Scope
The committee was established to inquire into the qualifications of senators, although electoral legislation moved many of these functions to the High Court in 1907. The Senate referred only one case to the committee, in 1907. The committee was reappointed to deal with matters outside the electoral law until its abolition in 1987.
Chairs
Sequence
1903
1.2048192771084
2.4096385542169
3.6144578313253
4.8192771084337
6.0240963855422
7.2289156626506
8.433734939759
9.6385542168675
10.843373493976
12.048192771084
13.253012048193
14.457831325301
15.66265060241
16.867469879518
18.072289156627
19.277108433735
20.481927710843
21.686746987952
22.89156626506
24.096385542169
25.301204819277
26.506024096386
27.710843373494
28.915662650602
30.120481927711
31.325301204819
32.530120481928
33.734939759036
34.939759036145
36.144578313253
37.349397590361
38.55421686747
39.759036144578
40.963855421687
42.168674698795
43.373493975904
44.578313253012
45.78313253012
46.987951807229
48.192771084337
49.397590361446
50.602409638554
51.807228915663
53.012048192771
54.21686746988
55.421686746988
56.626506024096
57.831325301205
59.036144578313
60.240963855422
61.44578313253
62.650602409639
63.855421686747
65.060240963855
66.265060240964
67.469879518072
68.674698795181
69.879518072289
71.084337349398
72.289156626506
73.493975903614
74.698795180723
75.903614457831
77.10843373494
78.313253012048
79.518072289157
80.722891566265
81.927710843374
83.132530120482
84.33734939759
85.542168674699
86.746987951807
87.951807228916
89.156626506024
90.361445783133
91.566265060241
92.771084337349
93.975903614458
95.180722891566
96.385542168675
97.590361445783
98.795180722892
100
1987
Election day, 18 March 1983. Peter Kelly, Australian Information Service.