Members of the Australian Senate, 1917–1920

> Composition 1914-1916
>  Government (24) \- (5 seat majority)
>    Nationalist (24)

>  Opposition (12)
>    Labor (12) [i]

>  Changes in composition

>   1. ^ Labor senator James Long resigned in December 1918 and was replaced by Nationalist Edward Mulcahy.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1917 to 1920.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 5 September 1914 election and had terms notionally starting on 1 July 1914 and finishing on 30 June 1920; the other half were elected at the 5 May 1917 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1917 and finishing on 30 June 1923.

Senator  | Party  | State  | Term ending  | Years in office

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Thomas Bakhap |   | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1923 | 1913–1923
Stephen Barker |   | Labor | Victoria | 1920 | 1910–1920, 1923–1924
John Barnes |   | Labor | Victoria | 1920 | 1913–1920, 1923–1935
William Kinsey Bolton |   | Nationalist | Victoria | 1923 | 1917–1923
Richard Buzacott |   | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1923 | 1910–1923
Thomas Crawford |   | Nationalist | Queensland | 1923 | 1917–1947
Hugh de Largie |   | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1923 | 1901–1923
John Earle |   | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1923 | 1917–1923
George Fairbairn |   | Nationalist | Victoria | 1923 | 1917–1923
Myles Ferricks |   | Labor | Queensland | 1920 | 1913–1920
Harry Foll |   | Nationalist | Queensland | 1923 | 1917–1947
Albert Gardiner |   | Labor | New South Wales | 1920 | 1910–1926, 1928
Thomas Givens |   | Nationalist | Queensland | 1920 | 1904–1928
John Grant |   | Labor | New South Wales | 1920 | 1914–1920, 1923–1928
Robert Guthrie |   | Nationalist | South Australia | 1923 | 1904–1921
James Guy |   | Labor | Tasmania | 1920 | 1914–1920
George Henderson |   | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1923 | 1904–1923
John Keating |   | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1923 | 1901–1923
James Long [a] |   | Labor | Tasmania | 1920 | 1910–1918
Patrick Lynch |   | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1920 | 1907–1938
William Maughan |   | Labor | Queensland | 1920 | 1913–1920
Allan McDougall |   | Labor | New South Wales | 1920 | 1910–1920, 1922–1924
Edward Millen |   | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1923 | 1901–1923
Edward Mulcahy [a] |   | Nationalist | Tasmania | 1919 [b] | 1904–1910, 1918–1920
Ted Needham |   | Labor | Western Australia | 1920 | 1907–1920, 1923–1929
John Newlands |   | Nationalist | South Australia | 1920 | 1913–1932
David O'Keefe |   | Labor | Tasmania | 1920 | 1901–1906, 1910–1920
James O'Loghlin |   | Labor | South Australia | 1920 | 1907, 1913–1920, 1923–1925
George Pearce |   | Nationalist | Western Australia | 1920 | 1901–1938
William Plain |   | Nationalist | Victoria | 1923 | 1917–1923, 1925–1938
Herbert Pratten |   | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1923 | 1917–1921
Matthew Reid |   | Nationalist | Queensland | 1923 | 1917–1935
James Rowell |   | Nationalist | South Australia | 1923 | 1917–1923
Edward Russell |   | Nationalist | Victoria | 1920 | 1907–1925
William Senior |   | Nationalist | South Australia | 1923 | 1913–1923
John Shannon |   | Nationalist | South Australia | 1920 | 1912–1913, 1914–1920
Josiah Thomas |   | Nationalist | New South Wales | 1923 | 1917–1923, 1925–1929

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Labor senator James Long resigned on 20 December 1918; on 15 January 1919 Nationalist Edward Mulcahy was appointed to replace him.
2. ^ Mulcahy was 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] In 1919 Mulcahy was elected for the balance of the term ending in 1920.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1918". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. ^ Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
3. ^ Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive, Senate 1919 Tas. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

* Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1919.
* "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.

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