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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Tasmanian Liberal Senator Brian Archer resigned on 31 January 1994. Eric Abetz was appointed as his replacement on 22 February.
- ^ a b c Father of the Senate
- ^ a b New South Wales Liberal Senator Bronwyn Bishop resigned on 24 February 1994. Bob Woods was appointed as her replacement on 8 March.
- ^ a b c d The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1996.
- ^ a b Victorian Labor Senator Olive Zakharov died on 6 March 1995. Jacinta Collins was appointed as her replacement on 3 May.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b South Australian Democrat Senator John Coulter resigned on 20 November 1995. Natasha Stott Despoja was appointed as his replacement on 23 November.
- ^ a b Tasmanian Labor Senator Michael Tate resigned on 5 July 1993. Kay Denman was appointed as his replacement on 24 August.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b New South Wales Labor Senator Graham Richardson resigned on 25 March 1994. Michael Forshaw was appointed as his replacement on 10 May.
- ^ a b New South Wales Labor Senator Stephen Loosley resigned on 21 May 1995. Tom Wheelwright was appointed as his replacement on 24 May.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1993". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Senate Vacancy" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). ACT: Legislative Assembly. 20 February 1996. p. 73.