 May 1922; on 26 May Labor member John MacDonald was appointed to replace him until the 16 December 1922 election, when he was defeated by Nationalist candidate William Thompson for the remainder of the term finishing on 30 June 1926.
  6. ↑ Changes to the Senate in chronological order, [a] were Guthrie died, [b] Vardon's appointment lapsed, [c] Pratten resigned, [d] Adamson died, [e]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1921". Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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