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Former Presidents of the Senate

01baker
Baker, the Hon. Sir Richard
Chaffey, KCMG
9.5.1901 - 31.12.1906

02gould
Gould, the Hon. Albert John, VD
(later Sir Albert)
20.2.1907 - 30.6.1910

03turley
Turley, the Hon. Henry
1.7.1910 - 8.7.1913

04given
Givens, the Hon. Thomas
9.7.1913 - 30.7.1914;
8.10.1914 - 30.6.1926

05newlands
Newlands, the Hon. John, CBE
(later Sir John, KCMG, CBE)
1.7.1926 - 13.8.1929

06kingsmill
Kingsmill, the Hon. Walter
14.8.1929 - 30.8.1932

07lynch
Lynch, the Hon. Patrick Joseph
31.8.1932 - 30.6.1938

08hayes
Hayes, the Hon. John Blyth, CMG
1.7.1938 - 30.6.1941

09cunningham
Cunningham, the Hon. James
1.7.1941 - 4.7.1943

10brown
Brown, the Hon. Gordon
23.9.1943 - 19.3.1951

11mattner
Mattner, the Hon. Edward
William, MC, DCM, MM
12.6.1951 - 7.9.1953

12mcmullin
McMullin, the Hon. Alister
Maxwell (later Sir Alister, KCMG)
8.9.1953 - 30.6.1971*

13cormack
Cormack, the Hon. Sir
Magnus Cameron, KBE
17.8.1971 - 11.4.1974*

14o'byrne
O'Byrne, the Hon. Justin
9.7.1974 - 11.11.1975*

15laucke
Laucke, the Hon. Condor Louis
(later Sir Condor, KCMG)
17.2.1976 - 30.6.1981*

16young
Young, the Hon. Harold William
(later Sir Harold, KCMG)
18.8.1981 - 4.2.1983*

17mcclelland
McClelland, the Hon. Douglas
21.4.1983 - 23.1.1987*

18sibraa
Sibraa, the Hon. Kerry Walter
17.2.1987 - 5.6.1987*;
14.9.1987 - 31.1.1994

19beahan
Beahan, the Hon. Michael Eamon
1.2.1994 - 30.6.1996*

20reid
Reid, the Hon. Margaret Elizabeth
20.8.1996 - 18.8.2002

21calvert
Calvert, the Hon. Paul Henry
19.8.2002 - 14.8.2007

22ferguson
Ferguson, the Hon. Alan Baird
14.8.2007 - 25.8.2008

* Authority to act between date of dissolution and date of re-election or of election of successor derives from the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965.

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