45th Parliament of Australia
Membership changes after the election

45th Parliament of Australia

Section Title: Membership changes after the election
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Seat	Before	Change	After

Member	Party	Type	Date	Date	Member	Party

Vic (Senate)	Stephen Conroy	Labor	Resignation	30 September 2016	25 October 2016	Kimberley Kitching	Labor

SA (Senate)	Bob Day	Family First	Resignation, disqualification	1 November 2016	19 April 2017	Lucy Gichuhi	Family First

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

Independent	Disqualification	11 January 2017	27 March 2017	Peter Georgiou	One Nation

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

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

WA (Senate)	Scott Ludlam	Greens	Resignation, disqualification	14 July 2017	10 November 2017	Jordon Steele-John	Greens

Qld (Senate)	Larissa Waters	Greens	18 July 2017	10 November 2017	Andrew Bartlett	Greens

WA (Senate)	Chris Back	Liberal	Resignation	31 July 2017	16 August 2017	Slade Brockman	Liberal

Qld (Senate)	Malcolm Roberts	One Nation	Disqualification	27 October 2017	10 November 2017	Fraser Anning	One Nation

New England	Barnaby Joyce	National	2 December 2017	Barnaby Joyce (re-elected)	National

NSW (Senate)	Fiona Nash	National	22 December 2017	Jim Molan	Liberal

SA (Senate)	Nick Xenophon	Xenophon Team	Resignation	31 October 2017	14 November 2017	Rex Patrick	Xenophon Team

Tas (Senate)	Stephen Parry	Liberal	Resignation, disqualification	2 November 2017	9 February 2018	Richard Colbeck	Liberal

Bennelong	John Alexander	Liberal	Resignation	11 November 2017	16 December 2017	John Alexander (re-elected)	Liberal

Tas (Senate)	Jacqui Lambie	Lambie Network	Resignation, disqualification	14 November 2017	9 February 2018	Steve Martin	Independent

SA (Senate)	Skye Kakoschke-Moore	Xenophon Team	22 November 2017	16 February 2018	Tim Storer	Independent

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

NSW (Senate)	Sam Dastyari	Labor	Resignation	25 January 2018	14 February 2018	Kristina Keneally	Labor

Batman	David Feeney	Labor	Resignation	1 February 2018	17 March 2018	Ged Kearney	Labor

SA (Senate)	Lucy Gichuhi	Independent	Party membership	2 February 2018	Lucy Gichuhi	Liberal

Qld (Senate)	George Brandis	LNP	Resignation	8 February 2018	21 March 2018	Amanda Stoker	LNP

ACT (Senate)	Katy Gallagher	Labor	Disqualification	9 May 2018	23 May 2018	David Smith	Labor

Perth	Tim Hammond	Labor	Resignation	10 May 2018	28 July 2018	Patrick Gorman	Labor

Braddon	Justine Keay	Labor	Resignation	Justine Keay (re-elected)	Labor

Fremantle	Josh Wilson	Labor	Josh Wilson (re-elected)	Labor

Longman	Susan Lamb	Labor	Susan Lamb (re-elected)	Labor

Mayo	Rebekha Sharkie	Centre Alliance	11 May 2018	Rebekha Sharkie (re-elected)	Centre Alliance

Tas (Senate)	Steve Martin	Independent	Party membership	28 May 2018	Steve Martin	National

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

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

Independent	Party membership	18 June 2018	United Australia

NSW (Senate)	Lee Rhiannon	Greens	Resignation	15 August 2018	Mehreen Faruqi	Greens

Qld (Senate)	Andrew Bartlett	Greens	Resignation	27 August 2018	6 September 2018	Larissa Waters	Greens

Wentworth	Malcolm Turnbull	Liberal	Resignation	31 August 2018	20 October 2018	Kerryn Phelps	Independent

Qld (Senate)	Fraser Anning	Katter's Australian	Departure from party	25 October 2018	Fraser Anning	Independent

Chisholm	Julia Banks	Liberal	Departure from party	27 November 2018	Julia Banks	Independent

Tas (Senate)	David Bushby	Liberal	Resignation	21 January 2019	6 March 2019	Wendy Askew	Liberal

Vic (Senate)	Jacinta Collins	Labor	Resignation	15 February 2019	Raff Ciccone	Labor

NSW (Senate)	David Leyonhjelm	Liberal Democrats	Resignation	1 March 2019	20 March 2019	Duncan Spender	Liberal Democrats

Qld (Senate)	Fraser Anning	Independent	Formation of new party	4 April 2019	Fraser Anning	Conservative National

Sentence(s)

31 July 2017: Liberal Senator Chris Back of Western Australia resigns.

final_sentence: 31 July 2017: Liberal Senator Chris Back of Western Australia resigns.