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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]
Leadership
[edit]Presiding officers
[edit]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 |
Government leadership
[edit]- Leader of the Government: Penny Wong
- Deputy Leader of the Government: Don Farrell
- Chief Government Whip: Anne Urquhart
- Deputy Government Whips: Raff Ciccone & Louise Pratt
- Manager of Government Business: Katy Gallagher
Opposition leadership
[edit]- Leader of the Opposition: Simon Birmingham
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Michaelia Cash
- Chief Opposition Whip: Wendy Askew
- Deputy Opposition Whips: Paul Scarr & Matt O'Sullivan
- Manager of Opposition Business: Anne Ruston
List of senators
[edit]Changes of composition
[edit]Party composition
[edit]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[o] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
6 February 2023[p] | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||
31 May 2023[o] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
17 June 2023[q] | 3 | 25 | |||||||||||
30 September 2023[r] | 24 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
30 November 2023[r] | 25 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
26 January 2024[s] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
1 February 2024[s] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
29 February 2024[t] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
28 March 2024[u] | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
19 April 2024[v] | 10 | 74 | 2 | ||||||||||
1 May 2024[v] | 11 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
29 May 2024[t] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 July 2024[w] | 25 | 5 | |||||||||||
Latest voting share % | 14.47 | 32.89 | 6.58 | — | 1.32 | 40.79 | — | 2.63 | 1.32 |
Membership changes
[edit]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 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the next dissolution of the House of Representatives.
- ^ a b c d Jim Molan died on 16 January 2023. Maria Kovacic was appointed to fill the vacancy on 31 May 2023.
- ^ a b Lidia Thorpe was a member of the Greens until she resigned from the party on 6 February 2023 to sit as an independent.
- ^ a b David Van was expelled from the Liberal Party party room on 15 June 2023 before resigning from the party on 17 June 2023 to sit as an independent.
- ^ a b c d Marise Payne resigned on 30 September 2023. Former MP Dave Sharma was appointed to fill the vacancy on 30 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d Pat Dodson resigned on 26 January 2024. Varun Ghosh was appointed to fill the vacancy on 1 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d Linda White died on 29 February 2024. Lisa Darmanin was appointed to fill the vacancy on 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b Tammy Tyrrell was a member of the Jacqui Lambie Network until she resigned from the party on 28 March 2024 to sit as an independent.
- ^ a b c d Janet Rice resigned on 19 April 2024. Steph Hodgins-May was appointed to fill the vacancy on 1 May 2024.
- ^ a b Fatima Payman was a member of Labor until she resigned from the party on 4 July 2024 to sit as an independent.
- ^ The changes to the composition of the Senate, in chronological order, were: Molan died;[b] Thorpe resigned from the Greens;[c] Kovacic was appointed as Molan's replacement;[b] Van resigned from the Liberal Party;[d] Payne resigned;[e] Sharma was appointed as Payne's replacement;[e] Dodson resigned;[f] Ghosh was appointed as Dodson's replacement;[f] White died;[g] Tyrrell resigned from the Jacqui Lambie Network;[h] Rice resigned;[i] Hodgins-May was appointed as Rice's replacement;[i] Darmanin was appointed as White's replacment;[g] Payman resigned from Labor.[j]
- ^ a b Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
- ^ a b c Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.
- ^ Member of the CLP who sits with the National party.
- ^ a b Jim Molan, Liberal senator for Victoria, died in office on 16 January 2023. His successor, Maria Kovacic, was appointed as his replacement on 31 May 2023.
- ^ Lidia Thorpe, senator for Victoria, resigned from the Greens on 6 February 2023 to sit as an independent.
- ^ David Van, senator for Victoria, resigned from the Liberal Party on 17 June 2023 to sit as an independent.
- ^ a b Marise Payne, Liberal senator for New South Wales, resigned on 30 September 2023. Her successor, Dave Sharma, was appointed as her replacement on 30 November 2023.
- ^ a b Pat Dodson, Labor senator for Western Australia, resigned on 26 January 2024. His successor, Varun Ghosh, was appointed as his replacement on 1 February 2024.
- ^ a b Linda White, Labor senator for Victoria, died in office on 29 February 2024. Her successor, Lisa Darmanin, was appointed as her replacement on 29 May 2024.
- ^ Tammy Tyrrell, senator for Tasmania, resigned from the Jacqui Lambie Network on 28 March 2024 to sit as an independent.
- ^ a b Janet Rice, Greens senator for Victoria, resigned on 19 April 2024. Her successor, Steph Hodgins-May, was appointed as her replacement on 1 May 2024.
- ^ Fatima Payman, senator for Western Australia, resigned from Labor on 4 July 2024 to sit as an independent.
References
[edit]- ^ "Senate Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Odgers' Australian Senate Practice. Parliament of Australia.[a][k]
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