|
Name |
Party |
State |
Period of service |
|
Tangney, Dorothy (later DBE) |
ALP |
WA |
21.8.1943 - 30.6.1968 defeated at 1967 Senate election |
|
Rankin, Annabelle (later DBE) |
LIB |
Qld |
1.7.1947 - 24.5.1971 resigned |
|
Robertson, Agnes |
LIB; CP |
WA |
22.2.1950 - 30.6.1962 retired |
|
Wedgwood, Ivy (later DBE) |
LIB |
Vic. |
22.2.1950 - 30.6.1971 retired |
|
Buttfield, Nancy (later DBE) |
LIB |
SA |
11.10.1955- 30.6.1965; 1.7.1968 - 11.4.1974 retired |
|
Breen, Marie OBE (later DBE) |
LIB |
Vic. |
1.7.1962 - 30.6.1968 retired |
|
Guilfoyle, Margaret (later DBE) |
LIB |
Vic. |
1.7.1971 - 5.6.1987 retired |
|
Coleman, Ruth |
ALP |
WA |
18.5.1974 - 5.6.1987 retired |
|
Martin (later Sullivan), Kathy* |
LIB |
Qld |
18.5.1974 - 5.11.1984 resigned; elected to House of Representatives |
|
Melzer, Jean |
ALP |
Vic. |
18.5.1974 - 30.6.1981 defeated at 1980 elections |
|
Ryan, Susan |
ALP |
ACT |
13.12.1975 - 29.1.1988 resigned |
|
Walters, Shirley |
LIB |
Tas. |
13.12.1975 - 30.6.1993 retired |
|
Haines, Janine |
AD |
SA |
14.12.1977 - 30.6.1978 retired; 1.7.1981 - 1.3.1990 resigned; contested House of Representatives |
|
Hearn, Jean |
ALP |
Tas. |
15.10.1980- 30.6.1985 retired |
|
Bjelke-Petersen, Florence |
NCP; NPA |
Qld |
12.3.1981 - 30.6.1993 retired |
|
Reid, Margaret |
LIB |
ACT |
5.5.1981 - 14.2.2003 retired |
|
Giles, Patricia |
ALP |
WA |
1.7.1981 - 30.6.1993 retired |
|
Crowley, Rosemary |
ALP |
SA |
5.3.1983 - 30.6.2002 retired |
|
Reynolds, Margaret |
ALP |
Qld |
5.3.1983 - 30.6.1999 retired |
|
Zakharov, Olive |
ALP |
Vic. |
5.3.1983 - 6.3.1995 died |
|
Knowles, Susan |
LIB |
WA |
1.12.1984 - 30.6.2005 retired |
|
Vanstone, Amanda |
LIB |
SA |
1.12.1984 - 26.4.2007 resigned |
|
Vallentine, Jo |
NDP; IND; GWA |
WA |
1.7.1985 - 31.1.1992 resigned |
|
Newman, Jocelyn |
LIB |
Tas. |
13.3.1986- 1.2.2002 resigned |
|
Powell, Janet |
AD; IND |
Vic. |
26.8.1986 - 30.6.1993 defeated at 1993 elections |
|
West, Sue |
ALP |
NSW |
11.2.1987- 5.6.1987 defeated at 1987 elections; |
|
Bishop, Bronwyn* |
LIB |
NSW |
11.7.1987 - 24.2.1994 resigned; elected to House of Representatives |
|
Jenkins, Jean |
AD |
WA |
11.7.1987 - 30.6.1990 defeated at 1990 elections |
|
Patterson, Kay |
LIB |
Vic. |
11.7.1987 - 30.6.2008 retired |
|
Dunn, Irina |
NDP; IND |
NSW |
21.7.1988 - 30.6.1990 defeated at 1990 elections |
|
Lees, Meg |
AD; IND; APA |
SA |
4.4.1990 - 30.6.2005 defeated at 2004 elections |
|
Bourne, Vicki |
AD |
NSW |
1.7.1990 - 30.6.2002 defeated at 2001 elections |
|
Kernot, Cheryl* |
AD |
Qld |
1.7.1990 - 15.10.1997 resigned; later elected to House of Representatives |
|
Sowada, Karin |
AD |
NSW |
29.8.1991 - 30.6.1993 defeated at 1993 elections |
|
Chamarette, Christabel |
GWA |
WA |
12.3.1992 - 30.6.1996 defeated at 1996 elections |
|
Margetts, Dee |
GWA |
WA |
1.7.1993 - 30.6.1999 defeated at 1998 elections |
|
Troeth, Judith |
LIB |
Vic. |
1.7.1993 - |
|
Denman, Kay |
ALP |
Tas. |
24.8.1993 - 30.6.2005 retired |
|
Neal, Belinda* |
ALP |
NSW |
8.3.1994 - 3.9.1998 resigned; contested House of Representatives |
|
Collins, Jacinta |
ALP |
Vic. |
3.5.1995 - 30.6.2005 defeated at 2004 elections, 8.4.2008 - |
|
Stott Despoja, Natasha |
AD |
SA |
29.11.1995 - 30.6.2008 retired |
|
Lundy, Kate |
ALP |
ACT |
2.3.1996 - |
|
Mackay, Sue |
ALP |
Tas. |
8.3.1996 - 29.7.2005 resigned |
|
Allison, Lynette |
AD |
Vic. |
1.7.1996 - 30.6.2008 defeated at 2007 elections |
|
Coonan, Helen |
LIB |
NSW |
1.7.1996 - |
|
Ferris, Jeannie |
LIB |
SA |
1.7.1996 - 12.7.1996a; 24.7.1996 - 2.4.2007 died |
|
Gibbs, Brenda |
ALP |
Qld |
1.7.1996 - 30.6.2002 defeated at 2001 elections |
|
Payne, Marise |
LIB |
NSW |
9.4.1997 - |
|
Synon, Karen |
LIB |
Vic. |
13.5.1997 - 30.6.1999 defeated at 1998 elections |
|
Crossin, Trish |
ALP |
NT |
16.6.1998 - |
|
McLucas, Jan |
ALP |
Qld |
1.7.1999 - |
|
Kirk, Linda |
ALP |
SA |
1.7.2002 - 30.6.2008 retired |
|
Moore, Claire |
ALP |
Qld |
1.7.2002 - |
|
Nettle, Kerry |
AG |
NSW |
1.7.2002 - 30.6.2008 defeated at 2007 elections |
|
Stephens, Ursula |
ALP |
NSW |
1.7.2002 - |
|
Webber, Ruth |
ALP |
WA |
1.7.2002 - 30.6.2008 defeated at 2007 elections |
|
Wong, Penny |
ALP |
SA |
1.7.2002 - |
|
Fierravanti-Wells, Connie |
LIB |
NSW |
5.5.2005 - |
|
Adams, Judith |
LIB |
WA |
1.7.2005 - |
|
Hurley, Annette |
ALP |
SA |
1.7.2005 - |
|
McEwen, Anne |
ALP |
Qld |
1.7.2005 - |
|
Milne, Christine |
GRN |
Tas. |
1.7.2005 - |
|
Nash, Fiona |
NP |
NSW |
1.7.2005 - |
|
Polley, Helen |
ALP |
Tas. |
1.7.2005 - |
|
Siewert, Rachel |
GRN |
WA |
1.7.2005 - |
|
Wortley, Dana |
ALP |
SA |
1.7.2005 - |
|
Brown, Carol |
ALP |
Tas. |
25.8.2005 - |
|
Boyce, Sue |
LIB |
Qld |
19.4.2007 - |
|
Fisher, Mary Jo |
LIB |
SA |
6.6.2007 - |
|
Bilyk, Catryna |
ALP |
Tas. |
1.7.2008 - |
|
Cash, Michaelia |
LIB |
WA |
1.7.2008 - |
|
Hanson-Young, Sarah |
AG |
SA |
1.7.2008 - |
|
Kroger, Helen |
LIB |
Vic. |
1.7.2008 - |
|
Pratt, Louise |
ALP |
WA |
1.7.2008 - |
Entry in brackets indicates title bestowed while member was serving in federal Parliament.
Names in bold type indicate Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.
Names and dates in italics indicate appointments made under section 15 of the Constitution, or through disqualification.
* Later served in the House of Representatives.