Members of the Australian Senate, 2011–2014

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate between 2011 and 2014.[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the November 2007 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2014; the other half of the state senators were elected at the August 2010 election and had terms due to 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 End term Years in office
Hon. Eric Abetz LiberalTasmania20171994–present
Judith Adams [lower-alpha 1] LiberalWestern Australia20172005–2012
Mark Arbib [lower-alpha 2] LaborNew South Wales20142008–2012
Chris Back LiberalWestern Australia20172009–2017
Cory Bernardi LiberalSouth Australia20142006–2020
Catryna Bilyk LaborTasmania20142008–present
Simon Birmingham LiberalSouth Australia20142007–present
Mark Bishop LaborWestern Australia20141996–2014
Hon. Ron Boswell LNP [lower-alpha 3]Queensland20141983–2014
Sue Boyce LNP [lower-alpha 4]Queensland20142007–2014
Hon. George Brandis LNP [lower-alpha 4]Queensland20172000–2018
Bob Brown [lower-alpha 5] GreensTasmania20141996–2012
Carol Brown LaborTasmania20142005–present
David Bushby LiberalTasmania20172007–2019
Doug Cameron  LaborNew South Wales20142008–2019
Hon. Bob Carr [lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 6] LaborNew South Wales20142012–2013
Hon. Kim Carr LaborVictoria20171993–present
Michaelia Cash LiberalWestern Australia20142008–present
Hon. Richard Colbeck LiberalTasmania20142002–2016, 2018–present
Jacinta Collins LaborVictoria20141995–2005, 2008–2019
Hon. Stephen Conroy LaborVictoria20171996–2016
Hon. Helen Coonan [lower-alpha 7] LiberalNew South Wales20141996–2011
Hon. Mathias Cormann LiberalWestern Australia20172008–2020
Trish Crossin [lower-alpha 8] LaborNorthern Territory2013 [lower-alpha 9]1998–2013
Sam Dastyari [lower-alpha 10] LaborNew South Wales20172013–2018
Richard Di Natale GreensVictoria20172011–2020
Sean Edwards LiberalSouth Australia20172011–2016
Alan Eggleston LiberalWestern Australia20141996–2014
Hon. Chris Evans [lower-alpha 11] LaborWestern Australia20171993–2013
Don Farrell LaborSouth Australia20142008–2014, 2016–present
Hon. John Faulkner LaborNew South Wales20171989–2015
David Fawcett LiberalSouth Australia20172011–present
David Feeney [lower-alpha 12] LaborVictoria20142008–2013
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells LiberalNew South Wales20172005–present
Mitch Fifield LiberalVictoria20142004–2019
Mary Jo Fisher [lower-alpha 13] LiberalSouth Australia20172007–2012
Mark Furner LaborQueensland20142008–2014
Alex Gallacher LaborSouth Australia20172011–present
Sarah Hanson-Young GreensSouth Australia20142008–present
Hon. Bill Heffernan LiberalNew South Wales20171996–2016
Hon. John Hogg LaborQueensland20141996–2014
Gary Humphries [lower-alpha 14] LiberalAustralian Capital Territory2013 [lower-alpha 9]2003–2013
Hon. David Johnston LiberalWestern Australia20142002–2016
Barnaby Joyce [lower-alpha 15] LNP [lower-alpha 3]Queensland20172005–2013
Helen Kroger LiberalVictoria20142008–2014
Sue Lines [lower-alpha 11] LaborWestern Australia20172013–present
Scott Ludlam GreensWestern Australia20142008–2017
Hon. Joe Ludwig LaborQueensland20171999–2016
Kate Lundy LaborAustralian Capital Territory2013 [lower-alpha 9]1996–2015
Hon. Ian Macdonald LNP [lower-alpha 4]Queensland20141990–2019
John Madigan DLPVictoria20172011–2016
Gavin Marshall LaborVictoria20142002–2019
Hon. Brett Mason LNP [lower-alpha 4]Queensland20171999–2015
Anne McEwen LaborSouth Australia20172005–2016
Bridget McKenzie NationalVictoria20172011–present
Jan McLucas LaborQueensland20171999–2016
Christine Milne GreensTasmania20172005–2015
Claire Moore LaborQueensland20142002–2019
Fiona Nash NationalNew South Wales20172005–2017
Deborah O'Neill [lower-alpha 6] LaborNew South Wales20142013–present
Barry O'Sullivan [lower-alpha 15] LNP [lower-alpha 3]Queensland20172014–2019
Marise Payne LiberalNew South Wales20141997–present
Stephen Parry LiberalTasmania20172005–2017
Nova Peris [lower-alpha 8] LaborNorthern Territory2016 [lower-alpha 16]2013–2016
Helen Polley LaborTasmania20172005–present
Louise Pratt LaborWestern Australia20142008–2014, 2016–present
Lee Rhiannon GreensNew South Wales20172011–2018
Hon. Michael Ronaldson LiberalVictoria20172005–2016
Anne Ruston [lower-alpha 13] LiberalSouth Australia20172012–present
Scott Ryan LiberalVictoria20142008–present
Hon. Nigel Scullion CLP [lower-alpha 17]Northern Territory2013 [lower-alpha 9]2001–2019
Zed Seselja [lower-alpha 14] LiberalAustralian Capital Territory2016 [lower-alpha 16]2013–present
Hon. Nick Sherry [lower-alpha 18] LaborTasmania20141990–2012
Rachel Siewert GreensWestern Australia20172005–present
Hon. Lisa Singh LaborTasmania20172011–2019
Arthur Sinodinos [lower-alpha 7] LiberalNew South Wales20142011–2019
Dean Smith [lower-alpha 1] LiberalWestern Australia20172012–present
Hon. Ursula Stephens LaborNew South Wales20142002–2014
Glenn Sterle LaborWestern Australia20172005–present
Matt Thistlethwaite [lower-alpha 10] LaborNew South Wales20172011–2013
Hon. Lin Thorp [lower-alpha 18] LaborTasmania20142012–2014
Mehmet Tillem [lower-alpha 12] LaborVictoria20142013–2014
Anne Urquhart LaborTasmania20172011–present
Larissa Waters GreensQueensland20172011–2017, 2018–present
Peter Whish-Wilson [lower-alpha 5] GreensTasmania20142012–present
John Williams NationalNew South Wales20142008–2019
Hon. Penny Wong LaborSouth Australia20142002–present
Penny Wright GreensSouth Australia20172011–2015
Nick Xenophon IndependentSouth Australia20142008–2017

Senate composition at 1 July 2011
Government (31) - (8 seat minority)

  Labor (31)

Opposition (34)
  Liberal (24)
  LNP (6)
  National Party (3)
  CLP (1)

Crossbench (11)
  Greens (9)
  DLP (1)

  Independent (Xenophon) (1)

Notes
  1. 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.[2]
  2. New South Wales Labor Senator Mark Arbib resigned on 5 March 2012.[3] Former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr was appointed as his replacement on 6 March 2012.[4]
  3. There is no separate LNP party room. Senators Boswell, Joyce and O'Sullivan sat in the National party room.
  4. There is no separate LNP party room. Senators Boyce, Brandis, Mason and Macdonald sat in the Liberal party room.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. New South Wales Liberal Senator Helen Coonan resigned on 22 August 2011. Arthur Sinodinos was appointed as her replacement on 13 October 2011.
  8. 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.
  9. The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was September 2013.
  10. 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.
  11. Western Australian Labor Senator Chris Evans resigned on 12 April 2013. Sue Lines was appointed as his replacement on 15 May 2013.
  12. 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.
  13. South Australian Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher resigned on 14 August 2012. Anne Ruston was appointed as her replacement on 5 September 2012.[5]
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Elected as a territory Senator in 2013 for a term ending at the next dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was July 2016.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.[6]

References
  1. "Members of the Senate" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 4 July 2011. pp. ii–iii.
  2. "Liberal senator loses battle with cancer". The Sydney Morning Herald - National Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  3. 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.
  4. "Bob Carr endorsed as NSW senator". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  5. "Ruston formally appointed to Senate". ABC News. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  6. "Nick Sherry will resign from the Senate on 1 June 2012". Multimedia Gippsland Times -. Gippsland Times. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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