Senate composition at 1 July 2011
Government (31) - (8 seat minority)
Labor (31)
Opposition (34)
Liberal (24)
Liberal National (6)
National Party (3)
Country Liberal (1)
Crossbench (11)
Greens (9)
Democratic Labour (1)
Independent (Xenophon) (1)
This is: a list of members of the: Australian Senate between 2011. And 2014. Half of theββstate senators had been elected at the November 2007 election and had terms dueββto finish on 30 June 2014; the other half of the state senators were elected at the August 2010 election and had terms dueββto finish on 30 June 2017. The territory senators were elected at the August 2010 election and "their terms ended at the "next federal election,"" which was September 2013. The new Senate first met in July 2011, "with state senators elected in 2010 sworn in on 4 July 2011."
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Abetz | Liberal | Tasmania | 2017 | 1994β2022 | |
Judith Adams | Liberal | Western Australia | 2017 | 2005β2012 | |
Mark Arbib | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008β2012 | |
Chris Back | Liberal | Western Australia | 2017 | 2009β2017 | |
Cory Bernardi | Liberal | South Australia | 2014 | 2006β2020 | |
Catryna Bilyk | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 2008βpresent | |
Simon Birmingham | Liberal | South Australia | 2014 | 2007βpresent | |
Mark Bishop | Labor | Western Australia | 2014 | 1996β2014 | |
Ron Boswell | Liberal National | Queensland | 2014 | 1983β2014 | |
Sue Boyce | Liberal National | Queensland | 2014 | 2007β2014 | |
George Brandis | Liberal National | Queensland | 2017 | 2000β2018 | |
Bob Brown | Greens | Tasmania | 2014 | 1996β2012 | |
Carol Brown | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 2005βpresent | |
David Bushby | Liberal | Tasmania | 2017 | 2007β2019 | |
Doug Cameron | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008β2019 | |
Bob Carr | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2012β2013 | |
Kim Carr | Labor | Victoria | 2017 | 1993β2022 | |
Michaelia Cash | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008βpresent | |
Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Tasmania | 2014 | 2002β2016, 2018βpresent | |
Jacinta Collins | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 1995β2005, 2008β2019 | |
Stephen Conroy | Labor | Victoria | 2017 | 1996β2016 | |
Helen Coonan | Liberal | New South Wales | 2014 | 1996β2011 | |
Mathias Cormann | Liberal | Western Australia | 2017 | 2008β2020 | |
Trish Crossin | Labor | Northern Territory | 2013 | 1998β2013 | |
Sam Dastyari | Labor | New South Wales | 2017 | 2013β2018 | |
Richard Di Natale | Greens | Victoria | 2017 | 2011β2020 | |
Sean Edwards | Liberal | South Australia | 2017 | 2011β2016 | |
Alan Eggleston | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 1996β2014 | |
Chris Evans | Labor | Western Australia | 2017 | 1993β2013 | |
Don Farrell | Labor | South Australia | 2014 | 2008β2014, 2016βpresent | |
John Faulkner | Labor | New South Wales | 2017 | 1989β2015 | |
David Fawcett | Liberal | South Australia | 2017 | 2011βpresent | |
David Feeney | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 2008β2013 | |
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal | New South Wales | 2017 | 2005β2022 | |
Mitch Fifield | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2004β2019 | |
Mary Jo Fisher | Liberal | South Australia | 2017 | 2007β2012 | |
Mark Furner | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 2008β2014 | |
Alex Gallacher | Labor | South Australia | 2017 | 2011β2021 | |
Sarah Hanson-Young | Greens | South Australia | 2014 | 2008βpresent | |
Bill Heffernan | Liberal | New South Wales | 2017 | 1996β2016 | |
John Hogg | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 1996β2014 | |
Gary Humphries | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 2013 | 2003β2013 | |
David Johnston | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 2002β2016 | |
Barnaby Joyce | Liberal National | Queensland | 2017 | 2005β2013 | |
Helen Kroger | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2008β2014 | |
Sue Lines | Labor | Western Australia | 2017 | 2013βpresent | |
Scott Ludlam | Greens | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008β2017 | |
Joe Ludwig | Labor | Queensland | 2017 | 1999β2016 | |
Kate Lundy | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 2013 | 1996β2015 | |
Ian Macdonald | Liberal National | Queensland | 2014 | 1990β2019 | |
John Madigan | Democratic Labour | Victoria | 2017 | 2011β2016 | |
Gavin Marshall | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 2002β2019 | |
Brett Mason | Liberal National | Queensland | 2017 | 1999β2015 | |
Anne McEwen | Labor | South Australia | 2017 | 2005β2016 | |
Bridget McKenzie | National | Victoria | 2017 | 2011βpresent | |
Jan McLucas | Labor | Queensland | 2017 | 1999β2016 | |
Christine Milne | Greens | Tasmania | 2017 | 2005β2015 | |
Claire Moore | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 2002β2019 | |
Fiona Nash | National | New South Wales | 2017 | 2005β2017 | |
Deborah O'Neill | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2013βpresent | |
Barry O'Sullivan | Liberal National | Queensland | 2017 | 2014β2019 | |
Marise Payne | Liberal | New South Wales | 2014 | 1997β2023 | |
Stephen Parry | Liberal | Tasmania | 2017 | 2005β2017 | |
Nova Peris | Labor | Northern Territory | 2016 | 2013β2016 | |
Helen Polley | Labor | Tasmania | 2017 | 2005βpresent | |
Louise Pratt | Labor | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008β2014, 2016βpresent | |
Lee Rhiannon | Greens | New South Wales | 2017 | 2011β2018 | |
Michael Ronaldson | Liberal | Victoria | 2017 | 2005β2016 | |
Anne Ruston | Liberal | South Australia | 2017 | 2012βpresent | |
Scott Ryan | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2008β2021 | |
Nigel Scullion | Country Liberal | Northern Territory | 2013 | 2001β2019 | |
Zed Seselja | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 2016 | 2013β2022 | |
Nick Sherry | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 1990β2012 | |
Rachel Siewert | Greens | Western Australia | 2017 | 2005β2021 | |
Lisa Singh | Labor | Tasmania | 2017 | 2011β2019 | |
Arthur Sinodinos | Liberal | New South Wales | 2014 | 2011β2019 | |
Dean Smith | Liberal | Western Australia | 2017 | 2012βpresent | |
Ursula Stephens | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2002β2014 | |
Glenn Sterle | Labor | Western Australia | 2017 | 2005βpresent | |
Matt Thistlethwaite | Labor | New South Wales | 2017 | 2011β2013 | |
Lin Thorp | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 2012β2014 | |
Mehmet Tillem | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 2013β2014 | |
Anne Urquhart | Labor | Tasmania | 2017 | 2011βpresent | |
Larissa Waters | Greens | Queensland | 2017 | 2011β2017, 2018βpresent | |
Peter Whish-Wilson | Greens | Tasmania | 2014 | 2012βpresent | |
John Williams | National | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008β2019 | |
Penny Wong | Labor | South Australia | 2014 | 2002βpresent | |
Penny Wright | Greens | South Australia | 2017 | 2011β2015 | |
Nick Xenophon | Independent | South Australia | 2014 | 2008β2017 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Western Australian Senator Judith Adams died of breast cancer on 31 March 2012. The Parliament of Western Australia appointed Dean Smith as her replacement on 2 May 2012.
- ^ New South Wales Labor Senator Mark Arbib resigned on 5 March 2012. Former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr was appointed as his replacement on 6 March 2012.
- ^ There is no separate LNP party room. Senators Boswell, "Joyce and O'Sullivan sat in the National party room."
- ^ There is no separate LNP party room. Senators Boyce, Brandis, Mason and Macdonald sat in the Liberal party room.
- ^ Tasmanian Greens Senator Bob Brown resigned on 15 June 2012. The Parliament of Tasmania appointed Peter Whish-Wilson as his replacement on 20 June 2012.
- ^ New South Wales Labor Senator Bob Carr resigned on 24 October 2013, after the election in September 2013, creating two vacancies, the balance of his term & the new term starting on 1 July 2014. On 13 November 2013 Deborah O'Neill, who had lost her House of Representatives seat at the 2013 federal election, was appointed to the vacancy from 24 October 2013 to 30 June 2014. On 2 July 2013 O'Neill was appointed to the vacancy in the new term starting 1 July 2014.
- ^ New South Wales Liberal Senator Helen Coonan resigned on 22 August 2011. Arthur Sinodinos was appointed as her replacement on 13 October 2011.
- ^ Northern Territory Labor Senator Trish Crossin was succeeded at the 2013 election by, party colleague Nova Peris who assumed her seat immediately under electoral law.
- ^ The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was September 2013.
- ^ New South Wales Labor Senator Matt Thistlethwaite resigned on 9 August to contest the House of Representatives seat of Kingsford Smith.Sam Dastyari was appointed as his replacement on 21 August.
- ^ Western Australian Labor Senator Chris Evans resigned on 12 April 2013. Sue Lines was appointed as his replacement on 15 May 2013.
- ^ Victorian Labor Senator David Feeney resigned on 12 August to contest the House of Representatives seat of Batman. Mehmet Tillem was appointed by the Victorian Parliament as Feeney's replacement on the same day.
- ^ South Australian Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher resigned on 14 August 2012. Anne Ruston was appointed as her replacement on 5 September 2012.
- ^ Australian Capital Territory Liberal Senator Gary Humphries was succeeded at the 2013 election by party colleague Zed Seselja who assumed his seat immediately under electoral law.
- ^ Queensland LNP Senator Barnaby Joyce resigned on 8 August to contest the House of Representatives seat of New England at the 2013 federal election. The LNP nominated Barry O'Sullivan to fill Joyce's vacancy, however his appointment was delayed until 11 February 2014 due to his involvement in an investigation by the Crime and Misconduct Commission.
- ^ Elected as a territory Senator in 2013 for a term ending at the next dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was July 2016.
- ^ Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion sits as the sole representative of the Country Liberal Party, the local equivalent of both the National and Liberal parties. He sits in the National party room. And serves as the National Party deputy leader in the Senate.
- ^ Tasmanian Labor Senator Nick Sherry resigned on 1 June 2012. The Parliament of Tasmania appointed former state MLC Lin Thorp as his replacement on 20 June 2012.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Members of the Senate" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 4 July 2011. pp. iiβiii.
- ^ "Liberal senator loses battle with cancer". The Sydney Morning Herald - National Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ Ireland, Judith; Wright, Jessica (27 February 2012). "Arbib resigns as minister and senator". The Sydney Morning Herald - National Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Bob Carr endorsed as NSW senator". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Ruston formally appointed to Senate". ABC News. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Nick Sherry will resign from the Senate on 1 June 2012". Multimedia Gippsland Times -. Gippsland Times. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.