Australian Senate
Composition changes since the last election
In the time elapsed between the 2016 election and the following federal election, many parliamentarians resigned from their seats, while some were disqualified by the High Court of Australia.

Australian Senate

Section Title: Composition changes since the last election
Table Section Text: In the time elapsed between the 2016 election and the following federal election, many parliamentarians resigned from their seats, while some were disqualified by the High Court of Australia.

Constituency	Before	Change	After

Member	Party	Type	Date	Member	Party

Vic	Stephen Conroy	Labor	Resignation	30 September 2016	Kimberley Kitching	Labor

SA	Bob Day	Family First	Resignation	1 November 2016	Lucy Gichuhi	Family First

WA	Rod Culleton	One Nation	Departure from party	18 December 2016	Rod Culleton	Independent

Independent	Disqualification	11 January 2017	Peter Georgiou	One Nation

SA	Cory Bernardi	Liberal	Formation of new party	7 February 2017	Cory Bernardi	Conservatives

SA	Lucy Gichuhi	Family First	Refusal to join party merger	3 May 2017	Lucy Gichuhi	Independent

WA	Scott Ludlam	Greens	Resignation and disqualification	14 July 2017	Jordon Steele-John	Greens

Qld	Larissa Waters	Greens	18 July 2017	Andrew Bartlett	Greens

WA	Chris Back	Liberal	Resignation	31 July 2017	Slade Brockman	Liberal

Qld	Malcolm Roberts	One Nation	Disqualification	27 October 2017	Fraser Anning	One Nation

NSW	Fiona Nash	National	Jim Molan	Liberal

SA	Nick Xenophon	Xenophon Team	Resignation	31 October 2017	Rex Patrick	Xenophon Team

Tas	Stephen Parry	Liberal	Resignation and disqualification	2 November 2017	Richard Colbeck	Liberal

Tas	Jacqui Lambie	Lambie Network	14 November 2017	Steve Martin	Independent

SA	Skye Kakoschke-Moore	Xenophon Team	22 November 2017	Tim Storer	Independent

Qld	Fraser Anning	One Nation	Departure from party	15 January 2018	Fraser Anning	Independent

NSW	Sam Dastyari	Labor	Resignation	25 January 2018	Kristina Keneally	Labor

SA	Lucy Gichuhi	Independent	Party membership	2 February 2018	Lucy Gichuhi	Liberal

Qld	George Brandis	LNP	Resignation	8 February 2018	Amanda Stoker	LNP

ACT	Katy Gallagher	Labor	Disqualification	9 May 2018	David Smith	Labor

Tas	Steve Martin	Independent	Party membership	28 May 2018	Steve Martin	National

Qld	Fraser Anning	Independent	Party membership	4 June 2018	Fraser Anning	Katter's Australian

NSW	Brian Burston	One Nation	Departure from party	14 June 2018	Brian Burston	Independent

Independent	Party membership	18 June 2018	United Australia

NSW	Lee Rhiannon	Greens	Resignation	15 August 2018	Mehreen Faruqi	Greens

Qld	Andrew Bartlett	Greens	Resignation	27 August 2018	Larissa Waters	Greens

Qld	Fraser Anning	Katter's Australian	Expulsion from party	25 October 2018	Fraser Anning	Independent

Tas	David Bushby	Liberal	Resignation	21 January 2019	Liberal

Vic	Jacinta Collins	Labor	Resignation	15 February 2019	Labor

NSW	David Leyonhjelm	Liberal Democratic Party	Resignation	1 March 2019 (resignation), 20 March 2019 (appointment)	Duncan Spender	Liberal Democratic Party

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