Members_of_the_Australian_Senate,_1941–1944

Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944

Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944

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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1941 to 1944.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 23 October 1937 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1938 and finishing on 30 June 1944; the other half were elected at the 21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947. 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]

Senate composition at 1 July 1941
Coalition (19) - (1 seat majority)[lower-roman 1]
  United Australia Party (16)
  Country Party (3)[lower-roman 2]

  Labor (17) - (2 seat minority)
 
Changes in composition

  1. The minority government lost the confidence of the House of Representatives in October 1941 and Labor formed a minority government.
  2. At the August 1943 election Country Party Senator Charles Latham was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Dorothy Tangney.

The government changed during the Senate term as the minority government, a Coalition of the Country Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Arthur Fadden and the United Australia Party led by Billy Hughes lost the confidence of the House of Representatives in October 1941. The Australian Labor Party, led by John Curtin, formed a minority government.

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Notes

  1. Father of the Senate
  2. Labor Senator James Cunningham died on 4 July 1943; Labor member Richard Nash was elected at the August 1943 election to fill the resulting vacancy, expiring on 30 June 1944.
  3. Country Party Senator Bertie Johnston died on 6 September 1942; Country Party state politician Charles Latham was appointed to replace him on 8 October, with his term expiring at the August 1943 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Dorothy Tangney for the vacancy, expiring on 30 June 1947.
  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]
  5. First woman in the Senate

References

  1. [1]
    "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1941". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    Evans, H. "Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977" (PDF). The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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