Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1941 to 1944.^[1] 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.^[2]

Senate composition at 1 July 1941
Coalition (19) - (1 seat majority)^[i]
  United Australia Party (16)
  Country Party (3)^[ii]

  Labor (17) - (2 seat minority)
 
Changes in composition

1. The minority government lost the confidence of the House of Representatives in October 1941 and Labor formed a minority government.
2. At the August 1943 election Country Party Senator Charles Latham was defeated for a casual vacancy by Labor candidate Dorothy Tangney.

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
Stan Amour		Labor	New South Wales	1944	1938–1965
John Armstrong		Labor	New South Wales	1944	1938–1962
James Arnold		Labor	New South Wales	1947	1941–1965
Tom Arthur		Labor	New South Wales	1944	1938–1944
Bill Ashley		Labor	New South Wales	1947	1938–1962
Bill Aylett		Labor	Tasmania	1944	1938–1965
Charles Brand		United Australia	Victoria	1947	1935–1947
Gordon Brown		Labor	Queensland	1944	1932–1965
Don Cameron		Labor	Victoria	1944	1938–1962
Robert Clothier		Labor	Western Australia	1944	1943–1968
Herbert Collett		United Australia	Western Australia	1947	1933–1947
Joe Collings		Labor	Queensland	1944	1932–1950
Walter Cooper		Country	Queensland	1947	1928–1932, 1935–1968
Ben Courtice		Labor	Queensland	1944	1937–1962
Thomas Crawford [a]		United Australia	Queensland	1947	1917–1947
James Cunningham [b]		Labor	Western Australia	1944	1937–1943
Richard Darcey		Labor	Tasmania	1944	1938–1944
Harry Foll [a]		United Australia	Queensland	1947	1917–1947
James Fraser		Labor	Western Australia	1944	1938–1959
William Gibson		Country	Victoria	1947	1935–1947
John Hayes		United Australia	Tasmania	1947	1923–1947
Herbert Hays		United Australia	Tasmania	1947	1923–1947
Bertie Johnston [c]		Country	Western Australia	1947	1929–1942
Richard Keane		Labor	Victoria	1944	1938–1946
Charles Lamp		Labor	Tasmania	1944	1938–1950
William Large		Labor	New South Wales	1947	1941–1951
Charles Latham [c]		Country	Western Australia	1943[d]	1942–1943
John Leckie		United Australia	Victoria	1947	1935–1947
Allan MacDonald		United Australia	Western Australia	1947	1935–1947
Philip McBride		United Australia	South Australia	1944	1937–1944
Alexander McLachlan		United Australia	South Australia	1944	1926–1944
James McLachlan		United Australia	South Australia	1947	1935–1947
George McLeay		United Australia	South Australia	1947	1935–1947, 1950–1955
Richard Nash [b]		Labor	Western Australia	1944	1943–1951
Burford Sampson		United Australia	Tasmania	1947	1925–1938, 1941–1947
John Spicer		United Australia	Victoria	1944	1940–1944, 1950–1956
Dorothy Tangney [c][e]		Labor	Western Australia	1947	1943–1968
Oliver Uppill		United Australia	South Australia	1947	1935–1944
Keith Wilson		United Australia	South Australia	1944	1938–1944

Notes

1. Father of the Senate
2. Labor Senator James Cunningham died on 4 July 1943; Labor member Richard Nash was elected at the August 1943 election to fill the resulting vacancy, expiring on 30 June 1944.
3. Country Party Senator Bertie Johnston died on 6 September 1942; Country Party state politician Charles Latham was appointed to replace him on 8 October, with his term expiring at the August 1943 election, when he was defeated by Labor candidate Dorothy Tangney for the vacancy, expiring on 30 June 1947.
4. 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]
5. First woman in the Senate