Members of the Australian Senate, 2008–2011

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2011.^[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the November 2007 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2014; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 2004 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2011. The territory senators were elected at the November 2007 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was August 2010. The new Senate first met in August 2008, with state senators elected in 2007 sworn in on 26 August 2008.

Government (32) – (7 seat minority)
  Labor (32)

Opposition (37)
  Liberal (32)
  National Party (4)
  Country Liberal (1)

Crossbench (7)
  Greens (5)
  Family First (1)
  Independent (1)

Assuming party discipline, the Gillard Labor government needed the support of either the Coalition, or of all the other non-Coalition senators to pass legislation.^[2]

Senator	Party		State	Term ending	Years in office
Eric Abetz		Liberal	Tasmania	2011	1994–2022
Judith Adams		Liberal	Western Australia	2011	2005–2012
Mark Arbib		Labor	New South Wales	2014	2008–2012
Chris Back [a]		Liberal	Western Australia	2011	2009–2017
Guy Barnett		Liberal	Tasmania	2011	2002–2011
Cory Bernardi		Liberal	South Australia	2014	2006–2020
Catryna Bilyk		Labor	Tasmania	2014	2008–present
Simon Birmingham		Liberal	South Australia	2014	2007–present
Mark Bishop		Labor	Western Australia	2014	1996–2014
Ron Boswell		National	Queensland	2014	1983–2014
Sue Boyce		Liberal	Queensland	2014	2007–2014
George Brandis		Liberal	Queensland	2011	2000–2018
Bob Brown		Greens	Tasmania	2014	1996–2012
Carol Brown		Labor	Tasmania	2014	2005–present
David Bushby		Liberal	Tasmania	2014	2007–2019
Doug Cameron		Labor	New South Wales	2014	2008–2019
Kim Carr		Labor	Victoria	2011	1993–2022
Michaelia Cash		Liberal	Western Australia	2014	2008–present
Richard Colbeck		Liberal	Tasmania	2014	2002–2016, 2018–present
Jacinta Collins		Labor	Victoria	2014	1995–2005, 2008–2019
Stephen Conroy		Labor	Victoria	2011	1996–2016
Helen Coonan		Liberal	New South Wales	2014	1996–2011
Mathias Cormann		Liberal	Western Australia	2014	2007–2020
Trish Crossin		Labor	Northern Territory	2010, 2013 [b]	1998–2013
Alan Eggleston		Liberal	Western Australia	2014	1996–2014
Chris Ellison [a]		Liberal	Western Australia	2011	1993–2009
Chris Evans		Labor	Western Australia	2011	1993–2013
Don Farrell		Labor	South Australia	2014	2008–2014, 2016–present
John Faulkner		Labor	New South Wales	2011	1989–2015
David Feeney		Labor	Victoria	2014	2008–2013
Alan Ferguson		Liberal	South Australia	2011	1992–2011
Steve Fielding		Family First	Victoria	2011	2005–2011
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells		Liberal	New South Wales	2011	2005–2022
Mitch Fifield		Liberal	Victoria	2014	2004–2019
Mary Jo Fisher		Liberal	South Australia	2011	2007–2012
Michael Forshaw		Labor	New South Wales	2011	1994–2011
Mark Furner		Labor	Queensland	2014	2008–2014
Sarah Hanson-Young		Greens	South Australia	2014	2008–present
Bill Heffernan		Liberal	New South Wales	2011	1996–2016
John Hogg		Labor	Queensland	2014	1996–2014
Gary Humphries		Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	2010, 2013 [b]	2003–2013
Annette Hurley		Labor	South Australia	2011	2005–2011
Steve Hutchins		Labor	New South Wales	2011	1999–2011
David Johnston		Liberal	Western Australia	2014	2002–2016
Barnaby Joyce		National	Queensland	2011	2005–2013
Helen Kroger		Liberal	Victoria	2014	2008–2014
Scott Ludlam		Greens	Western Australia	2014	2008–2017
Joe Ludwig		Labor	Queensland	2011	1999–2016
Kate Lundy		Labor	Australian Capital Territory	2010, 2013 [b]	1996–2015
Ian Macdonald		Liberal	Queensland	2014	1990–2019
Gavin Marshall		Labor	Victoria	2014	2002–2019
Brett Mason		Liberal	Queensland	2011	1999–2015
Anne McEwen		Labor	South Australia	2011	2005–2016
Julian McGauran		Liberal	Victoria	2011	1987–1990, 1993–2011
Jan McLucas		Labor	Queensland	2011	1999–2016
Christine Milne		Greens	Tasmania	2011	2005–2015
Nick Minchin		Liberal	South Australia	2011	1993–2011
Claire Moore		Labor	Queensland	2014	2002–2019
Fiona Nash		National	New South Wales	2011	2005–2017
Kerry O'Brien		Labor	Tasmania	2011	1996–2011
Stephen Parry		Liberal	Tasmania	2011	2005–2017
Marise Payne		Liberal	New South Wales	2014	1997–2023
Helen Polley		Labor	Tasmania	2011	2005–present
Louise Pratt		Labor	Western Australia	2014	2008–2014, 2016–present
Michael Ronaldson		Liberal	Victoria	2011	2005–2016
Scott Ryan		Liberal	Victoria	2014	2008–2021
Nigel Scullion		Country Liberal [c]	Northern Territory	2010, 2013 [b]	2001–2019
Nick Sherry		Labor	Tasmania	2014	1990–2012
Rachel Siewert		Greens	Western Australia	2011	2005–2021
Ursula Stephens		Labor	New South Wales	2014	2002–2014
Glenn Sterle		Labor	Western Australia	2011	2005–present
Judith Troeth		Liberal	Victoria	2011	1993–2011
Russell Trood		Liberal	Queensland	2011	2005–2011
John Williams		National	New South Wales	2014	2008–2019
Penny Wong		Labor	South Australia	2014	2002–present
Dana Wortley		Labor	South Australia	2011	2005–2011
Nick Xenophon		Independent	South Australia	2014	2008–2017

Notes

1. Western Australian Liberal Senator Chris Ellison resigned on 30 January 2009. Chris Back was appointed as his replacement on 12 March 2009.
2. The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was August 2010.
3. Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion was elected as a candidate of the Country Liberal Party, which is the equivalent of both the Nationals and Liberals in the Northern Territory. He sits with the Nationals and served as that party's deputy leader.

References

1. "Members of the Senate" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 26 August 2008. pp. ii–iii.
2. The President of the Senate votes and if the votes are equal, the motion is defeated: Constitution (Cth) s 23 Voting in the Senate.