Following the 2001 federal election, the composition of the Senate is now clear.
In addition to the 150 members of the House of Representatives chosen on November 10, there were also 40 senators elected. Thirty-six of these, six from each State, will begin their terms on July 1, 2002.
The 4 senators from the Northern Territory and ACT take up their positions immediately. Unlike other senators who serve a 6-year term, territory senators serve the same term as the House of Representatives.
The net effect of this year’s election is that the Democrats have lost one seat and the Greens have gained one. The Coalition parties will continue to have 35 members and the ALP 28.
| Current and Prospective Senate Membership | |||||
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Senators elected in 1998; terms began July 1 1999; terms expire June 30, 2005
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Senators elected in 1996; terms began July 1, 1996; terms expire June 30, 2002
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Senators elected in 2001; terms begin July 1, 2002; terms expire June 30, 2008
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Senator
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Party
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Senator
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Party
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Senator
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Party
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| New South Wales | |||||
| Steve Hutchins | ALP | Marise Payne (replaced Bob Woods 6.5.97) |
Lib | Helen Coonan | Lib |
| Bill Heffernan | Lib | Sue West | ALP | Ursula Stephens | ALP |
| John Faulkner | ALP | Sandy Macdonald (replaced David Brownhill 9.5.00) | NP | Sandy Macdonald | NP |
| John Tierney | Lib | George Campbell (replaced Bruce Childs 22.9.97) |
ALP | George Campbell | ALP |
| Aden Ridgeway | Dem | Helen Coonan | Lib | Marise Payne | Lib |
| Michael Forshaw | ALP | Vicki Bourne | Dem | Kerry Nettle | Greens |
| Victoria | |||||
| Stephen Conroy | ALP | Richard Alston | Lib | Richard Alston | Lib |
| Judith Troeth | Lib | Robert Ray | ALP | Robert Ray | ALP |
| Kim Carr | ALP | Rod Kemp | Lib | Rod Kemp | Lib |
| Julian McGauran | NP | Barney Cooney | ALP | Gavin Marshall | ALP |
| Jacinta Collins | ALP | Kay Patterson | Lib | Kay Patterson | Lib |
| Tsebin Tchen | Lib | Lyn Allison | Dem | Lyn Allison | Dem |
| Queensland | |||||
| Jan McLucas | ALP | Ian Macdonald | Lib | Ian Macdonald | Lib |
| George Brandis (replaced Warwick Parer 5.6.00) | Lib | John Hogg | ALP | John Hogg | ALP |
| Len Harris (replaced Heather Hill 2.7.99) |
ONP | Ron Boswell | NP | John Herron | Lib |
| Joe Ludwig | ALP | John Herron | Lib | Claire Moore | ALP |
| Brett Mason | Lib | Brenda Gibbs | ALP | Andrew Bartlett | Dem |
| John Cherry (replaced John Woodley 6.8.2001) | Dem | Andrew Bartlett (replaced Cheryl Kernot 30.10.97) |
Dem | Ron Boswell | NP |
| Western Australia | |||||
| Chris Ellison | Lib | Winston Crane | Lib | Alan Eggleston | Lib |
| Peter Cook | ALP | Jim McKiernan | ALP | Mark Bishop | ALP |
| Ian Campbell | Lib | Ross Lightfoot (replaced John Panizza 26.5.97) |
Lib | David Johnston | Lib |
| Chris Evans | ALP | Mark Bishop | ALP | Ruth Webber | ALP |
| Brian Greig | Dem | Alan Eggleston | Lib | Ross Lightfoot | Lib |
| Sue Knowles | Lib | Andrew Murray | Dem | Andrew Murray | Dem |
| South Australia | |||||
| Amanda Vanstone | Lib | Robert Hill | Lib | Robert Hill | Lib |
| Nick Bolkus | ALP | Rosemary Crowley | ALP | Penny Wong | ALP |
| Nick Minchin | Lib | Natasha Stott Despoja | Dem | Jeannie Ferris | Lib |
| Geoffrey Buckland (replaced John Quirke 3.10.00) | ALP | Grant Chapman | Lib | Linda Kirk | ALP |
| Meg Lees | Dem | Chris Schacht | ALP | Grant Chapman | Lib |
| Alan Ferguson | Lib | Jeannie Ferris (resigned 12.7.96, reappointed 20.8.96) |
Lib | Natasha Stott Despoja | Dem |
| Tasmania | |||||
| Kerry O’Brien | ALP | Jocelyn Newman | Lib | Paul Calvert | Lib |
| Eric Abetz | Lib | Sue Mackay | ALP | Sue Mackay | ALP |
| Shayne Murphy | ALP | Paul Calvert | Lib | John Watson | Lib |
| Brian Gibson | Lib | Nick Sherry | ALP | Nick Sherry | ALP |
| Kay Denman | ALP | John Watson | Lib | Bob Brown | Greens |
| Brian Harradine | Ind | Bob Brown | Greens | R. Colbeck | Lib |
| Northern Territory (terms equal that of House) | |||||
| Trish Crossin | ALP | Trish Crossin | ALP | ||
| Grant Tambling | CLP | Nigel Scullion | CLP | ||
| Australian Capital Territory (terms equal that of House) | |||||
| Kate Lundy | ALP | Kate Lundy | ALP | ||
| Margaret Reid | Lib | Margaret Reid | Lib | ||
| Senate State of the Parties |
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| Party | Now | July 1 2002 |
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| ALP |
28
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28
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| Liberal/CLP |
32
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32
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| National |
3
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3
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| Democrats |
9
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8
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| Greens |
1
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2
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| Harradine |
1
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1
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| One Nation |
1
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1
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| Independent |
1
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1
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| Total | 76
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76
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