page_title: Ted Mattner
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Ted Mattner / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian politician Ted Mattner
context_page_description: Edward William Mattner, MC, DCM, MM was an Australian politician and soldier who served as a Senator for South Australia from 1944 to 1946 and 1950 to 1968. He was President of the Senate from 1951 to 1953.
context_section_description: In 1944, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a United Australia Party Senator for South Australia, filling the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Oliver Uppill. Soon after his appointment, the UAP became the Liberal Party. Defeated in an attempt at re-election in 1946, he returned to the Senate in 1949. On 12 June 1951, he was elected President of the Senate, a position he held until 7 September 1953, when he was succeeded by Alister McMullin. He held his Senate seat until his retirement in 1967. Mattner died in 1977.
caption: Mattner in 1956
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