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2004 Australian Senate election

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The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election. Senators total 37 coalition (33 Liberal, three coalition National, one CLP), 28 Labor, four Green, one Family First, two non-coalition National and four Democrats.[1][2] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2005, except the territories who took their seats immediately. This is the most recent time a Government has had a majority in the senate.

2004 Australian Senate elections
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40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Robert Hill John Faulkner Bob Brown
Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Greens
Leader since 3 April 1990 19 March 1996 de facto
Leader's seat South Australia New South Wales Tasmania
Seats before 34 28 2
Seats after 39 28 4
Seat change Increase 5 Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 5,390,084 4,186,715 916,431
Percentage 45.09% 35.02% 7.67%
Swing Increase 3.26% Increase 0.70% Increase 2.73%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Andrew Bartlett Steve Fielding
Party Democrats Family First
Leader since 5 October 2002
Leader's seat Queensland Victoria
Seats before 8 1
Seats won 4 1
Seats after 4 1
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 250,373 210,567
Percentage 2.09% 1.76%
Swing Decrease 5.16% Increase 1.76%
Senators elected in the 2004 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election

Robert Hill
Liberal/National coalition

Elected Leader of the Senate

Robert Hill
Liberal/National coalition

Preference deals edit

The Greens directed preferences to the Democrats and Labor ahead of the Coalition, Family First and the Christian Democrats. In exchange, the Democrats preferenced the Greens ahead of both major parties and Labor preferenced the Greens and Democrats first in every state and territory except for Tasmania, where Labor preferenced Family First ahead of the Greens and Democrats, and Victoria, where Labor preferenced Family First, Democratic Labor and the Christian Democrats ahead of the Greens and the Democrats.

The Family First Party preferenced the Democrats and the Christian Democrats ahead of both major parties. In exchange, the Democrats preferenced Family First ahead of both the Greens and both major parties, while the Christian Democrats also preferenced Family First highly. The Family First Party and the Coalition also preferenced each other ahead of Labor and the Greens.

One Nation was preferenced last by Labor, the Democrats, the Coalition and the Greens in every state, while the Greens was preferenced last by Family First, One Nation and the Christian Democrats in every state.

A full listing of preferences can be found here.[1]

Australia edit

Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 94.82% (CV) — Informal 3.75%[3][4]
 
Party Votes % ± Seats
Seats
won 		Not
up 		New
total 		Seat
change
  Liberal/National Coalition
  Liberal/National joint ticket 3,074,952 25.72 +1.85 6 6 12   1
  Liberal 2,109,948 17.65 +1.96 13 11 24   2
  National 163,261 1.37 −0.55 1 1 2   1
  Country Liberal (NT) 41,923 0.35 +0.00 1 0 1  
Coalition total 5,390,084 45.09 +3.26 21 18 39   4
  Labor 4,186,715 35.02 +0.70 16 12 28  
  Greens 916,431 7.67 +2.73 2 2 4   2
  Democrats 250,373 2.09 -5.16 0 4 4   4
  Family First 210,567 1.76 +1.76 1 0 1   1
  One Nation 206,455 1.73 -3.81 0 0 0   1
  Christian Democrats 140,674 1.18 +0.06
  Liberals for Forests 107,130 0.90 +0.15
  Democratic Labour 58,042 0.49 −0.08
  Fishing Party 50,356 0.42 +0.18
  HEMP 41,501 0.35 −0.20
  Ex-Service, Service and Veterans Party 25,277 0.21 +0.21
  Citizens Electoral Council 24,663 0.21 +0.14
  Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party 19,156 0.16 −0.04
  Progressive Alliance 18,856 0.16 +0.16
  Progressive Labour 18,424 0.15 −0.50
  Aged and Disability Pensioners 17,401 0.15 +0.15
  Outdoor Recreation 13,822 0.12 +0.12
  Socialist Alliance 13,305 0.11 +0.11
  Non-Custodial Parents 12,207 0.10 +0.06
  Against Further Immigration 11,508 0.10 −0.08
  New Country 11,040 0.09 +0.09
  No GST 9,713 0.08 −0.35
  Great Australians 6,984 0.06 +0.06
  Republican 4,168 0.03 −0.06
  Save the ADI Site 3,281 0.03 +0.03
  Hope Party Australia 2,938 0.02 −0.01
  Nuclear Disarmament 2,163 0.02 −0.02
  Unendorsed/ungrouped 180,385 1.51 +1.13 0 0 0   2 [a]
Total 11,953,649 100.00 – 40 36 76
Invalid/blank votes 466,370 3.75 −0.14 – – – –
Registered voters/turnout 12,420,019 94.82 -0.38 – – – –
Source: Upper house results: AEC

New South Wales edit

Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Bill Heffernan   Liberal
2004 2 Steve Hutchins   Labor
2004 3 Concertta Fierravanti-Wells   Liberal
2004 4 John Faulkner   Labor
2004 5 Fiona Nash   National
2004 6 Michael Forshaw   Labor
2001
2001 1 Helen Coonan   Liberal
2001 2 Ursula Stephens   Labor
2001 3 Sandy Macdonald   National
2001 4 George Campbell   Labor
2001 5 Marise Payne   Liberal
2001 6 Kerry Nettle   Greens
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 567,796
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Bill Heffernan (Lib) (elected 1)
2. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) (elected 3)
3. Fiona Nash (Nat) (elected 5)
4. John Tierney (Lib)
5. Michael Darby (Lib)
6. Robyn Bain (Nat) 		1,753,507 44.12 +2.36
Labor 1. Steve Hutchins (elected 2)
2. John Faulkner (elected 4)
3. Michael Forshaw (elected 6)
4. Joanna Woods 		1,445,602 36.37 +2.87
Greens 1. John Kaye
2. Carol Berry
3. Ben Oquist
4. Susie Russell
5. Trish Mullins
6. Jeremy Buckingham 		291,845 7.34 +2.98
Christian Democrats 1. Fred Nile
2. Patricia Giles
3. Peter Walker
4. Kevin Hume
5. George Capsis 		103,831 2.61 +0.74
Democrats 1. Aden Ridgeway
2. Nina Burridge
3. Greg Butler 		87,377 2.20 -4.01
One Nation 1. Judith Newson
2. Lynn Stanfield
3. Peter Bussa 		75,284 1.89 -3.69
HEMP 1. Michael Balderstone
2. Graham Askey 		24,016 0.60 -0.32
Family First 1. Joan Woods
2. Ivan Herald 		22,210 0.56 +0.56
Fishing Party 1. Bob Smith
2. David Hitchcock 		21,322 0.54 -0.17
Liberals for Forests 1. Glenn Druery
2. Ruth Green 		21,197 0.53 +0.53
Lower Excise Fuel 1. Dave O'Loughlin
2. Derek Ridgley 		19,156 0.48 -0.13
Outdoor Recreation 1. Leon Belgrave
2. Janos Beregszaszi 		13,822 0.35 +0.35
Group A 1. David Ettridge
2. Ashley Ettridge 		13,635 0.34 +0.34
Progressive Labour 1. Klaas Woldring
2. Kate Ferguson 		13,175 0.33 -1.44
Veterans 1. Bruce Howlett
2. Bonnie Fraser
3. Trevor Hesse 		12,905 0.32 +0.32
Against Further Immigration 1. David Kitson
2. Edwin Woodger 		11,508 0.29 -0.25
No GST 1. Mick Gallagher
2. Warwick Mead 		9,713 0.24 -0.42
New Country 1. Greg Graham
2. Lisa de Meur 		6,218 0.16 +0.16
Great Australians 1. Brett McHolme
2. Dennis Robinson 		4,691 0.12 +0.12
Socialist Alliance 1. Kylie Moon
2. Ray Jackson 		4,241 0.11 +0.11
Save the ADI Site 1. Geoff Brown
2. Bernie Laughlan 		3,281 0.08 +0.08
Non-Custodial Parents 1. Grahame Marks
2. Andrew Thompson 		2,930 0.07 -0.03
Group K 1. Martin Zitek
2. Robert Zitek 		2,750 0.07 +0.07
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Robert Butler
2. Richard Witten 		2,471 0.06 +0.00
Progressive Alliance 1. Reese Malcolm
2. Lee Raper 		2,342 0.06 +0.06
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Michael Denborough
2. Yvonne Francis 		2,163 0.05 -0.07
Group D 1. James Harker-Mortlock
2. Kelly Ferguson 		1,637 0.04 +0.04
Independent John Thompson 549 0.01 +0.01
Group W 1. Tom Vogelgesang
2. Don Nguyen 		538 0.01 +0.01
Independent Paul Simpson 251 0.01 +0.01
Independent Carole Carpenter 208 0.01 +0.01
Group U 1. Nick Beams
2. Terry Cook 		116 0.00 +0.00
Independent Jack Lord 74 0.00 +0.01
Total formal votes 3,974,565 96.53 +0.07
Informal votes 143,021 3.47 -0.07
Turnout 4,117,586 95.11 -0.38

The primary vote saw the Coalition winning three seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens and Labor leading the Christian Democrats for the final seat. Preferences from liberals for forests, Family First, the Democrats and One Nation meant that the Christian Democrats ended up overtaking both Labor and the Greens for the final vacancy, but Labor managed to stay ahead of the Greens, meaning that Labor ending up taking the final seat using Green preferences. The result was three seats coalition and three seats Labor.[5]

Victoria edit

Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Michael Ronaldson   Liberal
2004 2 Kim Carr   Labor
2004 3 Julian McGauran   National
2004 4 Stephen Conroy   Labor
2004 5 Judith Troeth   Liberal
2004 6 Steve Fielding   Family First
2001
2001 1 Mitch Fifield   Liberal
2001 2 Robert Ray   Labor
2001 3 Rod Kemp   Liberal
2001 4 Gavin Marshall   Labor
2001 5 Kay Patterson   Liberal
2001 6 Lyn Allison   Democrats
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 428,085
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Michael Ronaldson (Lib) (elected 1)
2. Julian McGauran (Nat) (elected 3)
3. Judith Troeth (Lib) (elected 5)
4. Dino De Marchi (Lib)
5. Jim Forbes (Lib)
6. Eugene Notermans (Lib) 		1,321,445 44.10 +4.49
Labor 1. Kim Carr (elected 2)
2. Stephen Conroy (elected 4)
3. Jacinta Collins
4. Marg Lewis 		1,082,271 36.12 -0.67
Greens 1. David Risstrom
2. Richard Di Natale
3. Pamela Curr
4. Liz Conor
5. Sue Pennicuik
6. Berhan Ahmed 		263,551 8.80 +2.81
Democratic Labor 1. John Mulholland
2. Pat Crea
3. Gail King
4. Rosemary Maurus
5. Ken Wells 		58,042 1.94 -0.34
Family First 1. Steve Fielding (elected 6)
2. Danny Nalliah
3. Annette Blaze
4. Allan Meyer
5. Ann Bown 		56,376 1.88 +1.88
Democrats 1. Jess Healy
2. Greg Chipp
3. Tony Inglese
4. Jo McCubbin 		55,867 1.86 -5.96
Liberals for Forests 1. Steve Clancy
2. Rad Wintle 		55,170 1.84 -0.56
One Nation 1. Tim Foster
2. James Neary 		21,532 0.72 -1.73
Pensioners 1. Graeme Cleaves
2. Ian Kleeman 		17,401 0.58 +0.58
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Craig Isherwood
2. Kelly-Ann Paull 		16,227 0.54 +0.45
Christian Democrats 1. Alan Barron
2. Phil Seymour 		10,239 0.34 -0.25
Veterans 1. Roger Tozer
2. Pam Brown 		8,601 0.29 +0.29
Group S 1. Richard Frankland
2. Peter Phelps
3. John Harding 		7,266 0.24 +0.24
Socialist Alliance 1. Lalitha Chelliah
2. Sue Bolton 		4,906 0.16 +0.16
Republican 1. Peter Consandine
2. Sheila Newman 		4,168 0.14 +0.14
Independent 1. Joseph Toscano
2. Steven Reghenzani 		3,418 0.11 +0.11
Non-Custodial Parents 1. Kevin Boers
2. Brendan Hall 		3,310 0.11 +0.11
Hope 1. Tim Petherbridge
2. Lee-Anne Poynton 		2,938 0.10 +0.01
Progressive Alliance 1. Chris Grigsby
2. Charles Williams 		2,453 0.08 +0.08
Independent Phillip Mason 478 0.02 +0.02
Independent Che Endra Che-Kahn 212 0.01 +0.01
Independent Harald Dreger 192 0.01 +0.01
Independent Judi-ann Leggetts 168 0.01 +0.01
Independent Barry Walters 161 0.01 +0.01
Independent David Buck 80 0.00 +0.00
Independent Glenn Floyd 71 0.00 +0.00
Independent John Tibble 51 0.00 +0.00
Total formal votes 2,996,594 94.87 +0.47
Informal votes 162,047 5.13 -0.47
Turnout 3,158,641 95.43 -0.61

Primary votes ensured that the Coalition secured three senate seats and Labor secured two. This left the Greens leading with Labor not far behind as preferences began counting. In an attempt to protect their third candidate, Jacinta Collins, Labor made a deal with several groups including the Democratic Labor Party, Family First Party and the Christian Democrats where they would preference her ahead of the Coalition in exchange for Labor preferences, expecting them to be eliminated before these preferences could be distributed. However, it backfired badly as the Family First Party, despite starting with less than two percent of the primary vote, received many preferences from the Christian Democrats, the Aged and Disability Pensioners Party, One Nation, the Coalition, liberals for forests, the Australian Democrats and the Democratic Labor Party that easily put Family First ahead of Labor. And, as per the Jacinta Collins deal, the majority of the Labor preferences went to Family First too, meaning that Steve Fielding was comfortably elected ahead of Greens candidate David Risstrom. The result was three seats Coalition, two seats Labor and one seat Family First.[6]

Queensland edit

Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Brett Mason   Liberal
2004 2 Jan McLucas   Labor
2004 3 George Brandis   Liberal
2004 4 Joe Ludwig   Labor
2004 5 Barnaby Joyce   National
2004 3 Russell Trood   Liberal
2001
2001 1 Ian Macdonald   Liberal
2001 2 John Hogg   Labor
2001 3 Santo Santoro   Liberal
2001 4 Claire Moore   Labor
2001 5 Andrew Bartlett   Democrats
2001 6 Ron Boswell   National
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 323,611
Liberal 1. Brett Mason (elected 1)
2. George Brandis (elected 3)
3. Russell Trood (elected 6)
4. Sue Boyce 		867,276 38.29 +3.39
Labor 1. Jan McLucas (elected 2)
2. Joe Ludwig (elected 4)
3. Frank Gilbert 		717,005 36.12 -0.08
National 1. Barnaby Joyce (elected 5)
2. James Baker
3. Stewart Gillies 		149,719 6.61 -2.55
Greens 1. Drew Hutton
2. Sarah Moles
3. Theresa Millard 		122,393 5.40 +2.09
Group K 1. Pauline Hanson
2. Judy Smith 		102,824 4.54 +4.54
Family First 1. John Lewis
2. Tracy Skellern-Smith 		76,309 3.37 +3.37
One Nation 1. Len Harris
2. Ian Nelson
3. James Savage 		71,043 3.14 -6.88
Democrats 1. John Cherry
2. Bonny Bauer 		49,898 2.20 -4.49
Fishing Party 1. Kevin Collins
2. Darryl Whitford 		29,034 1.28 +1.28
Liberals for Forests 1. Joseph Clark
2. Archie Chapman 		22,283 0.98 +0.98
HEMP 1. Guy Freemarijuana
2. Tony Kneipp 		17,485 0.77 -0.54
Group O 1. Hetty Johnston
2. Diana Scott 		15,596 0.69 +0.69
Group A 1. Terry Rushton
2. Eamon Coll 		5,152 0.23 +0.23
Non-Custodial Parents 1. Geoff Webster
2. Doug Thompson 		4,226 0.19 +0.19
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Maurice Hetherington
2. Ray Gillham 		3,359 0.15 +0.05
New Country 1. Lorraine Wheeldon
2. Rowell Walton 		2,841 0.13 +0.13
Socialist Alliance 1. Sam Watson
2. Nicole Clevens 		2,334 0.10 +0.10
Great Australians 1. John Rivett
2. Mal McKenzie 		2,293 0.10 +0.10
Group D 1. Selwyn Johnston
2. Susan Harvey 		1,408 0.06 +0.06
Group G 1. Gail Duncan
2. Kim McIntosh 		1,015 0.04 +0.04
Progressive Alliance 1. Tony Newman
2. Darrell Morris 		921 0.04 +0.04
Independent Darryl McArthur 568 0.03 +0.03
Independent Hassan Ghulam 295 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 2,265,274 97.21 +0.16
Informal votes 65,037 2.79 -0.16
Turnout 2,330,311 94.13 -1.10

Primary votes saw two Labor and two Liberal senators get elected, leaving the Liberal Party well ahead of the National Party, the Greens and former One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who this election ran as an independent. Pauline Hanson attracted a lot of preferential votes, which meant that her former party was surprisingly excluded before she was. This meant that her preferences could not go to One Nation and threaten the Liberal and National parties. As such, the National Party, using Fishing Party preferences, won the fifth seat and the Liberals won the sixth seat. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat National.[7]

Western Australia edit

Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Chris Ellison   Liberal
2004 2 Chris Evans   Labor
2004 3 Ian Campbell   Liberal
2004 4 Glenn Sterle   Labor
2004 5 Judith Adams   Liberal
2004 6 Rachel Siewert   Greens
2001
2001 1 Alan Eggleston   Liberal
2001 2 Mark Bishop   Labor
2001 3 David Johnston   Liberal
2001 4 Ruth Webber   Labor
2001 5 Ross Lightfoot   Liberal
2001 6 Andrew Murray   Democrats
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 161,166
Liberal 1. Chris Ellison (elected 1)
2. Ian Campbell (elected 3)
3. Judith Adams (elected 5)
4. Michelle Steck 		556,558 49.34 +9.21
Labor 1. Chris Evans (elected 2)
2. Glenn Sterle (elected 4)
3. Emiliano Barzotto 		366,825 32.52 -1.63
Greens 1. Rachel Siewert (elected 6)
2. Colin Hughes
3. Christopher Newall
4. Felicity Peterson 		90,956 8.06 +2.21
One Nation 1. James Hopkinson
2. Ron McLean 		27,601 2.45 -4.58
Democrats 1. Brian Greig
2. Dominika Lisowski
3. Jason Meotti 		22,603 2.00 -3.86
Christian Democrats 1. Lachlan Dunjey
2. Peter Watt
3. Norman Gage 		21,234 1.88 +0.63
National 1. Geoff Gill
2. Norm Henning 		9,699 0.86 -1.49
Family First 1. Nigel Irvine
2. Don Hatch 		9,553 0.85 +0.85
Liberals for Forests 1. Lesley McKay
2. Vicki Taylor 		5,680 0.50 -0.92
Progressive Labour 1. Mary Lupi
2. Lyn Kearsley 		5,249 0.47 -0.22
Group A 1. Alicia Curtis
2. Steven Ogle 		4,122 0.37 +0.37
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Jean Robertson
2. Stuart Smith 		2,098 0.19 +0.08
New Country 1. Mal Harrington
2. Brendan Mansell 		1,981 0.18 +0.18
Non-Custodial Parents 1. Brian Taylor
2. Geoff Dixon 		1,741 0.15 +0.15
Progressive Alliance 1. Geoff Gibson
2. Stephen Crabbe 		932 0.08 +0.08
Independent Julie Easton 1,015 0.09 +0.09
Independent Jim Jardine 146 0.01 +0.01
Independent Alexander Marsden 132 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 1,128,155 96.46 +0.35
Informal votes 41,452 3.54 -0.04
Turnout 1,169,607 93.66 -1.38

Primary votes saw three Liberal and two Labor senators get elected, leaving the Greens with a sizeable lead against the Liberals. Preferences from the Democrats and Labor saw that lead extended even further, and Greens candidate Rachel Siewert comfortably took the final vacancy. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Greens.[8]

South Australia edit

Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Nick Minchin   Liberal
2004 2 Anne McEwen   Labor
2004 3 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
2004 4 Annette Hurley   Labor
2004 5 Alan Ferguson   Liberal
2004 6 Dana Wortley   Labor
2001
2001 1 Robert Hill   Liberal
2001 2 Penny Wong   Labor
2001 3 Jeannie Ferris   Liberal
2001 4 Linda Kirk   Labor
2001 5 Grant Chapman   Liberal
2001 6 Natasha Stott Despoja   Democrats
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 138,249
Liberal 1. Nick Minchin (elected 1)
2. Amanda Vanstone (elected 3)
3. Alan Ferguson (elected 5)
4. Sue Lawrie 		459,560 47.49 +1.94
Labor 1. Anne McEwen (elected 2)
2. Annette Hurley (elected 4)
3. Dana Wortley (elected 6) 		343,422 35.49 +2.25
Greens 1. Brian Noone
2. Clare McCarty
3. Mij Tanith
4. Sandy Montgomery 		63,881 6.60 +3.15
Family First 1. Andrea Mason
2. Tony Bates
3. Toni Turnbull 		38,559 3.98 +3.98
Democrats 1. John McLaren
2. Ruth Russell
3. Tammy Franks
4. Jenny Scott 		23,118 2.39 -10.23
Progressive Alliance 1. Meg Lees
2. Kirk Jones
3. Jenny Macintosh 		11,061 1.14 +1.14
One Nation 1. Andrew Phillips
2. Basil Hille 		10,995 1.14 -3.42
National 1. John Venus
2. Julie Sippo
3. Ian Willcourt 		3,843 0.40 +0.40
Veterans 1. Nicholas McShane
2. Jarrad Kay 		3,771 0.39 +0.39
Liberals for Forests 1. Rita Hunt
2. Rachael Barons 		2,800 0.29 +0.29
Group A 1. Rolf Klotz
2. Mark Smith
3. Robyn Munro
4. Ivan May 		1,957 0.20 +0.20
Socialist Alliance 1. Tom Burtuleit
2. Amy McDonald 		1,255 0.13 +0.13
Group M 1. Ben Yengi
2. Alan Hutton 		890 0.09 +0.09
Group P 1. Ralph Hahnheuser
2. Benno Lang 		889 0.09 +0.09
Group C 1. Andrew Stanko
2. Damian Woodards 		657 0.07 +0.07
Independent Richard Armour 437 0.05 +0.05
Group B 1. Kane Winther
2. Claire Winther 		402 0.04 +0.04
Independent John Lawrie 126 0.01 +0.01
Independent Richard Lutz 115 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 967,738 96.47 -0.47
Informal votes 35,424 3.53 +0.47
Turnout 1,003,162 95.36 -0.86

Primary votes saw three Liberal seats and two Labor seats secured. With South Australia being the former constituent of former Democrats leader now Progressive Alliance leader Meg Lees, the state saw the largest swing against the Democrats and the largest total for the Progressive Alliance. ABC Election Analyst Antony Green suggested that had the Democrats done better in the primary vote in South Australia, they may have won the final senate seat on Family First preferences. Instead, the Democrat preferences saw Family First go ahead of the Greens, leading to Labor winning the seat on Green preferences. The result was three seats Liberal and three seats Labor.[9]

Tasmania edit

Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Eric Abetz   Liberal
2004 2 Kerry O'Brien   Labor
2004 3 Guy Barnett   Liberal
2004 4 Helen Polley   Labor
2004 5 Stephen Parry   Liberal
2004 6 Christine Milne   Greens
2001
2001 1 Paul Calvert   Liberal
2001 2 Sue Mackay   Labor
2004 3 John Watson   Liberal
2001 4 Nick Sherry   Labor
2001 5 Bob Brown   Greens
2001 6 Richard Colbeck   Liberal
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 45,382
Liberal 1. Eric Abetz (elected 1)
2. Guy Barnett (elected 3)
3. Stephen Parry (elected 5) 		146,532 46.13 +7.34
Labor 1. Kerry O'Brien (elected 2)
2. Helen Polley (elected 4)
3. David Price
4. Nicole Wells 		106,531 33.54 -3.30
Greens 1. Christine Milne (elected 6)
2. Karen Cassidy
3. Tom Millen 		42,214 13.29 -0.50
Family First 1. Jacquie Petrusma
2. Lance Bergman
3. Lindsay Smith 		7,563 2.38 +2.38
Group F 1. Shayne Murphy 6,888 2.17 +2.17
Democrats 1. Yulia Onsman
2. Suzanne Cass 		2,614 0.82 -3.80
Christian Democrats 1. David Mitchell
2. Michael Fracalossi 		2,076 0.65 +0.65
Independent Dino Ottavi 1,283 0.40 +0.40
Group G
(Harradine candidates) 		1. Steve Martin
2. John Newman 		1,139 0.36 +0.36
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Rob Larner
2. Adrian Watts 		508 0.16 +0.16
Independent Rob Newitt 188 0.06 +0.06
Independent John McDonald 99 0.03 +0.03
Independent Ellen Gargan 32 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 317,667 96.63 -0.08
Informal votes 11,091 3.37 +0.08
Turnout 328,758 95.90 -0.93

Primary votes saw the Liberal Party winning three senate seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens leading for the sixth seat against the Family First Party with a sizable majority. However, Tasmania was one of two states where Labor preferenced the Family First Party ahead the Greens, meaning that the Family First candidate Jacquie Petrusma was expected to receive large amounts of preferences and win the final seat. However, Greens candidate Christine Milne ended up winning the seat, mainly due to the high amount of "below the line" voting in Tasmania. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Green.[10]

Territories edit

Australian Capital Territory edit

Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Kate Lundy   Labor
2004 2 Gary Humphries   Liberal
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 70,436
Labor 1. Kate Lundy (elected 1)
2. David Smith 		86,855 41.10 -0.92
Liberal 1. Gary Humphries (elected 2)
2. Ian Morison 		80,022 37.87 +3.57
Greens 1. Kerrie Tucker
2. Roland Manderson 		34,575 16.36 +9.14
Democrats 1. Rachael Jacobs
2. Peter Bourne 		4,528 2.14 -8.60
Christian Democrats 1. Tim Janes
2. John Miller 		3,294 1.56 -0.19
Progressive Alliance 1. Jeannette Jolley
2. Ryan Deebank 		1,147 0.54 +0.54
Independent Dave Edwards 885 0.42 +0.42
Total formal votes 211,306 97.54 -0.12
Informal votes 5,325 2.46 +0.12
Turnout 216,631 95.16 -0.53

Northern Territory edit

Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Nigel Scullion   CLP
2004 2 Trish Crossin   Labor
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 30,785
Country Liberal 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 1)
2. Bernadette Greg 		41,923 45.40 +1.69
Labor 1. Trish Crossin (elected 2)
2. Wayne Connop 		38,204 41.37 +2.15
Greens 1. Mark Wakeham
2. Shan McKenzie 		7,016 7.60 +3.33
Democrats 1. Janeen Bulsey
2. Fay Lawrence 		4,368 4.73 -2.57
Socialist Alliance 1. Ray Hayes
2. Kathy Newnam 		569 0.62 +0.62
Independent Wayne Wright 270 0.29 +0.29
Total formal votes 92,350 96.88 -0.36
Informal votes 2,973 3.12 +0.36
Turnout 95,323 84.73 -1.47

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Both independent senators were from Tasmania. Brian Harradine did not contest the election while Labor turned independent Shayne Murphy was not re-elected.

References edit

  1. ^ 2004 Senators elected - AEC
  2. ^ 2001 Senators elected - AEC
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Parliament, Senate election - Election of 9 October 2004". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ^ Upper house results: AEC
  5. ^ Senate Results: New South Wales - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  6. ^ Senate Results: Victoria - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  7. ^ Senate Results: Queensland - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  8. ^ Senate Results: Western Australia - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  9. ^ Senate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  10. ^ Senate Results: Tasmania - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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