Members of the Australian Senate, 2008-2011

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate

Australian Senate

The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...

between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2011. This includes senators elected at the 2004 federal election (whose terms are 2005–2011), and those elected at the 2007 federal election (whose terms are 2008–2014). The Coalition holds 37 seats, Labor 32 seats, Greens five seats, Family First one seat, and one independent, Nick Xenophon

Nick Xenophon

Nicholas "Nick" Xenophon is a South Australian barrister, anti-gambling campaigner and politician. He attended Prince Alfred College, and studied law at the University of Adelaide, attaining his Bachelor of Laws in 1981. Xenophon established and became principal of his own law firm, Xenophon & Co....

.

Assuming party discipline

Party discipline

Party discipline is the ability of a parliamentary group of a political party to get its members to support the policies of their party leadership. In liberal democracies, it usually refers to the control that party leaders have over its legislature...

, the Gillard Labor government

Gillard Government

The Gillard Government refers to the federal Executive Government of Australia, which is led by the Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard. Julia Gillard became Prime Minister on the 24th of June 2010 after challenging her predecessor, Kevin Rudd for the position of leader of the parliamentary...

needs the support of either the Coalition, or of all the other non-Coalition senators to pass legislation. Under Australian Senate rules, tied votes are resolved in the negative.

Senator	Party	State	Years in office
Hon Eric Abetz Eric Abetz Eric Abetz , has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since February 1994, representing the state of Tasmania. He is currently Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. He was educated at the University of Tasmania and was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	1994–present
Judith Adams Judith Adams Judith Anne Adams , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing Western Australia. She was born in Picton, New Zealand, and was a trained nurse and midwife experienced in health care policy...	Liberal	Western Australia	2005–present
Hon Mark Arbib Mark Arbib Mark Victor Arbib is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of New South Wales. He was the Australian Labor Party State Secretary of the New South Wales branch from 2004 to 2007...	ALP Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	2008–present
Dr Chris Back Chris Back Christopher John "Chris" Back is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since 2009....	Liberal	Western Australia	2009–present
Guy Barnett Guy Barnett (Australian politician) Guy Barnett , has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since February 2002, representing the state of Tasmania. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and was educated at the University of Tasmania. He was a lawyer before entering politics...	Liberal	Tasmania	2002–2011
Cory Bernardi Cory Bernardi Cory Bernardi is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since 2006, representing the state of South Australia.-Early life:...	Liberal	South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	2006–present
Catryna Bilyk Catryna Bilyk Catryna Louise Bilyk is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Tasmania....	ALP	Tasmania	2008–present
Simon Birmingham Simon Birmingham Simon John Birmingham is an Australian politician and Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since 2007, representing South Australia.-Early life and career:...	Liberal	South Australia	2007–present
Mark Bishop Mark Bishop Thomas Mark Bishop , has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Western Australia since July 1996. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at the University of Adelaide and Harvard University...	ALP	Western Australia	1996–present
Hon Ron Boswell Ron Boswell Ronald Leslie Doyle "Ron" Boswell , Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian Senate since 5 March 1983, representing Queensland. Since 2008 he has been the Father of the Senate....	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	Queensland	1983–present
Sue Boyce Sue Boyce Suzanne Kay "Sue" Boyce , Australian politician, businesswoman and disability advocate, is a member of the Australian Senate for Queensland. She was selected by the Liberal Party in Queensland to replace Santo Santoro in the Senate, and endorsed by the Parliament of Queensland. She is Queensland's...	Liberal	Queensland	2007–present
Hon George Brandis George Brandis George Henry Brandis, SC , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland since May 2000.-Education & Early Career:...	Liberal	Queensland	2000–present
Dr Bob Brown Bob Brown Robert James Brown is an Australian senator, the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia...	Green Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...	Tasmania	1996–present
Carol Brown	ALP	Tasmania	2005–present
David Bushby David Bushby David Christopher Bushby , Australian politician, a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since August 2007, representing the state of Tasmania....	Liberal	Tasmania	2007–present
Doug Cameron Doug Cameron (politician) Douglas Niven Cameron is an Australian politician and trade unionist. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of New South Wales....	ALP	New South Wales	2008–present
Hon Kim Carr Kim Carr Kim John Carr is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1993, representing the state of Victoria. He was elected to the Senate at the March 1993 election, and was due to take his seat on 1 July...	ALP	Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	1993–present
Michaelia Cash Michaelia Cash Michaelia Clare Cash is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Western Australia.Cash was first elected to parliament at the 2007 federal election...	Liberal	Western Australia	2008–present
Hon Richard Colbeck Richard Colbeck Richard Mansell Colbeck , Australian politician, is a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing Tasmania. He was born in Myrtleford, Victoria, and was educated at Devonport Technical College. He was a Building estimator and supervisor, managing director and proprietor of a building...	Liberal	Tasmania	2002–present
Hon Jacinta Collins Jacinta Collins Jacinta Mary Ann Collins , is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate. She served from May 1995 to 2005, and again from May 2008, representing the state of Victoria....	ALP	Victoria	1995–2005, 2008–present
Hon Stephen Conroy Stephen Conroy Stephen Michael Conroy is an Australian politician and the current Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in the Gillard Ministry...	ALP	Victoria	1996–present
Hon Helen Coonan Helen Coonan Helen Lloyd Coonan is a former Australian politician, who was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing New South Wales from July 1996 to August 2011.-Early life:...	Liberal	New South Wales	1996–2011
Mathias Cormann Mathias Cormann Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann is an Australian politician. He is a Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia, having been chosen by the Parliament of Western Australia on 19 June 2007 to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Ian Campbell...	Liberal	Western Australia	2008–present
Trish Crossin Trish Crossin Patricia Margaret "Trish" Crossin , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the Northern Territory since June 1998, representing the Australian Labor Party...	ALP	Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...	1998–present
Dr Alan Eggleston Alan Eggleston Dr Alan Eggleston , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1996, representing Western Australia. He was born in Busselton, Western Australia, and was educated at the University of Western Australia, where he studied medicine, and at Murdoch University,...	Liberal	Western Australia	1996–present
Hon Chris Ellison Chris Ellison Christopher Martin Ellison , is a former Liberal member of the Australian Senate. He represented Western Australia in the Senate from July 1993 to January 2009.-Background:...	Liberal	Western Australia	1993–2009
Hon Chris Evans Chris Evans (Australian politician) Christopher Vaughan Evans is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...	ALP	Western Australia	1993–present
Hon Don Farrell Don Farrell Donald Edward Farrell is an Australian politician and former trade union leader. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since 1 July 2008, representing the state of South Australia. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water on 14 September 2010...	ALP	South Australia	2008–present
Hon John Faulkner John Faulkner John Philip Faulkner is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since 1989, representing the state of New South Wales. Following a period serving on various Senate Committees and as Deputy Whip, he was a Minister in the Keating Labor government 1993-96...	ALP	New South Wales	1989–present
Hon David Feeney David Feeney David Ian Feeney is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2008.Feeney was born in Adelaide. His father is a immigrant from Northern Ireland. Raised Catholic, he attended Mercedes College, Adelaide before moving to Melbourne, where he attended...	ALP	Victoria	2008–present
Hon Alan Ferguson Alan Ferguson The Hon. Alan Baird Ferguson , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since May 1992, representing South Australia. On 14 August 2007 Senator Ferguson became the 22nd President of the Australian Senate, succeeding Senator Paul Calvert of Tasmania...	Liberal	South Australia	1992–2011
Steve Fielding Steve Fielding Steven "Steve" Fielding , was a Senator representing the state of Victoria and the federal parliamentary leader of the Family First Party in Australia. Elected to the Senate at the 2004 federal election on two percent of the Victorian vote, he failed to gain re-election at the 2010 federal election...	Family First Family First Party The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor political party in Australia. It has two members in the South Australian Legislative Council...	Victoria	2005–2011
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Concetta Anna Fierravanti-Wells , Australian politician, is a member of Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales...	Liberal	New South Wales	2005–present
Mitch Fifield Mitch Fifield Mitchell Peter "Mitch" Fifield , Australian politician, is member of the Australian Senate since March 2004, representing the state of Victoria for the Liberal Party.-Early years:...	Liberal	Victoria	2004–present
Mary Jo Fisher Mary Jo Fisher Mary Josephine Fisher is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since 2007, representing the state of South Australia....	Liberal	South Australia	2007–present
Michael Forshaw Michael Forshaw Michael George Forshaw , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales from May 1994 to June 2011, representing the Australian Labor Party....	ALP	New South Wales	1994–2011
Mark Furner Mark Furner Mark Lionel Furner is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Queensland....	ALP	Queensland	2008–present
Sarah Hanson-Young Sarah Hanson-Young Sarah Coral Hanson-Young is an Australian politician. She has been a Greens member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of South Australia. she is the youngest person ever elected to the Australian Senate....	Green	South Australia	2008–present
Hon Bill Heffernan Bill Heffernan William Daniel Heffernan, more commonly known as Bill Heffernan, , Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party member of the Senate, representing the state of New South Wales, since September 1996.-Early life:...	Liberal	New South Wales	1996–present
Hon John Hogg John Hogg John Joseph Hogg is an Australian politician, and has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party. He was elected the 23rd President of the Senate on 26 August 2008.Hogg was born in Brisbane to Francis Patrick and...	ALP	Queensland	1996–present
Gary Humphries Gary Humphries Gary John Joseph Humphries has been a member of the Australian Senate representing the Australian Capital Territory for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2003...	Liberal	Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...	2003–present
Annette Hurley Annette Hurley Annette Kay Hurley is an Australian politician. Elected at the 2004 federal election, she has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing the state of South Australia...	ALP	South Australia	2005–2011
Steve Hutchins Steve Hutchins Stephen Patrick Hutchins , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales since October 1998, representing the Australian Labor Party.Hutchins was born in Sydney...	ALP	New South Wales	1999–2011
Hon David Johnston David Johnston (politician) David Albert Lloyd Johnston , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 2002, representing the state of Western Australia. Johnston was born in Perth and was educated at University of Western Australia, where he graduated in law...	Liberal	Western Australia	2002–present
Barnaby Joyce Barnaby Joyce Barnaby Thomas Gerald Joyce , Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Queensland since July 2005...	National	Queensland	2005–present
Helen Kroger Helen Kroger Helen Kroger is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Victoria...	Liberal	Victoria	2008–present
Scott Ludlam Scott Ludlam Scott Ludlam is an Australian politician and Greens member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Western Australia....	Green	Western Australia	2008–present
Hon Joe Ludwig Joe Ludwig Senator the Hon Joseph William Ludwig , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1999, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Biography:...	ALP	Queensland	1999–present
Hon Kate Lundy Kate Lundy Kate Alexandra Lundy is a member of the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Capital Territory.Born in Sydney, Lundy dropped out of Year 11 without telling her parents and went to work on a construction site...	ALP	Australian Capital Territory	1996–present
Hon Ian Macdonald Ian Macdonald (Australian politician) Ian Douglas Macdonald , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1990, representing Queensland. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and was a solicitor before entering politics...	Liberal	Queensland	1990–present
Gavin Marshall Gavin Marshall Gavin Mark Marshall , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since July 2002, representing the state of Victoria....	ALP	Victoria	2002–present
Anne McEwen	ALP	South Australia	2005–present
Julian McGauran Julian McGauran Julian McGauran , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate, representing the state of Victoria. Elected as a member of the National Party, he resigned from the Nationals and joined the Liberal Party of Australia in February 2006...	Liberal	Victoria	1987–1990, 1993–2011
Hon Jan McLucas Jan McLucas Jan Elizabeth McLucas is an Australian politician, representing Queensland and the Australian Labor Party in the Australian Senate.-Biography:McLucas's parents are Ronald and Audrey McLucas...	ALP	Queensland	1999–present
Hon Brett Mason Brett Mason Dr Brett John Mason , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1999, representing the state of Queensland. He was the Parliamentary Secretary for Health....	Liberal	Queensland	1999–present
Christine Milne Christine Milne Christine Anne Milne is an Australian Senator and deputy leader of the Australian Greens.Christine Milne first came to public attention for her role in opposing the building of the Wesley Vale pulp mill near Bass Strait in North Western Tasmania on the basis of its allegedly harmful environmental...	Green	Tasmania	2005–present
Hon Nick Minchin Nick Minchin Nicholas Hugh "Nick" Minchin is a former Australian politician, serving as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia from July 1993 to June 2011, and a former cabinet minister in the Howard Government....	Liberal	South Australia	1993–2011
Claire Moore Claire Moore Claire Mary Moore is an Australian politician. Moore was elected to the Australian Senate from Queensland in July 2001, representing the Australian Labor Party. Her term began on 1 July 2002....	ALP	Queensland	2002–present
Fiona Nash Fiona Nash Fiona Joy Nash , Australian politician, has been a National Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate since 1 July 2005, representing the state of New South Wales....	National	New South Wales	2005–present
Kerry O'Brien Kerry O'Brien (politician) Kerry Williams Kelso O'Brien , is an Australian politician. O'Brien has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania since September 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Background:O'Brien was born in Sydney...	ALP	Tasmania	1996–2011
Stephen Parry Stephen Parry (politician) Stephen Shane Parry , Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing the state of Tasmania. He was elected Government Deputy Whip in the Senate in November 2006 and elected Government Whip in April 2007 in succession to the late...	Liberal	Tasmania	2005–present
Marise Payne Marise Payne Marise Ann Payne is an Australian politician. She is a Liberal Senator for the state of New South Wales. Senator Payne was appointed to the Senate on 9 April 1997, and elected in 2001 for a full term, and again in 2007.-Early life:...	Liberal	New South Wales	1997–present
Helen Polley Helen Polley Helen Beatrice Polley is an Australian Labor Party Senator for the state of Tasmania, since 1 July 2005.Before entering the federal government Polley was an advisor to two Labor Premiers of Tasmania; Jim Bacon and Paul Lennon. She was elected to the Senate in 2004 and her term began in...	ALP	Tasmania	2005–present
Louise Pratt Louise Pratt Louise Clare Pratt is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Western Australia. She had been assured of election at the 2007 federal election after winning the first position on the Labor ticket, defeating incumbent...	ALP	Western Australia	2008–present
Hon Michael Ronaldson Michael Ronaldson Michael John Clyde Ronaldson is an Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing the state of Victoria....	Liberal	Victoria	2005–present
Scott Ryan Scott Ryan (Australian politician) Scott Michael Ryan is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Victoria....	Liberal	Victoria	2008–present
Hon Nigel Scullion Nigel Scullion Nigel Gregory Scullion , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the Northern Territory since November 2001, representing the Country Liberal Party...	CLP Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	Northern Territory	2001–present
Hon Nick Sherry Nick Sherry Nicholas John Sherry , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania since July 1990, representing the Australian Labor Party. Sherry was sworn in as the Assistant Treasurer on 9 June 2009, after serving as the first Australian Minister for...	ALP	Tasmania	1990–present
Rachel Siewert Rachel Siewert Rachel Mary Siewert is an Australian Greens politician who was elected to represent Western Australia in the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election....	Green	Western Australia	2005–present
Hon Ursula Stephens Ursula Stephens Ursula Mary Stephens is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Senate for New South Wales in November 2001, representing the Australian Labor Party. She began her term on 1 July 2002....	ALP	New South Wales	2002–present
Glenn Sterle Glenn Sterle Glenn Sterle is an Australian politician. A former trade union organiser, he has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since 2005, representing the state of Western Australia....	ALP	Western Australia	2005–present
Hon Judith Troeth Judith Troeth Judith Mary Troeth has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1993, representing the state of Victoria. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was educated at the Methodist Ladies' College, and later at the University of Melbourne, where she graduated in arts and education...	Liberal	Victoria	1993–2011
Russell Trood Russell Trood Dr Russell Brunell Trood was a Liberal Party Senator for the state of Queensland, Australia. His surprise election as the third Liberal from Queensland in the 2004 Federal Election, along with 38 other Coalition Senators gave the federal government of John Howard a majority in the Senate and thus...	Liberal	Queensland	2005–2011
John Williams	National	New South Wales	2008–present
Hon Penny Wong Penny Wong Penelope "Penny" Ying-yen Wong , is an Australian Labor Party senator for South Australia and the Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Wong was the first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water. Her appointment was amended on 26 February 2010, by the Prime Minister, to the...	ALP	South Australia	2002–present
Dana Wortley Dana Wortley -External links:*...	ALP	South Australia	2005–2011
Nick Xenophon Nick Xenophon Nicholas "Nick" Xenophon is a South Australian barrister, anti-gambling campaigner and politician. He attended Prince Alfred College, and studied law at the University of Adelaide, attaining his Bachelor of Laws in 1981. Xenophon established and became principal of his own law firm, Xenophon & Co....	Independent	South Australia	2008–present

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