Senate composition at 1 July 1926
Government (28) - (11 seat majority)
Nationalist (25) [i][ii]
Country Party (3)
Opposition (7)
Labor (7) [iii]
Crossbench (1)
Independent (1) [iv]
Changes in composition
- ^ Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died in June 1928 and was replaced by Labor member John MacDonald until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
- ^ Nationalist Senator Albert Robinson did not stand for election at the November 1928 election and the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate Mick O'Halloran.
- ^ Labor Senator Charles McHugh died in July 1927 and was replaced by Nationalist John Verran until the November 1928 election, when the casual vacancy was won by Labor candidate John Daly.
- ^ James Ogden was expelled from the Labor Party in 1925 & sat as an independent until the 1928 election when he was re-elected as a Nationalist.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1926 to 1929.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 16 December 1922 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1923 and finishing on 30 June 1929; the other half were elected at the 14 November 1925 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1926 and finishing on 30 June 1932. 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.[2]
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
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Percy Abbott | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1925–29 | |
Richard Abbott [a] | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1928–1929 | |
David Andrew [a] | Country | Victoria | 1929 | 1925–1928 | |
John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1913–1920, 1923–1935 | |
Henry Barwell [b] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1925–1928 | |
William Carroll | Country | Western Australia | 1932 | 1926–1936 | |
John Chapman | Country | South Australia | 1932 | 1926–1931 | |
Walter Cooper [d] | Country | Queensland | 1932 | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 | |
Charles Cox | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1920–1938 | |
Thomas Crawford | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917–1947 | |
John Daly [e] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1928–1935 | |
John Dooley [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1928–1935 | |
Walter Duncan | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1920–1931 | |
Harold Elliott | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1920–1931 | |
Edward Findley | Labor | Victoria | 1929 | 1904–1917, 1923–1929 | |
Harry Foll | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917–1947 | |
Albert Gardiner [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1928 [c] | 1910–1926, 1928 | |
Thomas Givens [d] | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1904–1928 | |
William Glasgow | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1920–1932 | |
Charles Graham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923–1929 | |
John Grant [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 1929 | 1914–1920, 1923–1928 | |
James Guthrie | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1920–1938 | |
John Hayes | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923–1947 | |
Herbert Hays | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923–1947 | |
Bert Hoare | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1922–1935 | |
Walter Kingsmill | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1929 | 1923–1935 | |
Patrick Lynch | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1932 | 1907–1938 | |
John MacDonald [d] | Labor | Queensland | 1928 [c] | 1922, 1928, 1932–1937 | |
Walter Massy-Greene | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1932 | 1923–1925, 1926–1938 | |
Charles McHugh [e] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1923–1927 | |
Alexander McLachlan | Nationalist | South Australia | 1932 | 1926–1944 | |
John Millen | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1920–1938 | |
Ted Needham | Labor | Western Australia | 1929 | 1907–1920, 1923–1929 | |
John Newlands | Nationalist | South Australia | 1932 | 1913–1932 | |
James Ogden | Ind/Nationalist [g] | Tasmania | 1929 | 1923–1932 | |
Mick O'Halloran [b] | Labor | South Australia | 1929 | 1928–1935 | |
Herbert Payne | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1920–1938 | |
Sir George Pearce [h] | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1932 | 1901–1938 | |
William Plain | Nationalist | Victoria | 1932 | 1917–1923, 1925–1938 | |
Matthew Reid | Nationalist | Queensland | 1929 | 1917–1935 | |
Albert Robinson [b] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1928 | |
Burford Sampson | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1932 | 1925–1938, 1941–1947 | |
Josiah Thomas | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1929 | 1917–1923, 1925–1929 | |
William Thompson | Nationalist | Queensland | 1932 | 1922–1932 | |
John Verran [e] | Nationalist | South Australia | 1928 [c] | 1927–1928 |