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.

Senator	Party	State	Years in office
Hon Eric Abetz	Liberal	Tasmania	1994–present
Lyn Allison	Democrat	Victoria	1996–2008
Hon Richard Alston ^4	Liberal	Victoria	1986–2004
Guy Barnett	Liberal	Tasmania	2002–2011
Andrew Bartlett	Democrat	Queensland	1997–2008
Mark Bishop	ALP	Western Australia	1996–2014
Hon Nick Bolkus	ALP	South Australia	1981–2005
Hon Ron Boswell	National	Queensland	1983–2014
George Brandis	Liberal	Queensland	2000–present
Dr Bob Brown	Green	Tasmania	1996–2012
Geoff Buckland	ALP	South Australia	2000–2005
Paul Calvert	Liberal	Tasmania	1987–2007
George Campbell	ALP	New South Wales	1997–2008
Hon Ian Campbell	Liberal	Western Australia	1990–2007
Kim Carr	ALP	Victoria	1993–present
Grant Chapman	Liberal	South Australia	1987–2008
John Cherry	Democrat	Queensland	2001–2005
Richard Colbeck	Liberal	Tasmania	2002–present
Jacinta Collins	ALP	Victoria	1995–2005, 2008–present
Stephen Conroy	ALP	Victoria	1996–present
Hon Peter Cook	ALP	Western Australia	1983–2005
Hon Helen Coonan	Liberal	New South Wales	1996–2011
Trish Crossin	ALP	Northern Territory	1998–2013
Kay Denman	ALP	Tasmania	1993–2005
Alan Eggleston	Liberal	Western Australia	1996–2014
Hon Chris Ellison	Liberal	Western Australia	1993–2009
Chris Evans	ALP	Western Australia	1993–2013
Hon John Faulkner	ALP	New South Wales	1989–2015
Alan Ferguson	Liberal	South Australia	1992–2011
Jeannie Ferris	Liberal	South Australia	1996–2007
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells ^5	Liberal	New South Wales	2005–present
Mitch Fifield ^4	Liberal	Victoria	2004–present
Michael Forshaw	ALP	New South Wales	1994–2011
Brian Greig	Democrat	Western Australia	1999–2005
Brian Harradine	Independent	Tasmania	1975–2005
Len Harris	One Nation	Queensland	1999–2005
Hon Bill Heffernan	Liberal	New South Wales	1996–present
Dr John Herron ^2	Liberal	Queensland	1990–2002
Hon Robert Hill	Liberal	South Australia	1981–2006
John Hogg	ALP	Queensland	1996–2014
Gary Humphries ^3	Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	2003–2013
Steve Hutchins	ALP	New South Wales	1999–2011
David Johnston	Liberal	Western Australia	2002–present
Hon Rod Kemp	Liberal	Victoria	1990–2008
Linda Kirk	ALP	South Australia	2002–2008
Susan Knowles	Liberal	Western Australia	1984–2005
Meg Lees	Dem/Ind/APA ^1	South Australia	1990–2005
Ross Lightfoot	Liberal	Western Australia	1997–2008
Joe Ludwig	ALP	Queensland	1999–present
Kate Lundy	ALP	Australian Capital Territory	1996–2015
Hon Ian Macdonald	Liberal	Queensland	1990–present
Sandy Macdonald	National	New South Wales	1993–1999, 2000–2008
Sue Mackay	ALP	Tasmania	1996–2005
Gavin Marshall	ALP	Victoria	2002–present
Brett Mason	Liberal	Queensland	1999–2015
Julian McGauran	National	Victoria	1987–1990, 1993–2011
Jan McLucas	ALP	Queensland	1999–present
Hon Nick Minchin	Liberal	South Australia	1993–2011
Claire Moore	ALP	Queensland	2002–present
Shayne Murphy	Independent	Tasmania	1993–2005
Andrew Murray	Democrat	Western Australia	1996–2008
Kerry Nettle	Green	New South Wales	2002–2008
Kerry O'Brien	ALP	Tasmania	1996–2011
Hon Dr Kay Patterson	Liberal	Victoria	1987–2008
Marise Payne	Liberal	New South Wales	1997–present
Hon Robert Ray	ALP	Victoria	1981–2008
Margaret Reid ^3	Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	1981–2003
Aden Ridgeway	Democrat	New South Wales	1999–2005
Santo Santoro ^2	Liberal	Queensland	2002–2007
Nigel Scullion	CLP	Northern Territory	2001–present
Hon Nick Sherry	ALP	Tasmania	1990–2012
Natasha Stott Despoja	Democrat	South Australia	1995–2008
Ursula Stephens	ALP	New South Wales	2002–2014
Tsebin Tchen	Liberal	Victoria	1999–2005
John Tierney ^5	Liberal	New South Wales	1991–2005
Hon Judith Troeth	Liberal	Victoria	1993–2011
Hon Amanda Vanstone	Liberal	South Australia	1984–2007
John Watson	Liberal	Tasmania	1978–2008
Ruth Webber	ALP	Western Australia	2002–2008
Penny Wong	ALP	South Australia	2002–present

¹ 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.

² Liberal Senator Dr John Herron resigned in 2002. Santo Santoro was appointed as his replacement on 29 October.

³ Liberal Senator Margaret Reid resigned in 2003. Gary Humphries was appointed as her replacement on 18 February.

⁴ Liberal Senator Richard Alston resigned in 2004. Mitch Fifield was appointed as his replacement.

⁵ Liberal Senator John Tierney resigned in early-to-mid-2005, not long before his term was due to expire. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, who had already been elected as Tierney's replacement, but had not yet taken her seat, was appointed to the vacancy.

Members of the Australian Parliament

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