Members of the Australian Senate, 2002–2005

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2005.^[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the November 2001 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2008; the other half of the state senators had been elected at the October 1998 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2005. The territory senators were elected at the November 2001 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was October 2004.

Senator	Party		State	Term ending	Years in office
Eric Abetz		Liberal	Tasmania	2005	1994–2022
Lyn Allison		Democrats	Victoria	2008	1996–2008
Richard Alston [a]		Liberal	Victoria	2008	1986–2004
Guy Barnett		Liberal	Tasmania	2005	2002–2011
Andrew Bartlett		Democrats	Queensland	2008	1997–2008, 2017–2018
Mark Bishop		Labor	Western Australia	2008	1996–2014
Nick Bolkus		Labor	South Australia	2005	1981–2005
Ron Boswell		National	Queensland	2008	1983–2014
George Brandis		Liberal	Queensland	2005	2000–2018
Bob Brown		Greens	Tasmania	2008	1996–2012
Geoff Buckland		Labor	South Australia	2005	2000–2005
Paul Calvert		Liberal	Tasmania	2008	1987–2007
George Campbell		Labor	New South Wales	2008	1997–2008
Ian Campbell		Liberal	Western Australia	2005	1990–2007
Kim Carr		Labor	Victoria	2005	1993–2022
Grant Chapman		Liberal	South Australia	2008	1987–2008
John Cherry		Democrats	Queensland	2005	2001–2005
Richard Colbeck		Liberal	Tasmania	2008	2002–2016, 2018–present
Jacinta Collins		Labor	Victoria	2005	1995–2005, 2008–2019
Stephen Conroy		Labor	Victoria	2005	1996–2016
Peter Cook		Labor	Western Australia	2005	1983–2005
Helen Coonan		Liberal	New South Wales	2008	1996–2011
Trish Crossin		Labor	Northern Territory	2004, 2007 [b]	1998–2013
Kay Denman		Labor	Tasmania	2005	1993–2005
Alan Eggleston		Liberal	Western Australia	2008	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	2008	1996–2007
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells [c]		Liberal	New South Wales	2005	2005–2022
Mitch Fifield [a]		Liberal	Victoria	2008	2004–2019
Michael Forshaw		Labor	New South Wales	2005	1994–2011
Brian Greig		Democrats	Western Australia	2005	1999–2005
Brian Harradine [d]		Independent	Tasmania	2005	1975–2005
Len Harris		One Nation	Queensland	2005	1999–2005
Bill Heffernan		Liberal	New South Wales	2005	1996–2016
John Herron [e]		Liberal	Queensland	2008	1990–2002
Robert Hill		Liberal	South Australia	2008	1981–2006
John Hogg		Labor	Queensland	2008	1996–2014
Gary Humphries [f]		Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	2004, 2007 [b]	2003–2013
Steve Hutchins		Labor	New South Wales	2005	1999–2011
David Johnston		Liberal	Western Australia	2008	2002–2016
Rod Kemp		Liberal	Victoria	2008	1990–2008
Linda Kirk		Labor	South Australia	2008	2002–2008
Sue Knowles		Liberal	Western Australia	2005	1984–2005
Meg Lees		Dem/Ind/APA [g]	South Australia	2005	1990–2005
Ross Lightfoot		Liberal	Western Australia	2008	1997–2008
Joe Ludwig		Labor	Queensland	2005	1999–2016
Kate Lundy		Labor	Australian Capital Territory	2004, 2007 [b]	1996–2015
Ian Macdonald		Liberal	Queensland	2008	1990–2019
Sandy Macdonald		National	New South Wales	2008	1993–1999, 2000–2008
Sue Mackay		Labor	Tasmania	2008	1996–2005
Gavin Marshall		Labor	Victoria	2008	2002–2019
Brett Mason		Liberal	Queensland	2005	1999–2015
Julian McGauran		National	Victoria	2005	1987–1990, 1993–2011
Jan McLucas		Labor	Queensland	2005	1999–2016
Nick Minchin		Liberal	South Australia	2005	1993–2011
Claire Moore		Labor	Queensland	2008	2002–2019
Shayne Murphy		Independent [h]	Tasmania	2005	1993–2005
Andrew Murray		Democrats	Western Australia	2008	1996–2008
Kerry Nettle		Greens	New South Wales	2008	2002–2008
Kerry O'Brien		Labor	Tasmania	2005	1996–2011
Kay Patterson		Liberal	Victoria	2008	1987–2008
Marise Payne		Liberal	New South Wales	2008	1997–2023
Robert Ray		Labor	Victoria	2008	1981–2008
Margaret Reid [f]		Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	2004 [b]	1981–2003
Aden Ridgeway		Democrats	New South Wales	2005	1999–2005
Santo Santoro [e]		Liberal	Queensland	2008	2002–2007
Nigel Scullion		Country Liberal	Northern Territory	2004, 2007 [b]	2001–2019
Nick Sherry		Labor	Tasmania	2008	1990–2012
Natasha Stott Despoja		Democrats	South Australia	2008	1995–2008
Ursula Stephens		Labor	New South Wales	2008	2002–2014
Tsebin Tchen		Liberal	Victoria	2005	1999–2005
John Tierney [c]		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	2008	1978–2008
Ruth Webber		Labor	Western Australia	2008	2002–2008
Penny Wong		Labor	South Australia	2008	2002–present

Senate composition at 1 July 2002
Government (35) – (4 seat minority)
  Liberal (31)
  National Party (3)
  Country Liberal (1)

Opposition (28)
  Labor (28)

Crossbench (13)
  Democrats (8) ^[i]
  Greens (2)
  One Nation (1)
  Independent (2) ^[ii]
 
Changes in composition

1. Meg Lees resigned from the Democrats in July 2002 to sit as an independent. In April 2003, she founded the Australian Progressive Alliance
2. Shayne Murphy had resigned from the Labor Party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.

Notes

1. Liberal Senator Richard Alston resigned in 2004. Mitch Fifield was appointed as his replacement on 31 March.
2. The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was October 2004.
3. Liberal Senator John Tierney resigned in 2005. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, who had already been elected as Tierney's replacement, but had not yet taken her seat, was appointed to the vacancy on 5 May 2015.
4. Father of the Senate
5. Liberal Senator John Herron resigned in 2002. Santo Santoro was appointed as his replacement on 29 October.
6. Liberal Senator Margaret Reid resigned in 2003. Gary Humphries was appointed as her replacement on 18 February.
7. Meg Lees was elected as a member of the Australian Democrats, but resigned from the party in July 2002 to sit as an independent. In April 2003, she founded the Australian Progressive Alliance, and served as its only representative in parliament.
8. Shayne Murphy had resigned from the Labor Party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.