List of Australian Greens parliamentarians explained

This is a list of Australian Greens Members of Parliament, past and present, for Federal, State and Territory Parliaments of Australia. There are currently 47 serving Parliamentary Members of the Greens.

The Greens are currently represented in the Australian House of Representatives, the Australian Senate, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, the New South Wales Legislative Council, the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the Victorian Legislative Council, the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the Western Australian Legislative Council, the South Australian Legislative Council, the Tasmanian House of Assembly, the Tasmanian Legislative Council and the ACT Legislative Assembly. The Greens have previously been represented in the South Australian House of Assembly and the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.

List of parliamentarians

class=unsortableImageNameChamberElectorateTerm beganTerm endedLength of termTotal length of terms

(1944–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyDenison4 January 198312 February 1993
Australian SenateTasmania1 July 199615 June 2012

(1950–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyFranklin8 February 19864 May 1995

(1940–2023)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyBass13 May 198924 February 1996

(1947–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyBraddon13 May 198929 August 1998

(1953–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyLyons13 May 198929 August 1998
Australian SenateTasmania1 July 200510 August 2015

(1946–)
Australian SenateWestern Australia1 July 199031 January 1992

(1948–)
Australian SenateWestern Australia12 March 199230 June 1996

(1953–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyDenison2 March 19937 July 2008

(1946–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilSouth Metropolitan22 May 199326 January 2005

(1955–)
Australian SenateWestern Australia1 July 199330 June 1999
Western Australian Legislative CouncilAgricultural22 May 200121 May 2005

(1957–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyGinninderra18 February 199521 February 1998

(1948–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyMolonglo15 February 199516 October 2004

(1951–)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide25 March 19954 March 2011

(1946–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyFranklin16 May 199529 August 1998

(1947–2021)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilSouth West22 May 199721 May 2005

(1957–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilNorth Metropolitan22 May 199721 May 2013

(1951–)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide27 March 199919 July 2010
Australian SenateNew South Wales1 July 201115 August 2018

(1947–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilMining and Pastoral22 May 200121 May 2005
22 May 200921 May 2021

(1973–)
Australian SenateNew South Wales1 July 200230 June 2008

(1951–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyBass20 July 200220 May 2015

(1965–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyFranklin20 July 20024 August 2015
Australian SenateTasmania19 August 2015bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1955–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyLyons20 July 200215 March 2014

(1956–)
Australian House of RepresentativesCunningham (NSW)19 October 20029 October 2004

(1962–)
South Australian House of AssemblyMitchell30 January 20038 February 2006

(1942–)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide22 March 20036 September 2010

(1949–2020)
ACT Legislative AssemblyMolonglo16 October 200418 October 2008

(1962–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilSouth Metropolitan15 February 200521 May 2005
22 May 200921 May 2017

(1957–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilSouth West22 May 200521 May 2009

(1961–)
Australian SenateWestern Australia1 July 20056 September 2021

(1959–)
South Australian Legislative CouncilStatewide18 March 20061 April 2021

(1966–)
Victorian Legislative CouncilNorthern Metropolitan25 November 200628 September 2017

(1959–)
Victorian Legislative CouncilWestern Metropolitan25 November 20068 February 2018

(1957–)
Victorian Legislative CouncilSouthern Metropolitan25 November 200624 November 2018

(1955–2016)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide22 March 20072 May 2016

(1981–)
Australian SenateSouth Australia1 July 2008bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1970–)
Australian SenateWestern Australia1 July 200814 July 2017

(1967–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyDenison21 July 200828 September 2018
Clark28 September 201813 July 2023
Tasmanian Legislative CouncilHobart4 May 2024bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1976–)
Queensland Legislative AssemblyIndooroopilly5 October 200821 March 2009

(1971–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyBrindabella18 October 200820 October 2012

(1962–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyGinninderra18 October 200820 October 2012

(1952–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyMolonglo18 October 200820 October 2012
Murrumbidgee15 October 201617 October 2020

(1971–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyMolonglo18 October 200815 October 2016
Kurrajong15 October 2016bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1968–)
Western Australian Legislative AssemblyFremantle16 May 20096 May 2010

(1969–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilEast Metropolitan22 May 200921 May 2013
North Metropolitan22 May 201721 May 2021

(1968–)
South Australian Legislative CouncilStatewide20 March 2010bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1950–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyBraddon20 March 201015 March 2014

(1972–)
Australian House of RepresentativesMelbourne (Vic)21 August 2010bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1970–)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide7 September 201018 June 2013
15 August 2018bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1971–)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide7 September 201011 April 2022
Australian SenateNew South Wales1 July 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1958–)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide26 March 201113 February 2017

(1973–)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide26 March 201120 December 2018

(1971–)
New South Wales Legislative AssemblyBalmain26 March 20113 March 2023

(1970–)
Australian SenateVictoria1 July 201126 August 2020

(1977–)
Australian SenateQueensland1 July 201118 July 2017
6 September 2018bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1961–)
Australian SenateSouth Australia1 July 201110 September 2015

(1968–)
Australian SenateTasmania20 June 2012bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1963–)
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide9 June 201314 August 2018
Australian SenateNew South Wales15 August 2018bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1960–)
Australian SenateVictoria1 July 201419 April 2024

(1964–)
Victorian Legislative CouncilEastern Metropolitan29 November 201424 November 2018

(1982–)
Victorian Legislative AssemblyPrahran29 November 2014bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1984–)
Victorian Legislative AssemblyMelbourne29 November 2014bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1973–)
Victorian Legislative CouncilSouth Eastern Metropolitan29 November 201424 November 2018

(1977–)
New South Wales Legislative AssemblyNewtown28 March 2015bgcolor=yellowincumbent
New South Wales Legislative AssemblyBallina28 March 2015bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1965–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyBass9 June 20153 March 2018
Tasmanian House of AssemblyFranklin17 August 2015bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1984–)
Australian SenateSouth Australia22 September 20152 July 2016
South Australian Legislative CouncilStatewide4 May 2021bgcolor=yellowincumbent
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide24 August 20165 April 2019
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide22 February 201723 March 2019

(1982–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilEast Metropolitan22 May 201721 May 2021

(1963–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilSouth West22 May 201721 May 2021

(1977–)
Victorian Legislative CouncilNorthern Metropolitan19 October 2017bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1964–)
Australian SenateQueensland10 November 201727 August 2018

(1994–)
Australian SenateWestern Australia10 November 2017bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1973–)
Victorian Legislative AssemblyNorthcote18 November 201724 November 2018
Australian SenateVictoria4 September 20206 February 2023

(1981–)
Queensland Legislative AssemblyMaiwar25 November 2017bgcolor=yellowincumbent
Victorian Legislative CouncilWestern Metropolitan21 February 201824 November 2018
Victorian Legislative AssemblyBrunswick24 November 2018bgcolor=yellowincumbent
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide23 March 2019bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1978–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyYerrabi17 October 2020bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1977–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyGinninderra17 October 2020bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1974–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyMurrumbidgee17 October 2020bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1991–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyBrindabella17 October 202012 November 2023

(1972–)
ACT Legislative AssemblyKurrajong17 October 2020bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1986–)
Queensland Legislative AssemblySouth Brisbane31 October 2020bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1972–)
Western Australian Legislative CouncilSouth Metropolitan22 May 2021bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1976–)
Australian SenateWestern Australia14 September 2021bgcolor=yellowincumbent
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide12 May 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1992–)
Australian House of RepresentativesBrisbane (Qld)21 May 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1992–)
Australian House of RepresentativesGriffith (Qld)21 May 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1956–)
Australian House of RepresentativesRyan (Qld)21 May 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1970–)
Australian SenateQueensland1 July 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1955–)
Australian SenateSouth Australia1 July 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent
Victorian Legislative CouncilSouthern Metropolitan26 November 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1983–)
Victorian Legislative AssemblyRichmond26 November 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent
Victorian Legislative CouncilWestern Victoria26 November 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent
Victorian Legislative CouncilNorth-Eastern Metropolitan26 November 2022bgcolor=yellowincumbent
New South Wales Legislative CouncilStatewide25 March 2023bgcolor=yellowincumbent
New South Wales Legislative AssemblyBalmain25 March 2023bgcolor=yellowincumbent

(1971–)
Tasmanian House of AssemblyClark1 August 2023bgcolor=yellowincumbent
ACT Legislative AssemblyBrindabella27 November 2023bgcolor=yellowincumbent
Tasmanian House of AssemblyLyons23 March 2024bgcolor=yellowincumbent
Tasmanian House of AssemblyClark23 March 2024bgcolor=yellowincumbent
Tasmanian House of AssemblyBass23 March 2024bgcolor=yellowincumbent
Australian SenateVictoria1 May 2024bgcolor=yellowincumbent

Greens representation from year to year

The table below represents the parliamentary representation of Greens politicians from 1983 to the present. Bob Brown was the first elected Greens representative, initially elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1983. He was joined by Gerry Bates in 1986.

Parliamentary Representation of The Greens
FederalTasmaniaWestern AustraliaACTNew South WalesSouth AustraliaVictoriaQueenslandNTTotal
198311
198622
198955
19901 56
19932518
19952512111
19962412110
19972432112
1998213118
1999113128
20011151210
20023451215
200334513117
200424513116
200544213115
2006442131318
2007442141319
20085424413124
2009545441326
2010654442328
20111054462334
20121054162331
20131052162329
20141132162732
20151132182734
20161032282734
201710342828138
201810242824133
201910242724132
202010246624236
202110216624233
202216216624239
202316216724240

House of Representatives

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Senate

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