Members of the Australian Senate, 1926–1929

> 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

>   1. ^ 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.
>   2. ^ 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.
>   3. ^ 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.
>   4. ^ 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] |   | Independent 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

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Country Party Senator David Andrew died on 18 November 1928, having not stood for re-election at the 1928 election; Country Party member Richard Abbott was appointed on 18 December to replace him for the rest of his term, expiring on 30 June 1929.
2. ^ a b c Nationalist Senator Henry Barwell resigned on 22 March 1928 to become South Australian Agent-General to London; Nationalist Albert Robinson was appointed on 18 April to replace him until the November 1928 election. Robinson did not stand for re-election in 1928 and the vacancy was won by Labor candidate Mick O'Halloran.
3. ^ a b c d e 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]
4. ^ a b c Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens died on 19 June 1928; Labor member John MacDonald was appointed on 1 August to replace him until the November 1928 election, when he was defeated by Country Party candidate Walter Cooper.
5. ^ a b c Labor Senator Charles McHugh died on 24 July 1927; Nationalist and former Premier of South Australia John Verran was appointed on 30 August to replace him until the November 1928 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate John Daly.
6. ^ a b c Labor Senator John Grant died on 19 May 1928; Labor member and former senator Albert Gardiner was appointed on 5 June to replace him until the November 1928 election. Gardiner did not stand for re-election in 1928 and the vacancy was won by Labor candidate John Dooley.
7. ^ James Ogden was expelled from the Labor Party in 1925 for supporting the Bruce-Page government's legislation on navigation and immigration. He sat as an independent until the 1928 election when he was re-elected as a Nationalist.
8. ^ Father of the Senate

## References

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1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1926". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
2. ^ a b Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

* Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1928.
* "Members of the Senate since 1901". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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