Senate composition at 1 July 2011
Government (31) - (8 seat minority)
Labor (31)
Opposition (34)
Liberal (24)
Liberal National (6)
National Party (3)
Country Liberal (1)
Crossbench (11)
Greens (9)
Democratic Labour (1)
Independent ( Xenophon) (1)
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 | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Abetz | Liberal | Tasmania | 2017 | 1994β2022 | |
Judith Adams [a] | Liberal | Western Australia | 2017 | 2005β2012 | |
Mark Arbib [b] | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008β2012 | |
Chris Back | Liberal | Western Australia | 2017 | 2009β2017 | |
Cory Bernardi | Liberal | South Australia | 2014 | 2006β2020 | |
Catryna Bilyk | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 2008βpresent | |
Simon Birmingham | Liberal | South Australia | 2014 | 2007βpresent | |
Mark Bishop | Labor | Western Australia | 2014 | 1996β2014 | |
Ron Boswell | Liberal National [c] | Queensland | 2014 | 1983β2014 | |
Sue Boyce | Liberal National [d] | Queensland | 2014 | 2007β2014 | |
George Brandis | Liberal National [d] | Queensland | 2017 | 2000β2018 | |
Bob Brown [e] | Greens | Tasmania | 2014 | 1996β2012 | |
Carol Brown | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 2005βpresent | |
David Bushby | Liberal | Tasmania | 2017 | 2007β2019 | |
Doug Cameron | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008β2019 | |
Bob Carr [b] [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2012β2013 | |
Kim Carr | Labor | Victoria | 2017 | 1993β2022 | |
Michaelia Cash | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008βpresent | |
Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Tasmania | 2014 | 2002β2016, 2018βpresent | |
Jacinta Collins | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 1995β2005, 2008β2019 | |
Stephen Conroy | Labor | Victoria | 2017 | 1996β2016 | |
Helen Coonan [g] | Liberal | New South Wales | 2014 | 1996β2011 | |
Mathias Cormann | Liberal | Western Australia | 2017 | 2008β2020 | |
Trish Crossin [h] | Labor | Northern Territory | 2013 [i] | 1998β2013 | |
Sam Dastyari [j] | Labor | New South Wales | 2017 | 2013β2018 | |
Richard Di Natale | Greens | Victoria | 2017 | 2011β2020 | |
Sean Edwards | Liberal | South Australia | 2017 | 2011β2016 | |
Alan Eggleston | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 1996β2014 | |
Chris Evans [k] | Labor | Western Australia | 2017 | 1993β2013 | |
Don Farrell | Labor | South Australia | 2014 | 2008β2014, 2016βpresent | |
John Faulkner | Labor | New South Wales | 2017 | 1989β2015 | |
David Fawcett | Liberal | South Australia | 2017 | 2011βpresent | |
David Feeney [l] | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 2008β2013 | |
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal | New South Wales | 2017 | 2005β2022 | |
Mitch Fifield | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2004β2019 | |
Mary Jo Fisher [m] | Liberal | South Australia | 2017 | 2007β2012 | |
Mark Furner | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 2008β2014 | |
Alex Gallacher | Labor | South Australia | 2017 | 2011β2021 | |
Sarah Hanson-Young | Greens | South Australia | 2014 | 2008βpresent | |
Bill Heffernan | Liberal | New South Wales | 2017 | 1996β2016 | |
John Hogg | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 1996β2014 | |
Gary Humphries [n] | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 2013 [i] | 2003β2013 | |
David Johnston | Liberal | Western Australia | 2014 | 2002β2016 | |
Barnaby Joyce [o] | Liberal National [c] | Queensland | 2017 | 2005β2013 | |
Helen Kroger | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2008β2014 | |
Sue Lines [k] | Labor | Western Australia | 2017 | 2013βpresent | |
Scott Ludlam | Greens | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008β2017 | |
Joe Ludwig | Labor | Queensland | 2017 | 1999β2016 | |
Kate Lundy | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 2013 [i] | 1996β2015 | |
Ian Macdonald | Liberal National [d] | Queensland | 2014 | 1990β2019 | |
John Madigan | Democratic Labour | Victoria | 2017 | 2011β2016 | |
Gavin Marshall | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 2002β2019 | |
Brett Mason | Liberal National [d] | Queensland | 2017 | 1999β2015 | |
Anne McEwen | Labor | South Australia | 2017 | 2005β2016 | |
Bridget McKenzie | National | Victoria | 2017 | 2011βpresent | |
Jan McLucas | Labor | Queensland | 2017 | 1999β2016 | |
Christine Milne | Greens | Tasmania | 2017 | 2005β2015 | |
Claire Moore | Labor | Queensland | 2014 | 2002β2019 | |
Fiona Nash | National | New South Wales | 2017 | 2005β2017 | |
Deborah O'Neill [f] | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2013βpresent | |
Barry O'Sullivan [o] | Liberal National [c] | Queensland | 2017 | 2014β2019 | |
Marise Payne | Liberal | New South Wales | 2014 | 1997β2023 | |
Stephen Parry | Liberal | Tasmania | 2017 | 2005β2017 | |
Nova Peris [h] | Labor | Northern Territory | 2016 [p] | 2013β2016 | |
Helen Polley | Labor | Tasmania | 2017 | 2005βpresent | |
Louise Pratt | Labor | Western Australia | 2014 | 2008β2014, 2016βpresent | |
Lee Rhiannon | Greens | New South Wales | 2017 | 2011β2018 | |
Michael Ronaldson | Liberal | Victoria | 2017 | 2005β2016 | |
Anne Ruston [m] | Liberal | South Australia | 2017 | 2012βpresent | |
Scott Ryan | Liberal | Victoria | 2014 | 2008β2021 | |
Nigel Scullion | Country Liberal [q] | Northern Territory | 2013 [i] | 2001β2019 | |
Zed Seselja [n] | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 2016 [p] | 2013β2022 | |
Nick Sherry [r] | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 1990β2012 | |
Rachel Siewert | Greens | Western Australia | 2017 | 2005β2021 | |
Lisa Singh | Labor | Tasmania | 2017 | 2011β2019 | |
Arthur Sinodinos [g] | Liberal | New South Wales | 2014 | 2011β2019 | |
Dean Smith [a] | Liberal | Western Australia | 2017 | 2012βpresent | |
Ursula Stephens | Labor | New South Wales | 2014 | 2002β2014 | |
Glenn Sterle | Labor | Western Australia | 2017 | 2005βpresent | |
Matt Thistlethwaite [j] | Labor | New South Wales | 2017 | 2011β2013 | |
Lin Thorp [r] | Labor | Tasmania | 2014 | 2012β2014 | |
Mehmet Tillem [l] | Labor | Victoria | 2014 | 2013β2014 | |
Anne Urquhart | Labor | Tasmania | 2017 | 2011βpresent | |
Larissa Waters | Greens | Queensland | 2017 | 2011β2017, 2018βpresent | |
Peter Whish-Wilson [e] | Greens | Tasmania | 2014 | 2012βpresent | |
John Williams | National | New South Wales | 2014 | 2008β2019 | |
Penny Wong | Labor | South Australia | 2014 | 2002βpresent | |
Penny Wright | Greens | South Australia | 2017 | 2011β2015 | |
Nick Xenophon | Independent | South Australia | 2014 | 2008β2017 |