Research Paper July 2007

Appendix 2: The passing parade

In every new parliament there is a change of personnel. The following Members and Senators died, retired, were defeated, were elected to the Parliament for the first time, or were re-elected to Parliament after an absence.

House of Representatives

Table 1: Deceased Member

Deceased Member	Electoral Division	Party	Term
Andren, Peter*	Calare, NSW	Ind	1996–2007

*The former Member of the House of Representatives retired on 17 October 2007 and died 3 November 2007.

Table 2: Retired Members

Retired Member	Electoral Division	Party	Term
Anderson, John	Gwydir, NSW	Nat	1989–2007
Baird, Bruce	Cook, NSW	Lib	1998–2007
Beazley, Kim	Swan, WA Brand, WA	ALP	1980–1996 1996–2007
Cadman, Alan	Mitchell, NSW	Lib	1974–2007
Causley, Ian	Page, NSW	Nat	1996–2007
Corcoran, Ann	Isaacs, Vic	ALP	2000–2007
Draper, Trish	Makin, SA	Lib	1996–2007
Edwards, Graham	Cowan, WA	ALP	1998–2007
Elson, Kay	Forde, Qld	Lib	1996–2007
Entsch, Warren	Leichhardt, Qld	Lib	1996–2007
Hatton, Michael	Blaxland, NSW	ALP	1996–2007
Hoare, Kelly	Charlton, NSW	ALP	1998–2007
Jull, David	Bowman, Qld, Fadden, Qld	Lib	1975–1983 1984–2007
Kelly, Jackie	Lindsay, NSW	Lib	1996 1996–2007
Lawrence, Carmen	Fremantle, WA	ALP	1994–2007
Prosser, Geoff	Forrest, WA	Lib	1987–2007
Quick, Harry	Franklin, Tas	ALP	1993–2007
Sawford, Rod	Port Adelaide, SA	ALP	1988–2007
Sercombe, Bob	Maribrynong, Vic	ALP	1996–2007
Wakelin, Barry	Grey, SA	Lib	1993–2007

Table 3: Defeated Members

Defeated Member	Electoral Division	Party	Term
Baker, Mark	Braddon, Tas	Lib	2004–2007
Barresi, Phil	Deakin, Vic	Lib	1996–2007
Bartlett, Kerry	Macquarie, NSW	Lib	1996–2007
Brough, Mal	Longman, Qld	Lib	1996–2007
Fawcett, David	Wakefield, SA	Lib	2004–2007
Ferguson, Michael	Bass, Tas	Lib	2004–2007
Gambaro, Teresa	Petrie, Qld	Lib	1996–2007
Hardgrave, Gary	Moreton, Qld	Lib	1996–2007
Henry, Stuart	Hasluck, WA	Lib	2004–2007
Howard, John	Bennelong, NSW	Lib	1974–2007
Kelly, De-Anne	Dawson, Qld	Nat	1996–2007
Lloyd, Jim	Robertson, NSW	Lib	1996–2007
McArthur, Stuart	Corangamite, Vic	Lib	1984–2007
Nairn, Gary	Eden-Monaro, NSW	Lib	1996–2007
O’Connor, Gavan	Corio, Vic	Ind (ALP)	1993–2007
Richardson, Kym	Kingston, SA	Lib	2004–2007
Thompson, Cameron	Blair, Qld	Lib	1998–2007
Ticehurst, Ken	Dobell, NSW	Lib	2001–2007
Tollner, David	Solomon, NT	CLP	2001–2007
Vasta, Ross	Bonner, Qld	Lib	2004–2007
Wilkie, Kim	Swan, WA	ALP	1998–2007

Table 4: New Members

New Member	Electoral Division	Party
Bidgood, James	Dawson (Qld)	ALP
Bradbury, David	Lindsay (NSW)	ALP
Butler, Mark	Port Adelaide (SA)	ALP
Campbell, Jodie	Bass (Tas)	ALP
Champion, Nick	Wakefield (SA)	ALP
Cheeseman, Darren	Corangamite (Vic)	ALP
Clare, Jason	Blaxland (NSW)	ALP
Collins, Julie	Franklin (Tas)	ALP
Combet, Greg	Charlton (NSW)	ALP
Coulton, Mark	Parkes (NSW)	Nat
D’Ath, Yvette	Petrie (Qld)	ALP
Debus, Bob***	Macquarie (NSW)	ALP
Dreyfus, Mark	Isaacs (Vic)	ALP
Gray, Gary	Brand (WA)	ALP
Hale, Damian	Solomon (NT)	ALP
Hawke, Alex	Mitchell (NSW)	Lib
Irons, Steve	Swan (WA)	Lib
Jackson, Sharryn*	Hasluck (WA)	ALP
Kelly, Mike	Eden-Monaro (NSW)	ALP
Marino, Nola	Forrest (WA)	Lib
Marles, Richard	Corio (Vic)	ALP
McKew, Maxine	Bennelong (NSW)	ALP
Morrison, Scott	Cook (NSW)	Lib
Neal, Belinda**	Robertson (NSW)	ALP
Neumann, Shayne	Blair (Qld)	ALP
Parke, Melissa	Fremantle (WA)	ALP
Perrett, Graham	Moreton (Qld)	ALP
Raguse, Brett	Forde (Qld)	ALP
Ramsey, Rowan	Grey (SA)	Lib
Rea, Kerry	Bonner (Qld)	ALP
Rishworth, Amanda	Kingston (SA)	ALP
Robert, Stuart	Fadden (Qld)	Lib
Saffin, Janelle***	Page (NSW)	ALP
Shorten, Bill	Maribyrnong (Vic)	ALP
Sidebottom, Sid*	Braddon (Tas)	ALP
Simpkins, Luke	Cowan (WA)	Lib
Sullivan, Jon***	Longman (Qld)	ALP
Symon, Mike	Deakin (Vic)	ALP
Thomson, Craig	Dobell (NSW)	ALP
Trevor, Chris	Flynn (Qld)	ALP
Turnour, Jim	Leichhardt (Qld)	ALP
Zappia, Tony	Makin (SA)	ALP

* former Member of House of Representatives

** former Senator

*** former member state parliament

Senate

Table 5: Retired Senators

Retired Semator	State or Territory	Party	Term
Campbell, George	NSW	ALP	1997–2008
Kemp, Rod	Vic	Lib	1990–2008
Kirk, Linda	SA	ALP	2002–2008
Lightfoot, Ross	WA	Lib	1997–2008
Macdonald, Sandy	NSW	Nat	1993–1999 2000–2008
Murray, Andrew	WA	AD	1996–2008
Patterson, Kay	Vic	Lib	1987–2008
Ray, Robert	Vic	ALP	1981–2008
Stott Despoja, Natasha	SA	AD	1995–2008
Watson, John	Tas	Lib	1978–2008

Table 6: Defeated Senators

Defeated Senator	State or Territory	Party	Term
Allison, Lyn	Vic	AD	1996–2008
Bartlett, Andrew	Qld	AD	1997–2008
Chapman, Grant*	SA	Lib	1987–2008
Nettle, Kerry	NSW	AG	2002–2008
Webber, Ruth	WA	ALP	2002–2008

* also former member of the House of Representatives

Table 7: New Senators

Senator	State or Territory	Party
Arbib, Mark	NSW	ALP
Bilyk, Catryna	Tas	ALP
Cameron, Doug	NSW	ALP
Cash, Michaelia	WA	Lib
Collins, Jacinta**	Vic	ALP
Farrell, Don	SA	ALP
Feeney, David	Vic	ALP
Furner, Mark	Qld	ALP
Hanson-Young, Sarah	SA	AG
Kroger, Helen	Vic	Lib
Ludlam, Scott	WA	AG
Pratt, Louise***	WA	ALP
Ryan, Scott	Vic	Lib
Williams, John	NSW	Nat
Xenophon, Nick***	SA	Ind

** former Senator

*** former member state parliament

Women

Women represent 26.1 per cent of new members of the House of Representatives and 40 per cent of new Senators.

The number of women elected to the Parliament is now higher than in any previous parliament. More than one-third of the Senate members are female.

Table 8: Women elected

	House of Representatives			Senate			Parliament
Election	Men	Women	Women%	Men	Women	Women%	Women %
1998	115	33	22.3	54	22	28.9	25.0
2001	112	38	25.3	53	23	30.3	27.0
2004	113	37	24.7	54	22	28.9	26.1
2007	110	40	26.7	49	27	35.5	29.6