List of Australian Senate appointments
List of appointments to the Senate

List of Australian Senate appointments

Section Title: List of appointments to the Senate
Table Section Text: None

45th Parliament (2016–)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

New South Wales	20 March 2019	David Leyonhjelm	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Spender	Liberal Democrats	Resignation

Tasmania	6 March 2019	David Bushby	Liberal	Wendy Askew	Liberal	Resignation

Victoria	6 March 2019	Jacinta Collins	Labor	Raff Ciccone	Labor	Resignation

Queensland	6 September 2018	Andrew Bartlett	Greens	Larissa Waters	Greens	Resignation

New South Wales	15 August 2018	Lee Rhiannon	Greens	Mehreen Faruqi	Greens	Resignation

Queensland	21 March 2018	George Brandis	LNP	Amanda Stoker	LNP	Resignation

New South Wales	14 February 2018	Sam Dastyari	Labor	Kristina Keneally	Labor	Resignation

South Australia	14 November 2017	Nick Xenophon	Xenophon	Rex Patrick	Xenophon	Resignation

Western Australia	16 August 2017	Chris Back	Liberal	Slade Brockman	Liberal	Resignation

Victoria	25 October 2016	Stephen Conroy	Labor	Kimberley Kitching	Labor	Resignation

44th Parliament (2014–2016)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Western Australia	2 May 2016	Joe Bullock	Labor	Pat Dodson	Labor	Resignation

Victoria	9 March 2016	Michael Ronaldson	Liberal	James Paterson	Liberal	Resignation

South Australia	22 September 2015	Penny Wright	Greens	Robert Simms	Greens	Resignation

Tasmania	19 August 2015	Christine Milne	Greens	Nick McKim	Greens	Resignation

Queensland	21 May 2015	Brett Mason	LNP	Joanna Lindgren	LNP	Resignation

New South Wales	6 May 2015	John Faulkner	Labor	Jenny McAllister	Labor	Resignation

Australian Capital Territory	25 March 2015	Kate Lundy	Labor	Katy Gallagher	Labor	Resignation

New South Wales	2 July 2014	Bob Carr	Labor	Deborah O'Neill	Labor	Resignation

43rd Parliament (2011–2014)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Queensland	11 February 2014	Barnaby Joyce	LNP	Barry O'Sullivan	LNP	Resignation

New South Wales	13 November 2013	Bob Carr	Labor	Deborah O'Neill	Labor	Resignation

Victoria	21 August 2013	David Feeney	Labor	Mehmet Tillem	Labor	Resignation

New South Wales	21 August 2013	Matt Thistlethwaite	Labor	Sam Dastyari	Labor	Resignation

Western Australia	15 May 2013	Chris Evans	Labor	Sue Lines	Labor	Resignation

South Australia	5 September 2012	Mary Jo Fisher	Liberal	Anne Ruston	Liberal	Resignation

Tasmania	20 June 2012	Bob Brown	Greens	Peter Whish-Wilson	Greens	Resignation

Tasmania	20 June 2012	Nick Sherry	Labor	Lin Thorp	Labor	Resignation

Western Australia	2 May 2012	Judith Adams	Liberal	Dean Smith	Liberal	Death

New South Wales	6 March 2012	Mark Arbib	Labor	Bob Carr	Labor	Resignation

New South Wales	13 October 2011	Helen Coonan	Liberal	Arthur Sinodinos	Liberal	Resignation

42nd Parliament (2008–2011)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Western Australia	12 March 2009	Chris Ellison	Liberal	Chris Back	Liberal	Resignation

41st Parliament (2005–2008)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Victoria	8 May 2008	Robert Ray	Labor	Jacinta Collins	Labor	Resignation

Tasmania	30 August 2007	Paul Calvert	Liberal	David Bushby	Liberal	Resignation

Western Australia	19 June 2007	Ian Campbell	Liberal	Mathias Cormann	Liberal	Resignation

South Australia	6 June 2007	Amanda Vanstone	Liberal	Mary Jo Fisher	Liberal	Resignation

South Australia	3 May 2007	Jeannie Ferris	Liberal	Simon Birmingham	Liberal	Death

Queensland	19 April 2007	Santo Santoro	Liberal	Sue Boyce	Liberal	Resignation

South Australia	4 May 2006	Robert Hill	Liberal	Cory Bernardi	Liberal	Resignation

Tasmania	25 August 2005	Sue Mackay	Labor	Carol Brown	Labor	Resignation

40th Parliament (2002–2005)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

New South Wales	5 May 2005	John Tierney	Liberal	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Liberal	Resignation

Victoria	31 March 2004	Richard Alston	Liberal	Mitch Fifield	Liberal	Resignation

Australian Capital Territory	18 February 2003	Margaret Reid	Liberal	Gary Humphries	Liberal	Resignation

Queensland	29 October 2002	John Herron	Liberal	Santo Santoro	Liberal	Resignation

39th Parliament (1999–2002)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Tasmania	26 February 2002	Brian Gibson	Liberal	Guy Barnett	Liberal	Resignation

Tasmania	4 February 2002	Jocelyn Newman	Liberal	Richard Colbeck	Liberal	Resignation

Queensland	31 July 2001	John Woodley	Democrats	John Cherry	Democrats	Resignation

South Australia	14 September 2000	John Quirke	Labor	Geoff Buckland	Labor	Resignation

Queensland	16 May 2000	Warwick Parer	Liberal	George Brandis	Liberal	Resignation

New South Wales	4 May 2000	David Brownhill	National	Sandy Macdonald	National	Resignation

38th Parliament (1996–1999)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

New South Wales	14 October 1998	Belinda Neal	Labor	Steve Hutchins	Labor	Resignation

Northern Territory	16 June 1998	Bob Collins	Labor	Trish Crossin	Labor	Resignation

Queensland	30 October 1997	Cheryl Kernot	Democrats	Andrew Bartlett	Democrats	Resignation

South Australia	18 September 1997	Dominic Foreman	Labor	John Quirke	Labor	Resignation

New South Wales	17 September 1997	Bruce Childs	Labor	George Campbell	Labor	Resignation

Western Australia	19 May 1997	John Panizza	Liberal	Ross Lightfoot	Liberal	Death

Victoria	13 May 1997	Jim Short	Liberal	Karen Synon	Liberal	Resignation

New South Wales	9 April 1997	Bob Woods	Liberal	Marise Payne	Liberal	Resignation

New South Wales	18 September 1996	Michael Baume	Liberal	Bill Heffernan	Liberal	Resignation

Tasmania	5 September 1996	John Coates	Labor	Kerry O'Brien	Labor	Resignation

South Australia	24 July 1996	Jeannie Ferris	Liberal	Jeannie Ferris	Liberal	Resignation (eligibility)

37th Parliament (1993–1996)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Victoria	30 April 1996	Gareth Evans	Labor	Stephen Conroy	Labor	Resignation

Tasmania	8 March 1996	John Devereux	Labor/Independent	Sue Mackay	Labor	Resignation

South Australia	29 November 1995	John Coulter	Democrats	Natasha Stott Despoja	Democrats	Resignation

New South Wales	24 May 1995	Stephen Loosley	Labor	Tom Wheelwright	Labor	Resignation

Victoria	3 May 1995	Olive Zakharov	Labor	Jacinta Collins	Labor	Death

New South Wales	10 May 1994	Graham Richardson	Labor	Michael Forshaw	Labor	Resignation

New South Wales	8 March 1994	Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal	Bob Woods	Liberal	Resignation

New South Wales	8 March 1994	Kerry Sibraa	Labor	Belinda Neal	Labor	Resignation

Tasmania	22 February 1994	Brian Archer	Liberal	Eric Abetz	Liberal	Resignation

Tasmania	24 August 1993	Michael Tate	Labor	Kay Denman	Labor	Resignation

36th Parliament (1990–1993)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Victoria	28 April 1993	John Button	Labor	Kim Carr	Labor	Resignation

South Australia	26 May 1992	John Olsen	Liberal	Alan Ferguson	Liberal	Resignation

Western Australia	12 March 1992	Jo Vallentine	Greens WA	Christabel Chamarette	Greens WA	Resignation

New South Wales	29 August 1991	Paul McLean	Democrats	Karin Sowada	Democrats	Resignation

New South Wales	11 February 1991	Peter Baume	Liberal	John Tierney	Liberal	Resignation

35th Parliament (1987–1990)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Western Australia	16 May 1990	Fred Chaney	Liberal	Ian Campbell	Liberal	Resignation

Queensland	8 May 1990	John Stone	National	Bill O'Chee	National	Resignation

South Australia	7 May 1990	Tony Messner	Liberal	John Olsen	Liberal	Resignation

South Australia	4 April 1990	Janine Haines	Democrats	Meg Lees	Democrats	Resignation

Tasmania	7 March 1990	Norm Sanders	Democrats	Robert Bell	Democrats	Resignation

New South Wales	4 April 1989	Arthur Gietzelt	Labor	John Faulkner	Labor	Resignation

Australian Capital Territory	16 February 1988	Susan Ryan	Labor	Bob McMullan	Labor	Resignation

34th Parliament (1985–1987)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

New South Wales	11 February 1987	Doug McClelland	Labor	Sue West	Labor	Resignation

Victoria	26 August 1986	Don Chipp	Democrats	Janet Powell	Democrats	Resignation

Victoria	7 May 1986	Alan Missen	Liberal	Richard Alston	Liberal	Death

Tasmania	13 March 1986	Peter Rae	Liberal	Jocelyn Newman	Liberal	Resignation

33rd Parliament (1983–1985)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Queensland	22 November 1984	Kathy Martin	Liberal	Warwick Parer	Liberal	Resignation

32nd Parliament (1981–1983)

No appointments made

31st Parliament (1978–1981)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Australian Capital Territory	5 May 1981	John Knight	Liberal	Margaret Reid	Liberal	Death

Queensland	12 March 1981	Glen Sheil	NCP	Florence Bjelke-Petersen	NCP	Resignation

Western Australia	11 March 1981	Allan Rocher	Liberal	John Martyr	Liberal	Resignation

Tasmania	15 October 1980	Ken Wriedt	Labor	Jean Hearn	Labor	Resignation

Victoria	11 March 1980	James Webster	NCP	Laurence Neal	NCP	Resignation

New South Wales	9 August 1978	Jim McClelland	Labor	Kerry Sibraa	Labor	Resignation

New South Wales	26 July 1978	Sir Robert Cotton	Liberal	Chris Puplick	Liberal	Resignation

30th Parliament (1975–1978)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

South Australia	14 December 1977	Steele Hall	Liberal Movement/Liberal	Janine Haines	Democrats	Resignation

Victoria	7 December 1976	Ivor Greenwood	Liberal	Austin Lewis	Liberal	Death

29th Parliament (1974–1975)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Queensland	3 September 1975	Bertie Milliner	Labor	Albert Field	Independent	Death

New South Wales	27 February 1975	Lionel Murphy	Labor	Cleaver Bunton	Independent	Resignation

27th/28th Parliament (1971–1974)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Western Australia	16 January 1974	Edgar Prowse	Country	David Reid	Country	Resignation

26th Parliament (1968–1971)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Queensland	11 June 1971	Dame Annabelle Rankin	Liberal	Neville Bonner	Liberal	Resignation

New South Wales	16 March 1971	James Ormonde	Labor	Jim McClelland	Labor	Death

New South Wales	6 August 1970	Colin McKellar	Country	Douglas Scott	Country	Death

Victoria	19 November 1969	Sam Cohen	Labor	Bill Brown	Labor	Death

South Australia	23 May 1969	Keith Laught	Liberal	Martin Cameron	Liberal	Death

25th Parliament (1965–1968)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Victoria	21 February 1968	John Gorton	Liberal	Ivor Greenwood	Liberal	Resignation

South Australia	2 November 1967	Clive Hannaford	Liberal/Independent	Condor Laucke	Liberal	Death

Victoria	26 October 1966	Charles Sandford	Labor	George Poyser	Labor	Death

Queensland	14 April 1966	Bob Sherrington	Liberal	Bill Heatley	Liberal	Death

Western Australia	17 February 1966	Sir Shane Paltridge	Liberal	Reg Withers	Liberal	Death

New South Wales	4 August 1965	Sir William Spooner	Liberal	Bob Cotton	Liberal	Resignation

24th Parliament (1962–1965)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Victoria	9 December 1964	Harrie Wade	Country	James Webster	Country	Death

Western Australia	26 November 1964	Seddon Vincent	Liberal	Peter Sim	Liberal	Death

Queensland	9 October 1962	Max Poulter	Labor	George Whiteside	Labor	Death

23rd Parliament (1959–1962)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

South Australia	8 February 1962	Nancy Buttfield	Liberal	Gordon Davidson	Liberal	Resignation

South Australia	28 September 1961	Rex Pearson	Liberal	Gordon Davidson	Liberal	Death

22nd Parliament (1956–1959)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Western Australia	12 August 1958	Harrie Seward	Country	Tom Drake-Brockman	Country	Death

New South Wales	30 July 1958	Bill Ashley	Labor	James Ormonde	Labor	Death

Victoria	6 June 1957	Jack Devlin	Labor	Charles Sandford	Labor	Death

Victoria	28 August 1956	John Spicer	Liberal	George Hannan	Liberal	Resignation

21st Parliament (1953–1956)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

South Australia	11 October 1955	George McLeay	Liberal	Nancy Buttfield	Liberal	Death

20th Parliament (1951–1953)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Tasmania	3 March 1953	Jack Chamberlain	Liberal	John Marriott	Liberal	Death

Western Australia	30 September 1952	Edmund Piesse	Country	Bill Robinson	Country	Death

Western Australia	7 February 1952	Richard Nash	Labor	Joe Cooke	Labor	Death

19th Parliament (1950–1951)

No appointments made

18th Parliament (1947–1950)

No appointments made

17th Parliament (1944–1947)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Victoria	15 May 1946	Richard Keane	Labor	Alexander Fraser	Country	Death

South Australia	10 October 1944	Oliver Uppill	United Australia	Ted Mattner	United Australia	Resignation

16th Parliament (1941–1944)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Western Australia	8 October 1942	Bertie Johnston	Country	Charles Latham	Country	Death

15th Parliament (1938–1941)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Victoria	12 July 1938	John Barnes	Labor	Jim Sheehan	Labor	Death

14th Parliament (1935–1938)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

South Australia	21 October 1937	Oliver Badman	Country	Philip McBride	UAP	Resignation

Queensland	2 September 1937	John MacDonald	Labor	Ben Courtice	Labor	Death

Western Australia	19 August 1936	William Carroll	Country	Thomas Marwick	Country	Death

New South Wales	26 September 1935	Lionel Courtenay	UAP	Guy Arkins	UAP	Death

13th Parliament (1932–1935)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Western Australia	5 March 1935	Sir Walter Kingsmill	UAP	Allan MacDonald	UAP	Death

Western Australia	6 April 1933	Sir Hal Colebatch	UAP	Herbert Collett	UAP	Resignation

11th/12th Parliament (1929–1932)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Tasmania	3 March 1932	James Ogden	UAP	Charles Grant	UAP	Death

New South Wales	23 December 1931	Walter Duncan	UAP	Patrick Mooney	Labor (NSW)	Resignation

Victoria	12 May 1931	Harold Elliott	UAP	Tom Brennan	UAP	Death

South Australia	1 April 1931	John Chapman	Country	Harry Kneebone	Labor	Death

10th Parliament (1926–1929)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Victoria	18 December 1928	David Andrew	Country	Richard Abbott	Country	Death

Queensland	1 August 1928	Thomas Givens	Nationalist	John MacDonald	Labor	Death

New South Wales	5 June 1928	John Grant	Labor	Albert Gardiner	Labor	Death

South Australia	18 April 1928	Sir Henry Barwell	Nationalist	Albert Robinson	Nationalist	Resignation

South Australia	30 August 1927	Charles McHugh	Labor	John Verran	Nationalist	Death

9th Parliament (1923–1926)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

South Australia	24 February 1926	Benjamin Benny	Nationalist	Alexander McLachlan	Nationalist	Resignation

South Australia	18 December 1925	James O'Loghlin	Labor	Sir Henry Barwell	Nationalist	Death

Victoria	25 August 1925	Edward Russell	Nationalist	William Plain	Nationalist	Death

Tasmania	29 July 1925	George Foster	Nationalist	Charles Grant	Nationalist	Resignation

New South Wales	1 April 1925	Jack Power	Labor	William Gibbs	Labor	Death

New South Wales	20 November 1924	Allan McDougall	Labor	Jack Power	Labor	Death

Victoria	22 July 1924	Stephen Barker	Labor	Joseph Hannan	Labor	Death

New South Wales	17 October 1923	Edward Millen	Nationalist	Walter Massy-Greene	Nationalist	Death

Tasmania	12 September 1923	Thomas Bakhap	Nationalist	John Hayes	Nationalist	Death

8th Parliament (1920–1923)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Queensland	26 May 1922	John Adamson	Nationalist	John MacDonald	Labor	Death

New South Wales	15 December 1921	Herbert Pratten	Nationalist	Henry Garling	Nationalist	Resignation

South Australia	9 August 1921	Edward Vardon	Nationalist	Edward Vardon	Nationalist	Lapsed

South Australia	16 February 1921	Robert Guthrie	Nationalist	Edward Vardon	Nationalist	Death

7th Parliament (1917–1920)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

Tasmania	15 January 1919	James Long	Labor	Edward Mulcahy	Nationalist	Resignation

6th Parliament (1914–1917)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

South Australia	24 May 1917	William Story	Nationalist	James Rowell	Nationalist	Resignation

Tasmania	1 March 1917	Rudolph Ready	Labor	John Earle	Nationalist	Resignation

5th Parliament (1913–1914)

No appointments made

4th Parliament (1910–1913)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

South Australia	31 July 1912	William Russell	Labor	John Shannon	Liberal	Death

3rd Parliament (1907–1910)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

South Australia	11 July 1907	Joseph Vardon	Anti-Socialist	James O'Loghlin	Labor	Election declared void

2nd Parliament (1904–1906)

No appointments made

1st Parliament (1901–1903)

State	Date	Incumbent	Party	Appointee	Party	Cause

New South Wales	8 October 1903	Richard O'Connor	Protectionist	Charles Mackellar	Protectionist	Resignation

Western Australia	20 May 1903	Norman Ewing	Free Trade	Henry Saunders	Free Trade	Resignation

Victoria	21 January 1903	Sir Frederick Sargood	Free Trade	Robert Reid	Free Trade	Death

Sentence(s)

Bill O'Chee was appointed to the Senate in 1990 to a vacancy caused by the resignation of John Stone.
Bill O'Chee was appointed to the Senate in 1990, caused by the resignation of John Stone.
Bill O'Chee was appointed to the Senate in 1990 due to the resignation of John Stone.

final_sentence: Bill O'Chee was appointed to the Senate in 1990 to a vacancy caused by the resignation of John Stone.
final_sentence: Bill O'Chee was appointed to the Senate in 1990, caused by the resignation of John Stone.
final_sentence: Bill O'Chee was appointed to the Senate in 1990 due to the resignation of John Stone.