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Browsing: Presidents of the Senate 1901– 2002

Name

State

Period in office


BAKER, Sir Richard Chaffey SA 9 May 1901 – 31 December 1906
GOULD, Albert John, later Sir Albert NSW 20 February 1907 – 30 June 1910
TURLEY, Joseph Henry Lewis QLD 1 July 1910 – 8 July 1913
GIVENS, Henry Thomas QLD 9 July 1913 – 30 July 1914; 8 October 1914 – 30 June 1926
NEWLANDS, John, later Sir John SA 1 July 1926 – 13 August 1929
KINGSMILL, Walter WA 14 August 1929 – 30 August 1932
LYNCH, Patrick Joseph WA 31 August 1932 – 30 June 1938
HAYES, John Blyth TAS 1 July 1938 – 30 June 1941
CUNNINGHAM, James WA 1 July 1941 – 4 July 1943
BROWN, Gordon QLD 23 September 1943 – 19 March 1951
MATTNER, Edward William SA 12 June 1951 – 7 September 1953
McMULLIN, Alister Maxwell, later Sir Alister NSW 8 September 1953 – 16 August 1971
CORMACK, Sir Magnus Cameron VIC 17 August 1971 – 8 July 1974
O’BYRNE, Justin Hilary TAS 9 July 1974 – 16 February 1976
LAUCKE, Condor Louis, later Sir Condor SA 17 February 1976 – 17 August 1981
YOUNG, Harold William, later Sir Harold SA 18 August 1981 – 20 April 1983
MCCLELLAND, Douglas NSW 21 April 1983 – 23 January 1987
SIBRAA, Kerry Walter NSW 17 February 1987 – 5 June 1987; 14 September 1987 – 31 January 1994
BEAHAN, Michael Eamon WA 1 February 1994 – 30 June 1996
REID, Margaret Elizabeth ACT 20 August 1996 – 18 August 2002