This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1947 to 30 June 1950. Half of its members were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 28 September 1946 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and finishing on 30 June 1953.
All senators elected at the 1943 election and 15 of the 18 elected (representing all states except Queensland) represented the Australian Labor Party, leading to the strongest single party domination in any Australian Senate. The plurality-at-large voting system used before the 1949 election meant that the winning party (or coalition) ticket usually took all seats in each state.
The Senate was expanded from 36 to 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948.Representation Act 1948 (Cth). 1949 was the first senate election conducted with a single transferable vote under a proportional voting system. As before, the Senators were elected in state-wide or territory-wide districts.
The new senators took their seats on 22 February 1950. The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows: 12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1953. 12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1956.
While the introduction of new senators decreased the Labor dominance of the senate, Labor retained a Senate majority.
Senator Party State Term ending Years in office New South Wales 1950 1938–1965 New South Wales 1950 1938–1962 New South Wales 1953 1941–1965 New South Wales 1953 1938–1962 Tasmania 1950 1938–1965 South Australia 1953 1946–1951 Queensland 1950 1932–1965 Victoria 1950 1938–1962 Western Australia 1950 1943–1968 Tasmania 1953 1950–1965 Queensland 1950 1932–1950 Western Australia 1953 1947–1951, 1952–1965 Queensland 1953 1928–1932, 1935–1968 Queensland 1950 1937–1962 South Australia 1953 1947–1959 Victoria 1950 1946–1957 South Australia 1950 1944–1953 Western Australia 1950 1938–1959 Victoria 1956 1950–1968 New South Wales 1950 1944–1959 Tasmania 1956 1950–1956 South Australia 1953 1950–1967 Western Australia 1953 1947–1951, 1953–1959 Victoria 1953 1947–1971 Victoria 1953 1947–1951 Queensland 1956 1950–1965 Tasmania 1950 1938–1950 New South Wales 1953 1941–1951 Queensland 1956 1950–1965 South Australia 1956 1944–1946, 1950–1968 New South Wales 1956 1950–1962 Tasmania 1950 1944–1968 South Australia 1956 1935–1947, 1950–1955 Tasmania 1953 1947–1953 Tasmania 1953 1947–1951 Western Australia 1950 1943–1951 South Australia 1950 1944–1968 Tasmania 1953 1947–1981 South Australia 1950 1944–1962 Queensland 1953 1947–1962 Western Australia 1956 1950–1952 Queensland 1953 1947–1971 Victoria 1956 1950–1956 New South Wales 1956 1950–1962 Western Australia 1956 1950–1962 South Australia 1953 1950–1959 Victoria 1953 1947–1956, 1957–1966 Western Australia 1953 1950–1971 Victoria 1950 1938–1940, 1944–1962 Queensland 1953 1950–1951 Victoria 1956 1940–1944, 1950–1956 New South Wales 1956 1950–1965 Western Australia 1953 1943–1968 New South Wales 1953 1950–1953 South Australia 1953 1947–1951 Victoria 1953 1950–1971 Western Australia 1953 1950–1975 Queensland 1956 1950–1978 Tasmania 1953 1950–1959 Tasmania 1956 1950–1978
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