Members of the Australian Senate, 1956–1959 explained

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1956 to 1959.^[1] Half of its members were elected at the 9 May 1953 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1953 and finishing on 30 June 1959; the other half were elected at the 10 December 1955 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1956 and finishing on 30 June 1962. 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.

Senator	Party		State	Term ending	Years in office
					1959	1938–1965
				New South Wales	1959	1953–1975
				New South Wales	1962	1938–1962
				New South Wales	1959	1941–1965
				New South Wales	1962	1938–1958
					1959	1938–1965
					1962	1950–1968
					1959	1958–1971
				Queensland	1959	1932–1965
					1962	1955–1965, 1968–1974
			/	Queensland	1959	1951–1959, 1968–1974
					1962	1938–1962
			/	Tasmania	1959	1950–1965
					1959	1947–1951, 1952–1965
				Queensland	1962	1928–1932, 1935–1968
				Queensland	1962	1937–1962
				South Australia	1959	1947–1959
				Victoria	1959	1946–1957
				Western Australia	1958	1958, 1959–1978
				Western Australia	1959	1938–1959
				Victoria	1959	1950–1968
				New South Wales	1959	1944–1959
				South Australia	1962	1950–1967
				Victoria	1958	1956–1965, 1970–1974
				Western Australia	1959	1947–1951, 1953–1959
				Victoria	1959	1947–1971
				Tasmania	1962	1950–1968
				Queensland	1959	1950–1965
				Victoria	1959	1953–1971
				South Australia	1959	1951–1969
				Queensland	1959	1950–1965
				Tasmania	1959	1953–1975
				South Australia	1962	1944–1946, 1950–1968
				New South Wales	1962	1950–1962
				New South Wales	1962	1958–1970
				Tasmania	1962	1944–1968
			/	Victoria	1962	1956–1962, 1965–1974
				New South Wales	1959	1951–1971
				South Australia	1962	1944–1968
				Tasmania	1959	1947–1981
				South Australia	1962	1944–1962
				New South Wales	1958	1958, 1959–1970
				Queensland	1962	1947–1962
				Western Australia	1962	1951–1966
				South Australia	1959	1951–1961
				Tasmania	1962	1956–1974
				Queensland	1962	1947–1971
				New South Wales	1962	1950–1962
				Western Australia	1962	1950–1962
				South Australia	1959	1950–1959
				Victoria	1958, 1962	1947–1956, 1957–1966
				Western Australia	1959	1950–1971
				Western Australia	1959	1951–1958
				Victoria	1962	1938–1940, 1944–1962
				Victoria	1962	1940–1944, 1950–1956
				New South Wales	1962	1950–1965
				Western Australia	1962	1943–1968
				South Australia	1959	1953–1971
				Western Australia	1962	1950–1964
				Victoria	1962	1956–1964
				Tasmania	1962	1953–1962
				Victoria	1959	1950–1971
				Western Australia	1962	1950–1975
				Queensland	1959	1950–1978
				Tasmania	1959	1950–1959
				Tasmania	1962	1950–1978

References

• Book: Journals of the Senate . Parliament of Australia. 1959.
• Web site: Members of the Senate since 1901 . Parliamentary Handbook . . 28 November 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 1956 . . 21 March 2017.