Members of the Australian Senate, 1993–1996

Senate composition at 1 July 1993
Government (30)
  Labor (30) – (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

  1. ^ 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 1994–2022
Richard Alston   Liberal Victoria 1996 1986–2004
Brian Archer [a][b]   Liberal Tasmania 1999 1975–1994
Michael Baume   Liberal New South Wales 1999 1984–1996
Michael Beahan   Labor Western Australia 1996 1987–1996
Robert Bell   Democrats Tasmania 1996 1990–1996
Bronwyn Bishop [c]   Liberal New South Wales 1996 1987–1994
Nick Bolkus   Labor South Australia 1999 1981–2005
Ron Boswell   National Queensland 1996 1983–2014
Vicki Bourne   Democrats New South Wales 1996 1990–2002
David Brownhill   National New South Wales 1996 1984–2000
Bryant Burns   Labor Queensland 1996 1987–1996
Paul Calvert   Liberal Tasmania 1996 1987–2007
Ian Campbell   Liberal Western Australia 1999 1990–2007
Kim Carr   Labor Victoria 1999 1993–2022
Christabel Chamarette   WA Greens Western Australia 1996 1992–1996
Grant Chapman   Liberal South Australia 1996 1987–2008
Bruce Childs   Labor New South Wales 1996 1980–1997
John Coates   Labor Tasmania 1999 1980–1996
Bob Collins   Labor Northern Territory 1996 [d] 1987–1998
Jacinta Collins [e]   Labor Victoria 1999 1995–2005, 2008–2019
Mal Colston [b]   Labor Queensland 1999 1975–1999
Stephen Conroy [f]   Labor Victoria 1999 1996–2016
Peter Cook   Labor Western Australia 1999 1983–2005
Barney Cooney   Labor Victoria 1996 1984–2002
John Coulter [g]   Democrats South Australia 1996 1987–1995
Winston Crane   Liberal Western Australia 1996 1990–2002
Noel Crichton-Browne   Liberal Western Australia 1996 1980–1996
Rosemary Crowley   Labor South Australia 1996 1983–2002
Kay Denman [h]   Labor Tasmania 1999 1993–2005
John Devereux [i]   Labor/Independent [i] Tasmania 1996 1987–1996
Chris Ellison   Liberal Western Australia 1999 1993–2009
Chris Evans   Labor Western Australia 1999 1993–2013
Gareth Evans [f]   Labor Victoria 1999 1977–1996
John Faulkner   Labor New South Wales 1999 1989–2015
Alan Ferguson   Liberal South Australia 1999 1992–2011
Dominic Foreman   Labor South Australia 1999 1980–1997
Michael Forshaw [j]   Labor New South Wales 1999 1994–2011
Brian Gibson   Liberal Tasmania 1999 1993–2002
Brian Harradine [b]   Independent Tasmania 1999 1975–2005
John Herron   Liberal Queensland 1996 1990–2002
Robert Hill   Liberal South Australia 1996 1981–2006
Gerry Jones   Labor Queensland 1996 1980–1996
Rod Kemp   Liberal Victoria 1996 1990–2008
Cheryl Kernot   Democrats Queensland 1996 1990–1997
Sue Knowles   Liberal Western Australia 1999 1984–2005
Meg Lees   Democrats South Australia 1999 1990–2005
Stephen Loosley [k]   Labor New South Wales 1996 1990–1995
Ian Macdonald   Liberal Queensland 1996 1990–2019
Sandy Macdonald   National New South Wales 1999 1993–1999, 2000–2008
David MacGibbon   Liberal Queensland 1999 1977–1999
Sue Mackay [i]   Labor Tasmania 1996 1996–2005
Julian McGauran   National Victoria 1999 1987–1990, 1993–2011
Jim McKiernan   Labor Western Australia 1996 1984–2002
Bob McMullan [l]   Labor Australian Capital Territory 1996 [d] 1988–1996
Dee Margetts   WA Greens Western Australia 1999 1993–1999
Nick Minchin   Liberal South Australia 1999 1993–2011
Shayne Murphy   Labor Tasmania 1999 1993–2005
Belinda Neal [m]   Labor New South Wales 1999 1994–1998
Jocelyn Newman   Liberal Tasmania 1996 1986–2002
Bill O'Chee   National Queensland 1999 1990–1999
John Panizza   Liberal Western Australia 1996 1987–1997
Warwick Parer   Liberal Queensland 1999 1984–2000
Kay Patterson   Liberal Victoria 1996 1987–2008
Robert Ray   Labor Victoria 1996 1981–2008
Margaret Reid   Liberal Australian Capital Territory 1996 [d] 1981–2003
Margaret Reynolds   Labor Queensland 1999 1983–1999
Graham Richardson [j]   Labor New South Wales 1999 1983–1994
Chris Schacht   Labor South Australia 1996 1987–2002
Nick Sherry   Labor Tasmania 1996 1990–2012
Jim Short   Liberal Victoria 1999 1984–1997
Kerry Sibraa [m]   Labor New South Wales 1999 1975–1978, 1978–1994
Sid Spindler   Democrats Victoria 1996 1990–1996
Natasha Stott Despoja [g]   Democrats South Australia 1996 1995–2008
Grant Tambling   Country Liberal Northern Territory 1996 [d] 1987–2001
Michael Tate [h]   Labor Tasmania 1999 1977–1993
Baden Teague   Liberal South Australia 1996 1977–1996
John Tierney   Liberal New South Wales 1999 1991–2005
Judith Troeth   Liberal Victoria 1999 1993–2011
Amanda Vanstone   Liberal South Australia 1999 1984–2007
John Watson   Liberal Tasmania 1996 1978–2008
Sue West   Labor New South Wales 1996 1987, 1990–2002
Tom Wheelwright [k]   Labor New South Wales 1996 1995–1996
John Woodley   Democrats Queensland 1999 1993–2001
Bob Woods [c]   Liberal New South Wales 1996 1994–1997
Olive Zakharov [e]   Labor Victoria 1999 1983–1995

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Tasmanian Liberal Senator Brian Archer resigned on 31 January 1994. Eric Abetz was appointed as his replacement on 22 February.
  2. ^ a b c Father of the Senate
  3. ^ a b New South Wales Liberal Senator Bronwyn Bishop resigned on 24 February 1994. Bob Woods was appointed as her replacement on 8 March.
  4. ^ a b c d The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1996.
  5. ^ a b Victorian Labor Senator Olive Zakharov died on 6 March 1995. Jacinta Collins was appointed as her replacement on 3 May.
  6. ^ a b Victorian Labor Senator Gareth Evans resigned on 6 February 1996, to run for the House of Representatives seat of Holt. Steve Conroy was appointed as his replacement on 30 April.
  7. ^ a b South Australian Democrat Senator John Coulter resigned on 20 November 1995. Natasha Stott Despoja was appointed as his replacement on 23 November.
  8. ^ a b Tasmanian Labor Senator Michael Tate resigned on 5 July 1993. Kay Denman was appointed as his replacement on 24 August.
  9. ^ a b c Tasmanian Senator 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. Though he was an independent at the time of his resignation, because he had been elected as a Labor member, Sue Mackay, a Labor member, was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.
  10. ^ a b New South Wales Labor Senator Graham Richardson resigned on 25 March 1994. Michael Forshaw was appointed as his replacement on 10 May.
  11. ^ a b New South Wales Labor Senator Stephen Loosley resigned on 21 May 1995. Tom Wheelwright was appointed as his replacement on 24 May.
  12. ^ ACT Labor Senator Bob McMullan resigned on 6 February 1996 in order to contest a lower house seat at the 2 March 1996 election. His term was due to expire on 1 March 1996 and the ACT Legislative Assembly decided not to fill the vacancy.[2]
  13. ^ a b New South Wales Labor Senator Kerry Sibraa resigned on 1 February 1994. Belinda Neal was appointed as his replacement on 8 March.

References

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  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1993". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Senate Vacancy" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). ACT: Legislative Assembly. 20 February 1996. p. 73.