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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022. [1] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states begin on 1 July 2022. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 21 May 2022. [2]
The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The powers, role and composition of the Senate are set out in Chapter I of the federal constitution as well as federal legislation and constitutional convention .
Members of the Australian Senate, 2016–2019 (elected 2 July 2016, terms deemed to have begun on 1 July 2016) Members of the Australian Senate, 2019–2022
Senators by State in Australia. This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2019 Australian federal election held on 18 May 2019. [1] [2] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states began on 1 July 2019. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of ...
It was also an established convention that the state parliament choose (or the governor appoint) a replacement from the same political party as their predecessor, however this convention was not always followed. [n 1] As a result of the 1977 referendum: [2] a state legislature must replace a senator with a member of the same political party, and
The upper house of the Australian Parliament is the Senate, which consists of 76 members. Like the United States Senate, on which it was partly modelled, the Australian Senate includes an equal number of senators from each state, regardless of population.
Pages in category "Members of the Australian Senate" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 592 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Australian Senate: Victoria: 1 July 2011 26 August 2020 9 years, 56 days Larissa Waters (1977– ) Australian Senate: Queensland: 1 July 2011 18 July 2017 6 years, 17 days 12 years, 166 days 6 September 2018 incumbent: 6 years, 149 days Penny Wright (1961– ) Australian Senate: South Australia: 1 July 2011 10 September 2015 4 years, 71 days