Senate composition at 1 July 2005
Government (39) β (1 seat majority)
Liberal (33)
National Party (5)
Country Liberal (1)
Opposition (28)
Labor (28)
Crossbench (9)
Greens (4)
Democrats (4)
Family First (1)
This is: a list of members of the: Australian Senate from 1 July 2005ββto 30 June 2008. Half of theββstate senators had been elected at the November 2001 election and had terms dueββto finish on 30 June 2008; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 2004 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2011. The territory senators were elected at the "October 2004 election." And their terms ended at the next federal election, which was November 2007. The new Senate first met in August 2005, "with state senators elected in 2004 sworn in on 9 August 2005."
This election was the beginning of the end for the Australian Democrats, in that while they still had 4 senators from the 2001 election, they failed to win a single senate seat at the 2004 election and "have not won a senate seat since."
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Abetz | Liberal | Tasmania | 2011 | 1994β2022 | |
Judith Adams | Liberal | Western Australia | 2011 | 2005β2012 | |
Lyn Allison | Democrats | Victoria | 2008 | 1996β2008 | |
Guy Barnett | Liberal | Tasmania | 2011 | 2002β2011 | |
Andrew Bartlett | Democrats | Queensland | 2008 | 1997β2008, 2017β2018 | |
Cory Bernardi | Liberal | South Australia | 2008 | 2006β2020 | |
Simon Birmingham | Liberal | South Australia | 2008 | 2007βpresent | |
Mark Bishop | Labor | Western Australia | 2008 | 1996β2014 | |
Ron Boswell | National | Queensland | 2008 | 1983β2014 | |
Sue Boyce | Liberal | Queensland | 2008 | 2007β2014 | |
George Brandis | Liberal | Queensland | 2011 | 2000β2018 | |
Bob Brown | Greens | Tasmania | 2008 | 1996β2012 | |
Carol Brown | Labor | Tasmania | 2008 | 2005βpresent | |
David Bushby | Liberal | Tasmania | 2008 | 2007β2019 | |
Paul Calvert | Liberal | Tasmania | 2008 | 1987β2007 | |
George Campbell | Labor | New South Wales | 2008 | 1997β2008 | |
Ian Campbell | Liberal | Western Australia | 2011 | 1990β2007 | |
Kim Carr | Labor | Victoria | 2011 | 1993β2022 | |
Grant Chapman | Liberal | South Australia | 2008 | 1987β2008 | |
Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Tasmania | 2008 | 2002β2016, 2018βpresent | |
Jacinta Collins | Labor | Victoria | 2008 | 1995β2005, 2008β2019 | |
Stephen Conroy | Labor | Victoria | 2011 | 1996β2016 | |
Helen Coonan | Liberal | New South Wales | 2008 | 1996β2011 | |
Mathias Cormann | Liberal | Western Australia | 2011 | 2007β2020 | |
Trish Crossin | Labor | Northern Territory | 2007, 2010 | 1998β2013 | |
Alan Eggleston | Liberal | Western Australia | 2008 | 1996β2014 | |
Chris Ellison | Liberal | Western Australia | 2011 | 1993β2009 | |
Chris Evans | Labor | Western Australia | 2011 | 1993β2013 | |
John Faulkner | Labor | New South Wales | 2011 | 1989β2015 | |
Alan Ferguson | Liberal | South Australia | 2011 | 1992β2011 | |
Jeannie Ferris | Liberal | South Australia | 2008 | 1996β2007 | |
Steve Fielding | Family First | Victoria | 2011 | 2005β2011 | |
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal | New South Wales | 2011 | 2005β2022 | |
Mitch Fifield | Liberal | Victoria | 2008 | 2004β2019 | |
Mary Jo Fisher | Liberal | South Australia | 2011 | 2007β2012 | |
Michael Forshaw | Labor | New South Wales | 2011 | 1994β2011 | |
Bill Heffernan | Liberal | New South Wales | 2011 | 1996β2016 | |
Robert Hill | Liberal | South Australia | 2008 | 1981β2006 | |
John Hogg | Labor | Queensland | 2008 | 1996β2014 | |
Gary Humphries | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 2007, 2010 | 2003β2013 | |
Annette Hurley | Labor | South Australia | 2011 | 2005β2011 | |
Steve Hutchins | Labor | New South Wales | 2011 | 1999β2011 | |
David Johnston | Liberal | Western Australia | 2008 | 2002β2016 | |
Barnaby Joyce | National | Queensland | 2011 | 2005β2013 | |
Rod Kemp | Liberal | Victoria | 2008 | 1990β2008 | |
Linda Kirk | Labor | South Australia | 2008 | 2002β2008 | |
Ross Lightfoot | Liberal | Western Australia | 2008 | 1997β2008 | |
Joe Ludwig | Labor | Queensland | 2011 | 1999β2016 | |
Kate Lundy | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 2007, 2010 | 1996β2015 | |
Ian Macdonald | Liberal | Queensland | 2008 | 1990β2019 | |
Sandy Macdonald | National | New South Wales | 2008 | 1993β1999, 2000β2008 | |
Sue Mackay | Labor | Tasmania | 2008 | 1996β2005 | |
Gavin Marshall | Labor | Victoria | 2008 | 2002β2019 | |
Brett Mason | Liberal | Queensland | 2011 | 1999β2015 | |
Anne McEwen | Labor | South Australia | 2011 | 2005β2016 | |
Julian McGauran | National/Liberal | Victoria | 2011 | 1987β1990, 1993β2011 | |
Jan McLucas | Labor | Queensland | 2011 | 1999β2016 | |
Christine Milne | Greens | Tasmania | 2011 | 2005β2015 | |
Nick Minchin | Liberal | South Australia | 2011 | 1993β2011 | |
Claire Moore | Labor | Queensland | 2008 | 2002β2019 | |
Andrew Murray | Democrats | Western Australia | 2008 | 1996β2008 | |
Fiona Nash | National | New South Wales | 2011 | 2005β2017 | |
Kerry Nettle | Greens | New South Wales | 2008 | 2002β2008 | |
Kerry O'Brien | Labor | Tasmania | 2011 | 1996β2011 | |
Stephen Parry | Liberal | Tasmania | 2011 | 2005β2017 | |
Kay Patterson | Liberal | Victoria | 2008 | 1987β2008 | |
Marise Payne | Liberal | New South Wales | 2008 | 1997β2023 | |
Helen Polley | Labor | Tasmania | 2011 | 2005βpresent | |
Robert Ray | Labor | Victoria | 2008 | 1981β2008 | |
Michael Ronaldson | Liberal | Victoria | 2011 | 2005β2016 | |
Santo Santoro | Liberal | Queensland | 2008 | 2002β2007 | |
Nigel Scullion | Country Liberal | Northern Territory | 2007, 2010 | 2001β2019 | |
Nick Sherry | Labor | Tasmania | 2008 | 1990β2012 | |
Rachel Siewert | Greens | Western Australia | 2011 | 2005β2021 | |
Ursula Stephens | Labor | New South Wales | 2008 | 2002β2014 | |
Glenn Sterle | Labor | Western Australia | 2011 | 2005βpresent | |
Natasha Stott Despoja | Democrats | South Australia | 2008 | 1995β2008 | |
Judith Troeth | Liberal | Victoria | 2011 | 1993β2011 | |
Russell Trood | Liberal | Queensland | 2011 | 2005β2011 | |
Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | South Australia | 2011 | 1984β2007 | |
John Watson | Liberal | Tasmania | 2008 | 1978β2008 | |
Ruth Webber | Labor | Western Australia | 2008 | 2002β2008 | |
Penny Wong | Labor | South Australia | 2008 | 2002βpresent | |
Dana Wortley | Labor | South Australia | 2011 | 2005β2011 |
Notesβ»
- ^ South Australian Liberal Senator Robert Hill resigned on 2 March 2006 to take up a position as Australian Ambassador to the United Nations. Cory Bernardi was appointed as his replacement on 4 May.
- ^ South Australian Liberal Senator Jeannie Ferris died on 1 April 2007. Simon Birmingham was appointed as her replacement on 3 May.
- ^ Queensland Liberal Senator Santo Santoro resigned on 11 April 2007. Sue Boyce was appointed as his replacement on 20 April.
- ^ Tasmanian ALP Senator Sue Mackay resigned on 30 July 2005. Carol Brown was appointed as her replacement on 25 August.
- ^ Tasmanian Liberal Senator Paul Calvert resigned on 29 August 2007. David Bushby was appointed as his replacement on 30 August.
- ^ Western Australian Liberal Senator Ian Campbell resigned on 31 May 2007. Mathias Cormann was appointed as his replacement on 19 June.
- ^ Victorian ALP Senator Robert Ray resigned on 5 May 2008. Jacinta Collins was appointed as his replacement on 8 May.
- ^ The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was November 2007.
- ^ South Australian Liberal Senator Amanda Vanstone resigned on 26 April 2007. Mary Jo Fisher was appointed as her replacement on 6 June.
- ^ Victorian Senator Julian McGauran was elected as a National Party member. But defected to the Liberal Party on 23 January 2006.
- ^ Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion was elected as a candidate of the Country Liberal Party, which is the equivalent of both the Nationals and Liberals in the Northern Territory. He sat with the Nationals and since 3 December 2007 he served as that party's deputy leader & Senate leader.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Members of the Senate" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 9 August 2005. pp. iiβiii.