At the close of nominations a total of 1,624 candidates had stood for the 2022 Australian federal election , of whom 1,203 were House of Representatives candidates and 421 were Senate candidates.[ 1] [ 2]
Retiring members
The seat of Spence (SA) was vacant following the resignation of Nick Champion (Labor) on 22 February 2022 to contest the South Australian state election . A Senate seat in New South Wales was vacant following the resignation of Kristina Keneally (Labor) on 11 April 2022 to contest the lower house seat of Fowler in the election. A second Senate seat in Western Australia was initially vacant at the close of nominations following the resignation on 15 April 2022 of Ben Small (Liberal), who had discovered that he was ineligible on the grounds of dual citizenship. Having renounced his New Zealand citizenship, Small was re-appointed on 18 May 2022 and contested the election.[ 3] George Christensen , previously a Nationals member, did not re-contest the seat of Dawson but ran instead for the Senate for One Nation.
The following Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators did not contest the election.
Labor
Liberal
John Alexander MP (Bennelong , NSW) – announced retirement on 12 November 2021[ 11] Kevin Andrews MP (Menzies , Vic) – lost preselection on 31 January 2021[ 12] Nicolle Flint MP (Boothby , SA) – announced retirement on 26 February 2021[ 13] Greg Hunt MP (Flinders , Vic) – announced retirement on 2 December 2021[ 14] Steve Irons MP (Swan , WA) – announced retirement on 24 September 2021[ 15] Andrew Laming MP (Bowman , Qld) – announced retirement on 28 March 2021,[ 16] [ 17] Christian Porter MP (Pearce , WA) – announced retirement on 1 December 2021[ 18] Tony Smith MP (Casey , Vic) – announced retirement on 14 July 2021[ 19] Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW) – lost preselection 26 March 2022,[ 20] [ 21]
Nationals
House of Representatives
Sitting members are listed in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Senate
In an ordinary half-Senate election, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election, six (out of twelve) in each state and all four territory seats. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk from the highlighted list.
Australian Capital Territory
Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.
New South Wales
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal -National Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Tim Ayres (Labor), Andrew Bragg (Liberal), Perin Davey (National), Mehreen Faruqi (Greens), Hollie Hughes (Liberal) and Tony Sheldon (Labor) were not up for re-election.
Northern Territory
Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat, although sitting senator Sam McMahon left the party and joined the Liberal Democratic Party .
Queensland
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal National Party was defending three seats. One Nation was defending one seat. Senators Nita Green (Labor), Susan McDonald (Liberal National), Gerard Rennick (Liberal National), Malcolm Roberts (One Nation), Paul Scarr (Liberal National) and Larissa Waters (Greens) were not up for re-election.
South Australia
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Centre Alliance had two of their seats up for re-election, although sitting senator Rex Patrick left the party and contested instead for the Rex Patrick Team , whilst senator Stirling Griff ran as the second Independent on the Nick Xenophon group ticket. Senators Alex Antic (Liberal), David Fawcett (Liberal), Karen Grogan (Labor), Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens), Anne Ruston (Liberal) and Marielle Smith (Labor) were not up for re-election.
Tasmania
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens was defending one seat. Senators Catryna Bilyk (Labor), Carol Brown (Labor), Claire Chandler (Liberal), Richard Colbeck (Liberal), Jacqui Lambie (JLN) and Nick McKim (Greens) were not up for re-election.
Victoria
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal -National Coalition was defending three seats. The Greens was defending one seat. Senators Raff Ciccone (Labor), Jane Hume (Liberal), James Paterson (Liberal), Janet Rice (Greens), David Van (Liberal) and Jess Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.
Western Australia
Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens was defending one seat. Senators Slade Brockman (Liberal), Pat Dodson (Labor), Matt O'Sullivan (Liberal), Louise Pratt (Labor), Linda Reynolds (Liberal) and Jordon Steele-John (Greens) were not up for re-election.
Summary by party
Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested the Senate election in the respective state.
Unregistered parties and groups
Disendorsements and resignations
Those with resignation or disendorsement dates before 21 April 2022 are not running on the ballot paper under the party they are listed under, but those after that date still made the ballot paper.
Date
Party
Candidate
Seat
Details
October 2021
Great Australian
Pete Evans
NSW Senate
Resigned for reasons unknown.[ 27]
26 February
UAP
Jefferson Earl
Macnamara
Disendorsed for support of Russian President , Vladimir Putin during the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis .[ 28] [ 29]
4 March
UAP
Sean Ambrose
NSW Senate
Resigned to protest NATO's stance against Putin.[ 30] [ 31]
5 March
UAP
Morgan C Jonas
Flinders
Jonas is contesting the Senate as a grouped independent in Victoria, with the endorsement of the Reignite Democracy Australia group.
16 March
Liberal
Christopher Ride Macnamara
Resigned for reasons unknown.
24 March
UAP
Timothy Banfield
Whitlam
Claimed that he left the party and campaign because there was a lack of freedom for candidates.[ 32]
29 March
Progressives
Emilia Leonetti
Dobell
Stepped down following the AEC's decision to deregister the party, alongside the fact that she considered it "not feasible".
27 March
Western Australia
Sean Butler
WA Senate
Resigned due to concerns over the way the party is run.
7 April
Labor
Peter Tsambalas
Hughes
Withdrew his candidacy due to section 44 concerns surrounding his citizenship of Greece.[ 33]
15 April
One Nation
Rebecca Lloyd
Brisbane
Disendorsed after failing to follow party directions to remove videos attacking news reports of an AEC investigation.[ 34] Steve Dickson .
22 April
Team Baz
Barry Du Bois
NSW Senate
Withdrew his candidacy citing health reasons.[ 35]
27 April
Animal Justice
Suzanne Clarke
Rankin
Resigned after making comments about transgender people that were against party policy.[ 36]
27 April
Animal Justice
Linda McCarthy
Forde
Resigned after making comments about transgender people that were against party policy.[ 36]
Notes
^ Hawke is a new seat that will be contested for the first time at this election. Electoral analyst Antony Green has estimated that the Labor Party would have won the seat by 10.2% at the 2019 election .[ 25]
^ a b c Candidates in this group were endorsed by the Socialist Equality Party , which lost registered party status but still ran candidates as independents.[ 26]
^ Candidates in this group were endorsed by the unregistered Australian Family Party
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