AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954
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THE SENATE
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Because of the half-Senate election held in 1953, there was no 
Senate election in 1954. The following section records changes in 
the composition of the Senate and in office-bearers in the Senate 
during the Twenty-First Parliament.


NEW SOUTH WALES
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> Kenneth McColl Anderson (1909-85): Elected 1953
> Stanley Kerrin Amour (1900-79): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951, 
1953
> John Ignatius Armstrong (1908-77): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951
> James Jarvist Arnold (1902-67): Elected 1940, 1946, 1951, 1953
> William Patrick Ashley (1886-1958): Elected 1937, 1940, 1946, 1951
> Donald Mackinnon Grant (1890-1970): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951, 1953
> John Archibald McCallum (1892-1973): Elected 1949, 1951
> Alister Maxwell McMullin (1900-84): Elected 1951
President of the Senate
> Albert David Reid (1887-1962): Elected 1949, 1951
> William Henry Spooner (1897-1966): Elected 1949, 1951
Minister for National Development 
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VICTORIA
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> Donald Cameron (1878-1962): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951
> John Joseph Devlin (1900-57): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953
> John Grey Gorton (born 1911): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
> Albion Hendrickson (1897-1977): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953
> Patrick John Kennelly (1900-81): Elected 1953 
> George James Rankin (1867-1957): Elected 1949, 1951
Rankin retired in 1955.
Died 28 September 1957
> Charles Walter Sandford (1895-1966): Elected 1946, 1951
> James Michael Sheehan (1889-1967): Appointed 1938. Defeated 1940. 
Elected 1943, 1949, 1951
> John Armstrong Spicer (1898-1977): Appointed 1940. Defeated 1943. 
Elected 1949, 1951
Attorney-General 
> Ivy Evelyn Wedgwood (1903-75): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
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QUEENSLAND
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> Archibald Malcolm Benn (1897-1980): Elected 1949, 1951
> Gordon Brown (1885-1967): Elected 1931, 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951, 
1953
> Condon Bryan Byrne (1910-93): Elected 1951, 1953
> Walter Jackson Cooper (1891-1973): Elected 1928. Defeated 1931. 
Elected 1934, 1940, 1946, 1951
Minister for Repatriation 
> Benjamin Courtice (1886-1972): Appointed 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951
> Roy Kendall (1899-1972): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
> Edmund Bede Maher (1891-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
> Neil O'Sullivan (1900-68): Elected 1946, 1951
Minister for Trade and Customs 
> Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin (1908-86): Elected 1946, 1951
> Ian Alexander Christie Wood (1901-92): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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> John Owen Critchley (1892-1964): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953
> Douglas Clive Hannaford (1903-67): Elected 1949, 1951
> Keith Alexander Laught (1907-69): Elected 1951, 1953
> George McLeay (1894-1955): Elected 1934. Defeated 1946. Elected 
1949, 1951
Minister for Shipping and Transport to 14 September 1955
Died 14 September 1955 (see Appointments)
> Edward William Mattner (1893-1977): Appointed 1944. Defeated 1946. 
Elected 1949, 1951
> Theophilus Martin Nicholls (1894-1977): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951
> Sidney Wainman O'Flaherty (1886-1967): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951
> Rex Whiting Pearson (1905-61): Elected 1951, 1953
> John Victor Ryan (1890-1974): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
> James Philip Toohey (1909-92): Elected 1953
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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> Joseph Alfred Cooke (1904-81): Elected 1946. Defeated 1951. 
Appointed 1952. Elected 1953
> James Mackintosh Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951, 
1953
> John Harris (1890-1974): Elected 1946. Defeated 1951. Elected 1953
> Shane Dunne Paltridge (1910-66): Elected 1951, 1953
> Agnes Robertson (1882-1968): Elected 1949, 1951
> Malcolm Fox Scott (1911-89): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
> Harrie Stephen Seward (1884-1958): Elected 1951, 1953
> Dorothy Margaret Tangney (1911-85): Elected 1943, 1946, 1951
> Victor Seddon Vincent (1908-64): Elected 1949, 1951
> Donald Robert Willesee (1916-2003): Elected 1949, 1951
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TASMANIA
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> William Edward Aylett (1900-76): Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951, 
1953
> George Ronald Cole (1908-69): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
> James Allan Guy (1890-1979): Elected 1949, 1951
> Norman Henry Denham Henty (1903-78): Elected 1949, 1951
> Nicholas Edward McKenna (1895-1974): Elected 1943, 1949, 1951
> John Edward Marriott (1913-94): Appointed 1953. Elected 1953
> Justin Hilary O'Byrne (1912-93): Elected 1946, 1951, 1953
> Robert Wardlaw (1889-1964): Elected 1953
> Robert Hurley Wordsworth (1894-1984): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953
> Reginald Charles Wright (1905-90): Elected 1949, 1951
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Cole was expelled from the Tasmanian branch of the ALP in August 
1955 and joined the ALP (Anti-Communist).
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