Members of the Australian Senate, 1971–1974

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1971 to 1974.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 25 November 1967 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1974; the other half were elected at the 21 November 1970 half Senate election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1977. In fact, the term for all of them was terminated by the double dissolution for the 18 May 1974 election.

Senate composition at 1 July 1971
Coalition (26) - (5 seat minority) [lower-roman 1]

  Liberal (22)
  Country Party (4)

  Labor (26) - (5 seat minority) [lower-roman 1]

Crossbench (8)
  DLP (5)
  Independents (3)
 
Notes

  1. The Coalition government was defeated by Labor at the December 1972 House of Representatives election

The government changed during the Senate term as the election cycles of the Senate and the House of Representatives had been out of synchronisation since 1963 and the Coalition government, led by Prime Minister William McMahon, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Gough Whitlam, at the December 1972 House of Representatives election.

Members
Senator Party State End term Years in Office
Hon. Ken Anderson LiberalNew South Wales19771953–1975
Hon. Reg Bishop LaborSouth Australia19741961–1981
Neville Bonner [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] LiberalQueensland1972,[lower-alpha 3] 19741971–1983
Bill Brown LaborVictoria19771969–1970, 1971–1978
Nancy Buttfield LiberalSouth Australia19741955–1965, 1968–1974
Condon Byrne DLPQueensland19741951–1959, 1968–1974
Don Cameron LaborSouth Australia19771969–1978
Harry Cant LaborWestern Australia19771959–1974
Hon. John Carrick LiberalNew South Wales19771971–1987
Jim Cavanagh LaborSouth Australia19741961–1981
Hon. Sir Magnus Cormack LiberalVictoria19741951–1953, 1962–1978
Hon. Bob Cotton LiberalNew South Wales19741965–1978
Gordon Davidson LiberalSouth Australia19771961, 1962, 1965–1981
Don Devitt LaborTasmania19771965–1978
Hon. Tom Drake-Brockman CountryWestern Australia19771958, 1959–1978
Arnold Drury LaborSouth Australia19771959–1975
Peter Durack LiberalWestern Australia19771971–1993
Joe Fitzgerald LaborNew South Wales19741962–1974
Hon. Vince Gair DLPQueensland19771965–1974
George Georges LaborQueensland19741967–1987
Arthur Gietzelt LaborNew South Wales19771971–1989
Hon. Ivor Greenwood LiberalVictoria19771968–1976
Margaret Guilfoyle LiberalVictoria19771971–1987
George Hannan[lower-alpha 4] Liberal/National LiberalVictoria19741956–1965, 1970–1974
Don Jessop LiberalSouth Australia19771971–1991
Jack Kane DLPNew South Wales19741970–1974
Jim Keeffe LaborQueensland19771964–1983
Sir Condor Laucke LiberalSouth Australia19741967–1981
Ellis Lawrie LiberalQueensland19771965–1975
Elliot Lillico LiberalTasmania19771959–1974
Jack Little DLPVictoria19741968–1974
John Marriott LiberalTasmania19771953–1975
Ron Maunsell CountryQueensland19741967–1981
Ron McAuliffe LaborQueensland19771971–1981
Hon. Doug McClelland LaborNew South Wales19741961–1987
Hon. Jim McClelland LaborNew South Wales19771971–1978
Geoff McLaren LaborSouth Australia19771971–1983
Frank McManus DLPVictoria19771956–1962, 1965–1974
Bertie Milliner LaborQueensland19741968–1975
Tony Mulvihill LaborNew South Wales19771964–1983
Hon. Lionel Murphy LaborNew South Wales19741962–1975
Syd Negus IndependentWestern Australia19771971–1974
Hon. Justin O'Byrne [lower-alpha 5] LaborTasmania19771947–1981
Bob Poke LaborTasmania19741956–1974
George Poyser LaborVictoria19741966–1975
Cyril Primmer LaborVictoria19771971–1985
Edgar Prowse [lower-alpha 6] CountryWestern Australia19741962–1973
Peter Rae LiberalTasmania19741967–1986
David Reid [lower-alpha 6] CountryWestern Australia1974 [lower-alpha 3]1974
Peter Sim LiberalWestern Australia19741964–1981
Michael Townley IndependentTasmania19771971–1987
Reg Turnbull IndependentTasmania19741962–1974
James Webster CountryVictoria19741964–1981
John Wheeldon LaborWestern Australia19771964–1981
Laurie Wilkinson LaborWestern Australia19741966–1974
Don Willesee LaborWestern Australia19741950–1975
Reg Withers LiberalWestern Australia19741966, 1967–1987
Ian Wood LiberalQueensland19771950–1978
Hon. Ken Wriedt LaborTasmania19741964–1980
Hon. Reg Wright LiberalTasmania19741950–1978
Harold Young LiberalSouth Australia19741968–1981

Notes
  1. First Indigenous Australian to be a member of the Parliament of Australia
  2. Liberal Party Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin resigned on 24 May 1971; Liberal Party Neville Bonner was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 11 June 1971 until a special election at the December 1972 House of Representatives election, when he was elected to complete the term until 30 June 1974.
  3. Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[3]
  4. Hannan resigned from the Liberal Party on 20 March 1974 to form the National Liberal Party in protest at the Liberals' perceived social liberalism.[2]
  5. Father of the Senate
  6. Country Party Senator Edgar Prowse resigned on 31 December 1973; Country Party member David Reid was appointed to fill the ensuing vacancy on 16 January 1974 to complete the term until 30 June 1974.

References
  1. "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1971". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. "Liberal quits to lead new party". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1974.
  3. 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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