Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944 explained

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1941 to 1944.^[1] Half of its members were elected at the 23 October 1937 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1938 and finishing on 30 June 1944; the other half were elected at the 21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947. 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]

The government changed during the Senate term as the minority government, a Coalition of the Country Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Arthur Fadden and the United Australia Party led by Billy Hughes lost the confidence of the House of Representatives in October 1941. The Australian Labor Party, led by John Curtin, formed a minority government.

Senator	Party		State	Term ending	Years in office
					1944	1938–1965
				New South Wales	1944	1938–1962
				New South Wales	1947	1941–1965
				New South Wales	1944	1938–1944
				New South Wales	1947	1938–1962
					1944	1938–1965
					1947	1935–1947
					1944	1932–1965
				Victoria	1944	1938–1962
					1944	1943–1968
				Western Australia	1947	1933–1947
				Queensland	1944	1932–1950
				Queensland	1947	1928–1932, 1935–1968
				Queensland	1944	1937–1962
				Queensland	1947	1917–1947
				Western Australia	1944	1937–1943
				Tasmania	1944	1938–1944
				Queensland	1947	1917–1947
				Western Australia	1944	1938–1959
				Victoria	1947	1935–1947
				Tasmania	1947	1923–1947
				Tasmania	1947	1923–1947
				Western Australia	1947	1929–1942
				Victoria	1944	1938–1946
				Tasmania	1944	1938–1950
				New South Wales	1947	1941–1951
				Western Australia	1943	1942–1943
				Victoria	1947	1935–1947
				Western Australia	1947	1935–1947
					1944	1937–1944
				South Australia	1944	1926–1944
				South Australia	1947	1935–1947
				South Australia	1947	1935–1947, 1950–1955
				Western Australia	1944	1943–1951
				Tasmania	1947	1925–1938, 1941–1947
				Victoria	1944	1940–1944, 1950–1956
				Western Australia	1947	1943–1968
				South Australia	1947	1935–1944
				South Australia	1944	1938–1944

References

• Book: Journals of the Senate. Parliament of Australia. 1944.
• Web site: Members of the Senate since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 2 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 1941 . . 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.