Senate composition at 1 July 1944 Government (22) - (3 seat majority) Labor (22) [i]
Changes in composition This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1944 to 1947.
The process for filling casual vacancies was complex.
While senators were elected for a six-year term, people appointed to a casual vacancy only held office until the earlier of the next election for the House of Representatives or the Senate.
[2] On 21 February 1945, Robert Menzies announced that the parliamentary United Australia Party had been dissolved and replaced by the newly established Liberal Party.