Members of the Australian Senate, 1944–1947

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1944 to 1947. Half of its members were elected at the 21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the 21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1950. 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.

On 21 February 1945, Robert Menzies announced that the parliamentary United Australia Party had been dissolved and replaced by the newly established Liberal Party.LIBERAL PARTY ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT, The Canberra Times, 22 February 1945.

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office   New South Wales 1950 1938–1965   New South Wales 1950 1938–1962   New South Wales 1947 1941–1965   New South Wales 1947 1938–1962   Tasmania 1950 1938–1965   South Australia 1947 1946–1951   / Victoria 1947 1935–1947   Queensland 1950 1932–1965   Victoria 1950 1938–1962   Western Australia 1950 1943–1968   / Western Australia 1947 1933–1947   Queensland 1950 1932–1950   Queensland 1947 1928–1932, 1935–1968   Queensland 1950 1937–1962   / Queensland 1947 1917–1947   Victoria 1950 1946–1957   South Australia 1950 1944–1953   / Queensland 1947 1917–1947   Victoria 1946 1946   Western Australia 1950 1938–1959   Victoria 1947 1935–1947   New South Wales 1950 1944–1959   / Tasmania 1947 1923–1947   / Tasmania 1947 1923–1947   Victoria 1950 1938–1946   Tasmania 1950 1938–1950   New South Wales 1947 1941–1951   / Victoria 1947 1935–1947   / Western Australia 1947 1935–1947   / South Australia 1946 1944–1946, 1950–1968   Tasmania 1950 1944–1968   / South Australia 1947 1935–1947   / South Australia 1947 1935–1947, 1950–1955   Western Australia 1950 1943–1951   South Australia 1950 1944–1968   South Australia 1950 1944–1962   / Tasmania 1947 1925–1938, 1941–1947   Victoria 1950 1938–1940, 1944–1962   Western Australia 1947 1943–1968   South Australia 1947 1935–1944

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