Members of the Australian Senate, 2019–2022
Government (35)
Coalition
Liberal (31)[a]
National (4)[b]
Opposition (26)
Labor (26)
Crossbench (15)
Greens (9)
One Nation (2)
Centre Alliance (1)
Lambie Network (1)
Patrick Team (1)
Liberal Democrats (1)
- ^ Including four Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators who sits in the Liberals party room.
- ^ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators who sits in the Nationals party room.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2019 Australian federal election held on 18 May 2019.[1][2] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states began on 1 July 2019. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 18 May 2019.[3]
Government (35)
Coalition
Liberal (26)
Liberal National (6)[i]
National (2)
Country Liberal (1)[ii]
Opposition (26)
Labor (26)
Crossbench (15)
Greens (9)
Centre Alliance (2)
Jacqui Lambie (1)
Independent (1)
One Nation (2)
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Mitch Fifield resigned from the Senate on 16 August 2019 to become Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations. Former MP Sarah Henderson was appointed to fill the vacancy on 11 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Arthur Sinodinos resigned from the Senate on 11 November 2019 to become Australian Ambassador to the United States. Former Liberal Senator Jim Molan was appointed to fill the vacancy on 14 November 2019.
- ^ a b c Cory Bernardi resigned from the Senate on 20 January 2020. As Bernardi was elected as a Liberal Party member in 2016, his replacement must also be from the Liberal Party. Former President of the South Australian Legislative Council Andrew McLachlan was appointed to fill the vacancy on 6 February 2020.
- ^ a b c Mathias Cormann resigned from the Senate on 6 November 2020 to nominate for the position of Secretary-General of the OECD. Ben Small was appointed to fill the vacancy on 25 November 2020.
- ^ a b Rex Patrick resigned from Centre Alliance on 9 August 2020 and became an independent. In October 2020 he formed the Rex Patrick Team party, which was registered in January 2021.
- ^ a b c Richard Di Natale resigned from the Senate on 26 August 2020. Former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Lidia Thorpe was appointed to fill the vacancy on 4 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Alex Gallacher died on 29 August 2021. Karen Grogan was appointed to fill the vacancy on 21 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Rachel Siewert resigned from the Senate on 6 September 2021. Dorinda Cox was appointed to fill the vacancy on 14 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Scott Ryan resigned from the Senate on 13 October 2021. Greg Mirabella was appointed to fill the vacancy on 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b Sam McMahon was a member of the Country Liberal Party who sat with the National Party, until she resigned from the CLP on 28 January 2022 to sit as an independent. On 8 April 2022 she announced that she had joined the Liberal Democratic Party.
- ^ a b c Kimberley Kitching died on 10 March 2022. Jana Stewart was appointed to fill the vacancy on 6 April 2022.
- ^ a b Kristina Keneally resigned on 13 April 2022 to contest the lower house seat of Fowler. A replacement was not appointed to fill the vacancy as Keneally's seat was up for election and would expire on 30 June 2022.
- ^ a b Ben Small resigned on 15 April 2022 after discovering he was a citizen of New Zealand and ineligible to be a senator. He was nominated to replace himself on 18 May 2022.
- ^ The changes to the composition of the Senate, in chronological order, were Fifield resigned,[a] Sinodinos resigned,[b] Bernardi resigned,[c] Cormann resigned,[d] Patrick defected,[e] Di Natale resigned,[f] Gallacher died,[g] Siewert resigned,[h] Ryan resigned,[i] McMahon defected,[j] Kitching died,[k] Keneally resigned,[l] Small resigned.[m]
- ^ a b Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
- ^ a b c d Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.
References
edit- ^ "Senate candidates". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "All Senators". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Senators—service expiry dates". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2019.[n]