Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1941 to 1944. 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.

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   New South Wales 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   Tasmania 1944 1938–1965   Victoria 1947 1935–1947   Queensland 1944 1932–1965   Victoria 1944 1938–1962   Western Australia 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   South Australia 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

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