Members of the Australian Senate, 1956–1959

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1956 to 1959. 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   New South Wales 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   Tasmania 1959 1938–1965   Queensland 1962 1950–1968   Western Australia 1959 1958–1971   Queensland 1959 1932–1965   South Australia 1962 1955–1965, 1968–1974   / Queensland 1959 1951–1959, 1968–1974   Victoria 1962 1938–1962   / Tasmania 1959 1950–1965   Western Australia 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

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