Senate composition at 1 July 1999
Government (35) – (4 seat minority)
  Liberal (31)
  National Party (3)
  Country Liberal (1)

Opposition (29)
  Labor (29) [lower-roman 1]

Crossbench (12)
  Democrats (9)
  Greens (1)
  One Nation (1)
  Independent (Harradine) (1)
 
Changes in composition

  1. Shayne Murphy resigned from the ALP on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1999 to 2002.[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the March 1996 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2002; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 1998 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2005. The territory senators were elected at the October 1998 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was November 2001.

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Eric Abetz LiberalTasmania20051994–2022
Lyn Allison DemocratsVictoria20021996–2008
Richard Alston LiberalVictoria20021986–2004
Guy Barnett [lower-alpha 1] LiberalTasmania20052002–2011
Andrew Bartlett DemocratsQueensland20021997–2008, 2017–2018
Mark Bishop LaborWestern Australia20021996–2014
Nick Bolkus LaborSouth Australia20051981–2005
Ron Boswell NationalQueensland20021983–2014
Vicki Bourne DemocratsNew South Wales20021996–2002
George Brandis [lower-alpha 2] LiberalQueensland20052000–2018
Bob Brown GreensTasmania20021996–2012
David Brownhill [lower-alpha 3] NationalNew South Wales20021984–2000
Geoff Buckland [lower-alpha 4] LaborSouth Australia20052000–2005
Paul Calvert LiberalTasmania20021987–2007
George Campbell  LaborNew South Wales20021997–2008
Ian Campbell LiberalWestern Australia20051990–2007
Kim Carr LaborVictoria20051993–2022
Grant Chapman LiberalSouth Australia20021987–2008
John Cherry [lower-alpha 5] DemocratsQueensland20052001–2005
Richard Colbeck [lower-alpha 6] LiberalTasmania20022002–2016, 2018–present
Jacinta Collins LaborVictoria20051995–2005, 2008–2019
Helen Coonan LiberalNew South Wales20021996–2011
Barney Cooney LaborVictoria20021984–2002
Stephen Conroy LaborVictoria20051996–2016
Peter Cook LaborWestern Australia20051983–2005
Winston Crane LiberalWestern Australia20021990–2002
Trish Crossin LaborNorthern Territory2001, 2004 [lower-alpha 7]1998–2013
Rosemary Crowley LaborSouth Australia20021983–2002
Kay Denman LaborTasmania20051993–2005
Alan Eggleston LiberalWestern Australia20021996–2014
Chris Ellison LiberalWestern Australia20051993–2009
Chris Evans LaborWestern Australia20051993–2013
John Faulkner LaborNew South Wales20051989–2015
Alan Ferguson LiberalSouth Australia20051992–2011
Jeannie Ferris LiberalSouth Australia20021996–2007
Michael Forshaw LaborNew South Wales20051994–2011
Brenda Gibbs LaborQueensland20021996–2002
Brian Gibson [lower-alpha 1] LiberalTasmania20051993–2002
Brian Greig DemocratsWestern Australia20051999–2005
Brian Harradine [lower-alpha 8] IndependentTasmania20051975–2005
Len Harris [lower-alpha 9] One NationQueensland20051999–2005
Bill Heffernan LiberalNew South Wales20051996–2016
John Herron LiberalQueensland20021990–2002
Robert Hill LiberalSouth Australia20021981–2006
John Hogg LaborQueensland20021996–2014
Steve Hutchins LaborNew South Wales20051999–2011
Rod Kemp LiberalVictoria20021990–2008
Sue Knowles LiberalWestern Australia20051984–2005
Meg Lees DemocratsSouth Australia20051990–2005
Ross Lightfoot LiberalWestern Australia20021997–2008
Joe Ludwig LaborQueensland20051999–2016
Kate Lundy LaborAustralian Capital Territory2001, 2004 [lower-alpha 7]1996–2015
Ian Macdonald LiberalQueensland20021990–2019
Sandy Macdonald [lower-alpha 3] NationalNew South Wales20021993–1999, 2000–2008
Sue Mackay LaborTasmania20021996–2005
Brett Mason LiberalQueensland20051999–2015
Julian McGauran NationalVictoria20051987–1990, 1993–2011
Jim McKiernan LaborWestern Australia20021984–2002
Jan McLucas LaborQueensland20051999–2016
Nick Minchin LiberalSouth Australia20051993–2011
Shayne Murphy Labor/Independent [lower-alpha 10]Tasmania20051993–2005
Andrew Murray DemocratsWestern Australia20021996–2008
Jocelyn Newman [lower-alpha 6] LiberalTasmania20021986–2002
Kerry O'Brien LaborTasmania20051996–2011
Warwick Parer [lower-alpha 2] LiberalQueensland20051984–2000
Kay Patterson LiberalVictoria20021987–2008
Marise Payne LiberalNew South Wales20021997–2023
John Quirke [lower-alpha 4] LaborSouth Australia20051997–2000
Robert Ray LaborVictoria20021981–2008
Margaret Reid LiberalAustralian Capital Territory2001, 2004 [lower-alpha 7]1981–2003
Aden Ridgeway DemocratsNew South Wales20051999–2005
Chris Schacht LaborSouth Australia20021987–2002
Nigel Scullion [lower-alpha 11] Country LiberalNorthern Territory2004 [lower-alpha 7]2001–2019
Nick Sherry LaborTasmania20021990–2012
Natasha Stott Despoja DemocratsSouth Australia20021995–2008
Grant Tambling [lower-alpha 11] Country LiberalNorthern Territory2001 [lower-alpha 7]1987–2001
Tsebin Tchen LiberalVictoria20051999–2005
John Tierney LiberalNew South Wales20051991–2005
Judith Troeth LiberalVictoria20051993–2011
Amanda Vanstone LiberalSouth Australia20051984–2007
John Watson LiberalTasmania20021978–2008
Sue West LaborNew South Wales20021987, 1990–2002
John Woodley [lower-alpha 5] DemocratsQueensland20051993–2001

Notes

  1. 1 2 Liberal Senator Brian Gibson resigned in 2002. Guy Barnett was appointed as his replacement.
  2. 1 2 Liberal Senator Warwick Parer resigned in 2000. George Brandis was appointed as his replacement on 16 May.
  3. 1 2 National Senator David Brownhill resigned in 2000. Former Senator Sandy Macdonald was appointed as his replacement on 4 May.
  4. 1 2 ALP Senator John Quirke resigned in 2000. Geoff Buckland was appointed as his replacement on 14 September.
  5. 1 2 Democrat Senator John Woodley resigned in 2001. John Cherry was appointed as his replacement on 31 July.
  6. 1 2 Liberal Senator Jocelyn Newman resigned in 2002. Richard Colbeck was appointed as her replacement.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was November 2001.
  8. Father of the Senate
  9. Heather Hill was initially elected as a One Nation Senator in Queensland, but she was declared ineligible as the citizen of a foreign power before she was able to take her seat. One Nation member Len Harris was subsequently elected on a recount.
  10. ALP Senator Shayne Murphy resigned from the party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.
  11. 1 2 The Country Liberal Party disendorsed Grant Tambling before the 2001 election, and Nigel Scullion was subsequently elected.

References

  1. "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1999". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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