2001 Australian Senate election explained

Election Name:2001 Australian Senate elections
Country:Australia
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Results of the 1998 Australian federal election (Senate)
Previous Year:1998
Next Election:Results of the 2004 Australian federal election (Senate)
Next Year:2004
Seats For Election:40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
Majority Seats:39
Election Date:10 November 2001
Party1:Liberal/National Coalition
Leader1:Robert Hill
Leaders Seat1:South Australia
Leader Since1:3 April 1990
Seats Before1:35
Seats After1:35
Popular Vote1:4,641,477
Percentage1:39.92%
Swing1: 4.10%
Party2:Australian Labor Party
Leader2:John Faulkner
Leaders Seat2:New South Wales
Leader Since2:19 March 1996
Seats Before2:28
Seats After2:28
Popular Vote2:3,990,997
Percentage2:34.42%
Swing2: 2.99%
Party4:Australian Democrats
Leader4:Natasha Stott Despoja
Leaders Seat4:South Australia
Leader Since4:6 April 2001
Seats Before4:9
Seats4:4
Seats After4:8
Seat Change4: 1
Popular Vote4:843,130
Percentage4:7.25%
Swing4: 1.20%
Party5:Greens
Leader5:None
Leaders Seat5:None
Seats Before5:1
Seats5:2
Seats After5:2
Seat Change5: 1
Popular Vote5:574,543
Percentage5:4.94%
Swing5: 2.22%
Leader of the Senate
Before Election:Robert Hill
Before Party:Liberal/National coalition
After Election:Robert Hill
After Party: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 Independents 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

Party! style="width:70px; text-align:center;"
Votes%SwingSeats wonTotal seatsChange
 Liberal/National Coalition
 Liberal/National joint ticketalign=right 2,776,052align=right 23.87align=right +2.00align=right 6align=right 11align=right
 align=left align=right 1,824,745align=right 15.69align=right +2.06align=right 12align=right 22align=right
 align=left align=right 222,860align=right 1.92align=right +0.06align=right 1align=right 1align=right
 align=left align=right 40,680align=right 0.35align=right +0.03align=right 1align=right 1align=right
Coalition total4,863,33741.83+4.152035
 align=right 3,990,997align=right 34.32align=right -2.99align=right 14align=right 28align=right
 align=right 843,130align=right 7.25align=right -1.20align=right 4align=right 8align=right 1
 align=right 644,364align=right 5.54align=right -3.44align=right 0align=right 1align=right
 align=right 574,543align=right 4.94align=right +2.22align=right 2align=right 2align=right 1
 align=right 129,966align=right 1.12align=right +0.03align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 87,672align=right 0.75align=right align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 76,150align=right 0.65align=right align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 66,547align=right 0.57align=right +0.30align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 63,648align=right 0.55align=right align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 50,053align=right 0.43align=right +0.29align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 30,193align=right 0.26align=right -0.57align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 27,591align=right 0.24align=right align=right align=right align=right
 Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Partyalign=right 23,767align=right 0.20align=right align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 21,012align=right 0.18align=right +0.11align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 9,939align=right 0.09align=right +0.08align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 8,896align=right 0.08align=right +0.00align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 8,199align=right 0.07align=right align=right align=right align=right
 Our Common Futurealign=right 5,358align=right 0.05align=right align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 4,596align=right 0.04align=right -0.05align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 4,071align=right 0.04align=right +0.04align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 3,895align=right 0.03align=right -0.01align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 3,494align=right 0.03align=right align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 2,947align=right 0.03align=right align=right align=right align=right
 align=right 1,936align=right 0.02align=right align=right align=right align=right
 Taxi Operators' Political Servicealign=right 670align=right 0.01align=right align=right align=right align=right
 Otheralign=right 79,834align=right 0.69align=right +0.39align=right 0align=right 2align=right
Othersalign=right 630,600align=right 5.44align=right +0.22align=right 0align=right 2align=right
Totalalign=right 11,627,529align=right  align=right  align=right 40align=right 76
Invalid/blank votes470,5153.9
Turnout12,098,32095.7
Registered voters12,636,631
Source: Federal Elections 1998

New South Wales

Elected
SenatorParty
20011Helen Coonan Liberal
20012Ursula Stephens Labor
20013Sandy Macdonald National
20014George Campbell Labor
20015Marise Payne Liberal
20016Kerry Nettle Greens
align=center colspan="5"1998
19981Steve Hutchins Labor
19982Bill Heffernan Liberal
19983John Faulkner Labor
19984John Tierney Liberal
19985Aden Ridgeway Democrats
19986Michael Forshaw Labor

Victoria

Elected
SenatorParty
20011Richard Alston Liberal
20012Robert Ray Labor
20013Rod Kemp Liberal
20014Gavin Marshall Labor
20015Kay Patterson Liberal
20016Lyn Allison Democrats
align=center colspan="5"1998
19981Stephen Conroy Labor
19982Judith Troeth Liberal
19983Kim Carr Labor
19984Julian McGauran National
19985Jacinta Collins Labor
19986Tsebin Tchen Liberal

Queensland

Elected
SenatorParty
20011Ian Macdonald Liberal
20012John Hogg Labor
20013John Herron Liberal
20014Claire Moore Labor
20015Andrew Bartlett Democrats
20016Ron Boswell National
align=center colspan="5"1998
19981Jan McLucas Labor
2000*2George Brandis Liberal
1999†3Len Harris One Nation
19984Joe Ludwig Labor
19985Brett Mason Liberal
2001‡6John Cherry Democrats

Western Australia

Elected
SenatorParty
20011Alan Eggleston Liberal
20012Mark Bishop Labor
20013David Johnston Liberal
20014Ruth Webber Labor
20015Ross Lightfoot Liberal
20016Andrew Murray Democrats
align=center colspan="5"1998
19981Chris Ellison Liberal
19982Peter Cook Labor
19983Ian Campbell Liberal
19984Chris Evans Labor
19985Brian Greig Democrats
19986Sue Knowles Liberal

South Australia

Elected
SenatorParty
20011Robert Hill Liberal
20012Penny Wong Labor
20013Jeannie Ferris Liberal
20014Linda Kirk Labor
20015Grant Chapman Liberal
20016Natasha Stott Despoja Democrats
align=center colspan="5"1998
19981Amanda Vanstone Liberal
19982Nick Bolkus Labor
19983Nick Minchin Liberal
19984John Quirke Labor
19985Meg Lees Democrats
19986Alan Ferguson Liberal

Tasmania

Elected
SenatorParty
20011Paul Calvert Liberal
20012Sue Mackay Labor
20013John Watson Liberal
20014Nick Sherry Labor
20015Bob Brown Greens
20016Richard Colbeck Liberal
align=center colspan="5"1998
19981Kerry O'Brien Labor
19982Eric Abetz Liberal
19983Shayne Murphy Independent
19984Brian Gibson Liberal
19985Kay Denman Labor
19986Brian Harradine Independent

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Elected
SenatorParty
20011Kate Lundy Labor
20012Margaret Reid Liberal

Northern Territory

Elected
SenatorParty
20011Nigel Scullion CLP
20012Trish Crossin Labor

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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.com.
  2. Web site: Senators Elected (1998) . 2022-06-08 . Australian Electoral Commission.

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