COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== SENATE APPOINTMENTS DURING THE TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Victoria -------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 August 1956, following the resignation of Hon John Spicer -------------------------------------------------------------------- George HANNAN Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Conrad Hannan (1910-2009): Appointed 1956 Born: 10 September 1910, Wagga Wagga, NSW Career: Educated Catholic schools, University of Melbourne. Barrister 1934. Military Service 1942-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victoria -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 June 1957, following the death of John Devlin -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles SANDFORD ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Walter Sandford (1895-1966): Elected 1946. Defeated 1955. Appointed 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------------- New South Wales -------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 July 1958, following the death of Hon William Ashley -------------------------------------------------------------------- James ORMONDE ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Patrick Ormonde (1903-70): Appointed 1958 Born: 23 March 1903, Fifeshire, Scotland Career: Migrated as child. Educated Catholic schools, Maitland, NSW. Journalist on Labor Daily, Sydney Morning Herald. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 August 1958, following the death of Hon Harrie Seward -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas DRAKE-BROCKMAN CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Charles Drake-Brockman (1919-92): Appointed 1958 Born: 15 May 1919, Toodyay, Western Australia Career: Educated Guildford Grammar School. Farmer. Military service 1938-45. Vice-President, Australian Wool and Meat Producers' Federation. Cousin of Senator Edmund Drake-Brockman and Senator Slade Brockman. --------------------------------------------------------------------