Current and Prospective Senate Membership

In addition to the 150 members of the House of Representatives chosen on November 10, there were also 40 senators elected. Thirty-six of these, six from each State, will begin their terms on July 1, 2002.

The 4 senators from the Northern Territory and ACT take up their positions immediately. Unlike other senators who serve a 6-year term, territory senators serve the same term as the House of Representatives.

Current and Prospective Senate Membership
Senators elected in 1998; terms began July 1 1999; terms expire June 30, 2005		Senators elected in 1996; terms began July 1, 1996; terms expire June 30, 2002		Senators elected in 2001; terms begin July 1, 2002; terms expire June 30, 2008
Senator	Party	Senator	Party	Senator	Party
New South Wales
Steve Hutchins	ALP	Marise Payne (replaced Bob Woods 6.5.97)	Lib	Helen Coonan	Lib
Bill Heffernan	Lib	Sue West	ALP	U. Stephens	ALP
John Faulkner	ALP	Sandy Macdonald (replaced David Brownhill 9.5.00)	NP	Sandy Macdonald	NP
John Tierney	Lib	George Campbell (replaced Bruce Childs 22.9.97)	ALP	George Campbell	ALP
Aden Ridgeway	Dem	Helen Coonan	Lib	Marise Payne	Lib
Michael Forshaw	ALP	Vicki Bourne	Dem	Kerry Nettle	Greens
Victoria
Stephen Conroy	ALP	Richard Alston	Lib	Richard Alston	Lib
Judith Troeth	Lib	Robert Ray	ALP	Robert Ray	ALP
Kim Carr	ALP	Rod Kemp	Lib	Rod Kemp	Lib
Julian McGauran	NP	Barney Cooney	ALP	G. Marshall	ALP
Jacinta Collins	ALP	Kay Patterson	Lib	Kay Patterson	Lib
Tsebin Tchen	Lib	Lyn Allison	Dem	Lyn Allison	Dem
Queensland
Jan McLucas	ALP	Ian Macdonald	Lib	Ian Macdonald	Lib
George Brandis (replaced Warwick Parer 5.6.00)	Lib	John Hogg	ALP	John Hogg	ALP
Len Harris (replaced Heather Hill 2.7.99)	ONP	Ron Boswell	NP	John Herron	Lib
Joe Ludwig	ALP	John Herron	Lib	C. Moore	ALP
Brett Mason	Lib	Brenda Gibbs	ALP	Andrew Bartlett	Dem
John Cherry (replaced John Woodley 6.8.2001)	Dem	Andrew Bartlett (replaced Cheryl Kernot 30.10.97)	Dem	Ron Boswell	NP
Western Australia
Chris Ellison	Lib	Winston Crane	Lib	Alan Eggleston	Lib
Peter Cook	ALP	Jim McKiernan	ALP	Mark Bishop	ALP
Ian Campbell	Lib	Ross Lightfoot (replaced John Panizza 26.5.97)	Lib	D. Johnston	Lib
Chris Evans	ALP	Mark Bishop	ALP	R. Webber	ALP
Brian Greig	Dem	Alan Eggleston	Lib	Ross Lightfoot	Lib
Sue Knowles	Lib	Andrew Murray	Dem	Andrew Murray	Dem
South Australia
Amanda Vanston	Lib	Robert Hill	Lib	Robert Hill	Lib
Nick Bolkus	ALP	Rosemary Crowley	ALP	P. Wong	ALP
Nick Minchin	Lib	Natasha Stott Despoja	Dem	Jeannie Ferris	Lib
Geoffrey Buckland (replaced John Quirke 3.10.00)	ALP	Grant Chapman	Lib	L.Kirk	ALP
Meg Lees	Dem	Chris Schacht	ALP	Grant Chapman	Lib
Alan Ferguson	Lib	Jeannie Ferris (resigned 12.7.96, reappointed 20.8.96)	Lib	Natasha Stott Despoja	Dem
Tasmania
Kerry O'Brien	ALP	Jocelyn Newman	Lib	Paul Calvert	Lib
Eric Abetz	Lib	Sue Mackay	ALP	Sue Mackay	ALP
Shayne Murphy	ALP	Paul Calvert	Lib	John Watson	Lib
Brian Gibson	Lib	Nick Sherry	ALP	Nick Sherry	ALP
Kay Denman	ALP	John Watson	Lib	Bob Brown	Greens
Brian Harradine	Ind	Bob Brown	Greens	R. Colbeck	Lib
Northern Territory (terms equal that of House)
Trish Crossin	ALP			N. Scullion	CLP
Grant Tambling	CLP			Trish Crossin	ALP
Australian Capital Territory (terms equal that of House)
Kate Lundy	ALP			Kate Lundy	ALP
Margaret Reid	Lib			Margaret Reid	Lib

Senate State of the Parties
Party	Now	July 1 2002
ALP	28	28
Liberal/CLP	32	32
National	3	3
Democrats	9	8
Greens	1	2
Harradine	1	1
One Nation	1	1
Independent	1	1
Total	76	76

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