Senate composition at 1 July 1993
Government (30)
Labor (30) β (9 seat minority) [i]
Opposition (36)
Liberal (29)
National Party (6)
Country Liberal (1)
Crossbench (10)
Democrats (7)
WA Greens (2)
Independent ( Harradine) (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ John Devereux resigned from the Labor Party on 21 December 1994, and sat as an independent until his resignation from the Senate on 7 February 1996. Sue Mackay, a Labor member, was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1996. [1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the March 1990 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1996; the other half of the state senators were elected at the March 1993 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1999. The territory senators were elected at the March 1993 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was March 1996.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Abetz [a] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1999 | 1994β2022 | |
Richard Alston | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1986β2004 | |
Brian Archer [a] [b] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1999 | 1975β1994 | |
Michael Baume | Liberal | New South Wales | 1999 | 1984β1996 | |
Michael Beahan | Labor | Western Australia | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
Robert Bell | Democrats | Tasmania | 1996 | 1990β1996 | |
Bronwyn Bishop [c] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1996 | 1987β1994 | |
Nick Bolkus | Labor | South Australia | 1999 | 1981β2005 | |
Ron Boswell | National | Queensland | 1996 | 1983β2014 | |
Vicki Bourne | Democrats | New South Wales | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
David Brownhill | National | New South Wales | 1996 | 1984β2000 | |
Bryant Burns | Labor | Queensland | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
Paul Calvert | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1987β2007 | |
Ian Campbell | Liberal | Western Australia | 1999 | 1990β2007 | |
Kim Carr | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1993β2022 | |
Christabel Chamarette | WA Greens | Western Australia | 1996 | 1992β1996 | |
Grant Chapman | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β2008 | |
Bruce Childs | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1980β1997 | |
John Coates | Labor | Tasmania | 1999 | 1980β1996 | |
Bob Collins | Labor | Northern Territory | 1996 [d] | 1987β1998 | |
Jacinta Collins [e] | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1995β2005, 2008β2019 | |
Mal Colston [b] | Labor | Queensland | 1999 | 1975β1999 | |
Stephen Conroy [f] | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1996β2016 | |
Peter Cook | Labor | Western Australia | 1999 | 1983β2005 | |
Barney Cooney | Labor | Victoria | 1996 | 1984β2002 | |
John Coulter [g] | Democrats | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β1995 | |
Winston Crane | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1980β1996 | |
Rosemary Crowley | Labor | South Australia | 1996 | 1983β2002 | |
Kay Denman [h] | Labor | Tasmania | 1999 | 1993β2005 | |
John Devereux [i] | Labor/Independent [i] | Tasmania | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
Chris Ellison | Liberal | Western Australia | 1999 | 1993β2009 | |
Chris Evans | Labor | Western Australia | 1999 | 1993β2013 | |
Gareth Evans [f] | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1977β1996 | |
John Faulkner | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1989β2015 | |
Alan Ferguson | Liberal | South Australia | 1999 | 1992β2011 | |
Dominic Foreman | Labor | South Australia | 1999 | 1980β1997 | |
Michael Forshaw [j] | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1994β2011 | |
Brian Gibson | Liberal | Tasmania | 1999 | 1993β2002 | |
Brian Harradine [b] | Independent | Tasmania | 1999 | 1975β2005 | |
John Herron | Liberal | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
Robert Hill | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1981β2006 | |
Gerry Jones | Labor | Queensland | 1996 | 1980β1996 | |
Rod Kemp | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1990β2008 | |
Cheryl Kernot | Democrats | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β1997 | |
Sue Knowles | Liberal | Western Australia | 1999 | 1984β2005 | |
Meg Lees | Democrats | South Australia | 1999 | 1990β2005 | |
Stephen Loosley [k] | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1990β1995 | |
Ian Macdonald | Liberal | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β2019 | |
Sandy Macdonald | National | New South Wales | 1999 | 1993β1999, 2000β2008 | |
David MacGibbon | Liberal | Queensland | 1999 | 1977β1999 | |
Sue Mackay [i] | Labor | Tasmania | 1996 | 1996β2005 | |
Julian McGauran | National | Victoria | 1999 | 1987β1990, 1993β2011 | |
Jim McKiernan | Labor | Western Australia | 1996 | 1984β2002 | |
Bob McMullan [l] | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 1996 [d] | 1988β1996 | |
Dee Margetts | WA Greens | Western Australia | 1999 | 1993β1999 | |
Nick Minchin | Liberal | South Australia | 1999 | 1993β2011 | |
Shayne Murphy | Labor | Tasmania | 1999 | 1993β2005 | |
Belinda Neal [m] | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1994β1998 | |
Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1986β2002 | |
Bill O'Chee | National | Queensland | 1999 | 1990β1999 | |
John Panizza | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1987β1997 | |
Warwick Parer | Liberal | Queensland | 1999 | 1984β2000 | |
Kay Patterson | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1987β2008 | |
Robert Ray | Labor | Victoria | 1996 | 1981β2008 | |
Margaret Reid | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 1996 [d] | 1981β2003 | |
Margaret Reynolds | Labor | Queensland | 1999 | 1983β1999 | |
Graham Richardson [j] | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1983β1994 | |
Chris Schacht | Labor | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β2002 | |
Nick Sherry | Labor | Tasmania | 1996 | 1990β2012 | |
Jim Short | Liberal | Victoria | 1999 | 1984β1997 | |
Kerry Sibraa [m] | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1975β1978, 1978β1994 | |
Sid Spindler | Democrats | Victoria | 1996 | 1990β1996 | |
Natasha Stott Despoja [g] | Democrats | South Australia | 1996 | 1995β2008 | |
Grant Tambling | Country Liberal | Northern Territory | 1996 [d] | 1987β2001 | |
Michael Tate [h] | Labor | Tasmania | 1999 | 1977β1993 | |
Baden Teague | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1977β1996 | |
John Tierney | Liberal | New South Wales | 1999 | 1991β2005 | |
Judith Troeth | Liberal | Victoria | 1999 | 1993β2011 | |
Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | South Australia | 1999 | 1984β2007 | |
John Watson | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1978β2008 | |
Sue West | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1987, 1990β2002 | |
Tom Wheelwright [k] | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1995β1996 | |
John Woodley | Democrats | Queensland | 1999 | 1993β2001 | |
Bob Woods [c] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1996 | 1994β1997 | |
Olive Zakharov [e] | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1983β1995 |
Senate composition at 1 July 1993
Government (30)
Labor (30) β (9 seat minority) [i]
Opposition (36)
Liberal (29)
National Party (6)
Country Liberal (1)
Crossbench (10)
Democrats (7)
WA Greens (2)
Independent ( Harradine) (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ John Devereux resigned from the Labor Party on 21 December 1994, and sat as an independent until his resignation from the Senate on 7 February 1996. Sue Mackay, a Labor member, was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1993 to 1996. [1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the March 1990 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1996; the other half of the state senators were elected at the March 1993 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1999. The territory senators were elected at the March 1993 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was March 1996.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Abetz [a] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1999 | 1994β2022 | |
Richard Alston | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1986β2004 | |
Brian Archer [a] [b] | Liberal | Tasmania | 1999 | 1975β1994 | |
Michael Baume | Liberal | New South Wales | 1999 | 1984β1996 | |
Michael Beahan | Labor | Western Australia | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
Robert Bell | Democrats | Tasmania | 1996 | 1990β1996 | |
Bronwyn Bishop [c] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1996 | 1987β1994 | |
Nick Bolkus | Labor | South Australia | 1999 | 1981β2005 | |
Ron Boswell | National | Queensland | 1996 | 1983β2014 | |
Vicki Bourne | Democrats | New South Wales | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
David Brownhill | National | New South Wales | 1996 | 1984β2000 | |
Bryant Burns | Labor | Queensland | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
Paul Calvert | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1987β2007 | |
Ian Campbell | Liberal | Western Australia | 1999 | 1990β2007 | |
Kim Carr | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1993β2022 | |
Christabel Chamarette | WA Greens | Western Australia | 1996 | 1992β1996 | |
Grant Chapman | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β2008 | |
Bruce Childs | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1980β1997 | |
John Coates | Labor | Tasmania | 1999 | 1980β1996 | |
Bob Collins | Labor | Northern Territory | 1996 [d] | 1987β1998 | |
Jacinta Collins [e] | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1995β2005, 2008β2019 | |
Mal Colston [b] | Labor | Queensland | 1999 | 1975β1999 | |
Stephen Conroy [f] | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1996β2016 | |
Peter Cook | Labor | Western Australia | 1999 | 1983β2005 | |
Barney Cooney | Labor | Victoria | 1996 | 1984β2002 | |
John Coulter [g] | Democrats | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β1995 | |
Winston Crane | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1980β1996 | |
Rosemary Crowley | Labor | South Australia | 1996 | 1983β2002 | |
Kay Denman [h] | Labor | Tasmania | 1999 | 1993β2005 | |
John Devereux [i] | Labor/Independent [i] | Tasmania | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
Chris Ellison | Liberal | Western Australia | 1999 | 1993β2009 | |
Chris Evans | Labor | Western Australia | 1999 | 1993β2013 | |
Gareth Evans [f] | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1977β1996 | |
John Faulkner | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1989β2015 | |
Alan Ferguson | Liberal | South Australia | 1999 | 1992β2011 | |
Dominic Foreman | Labor | South Australia | 1999 | 1980β1997 | |
Michael Forshaw [j] | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1994β2011 | |
Brian Gibson | Liberal | Tasmania | 1999 | 1993β2002 | |
Brian Harradine [b] | Independent | Tasmania | 1999 | 1975β2005 | |
John Herron | Liberal | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
Robert Hill | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1981β2006 | |
Gerry Jones | Labor | Queensland | 1996 | 1980β1996 | |
Rod Kemp | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1990β2008 | |
Cheryl Kernot | Democrats | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β1997 | |
Sue Knowles | Liberal | Western Australia | 1999 | 1984β2005 | |
Meg Lees | Democrats | South Australia | 1999 | 1990β2005 | |
Stephen Loosley [k] | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1990β1995 | |
Ian Macdonald | Liberal | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β2019 | |
Sandy Macdonald | National | New South Wales | 1999 | 1993β1999, 2000β2008 | |
David MacGibbon | Liberal | Queensland | 1999 | 1977β1999 | |
Sue Mackay [i] | Labor | Tasmania | 1996 | 1996β2005 | |
Julian McGauran | National | Victoria | 1999 | 1987β1990, 1993β2011 | |
Jim McKiernan | Labor | Western Australia | 1996 | 1984β2002 | |
Bob McMullan [l] | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 1996 [d] | 1988β1996 | |
Dee Margetts | WA Greens | Western Australia | 1999 | 1993β1999 | |
Nick Minchin | Liberal | South Australia | 1999 | 1993β2011 | |
Shayne Murphy | Labor | Tasmania | 1999 | 1993β2005 | |
Belinda Neal [m] | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1994β1998 | |
Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1986β2002 | |
Bill O'Chee | National | Queensland | 1999 | 1990β1999 | |
John Panizza | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1987β1997 | |
Warwick Parer | Liberal | Queensland | 1999 | 1984β2000 | |
Kay Patterson | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1987β2008 | |
Robert Ray | Labor | Victoria | 1996 | 1981β2008 | |
Margaret Reid | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 1996 [d] | 1981β2003 | |
Margaret Reynolds | Labor | Queensland | 1999 | 1983β1999 | |
Graham Richardson [j] | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1983β1994 | |
Chris Schacht | Labor | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β2002 | |
Nick Sherry | Labor | Tasmania | 1996 | 1990β2012 | |
Jim Short | Liberal | Victoria | 1999 | 1984β1997 | |
Kerry Sibraa [m] | Labor | New South Wales | 1999 | 1975β1978, 1978β1994 | |
Sid Spindler | Democrats | Victoria | 1996 | 1990β1996 | |
Natasha Stott Despoja [g] | Democrats | South Australia | 1996 | 1995β2008 | |
Grant Tambling | Country Liberal | Northern Territory | 1996 [d] | 1987β2001 | |
Michael Tate [h] | Labor | Tasmania | 1999 | 1977β1993 | |
Baden Teague | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1977β1996 | |
John Tierney | Liberal | New South Wales | 1999 | 1991β2005 | |
Judith Troeth | Liberal | Victoria | 1999 | 1993β2011 | |
Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | South Australia | 1999 | 1984β2007 | |
John Watson | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1978β2008 | |
Sue West | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1987, 1990β2002 | |
Tom Wheelwright [k] | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1995β1996 | |
John Woodley | Democrats | Queensland | 1999 | 1993β2001 | |
Bob Woods [c] | Liberal | New South Wales | 1996 | 1994β1997 | |
Olive Zakharov [e] | Labor | Victoria | 1999 | 1983β1995 |