# Members of the Australian Senate, 1950–1951

   Senate composition at 1 July 1950 Government (26) - (5 seat minority)
    Liberal (21)
    Country Party (5)
   Opposition (34)
    Labor (34)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1950 to 28 April 1951. The Senate was expanded from 36 to 60 seats as a result of legislation passed in 1948, which came into effect on 22 February 1950. The membership of the newly expanded Senate broke down as follows:
* 18 of its members (3 for each state) were elected at the 28 September 1946 election, the last election under the plurality-at-large voting system where the Australian Labor Party had won 15 of the 18 seats. These senators had terms starting on 1 July 1947 and due to finish on 30 June 1953.
* 42 of its members (7 for each state) were elected at the 10 December 1949 election, which was the first election conducted with a single transferable vote under a proportional voting system. The senators were divided into two classes:
** 30 of its members (5 for each state) had terms starting on 1 July 1950 and due to finish on 30 June 1956. The 18 senators elected in the 21 August 1943 election served until their terms ended on 30 June 1950.
** 12 of its members (2 for each state) had terms starting on 22 February 1950 (the day the term of the House of Representatives began) and due to finish on 30 June 1953.
Labor retained a Senate majority at the election. The Senate was dissolved for the 1951 election, which was a double dissolution. Labor has not held a Senate majority since.
| Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office |
| Stan Amour | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938–1965 |
| John Armstrong | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1938–1962 |
| James Arnold | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941–1965 |
| Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1938–1962 |
| Bill Aylett | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1938–1965 |
| Fred Beerworth | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1946–1951 |
| Archie Benn | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1950–1968 |
| Gordon Brown | Labor | Queensland | 1953 | 1932–1965 |
| Don Cameron | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1938–1962 |
| George Cole | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1950–1965 |
| Joe Cooke | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947–1951, 1952–1965 |
| Walter Cooper | Country | Queensland | 1953 | 1928–1932, 1935–1968 |
| Ben Courtice | Labor | Queensland | 1956 | 1937–1962 |
| Jack Critchley | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947–1959 |
| Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 1956 | 1946–1957 |
| Alex Finlay | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1953 |
| James Fraser | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1938–1959 |
| John Gorton | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1950–1968 |
| Donald Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 1956 | 1944–1959 |
| Allan Guy | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1956 |
| Clive Hannaford | Liberal | South Australia | 1953 | 1950–1967 |
| John Harris | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1947–1951, 1953–1959 |
| Bert Hendrickson | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947–1971 |
| Denham Henty | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1968 |
| Fred Katz | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947–1951 |
| Roy Kendall | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1950–1965 |
| William Large | Labor | New South Wales | 1953 | 1941–1951 |
| Ted Maher | Country | Queensland | 1956 | 1950–1965 |
| Ted Mattner | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1946, 1950–1968 |
| John McCallum | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1962 |
| Nick McKenna | Labor | Tasmania | 1956 | 1944–1968 |
| George McLeay | Liberal | South Australia | 1956 | 1935–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Bill Morrow | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947–1953 |
| Reg Murray | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1947–1951 |
| Richard Nash | Labor | Western Australia | 1956 | 1943–1951 |
| Theo Nicholls | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1968 |
| Justin O'Byrne | Labor | Tasmania | 1953 | 1946–1981 |
| Sid O'Flaherty | Labor | South Australia | 1956 | 1944–1962 |
| Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1947–1962 |
| Edmund Piesse | Country | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1952 |
| Dame Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1947–1971 |
| George Rankin | Country | Victoria | 1956 | 1950–1956 |
| Albert Reid | Country | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1962 |
| Agnes Robertson | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1962 |
| John Ryan | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1950–1959 |
| Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1947–1956, 1957–1966 |
| Malcolm Scott | Liberal | Western Australia | 1953 | 1950–1971 |
| Jim Sheehan | Labor | Victoria | 1953 | 1938–1940, 1944–1962 |
| Wilfrid Simmonds | Liberal | Queensland | 1953 | 1950–1951 |
| John Spicer | Liberal | Victoria | 1956 | 1940–1944, 1950–1956 |
| Bill Spooner | Liberal | New South Wales | 1956 | 1950–1965 |
| Dame Dorothy Tangney | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1943–1968 |
| John Tate | Liberal | New South Wales | 1953 | 1950–1953 |
| Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 1956 | 1950–1964 |
| Frederick Ward | Labor | South Australia | 1953 | 1947–1951 |
| Dame Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Victoria | 1953 | 1950–1971 |
| Don Willesee | Labor | Western Australia | 1953 | 1950–1975 |
| Ian Wood | Liberal | Queensland | 1956 | 1950–1978 |
| Robert Wordsworth | Liberal | Tasmania | 1953 | 1950–1959 |
| Reg Wright | Liberal | Tasmania | 1956 | 1950–1978 |