This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1914 to 1917. The 5 September 1914 election was a double dissolution called by Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Cook in an attempt to gain control of the Senate. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and all 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Commonwealth Liberal Party was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Andrew Fisher, who announced with the outbreak of World War I during the campaign that under a Labor government, Australia would "stand beside the mother country to help and defend her to the last man and the last shilling."

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution,. terms for senators was taken to commence on 1 July 1914. The Senate resolved that in each State the three senators who received the most votes would sit for a six-year term, finishing on 30 June 1920 while the other half would sit for a three-year term, finishing on 30 June 1917.

In September 1916, 24 Labor members of the House of Representatives and the Senate—including Prime Minister Billy Hughes—were expelled for their support of conscription during World War I and later formed the National Labor Party, which merged with the Commonwealth Liberal Party in February 1917 to form the Nationalist Party (Australia).

 Images Senator Party State Term ending Years in officePortfolio  Tasmania 1917 1913–1923  Nationalist  Victoria 1920 1910–1920, 1923–1924  Victoria 1920 1913–1920, 1923–1935  Victoria 1917 1910–1917  Western Australia 1917 1910–1923   National Labor  Nationalist  Western Australia 1917 1901–1923• Chief National Labor Whip in the Senate from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 • Chief Nationalist Whip in the Senate from 13 June 1917 to 10 February 1923

• Chief Government Whip in the Senate from 14 November 1916 to 10 February 1923  National Labor  Nationalist  Tasmania 1917 1917–1923  Queensland 1920 1913–1920  Victoria 1917 1904–1917, 1923–1929  New South Wales 1920 1910–1926, 1928• Vice-President of the Executive Council from 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1916 • Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 14 November 1916 to 30 June 1926

• Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 17 February 1917 to 30 June 1926  Queensland 1920 1904–1928• President of the Senate from 9 July 1913 to 30 June 1926  National Labor  Nationalist  New South Wales 1917 1901–1917  Nationalist  New South Wales 1920 1914–1920, 1923–1928  South Australia 1917 1904–1921  National Labor  Nationalist  Tasmania 1920 1914–1920  Western Australia 1917 1904–1923• Chairman of Committees from 9 October 1914 to 30 June 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  Tasmania 1917 1901–1923  Nationalist  Tasmania 1920 1910–1918  Western Australia 1920 1907–1938• Minister for Works and Railways from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  Queensland 1920 1913–1920  New South Wales 1920 1910–1920, 1922–1924  Victoria 1917 1914–1917  New South Wales 1917 1901–1923• Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 30 July 1914 to 17 February 1917 • Leader of the Government in the Senate from 17 February 1917 to 9 February 1923

• Vice-President of the Executive Council from 17 February 1917 to 10 January 1918

• Minister for Reparation from 17 February 1917 to 9 February 1923  Nationalist  Queensland 1917 1913–1917  Western Australia 1920 1907–1920, 1923–1929  South Australia 1920 1913–1932  National Labor  Nationalist  Tasmania 1920 1901–1906, 1910–1920  South Australia 1920 1907, 1913–1920, 1923–1925  Western Australia 1920 1901–1938• Minister for Defence from 17 September 1914 to 21 December 1921 • Leader of the Government in the Senate from 17 September 1914 to 17 February 1917

• Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 27 October 1915 to 14 November 1916

• Deputy Leader of the National Labor Party from 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917  National Labor  Nationalist  Tasmania 1917 1910–1917• Chief Labor Whip in the Senate 18 September 1914 to 8 May 1917 • Chief Government Whip in the Senate from 18 September 1914 to 14 November 1916

• Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate from 14 November 1914 to 8 May 1917  South Australia 1917 1917–1923  Victoria 1920 1907–1925• Assistant Minister from 17 September 1914 to 17 February 1917 • Honorary Minister from 17 February 1917 to 27 March 1918  National Labor  Nationalist  South Australia 1917 1913–1923  National Labor  Nationalist  South Australia 1920 1912–1913, 1914–1920  Nationalist  Queensland 1917 1901–1917  South Australia 1917 1904–1917  National Labor  Nationalist  Queensland 1917 1904–1917  New South Wales 1917 1914–1917

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