Members of the Australian Senate, 1914–1917 explained

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1914 to 1917.^[1] The 5 September 1914 election was a double dissolution called by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Cook in an attempt to gain control of the Senate. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Commonwealth Liberal Party was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Andrew Fisher, who announced with the outbreak of World War I during the campaign that under a Labor government, Australia would "stand beside the mother country to help and defend her to the last man and the last shilling."

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution,^[2] terms for senators was taken to commence on 1 July 1914. The Senate resolved that in each State the three senators who received the most votes would sit for a six-year term, finishing on 30 June 1920 while the other half would sit for a three-year term, finishing on 30 June 1917.^[3]

In September 1916, 24 Labor members of the House of Representatives and the Senate—including Prime Minister Billy Hughes—were expelled for their support of conscription during World War I and later formed the National Labor Party, which merged with the Commonwealth Liberal Party in February 1917 to form the Nationalist Party (Australia).

Senator	Party		State	Term ending	Years in office
			/		1917	1913–1923
					1920	1910–1920, 1923–1924
				Victoria	1920	1913–1920, 1923–1935
				Victoria	1917	1910–1917
			/		1917	1910–1923
			/	Western Australia	1917	1901–1923
				Tasmania	1917	1917–1923
					1920	1913–1920
				Victoria	1917	1904–1917, 1923–1929
					1920	1910–1926, 1928
			/	Queensland	1920	1904–1928
			/	New South Wales	1917	1901–1917
				New South Wales	1920	1914–1920, 1923–1928
			/		1917	1904–1921
				Tasmania	1920	1914–1920
			/	Western Australia	1917	1904–1923
			/	Tasmania	1917	1901–1923
				Tasmania	1920	1910–1918
			/	Western Australia	1920	1907–1938
				Queensland	1920	1913–1920
				New South Wales	1920	1910–1920, 1922–1924
				Victoria	1917	1914–1917
			/	New South Wales	1917	1901–1923
				Queensland	1917	1913–1917
				Western Australia	1920	1907–1920, 1923–1929
			/	South Australia	1920	1913–1932
				Tasmania	1920	1901–1906, 1910–1920
				South Australia	1920	1907, 1913–1920, 1923–1925
			/	Western Australia	1920	1901–1938
				Tasmania	1917	1910–1917
				South Australia	1917	1917–1923
			/	Victoria	1920	1907–1925
			/	South Australia	1917	1913–1923
			/	South Australia	1920	1912–1913, 1914–1920
				Queensland	1917	1901–1917
			/	South Australia	1917	1904–1917
				Queensland	1917	1904–1917
				New South Wales	1917	1914–1917

References

• Book: Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1917.
• Web site: Members of the Senate since 1901. Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. 11 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725081044/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/senate/index.htm . 25 July 2008.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1915 . . 26 February 2017.
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3. Commonwealth of Australia . Senate . 9 October 1914 . Rotation of Senators . 41.