45th Parliament of Australia
Membership changes after the election
Table:
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 Party

ACT (Senate)

David Smith

Labor

Resignation

11 April 2019

vacant

SA (Senate)

Cory Bernardi

Conservatives

Party deregistration

24 June 2019[a]

Cory Bernardi

Independent

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