Members of the Australian Senate, 1999–2002

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1999 to 2002.^[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the March 1996 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2002; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 1998 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2005. The territory senators were elected at the October 1998 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was November 2001.

Senator	Party		State	Term ending	Years in office
Eric Abetz		Liberal	Tasmania	2005	1994–2022
Lyn Allison		Democrats	Victoria	2002	1996–2008
Richard Alston		Liberal	Victoria	2002	1986–2004
Guy Barnett [a]		Liberal	Tasmania	2005	2002–2011
Andrew Bartlett		Democrats	Queensland	2002	1997–2008, 2017–2018
Mark Bishop		Labor	Western Australia	2002	1996–2014
Nick Bolkus		Labor	South Australia	2005	1981–2005
Ron Boswell		National	Queensland	2002	1983–2014
Vicki Bourne		Democrats	New South Wales	2002	1996–2002
George Brandis [b]		Liberal	Queensland	2005	2000–2018
Bob Brown		Greens	Tasmania	2002	1996–2012
David Brownhill [c]		National	New South Wales	2002	1984–2000
Geoff Buckland [d]		Labor	South Australia	2005	2000–2005
Paul Calvert		Liberal	Tasmania	2002	1987–2007
George Campbell		Labor	New South Wales	2002	1997–2008
Ian Campbell		Liberal	Western Australia	2005	1990–2007
Kim Carr		Labor	Victoria	2005	1993–2022
Grant Chapman		Liberal	South Australia	2002	1987–2008
John Cherry [e]		Democrats	Queensland	2005	2001–2005
Richard Colbeck [f]		Liberal	Tasmania	2002	2002–2016, 2018–present
Jacinta Collins		Labor	Victoria	2005	1995–2005, 2008–2019
Helen Coonan		Liberal	New South Wales	2002	1996–2011
Barney Cooney		Labor	Victoria	2002	1984–2002
Stephen Conroy		Labor	Victoria	2005	1996–2016
Peter Cook		Labor	Western Australia	2005	1983–2005
Winston Crane		Liberal	Western Australia	2002	1990–2002
Trish Crossin		Labor	Northern Territory	2001, 2004 [g]	1998–2013
Rosemary Crowley		Labor	South Australia	2002	1983–2002
Kay Denman		Labor	Tasmania	2005	1993–2005
Alan Eggleston		Liberal	Western Australia	2002	1996–2014
Chris Ellison		Liberal	Western Australia	2005	1993–2009
Chris Evans		Labor	Western Australia	2005	1993–2013
John Faulkner		Labor	New South Wales	2005	1989–2015
Alan Ferguson		Liberal	South Australia	2005	1992–2011
Jeannie Ferris		Liberal	South Australia	2002	1996–2007
Michael Forshaw		Labor	New South Wales	2005	1994–2011
Brenda Gibbs		Labor	Queensland	2002	1996–2002
Brian Gibson [a]		Liberal	Tasmania	2005	1993–2002
Brian Greig		Democrats	Western Australia	2005	1999–2005
Brian Harradine [h]		Independent	Tasmania	2005	1975–2005
Len Harris [i]		One Nation	Queensland	2005	1999–2005
Bill Heffernan		Liberal	New South Wales	2005	1996–2016
John Herron		Liberal	Queensland	2002	1990–2002
Robert Hill		Liberal	South Australia	2002	1981–2006
John Hogg		Labor	Queensland	2002	1996–2014
Steve Hutchins		Labor	New South Wales	2005	1999–2011
Rod Kemp		Liberal	Victoria	2002	1990–2008
Sue Knowles		Liberal	Western Australia	2005	1984–2005
Meg Lees		Democrats	South Australia	2005	1990–2005
Ross Lightfoot		Liberal	Western Australia	2002	1997–2008
Joe Ludwig		Labor	Queensland	2005	1999–2016
Kate Lundy		Labor	Australian Capital Territory	2001, 2004 [g]	1996–2015
Ian Macdonald		Liberal	Queensland	2002	1990–2019
Sandy Macdonald [c]		National	New South Wales	2002	1993–1999, 2000–2008
Sue Mackay		Labor	Tasmania	2002	1996–2005
Brett Mason		Liberal	Queensland	2005	1999–2015
Julian McGauran		National	Victoria	2005	1987–1990, 1993–2011
Jim McKiernan		Labor	Western Australia	2002	1984–2002
Jan McLucas		Labor	Queensland	2005	1999–2016
Nick Minchin		Liberal	South Australia	2005	1993–2011
Shayne Murphy		Labor/Independent [j]	Tasmania	2005	1993–2005
Andrew Murray		Democrats	Western Australia	2002	1996–2008
Jocelyn Newman [f]		Liberal	Tasmania	2002	1986–2002
Kerry O'Brien		Labor	Tasmania	2005	1996–2011
Warwick Parer [b]		Liberal	Queensland	2005	1984–2000
Kay Patterson		Liberal	Victoria	2002	1987–2008
Marise Payne		Liberal	New South Wales	2002	1997–2023
John Quirke [d]		Labor	South Australia	2005	1997–2000
Robert Ray		Labor	Victoria	2002	1981–2008
Margaret Reid		Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	2001, 2004 [g]	1981–2003
Aden Ridgeway		Democrats	New South Wales	2005	1999–2005
Chris Schacht		Labor	South Australia	2002	1987–2002
Nigel Scullion [k]		Country Liberal	Northern Territory	2004 [g]	2001–2019
Nick Sherry		Labor	Tasmania	2002	1990–2012
Natasha Stott Despoja		Democrats	South Australia	2002	1995–2008
Grant Tambling [k]		Country Liberal	Northern Territory	2001 [g]	1987–2001
Tsebin Tchen		Liberal	Victoria	2005	1999–2005
John Tierney		Liberal	New South Wales	2005	1991–2005
Judith Troeth		Liberal	Victoria	2005	1993–2011
Amanda Vanstone		Liberal	South Australia	2005	1984–2007
John Watson		Liberal	Tasmania	2002	1978–2008
Sue West		Labor	New South Wales	2002	1987, 1990–2002
John Woodley [e]		Democrats	Queensland	2005	1993–2001

Senate composition at 1 July 1999
Government (35) – (4 seat minority)
  Liberal (31)
  National Party (3)
  Country Liberal (1)

Opposition (29)
  Labor (29) ^[i]

Crossbench (12)
  Democrats (9)
  Greens (1)
  One Nation (1)
  Independent (Harradine) (1)
 
Changes in composition

1. Shayne Murphy resigned from the ALP on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.

Notes

1. Liberal Senator Brian Gibson resigned in 2002. Guy Barnett was appointed as his replacement.
2. Liberal Senator Warwick Parer resigned in 2000. George Brandis was appointed as his replacement on 16 May.
3. National Senator David Brownhill resigned in 2000. Former Senator Sandy Macdonald was appointed as his replacement on 4 May.
4. ALP Senator John Quirke resigned in 2000. Geoff Buckland was appointed as his replacement on 14 September.
5. Democrat Senator John Woodley resigned in 2001. John Cherry was appointed as his replacement on 31 July.
6. Liberal Senator Jocelyn Newman resigned in 2002. Richard Colbeck was appointed as her replacement.
7. The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was November 2001.
8. Father of the Senate
9. Heather Hill was initially elected as a One Nation Senator in Queensland, but she was declared ineligible as the citizen of a foreign power before she was able to take her seat. One Nation member Len Harris was subsequently elected on a recount.
10. ALP Senator Shayne Murphy resigned from the party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.
11. The Country Liberal Party disendorsed Grant Tambling before the 2001 election, and Nigel Scullion was subsequently elected.