Members of the Australian Senate, 1944–1947 explained

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1944 to 1947.^[1] Half of its members were elected at the 21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1950. 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]

On 21 February 1945, Robert Menzies announced that the parliamentary United Australia Party had been dissolved and replaced by the newly established Liberal Party.^[3]

Senator	Party		State	Term ending	Years in office
					1950	1938–1965
				New South Wales	1950	1938–1962
				New South Wales	1947	1941–1965
				New South Wales	1947	1938–1962
					1950	1938–1965
					1947	1946–1951
			/		1947	1935–1947
					1950	1932–1965
				Victoria	1950	1938–1962
					1950	1943–1968
			/	Western Australia	1947	1933–1947
				Queensland	1950	1932–1950
				Queensland	1947	1928–1932, 1935–1968
				Queensland	1950	1937–1962
			/	Queensland	1947	1917–1947
				Victoria	1950	1946–1957
				South Australia	1950	1944–1953
			/	Queensland	1947	1917–1947
				Victoria	1946	1946
				Western Australia	1950	1938–1959
				Victoria	1947	1935–1947
				New South Wales	1950	1944–1959
			/	Tasmania	1947	1923–1947
			/	Tasmania	1947	1923–1947
				Victoria	1950	1938–1946
				Tasmania	1950	1938–1950
				New South Wales	1947	1941–1951
			/	Victoria	1947	1935–1947
			/	Western Australia	1947	1935–1947
			/	South Australia	1946	1944–1946, 1950–1968
				Tasmania	1950	1944–1968
			/	South Australia	1947	1935–1947
			/	South Australia	1947	1935–1947, 1950–1955
				Western Australia	1950	1943–1951
				South Australia	1950	1944–1968
				South Australia	1950	1944–1962
			/	Tasmania	1947	1925–1938, 1941–1947
				Victoria	1950	1938–1940, 1944–1962
				Western Australia	1947	1943–1968
				South Australia	1947	1935–1944

References

• Book: Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1947.
• Web site: Members of the Senate since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 1 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725081044/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm . 25 July 2008 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1944 . . 19 March 2017.
2. Web site: Evans, H . Harry Evans (Australian Senate clerk) . Filling Casual Vacancies before 1977 . The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, Volume 3 . . 24 February 2017.
3. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2617321 LIBERAL PARTY ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT