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Members of the Australian Senate, 1920–1923

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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1920 to 1923.[1] Half of its members were elected at the 5 May 1917 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1917 and finishing on 30 June 1923; the other half were elected at the 13 December 1919 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1920 and finishing on 30 June 1926.

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Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
John Adamson [e] NationalistQueensland19261920–1922
Thomas Bakhap NationalistTasmania19231913–1923
Benjamin Benny NationalistSouth Australia19261920–1926
William Bolton NationalistVictoria19231917–1923
Richard Buzacott NationalistWestern Australia19231910–1923
Charles Cox NationalistNew South Wales19261920–1938
Thomas Crawford NationalistQueensland19231917–1947
Hugh de Largie NationalistWestern Australia19231901–1923
Edmund Drake-Brockman NationalistWestern Australia19261920–1926
Walter Duncan NationalistNew South Wales19261920–1931
John Earle NationalistTasmania19231917–1923
Harold Elliott NationalistVictoria19261920–1931
George Fairbairn NationalistVictoria19231917–1923
Harry Foll NationalistQueensland19231917–1947
George Foster NationalistTasmania19261920–1925
Albert Gardiner LaborNew South Wales19261910–1926, 1928
Henry Garling [d] NationalistNew South Wales1922 [a]1921–1922
Thomas Givens NationalistQueensland19261904–1928
William Glasgow NationalistQueensland19261920–1932
James Guthrie NationalistVictoria19261920–1938
Robert Guthrie [b] NationalistSouth Australia19231904–1921
George Henderson NationalistWestern Australia19231904–1923
Bert Hoare LaborSouth Australia1923 [b]1922–1935
John Keating NationalistTasmania19231901–1923
Patrick Lynch NationalistWestern Australia19261907–1938
John MacDonald [e] LaborQueensland1922 [a]1922, 1928, 1932–1937
Allan McDougall LaborNew South Wales1923 [d]1910–1920, 1922–1924
Edward Millen NationalistNew South Wales19231901–1923
John Millen NationalistTasmania19261920–1938
John Newlands NationalistSouth Australia19261913–1932
Herbert Payne NationalistTasmania19261920–1938
George Pearce NationalistWestern Australia19261901–1938
William Plain NationalistVictoria19231917–1923, 1925–1938
Herbert Pratten [d] NationalistNew South Wales19231917–1921)
Matthew Reid NationalistQueensland19231917–1935
James Rowell NationalistSouth Australia19231917–1923
Edward Russell NationalistVictoria19261907–1925
William Senior NationalistSouth Australia19231913–1923
Josiah Thomas NationalistNew South Wales19231917–1923, 1925–1929
William Thompson NationalistQueensland1926 [e]1922–1932
Edward Vardon [b][c] NationalistSouth Australia1922 [a]1921–1922
Victor Wilson NationalistSouth Australia19261920–1926
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Senate composition at 1 July 1920
Government (34) - (16 seat majority)[f]
  Nationalist (34) [e]

Opposition (3)
  Labor (2) [c]
 

Notes

  1. [a]
    Appointed to a casual vacancy and only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.[2]
  2. [b]
    Nationalist senator Robert Guthrie died on 20 January 1921; on 16 February Nationalist Edward Vardon was appointed to replace him however Vardon's appointment lapsed on 4 August 1921 due to lack of confirmation by the South Australian Parliament.
  3. [c]
    Nationalist Vardon was reappointed on 9 August 1921until the 16 December 1922 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Bert Hoare for the remainder of the term finishing on 30 June 1923.
  4. [d]
    Nationalist senator Herbert Pratten resigned on 23 November 1921 to contest successfully the 1922 election for the House of Representatives seat of Parramatta; on 15 December Nationalist Henry Garling was appointed to replace him until the 16 December 1922 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Allan McDougall for the remainder of the term finishing on 30 June 1923.
  5. [e]
    Nationalist senator John Adamson died on 2 May 1922; on 26 May Labor member John MacDonald was appointed to replace him until the 16 December 1922 election, when he was defeated by Nationalist candidate William Thompson for the remainder of the term finishing on 30 June 1926.
  6. [f]
    Changes to the Senate in chronological order,[a] were Guthrie died,[b] Vardon's appointment lapsed,[c] Pratten resigned,[d] Adamson died,[e]

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