Members of the Australian Senate, 2019–2022

Composition (May 2022)

> Government (35)
>  Coalition
>  Liberal (31)[a]
>  National (4)[b]

>  Opposition (26)
>  Labor (26)

>  Crossbench (15)
>  Greens (9)
>  One Nation (2)
>  Centre Alliance (1)
>  Lambie Network (1)
>  Patrick Team (1)
>  Liberal Democrats (1)

>   1. ^ Including four Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators who sits in the Liberals party room.
>   2. ^ Including two Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators who sits in the Nationals party room.

Composition (July 2019)

> Composition of the Senate

> Government (35)
>  Coalition
>  Liberal (26)
>  Liberal National (6)[i]
>  National (2)
>  Country Liberal (1)[ii]

>  Opposition (26)
>  Labor (26)

>  Crossbench (15)
>  Greens (9)
>  Centre Alliance (2)
>  Jacqui Lambie (1)
>  Independent (1)
>  One Nation (2)

>   1. ^ Four Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) senators sit in the Liberals party room, while two senators sit in the Nationals party room.
>   2. ^ Sits in the Nationals party room.

Senators by State in Australia

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2019 Australian federal election held on 18 May 2019.[1][2] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states began on 1 July 2019. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 18 May 2019.[3]

Senator  | Party  | State  | End term  | Years in office

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Eric Abetz |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2022 | 1994–2022
Alex Antic |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2025 | 2019–present
Wendy Askew |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2022 | 2019–present
Tim Ayres |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2025 | 2019–present
Cory Bernardi[c] |  | Independent | South Australia | 2022 | 2006–2020
Catryna Bilyk |  | Labor | Tasmania | 2025 | 2008–present
Simon Birmingham |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2022 | 2007–present
Andrew Bragg |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2025 | 2019–present
Slade Brockman |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2025 | 2017–present
Carol Brown |  | Labor | Tasmania | 2025 | 2005–present
Matt Canavan |  | Liberal National [o] | Queensland | 2022 | 2014–present
Kim Carr |  | Labor | Victoria | 2022 | 1993–2022
Michaelia Cash |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2022 | 2008–present
Claire Chandler |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2025 | 2019–present
Anthony Chisholm |  | Labor | Queensland | 2022 | 2016–present
Raff Ciccone |  | Labor | Victoria | 2025 | 2019–present
Richard Colbeck |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2025 | 2002–2016, 2018–present
Mathias Cormann[d] |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2022 | 2007–2020
Dorinda Cox[h] |  | Greens | Western Australia | 2022 | 2021–present
Perin Davey |  | National | New South Wales | 2025 | 2019–present
Richard Di Natale[f] |  | Greens | Victoria | 2022 | 2011–2020
Pat Dodson |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2025 | 2016–2024
Jonathon Duniam |  | Liberal | Tasmania | 2022 | 2016–present
Don Farrell |  | Labor | South Australia | 2022 | 2008–2014, 2016–present
Mehreen Faruqi |  | Greens | New South Wales | 2025 | 2018–present
David Fawcett |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2025 | 2011–present
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2022 | 2005–2022
Mitch Fifield [a] |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2022 | 2004–2019
Alex Gallacher [g] |  | Labor | South Australia | 2025 | 2011–2021
Katy Gallagher |  | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 2022 | 2015–2018, 2019–present
Nita Green |  | Labor | Queensland | 2025 | 2019–present
Stirling Griff |  | Centre Alliance | South Australia | 2022 | 2016–2022
Karen Grogan [g] |  | Labor | South Australia | 2025 | 2021–present
Pauline Hanson |  | One Nation | Queensland | 2022 | 2016–present
Sarah Hanson-Young |  | Greens | South Australia | 2025 | 2008–present
Sarah Henderson[a] |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2022 | 2019–present
Hollie Hughes |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2025 | 2019–present
Jane Hume |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2025 | 2016–present
Kristina Keneally[l] |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2022 | 2018–2022
Kimberley Kitching[k] |  | Labor | Victoria | 2022 | 2016–2022
Jacqui Lambie |  | Lambie | Tasmania | 2025 | 2014–2017, 2019–present
Sue Lines |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2022 | 2013–present
Jenny McAllister |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2022 | 2015–present
Malarndirri McCarthy |  | Labor | Northern Territory | 2022 | 2016–present
Susan McDonald |  | Liberal National [o] | Queensland | 2025 | 2019–present
James McGrath |  | Liberal National [p] | Queensland | 2022 | 2014–present
Bridget McKenzie |  | National | Victoria | 2022 | 2011–present
Nick McKim |  | Greens | Tasmania | 2025 | 2015–present
Andrew McLachlan[c] |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2022 | 2020–present
Sam McMahon |  | Country Liberal / Independent / LDP [j] |  | Northern Territory | 2022 | 2019–2022
Greg Mirabella[i] |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2022 | 2021–2022
Jim Molan[b] |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2022 | 2017–2019, 2019–2023
Deborah O'Neill |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2022 | 2013–present
Matt O'Sullivan |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2025 | 2019–present
James Paterson |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2025 | 2016–present
Rex Patrick |  | Centre Alliance / Independent / Rex Patrick Team [e] |  | South Australia | 2022 | 2017–2022
Marise Payne |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2022 | 1997–2023
Helen Polley |  | Labor | Tasmania | 2022 | 2005–present
Louise Pratt |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2025 | 2008–2014, 2016–present
Gerard Rennick |  | Liberal National [p] | Queensland | 2025 | 2019–present
Linda Reynolds CSC |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2025 | 2014–present
Janet Rice |  | Greens | Victoria | 2025 | 2014–present
Malcolm Roberts |  | One Nation | Queensland | 2025 | 2016–2017, 2019–present
Anne Ruston |  | Liberal | South Australia | 2025 | 2012–present
Scott Ryan[i] |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2022 | 2008–2021
Paul Scarr |  | Liberal National [p] | Queensland | 2025 | 2019–present
Zed Seselja |  | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 2022 | 2013–2022
Tony Sheldon |  | Labor | New South Wales | 2025 | 2019–present
Rachel Siewert[h] |  | Greens | Western Australia | 2022 | 2005–2021
Arthur Sinodinos AO[b] |  | Liberal | New South Wales | 2022 | 2011–2019
Ben Small[d][m] |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2022 | 2020–2022, 2022
Dean Smith |  | Liberal | Western Australia | 2022 | 2012–present
Marielle Smith |  | Labor | South Australia | 2025 | 2019–present
Jordon Steele-John |  | Greens | Western Australia | 2025 | 2017–present
Glenn Sterle |  | Labor | Western Australia | 2022 | 2005–present
Jana Stewart[k] |  | Labor | Victoria | 2022 | 2022–present
Amanda Stoker |  | Liberal National [p] | Queensland | 2022 | 2018–2022
Lidia Thorpe[f] |  | Greens | Victoria | 2022 | 2020–present
Anne Urquhart |  | Labor | Tasmania | 2022 | 2011–present
David Van |  | Liberal | Victoria | 2025 | 2019–present
Jess Walsh |  | Labor | Victoria | 2025 | 2019–present
Larissa Waters |  | Greens | Queensland | 2025 | 2011–2017, 2018–present
Murray Watt |  | Labor | Queensland | 2022 | 2016–present
Peter Whish-Wilson |  | Greens | Tasmania | 2022 | 2012–present
Penny Wong |  | Labor | South Australia | 2022 | 2002–present

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Mitch Fifield resigned from the Senate on 16 August 2019 to become Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations. Former MP Sarah Henderson was appointed to fill the vacancy on 11 September 2019.
2. ^ a b c Arthur Sinodinos resigned from the Senate on 11 November 2019 to become Australian Ambassador to the United States. Former Liberal Senator Jim Molan was appointed to fill the vacancy on 14 November 2019.
3. ^ a b c Cory Bernardi resigned from the Senate on 20 January 2020. As Bernardi was elected as a Liberal Party member in 2016, his replacement must also be from the Liberal Party. Former President of the South Australian Legislative Council Andrew McLachlan was appointed to fill the vacancy on 6 February 2020.
4. ^ a b c Mathias Cormann resigned from the Senate on 6 November 2020 to nominate for the position of Secretary-General of the OECD. Ben Small was appointed to fill the vacancy on 25 November 2020.
5. ^ a b Rex Patrick resigned from Centre Alliance on 9 August 2020 and became an independent. In October 2020 he formed the Rex Patrick Team party, which was registered in January 2021.
6. ^ a b c Richard Di Natale resigned from the Senate on 26 August 2020. Former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Lidia Thorpe was appointed to fill the vacancy on 4 September 2020.
7. ^ a b c Alex Gallacher died on 29 August 2021. Karen Grogan was appointed to fill the vacancy on 21 September 2021.
8. ^ a b c Rachel Siewert resigned from the Senate on 6 September 2021. Dorinda Cox was appointed to fill the vacancy on 14 September 2021.
9. ^ a b c Scott Ryan resigned from the Senate on 13 October 2021. Greg Mirabella was appointed to fill the vacancy on 2 December 2021.
10. ^ a b Sam McMahon was a member of the Country Liberal Party who sat with the National Party, until she resigned from the CLP on 28 January 2022 to sit as an independent. On 8 April 2022 she announced that she had joined the Liberal Democratic Party.
11. ^ a b c Kimberley Kitching died on 10 March 2022. Jana Stewart was appointed to fill the vacancy on 6 April 2022.
12. ^ a b Kristina Keneally resigned on 13 April 2022 to contest the lower house seat of Fowler. A replacement was not appointed to fill the vacancy as Keneally's seat was up for election and would expire on 30 June 2022.
13. ^ a b Ben Small resigned on 15 April 2022 after discovering he was a citizen of New Zealand and ineligible to be a senator. He was nominated to replace himself on 18 May 2022.
14. ^ The changes to the composition of the Senate, in chronological order, were Fifield resigned,[a] Sinodinos resigned,[b] Bernardi resigned,[c] Cormann resigned,[d] Patrick defected,[e] Di Natale resigned,[f] Gallacher died,[g] Siewert resigned,[h] Ryan resigned,[i] McMahon defected,[j] Kitching died,[k] Keneally resigned,[l] Small resigned.[m]
15. ^ a b Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
16. ^ a b c d Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.

## References

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1. ^ "Senate candidates". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
2. ^ "All Senators". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
3. ^ "Senators—service expiry dates". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2019.[n]

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