2001 Australian Senate election

Australian federal election results June 2022 April 2022 2001 Australian Senate elections Australia parliamentary no Results of the 1998 Australian federal election (Senate) 1998 Results of the 2004 Australian federal election (Senate) 2004 40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 10 November 2001 LiberalNational Coalition 175x175px Robert Hill South Australia 3 April 1990 35 35 4,641,477 39.92% 4.10% Australian Labor Party 175x175px John Faulkner New South Wales 19 March 1996 28 28 3,990,997 34.42% 2.99% Australian Democrats 175x175px Natasha Stott Despoja South Australia 6 April 2001 9 4 8 1 843,130 7.25% 1.20% Greens 175x175px None None 1 2 2 1 574,543 4.94% 2.22% Australian Senate elected members, 2001.svg Senators elected in the 2001 federal election Leader of the Senate Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2001 federal election. Senators total 35 coalition (31 Liberal, three National, one CLP), 28 Labor, two Green, eight Democrats, two IndependentsMurphy and one One Nation.http://australianpolitics.com/parliament/senate/rotational-list.shtml Current and Prospective Senate Membership December 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20020720072700/https://australianpolitics.com/parliament/senate/rotational-list.shtml 2002-07-20 AustralianPolitics.comSenators Elected (1998) https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/federal_elections/1998/senate-elected.htm 2022-06-08 Australian Electoral Commission Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2002, except the territories who took their seats immediately. Australia + Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 95.20% (CV) — Informal 3.89%2001 Psephos Senate http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/2001/2001senate1.txt 2001 Senate national summary Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 2022-06-08File:2001 Australian Senate.svg Party Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change  Liberal/National Coalition   Liberal/National joint ticket 2,776,052 23.87 +2.00 6 11   Liberal 1,824,745 15.69 +2.06 12 22   Nationals 222,860 1.92 +0.06 1 1   CLP 40,680 0.35 +0.03 1 1 Coalition total 4,863,337 41.83 +4.15 20 35   Labor 3,990,997 34.32 -2.99 14 28Murphy Shayne Murphy had resigned from the Labor Party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.   Democrats 843,130 7.25 -1.20 4 8 1   One Nation 644,364 5.54 -3.44 0 1   Greens 574,543 4.94 +2.22 2 2 1 Total 11,627,529     40 76 Invalid/blank votes 470,515 3.9 Turnout 12,098,320 95.7Registered voters 12,636,631 Source: Federal Elections 1998 New South Wales Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Helen Coonan  Liberal 2001 2 Ursula Stephens  Labor 2001 3 Sandy Macdonald  National 2001 4 George Campbell  Labor 2001 5 Marise Payne  Liberal 2001 6 Kerry Nettle  Greens1998 1998 1 Steve Hutchins  Labor 1998 2 Bill Heffernan  Liberal 1998 3 John Faulkner  Labor 1998 4 John Tierney  Liberal 1998 5 Aden Ridgeway  Democrats 1998 6 Michael Forshaw  Labor 2001 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales 554,207 Coalition 1. Helen Coonan (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Sandy Macdonald (Nat) (elected 3) 3. Marise Payne (Lib) (elected 5) 4. Fiona Nash (Nat) 5. Scot MacDonald (Lib) 6. Terence Tang (Lib) 1,620,235 41.76 +3.3 Labor 1. Ursula Stephens (elected 2) 2. George Campbell (elected 4) 3. Warren Mundine 4. Joanna Woods 1,299,488 33.50 -5.0 Democrats 1. Vicki Bourne 2. Joanne Yates 3. Craig Chung 4. Caroline Mayfield 5. Janine Prince 6. Julian Evans 240,867 6.21 -1.1 One Nation 1. Don McKinnon 2. Rick Putra 3. Carol Deeney 216,522 5.58 -4.0 Greens 1. Kerry Nettle (elected 6) 2. John Kaye 3. Jan Davis 4. James Ryan 169,139 4.36 +2.3 Christian Democrats 1. George Capsis 2. Kevin Hume 72,697 1.87 +0.4 Progressive Labour 1. Klaas Woldring 2. Shona Lee 68,483 1.77 +1.8 HEMP 1. Michael Balderstone 2. Don Fuggle 35,526 0.92 +0.9 Fishing Party 1. Robert Smith 2. David Wiseman 27,591 0.71 +0.7 No GST 1. Mick Gallagher 2. Charles Martin 25,734 0.66 +0.5 LEF 1. David O'Loughlin 2. Paul Freeman 23,767 0.61 +0.6 AAFI 1. David Kitson 2. Edwin Woodger 21,012 0.54 +0.3 Unity 1. Thang Ngo 2. Robert McLeod 19,731 0.51 -1.1 Reform the Legal System 1. Denise Greenaway 2. Valerie Armstrong 8,199 0.21 +0.2 Our Common Future 1. Helen Caldicott 2. Ted Potts 5,358 0.14 +0.1 Republican 1. Kerry McNally 2. Tom Jordan 5,101 0.13 +0.1 Nuclear Disarmament 1. Michael Denborough 2. Yvonne Francis 4,596 0.12 -0.1 Non-Custodial Parents 1. Andy Thompson 2. Annette McKeegan 4,071 0.10 +0.1 Group L 1. Lex Stewart 2. John Stewart 2,402 0.06 +0.06 CEC 1. Robert Butler 2. Clenys Collins 2,370 0.06 +0.0 Advance Australia 1. Rex Connor 2. Robert Astridge 3. Shirley Guy 1,936 0.05 +0.05 Group U 1. Pip Hinman 2. Ian Rintoul 1,364 0.04 +0.04 Group N 1. Warren Smith 2. Geoff Lawler 3. Dora Anthony 1,241 0.03 +0.03 Independent Beverly Baker 971 0.03 +0.03 Independent F Ivor 703 0.02 +0.02 Independent Jack Lord 237 0.01 +0.01 Independent Walter Tinyow 102 0.01 +0.01 3,879,443 96.46 -0.23 142,281 3.54 +0.23 4,021,724 95.66 -0.68 Victoria Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Richard Alston  Liberal 2001 2 Robert Ray  Labor 2001 3 Rod Kemp  Liberal 2001 4 Gavin Marshall  Labor 2001 5 Kay Patterson  Liberal 2001 6 Lyn Allison  Democrats1998 1998 1 Stephen Conroy  Labor 1998 2 Judith Troeth  Liberal 1998 3 Kim Carr  Labor 1998 4 Julian McGauran  National 1998 5 Jacinta Collins  Labor 1998 6 Tsebin Tchen  Liberal 2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria 416,896 Coalition 1. Richard Alston (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Rod Kemp (Lib) (elected 3) 3. Kay Patterson (Lib) (elected 5) 4. Tim Hawker (Nat) 5. Dino de Marchi (Lib) 6. Duc-Dung Tran (Lib) 1,155,817 39.61 +1.8 Labor 1. Robert Ray (elected 2) 2. Gavin Marshall (elected 4) 3. Ted Murphy 4. Robert Chong 1,073,632 36.79 -3.7 Democrats 1. Lyn Allison (elected 6) 2. Pierre Harcourt 3. David Wark 4. Simone Alesich 228,212 7.82 -2.0 Greens 1. Scott Kinnear 2. Eleisha Mullane 3. Dinesh Mathew 4. Liz Conor 174,756 4.36 +3.5 One Nation 1. Robyn Spencer 2. Neville McIntyre 71,598 2.45 -1.6 liberals for forests 1. Suresh Pathy 2. John Lugg 70,134 2.40 +2.4 Democratic Labor 1. John Mulholland 2. Pat Crea 3. Gail King 4. Rosemary Maurus 5. Ken Wells 66,547 2.28 +0.0 Group C 1. Phil Cleary 2. Eileen Zombolas 36,142 1.24 +1.24 Christian Democrats 1. Murray Graham 2. Arnold Jago 17,155 0.59 +0.1 Unity 1. Wellington Lee 2. Diana Wolowski 3. Bill Cope (academic) 9,651 0.33 -0.4 CEC 1. Noelene Isherwood 2. Robert Barwick 2,660 0.09 +0.1 Group J 1. A.T. Baker 2. Pam Barber 2,585 0.09 +0.09 Hope 1. Tim Petherbridge 2. Lee-Anne Poynton 2,581 0.09 +0.1 Group Q 1. Alison Thorne 2. Sarah Peart 3. Tony Dewberry 1,730 0.06 +0.06 Group F 1. Steve Raskovy 2. Elizabeth Kennedy 1,496 0.05 +0.05 Group E 1. Joseph Toscano 2. Stephen Reghenzani 1,391 0.05 +0.05 Group N 1. Craig Davis 2. Donna Brocas 700 0.02 +0.02 Independent Daniel Flood 589 0.02 +0.02 Independent Isaac Gnieslaw 559 0.02 +0.02 Independent Richard Maslowski 105 0.01 +0.01 2,918,267 94.40 -1.82 173,141 5.60 +1.82 3,091,408 96.04 -0.55 Queensland Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Ian Macdonald  Liberal 2001 2 John Hogg  Labor 2001 3 John Herron  Liberal 2001 4 Claire Moore  Labor 2001 5 Andrew Bartlett  Democrats 2001 6 Ron Boswell  National1998 1998 1 Jan McLucas  Labor 2000* 2 George Brandis  Liberal 1999† 3 Len Harris  One Nation 1998 4 Joe Ludwig  Labor 1998 5 Brett Mason  Liberal 2001‡ 6 John Cherry  Democrats 2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland 307,154 Liberal 1. Ian Macdonald (elected 1) 2. John Herron (elected 3) 3. Russell Trood 4. Deborah Kember 750,416 34.90 +9.0 Labor 1. John Hogg (elected 2) 2. Claire Moore (elected 4) 3. Brenda Gibbs 682,239 31.73 -0.9 One Nation 1. Pauline Hanson 2. Trevor Hansen 3. Morrie Marsden 4. John Slack-Smith 215,400 10.02 -4.8 Nationals 1. Ron Boswell (elected 6) 2. Pam Stallman 3. Barnaby Joyce 196,845 9.16 -0.3 Democrats 1. Andrew Bartlett (elected 5) 2. Liz Oss-Emer 3. Megan Bathurst 143,942 6.69 -1.0 Greens 1. Sarah Moles 2. Desiree Mahoney 3. Mark Taylor 71,102 3.31 +1.2 HEMP 1. Nigel Freemarijuana 2. Guy Freemarijuana 28,122 1.31 +1.3 No GST 1. David Ettridge 2. Richard Gooch 24,319 1.13 -1.0 Christian Democrats 1. Kerry Blackman 2. Geoffrey Bullock 22,703 1.06 -0.3 Group A 1. Sam Watson 2. Karen Fletcher 8,553 0.40 +0.40 Republican 1. John Pyke 2. Malcolm Simpson 2,553 0.12 +0.1 CEC 1. Danny Hope 2. Nick Contarino 2,226 0.10 +0.10 Independent Derek Rosborough 700 0.03 +0.03 Independent Phillip Riley 263 0.01 +0.01 Independent George Szentes 180 0.01 +0.01 Independent Oni Kirwin 173 0.01 +0.01 Independent Anthony Melrose 105 0.01 +0.01 Independent John Jones 86 0.01 +0.01 Independent David Howse 78 0.01 +0.01 Independent Walter Philippi 72 0.01 +0.01 2,150,077 97.05 +0.09 65,450 2.95 -0.09 2,215,527 95.23 +0.33 Western Australia Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Alan Eggleston  Liberal 2001 2 Mark Bishop  Labor 2001 3 David Johnston  Liberal 2001 4 Ruth Webber  Labor 2001 5 Ross Lightfoot  Liberal 2001 6 Andrew Murray  Democrats1998 1998 1 Chris Ellison  Liberal 1998 2 Peter Cook  Labor 1998 3 Ian Campbell  Liberal 1998 4 Chris Evans  Labor 1998 5 Brian Greig  Democrats 1998 6 Sue Knowles  Liberal 2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia 157,933 Liberal 1. Alan Eggleston (elected 1) 2. David Johnston (elected 3) 3. Ross Lightfoot (elected 5) 4. Winston Crane 5. Kim Keogh 6. Nigel Hallett 443,597 40.13 +1.7 Labor 1. Mark Bishop (elected 2) 2. Ruth Webber (elected 4) 3. Mark Cuomo 4. Gavin Waugh 377,547 34.15 -0.4 One Nation 1. Graeme Campbell 2. Gerry Kenworthy 3. Marye Daniels 4. Peter David 77,757 7.03 -3.0 Democrats 1. Andrew Murray (elected 6) 2. Helen Hodgson 3. Damian Meyer 64,773 5.86 -0.5 Greens 1. Rachel Siewert 2. Lee Bell 3. Paul Smith 4. Jenna Zed 64,736 5.86 +0.2 WA Nationals 1. Hendy Cowan 2. Margaret Day 26,015 2.35 +1.2 liberals for forests 1. Liz Davenport 2. Arthur Harris 15,646 1.42 +1.4 Christian Democrats 1. Justin Moseley 2. Kerry Watterson 13,809 1.25 +0.4 Progressive Labour 1. Eddie Hwang 2. Nicholas Chin 7,667 0.69 +0.7 Group A 1. Jim Dalton 2. Kate Dalton 4,495 0.41 +0.4 Curtin Labor Alliance 1. Adrian Bennett 2. June Bennett 3,494 0.32 +0.3 Group B 1. Geoff Taylor 2. Henry Sheil 1,631 0.15 +0.2 CEC 1. Jean Robertson 2. John Watson 1,243 0.11 +0.0 Unity 1. Eddie Hwang 2. Nicholas Chin 811 0.07 -1.0 Independent Jennifer Lee 804 0.07 +0.1 Taxi Operators 1. Alan Bateson 2. Ramon Kennedy 670 0.06 +0.06 Group K 1. Frank Nesci 2. Renu Schneider 532 0.05 +0.05 Group M 1. Clarrie Isaacs 2. Daniel Watson 302 0.03 +0.03 1,105,529 96.42 -0.63 41,025 3.58 +0.63 1,146,554 95.04 -0.78 South Australia Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Robert Hill  Liberal 2001 2 Penny Wong  Labor 2001 3 Jeannie Ferris  Liberal 2001 4 Linda Kirk  Labor 2001 5 Grant Chapman  Liberal 2001 6 Natasha Stott Despoja  Democrats1998 1998 1 Amanda Vanstone  Liberal 1998 2 Nick Bolkus  Labor 1998 3 Nick Minchin  Liberal 1998 4 John Quirke  Labor 1998 5 Meg Lees  Democrats 1998 6 Alan Ferguson  Liberal 2001 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia 138,146 Liberal 1. Robert Hill (elected 1) 2. Jeannie Ferris (elected 3) 3. Grant Chapman (elected 5) 4. Michelle Lensink 440,537 45.53 +5.0 Labor 1. Penny Wong (elected 2) 2. Linda Kirk (elected 4) 3. Chris Schacht 321,551 33.23 -1.3 Democrats 1. Natasha Stott Despoja (elected 6) 2. Jeff Heath 3. Michael Pilling 4. Haroon Hassan 122,195 12.63 +0.3 One Nation 1. Neil Russell-Taylor 2. Colin Gibson 44,080 4.56 -5.0 Greens 1. Cate Faehrmann 2. Jim Douglas 33,439 3.46 +1.3 Republican 1. Patrick Crozier 2. Robert Easson 1,917 0.20 +0.20 Group D 1. Kathy Newnam 2. Lisa Lines 1,171 0.12 +0.12 Group G 1. Kerry Harte 2. Colin Phillips 886 0.09 +0.09 Group F 1. Mark Aldridge 2. Helen Aldridge 750 0.08 +0.08 Independent Kym Fishlock 596 0.06 +0.06 Independent Nicholas McShane 309 0.03 +0.03 CEC Ervyn Behn 106 0.01 +0.00 967,015 96.94 -0.25 30,561 3.06 +0.25 997,576 96.22 -0.58 Tasmania Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Paul Calvert  Liberal 2001 2 Sue Mackay  Labor 2001 3 John Watson  Liberal 2001 4 Nick Sherry  Labor 2001 5 Bob Brown  Greens 2001 6 Richard Colbeck  Liberal1998 1998 1 Kerry O'Brien  Labor 1998 2 Eric Abetz  Liberal 1998 3 Shayne Murphy  IndependentMurphy Shayne Murphy had resigned from the Labor Party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent. 1998 4 Brian Gibson  Liberal 1998 5 Kay Denman  Labor 1998 6 Brian Harradine  Independent 2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania 44,095 Liberal 1. Paul Calvert (elected 1) 2. John Watson (elected 3) 3. Richard Colbeck (elected 6) 119,720 38.79 +6.1 Labor 1. Sue Mackay (elected 2) 2. Nick Sherry (elected 4) 3. Catryna Bilyk 113,709 36.84 -4.6 Greens Bob Brown (elected 5) 42,568 13.79 +8.0 Democrats 1. Debbie Butler 2. Brendan Toohey 14,273 4.62 +0.7 One Nation 1. Bronwyn Boag 2. Peter Stokes 10,169 3.29 -0.4 Tasmania First 1. Merilyn Crack 2. David Jackson 3. John Presser 3,895 1.26 -0.2 liberals for forests 1. Peter Pullinger 2. Michael Thomas 1,892 0.61 +0.6 Independent Eric Lockett 464 0.15 +0.1 Group D 1. Stephen Bonner 2. Geoff Howard 414 0.13 +0.1 Group G 1. Alex Bainbridge 2. Sarah Cleary 389 0.13 +0.1 Republican 1. Peter Consandine 2. Bert Lawatsch 368 0.12 +0.0 Hope 1. James Bristow 2. Shamara Petherbridge-de Tissera 368 0.12 +0.12 Independent Helen Lane 268 0.09 +0.09 Independent John Marmarinos 85 0.03 +0.03 CEC Rob Larner 82 0.03 +0.03 308,662 96.71 -0.23 10,493 3.29 +0.23 319,155 96.83 +0.37 Territories Australian Capital Territory Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Kate Lundy  Labor 2001 2 Margaret Reid  Liberal 2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory 68,492 Labor 1. Kate Lundy (elected 1) 2. Robin Poke 86,331 42.02 -1.0 Liberal 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. Bill Hanlon 70,475 34.30 +3.0 Democrats 1. Wayne Sievers 2. Roslyn Dundas 22,072 10.74 -6.2 Greens 1. Gary Corr 2. Felicity Fahey 14,825 7.22 +4.0 One Nation 1. Don Tarlinton 2. Ted Tarlinton 4,485 2.18 -2.2 Christian Democrats 1. Ian McClure 2. Tim Janes 3,602 1.25 +0.8 Independent Ken Helm 3,580 1.74 +1.74 CEC James Arnold 104 0.05 +0.05 205,474 97.66 -0.37 4,924 2.34 +0.37 210,398 95.69 -0.62 Northern Territory Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Nigel Scullion  CLP 2001 2 Trish Crossin  Labor 2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory 31,021 CLP 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 1) 2. John Lopes 40,680 43.71 +4.9 Labor 1. Trish Crossin (elected 2) 2. Olga Havnen 36,500 39.22 -2.0 Democrats 1. David Curtis 2. Joe Faggion 6,796 7.30 +2.8 One Nation 1. Rob Phillips 2. Jim King 4,353 4.68 -4.6 Greens 1. Melanie Ross 2. Charlotte McCabe 3,978 4.27 +0.2 Group D 1. June Mills 2. Gary Meyerhoff 650 0.70 +0.70 CEC Peter Flynn 105 0.11 +0.11 93,062 97.24 -0.76 1,901 2.76 +0.76 95,702 86.20 -4.40 See also Candidates of the 2001 Australian federal election Members of the Australian Senate, 2002–2005 Notes References expanded Category:2001 elections in Australia Senate 2001 Category:Australian Senate elections