Members of the Australian Senate, 1993–1996

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1996.[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the March 1990 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1996; the other half of the state senators were elected at the March 1993 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1999. The territory senators were elected at the March 1993 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was March 1996.

Senator Party State End term Years in Office
Eric Abetz [lower-alpha 1] LiberalTasmania19991994–present
Richard Alston LiberalVictoria19961986–2004
Brian Archer [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] LiberalTasmania19991975–1994
Michael Baume LiberalNew South Wales19991984–1996
Michael Beahan LaborWestern Australia19961987–1996
Robert Bell DemocratTasmania19961990–1996
Bronwyn Bishop [lower-alpha 3] LiberalNew South Wales19961987–1994
Hon. Nick Bolkus LaborSouth Australia19991981–2005
Ron Boswell NationalQueensland19961983–2014
Vicki Bourne DemocratNew South Wales19961990–2002
David Brownhill NationalNew South Wales19961984–2000
Bryant Burns LaborQueensland19961987–1996
Paul Calvert LiberalTasmania19961987–2007
Ian Campbell LiberalWestern Australia19991990–2007
Kim Carr LaborVictoria19991993–present
Christabel Chamarette WA GreensWestern Australia19961992–1996
Grant Chapman LiberalSouth Australia19961987–2008
Bruce Childs LaborNew South Wales19961980–1997
John Coates LaborTasmania19991980–1996
Bob Collins LaborNorthern Territory1996 [lower-alpha 4]1987–1998
Jacinta Collins [lower-alpha 5] LaborVictoria19991995–2005, 2008–2019
Mal Colston [lower-alpha 2] LaborQueensland19991975–1999
Stephen Conroy [lower-alpha 6] LaborVictoria19991996–2016
Hon. Peter Cook LaborWestern Australia19991983–2005
Barney Cooney LaborVictoria19961984–2002
John Coulter [lower-alpha 7] DemocratSouth Australia19961987–1995
Winston Crane LiberalWestern Australia19961990–2002
Noel Crichton-Browne LiberalWestern Australia19961980–1996
Rosemary Crowley LaborSouth Australia19961983–2002
Kay Denman [lower-alpha 8] LaborTasmania19991993–2005
John Devereux [lower-alpha 9] Labor/Independent [lower-alpha 9]Tasmania19961987–1996
Chris Ellison LiberalWestern Australia19991993–2009
Chris Evans LaborWestern Australia19991993–2013
Hon. Gareth Evans [lower-alpha 6] LaborVictoria19991977–1996
Hon. John Faulkner LaborNew South Wales19991989–2015
Alan Ferguson LiberalSouth Australia19991992–2011
Dominic Foreman LaborSouth Australia19991980–1997
Michael Forshaw [lower-alpha 10] LaborNew South Wales19991994–2011
Brian Gibson LiberalTasmania19991993–2002
Brian Harradine [lower-alpha 2] IndependentTasmania19991975–2005
John Herron LiberalQueensland19961990–2002
Robert Hill LiberalSouth Australia19961981–2006
Gerry Jones LaborQueensland19961980–1996
Rod Kemp LiberalVictoria19961990–2008
Cheryl Kernot DemocratQueensland19961990–1997
Sue Knowles LiberalWestern Australia19991984–2005
Meg Lees DemocratSouth Australia19991990–2005
Stephen Loosley [lower-alpha 11] LaborNew South Wales19961990–1995
Ian Macdonald LiberalQueensland19961990–2019
Sandy Macdonald NationalNew South Wales19991993–1999, 2000–2008
David MacGibbon LiberalQueensland19991977–1999
Sue Mackay [lower-alpha 9] LaborTasmania19961996–2005
Julian McGauran NationalVictoria19991987–1990, 1993–2011
Jim McKiernan LaborWestern Australia19961984–2002
Hon. Bob McMullan [lower-alpha 12] LaborAustralian Capital Territory1996 [lower-alpha 4]1988–1996
Dee Margetts WA GreensWestern Australia19991993–1999
Nick Minchin LiberalSouth Australia19991993–2011
Shayne Murphy LaborTasmania19991993–2005
Belinda Neal [lower-alpha 13] LaborNew South Wales19991994–1998
Jocelyn Newman LiberalTasmania19961986–2002
Bill O'Chee NationalQueensland19991990–1999
John Panizza LiberalWestern Australia19961987–1997
Warwick Parer LiberalQueensland19991984–2000
Kay Patterson LiberalVictoria19961987–2008
Hon. Robert Ray LaborVictoria19961981–2008
Margaret Reid LiberalAustralian Capital Territory1996 [lower-alpha 4]1981–2003
Hon. Margaret Reynolds LaborQueensland19991983–1999
Hon. Graham Richardson [lower-alpha 10] LaborNew South Wales19991983–1994
Chris Schacht LaborSouth Australia19961987–2002
Hon. Nick Sherry LaborTasmania19961990–2012
Jim Short LiberalVictoria19991984–1997
Hon. Kerry Sibraa [lower-alpha 13] LaborNew South Wales19991975–1978, 1978–1994
Sid Spindler DemocratVictoria19961990–1996
Natasha Stott Despoja [lower-alpha 7] DemocratSouth Australia19961995–2008
Grant Tambling CLPNorthern Territory1996 [lower-alpha 4]1987–2001
Hon. Michael Tate [lower-alpha 8] LaborTasmania19991977–1993
Baden Teague LiberalSouth Australia19961977–1996
John Tierney LiberalNew South Wales19991991–2005
Judith Troeth LiberalVictoria19991993–2011
Amanda Vanstone LiberalSouth Australia19991984–2007
John Watson LiberalTasmania19961978–2008
Sue West LaborNew South Wales19961987, 1990–2002
Tom Wheelwright [lower-alpha 11] LaborNew South Wales19961995–1996
John Woodley DemocratQueensland19991993–2001
Bob Woods [lower-alpha 3] LiberalNew South Wales19961994–1997
Olive Zakharov [lower-alpha 5] LaborVictoria19991983–1995

Senate composition at 1 July 1993
Government (30)

  Labor (30) - (9 seat minority) [lower-roman 1]

Opposition (36)
  Liberal (29)
  National Party (6)
  CLP (1)

Crossbench (10)
  Democrat (7)
  WA Greens (2)
  Independent (Harradine) (1)
 
Changes in composition

  1. John Devereux resigned from the Labor Party on 21 December 1994, and sat as an independent until his resignation from the Senate on 7 February 1996. Sue Mackay, a Labor member, was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.

Notes
  1. Tasmanian Liberal Senator Brian Archer resigned on 31 January 1994. Eric Abetz was appointed as his replacement on 22 February.
  2. Father of the Senate
  3. New South Wales Liberal Senator Bronwyn Bishop resigned on 24 February 1994. Dr Bob Woods was appointed as her replacement on 8 March.
  4. The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1996.
  5. Victorian Labor Senator Olive Zakharov died on 6 March 1995. Jacinta Collins was appointed as her replacement on 3 May.
  6. Victorian Labor Senator Gareth Evans resigned on 6 February 1996, to run for the House of Representatives seat of Holt. Steve Conroy was appointed as his replacement on 30 April.
  7. South Australian Democrat Senator Dr John Coulter resigned on 20 November 1995. Natasha Stott Despoja was appointed as his replacement on 23 November.
  8. Tasmanian Labor Senator Michael Tate resigned on 5 July 1993. Kay Denman was appointed as his replacement on 24 August.
  9. Tasmanian Senator John Devereux resigned from the Labor Party on 21 December 1994, and sat as an independent until his resignation from the Senate on 7 February 1996. Though he was an independent at the time of his resignation, because he had been elected as an Labor member, Sue Mackay, a Labor member, was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.
  10. New South Wales Labor Senator Graham Richardson resigned on 25 March 1994. Michael Forshaw was appointed as his replacement on 10 May.
  11. New South Wales Labor Senator Stephen Loosley resigned on 21 May 1995. Tom Wheelwright was appointed as his replacement on 24 May.
  12. ACT Labor Senator Bob McMullan resigned on 6 February 1996 in order to contest a lower house seat at the 2 March 1996 election. His term was due to expire on 1 March 1996 and the ACT Legislative Assembly decided not to fill the vacancy.[2]
  13. New South Wales Labor Senator Kerry Sibraa resigned on 1 February 1994. Belinda Neal was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.

References
  1. "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1993". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. "Senate Vacancy" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). ACT: Legislative Assembly. 20 February 1996. p. 73.
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