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Browsing: Leaders of the Opposition in the Senate 1901– 2004

Leaders of the Opposition

State

Period in Office


SYMON, Sir Josiah Henry SA May 1901 – August 1904
McGREGOR, Gregor SA August 1904 – July 1905
SYMON, Sir Josiah Henry SA July 1905 – November 1907
MILLEN, Edward Davis NSW November 1907 – June 1909
McGREGOR, Gregor SA June 1909 – April 1910
MILLEN, Edward Davis NSW April 1910 – June 1913
McGREGOR, Gregor SA June 1913 – July 1914
MILLEN, Edward Davis NSW September 1914 – February 1917
GARDINER, Albert NSW February 1917 – June 1926
NEEDHAM, Edward WA June 1926 – June 1929
DALY, John Joseph SA July 1929 – October 1929
PEARCE, Sir George Foster WA October 1929 – December 1931
BARNES, John Vic. February 1932 – June 1935
COLLINGS, Joseph Silver SA July 1935 – October 1941
McLEAY, George SA October 1941 – May 1947
COOPER, Walter Jackson Qld June 1947 – December 1949
ASHLEY, William Patrick NSW December 1949 – June 1951
McKENNA, Nicholas Edward Tas. June 1951 – August 1966
WILLESEE, Donald Robert WA August 1966 – February 1967
MURPHY, Lionel Keith NSW February 1967 – December 1972
WITHERS, Reginald Greive WA December 1972 – November 1975
WRIEDT, Kenneth Shaw Tas. January 1976 – September 1980
BUTTON, John Norman Vic. November 1980 – February 1983
CHANEY, Frederick Michael WA April 1983 – April 1990
HILL, Robert Murray SA April 1990 – March 1996
FAULKNER, John Philip NSW March 1996 – October 2004