Members of the Australian Senate, 1993-1996

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,...

from 1993 to 1996:

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
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... ²	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
Richard Alston Richard Alston (politician) Richard Kenneth Robert Alston was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1986 to 2004, representing the state of Victoria....	Liberal	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....	1986–2004
Brian Archer Brian Archer Brian Roper Archer was an Australian Senator who represented the Liberal Party for the state of Tasmania. He served as a Senator for from 13 December 1975 to 31 January 1994.... ²	Liberal	Tasmania	1975–1994
Michael Baume Michael Baume Michael Ehrenfried Baume AO was an Australian Liberal Party politician who represented the Division of Macarthur in the House of Representatives and the state of New South Wales in the Senate.Born in Sydney, Baume earned a B.A...	Liberal	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...	1984–1996
Michael Beahan Michael Beahan Michael Eamon Beahan, AM was the 19th President of the Australian Senate, holding that position from 1 February 1994 to 20 August 1996...	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...	Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...	1987–1996
Robert Bell Robert Bell (Australian politician) Robert John Bell was an Australian politician.Born in Hobart, he was educated at the University of Tasmania and the University of New England before becoming a teacher and youth employment co-ordinator. He was later an electorate assistant and served on Hobart City Council...	Democrat Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...	Tasmania	1990–1996
Bronwyn Bishop Bronwyn Bishop Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop , an Australian politician, is a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Liberal Party representing the Division of Mackellar, New South Wales since 1994... ⁴	Liberal	New South Wales	1987–1994
Hon Nick Bolkus Nick Bolkus Nick Bolkus is a former Australian Labor Party politician. He was a member of the Senate from July 1981 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia.-Early career:...	ALP	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...	1981–2005
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 Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	1983–present
Vicki Bourne Vicki Bourne Vicki Worrall Bourne is a former Australian Democrats Senator for New South Wales from 1990 to 2002.Bourne was born in Sydney; she attended the selective High School, Fort Street, and then UNSW where she obtained a BSc and MSc...	Democrat	Queensland	1990–2002
David Brownhill David Brownhill David Gordon Cadell Brownhill was a member of the Australian Senate, representing New South Wales for the National Party, from 1984 until 2000...	National	New South Wales	1984–2000
Bryant Burns Bryant Burns Bryant Robert Burns is a former Australian politician. Born in Rockhampton, Queensland, he was a stockman and boilermaker and then an official with the Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union. In 1987, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland. He remained a Senator until...	ALP	Queensland	1987–1996
Paul Calvert Paul Calvert Paul Henry Calvert, AO , Australian politician, was a Senator for Tasmania from 1987 to 2007, and was President of the Australian Senate from 2002 to 2007....	Liberal	Tasmania	1987–2007
Ian Campbell	Liberal	Western Australia	1990–2007
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	1993–present
Grant Chapman Grant Chapman Hedley Grant Pearson Chapman is an Australian politician.Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Chapman was educated at the University of Adelaide and worked as a marketing executive in the oil industry and a self-employed management consultant prior to gaining Liberal Party pre-selection for the...	Liberal	South Australia	1987–2008
Bruce Childs Bruce Childs Bruce Kenneth Childs is a former Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was a tradesman in photo engraving and a secretary of the Printers' Union before becoming Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party 1971-1980. In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor...	ALP	New South Wales	1980–1997
Christabel Chamarette Christabel Chamarette Christabel Marguerite Alain Chamarette, sometimes Christabel Bridge was a Greens Western Australia Senator for Western Australia from 1992 to 1996.-Personal life:...	Green (WA) Greens Western Australia The Greens Western Australia is the state branch of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. The Greens WA was formed following the merger of the WA Greens and the Green Earth Alliance...	Western Australia	1992–1996
Noel Crichton-Browne Noel Crichton-Browne Noel Ashley Crichton-Browne is a former member of the Australian Senate and political lobbyist.He attended Scotch College, Perth....	Liberal	Western Australia	1980–1996
John Coates John Coates (Australian politician) John Coates is a retired Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at the University of Sydney, after which he became a biochemist at the University of Tasmania. In 1972, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Denison, defeating sitting...	ALP	Tasmania	1980–1996
Bob Collins	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...	1987–1998
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.... ⁷	ALP	Victoria	1995–2005, 2008–present
Dr Mal Colston Mal Colston Malcolm Arthur "Mal" Colston , Australian politician, was a Senator in the Parliament of Australia representing the state of Queensland between 1975 and 1999...	ALP	Queensland	1975–1999
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... ¹¹	ALP	Victoria	1996–present
Barney Cooney Barney Cooney Bernard Cornelius "Barney" Cooney is a former Australian politician. Born in Currie, Tasmania, he was educated at the University of Melbourne before becoming a barrister. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Victoria. He held the seat until his retirement in...	ALP	Victoria	1984–2002
Hon Peter Cook Peter Cook (Australian politician) Peter Francis Salmon Cook was an Australian politician. He served as a Labor member of the Senate from 1983 to 2005, representing the state of Western Australia....	ALP	Western Australia	1983–2005
Dr John Coulter ⁹	Democrat	South Australia	1987–1995
Winston Crane Winston Crane Arthur Winston Crane was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was a farmer and grazier, and served as Senior Vice-President of the National Farmers' Federation. In 1990, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator from Western Australia...	Liberal	Western Australia	1990–2002
Dr Rosemary Crowley Rosemary Crowley Rosemary Anne Crowley was a Labor Senator for South Australia from 1983 to 2002.Before entering politics Crowley was a medical practitioner and tutor at Flinders University...	ALP	South Australia	1983–2002
Kay Denman Kay Denman Kay Janet Denman , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from 1993 to 2005, representing the Australian Labor Party.... ¹	ALP	Tasmania	1993–2005
John Devereux ¹⁰	ALP/Independent ⁶	Tasmania	1987–1996
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
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 Gareth Evans Gareth Evans (politician) Gareth John Evans, AO, QC , is a former Australian politician from 1978 to 1999 representing the Australian Labor Party, serving in a number of ministries including Attorney-General and Foreign Minister from 1983 to 1996 in the Hawke and Keating governments. He was president and chief executive... ¹¹	ALP	Victoria	1977–1996
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
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
Dominic Foreman Dominic Foreman Dominic John Foreman is a former Australian politician. He was a union official and South Australian Secretary of the Vehicle Builders' Employees' Union before entering politics. From 1979-1980 he was President of the South Australian Labor Party. In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate...	ALP	South Australia	1980–1997
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.... ⁵	ALP	New South Wales	1994–2011
Brian Gibson Brian Gibson (Australian politician) Brian Francis Gibson is an Australian politician and businessman who has held senior appointments in Australian companies and industry bodies.Gibson was born in Ascot Vale Victoria in 1936....	Liberal	Tasmania	1993–2002
Brian Harradine Brian Harradine Richard William Brian Harradine , Australian politician, was an independent member of the Australian Senate from 1975 to 2005, representing the state of Tasmania. He was the longest-serving independent federal politician in Australian history, and a Father of the Senate.He was born in Quorn, South...	Independent	Tasmania	1975–2005
Dr John Herron John Herron (Australian politician) Dr. John Joseph Herron , Australian politician, ambassador and surgeon, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1990 to 5 September 2002, representing Queensland. From 2002 to 2006 he was the Australian Ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See.Dr...	Liberal	Queensland	1990–2002
Robert Hill Robert Hill (Australian politician) Robert Murray Hill is Chancellor of the University of Adelaide and a former Australian politician. He also currently heads the Australian Carbon Trust.-Early life and family:...	Liberal	South Australia	1981–2006
Gerry Jones Gerry Jones Gerry Norman Jones is a former Australian politician. Born at Roma, Queensland, he was a research assistant before becoming state organiser of the Queensland Labor Party 1967-1972. He was an Executive Officer 1976-1977 and State Secretary 1977-1980. In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate...	ALP	Queensland	1980–1996
Rod Kemp Rod Kemp Charles Roderick "Rod" Kemp is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria....	Liberal	Victoria	1990–2008
Cheryl Kernot Cheryl Kernot Cheryl Kernot is an Australian politician, academic, and political activist. She was a member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland for the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 1997, and the fifth leader of the Australian Democrats from 1993 to 1997...	Democrat	Queensland	1990–1997
Susan Knowles Susan Knowles Susan Christine Knowles represented Western Australia and the Liberal Party in the Australian Senate from 1 December 1984 until her retirement on 30 June 2005.-References:*...	Liberal	Western Australia	1984–2005
Meg Lees Meg Lees Meg Heather Lees was a member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia. She represented the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 2002, and was an independent senator between 2002 and 2005, adopting the party designation Australian Progressive Alliance from...	Democrat	South Australia	1990–2005
Stephen Loosely Stephen Loosely Stephen Loosley was a New South Wales Labor Senator from 1990 to 1995.-References:... ⁸	ALP	New South Wales	1990–1995
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
Sandy Macdonald Sandy Macdonald John Alexander Lindsay "Sandy" Macdonald is a former Australian politician. He was member of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1998, and again from 2000 to 2008, representing the state of New South Wales for the National Party.-Early life:...	National	New South Wales	1993–1999, 2000–2008
David MacGibbon David MacGibbon (Australian politician) David John MacGibbon is a retired Australian politician who served 21 years in the Australian Senate as a Liberal senator representing Queensland from 1978 to 1999.-Education and Early Career:...	Liberal	Queensland	1977–1999
Sue Mackay Sue Mackay Sue Mary Mackay is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Tasmania. She was appointed to the Senate on 8 March 1996 and resigned on 29 July 2005.... ¹⁰	ALP	Tasmania	1996–2005
Dee Margetts Dee Margetts Diane Elizabeth Margetts was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1999 and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2005, representing the Greens Western Australia....	Green (WA)	Western Australia	1993–1999
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...	National	Victoria	1987–1990, 1993–2011
Jim McKiernan Jim McKiernan James Philip "Jim" McKiernan was an Irish-born Australian politician. Born in Cavan, Ireland, he was a fitter and turner before entering politics. In Australia he was a union education officer for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a...	ALP	Western Australia	1984–2002
Hon Bob McMullan Bob McMullan Robert Francis McMullan is an Australian former politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in both the Senate and the House of Representatives....	ALP	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...	1988–1996
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
Shayne Murphy Shayne Murphy Shayne Michael Murphy , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate, representing Tasmania, from 1993 to 2005. He represented the Australian Labor Party from his election until 2001, when he left the party and became an independent.Murphy was born in Queenstown, Tasmania, and...	ALP	Tasmania	1993–2005
Belinda Neal Belinda Neal Belinda Jane Neal , a former Australian federal politician, was a Member of the House of Representatives representing the electorate of Robertson between 2007 and 2010; and representing the state of New South Wales in the Senate from 1994 to 1998, both of behalf of the Australian Labor... ³	ALP	New South Wales	1994–1998
Jocelyn Newman Jocelyn Newman Jocelyn Margaret Newman was an Australian Senator for Tasmania for 15 years.Newman was born in Melbourne and was a Barrister and solicitor before entering Parliament. She married Kevin Newman in 1961. Her son Campbell Newman is the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.Newman was appointed to the Senate on 13...	Liberal	Tasmania	1986–2002
Bill O'Chee Bill O'Chee William George "Bill" O'Chee is an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 1999, representing the state of Queensland.-Biography:...	National	Queensland	1990–1999
John Panizza John Panizza John Horace Panizza was an Australian politician. Born at Southern Cross, Western Australia, he was a farmer and property developer, and served on Yilgarn Shire Council. In 1987, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for Western Australia...	Liberal	Western Australia	1987–1997
Warwick Parer Warwick Parer Warwick Raymond Parer , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate, representing the state of Queensland. He is the nephew of Australian war photographer Damien Parer.Born in Wau, Papua New Guinea, he attended St...	Liberal	Queensland	1984–2000
Dr Kay Patterson Kay Patterson Kay Christine Lesley Patterson is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria....	Liberal	Victoria	1987–2008
Hon Robert Ray Robert Ray (Australian politician) Robert Francis Ray , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Senate from July 1981 to May 2008, representing the state of Victoria....	ALP	Victoria	1981–2008
Margaret Reid Margaret Reid Margaret Elizabeth Reid AO is a former Australian politician. She was the first woman to be President of the Australian Senate.-Early years:...	Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	1981–2003
Hon Margaret Reynolds Margaret Reynolds Margaret Reynolds served as an Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland from 1983 to 1999.Reynolds had two ministerial appointments during her time in the Senate, serving as Minister for Local Government from September 1987 to April 1990 and as Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the...	ALP	Queensland	1983–1999
Hon Graham Richardson Graham Richardson Graham Frederick Richardson , a former Australian politician, was a Senator for New South Wales from 1983–94 for the Australian Labor Party, a senior minister in Hawke and Keating governments, and is now a political lobbyist, public speaker, and media commentator. During his time in politics,... ⁵	ALP	New South Wales	1983–1994
Chris Schacht Chris Schacht Christopher Cleland Schacht is a former Australian politician and member of the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party . He was born in Melbourne and educated at the University of Adelaide and Wattle Park Teachers College.Schacht's political career started as a state party official...	ALP	South Australia	1987–2002
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
Jim Short Jim Short (Australian politician) James Robert "Jim" Short is an Australian politician and diplomat.Born in Shepparton, Victoria, he attended the University of Melbourne before becoming a public servant with the Treasury Department...	Liberal	Victoria	1984–1997
Hon Kerry Sibraa Kerry Sibraa Kerry Walter Sibraa, AO was an Australian Senator who represented the Labor Party for the state of New South Wales. He served as a Senator for from 1 July 1975 to 30 June 1978, and then again from 9 August 1978 until 1 February 1994, and was President of the Senate from 17 February 1987 to 1... ³	ALP	New South Wales	1975–1978, 1978–1994
Sid Spindler Sid Spindler Siegfried Emil "Sid" Spindler was an Australian politician representing the Australian Democrats in the Australian Senate for one term from 1990 to 1996....	Democrat	Victoria	1990–1996
Natasha Stott Despoja Natasha Stott Despoja Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AM is an Australian former politician and former leader of the Australian Democrats. She was a Democrats senator for South Australia from 1995 to 2008... ⁹	Democrat	South Australia	1995–2008
Grant Tambling Grant Tambling Grant Ernest John Tambling, AM is an Australian politician and former Administrator of Norfolk Island.Tambling was born and raised in Darwin in the Northern Territory, and studied both there and in Adelaide...	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	1987–2001
Hon Michael Tate Michael Tate Michael Carter Tate AO is a former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest.... ¹	ALP	Tasmania	1977–1993
Baden Teague Baden Teague Baden Chapman Teague served as a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1977 until his retirement in 1996.Born in Adelaide, Teague was educated at the University of Adelaide and Cambridge University, where he gained a Ph.D.. He was employed as a university lecturer until he entered the Senate...	Liberal	South Australia	1977–1996
John Tierney John Tierney (Australian politician) Dr John Tierney , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate 1991 - 2005, representing the state of New South Wales....	Liberal	New South Wales	1991–2005
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
Amanda Vanstone Amanda Vanstone Amanda Eloise Vanstone is a former Australian politician and a former Ambassador to Italy. She was a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1984 to 2007, and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard Government. After her resignation from the Senate in 2007, she served as the Australian...	Liberal	South Australia	1984–2007
John Watson John Watson (Australian politician) John Odin Wentworth Watson is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1978 to 2008, representing the state of Tasmania...	Liberal	Tasmania	1978–2008
Suzanne West	ALP	New South Wales	1987–2002
Tom Wheelwright Tom Wheelwright Thomas Clive "Tom" Wheelwright is a former Australian politician. Born in Huddersfield in Yorkshire, he migrated to Australia and was educated at the University of New South Wales and the Australian Graduate School of Management, after which he became a university tutor, research officer,... ⁸	ALP	New South Wales	1995–1996
John Woodley John Woodley John Woodley is a Christian Minister of religion and was a Senator representing the state of Queensland, Australia, in the Australian Senate.-Education:...	Democrat	Queensland	1993–2001
Dr Bob Woods Bob Woods Robert Leslie "Bob" Woods is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Senator for the state of New South Wales in Australia between 1993 and 1997. Woods was previously a Member of the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Lowe between 1987 and 1993... ⁴	Liberal	New South Wales	1994–1997
Olive Zakharov Olive Zakharov Alice Olive Zakharov was an Australian politician. Zakharov was elected as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate relatively late in life, in 1983.... ⁷	ALP	Victoria	1983–1995

¹ Tasmanian ALP Senator Michael Tate

Michael Tate

Michael Carter Tate AO is a former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest....

resigned on 5 July 1993. Kay Denman

Kay Denman

Kay Janet Denman , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from 1993 to 2005, representing the Australian Labor Party....

was appointed as his replacement on 24 August.

² Tasmanian Liberal Senator Brian Archer

Brian Archer

Brian Roper Archer was an Australian Senator who represented the Liberal Party for the state of Tasmania. He served as a Senator for from 13 December 1975 to 31 January 1994....

resigned on 31 January 1994. 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...

was appointed as his replacement on 22 February.

³ New South Wales ALP Senator Kerry Sibraa

Kerry Sibraa

Kerry Walter Sibraa, AO was an Australian Senator who represented the Labor Party for the state of New South Wales. He served as a Senator for from 1 July 1975 to 30 June 1978, and then again from 9 August 1978 until 1 February 1994, and was President of the Senate from 17 February 1987 to 1...

resigned on 1 February 1994. Belinda Neal

Belinda Neal

Belinda Jane Neal , a former Australian federal politician, was a Member of the House of Representatives representing the electorate of Robertson between 2007 and 2010; and representing the state of New South Wales in the Senate from 1994 to 1998, both of behalf of the Australian Labor...

was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.

⁴ New South Wales Liberal Senator Bronwyn Bishop

Bronwyn Bishop

Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop , an Australian politician, is a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Liberal Party representing the Division of Mackellar, New South Wales since 1994...

resigned on 24 February 1994. Dr Bob Woods

Bob Woods

Robert Leslie "Bob" Woods is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Senator for the state of New South Wales in Australia between 1993 and 1997. Woods was previously a Member of the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Lowe between 1987 and 1993...

was appointed as her replacement on 8 March.

⁵ New South Wales ALP Senator Graham Richardson

Graham Richardson

Graham Frederick Richardson , a former Australian politician, was a Senator for New South Wales from 1983–94 for the Australian Labor Party, a senior minister in Hawke and Keating governments, and is now a political lobbyist, public speaker, and media commentator. During his time in politics,...

resigned on 25 March 1994. 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....

was appointed as his replacement on 10 May.

⁶ Tasmanian Senator John Devereux resigned from the ALP on 21 December 1994, and served out the remainder of his term as an independent.

⁷ Victorian ALP Senator Olive Zakharov

Olive Zakharov

Alice Olive Zakharov was an Australian politician. Zakharov was elected as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate relatively late in life, in 1983....

died on 6 March 1995. 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....

was appointed as her replacement on 3 May.

⁸ New South Wales ALP Senator Stephen Loosely

Stephen Loosely

Stephen Loosley was a New South Wales Labor Senator from 1990 to 1995.-References:...

resigned on 21 May 1995. Tom Wheelwright

Tom Wheelwright

Thomas Clive "Tom" Wheelwright is a former Australian politician. Born in Huddersfield in Yorkshire, he migrated to Australia and was educated at the University of New South Wales and the Australian Graduate School of Management, after which he became a university tutor, research officer,...

was appointed as his replacement on 24 May.

⁹ South Australian Democrat Senator Dr John Coulter resigned on 20 November 1995. Natasha Stott Despoja

Natasha Stott Despoja

Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AM is an Australian former politician and former leader of the Australian Democrats. She was a Democrats senator for South Australia from 1995 to 2008...

was appointed as his replacement on 23 November.

¹⁰ John Devereux resigned from the Senate on 7 February 1996. Though he was an independent at the time of his resignation, he had been elected as an ALP member, meaning that Sue Mackay

Sue Mackay

Sue Mary Mackay is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Tasmania. She was appointed to the Senate on 8 March 1996 and resigned on 29 July 2005....

, an ALP member, was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.

¹¹ Victorian ALP Senator Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans (politician)

Gareth John Evans, AO, QC , is a former Australian politician from 1978 to 1999 representing the Australian Labor Party, serving in a number of ministries including Attorney-General and Foreign Minister from 1983 to 1996 in the Hawke and Keating governments. He was president and chief executive...

resigned on 6 February 1996, to run for the House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....

seat of Holt

Division of Holt

The Division of Holt is anAustralian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Harold Holt, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1966-67. It is located in...

. Steve 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...

was appointed as his replacement on 30 April.

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