List of Australian Greens parliamentarians
This is a list of Australian Greens Members of Parliament, past and present, for Federal, State and Territory Parliaments of Australia.
The Greens are currently represented in the Australian House of Representatives, the Australian Senate, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, the New South Wales Legislative Council, the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the Victorian Legislative Council, the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the Western Australian Legislative Council, the South Australian Legislative Council, the Tasmanian House of Assembly, and the ACT Legislative Assembly. The Greens have previously been represented in the South Australian House of Assembly and the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
List by Parliament
Federal [1]
Senate
- Jo Vallentine (WA) (1990–1992)
- Christabel Chamarette (WA) (1992–1996)
- Dee Margetts (WA) (1993–1999)
- Bob Brown (Tas) (1996–2012)
- Kerry Nettle (NSW) (2002–2008)
- Christine Milne (Tas) (2005–2015)
- Rachel Siewert (WA) (2005–present)
- Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) (2008–present)
- Scott Ludlam (WA) (2008–2017)
- Richard Di Natale (Vic) (2011–present)
- Lee Rhiannon (NSW) (2011–2018)
- Larissa Waters (Qld) (2011–2017, 2018–present)
- Penny Wright (SA) (2011–2015)
- Peter Whish-Wilson (Tas) (2012–present)
- Janet Rice (Vic) (2014–present)
- Nick McKim (Tas) (2015–present)
- Robert Simms (SA) (2015–2016)
- Andrew Bartlett (QLD) (2017–2018)
- Jordon Steele-John (WA) (2017–present)
- Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) (2018–present)
House of Representatives
- Michael Organ (NSW) (2002–2004)
- Adam Bandt (Vic) (2010–present)
Australian Capital Territory
Legislative Assembly
- Kerrie Tucker (1995–2004)
- Lucy Horodny (1995–1998)
- Deb Foskey (2004–2008)
- Amanda Bresnan (2008–2012)
- Meredith Hunter (2008–2012)
- Caroline Le Couteur (2008–2012; 2016–present)
- Shane Rattenbury (2008–present)
New South Wales
Legislative Assembly
- Jamie Parker (2011–present)
- Jenny Leong (2015–present)
- Tamara Smith (2015–present)
Legislative Council
- Ian Cohen (1995–2011)
- Lee Rhiannon (1999–2010)
- Sylvia Hale (2003–2010)
- John Kaye (2007–2016)
- Cate Faehrmann (2010–2013, 2018–present)
- David Shoebridge (2010–present)
- Jan Barham (2011–2017)
- Jeremy Buckingham (2011–2018)
- Mehreen Faruqi (2013–2018)
- Justin Field (2016–2019)
- Dawn Walker (2017–2019)
- Abigail Boyd (2019–present)
Queensland
Legislative Assembly
- Ronan Lee (2008–2009)
- Michael Berkman (2017–present)
South Australia
House of Assembly
- Kris Hanna (2003–2006)
Legislative Council
- Mark Parnell (2006–present)
- Tammy Franks (2010–present)
Tasmania
House of Assembly
- Bob Brown (1983–1993)
- Gerry Bates (1986–1995)
- Lance Armstrong (1989–1996)
- Christine Milne (1989–1998)
- Di Hollister (1989–1998)
- Peg Putt (1993–2008)
- Mike Foley (1995–1998)
- Nick McKim (2002–2015)
- Kim Booth (2002–2015)
- Tim Morris (2002–2014)
- Cassy O'Connor (2008–present)
- Paul O'Halloran (2010–2014)
- Andrea Dawkins (2015–2018)
- Rosalie Woodruff (2015–present)
Victoria
Legislative Assembly
- Sam Hibbins (2014–present)
- Tim Read (2018–present)
- Ellen Sandell (2014–present)
- Lidia Thorpe (2017–2018)
Legislative Council
- Greg Barber (2006–2017)
- Colleen Hartland (2006–2018)
- Sue Pennicuik (2006–2018)
- Samantha Dunn (2014–2018)
- Nina Springle (2014–2018)
- Samantha Ratnam (2017–present)
- Huong Truong (2018–2018)
Western Australia [2]
Legislative Council
- Jim Scott (1993–2005)
- Chrissy Sharp (1997–2005)
- Giz Watson (1997–2013)
- Robin Chapple (2001–2005; 2009–present)
- Dee Margetts (2001–2005)
- Lynn MacLaren (2005; 2009–2017)
- Paul Llewellyn (2005–2009)
- Alison Xamon (2009–2013; 2017–present)
- Tim Clifford (2017–present)
- Diane Evers (2017–present)
Legislative Assembly
- Adele Carles (2009–2010)
List by length of term
| Name | Term | Length of Term | Chamber |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Senator Bob Brown |
January 1983 – February 1993 | 10 years, 68 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| July 1996 – June 2012 | 15 years, 350 days | Senate (Tasmania) | |
|
Senator Christine Milne |
May 1989 – August 1998 | 9 years, 108 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| July 2005 – August 2015 | 10 years, 40 days | Senate (Tasmania) | |
| Senator Lee Rhiannon | March 1999 – July 2010 | 11 years, 114 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| July 2011 – August 2018 | 7 years, 45 days | Senate (New South Wales) | |
| Senator Nick McKim | July 2002 – August 2015 | 13 years, 15 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| August 2015 – present | 4 years, 363 days | Senate (Tasmania) | |
| Giz Watson MLC | May 1997 – May 2013 | 15 years, 364 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| Ian Cohen MLC | March 1995 – March 2011 | 15 years, 344 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Peg Putt MHA | February 1993 – July 2008 | 15 years, 127 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Robin Chapple MLC | May 2001 – May 2005 | 3 years, 364 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| May 2009 – present | 11 years, 86 days | Western Australian Legislative Council | |
| Senator Rachel Siewert | July 2005 – present | 15 years, 46 days | Senate (Western Australia) |
| Kim Booth MHA | July 2002 – June 2015 | 12 years, 304 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Mark Parnell MLC | March 2006 – present | 14 years, 151 days | South Australian Legislative Council |
| Sue Pennicuik MLC | November 2006 – November 2018 | 11 years, 364 days | Victorian Legislative Council |
| Jim Scott MLC | May 1993 – January 2005 | 11 years, 249 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| Tim Morris MHA | July 2002 – March 2014 | 11 years, 238 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Colleen Hartland MLC | November 2006 – February 2018 | 11 years, 75 days | Victorian Legislative Council |
| Greg Barber MLC | November 2006 – September 2017 | 10 years, 307 days | Victorian Legislative Council |
| Senator Sarah Hanson-Young | July 2008 – present | 12 years, 46 days | Senate (South Australia) |
| Cassy O'Connor MHA | July 2008 – present | 12 years, 40 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Shane Rattenbury MLA | October 2008 – present | 11 years, 303 days | Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly |
| Senator Dee Margetts | July 1993 – July 1999 | 5 years, 364 days | Senate (Western Australia) |
| May 2001 – May 2005 | 3 years, 364 days | Western Australian Legislative Council | |
| Kerrie Tucker MLA | February 1995 – October 2004 | 9 years, 241 days | ACT Legislative Assembly |
| Di Hollister MHA | May 1989 – August 1998 | 9 years, 108 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Gerry Bates MHA | February 1986 – May 1995 | 9 years, 85 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| John Kaye MLC | March 2007 – May 2016 | 9 years, 39 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Senator Scott Ludlam | July 2008 – July 2017 | 9 years, 13 days | Senate (Western Australia) |
| Tammy Franks MLC | March 2010 – present | 10 years, 149 days | South Australian Legislative Council |
| Adam Bandt MHR | August 2010 – present | 9 years, 361 days | House of Representatives (Melbourne, VIC) |
| Lynn MacLaren MLC | February 2005 – May 2005 | 95 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| May 2009 – May 2017 | 7 years, 364 days | Western Australian Legislative Council | |
| David Shoebridge MLC | September 2010 – present | 9 years, 344 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Chrissy Sharp MLC | May 1997 – May 2005 | 7 years, 364 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| Jamie Parker MLA | March 2011 – present | 9 years, 143 days | New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Balmain) |
| Jeremy Buckingham MLC | March 2011 – December 2018 | 7 years, 269 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Sylvia Hale MLC | March 2003 – September 2010 | 7 years, 168 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Senator Richard Di Natale | July 2011 – present | 9 years, 46 days | Senate (Victoria) |
| Lance Armstrong MHA | May 1989 – February 1996 | 7 years, 11 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Senator Peter Whish-Wilson | June 2012 – present | 8 years, 57 days | Senate (Tasmania) |
| Senator Larissa Waters | July 2011 – July 2017 | 6 years, 17 days | Senate (Queensland) |
| September 2018 – present | 1 year, 345 days | Senate (Queensland) | |
| Caroline Le Couteur MLA | October 2008 – October 2012 | 4 years, 2 days | ACT Legislative Assembly |
| October 2016 – present | 3 years, 306 days | ACT Legislative Assembly | |
| Senator Kerry Nettle | July 2002 – July 2008 | 5 years, 365 days | Senate (New South Wales) |
| Jan Barham MLC | March 2011 – February 2017 | 5 years, 324 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Alison Xamon MLC | May 2009 – May 2013 | 3 years, 364 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| May 2017 – present | 3 years, 86 days | Western Australian Legislative Council | |
| Senator Mehreen Faruqi | June 2013 – August 2018 | 5 years, 56 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| August 2018 – present | 2 years, 1 day | Senate (New South Wales) | |
| Senator Janet Rice | July 2014 – present | 6 years, 46 days | Senate (Victoria) |
| Senator Christabel Chamarette | March 1992 – June 1996 | 4 years, 110 days | Senate (Western Australia) |
| Senator Penny Wright | July 2011 – September 2015 | 4 years, 70 days | Senate (South Australia) |
| Deb Foskey MLA | October 2004 – October 2008 | 4 years, 4 days | ACT Legislative Assembly |
| Amanda Bresnan MLA | October 2008 – October 2012 | 4 years, 2 days | ACT Legislative Assembly |
| Meredith Hunter MLA | October 2008 – October 2012 | 4 years, 2 days | ACT Legislative Assembly |
| Paul Llewellyn MLC | May 2005 – May 2009 | 3 years, 364 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| Paul O'Halloran MHA | March 2010 – March 2014 | 3 years, 360 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Ellen Sandell MLA | November 2014 – present | 5 years, 261 days | Legislative Assembly of Victoria (Melbourne) |
| Sam Hibbins MLA | November 2014 – present | 5 years, 261 days | Legislative Assembly of Victoria (Prahran) |
| Nina Springle MLC | November 2014 – November 2018 | 3 years, 360 days | Victorian Legislative Council |
| Samantha Dunn MLC | November 2014 – November 2018 | 3 years, 360 days | Victorian Legislative Council |
| Jenny Leong MLA | March 2015 – present | 5 years, 141 days | New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Newtown) |
| Tamara Smith MLA | March 2015 – present | 5 years, 141 days | New South Wales Legislative Assembly (Ballina) |
| Mike Foley MHA | May 1995 – August 1998 | 3 years, 115 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Rosalie Woodruff MHA | August 2015 – present | 4 years, 365 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Cate Faehrmann MLC | September 2010 – June 2013 | 2 years, 284 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| August 2018 – present | 2 years, 1 day | New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| Kris Hanna MHA | February 2003 – February 2006 | 3 years, 6 days | South Australian House of Assembly (Mitchell) |
| Lucy Horodny MLA | February 1995 – February 1998 | 3 years | ACT Legislative Assembly |
| Andrea Dawkins MHA | June 2015 – March 2018 | 2 years, 284 days | Tasmanian House of Assembly |
| Justin Field MLC | August 2016 – March 2019 | 2 years, 212 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Michael Organ MHR | October 2002 – October 2004 | 1 year, 355 days | House of Representatives (Cunningham, NSW) |
| Dawn Walker MLC | February 2017 – March 2019 | 2 years, 29 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Senator Jo Vallentine | July 1990 – January 1992 | 1 year, 214 days | Senate (Western Australia) |
| Tim Clifford | May 2017 – present | 3 years, 86 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| Diane Evers | May 2017 – present | 3 years, 86 days | Western Australian Legislative Council |
| Samantha Ratnam MLC | October 2017 – present | 2 years, 302 days | Victorian Legislative Council |
| Senator Jordon Steele-John | November 2017 – present | 2 years, 277 days | Senate (Western Australia) |
| Lidia Thorpe MLA | November 2017 – November 2018 | 1 year, 6 days | Legislative Assembly of Victoria (Northcote) |
| Michael Berkman MLA | November 2017 – present | 2 years, 265 days | Legislative Assembly of Queensland (Maiwar) |
| Adele Carles MLA | May 2009 – May 2010 | 355 days | Western Australian Legislative Assembly (Fremantle) |
| Senator Andrew Bartlett | November 2017 – August 2018 | 287 days | Senate (Queensland) |
| Senator Robert Simms | September 2015 – July 2016 | 284 days | Senate (South Australia) |
| Huong Truong MLC | February 2018 – November 2018 | 276 days | Victorian Legislative Council |
| Abigail Boyd MLC | March 2019 – present | 1 year, 146 days | New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Ronan Lee MLA | October 2008 – March 2009 | 166 days | Legislative Assembly of Queensland (Indooroopilly) |
Greens Representation from Year to Year
The table below represents the parliamentary representation of Greens politicians from 1983 to the present. Bob Brown was the first elected Greens representative, initially elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1983. He was joined by Gerry Bates in 1986. In the second half of 2018, the number of Greens representatives stands at 37.
| Parliamentary Representation of The Greens | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal | Tasmania | Western Australia | ACT | New South Wales | South Australia | Victoria | Queensland | NT | Total | |
| 1983 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1989 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 1993 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 1995 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| 1996 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 2002 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| 2003 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |||
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |||
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | ||
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 26 | ||
| 2010 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 28 | ||
| 2011 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 34 | ||
| 2012 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 31 | ||
| 2013 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 29 | ||
| 2014 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 32 | ||
| 2015 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | ||
| 2016 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 34 | ||
| 2017 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 38 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 33 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 32 | |
| 2020 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 31 | |
Note: In 1998, the number of members per electorate in the Tasmanian House of Assembly was reduced from seven to five, reducing the Greens' representation from 4 to 1. The Greens' representation has since recovered.
Note: In 2001, the Western Australian Greens' representation spiked as a result of favourable preferences from other parties.
Federal parliamentarians timeline
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References
- "Federal Greens MPs". Australian Greens. Australian Greens. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- "WA Greens MPs". Australian Greens. Australian Greens. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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