List of senators from Western Australia explained

Western Australia
State:	fed
Upper:	yes
Created:	1901

This is a list of senators from the state of Western Australia since Australian Federation in 1901.

List

Senate	Election	Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)
1901–1903	1901		Edward Harney (Free Trade) ^[1]		George Pearce (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist/ UAP) ^[2]		Staniforth Smith (Free Trade) ^[3]		Hugh de Largie (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist) ^[4]		Norman Ewing (Free Trade) ^[5]		Sir Alexander Matheson (Free Trade) ^[6]	6 senators per state 1901-1950
	1903	Henry Saunders (Free Trade) ^[7]
1904–1906	1903		George Henderson (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist) ^[8]			John Croft (Labor) ^[9]
1907–1910	1906			Patrick Lynch (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist/ UAP) ^[10]				Ted Needham (Labor) ^[11]
1910–1913	1910	Richard Buzacott (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist) ^[12]
1913–1914	1913
1914–1917	1914
	1916
	1917
1917–1920	1917
1920–1923	1919						Edmund Drake-Brockman (Nationalist) ^[13]
1923–1926	1922		Charles Graham (Labor) ^[14]			Walter Kingsmill (Nationalist /UAP) ^[15]			Ted Needham (Labor)
1926–1929	1925						William Carroll (Country) ^[16]
1929–1932	1928		Bertie Johnston (Country) ^[17]						Hal Colebatch (Nationalist/ UAP) ^[18]
	1931
1932–1935	1931
	1933	Herbert Collett (UAP/ Liberal) ^[19]
	1935					Allan MacDonald (UAP/ Liberal) ^[20]
1935–1938	1934
	1936						Thomas Marwick (Country) ^[21]
	1937							James Cunningham (Labor) ^[22]
1938–1941	1937				James Fraser (Labor) ^[23]				Robert Clothier (Labor) ^[24]
1941–1944	1940
	1942		Charles Latham (Country) ^[25]
	1943			Dorothy Tangney (Labor) ^[26]			Richard Nash (Labor) ^[27]
1944–1947	1943
	1945
1947–1950	1946		Joe Cooke (Labor) ^[28]					John Harris (Labor) ^[29]
	1950					Don Willesee (Labor) ^[30]					Agnes Robertson (Liberal/ Independent/ Country) ^[31]		Edmund Piesse (Country) ^[32]		Malcolm Scott (Liberal) ^[33]	10 senators per state 1950-1984
1950–1951	1949								Seddon Vincent (Liberal) ^[34]
1951–1953	1951		Shane Paltridge (Liberal) ^[35]							Harrie Seward (Country) ^[36]
	1952	Joe Cooke (Labor)					Bill Robinson (Country) ^[37]
1953–1956	1953							John Harris (Labor)
	1955a
	1955b
1956–1959	1955
	Aug 1958						Tom Drake-Brockman (Country) ^[38]
	Nov 1958									George Branson (Liberal) ^[39]
1959–1962	1958				Harry Cant (Labor) ^[40]			Tom Drake-Brockman (Country)
1962–1965	1961						Edgar Prowse (Country) ^[41]
	1964								Peter Sim (Liberal) ^[42]
1965–1968	1964	John Wheeldon (Labor) ^[43]
	Feb 1966		Reg Withers (Liberal) ^[44]
	Nov 1966										Laurie Wilkinson (Labor) ^[45]
1968–1971	1967			Reg Withers (Liberal)
1971–1974	1970									Syd Negus (Independent) ^[46]		Peter Durack (Liberal) ^[47]
	1974		David Reid (Country) ^[48]
1974–1975	1974		Gordon McIntosh (Labor) ^[49]		Peter Walsh (Labor) ^[50]					Fred Chaney (Liberal) ^[51]			Ruth Coleman (Labor) ^[52]
1975–1978	1975						Andrew Thomas (Liberal) ^[53]
1978–1981	1977							Allan Rocher (Liberal) ^[54]
	1981					John Martyr (Liberal) ^[55]
1981–1983	1980	Noel Crichton-Browne (Liberal) ^[56]						Patricia Giles (Labor) ^[57]
1983–1985	1983						Peter Cook (Labor) ^[58]				Jack Evans (Democrat) ^[59]
	1984								Jim McKiernan (Labor) ^[60]						Sue Knowles (Liberal) ^[61]
1985–1987	1984										Jo Vallentine (NDP/ Independent /Green) ^[62]
	1985
1987–1990	1987		John Panizza (Liberal) ^[63]			Jean Jenkins (Democrat) ^[64]							Michael Beahan (Labor) ^[65]
	1990			Ian Campbell (Liberal) ^[66]
1990–1993	1990									Winston Crane (Liberal) ^[67]
	1992					Christabel Chamarette (Greens) ^[68]
1993–1996	1993							Dee Margetts (Greens) ^[69]			Chris Evans (Labor) ^[70]	Chris Ellison (Liberal) ^[71]
1996–1999	1996	Alan Eggleston (Liberal) ^[72]			Mark Bishop (Labor) ^[73]								Andrew Murray (Democrat) ^[74]
	1997		Ross Lightfoot (Liberal) ^[75]
1999–2002	1998							Brian Greig (Democrat) ^[76]
2002–2005	2001					David Johnston (Liberal) ^[77]			Ruth Webber (Labor) ^[78]
2005–2008	2004							Rachel Siewert (Greens) ^[79]		Glenn Sterle (Labor) ^[80]				Judith Adams (Liberal) ^[81]
	2007			Mathias Cormann (Liberal) ^[82]
2008–2011	2007		Michaelia Cash (Liberal) ^[83]						Scott Ludlam (Greens) ^[84]				Louise Pratt (Labor) ^[85]
	2009						Chris Back (Liberal) ^[86]
2011–2014	2010
	2012											Dean Smith (Liberal) ^[87]
	2013										Sue Lines (Labor) ^[88]
2014–2016	2014	Linda Reynolds (Liberal) ^[89]			Joe Bullock (Labor) ^[90]									Zhenya Wang (Palmer United) ^[91]
	2016				Pat Dodson (Labor) ^[92]
2016–2019	2016												Rod Culleton (One Nation/ Independent) ^[93]		Louise Pratt (Labor)
	2016
	2017						Peter Georgiou (One Nation) ^[94]		Jordon Steele-John (Greens) ^[95]				Slade Brockman (Liberal) ^[96]
2019–2022	2019						Matt O'Sullivan (Liberal) ^[97]
	2020			Ben Small (Liberal) ^[98]
	2021					Dorinda Cox (Greens) ^[99]
	April 2022			Vacant
	May 2022				Ben Small (Liberal)
2022–2025	2022				Fatima Payman (Labor/Independent) ^[100]
	2024							Varun Ghosh (Labor) ^[101]

See also

• Electoral results for the Australian Senate in Western Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: HARNEY, Edward Augustine St Aubyn (1865–1929) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
2. Web site: PEARCE, Sir George Foster (1870–1952) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
3. Web site: SMITH, Miles Staniforth Cater (1869–1934) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
4. Web site: DE LARGIE, Hugh (1859–1947) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
5. Web site: EWING, Norman Kirkwood (1870–1928) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
6. Web site: MATHESON, Sir Alexander Perceval (1861–1929) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
7. Web site: SAUNDERS, Henry John (1855–1919) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
8. Web site: HENDERSON, Christopher George (1857–1933) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
9. Web site: CROFT, John William (1871–19??) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
10. Web site: LYNCH, Patrick Joseph (1867–1944) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
11. Web site: NEEDHAM, Edward (1874–1956) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
12. Web site: BUZACOTT, Richard (1867–1933) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
13. Web site: DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Edmund Alfred (1884–1949) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
14. Web site: GRAHAM, Charles Montague (1867–1938) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
15. Web site: KINGSMILL, Sir Walter (1864–1935) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
16. Web site: CARROLL, William (1872–1936) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
17. Web site: JOHNSTON, Edward Bertram (1880–1942) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
18. Web site: COLEBATCH, Sir Hal Pateshall (1872–1953) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
19. Web site: COLLETT, Herbert Brayley (1877–1947) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
20. Web site: MacDONALD, Allan Nicoll (1892–1978) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
21. Web site: MARWICK, Thomas William (1895–1960) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
22. Web site: CUNNINGHAM, James (1879–1943) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
23. Web site: FRASER, James McIntosh (1889–1961) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
24. Web site: CLOTHIER, Robert Ernest (1877–1964) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
25. Web site: LATHAM, Sir Charles George (1882–1968) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
26. Web site: TANGNEY, Dame Dorothy Margaret (1907–1985) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
27. Web site: NASH, Richard Harry (1890–1951) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
28. Web site: COOKE, Joseph Alfred (1904–1981) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
29. Web site: HARRIS, John (1890–1974) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
30. Web site: WILLESEE, Donald Robert (1916–2003) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
31. Web site: ROBERTSON, Agnes Robertson (1882–1968) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
32. Web site: PIESSE, Edmund Stephen Roper (1900–1952) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
33. Web site: SCOTT, Malcolm Fox (1910–1989) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
34. Web site: VINCENT, Victor Seddon (1906–1964) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
35. Web site: PALTRIDGE, Sir Shane Dunne (1910–1966) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
36. Web site: SEWARD Harrie Stephen (1884–1958) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
37. Web site: ROBINSON, William Charles (1907–1981) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
38. Web site: DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Sir Thomas Charles (1919–1992) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
39. Web site: BRANSON, George Howard (1918–1999) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
40. Web site: CANT, Hartley Gordon James (1907–1977) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
41. Web site: PROWSE, Edgar Wylie (1905–1977) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
42. Web site: SIM, John Peter (1917–2015) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
43. Web site: WHEELDON, John Murray (1929–2006) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
44. Web site: WITHERS, Reginald Greive (1924–2014) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
45. Web site: WILKINSON, Lawrence Degenhardt (1903–1991) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
46. Web site: NEGUS, Sydney Ambrose (1912–1986) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
47. Web site: DURACK, Peter Drew (1926–2008) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
48. Web site: REID, David Donald (1933–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
49. Web site: McINTOSH, Gordon Douglas (1925–2019) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
50. Web site: WALSH, Peter Alexander (1935–2015) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
51. Web site: Biography for CHANEY, the Hon. Frederick Charles, KBE, AFC . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
52. Web site: COLEMAN, Ruth Nancy (1931–2008) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
53. Web site: THOMAS, Andrew Murray (1936–2011) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
54. Web site: ROCHER, Allan Charles (1936–2016) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
55. Web site: MARTYR, John Raymond (1932–2021) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
56. Web site: CRICHTON-BROWNE, Noel Ashley (1944–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
57. Web site: GILES, Patricia Jessie (1928–2017) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
58. Web site: Biography for COOK, the Hon. Peter Francis Salmon . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
59. Web site: EVANS, John Gordon (1928–2009) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
60. Web site: McKIERNAN, James Philip (1944–2018) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
61. Web site: Biography for KNOWLES, Susan Christine . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
62. Web site: VALLENTINE, Josephine (1946–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
63. Web site: PANIZZA, John Horace (1931–1997) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
64. Web site: JENKINS, Jean Alice (1938–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
65. Web site: BEAHAN, Michael Eamon (1937–2022) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
66. Web site: Biography for CAMPBELL, the Hon. Ian Gordon . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
67. Web site: CRANE, Arthur Winston (1941–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
68. Web site: CHAMARETTE, Christabel Marguerite Alain (1948–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
69. Web site: MARGETTS, Diane Elizabeth (1955–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
70. Web site: Biography for EVANS, the Hon. Christopher (Chris) Vaughan . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
71. Web site: Biography for ELLISON, the Hon. Christopher (Chris) Martin . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
72. Web site: Biography for EGGLESTON, Alan, AM . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
73. Web site: Biography for BISHOP, Thomas (Mark) Mark . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
74. Web site: Biography for MURRAY, Andrew James Marshall . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
75. Web site: Biography for LIGHTFOOT, Philip Ross . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
76. Web site: Biography for GREIG, Brian Andrew, OAM . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
77. Web site: Biography for JOHNSTON, the Hon. David Albert Lloyd . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
78. Web site: Biography for WEBBER, Ruth Stephanie . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
79. Web site: Biography for SIEWERT, Rachel Mary . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
80. Web site: Senator Glenn Sterle . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
81. Web site: Biography for ADAMS, Judith Anne . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
82. Web site: Biography for CORMANN, the Hon. Mathias Hubert Paul . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
83. Web site: Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
84. Web site: Biography for LUDLAM, Scott . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
85. Web site: Senator Louise Pratt . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
86. Web site: Biography for BACK, Christopher (Chris) John . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
87. Web site: Senator Dean Smith . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
88. Web site: Senator the Hon Sue Lines . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
89. Web site: Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
90. Web site: Biography for BULLOCK, Joseph (Joe) Warrington . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
91. Web site: Biography for WANG, Zhenya (Dio) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
92. Web site: Senator Patrick Dodson . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
93. Web site: Biography for CULLETON, Rodney Norman . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
94. Web site: Biography for GEORGIOU, Panagiotis (Peter) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
95. Web site: Senator Jordon Steele-John . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
96. Web site: Senator Slade Brockman . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
97. Web site: Senator Matt O'Sullivan . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
98. Web site: Biography for SMALL, Benjamin (Ben) John. Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
99. Web site: Senator Dorinda Cox . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
100. Web site: Senator Fatima Payman . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-05.
101. Web site: Senator Varun Ghosh . Parliament of Australia . 2024-02-05.