Members of the Australian Senate, 1999-2002

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 1999 to 2002:

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
Lyn Allison Lyn Allison Lynette Fay "Lyn" Allison is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria. She was the last federal parliamentary leader of the Australian Democrats....	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...	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....	1996–2008
Hon 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	1986–2004
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... ⁹	Liberal	Tasmania	2002–2011
Andrew Bartlett Andrew Bartlett Andrew John Julian Bartlett is an Australian politician. He was formerly an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Senate from 1997 to 2008, representing the state of Queensland. He was the leader of the Democrats from 2002 to 2004, and deputy leader from 2004 to 2008.-Early life and...	Democrat	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...	1997–2008
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 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...	1996–present
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
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	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...	1996–2002
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
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:... ³	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
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... ²	National	New South Wales	1984–2000
Geoff Buckland Geoff Buckland Geoffrey Frederick Buckland , was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from 2000 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia. Buckland was selected by the Parliament of South Australia to fill the Senate seat left vacant after the resignation of John Quirke under Section... ⁴	ALP	South Australia	2000–2005
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
George Campbell George Campbell (Australian politician) George Campbell was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from 1997 to 2008, representing the state of New South Wales. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was a trade union official before entering politics...	ALP	New South Wales	1997–2008
Hon 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
John Cherry ⁵	Democrat	Queensland	2001–2005
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... ⁸	Liberal	Tasmania	2002–present
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Hon 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....	ALP	Tasmania	1993–2005
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
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 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
Jeannie Ferris Jeannie Ferris Jeannie Margaret Ferris was an Australian politician, lobbyist, journalist, and Liberal Senator for South Australia. She was educated at Monash University, where she graduated in agricultural economics....	Liberal	South Australia	1996–2007
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	1994–2911
Brenda Gibbs Brenda Gibbs Brenda Gibbs is an Australian politician. Gibbs was elected to the Australian Senate for Queensland in 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party. Her first term began on 1 July 1996, she was not re-elected at the Australian federal election, 2001, and her term expired on 30 June...	ALP	Queensland	1996–2002
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.... ⁹	Liberal	Tasmania	1993–2002
Brian Greig Brian Greig Brian Andrew Greig OAM , Australian politician, was an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Senate from 1999 to 2005, representing the state of Western Australia....	Democrat	Western Australia	1999–2005
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
Len Harris Len Harris Leonard William Harris was an Australian politician who was the only One Nation representative to gain a seat in the Australian Parliament as a Senator from the state of Queensland... ¹	One Nation	Queensland	1999–2005
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
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
Heather Hill Heather Hill Heather Hill is a former English-Australian politician.Hill was born in 1960 in London. In 1971 her family moved to Australia, arriving in Brisbane, Queensland on 6 October of that year. She attended school in Brisbane... ¹	One Nation	Queensland	1999 ¹
Hon 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
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
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 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
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
Ross Lightfoot Ross Lightfoot Philip Ross Lightfoot is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1997 to 2008, representing the state of Western Australia....	Liberal	Western Australia	1997–2008
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
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 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...	1996–present
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:... ²	National	New South Wales	1993–1999, 2000–2008
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....	ALP	Tasmania	1996–2005
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
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
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
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
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/Independent ⁶	Tasmania	1993–2005
Andrew Murray Andrew Murray (politician) Andrew James Marshall Murray is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2008, representing Western Australia.Murray was born in Hove, in the United Kingdom...	Democrat	Western Australia	1996–2008
Hon 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... ⁸	Liberal	Tasmania	1986–2002
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
Hon 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 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... ³	Liberal	Queensland	1984–2000
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
John Quirke John Quirke John Quirke was a South Australian parliamentarian, representing the state seat of Playford from 1989 to 1997, until his resignation to replace Dominic Foreman as a Senator, until his own resignation in 2000.-References:*... ⁴	ALP	South Australia	1997–2000
Hon 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 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
Aden Ridgeway Aden Ridgeway Aden Derek Ridgeway , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales, from 1999 to 2005, representing the Australian Democrats. During his term he was the only Aboriginal member of the Australian Parliament.-Early history:Ridgeway was born in Macksville, New South...	Democrat	New South Wales	1999–2005
Hon 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
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... ⁷	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
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...	Democrat	South Australia	1995–2008
Hon 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... ⁷	CLP	Northern Territory	1987–2001
Tsebin Tchen Tsebin Tchen Tsebin Tchen is a former Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1999 to 2005, representing the state of Victoria....	Liberal	Victoria	1999–2005
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
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
Hon 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
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:... ⁵	Democrat	Queensland	1993–2001

¹ Heather Hill

Heather Hill

Heather Hill is a former English-Australian politician.Hill was born in 1960 in London. In 1971 her family moved to Australia, arriving in Brisbane, Queensland on 6 October of that year. She attended school in Brisbane...

was initially elected as a One Nation Senator in 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...

, but she was declared ineligible before she was able to take her seat. One Nation member Len Harris

Len Harris

Leonard William Harris was an Australian politician who was the only One Nation representative to gain a seat in the Australian Parliament as a Senator from the state of Queensland...

was subsequently elected on a recount.

² National Senator 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...

resigned in 2000. 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:...

was appointed as his replacement on 4 May.

³ Liberal Senator 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...

resigned in 2000. 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:...

was appointed as his replacement on 16 May.

⁴ ALP Senator John Quirke

John Quirke

John Quirke was a South Australian parliamentarian, representing the state seat of Playford from 1989 to 1997, until his resignation to replace Dominic Foreman as a Senator, until his own resignation in 2000.-References:*...

resigned in 2000. Geoff Buckland

Geoff Buckland

Geoffrey Frederick Buckland , was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from 2000 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia. Buckland was selected by the Parliament of South Australia to fill the Senate seat left vacant after the resignation of John Quirke under Section...

was appointed as his replacement on 14 September.

⁵ Democrat Senator 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:...

resigned in 2001. John Cherry was appointed as his replacement on 31 July.

⁶ ALP Senator 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...

resigned from the party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.

⁷ Senators from the two territories face election every three years, and their terms end with the dissolution of 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....

. The Country Liberal Party

Country Liberal Party

The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...

disendorsed 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...

before the 2001 election, and he was subsequently replaced by 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...

⁸ Liberal Senator 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...

resigned in 2002. 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...

was appointed as her replacement.

⁹ Liberal Senator 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....

resigned in 2002. 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...

was appointed as his replacement.

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