Members of the Australian Senate, 2014–2016

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate between July 2014 and May 2016.[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the August 2010 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2017; the other half of the state senators were elected at the September 2013 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2020. The territory senators were elected at the September 2013 election and their terms ended at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was May 2016. The new Senate first met in July 2014, with state senators elected in 2013 sworn in on 7 July 2014. Ascertaining the chamber's final composition was complicated by the loss of 1,375 ballot papers in Western Australia, leading to the Court of Disputed Returns voiding the result there, and necessitating a special Senate election in Western Australia (held on 5 April 2014).

Senate composition at 1 July 2014
Government (33) - (6 seat minority)

     Liberal (23)
     LNP (6)
     National Party (3)
     CLP (1)

Opposition (25)
     Labor (25)

Crossbench (17)
     Greens (10)
     Palmer United (3) [lower-roman 1]
     DLP (1) [lower-roman 2]
     Family First (1)
     Liberal Democrats (1)
     Motoring Enthusiast (1)
     Xenophon (1)
 
Changes in composition

1. Jacqui Lambie resigned from the Palmer United Party to sit as an independent from 24 November 2014. Glenn Lazarus resigned from the Palmer United Party to sit as an independent from 13 March 2015.
2. John Madigan resigned from the DLP on 4 September 2014 and sat thereafter as an independent.

All senators' terms were truncated when the double dissolution deadlock provisions were triggered in 2016, leading to the dissolution of all of both houses of parliament on 9 May 2016[2] which led to a full-senate election, rather than a more common half-senate election, at the 2 July 2016 general election.

Senator	Party		State	End term	Years in office
Hon. Eric Abetz		Liberal	Tasmania	2017	1994–present
Chris Back		Liberal	Western Australia	2017	2009–2017
Cory Bernardi		Liberal	South Australia	2020	2006–2020
Catryna Bilyk		Labor	Tasmania	2020	2008–present
Hon. Simon Birmingham		Liberal	South Australia	2020	2007–present
Hon. George Brandis		LNP [lower-alpha 1]	Queensland	2017	2000–2018
Carol Brown		Labor	Tasmania	2020	2005–present
Joe Bullock [lower-alpha 2]		Labor	Western Australia	2020	2014–2016
David Bushby		Liberal	Tasmania	2020	2007–2019
Hon. Doug Cameron		Labor	New South Wales	2020	2008–2019
Matt Canavan		LNP [lower-alpha 3]	Queensland	2020	2014–present
Hon Kim Carr		Labor	Victoria	2017	1993–present
Hon. Michaelia Cash		Liberal	Western Australia	2020	2008–present
Hon. Richard Colbeck		Liberal	Tasmania	2020	2002–2016, 2018–present
Hon. Jacinta Collins		Labor	Victoria	2020	1995–2005, 2008–2019
Hon. Stephen Conroy		Labor	Victoria	2017	1996–2016
Hon. Mathias Cormann		Liberal	Western Australia	2017	2007–present
Sam Dastyari		Labor	New South Wales	2017	2013–2018
Bob Day [lower-alpha 4]		Family First	South Australia	2020	2014–2016
Richard Di Natale		Greens	Victoria	2017	2011–present
Pat Dodson [lower-alpha 2]		Labor	Western Australia	2020	2016–present
Sean Edwards		Liberal	South Australia	2017	2011–2016
Hon. John Faulkner [lower-alpha 5]		Labor	New South Wales	2017	1989–2015
David Fawcett		Liberal	South Australia	2017	2011–present
Hon. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells		Liberal	New South Wales	2017	2005–present
Hon. Mitch Fifield		Liberal	Victoria	2020	2004–2019
Alex Gallacher		Labor	South Australia	2017	2011–present
Katy Gallagher [lower-alpha 6]		Labor	Australian Capital Territory	2016 [lower-alpha 7]	2015–2018, 2019–present
Sarah Hanson-Young		Greens	South Australia	2020	2008–present
Hon. Bill Heffernan		Liberal	New South Wales	2017	1996–2016
Hon. David Johnston		Liberal	Western Australia	2020	2002–2016
Chris Ketter		Labor	Queensland	2020	2014–2019
Jacqui Lambie		Palmer United/Ind [lower-alpha 8]	Tasmania	2020	2014–2017
Glenn Lazarus		Palmer United/Ind [lower-alpha 9]	Queensland	2020	2014–2016
David Leyonhjelm		Liberal Democrats	New South Wales	2020	2014–2019
Joanna Lindgren [lower-alpha 10]		LNP [lower-alpha 1]	Queensland	2017	2015–2016
Sue Lines		Labor	Western Australia	2017	2013–present
Scott Ludlam		Greens	Western Australia	2020	2008–2017
Hon Joe Ludwig		Labor	Queensland	2017	1999–2016
Hon. Kate Lundy [lower-alpha 6]		Labor	Australian Capital Territory	2016 [lower-alpha 7]	1996–2015
Hon. Ian Macdonald		LNP [lower-alpha 1]	Queensland	2020	1990–2019
John Madigan		DLP/Ind [lower-alpha 11]	Victoria	2017	2011–2016
Gavin Marshall		Labor	Victoria	2020	2002–2019
Hon. Brett Mason [lower-alpha 10]		LNP [lower-alpha 1]	Queensland	2017	1999–2015
Jenny McAllister [lower-alpha 5]		Labor	New South Wales	2017	2015–present
Anne McEwen		Labor	South Australia	2017	2005–2016
Hon. James McGrath		LNP [lower-alpha 1]	Queensland	2020	2014–present
Bridget McKenzie		National	Victoria	2017	2011–present
Nick McKim [lower-alpha 12]		Greens	Tasmania	2017	2015–present
Jan McLucas		Labor	Queensland	2017	1999–2016
Christine Milne [lower-alpha 12]		Greens	Tasmania	2017	2005–2015
Claire Moore		Labor	Queensland	2020	2002–2019
Ricky Muir		Motoring Enthusiast	Victoria	2020	2014–2016
Hon. Fiona Nash		National	New South Wales	2017	2005–2017
Deborah O'Neill [lower-alpha 13]		Labor	New South Wales	2020	2013–present
Barry O'Sullivan		LNP [lower-alpha 3]	Queensland	2020	2014–2019
Stephen Parry		Liberal	Tasmania	2017	2005–2017
James Paterson [lower-alpha 14]		Liberal	Victoria	2017	2016–present
Hon. Marise Payne		Liberal	New South Wales	2020	1997–present
Nova Peris		Labor	Northern Territory	2016 [lower-alpha 7]	2013–2016
Helen Polley		Labor	Tasmania	2017	2005–present
Linda Reynolds		Liberal	Western Australia	2020	2014–present
Lee Rhiannon		Greens	New South Wales	2017	2011–2018
Janet Rice		Greens	Victoria	2020	2014–present
Hon. Michael Ronaldson [lower-alpha 14]		Liberal	Victoria	2017	2005–2016
Hon. Anne Ruston		Liberal	South Australia	2017	2012–present
Hon. Scott Ryan		Liberal	Victoria	2020	2008–present
Hon. Nigel Scullion		Country Liberal [lower-alpha 15]	Northern Territory	2016 [lower-alpha 7]	2001–2019
Zed Seselja		Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	2016 [lower-alpha 7]	2013–present
Rachel Siewert		Greens	Western Australia	2017	2005–present
Robert Simms [lower-alpha 16]		Greens	South Australia	2017	2015–2016
Hon. Lisa Singh		Labor	Tasmania	2017	2011–2019
Hon. Arthur Sinodinos		Liberal	New South Wales	2020	2011–2019
Dean Smith		Liberal	Western Australia	2017	2012–present
Glenn Sterle		Labor	Western Australia	2017	2005–present
Anne Urquhart		Labor	Tasmania	2017	2011–present
Dio Wang		Palmer United	Western Australia	2020	2014–2016
Larissa Waters		Greens	Queensland	2017	2011–2017, 2018–present
Peter Whish-Wilson		Greens	Tasmania	2020	2012–present
John Williams		National	New South Wales	2020	2008–2019
Hon. Penny Wong		Labor	South Australia	2020	2002–present
Penny Wright [lower-alpha 16]		Greens	South Australia	2017	2011–2015
Nick Xenophon		Nick Xenophon Team	South Australia	2020	2008–2017

Notes

1. There is no separate LNP party room. Senators Brandis, Lindgren, McGrath and Macdonald sat in the Liberal party room.
2. Western Australian Senator Joe Bullock resigned from the Senate on 13 April 2016. Pat Dodson was appointed as his replacement on 28 April 2016.
3. There is no separate LNP party room. Senators Canavan and O'Sullivan sat in the National party room.
4. On 5 April 2017 the High Court held that South Australian Family First Senator Bob Day had been incapable of sitting as a senator from 26 February 2016 as he had an indirect interest in an agreement with the Commonwealth.[3] The High Court had previously held that the presence of a person who was not validly a senator did not invalidate the proceedings of the Senate.[4]
5. New South Wales Labor Senator John Faulkner resigned from the Senate on 6 February 2015. Jenny McAllister was appointed as his replacement on 6 May 2015.
6. Australian Capital Territory Labor Senator Kate Lundy resigned from the Senate on 24 March 2015. Former ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher was appointed as her replacement on 25 March 2015.
7. The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was July 2016.
8. Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie resigned from the Palmer United Party on 24 November 2014 and sat thereafter as an independent.
9. Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus resigned from the Palmer United Party on 13 March 2015 and sat thereafter as an independent.
10. Queensland LNP Senator Brett Mason resigned from the Senate on 26 March 2015. Joanna Lindgren was appointed as his replacement on 21 May 2015.
11. Victorian Senator John Madigan resigned from the DLP on 4 September 2014 and sat thereafter as an independent.
12. Tasmanian Greens Senator Christine Milne resigned from the Senate on 10 August 2015. Nick McKim was appointed as her replacement on 19 August 2015.
13. New South Wales Labor Senator Bob Carr resigned on 24 October 2013, after the election in September 2013, creating two vacancies, the balance of his term & the new term to end on 30 June 2020. On 13 November 2013 Deborah O'Neill, who had lost her House of Representatives seat at the 2013 federal election, was appointed to the vacancy from 24 October 2013 to 30 June 2014. On 2 July 2013 O'Neill was appointed to the vacancy in the new term to 30 June 2020.
14. Victorian Liberal Senator Michael Ronaldson resigned from the Senate on 28 February 2016. James Paterson was appointed as his replacement on 9 March 2016.
15. Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion sat as the sole representative of the Country Liberal Party, the local equivalent of both the National and Liberal parties. He sat in the National party room, and served as the National Party deputy leader in the Senate.
16. South Australian Greens Senator Penny Wright resigned from the Senate on 10 September 2015. Robert Simms was appointed as her replacement on 22 September 2015.

References

1. "Members of the Senate" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 7 July 2014. pp. ii–iii.
2. "Correspondence between the Prime Minister and the Governor-General concerning the double dissolution of Parliament" (PDF). Governor General of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
3. Re Day [No 2] [2017] HCA 14; "Judgment summary" (PDF). High Court of Australia.
4. Vardon v O'Loghlin [1907] HCA 69, (1907) 5 CLR 201.