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2001 Australian Senate elections
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40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Robert Hill John Faulkner
Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor
Leader since 3 April 1990 19 March 1996
Leader's seat South Australia New South Wales
Seats before 35 28
Seats after 35 28
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 4,641,477 3,990,997
Percentage 39.92% 34.42%
Swing Increase 4.10% Decrease 2.99%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Natasha Stott Despoja None
Party Democrats Greens
Leader since 6 April 2001
Leader's seat South Australia None
Seats before 9 1
Seats won 4 2
Seats after 8 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 843,130 574,543
Percentage 7.25% 4.94%
Swing Decrease 1.20% Increase 2.22%
Senators elected in the 2001 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election

Robert Hill
Liberal/National coalition

Elected Leader of the Senate

Robert Hill
Liberal/National coalition


2001 Australian federal election
National results
State and territory results

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 Independents [a] and one One Nation.[1][2] 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[edit]

Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 95.20% (CV) — Informal 3.89%[3]
Party Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change
  Liberal/National Coalition
  Liberal/National joint ticket 2,776,052 23.87 +2.00 6 11 Steady
  Liberal 1,824,745 15.69 +2.06 12 22 Steady
  National 222,860 1.92 +0.06 1 1 Steady
  Country Liberal 40,680 0.35 +0.03 1 1 Steady
Coalition total 4,863,337 41.83 +4.15 20 35 Steady
  Labor 3,990,997 34.32 -2.99 14 28 [a] Steady
  Democrats 843,130 7.25 -1.20 4 8 Decrease 1
  One Nation 644,364 5.54 -3.44 0 1 Steady
  Greens 574,543 4.94 +2.22 2 2 Increase 1
  Christian Democrats 129,966 1.12 +0.03
  Liberals for Forests 87,672 0.75 *
  Progressive Labour 76,150 0.65 *
  Democratic Labor 66,547 0.57 +0.30
  HEMP 63,648 0.55 *
  No GST 50,053 0.43 +0.29
  Unity 30,193 0.26 -0.57
  Fishing Party 27,591 0.24 *
  Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party 23,767 0.20 *
  Against Further Immigration 21,012 0.18 +0.11
  Republican 9,939 0.09 +0.08
  Citizens Electoral Council 8,896 0.08 +0.00
  Legal System Reform 8,199 0.07 *
  Our Common Future 5,358 0.05 *
  Nuclear Disarmament 4,596 0.04 -0.05
  Non-Custodial Parents 4,071 0.04 +0.04
  Tasmania First 3,895 0.03 -0.01
  Curtin Labor Alliance 3,494 0.03 *
  Hope 2,947 0.03 *
  Advance Australia 1,936 0.02 *
  Taxi Operators' Political Service 670 0.01 *
  Other 79,834 0.69 +0.39 0 2 [a] Steady
Total 11,627,529     40 76
Invalid/blank votes 470,515 3.9
Turnout 12,098,320 95.7
Registered voters 12,636,631
Source: Federal Elections 1998

New South Wales[edit]

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   Greens
1998
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 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
Lower Excise Fuel 1. David O'Loughlin
2. Paul Freeman 		23,767 0.61 +0.6
Against Further Immigration 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
Legal System Reform 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
Citizens Electoral Council 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
Total formal votes 3,879,443 96.46 -0.23
Informal votes 142,281 3.54 +0.23
Turnout 4,021,724 95.66 -0.68

Victoria[edit]

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   Democrats
1998
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 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
Citizens Electoral Council 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
Total formal votes 2,918,267 94.40 -1.82
Informal votes 173,141 5.60 +1.82
Turnout 3,091,408 96.04 -0.55

Queensland[edit]

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   National
1998
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 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
National 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
Citizens Electoral Council 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
Total formal votes 2,150,077 97.05 +0.09
Informal votes 65,450 2.95 -0.09
Turnout 2,215,527 95.23 +0.33

Western Australia[edit]

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   Democrats
1998
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 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
National 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
Citizens Electoral Council 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
Total formal votes 1,105,529 96.42 -0.63
Informal votes 41,025 3.58 +0.63
Turnout 1,146,554 95.04 -0.78

South Australia[edit]

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   Democrats
1998
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 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
Citizens Electoral Council Ervyn Behn 106 0.01 +0.00
Total formal votes 967,015 96.94 -0.25
Informal votes 30,561 3.06 +0.25
Turnout 997,576 96.22 -0.58

Tasmania[edit]

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   Liberal
1998
1998 1 Kerry O'Brien   Labor
1998 2 Eric Abetz   Liberal
1998 3 Shayne Murphy   Independent [a]
1998 4 Brian Gibson   Liberal
1998 5 Kay Denman   Labor
1998 6 Brian Harradine   Independent
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 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
Citizens Electoral Council Rob Larner 82 0.03 +0.03
Total formal votes 308,662 96.71 -0.23
Informal votes 10,493 3.29 +0.23
Turnout 319,155 96.83 +0.37

Territories[edit]

Australian Capital Territory[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2001 1 Kate Lundy   Labor
2001 2 Margaret Reid   Liberal
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 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
Citizens Electoral Council James Arnold 104 0.05 +0.05
Total formal votes 205,474 97.66 -0.37
Informal votes 4,924 2.34 +0.37
Turnout 210,398 95.69 -0.62

Northern Territory[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2001 1 Nigel Scullion   CLP
2001 2 Trish Crossin   Labor
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 31,021
Country Liberal 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
Citizens Electoral Council Peter Flynn 105 0.11 +0.11
Total formal votes 93,062 97.24 -0.76
Informal votes 1,901 2.76 +0.76
Turnout 95,702 86.20 -4.40

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Shayne Murphy had resigned from the Labor Party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Current and Prospective Senate Membership". AustralianPolitics.com. December 2001. Archived from the original on 20 July 2002.
  2. ^ "Senators Elected (1998)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  3. ^ "2001 Senate national summary". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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