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Title: Part 2 - The Forty-second Parliament

Statistical information as at 1.7.2008

Period of service
Database: Parliamentary Handbook

Date: 19-12-2008
Source: Parliamentary Library
Parl No.: 42
System Id: handbook/newhandbook/2008-12-19/0034

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Period of service Senate

Date of commencement of service	Senator	State or Territory	Party	Years of service
5.3.1983	Boswell, the Hon. RLD	Queensland	NP	25
11.7.1987	McGauran, JJJ	Victoria	NP to 2006	18
	Defeated 1990 (term ended 30.6.1990). Re-elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993)		LIB from 2006
4.4.1989*	Faulkner, the Hon. JP	New South Wales	ALP	19
	Chosen 4.4.1989 (term ended 30.6.1993). Elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993).
1.7.1990	Macdonald, the Hon. ID	Queensland	LIB	18
	Sherry, the Hon. NJ	Tasmania	ALP	18
26.5.1992*	Ferguson, the Hon. AB	South Australia	LIB	16
	Chosen 26.5.1992 (term ended 30.6.1993). Elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993).
28.4.1993*	Carr, the Hon. KJ	Victoria	ALP	15
	Chosen 28.4.1993 (term ended 30.6.1993). Elected 1993 (term began 1.7.1993).
1.7.1993	Ellison, the Hon. CM	Western Australia	LIB	15
	Evans, the Hon. CV	Western Australia	ALP	15
	Minchin, the Hon. NH	South Australia	LIB	15
	Troeth, the Hon. JM	Victoria	LIB	15
22.2.1994*	Abetz, the Hon. E	Tasmania	LIB	14
	Chosen 22.2.1994 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).
10.5.1994*	Forshaw, MG	New South Wales	ALP	14
	Chosen 10.5.1994 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).
3.5.1995*	Collins, JMA	Victoria	ALP	11
	Chosen 3.5.1995 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999). Defeated 2004 (term ended 30.6.2005). Chosen 8.5.2008 (term ended 30.6.2008). Re-elected 2007 (term began 1.7.2008).
2.3.1996	Lundy, KA	Australian Capital Territory	ALP	12
30.4.1996*	Conroy, the Hon. SM	Victoria	ALP	12
	Appointed 30.4.1996 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).
1.7.1996	Bishop, TM	Western Australia	ALP	12
	Brown, RJ	Tasmania	GRN	12
	Coonan, the Hon. HL	New South Wales	LIB	12
	Eggleston, A	Western Australia	LIB	12
	Hogg, JJ	Queensland	ALP	12
5.9.1996*	O'Brien, KWK	Tasmania	ALP	11
	Chosen 5.9.1996 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).
18.9.1996*	Heffernan, the Hon. WD	New South Wales	LIB	11
	Chosen 18.9.1996 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).
9.4.1997*	Payne, MA	New South Wales	LIB	11
	Chosen 9.4.1997 (term ended 30.6.2002). Elected 2001 (term began 1.7.2002).
16.6.1998*	Crossin, PM	Northern Territory	ALP	10
	Chosen 16.6.1998 (term ended 2.10.1998). Elected 1998 (term began 3.10.1998).
14.10.1998*	Hutchins, SP	New South Wales	ALP	9
	Chosen 14.10.1998 (term ended 30.6.1999). Elected 1998 (term began 1.7.1999).
1.7.1999	Ludwig, the Hon. JW	Queensland	ALP	9
	McLucas, the Hon. JE	Queensland	ALP	9
	Mason, the Hon. BJ	Queensland	LIB	9
16.5.2000*	Brandis, the Hon. GH	Queensland	LIB	8
	Chosen 16.5.2000 (term ended 30.6.2005). Elected 2004 (term began 1.7.2005).
10.11.2001	Scullion, the Hon. NG	Northern Territory	CLP	6
4.2.2002*	Colbeck, the Hon. RM	Tasmania	LIB	6
	Chosen 4.2.2002 (term ended 30.6.2002). Elected 2001 (term began 1.7.2002).
26.2.2002*	Barnett, G	Tasmania	LIB	6
	Chosen 26.2.2002 (term ended 30.6.2005). Elected 2004 (term began 1.7.2005).
1.7.2002	Johnston, the Hon. DAL	Western Australia	LIB	6
	Marshall, GM	Victoria	ALP	6
	Moore, CM	Queensland	ALP	6
	Stephens, the Hon. U	New South Wales	ALP	6
	Wong, the Hon. PY	South Australia	ALP	6
18.2.2003*	Humphries, GJJ	Australian Capital Territory	LIB	5
	Chosen 29.10.2003. Elected 2004 (term began 9.10.2004).
31.3.2004*	Fifield, MP	Victoria	LIB	4
	Chosen 31.3.2004 (term ended 30.6.2008). Elected 2007 (term began 1.7.2008).
5.5.2005*	Fierravanti-Wells, CA	New South Wales	LIB	3
	Chosen 5.5.2005 (term ends 30.6.2005). Elected 2004 (term began 1.7.2005).
1.7.2005	Adams, JA	Western Australia	LIB	3
	Fielding, S	Victoria	FFP	3
	Hurley, AK	South Australia	ALP	3
	Joyce, BTG	Queensland	NP	3
	McEwen, A	South Australia	ALP	3
	Milne, CA	Tasmania	GRN	3
	Nash, FJ	New South Wales	NP	3
	Parry, SS	Tasmania	LIB	3
	Polley, HB	Tasmania	ALP	3
	Ronaldson, the Hon. MJC	Victoria	LIB H of R	11
	Member for Ballarat (Vic.) 24.3.1990-10.11.2001.		Senate	3
	Siewert, RM	Western Australia	GRN	3
	Sterle, G	Western Australia	ALP	3
	Trood, RB	Queensland	LIB	3
	Wortley, DJ	South Australia	ALP	3
25.8.2005*	Brown, CL	Tasmania	ALP	2
	Chosen 25.8.2005 (term ended 30.6.2008). Elected 2007 (term began 1.7.2008).
4.5.2006*	Bernardi, C	South Australia	LIB	2
	Chosen 4.5.2006 (term ended 30.6.2008). Elected 2007 (term began 1.7.2008).
19.4.2007*	Boyce, SK	Queensland	LIB	1
	Chosen 19.4.2007 (term ended 30.6.2008). Elected 2007 (term began 1.7.2008).
3.5.2007*	Birmingham, SJ	South Australia	LIB	1
6.6.2007*	Fisher, MJ	South Australia	LIB	1
	Chosen 6.6.2007 (term ends 30.6.2011).
19.6.2007*	Cormann, MHP	Western Australia	LIB	1
	Chosen 19.6.2007 (term ends 30.6.2011).
30.8.2007*	Bushby, DC	Tasmania	LIB	-
	Chosen 30.8.2007 (term ended 30.6.2008). Elected 2007 (term began 1.7.2008).
1.7.2008	Arbib, MW	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Bilyk, CL	Tasmania	ALP	-
	Cameron, DN	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Cash, MC	Western Australia	LIB	-
	Farrell, DE	South Australia	ALP	-
	Feeney, DI	Victoria	ALP	-
	Furner, ML	Queensland	ALP	-
	Hanson-Young, SC	South Australia	GRN	-
	Kroger, H	Victoria	LIB	-
	Ludlam, S	Western Australia	GRN	-
	Pratt, LC	Western Australia	ALP	-
	Ryan, SM	Victoria	LIB	-
	Williams, JR	New South Wales	NP	-
	Xenophon, N	South Australia	IND	-

* Appointed or chosen under section 15 of the Constitution-for details see biographical entry.

House of Representatives

Date of commencement of service	Senator	State or Territory	Party	Years of service
22.9.1973*	Ruddock, the Hon. PM	New South Wales	LIB	34
18.10.1980	Tuckey, the Hon. CW	Western Australia	LIB	27
7.5.1983*	Hawker, the Hon. DPM	Victoria	LIB	25
1.12.1984	Downer, the Hon. AJG1	South Australia	LIB	23
	Price, the Hon. LRS	New South Wales	ALP	23
	Slipper, the Hon. PN	Queensland	NPA 1984-87	17
	Defeated 11.7.1987. Re-elected 13.3.1993.		LIB from 1993
8.2.1986*	Jenkins, HA	Victoria	ALP	22
11.7.1987	Kerr, the Hon. DJC	Tasmania	ALP	21
	Snowdon, the Hon. WE	Northern Territory	ALP	18
	Defeated 2.3.1996. Re-elected 3.10.1998.
24.3.1990	Bailey, the Hon. FE	Victoria	LIB	15
	Defeated 13.3.1993. Re-elected 2.3.1996.
	Bevis, the Hon. AR	Queensland	ALP	18
	Broadbent, RE	Victoria	LIB	9
	Defeated 13.3.1993. Re-elected 2.3.1996. Defeated 3.10.1998. Re-elected 9.10.2004.
	Costello, the Hon. PH	Victoria	LIB	18
	Crean, the Hon. SF	Victoria	ALP	18
	Ferguson, the Hon. LDT	New South Wales	ALP	18
	Melham, D	New South Wales	ALP	18
	Scott, the Hon. BC	Queensland	NP	18
	Somlyay, the Hon. AM	Queensland	LIB	18
	Truss, the Hon. WE	Queensland	NP	18
11.5.1991*	Andrews, the Hon. KJ	Victoria	LIB	17
13.3.1993	Adams, the Hon. DGH	Tasmania	ALP	15
	Forrest, JA	Victoria	NP	15
	Griffin, the Hon. AP	Victoria	ALP	15
	Katter, the Hon. RC	Queensland	IND	15
	Moylan, the Hon. JE	Western Australia	LIB	15
	Neville, PC	Queensland	NP	15
	Pyne, the Hon. CM	South Australia	LIB	15
	Smith, the Hon. SF	Western Australia	ALP	15
	Swan, the Hon. WM	Queensland	ALP	12
	Defeated 2.3.1996. Re-elected 3.10.1998.
	Tanner, the Hon. LJ	Victoria	ALP	15
	Vaile, the Hon. MAJ 2	New South Wales	NP	15
26.3.1994*	Abbott, the Hon. AJ	New South Wales	LIB	14
	Bishop, the Hon. BK	New South Wales	LIB Senate	6
	Senator for New South Wales 11.7.1987-resigned 24.2.1994.		H of R	14
19.11.1994*	Georgiou, P	Victoria	LIB	13
2.3.1996	Albanese, the Hon. AN	New South Wales	ALP	12
	Baldwin, the Hon. RC	New South Wales	LIB	9
	Defeated 3.10.1998. Re-elected 10.11.2001.
	Billson, the Hon. BF	Victoria	LIB	12
	Ellis, AL	Australian Capital Territory	ALP	12
	Ferguson, the Hon. MJ	Victoria	ALP	12
	Fitzgibbon, the Hon. JA	New South Wales	ALP	12
	Gash, J	New South Wales	LIB	12
2.3.1996	Hockey, the Hon. JB	New South Wales	LIB	12
	Lindsay, the Hon. PJ	Queensland	LIB	12
	McClelland, the Hon. RB	New South Wales	ALP	12
	McMullan, the Hon. RF	Australian Capital Territory	ALP Senate	8
	Senator for the Australian Capital Territory 16.2.1988-resigned 6.2.1996.		H of R	12
	Macklin, the Hon. JL	Victoria	ALP	12
	Nelson, the Hon. Dr BJ	New South Wales	LIB	12
	Randall, DJ	Western Australia	LIB	9
	Defeated 3.10.1998. Re-elected 10.11.2001.
	Southcott, Dr AJ	South Australia	LIB	12
	Stone, the Hon. Dr SN	Victoria	LIB	12
	Thomson, KJ	Victoria	ALP	12
	Vale, the Hon. DS	New South Wales	LIB	12
3.10.1998	Bishop, the Hon. JI	Western Australia	LIB	9
	Burke, AE	Victoria	ALP	9
	Danby, MD	Victoria	ALP	9
	Emerson, the Hon. Dr CA	Queensland	ALP	9
	Gibbons, SW	Victoria	ALP	9
	Gillard, the Hon. JE	Victoria	ALP	9
	Haase, BW	Western Australia	LIB	9
	Hall, JG	New South Wales	ALP	9
	Hull, KE	New South Wales	NP	9
	Irwin, JC	New South Wales	ALP	9
	Livermore, KF	Queensland	ALP	9
	Macfarlane, the Hon. IE	Queensland	LIB	9
	May, MA	Queensland	LIB	9
	Murphy, the Hon. JP	New South Wales	ALP	9
	Plibersek, the Hon. TJ	New South Wales	ALP	9
	Ripoll, BF	Queensland	ALP	9
	Roxon, the Hon. NL	Victoria	ALP	9
	Rudd, the Hon. KM	Queensland	ALP	9
	Schultz, AJ	New South Wales	LIB	9
	Secker, PD	South Australia	LIB	9
	Sidebottom, PS	Tasmania	ALP	6
	Defeated 9.10.2004. Re-elected 24.11.2007
	Washer, Dr MJ	Western Australia	LIB	9
6.11.1999*	Byrne, the Hon. AM	Victoria	ALP	8
14.7.2001*	Pearce, the Hon. CJ	Victoria	LIB	6
10.11.2001	Ciobo, SM	Queensland	LIB	6
	Cobb, the Hon. JK	New South Wales	NP	6
	Dutton, the Hon. PC	Queensland	LIB	6
	Farmer, the Hon. PF	New South Wales	LIB	6
	George, J	New South Wales	ALP	6
	Grierson, SJ	New South Wales	ALP	6
	Hartsuyker, L	New South Wales	NP	6
	Hunt, the Hon. GA	Victoria	LIB	6
	Jackson, SM	Western Australia	ALP	3
	Defeated 9.10.2004. Re-elected 24.11.2007
	Johnson, MA	Queensland	LIB	6
	King, CF	Victoria	ALP	6
	Ley, the Hon. SP	New South Wales	LIB	6
10.11.2001	Mirabella, S	Victoria	LIB	6
	O'Connor, the Hon. BPJ	Victoria	ALP	6
	Smith, the Hon. ADH	Victoria	LIB	6
	Vamvakinou, M	Victoria	ALP	6
	Windsor, AHC	New South Wales	IND	6
9.10.2004	Bird, SL	New South Wales	ALP	3
	Bowen, the Hon. CE	New South Wales	ALP	3
	Burke, the Hon. AS	New South Wales	ALP	3
	Elliot, the Hon. MJ	New South Wales	ALP	3
	Ellis, the Hon. KM	South Australia	ALP	3
	Garrett, the Hon. PR	New South Wales	ALP	3
	Georganas, S	South Australia	ALP	3
	Jensen, DG	Western Australia	LIB	3
	Keenan, MF	Western Australia	LIB	3
	Laming, AC	Queensland	LIB	3
	Markus, LE	New South Wales	LIB	3
	Owens, JA	New South Wales	ALP	3
	Robb, the Hon. AJ	Victoria	LIB	3
	Turnbull, the Hon. MB	New South Wales	LIB	3
	Wood, JP	Victoria	LIB	3
19.3.2005*	Hayes, CP	New South Wales	ALP	3
24.11.2007	Bidgood, JM	Queensland	ALP	-
	Bradbury, DJ	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Butler, MC	South Australia	ALP	-
	Campbell, JL	Tasmania	ALP	-
	Champion, ND	South Australia	ALP	-
	Cheeseman, DL	Victoria	ALP	-
	Clare, JD	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Collins, JM	Tasmania	ALP	-
	Combet, the Hon. GI	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Coulton, MM	New South Wales	NP	-
	D'Ath, YM	Queensland	ALP	-
	Debus, the Hon. RJ	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Dreyfus, MA	Victoria	ALP	-
	Gray, the Hon. G	Western Australia	ALP	-
	Hale, DF	Northern Territory	ALP	-
	Hawke, AG	New South Wales	LIB	-
	Irons, SJ	Western Australia	LIB	-
	Kelly, the Hon. Dr MJ	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Marino, NB	Western Australia	LIB	-
	Marles, RD	Victoria	ALP	-
	McKew, the Hon. MM	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Morrison, SJ	New South Wales	LIB	-
	Neal, BJ	New South Wales	ALP H of R	-
	Senator for New South Wales 8.3.1994-resigned 3.9.1998		ALP Senate	4
	Neumann, SK	Queensland	ALP	-
	Parke, M	Western Australia	ALP	-
	Perrett, GD	Queensland	ALP	-
	Raguse, BB	Queensland	ALP	-
	Ramsey, RE	South Australia	LIB	-
	Rea, KM	Queensland	ALP	-
24.11.2007	Rishworth, AL	South Australia	ALP	-
	Robert, SR	Queensland	LIB	-
	Saffin, JA	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Shorten, the Hon. WR	Victoria	ALP	-
	Simpkins, LXL	Western Australia	LIB	-
	Sullivan, JH	Queensland	ALP	-
	Symon, MS	Victoria	ALP	-
	Thomson, CR	New South Wales	ALP	-
	Trevor, CA	Queensland	ALP	-
	Turnour, JP	Queensland	ALP	-
	Zappia, A	South Australia	ALP	-
28.6.2008*	Chester, DJ	Victoria	NP	-

* By-election.

1) Resigned 14.7.2008

2) Resigned 30.7.2008.

Prior elected service in government

	State or Territory Legislatures	Local Govt	Total	Total number of members	Proportion of all members (%)	Corresponding proportion, previous Parliament (%)
Senate
Australian Labor Party	2	2	4	31	12.5	14.3
Liberal Party of Australia	1	5	6	32	18.7	27.3
The Nationals	-	-	-	5	0.0	16.7
Australian Greens	2	-	2	5	40.0	50.0
Independent/Other(a)	1	-	1	2	50.0	100.0
Total	6	7	13	76	17.1	15.8

House of Representatives
Australian Labor Party	9	18	25(b)	83	30.1	31.7
Liberal Party of Australia	1	9	9(c)	55	16.4	16.2
The Nationals	-	4	4	10	40.0	30.8
Independent	2	-	2	2	100.0	66.7
Total	12	31	40(d)	150	26.7	24.7

Both Houses of Parliament combined
Australian Labor Party	11	20	29(b)	115	25.2	26.1
Liberal Party of Australia	2	14	15(c)	87	17.2	19.6
The Nationals	-	4	4	15	26.7	26.3
Australian Greens	2	-	2	5	40.0	50.0
Independent/Other(d)	3	-	3	4	75.0	60.3
Total	18	38	53(d)	226	23.4	24.3

* By-election.

(a) Family First Party-1.

(b) Two members served at both State/Territory and local government levels.

(d) Three members served at both State/Territory and local government levels.

Levels of qualifications

Level of qualification	ALP	LIB	NP/CLP	GRN	IND/Other(a)	Total
Senate
Doctorate	1	1	-	-	-	2
Master	3	5	-	-	1	9
Bachelor(b)	23	35	2	5	2	67
Graduate diploma	2	2	-	1	-	5
Other diploma	8	4	1	-	-	13
Total 'academic'	37	48	3	6	3	97
Other professional(c)	1	9	1	1	-	12
Certificate	2	3	-	-	-	5
Total number of qualifications	40	59	4	7	3	113
Members with qualifications	25	28	2	5	2	62
Total number of members	32	32	5	5	2	76
Proportion with qualifications (%)	78.1	87.5	40.0	100.0	100.0	81.6
(Corresponding proportion, previous Parliament) (%)	(75.0)	(81.8)	(66.6)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(80.3)
House of Representatives
Doctorate	2	2	-	-	-	4
Master	14	19	1	-	-	34
Bachelor(b)	89	52	2	-	1	144
Graduate diploma	7	5	-	-	-	12
Other diploma	11	7	1	-	-	19
Total 'academic'	123	85	4	-	1	213
Other professional(c)	4	6	1	-	-	11
Certificate	6	2	-	-	-	8
Total number of qualifications	133	93	5	-	1	232
Members with qualifications	66	47	3	-	1	117
Total number of members	83	55	10	-	2	150
Proportion with qualifications (%)	79.5	85.4	30.0	-	50.0	78.0
(Corresponding proportion, previous Parliament) (%)	(80.0)	(81.1)	(46.1)	-	(66.7)	(77.3)
Both Houses of Parliament combined
Doctorate	3	3	-	-	-	6
Master	17	24	1	-	1	43
Bachelor(b)	112	87	4	5	3	211
Graduate diploma	9	7	-	1	-	17
Other diploma	19	11	2	-	-	32
Total 'academic'	160	133	7	6	4	310
Other professional(c)	5	15	2	1	-	23
Certificate	8	5	-	-	-	13
Total number of qualifications	173	152	9	7	4	345
Members with qualifications	91	75	5	5	3	179
Total number of members	115	87	15	5	4	226
Proportion with qualifications (%)	79.1	86.2	33.3	100.0	75.0	79.2
(Corresponding proportion, previous Parliament) (%)	(78.4)	(81.3)	(52.6)	(100.0)	(75.0)	(78.3)

(a) Family First Party-1.

(b) Includes honours degrees. MBBS is counted as one qualification.

Note: Fellowships, memberships, associateships of professional, or other bodies, are not included in this table.

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