Date of
commencement
of service

Senator

State or Territory

Party

Years of service

5.3.1983

Boswell, the Hon. RLD

Queensland

NP

25

McGauran, JJJ

Victoria

NP 1987-1990, 1993-2006; LIB from 2006

18

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

4.4.1989^*

Faulkner, the Hon. JP

New South Wales

ALP

19

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

Macdonald, the Hon. ID

Queensland

LIB

18

Sherry, the Hon. NJ

Tasmania

ALP

18

26.5.1992^*

Ferguson, the Hon. AB

South Australia

LIB

16

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

28.4.1993^*

Carr, the Hon. KJ

Victoria

ALP

15

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

15

Evans, the Hon. CV

Western Australia

ALP

15

Minchin, the Hon. NH

South Australia

LIB

15

Troeth, the Hon. JM

Victoria

LIB

15

22.2.1994^*

Abetz, the Hon. E

Tasmania

LIB

14

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

14

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

2.3.1996

Lundy, KA

Australian Capital Territory

ALP

12

30.4.1996^*

Conroy, the Hon. SM

Victoria

ALP

12

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

Bishop, TM

Western Australia

ALP

12

Brown, RJ

Tasmania

GRN

12

Coonan, the Hon. HL

New South Wales

LIB

12

Eggleston, A

Western Australia

LIB

12

Hogg, JJ

Queensland

ALP

12

5.9.1996^*

O’Brien, KWK

Tasmania

ALP

11

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

11

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

11

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

16.6.1998^*

Crossin, PM

Northern Territory

ALP

10

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

9

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

1.7.1999

Ludwig, the Hon. JW

Queensland

ALP

9

McLucas, the Hon. JE

Queensland

ALP

9

Mason, the Hon. BJ

Queensland

LIB

9

16.5.2000^*

Brandis, the Hon. GH

Queensland

LIB

8

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

10.11.2001

Scullion, the Hon. NG

Northern Territory

CLP

6

4.2.2002^*

Colbeck, the Hon. RM

Tasmania

LIB

6

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

26.2.2002^*

Barnett, G

Tasmania

LIB

6

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

1.7.2002

Johnston, the Hon. DAL

Western Australia

LIB

6

Marshall, GM

Victoria

ALP

6

Moore, CM

Queensland

ALP

6

Stephens, the Hon. U

New South Wales

ALP

6

Wong, the Hon. PY

South Australia

ALP

6

18.2.2003^*

Humphries, GJJ

Australian Capital Territory

LIB

5

Chosen 29.10.2003. Elected 2004 (term began 9.10.2004).

31.3.2004^*

Fifield, MP

Victoria

LIB

4

Chosen 31.3.2004 (term ended 30.6.2008). Elected 2007 (term began 1.7.2008).

5.5.2005^*

Fierravanti-Wells, CA

New South Wales

LIB

3

Chosen 5.5.2005 (term ended 30.6.2005). Elected 2004 (term began 1.7.2005).

1.7.2005

Adams, JA

Western Australia

LIB

3

Fielding, S

Victoria

FFP

3

Hurley, AK

South Australia

ALP

3

Joyce, BTG

Queensland

NP

3

McEwen, A

South Australia

ALP

3

Milne, CA

Tasmania

GRN

3

Nash, FJ

New South Wales

NP

3

Parry, SS

Tasmania

LIB

3

Polley, HB

Tasmania

ALP

3

Ronaldson, the Hon. MJC

Victoria

LIB

Senate

3

Member for Ballarat (Vic.) 24.3.1990–10.11.2001.

Siewert, RM

Western Australia

GRN

3

Sterle, G

Western Australia

ALP

3

Trood, RB

Queensland

LIB

3

Wortley, DJ

South Australia

ALP

3