Date of
commencement
of service

Senator

State or Territory

Party

Years of service

1.7.1978

Watson, JOW

Tasmania

LIB

27

1.7.1981

Hill, the Hon. R

South Australia

LIB

24

Ray, RF

Victoria

ALP

24

5.3.1983

Boswell, the Hon. RLD

Queensland

NP

22

1.12.1984

Vanstone, the Hon. AE

South Australia

LIB

20

11.7.1987

Calvert, the Hon. PH

Tasmania

LIB

18

Chapman, HGP

South Australia

LIB

H of R

7

Member for Kingston (SA) 13.12.75–5.3.1983.

Senate

18

McGauran, JJJ

Victoria

NP

15

Defeated 1990 (term ended 30.6.1990). Re-elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993).

Patterson, the Hon. KCL

Victoria

LIB

18

4.4.1989^*

Faulkner, the Hon. JP

New South Wales

ALP

16

Chosen 4.4.1989 (term ended 30.6.1993). Elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993).

16.5.1990^*

Campbell, the Hon. IG

Western Australia

LIB

15

Chosen 16.5.1990 (term ended 30.6.1993). Elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993).

1.7.1990

Kemp, the Hon. CR

Victoria

LIB

15

Macdonald, the Hon. ID

Queensland

LIB

15

Sherry, the Hon. NJ

Tasmania

ALP

15

26.5.1992^*

Ferguson, AB

South Australia

LIB

13

Chosen 26.5.1992 (term ended 30.6.1993). Elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993).

28.4.1993^*

Carr, KJ

Victoria

ALP

12

Chosen 28.4.1993 (term ended 30.6.1993). Elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993).

1.7.1993

Ellison, the Hon. CM

Western Australia

LIB

12

Evans, CV

Western Australia

ALP

12

Macdonald, the Hon. JAL

New South Wales

NP

11

Defeated 1998 (term ended 30.6.1999). Chosen 4.5.2000 (term ended 30.6.2002).
Re-elected 2001 (term began 1.7.2002).

Minchin, the Hon. NH

South Australia

LIB

12

Troeth, the Hon. JM

Victoria

LIB

12

22.2.1994^*

Abetz, the Hon. E

Tasmania

LIB

11

Chosen 22.2.1994 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).

10.5.1994^*

Forshaw, MG

New South Wales

ALP

11

Chosen 10.5.1994 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).

29.11.1995^*

Stott Despoja, NJ

South Australia

AD

9

Chosen 29.11.1995 (term ended 30.6.1996). Elected 1996 (term began 1.7.1996).

2.3.1996

Lundy, KA

Australian Capital Territory

ALP

9

8.3.1996^*

Mackay, SM

Tasmania

ALP

9

Chosen 8.3.1996 (term ended 30.6.1996). Elected 1996 (term began 1.7.1996).^†

30.4.1996^*

Conroy, SM

Victoria

ALP

9

Appointed 30.4.1996 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).

1.7.1996

Allison, LF

Victoria

AD

9

Bishop, TM

Western Australia

ALP

9

Brown, RJ

Tasmania

GRN

9

Coonan, the Hon. HL

New South Wales

LIB

9

Eggleston, A

Western Australia

LIB

9

Ferris, JM

South Australia

LIB

9

Resigned 12.7.1996. Chosen 24.7.1996 (term ended 30.6.2002). Re-elected 2001
(term began 1.7.2002).

Hogg, JJ

Queensland

ALP

9

Murray, AJM

Western Australia

AD

9

5.9.1996^*

O’Brien, KWK

Tasmania

ALP

8

Chosen 5.9.1996 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).

18.9.1996^*

Heffernan, the Hon. WD

New South Wales

LIB

8

Chosen 18.9.1996 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).

9.4.1997^*

Payne, MA

New South Wales

LIB

8

Chosen 9.4.1997 (term ended 30.6.2002). Elected 2001 (term began 1.7.2002).

19.5.1997^*

Lightfoot, PR, KSJ

Western Australia

LIB

8

Chosen 19.5.1997 (term ended 30.6.2002). Elected 2001 (term began 1.7.2002).

17.9.1997^*

Campbell, G

New South Wales

ALP

7

Chosen 17.9.1997 (term ended 30.6.2002). Elected 2001 (term began 1.7.2002).

30.10.1997^*

Bartlett, AJJ

Queensland

AD

7

Chosen 30.10.1997 (term ended 30.6.2002). Elected 2001 (term began 1.7.2002).

16.6.1998^*

Crossin, PM

Northern Territory

ALP

7

Chosen 16.6.1998 (term ended 2.10.1998). Elected 1998 (term began 3.10.1998).

14.10.1998^*

Hutchins, SP

New South Wales

ALP

6

Chosen 14.10.1998 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).

1.7.1999

Ludwig, JW

Queensland

ALP

6

McLucas, JE

Queensland

ALP

6

Mason, BJ

Queensland

LIB

6

16.5.2000^*

Brandis, GH

Queensland

LIB

5

Chosen 16.5.2000 (term ended 30.6.2005). Elected 2004 (term began 1.7.2005).

10.11.2001

Scullion, NG

Northern Territory

CLP

3

4.2.2002^*

Colbeck, the Hon. RM

Tasmania

LIB

3

Chosen 4.2.2002 (term ended 30.6.2002). Elected 2001 (term began 1.7.2002).

26.2.2002^*

Barnett, G

Tasmania

LIB

3

Chosen 26.2.2002 (term ended 30.6.2005). Elected 2004 (term began 1.7.2005).

1.7.2002

Johnston, DAL

Western Australia

LIB

3

Kirk, LJ

South Australia

ALP

3

Marshall, GM

Victoria

ALP

3

Moore, CM

Queensland

ALP

3

Nettle, K

New South Wales

GRN

3

Stephens, U

New South Wales

ALP

3

Webber, RS

Western Australia

ALP

3

Wong, PY

South Australia

ALP

3

29.10.2002^*

Santoro, S

Queensland

LIB

2

Chosen 29.10.2003 (term ends 30.6.2008).

18.2.2003^*

Humphries, GJJ

Australian Capital Territory

LIB

2

Chosen 29.10.2003. Elected 2004 (term began 9.10.2004).

31.3.2004^*

Fifield, MP

Victoria

LIB

1

Chosen 31.3.2004 (term ends 30.6.2008).

5.5.2005^*

Fierravanti-Wells, CA

New South Wales

LIB

–

Chosen 5.5.2005 (term ends 30.6.2005). Elected 2004 (term ends 30.6.2011).

1.7.2005

Adams, JA

Western Australia

LIB

–

Fielding, S

Victoria

FFP

–

Hurley, AK

South Australia

ALP

–

Joyce, BTG

Queensland

NP

–

McEwen, A

South Australia

ALP

–

Milne, CA

Tasmania

GRN

–

Nash, FJ

New South Wales

NP

–

Parry, SS

Tasmania

LIB

–

Polley, HB

Tasmania

ALP

–

Ronaldson, the Hon. MJC

Victoria

LIB

H of R

11

Member for Ballarat (Vic.) 24.3.1990–10.11.2001. Senate –

Siewert, RM

Western Australia

GRN

–

Sterle, G

Western Australia

ALP

–

Trood, RB

Queensland

LIB

–

Wortley, DJ

South Australia

ALP

–