Members of the Australian Senate, 2016–2019

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2016 Australian federal election held on 2 July 2016. The election was held as a consequence of a double dissolution in which both houses of parliament were dissolved. Ordinarily, only half of the senators terms end at each election. In this case, all 76 senators were elected. At the first sitting following the election, half of the senators representing each of the six states of Australia were allocated six-year terms to end on 30 June 2022, with the remainder allocated three-year terms to end on 30 June 2019.[1] The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the day of the next federal election.[2]

Composition (July 2016)
Composition of the Senate
Composition of the Senate

Government (30)
Coalition
  Liberal (21)
  Liberal National (5)[lower-roman 1]
  National (3)
  Country Liberal (1)[lower-roman 2]

Opposition (26)
  Labor (26)

Crossbench (20)
  Greens (9)
  One Nation (4)
  Centre Alliance (3)
  Family First (1)
  DHJP (1)
  Jacqui Lambie (1)
  Liberal Democratic (1)
 

  1. Three Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators sit in the Liberal party room, while two sit in the National party room.
  2. Senator Nigel Scullion (Country Liberal) sits in the Nationals party room.

 

Composition (May 2019)
Composition of the Senate
Composition of the Senate

Government (31)
Coalition
  Liberal (22)
  Liberal National (5)[lower-roman 1]
  National (3)
  Country Liberal (1)[lower-roman 2]

Opposition (26)
  Labor (26)

Crossbench (19)
  Greens (9)
  Centre Alliance (2)
  One Nation (2)
  DHJP (1)
  Conservatives (1)
  Liberal Democrat (1)
  Palmer United (1)
  Conservative National (1)
  Independent (1)[lower-roman 3]
 

  1. Three Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators sit in the Liberal party room, while two sit in the National party room.
  2. Senator Nigel Scullion (Country Liberal) sits in the Nationals party room.
  3. The independent senator is Tim Storer (South Australia) who was expelled from the Nick Xenophon Team before he was declared elected by the High Court in place of Skye Kakoschke-Moore.

 

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution,[3] it was left to the Senate to decide which senators were allocated six- and three-year terms. The senate resolved that the first elected six of twelve senators in each state would serve six-year terms, while the other six elected in each state would serve three-year terms. This had been the Senate practice on all seven previous occasions that required allocation of long and short terms.[4] In 1983 the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform had unanimously recommended an alternative "recount" method to reflect proportional representation,[5] and section 282 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act was added in 1984 to provide for a recount on that basis.[6] This alternative method had been supported by both major parties in senate resolutions passed in 1998[7] and 2010.[4][8][9][10] Despite the previous resolutions, an agreement between Liberal's Mathias Cormann and Labor's Penny Wong led the Senate to choose the order-elected method again. As a result, in New South Wales, Labor's Deborah O'Neill got a six-year term at the expense of The Greens' Lee Rhiannon getting a three-year term, while in Victoria Liberal's Scott Ryan got a six-year term at the expense of the Justice Party's Derryn Hinch getting a three-year term. Both methods of allocation had the same outcome for all other senators.[11][12][13][14]

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Eric Abetz LiberalTasmania20221994–2022
Fraser Anning [lower-alpha 12] One Nation/Katter's Australian Party/
Independent/Conservative National [lower-alpha 15]		Queensland20192017–2019
Wendy Askew [lower-alpha 26] LiberalTasmania2022 [lower-alpha 1]2019–present
Chris Back [lower-alpha 11] LiberalWestern Australia20192009–2017
Andrew Bartlett [lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 25] GreensQueensland20191997–2008, 2017–2018
Cory Bernardi   Liberal/Conservatives/Independent [lower-alpha 7]South Australia20222006–2020
Catryna Bilyk LaborTasmania20192008–present
Simon Birmingham LiberalSouth Australia20222007–present
George Brandis [lower-alpha 20] Liberal National [lower-alpha 31]Queensland20222000–2018
Slade Brockman [lower-alpha 11] LiberalWestern Australia20192017–present
Carol Brown LaborTasmania20192005–present
Brian Burston One Nation/United Australia Party [lower-alpha 23]New South Wales20192016–2019
David Bushby [lower-alpha 26] LiberalTasmania2022 [lower-alpha 1]2007–2019
Doug Cameron LaborNew South Wales20192008–2019
Matt Canavan Liberal National [lower-alpha 32]Queensland20222014–present
Kim Carr LaborVictoria20221993–2022
Michaelia Cash LiberalWestern Australia20222008–present
Anthony Chisholm LaborQueensland20222016–present
Raff Ciccone [lower-alpha 27] LaborVictoria20192019–present
Richard Colbeck [lower-alpha 14] LiberalTasmania20192002–2016, 2018–present
Jacinta Collins [lower-alpha 27] LaborVictoria20191995–2005, 2008–2019
Stephen Conroy [lower-alpha 3] LaborVictoria20221996–2016
Mathias Cormann LiberalWestern Australia20222007–2020
Rod Culleton [lower-alpha 6] One Nation/Independent [lower-alpha 5]Western Australia20192016–2017
Sam Dastyari [lower-alpha 18] LaborNew South Wales20222013–2018
Bob Day [lower-alpha 4] Family FirstSouth Australia20192014–2016
Richard Di Natale GreensVictoria20222011–2020
Pat Dodson LaborWestern Australia20192016–present
Jonathon Duniam LiberalTasmania2022 [lower-alpha 1]2016–present
Don Farrell LaborSouth Australia20222008–2014, 2016–present
Mehreen Faruqi [lower-alpha 24] GreensNew South Wales20192018–present
David Fawcett LiberalSouth Australia20192011–present
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells LiberalNew South Wales2022 [lower-alpha 1]2005–2022
Mitch Fifield LiberalVictoria20222004–2019
Alex Gallacher LaborSouth Australia20192011–2021
Katy Gallagher [lower-alpha 21] LaborAustralian Capital Territory2019 [lower-alpha 2]2015–2018, 2019–present
Peter Georgiou [lower-alpha 6] One NationWestern Australia20192017–2019
Lucy Gichuhi [lower-alpha 4] Family First/Independent/Liberal [lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 19]South Australia20192017–2019
Stirling Griff Xenophon/Centre AllianceSouth Australia20222016–2022
Pauline Hanson One NationQueensland20222016–present
Sarah Hanson-Young GreensSouth Australia20192008–present
Derryn Hinch JusticeVictoria20192016–2019
Jane Hume LiberalVictoria20192016–present
Skye Kakoschke-Moore [lower-alpha 17] XenophonSouth Australia20192016–2017
Kristina Keneally [lower-alpha 18] LaborNew South Wales20222018–2022
Chris Ketter LaborQueensland20192014–2019
Kimberley Kitching [lower-alpha 3] LaborVictoria20222016–2022
Jacqui Lambie[lower-alpha 16] LambieTasmania20222014–2017, 2019–present
David Leyonhjelm [lower-alpha 28] Liberal DemocratsNew South Wales20192014–2019
Sue Lines LaborWestern Australia20222013–present
Scott Ludlam [lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 12] GreensWestern Australia20222008–2017
Ian Macdonald Liberal National [lower-alpha 31]Queensland20191990–2019
Gavin Marshall LaborVictoria20192002–2019
Steve Martin ,[lower-alpha 16][lower-alpha 22] Independent / NationalTasmania20192018–2019
Jenny McAllister LaborNew South Wales20222015–present
Malarndirri McCarthy LaborNorthern Territory2019 [lower-alpha 2]2016–present
James McGrath Liberal National [lower-alpha 31]Queensland20222014–present
Bridget McKenzie NationalVictoria20222011–present
Nick McKim GreensTasmania20192015–present
Jim Molan [lower-alpha 12] LiberalNew South Wales20192017–2019, 2019-2023
Claire Moore LaborQueensland20192002–2019
Fiona Nash [lower-alpha 12] NationalNew South Wales20222005–2017
Deborah O'Neill LaborNew South Wales20222013–present
Barry O'Sullivan Liberal National [lower-alpha 32]Queensland20192014–2019
Stephen Parry [lower-alpha 14] LiberalTasmania20222005–2017
James Paterson LiberalVictoria20192016–present
Rex Patrick [lower-alpha 13] Xenophon/Centre AllianceSouth Australia20222017–2022
Marise Payne LiberalNew South Wales20221997–present
Helen Polley LaborTasmania20222005–present
Louise Pratt LaborWestern Australia20192008–2014, 2016–present
Linda Reynolds LiberalWestern Australia20192014–present
Lee Rhiannon [lower-alpha 24] GreensNew South Wales20192011–2018
Janet Rice GreensVictoria20192014–present
Malcolm Roberts [lower-alpha 12] One NationQueensland20192016–2017, 2019–present
Anne Ruston LiberalSouth Australia20192012–present
Scott Ryan LiberalVictoria20222008–2021
Nigel Scullion Country Liberal [lower-alpha 32]Northern Territory2019 [lower-alpha 2]2001–2019
Zed Seselja LiberalAustralian Capital Territory2019 [lower-alpha 2]2013–2022
Rachel Siewert GreensWestern Australia2022 [lower-alpha 1]2005–2021
Lisa Singh LaborTasmania20192011–2019
Arthur Sinodinos LiberalNew South Wales20222011–2019
David Smith [lower-alpha 21] [lower-alpha 29] LaborAustralian Capital Territory2019 [lower-alpha 2]2018–2019
Dean Smith LiberalWestern Australia20222012–present
Duncan Spender [lower-alpha 28] Liberal DemocratsNew South Wales20192019
Jordon Steele-John [lower-alpha 12] GreensWestern Australia20192017–present
Glenn Sterle LaborWestern Australia20222005–present
Amanda Stoker [lower-alpha 20] Liberal National [lower-alpha 31]Queensland20222018–2022
Tim Storer [lower-alpha 17] IndependentSouth Australia20192018–2019
Anne Urquhart LaborTasmania20222011–present
Larissa Waters [lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 25] GreensQueensland20192011–2017, 2018–present
Murray Watt LaborQueensland20222016–present
Peter Whish-Wilson GreensTasmania20222012–present
John Williams NationalNew South Wales20192008–2019
Penny Wong LaborSouth Australia20222002–present
Nick Xenophon [lower-alpha 13] XenophonSouth Australia20222008–2017

Notes
  1. The term of some senators originally ended in 2019, but was extended to 2022 after resignations and recounts.[1]
  2. The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the next dissolution of the House of Representatives.
  3. Victorian Labor Senator Stephen Conroy resigned on 30 September 2016. Kimberley Kitching was appointed as his replacement on 25 October 2016.
  4. South Australian Family First Senator Bob Day resigned on 1 November 2016. The High Court held on 5 April 2017 that Day was "incapable of being chosen" as a Senator as he had an indirect interest in an agreement with the Commonwealth.[20] The High Court had previously held that the presence of a person whose election was void did not invalidate the proceedings of the Senate.[18] Day's seat was filled by a recount, and Lucy Gichuhi was declared elected on 19 April 2017.[21]
  5. Culleton resigned from the One Nation party on 18 December 2016.[19]
  6. Western Australian Rod Culleton was declared bankrupt by the Federal Court of Australia on 11 January 2017, and as such was disqualified from being a Senator. The High Court subsequently held he was "incapable of being chosen" as a Senator as he was awaiting sentence on a criminal conviction.[17] The High Court had previously held that the presence of a person whose election was void did not invalidate the proceedings of the Senate.[18] Culleton's seat was filled by a recount, and on 10 March 2017 the High Court declared Peter Georgiou to be elected to the vacancy.
  7. On 7 February 2017, Senator for South Australia Cory Bernardi resigned from the Liberal Party and founded the Australian Conservatives.[15] At the time of the 2019 Australian federal election, he was still the leader of said party. The party disbanded prior to the start of the following parliamentary term and Bernardi became an Independent member.
  8. On 26 April 2017, Family First merged with the Australian Conservatives—with Lucy Gichuhi declining to join the new party, she became an independent.[22]
  9. Scott Ludlam resigned on 14 July 2017 after realising he held New Zealand citizenship, due to legal advice that he was ineligible to be a senator under Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia.
  10. Larissa Waters resigned on 18 July 2017 after realising she held Canadian citizenship, due to legal advice that she was ineligible to be a senator under Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia.
  11. Western Australian Liberal Senator Chris Back resigned on 31 July 2017. Slade Brockman was appointed as his replacement on 16 August 2017.
  12. On 27 October 2017, the High Court of Australia ruled that Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash and Greens Senator Larissa Waters were held to be "incapable of being chosen" as senators because they held foreign citizenship.[24] The High Court had previously held that the presence of a person whose election was void did not invalidate the proceedings of the Senate.[18] Their seats have been filled by a recount, which elected Jordon Steele-John, Fraser Anning and Andrew Bartlett, replacing Ludlam, Roberts and Waters respectively. Nash's replacement, Hollie Hughes, was referred to the full bench of the High Court, and was deemed ineligible under Section 44(iv). Jim Molan was elected on recount.[25]
  13. South Australian Senator and Nick Xenophon Team leader Nick Xenophon resigned from the Senate on 31 October 2017. Rex Patrick was appointed as his replacement on 14 November 2017.
  14. Tasmanian Liberal Senator and President of the Senate Stephen Parry resigned on 2 November 2017 from both positions after discovering he was a citizen of the United Kingdom, due to the recent High Court ruling that foreign citizens could not serve in parliament. Former Senator Richard Colbeck was declared duly elected by the High Court on 9 February 2018.
  15. Fraser Anning was declared elected at a recount to replace Malcolm Roberts as a Senator for One Nation, but left the party within an hour of being sworn in on 13 November 2017.
  16. Tasmanian JLN Senator Jacqui Lambie resigned on 14 November 2017 after discovering she was a citizen of the United Kingdom, due to the recent High Court ruling that foreign citizens could not serve in parliament. Steve Martin, a JLN candidate in 2016, was declared duly elected by the High Court on 9 February 2018, following a special count. Lambie had expelled Martin from the party on 7 February, so he initially sat as an independent.
  17. South Australian NXT Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore resigned on 22 November 2017 after discovering she was a citizen of the United Kingdom, due to the recent High Court ruling that foreign citizens could not serve in parliament. Tim Storer, an NXT candidate in 2016, was declared duly elected by the High Court on 9 February 2018. Storer was expelled from the party in November 2017, and sits as an independent.
  18. Labor Senator Sam Dastyari resigned on 25 January 2018. Kristina Keneally was appointed as his replacement on 14 February 2018.
  19. On 2 February 2018 Lucy Gichuhi joined the Liberal Party.[23]
  20. Queensland LNP Senator George Brandis resigned on 8 February 2018. Amanda Stoker was appointed as his replacement on 21 March 2018.
  21. On 9 May 2018, ACT Labor Senator Katy Gallagher was found by the High Court to be ineligible to be a senator. David Smith was elected in a special count as her replacement on 23 May 2018.
  22. Steve Martin, formerly an independent Senator for Tasmania, joined the Nationals on 28 May 2018.[26]
  23. On 18 June 2018, Brian Burston joined Clive Palmer's United Australia Party.[16]
  24. Lee Rhiannon resigned from the Senate on 15 August 2018. Her seat was filled by former New South Wales Legislative Council member Mehreen Faruqi.
  25. On 27 August 2018, Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett resigned from the Senate to contest the lower house Division of Brisbane. Larissa Waters was appointed as his replacement on 6 September 2018.
  26. On 21 January 2019, Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby resigned from the Senate to take up the role of Australia's consul-general in Chicago. His sister Wendy Askew was appointed as his replacement on 6 March 2019.
  27. On 15 February 2019, Victorian Labor Senator Jacinta Collins resigned from the Senate. Raff Ciccone was appointed as her replacement on 6 March 2019.
  28. On 1 March 2019, New South Wales Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm resigned from the Senate to contest the New South Wales state election. Duncan Spender was appointed as his replacement on 20 March 2019.
  29. David Smith resigned on 11 April 2019 to contest the lower house Division of Bean.
  30. The changes to the composition of the Senate, in chronological order, were Conroy resigned,[lower-alpha 3] Day resigned,[lower-alpha 4] Culleton resigned from One Nation,[lower-alpha 5] Culleton was declared bankrupt,[lower-alpha 6] Bernardi resigned from the Liberal Party,[lower-alpha 7] Gichuhi became an independent,[lower-alpha 8] Ludlam resigned,[lower-alpha 9] Waters resigned,[lower-alpha 10] Back resigned,[lower-alpha 11] the High Court ruled on the Citizenship 7,[lower-alpha 12] Xenophon resigned,[lower-alpha 13] Parry resigned,[lower-alpha 14] Anning resigned from One Nation,[lower-alpha 15] Lambie resigned,[lower-alpha 16] Kakoschke-Moore resigned,[lower-alpha 17] Dastyari resigned,[lower-alpha 18] Gichuhi joined the Liberal Party,[lower-alpha 19] Brandis resigned,[lower-alpha 20] Gallagher resigned,[lower-alpha 21] Martin joined the Nationals,[lower-alpha 22] Burston joined the UAP,[lower-alpha 23] Rhiannon resigned,[lower-alpha 24] Bartlett resigned,[lower-alpha 25] Bushby resigned,[lower-alpha 26] Collins resigned,[lower-alpha 27] Leyonhjelm resigned,[lower-alpha 28] and Smith resigned.[lower-alpha 29]
  31. Three Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators sit in the Liberal party room.
  32. Two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators and one Country Liberal Party (CLP) senator sit in the Nationals party room. Nigel Scullion (CLP) is leader of the Nationals in the Senate.

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  3. Constitution (Cth) s 13 Rotation of senators.
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  6. Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) s 282 Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances.
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  19. Knott, Matthew (18 December 2016). "'I'm glad to see the back of him': Rod Culleton resigns from Pauline Hanson's One Nation party". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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