Members of the Australian Senate, 1996–1999

Senate composition at 1 July 1996
Government (37) – (2 seat minority)
  Liberal (31)
  National Party (5)
  Country Liberal (1)

Opposition (29)
  Labor (29) [i]

Crossbench (10)
  Democrats (7)
  Greens (2)
  Independent (Harradine) (1)
 
Changes in composition

  1. ^ Mal Colston resigned from the Australian Labor Party on 20 August 1996, and served out the remainder of his term as an independent.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 1999.[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the March 1993 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1999; the other half of the state senators were elected at the March 1996 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2002. The territory senators were elected at the March 1996 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was October 1998.

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Eric Abetz   Liberal Tasmania 1999 1994–2022
Lyn Allison   Democrats Victoria 2002 1996–2008
Richard Alston   Liberal Victoria 2002 1986–2004
Andrew Bartlett [a]   Democrats Queensland 2002 1997–2008, 2017–2018
Michael Baume [b]   Liberal New South Wales 1999 1984–1996
Mark Bishop   Labor Western Australia 2002 1996–2014
Nick Bolkus   Labor South Australia 1999 1981–2005
Ron Boswell   National Queensland 2002 1983–2014
Vicki Bourne   Democrats New South Wales 2002 1990–2002
Bob Brown   Greens Tasmania 2002 1996–2012
David Brownhill   National New South Wales 2002 1984–2000
Paul Calvert   Liberal Tasmania 2002 1987–2007
George Campbell [c]   Labor New South Wales 2002 1997–2008
Ian Campbell   Liberal Western Australia 1999 1990–2007
Kim Carr   Labor Victoria 1999 1993–2022
Grant Chapman   Liberal South Australia 2002 1987–2008
Bruce Childs [c]   Labor New South Wales 2002 1980–1997
John Coates [d]   Labor Tasmania 1999 1980–1996
Bob Collins [e]   Labor Northern Territory 1998 [f] 1987–1998
Jacinta Collins   Labor Victoria 1999 1995–2005, 2008–2019
Mal Colston [g]   Labor/Independent[h] Queensland 1999 1975–1999
Stephen Conroy   Labor Victoria 1999 1996–2016
Peter Cook   Labor Western Australia 1999 1983–2005
Helen Coonan   Liberal New South Wales 2002 1996–2011
Barney Cooney   Labor Victoria 2002 1984–2002
Winston Crane   Liberal Western Australia 2002 1990–2002
Trish Crossin [e]   Labor Northern Territory 1998, 2001 [f] 1998–2013
Rosemary Crowley   Labor South Australia 2002 1983–2002
Kay Denman   Labor Tasmania 1999 1993–2005
Alan Eggleston   Liberal Western Australia 2002 1996–2014
Chris Ellison   Liberal Western Australia 1999 1993–2009
Chris Evans   Labor Western Australia 1999 1993–2013
John Faulkner   Labor New South Wales 1999 1989–2015
Alan Ferguson   Liberal South Australia 1999 1992–2011
Jeannie Ferris [i]   Liberal South Australia 2002 1996–2007
Dominic Foreman [j]   Labor South Australia 1999 1980–1997
Michael Forshaw   Labor New South Wales 1999 1994–2011
Brenda Gibbs   Labor Queensland 2002 1996–2002
Brian Gibson   Liberal Tasmania 1999 1993–2002
Brian Harradine [g]   Independent Tasmania 1999 1975–2005
Bill Heffernan [b]   Liberal New South Wales 1999 1996–2016
John Herron   Liberal Queensland 2002 1990–2002
Robert Hill   Liberal South Australia 2002 1981–2006
John Hogg   Labor Queensland 2002 1996–2014
Steve Hutchins [k]   Labor New South Wales 1999 1998–2011
Rod Kemp   Liberal Victoria 2002 1990–2008
Cheryl Kernot [a]   Democrats Queensland 2002 1990–1997
Sue Knowles   Liberal Western Australia 1999 1984–2005
Meg Lees   Democrats South Australia 1999 1990–2005
Ross Lightfoot [l]   Liberal Western Australia 2002 1997–2008
Kate Lundy   Labor Australian Capital Territory 1998, 2001 [f] 1996–2015
Ian Macdonald   Liberal Queensland 2002 1990–2019
Sandy Macdonald   National New South Wales 1999 1993–1999, 2000–2008
David MacGibbon   Liberal Queensland 1999 1977–1999
Sue Mackay   Labor Tasmania 2002 1996–2005
Julian McGauran   National Victoria 1999 1987–1990, 1993–2011
Jim McKiernan   Labor Western Australia 2002 1984–2002
Dee Margetts   Greens Western Australia 1999 1993–1999
Nick Minchin   Liberal South Australia 1999 1993–2011
Shayne Murphy   Labor Tasmania 1999 1993–2005
Andrew Murray   Democrats Western Australia 2002 1996–2008
Belinda Neal [k]   Labor New South Wales 1999 1994–1998
Jocelyn Newman   Liberal Tasmania 2002 1986–2002
Kerry O'Brien [d]   Labor Tasmania 1999 1996–2011
Bill O'Chee   National Queensland 1999 1990–1999
John Panizza [l]   Liberal Western Australia 2002 1987–1997
Kay Patterson   Liberal Victoria 2002 1987–2008
Warwick Parer   Liberal Queensland 1999 1984–2000
Marise Payne [m]   Liberal New South Wales 2002 1997–2023
John Quirke [j]   Labor South Australia 1999 1997–2000
Margaret Reid   Liberal Australian Capital Territory 1998, 2001 [f] 1981–2003
Robert Ray   Labor Victoria 2002 1981–2008
Margaret Reynolds   Labor Queensland 1999 1983–1999
Chris Schacht   Labor South Australia 2002 1987–2002
Nick Sherry   Labor Tasmania 2002 1990–2012
Jim Short [n]   Liberal Victoria 1999 1984–1997
Natasha Stott Despoja   Democrats South Australia 2002 1995–2008
Karen Synon [n]   Liberal Victoria 1999 1997–1999
Grant Tambling   Country Liberal Northern Territory 1998, 2001 [f] 1987–2001
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 2002 1978–2008
Sue West   Labor New South Wales 2002 1987, 1990–2002
John Woodley   Democrats Queensland 1999 1993–2001
Bob Woods [m]   Liberal New South Wales 2002 1994–1997

Notes

  1. ^ a b Queensland Democrat Senator Cheryl Kernot resigned in 1997, announcing that she would run as an ALP candidate for the House of Representatives. Democrat Andrew Bartlett was appointed as her replacement in the Senate.
  2. ^ a b New South Wales Liberal Senator Michael Baume resigned in 1996. Bill Heffernan was appointed as his replacement on 18 September.
  3. ^ a b New South Wales ALP Senator Bruce Childs resigned in 1997. George Campbell was appointed as his replacement on 17 September.
  4. ^ a b Tasmanian ALP Senator John Coates resigned in 1996. Kerry O'Brien was appointed as his replacement on 5 September.
  5. ^ a b Northern Territory ALP Senator Bob Collins resigned in March 1998, and Trish Crossin was appointed as his replacement.
  6. ^ a b c d e The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was October 1998.
  7. ^ a b Father of the Senate
  8. ^ Mal Colston resigned from the Australian Labor Party on 20 August 1996, and served out the remainder of his term as an independent.
  9. ^ South Australian Liberal Senator Jeannie Ferris was elected at the March 1996 election and had been working for Senator Nick Minchin in the period between the declaration of her election in March and taking her seat on 1 July . It had been suggested that this constituted holding an office of profit under the Crown. In order to avoid the risk of her election being overturned, she resigned and was subsequently reappointed to her own vacancy.
  10. ^ a b South Australian ALP Senator Dominic Foreman resigned in 1997. John Quirke was appointed as his replacement on 18 September.
  11. ^ a b New South Wales ALP Senator Belinda Neal resigned in 1998. Steve Hutchins was appointed as her replacement.
  12. ^ a b Western Australian Liberal Senator John Panizza died in 1997. Ross Lightfoot was appointed as his replacement on 19 May.
  13. ^ a b New South Wales Liberal Senator Bob Woods resigned in 1997. Marise Payne was appointed as his replacement on 8 April.
  14. ^ a b Victorian Liberal Senator Jim Short resigned in 1997. Karen Synon was appointed as his replacement on 13 May.

References

  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1996". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.