Senate composition at 1 July 1953 Government (31) - (1 seat majority) Liberal (26) [i] Country Party (5) [i]
Opposition (29) Labor (29) [ii]
Changes in composition This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1953 to 1956.
[1] Half of its members were elected at the 28 April 1951 election and had terms deemed to start on 1 July 1950 and finishing on 30 June 1956; the other half were elected at the 9 May 1953 election and had terms starting on 1 July 1953 and finishing on 30 June 1959.