Members of the Australian Senate, 1907–1910

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1907 to 1910.^[1] Half of its members were elected in the 16 December 1903 election, with terms starting on 1 January 1904 and finishing on 30 June 1910; the other half were elected in the 12 December 1906 election with terms starting on 1 January 1907 and finishing on 30 June 1913. They had extended terms as a result of the 1906 referendum, which changed Senate terms to finish on 30 June, rather than 31 December.^[2]

Composition 1907-1909
Government (18) - (1 seat minority)
  Protectionist (3)
  Labour (15)

Opposition (17)
  Anti-Socialist (17)

Crossbench (1)
  Independent (1)

Composition 1909-1910
Government (19) - (1 seat majority)
  Liberal (19)

Opposition (15)
  Labour (15)

Crossbench (2)
  Independent (2)

In May 1909, the Anti-Socialist Party (previously Free Trade) and most of the Protectionist Party merged to become the Commonwealth Liberal Party.^[e]

Senator	Party		State	Term ending	Years in office
Robert Best		Protectionist/Liberal	Victoria	1910	1901–1910
Cyril Cameron		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Tasmania	1913	1901–1903, 1907–1913
Thomas Chataway		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Queensland	1913	1907–1913
John Clemons		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Tasmania	1913	1901–1914
John Croft		Labour	Western Australia	1910	1904–1910
Hugh de Largie		Labour	Western Australia	1910	1901–1923
Henry Dobson		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Tasmania	1910	1901–1910
Edward Findley		Labour	Victoria	1910	1904–1917, 1923–1929
Simon Fraser		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Victoria	1913	1901–1913
Thomas Givens		Labour	Queensland	1910	1904–1928
Albert Gould		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	New South Wales	1913	1901–1917
John Gray		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	New South Wales	1910	1901–1910
Robert Guthrie		Labour	South Australia	1910	1904–1921
George Henderson		Labour	Western Australia	1910	1904–1923
John Keating		Protectionist/Liberal	Tasmania	1913	1901–1923
Patrick Lynch		Labour	Western Australia	1913	1907–1938
James Macfarlane		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Tasmania	1910	1901–1910
James McColl		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Victoria	1913	1907–1914
Gregor McGregor		Labour	South Australia	1910	1901–1914
Edward Millen		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	New South Wales	1913	1901–1923
Edward Mulcahy		Protectionist/Liberal	Tasmania	1910	1901–1910, 1919–1920
Ted Needham		Labour	Western Australia	1913	1907–1920, 1923–1929
John Neild		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	New South Wales	1910	1901–1910
James O'Loghlin		Labour	South Australia	casual [b]	1907,[c] 1913–1920, 1923–1925
George Pearce		Labour	Western Australia	1913	1901–1938
Edward Pulsford		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	New South Wales	1910	1901–1910
Edward Russell		Labour	Victoria	1913	1907–1925
William Russell		Labour	South Australia	1913	1907–1913
Anthony St Ledger		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Queensland	1913	1907–1913
Robert Sayers		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	Queensland	1913	1907–1913
James Stewart		Labour	Queensland	1910	1901–1917
William Story		Labour	South Australia	1910	1904–1917
Sir Josiah Symon		Anti-Socialist/Independent	South Australia	1913	1901–1913
William Trenwith		Independent [f] /Liberal	Victoria	1910	1904–1910
Harry Turley		Labour	Queensland	1910	1904–1917
Joseph Vardon		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	South Australia	1913	1907,[a] 1908[d]–1913
James Walker		Anti-Socialist/Liberal	New South Wales	1913	1901–1913

Notes

1. The election of Anti-Socialist senator Joseph Vardon was declared void on 31 May 1907;^[6]
2. On 11 July 1907 Labour member James O'Loghlin was appointed to the casual vacancy to replace Joseph Vardon and would only have held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.^[3]
3. On 20 December 1907 O'Loghlin's appointment was declared void.^[4]
4. A special election was held on 15 February 1908, when Vardon defeated O'Loghlin for the seat.^[7]
5. Changes to the Senate in chronological order were Vardon's election declared void,^[a] O'Loughlin's was appointed,^[b] O'Loughlin's appointment declared void,^[c] and Vardon was elected.^[d]
6. William Trenwith, was a former trade union official and leader of the Victorian Labour Party who was an independent because of his refusal to pledge to vote as directed by the Labour Party.^[5]