This is a list of members of the
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives (Australia), House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter ...
from 1944 to 1947. Half of its members were elected at the
21 September 1940 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1941 and finishing on 30 June 1947; the other half were elected at the
21 August 1943 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1944 and finishing on 30 June 1950. 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.
On 21 February 1945,
Robert Menzies
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...
announced that the parliamentary
United Australia Party had been dissolved and replaced by the newly established
Liberal Party.
LIBERAL PARTY ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT
''The Canberra Times'', 22 February 1945.
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