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Members of the Australian Senate, 1932–1935

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Senate composition at 1 July 1932
Government (26) - (8 seat majority)
  United Australia Party (22)
  Country Party (4)

Opposition (8)
  Labor (8)

Crossbench (2)
  Lang Labor (2)

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1932 to 1935.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 17 November 1928 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1929 and finishing on 30 June 1935; the other half were elected at the 19 December 1931 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1932 and finishing on 30 June 1938. 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
Oliver Badman   United Australia South Australia 1938 1932–1937
John Barnes   Labor Victoria 1935 1913–1920, 1923–1935
Tom Brennan   United Australia Victoria 1938 1931–1938
Gordon Brown   Labor Queensland 1938 1932–1965
William Carroll   Country Western Australia 1938 1926–1936
Hal Colebatch [a]   United Australia Western Australia 1935 1929–1933
Herbert Collett [a]   United Australia Western Australia 1934,[b] 1935 1933–1947
Joe Collings   Labor Queensland 1938 1932–1950
Charles Cox   United Australia New South Wales 1938 1920–1938
Thomas Crawford   United Australia Queensland 1935 1917–1947
John Daly   Labor South Australia 1935 1928–1935
John Dooley   Labor New South Wales 1935 1928–1935
Jack Duncan-Hughes   United Australia South Australia 1938 1931–38
James Dunn   Lang Labor [c] New South Wales 1935 1929–1935
Robert Elliott   Country Victoria 1935 1929–1935
Harry Foll   United Australia Queensland 1935 1917–1947
Charles Grant [d]   United Australia Tasmania 1934,[b] 1935 1925, 1932–1941
James Guthrie   United Australia Victoria 1938 1920–1938
Charles Hardy   Country New South Wales 1938 1932–1938
John Hayes   United Australia Tasmania 1935 1923–1947
Herbert Hays   United Australia Tasmania 1935 1923–1947
Bert Hoare   Labor South Australia 1935 1922–1935
Bertie Johnston   Country Western Australia 1935 1929–1942
Walter Kingsmill [e]   United Australia Western Australia 1935 1923–1935
Harry Lawson   United Australia Victoria 1935 1929–1935
Patrick Lynch   United Australia Western Australia 1938 1907–1938
Allan MacDonald [e]   United Australia Western Australia 1935 [b] 1935–1947
John MacDonald   Labor Queensland 1938 1922, 1928, 1932–1937
Walter Massy-Greene   United Australia New South Wales 1938 1923–1925, 1926–1938
Alexander McLachlan   United Australia South Australia 1938 1926–1944
John Millen   United Australia Tasmania 1938 1920–1938
Mick O'Halloran   Labor South Australia 1935 1928–1935
Herbert Payne   United Australia Tasmania 1938 1920–1938
Sir George Pearce [f]   United Australia Western Australia 1938 1901–1938
William Plain   United Australia Victoria 1938 1917–1923, 1925–1938
Arthur Rae   Lang Labor [c] New South Wales 1935 1910–1914, 1929–1935
Matthew Reid   United Australia Queensland 1935 1917–1935
Burford Sampson   United Australia Tasmania 1938 1925–1938, 1941–1947

Notes

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  1. ^ a b UAP Senator Hal Colebatch resigned on 20 March 1933 to become Western Australian Agent-General in London; UAP member Herbert Collett was appointed to replace him on 6 April with his term expiring at the September 1934 election, when he was re-elected for the balance of the term expiring on 30 June 1935 and a six year term expiring on 30 June 1941.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Elected as a Labor member but walked out of the party with the split in March 1931 and sat as a member of Lang Labor.
  4. ^ UAP Senator Charles Grant was appointed to a casual vacancy on 3 March 1932 with his term expiring at the September 1934 election, when he was re-elected for the balance of the term expiring on 30 June 1935 and a six year term expiring on 30 June 1941.
  5. ^ a b UAP Senator Walter Kingsmill died on 15 January 1935; UAP candidate Allan MacDonald was elected at the 15 September 1934 election for a six-year term due to start on 1 July 1935; he was appointed to replace Kingsmill on 5 March for the remainder of his term finishing on 30 June 1935.
  6. ^ Father of the Senate

References

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  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1932". 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.