Members of the Australian Senate, 2022–2025 | |
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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022.[1] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states begin on 1 July 2022. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 21 May 2022.[2]
Office | Party | Officer | State | Since | |
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President of the Senate | Labor | Sue Lines | WA | 26 July 2022 | |
Deputy President and Chair of Committees | Liberal | Andrew McLachlan | SA | 26 July 2022 |
Over the course of the 47th Parliament, changes in membership resulted in changes to party composition, which are summarised below.
Affiliation | Party (shading shows control)
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Total | Vacant | ||||||||||
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GRN | ALP | IND | CA | REX | JLN | LPA | NPA | LDP | ON | UAP | |||
End of previous Parliament | 9 | 26 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 76 | 0 |
Begin (26 July 2022) | 12 | 26 | 1 | — | 2 | 26 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 76 | 0 | |
16 January 2023[p] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
6 February 2023[q] | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||
31 May 2023[p] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
17 June 2023[r] | 3 | 25 | |||||||||||
30 September 2023[s] | 24 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
30 November 2023[s] | 25 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
26 January 2024[t] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
1 February 2024[t] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
29 February 2024[u] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
28 March 2024[v] | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
19 April 2024[w] | 10 | 74 | 2 | ||||||||||
1 May 2024[w] | 11 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
29 May 2024[u] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 July 2024[x] | 25 | 5 | |||||||||||
25 August 2024[y] | 6 | 24 | |||||||||||
Latest voting share % | 14.47 | 32.89 | 7.89 | — | 1.32 | 39.47 | — | 2.63 | 1.32 |
This table lists senators who have resigned, died, been elected or appointed, or otherwise changed their party affiliation during the 47th Parliament.
Seat | Before | Change | After | ||||||
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Member | Party | Type | Date | Date | Member | Party | |||
New South Wales | Jim Molan | Liberal | Death | 16 January 2023 | 31 May 2023 | Maria Kovacic | Liberal | ||
Victoria | Lidia Thorpe | Greens | Resignation from party | 6 February 2023 | Lidia Thorpe | Independent | |||
Victoria | David Van | Liberal | Expulsion from party room | 15 June 2023 | David Van | Independent | |||
New South Wales | Marise Payne | Liberal | Resignation | 30 September 2023 | 30 November 2023 | Dave Sharma | Liberal | ||
Western Australia | Pat Dodson | Labor | Resignation | 26 January 2024 | 1 February 2024 | Varun Ghosh | Labor | ||
Victoria | Linda White | Labor | Death | 29 February 2024 | 29 May 2024 | Lisa Darmanin | Labor | ||
Tasmania | Tammy Tyrrell | Lambie | Resignation from party | 28 March 2024 | Tammy Tyrrell | Independent | |||
Victoria | Janet Rice | Greens | Resignation | 19 April 2024 | 1 May 2024 | Steph Hodgins-May | Greens | ||
Western Australia | Fatima Payman | Labor | Resignation from party | 4 July 2024 | Fatima Payman | Independent | |||
Queensland | Gerard Rennick | LNP | Resignation from party | 25 August 2024 | Gerard Rennick | Independent |