Members of the Australian Senate, 1935–1938

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1935 to 1938.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 19 December 1931 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1932 and finishing on 30 June 1938; the other half were elected at the 15 September 1934 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1935 and finishing on 30 June 1941. 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 End term Years in Office
Mac Abbott CountryNew South Wales19411935–1941
Guy Arkins [lower-alpha 1] UAPNew South Wales1937 [lower-alpha 2]1935–1937
Bill Ashley [lower-alpha 1] LaborNew South Wales19411937–1958
Oliver Badman [lower-alpha 3] CountrySouth Australia19381932–1937
Charles Brand UAPVictoria19411935–1947
Tom Brennan UAPVictoria19381931–1938
Gordon Brown LaborQueensland19381932–1965
William Carroll [lower-alpha 4] CountryWestern Australia19381926–1936
Herbert Collett UAPWestern Australia19411933–1947
Joe Collings LaborQueensland19381932–1950
Walter Cooper CountryQueensland19411928–1932, 1935–1968
Lionel Courtenay [lower-alpha 1] UAPNew South Wales19411935
Ben Courtice [lower-alpha 5] LaborQueensland1937,[lower-alpha 2] 19381937–1962
Charles Cox UAPNew South Wales19381920–1938
Thomas Crawford UAPQueensland19411917–1947
James Cunningham [lower-alpha 4] LaborWestern Australia19381937–1943
Dick Dein UAPNew South Wales19411935–1941
Jack Duncan-Hughes UAPSouth Australia19381931–38
Hon. Harry Foll UAPQueensland19411917–1947
Hon. William Gibson Country / Independent [lower-alpha 6]Victoria19411935–1947
Charles Grant UAPTasmania19411925, 1932–1941
James Guthrie UAPVictoria19381920–1938
Charles Hardy CountryNew South Wales19381932–1938
John Hayes UAPTasmania19411923–1947
Herbert Hays UAPTasmania19411923–1947
Bertie Johnston CountryWestern Australia19411929–1942
John Leckie UAPVictoria19411935–1947
Hon. Patrick Lynch UAPWestern Australia19381907–1938
Allan MacDonald UAPWestern Australia19411935–1947
John MacDonald [lower-alpha 5] LaborQueensland19381922, 1928, 1932–1937
Hon. Walter Massy-Greene UAPNew South Wales19381923–1925, 1926–1938
Thomas Marwick [lower-alpha 4] CountryWestern Australia1937 [lower-alpha 2]1936–1937
Hon. Philip McBride [lower-alpha 3] UAPSouth Australia1937,[lower-alpha 2] 19381937–1944
Hon. Alexander McLachlan UAPSouth Australia19381926–1944
James McLachlan UAPSouth Australia19411935–1947
Hon. George McLeay UAPSouth Australia19411935–1947, 1950–1955
John Millen UAPTasmania19381920–1938
Herbert Payne UAPTasmania19381920–1938
Hon. Sir George Pearce [lower-alpha 7] UAPWestern Australia19381901–1938
William Plain UAPVictoria19381917–1923, 1925–1938
Burford Sampson UAPTasmania19381925–1938, 1941–1947
Oliver Uppill UAPSouth Australia19411935–1944

Senate composition at 1 July 1935

Government (33) - (15 seat majority)
  United Australia Party (26) [lower-roman 1]
  Country Party (7) [lower-roman 2]

Opposition (3)
  Labor (3)
 
Changes in composition

  1. At the 23 October 1937 election UAP Senator Guy Arkins was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Bill Ashley.
  2. At the 23 October 1937 election Country Party Senator Thomas Marwick was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate James Cunningham.

Notes
  1. UAP Senator Lionel Courtenay died on 11 July 1935 before he could take his seat. UAP member Guy Arkins was appointed to replace him on 26 September, with his term expiring at the 23 October 1937 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Bill Ashley to fill the remainder of the vacancy, expiring on 30 June 1941.
  2. 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]
  3. Country Party senator Oliver Badman resigned on 30 September 1937 to run for the House of Representatives seat of the Grey; UAP member for Grey, Philip McBride was appointed to replace him on 21 October, with his term expiring at the 23 October 1937 election, when he was re-elected with his term expiring on 30 June 1944.
  4. Country Party Senator William Carroll died on 30 May 1936; Country Party member Thomas Marwick was appointed to replace him on 19 August, with his term expiring at the 23 October 1937 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate James Cunningham for the vacancy.
  5. Labor Senator John MacDonald died on 17 August 1937; Labor member Ben Courtice was appointed to replace him on 26 September, with his term expiring at the 23 October 1937 election, when he was re-elected with his term expiring on 30 June 1944.
  6. Gibson was elected to the Senate on a joint ticket with the UAP, with the support of the Victorian state executive of the Country Party. This was opposed by the federal executive, which endorsed the sitting Country Party senator Robert Elliott; he was defeated. Gibson took his seat on 1 July 1935 as a member of the Country Party. However, on 23 September the parliamentary party voted to expel him.[3][4] He was not re-admitted to the party until November 1939.[5]
  7. Father of the Senate

References
  1. "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1935". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  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.
  3. "Senator Gibson". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 July 1935.
  4. "Senator Gibson expelled by the Country Party". The Advocate. 24 September 1935.
  5. "Senator Gibson rejoins Country Party". The Canberra Times. 22 November 1939.
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