Australian Senate
Composition changes since the last election
Table:
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

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LNP

Resignation

8 February 2018

Amanda Stoker

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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

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