List of senators from New South Wales explained

New South Wales
State:	fed
Upper:	yes
Created:	1901

This is a list of senators from the state of New South Wales 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		Albert Gould (Free Trade/ Liberal/ Nationalist) ^[1]		Edward Millen (Free Trade/ Liberal/ Nationalist) ^[2]		Edward Pulsford (Free Trade/ Liberal) ^[3]		James Walker (Free Trade/ Liberal) ^[4]		John Neild (Free Trade/ Liberal) ^[5]		Richard O'Connor (Protectionist) ^[6]	6 senators per state 1901-1950
	1903	Dr Charles Mackellar (Protectionist) ^[7]
1904–1906	1903			John Gray (Free Trade/ Liberal) ^[8]
1907–1910	1906
	1909
1910–1913	1910			Arthur Rae (Labor) ^[9]			Albert Gardiner (Labor) ^[10]			Allan McDougall (Labor) ^[11]
1913–1914	1913	Charles Oakes (Liberal) ^[12]
1914–1917	1914	David Watson (Labor) ^[13]				John Grant (Labor) ^[14]
	1917
1917–1920	1917	Herbert Pratten (Nationalist) ^[15]		Josiah Thomas (Nationalist) ^[16]
1920–1923	1919					Charles Cox (Nationalist/ UAP) ^[17]			Walter Duncan (Nationalist/ Independent/ Australian/ UAP) ^[18]
	1921	Henry Garling (Nationalist) ^[19]
	1922		Allan McDougall (Labor)
1923–1926	1922			John Grant (Labor)
	1923	Walter Massy-Greene (Nationalist) ^[20]
	1924		Jack Power (Labor) ^[21]
	April 1925		William Gibbs (Labor) ^[22]
	Nov 1925		Josiah Thomas (Nationalist)					Percy Abbott (Country) ^[23]
1926–1929	1925				Walter Massy-Greene (Nationalist/ UAP)
	June 1928			Albert Gardiner (Progressive Labor)
	Nov 1928			John Dooley (Labor) ^[24]
1929–1932	1928		Arthur Rae (Labor/ Lang Labor)					James Dunn (Labor/ Lang Labor) ^[25]
	Aug 1929
	Dec 1929
	1931a
	1931b						Patrick Mooney (Lang Labor) ^[26]
1932–1935	1931						Charles Hardy (Country) ^[27]
1935–1938	1934		Mac Abbott (Country) ^[28]					Dick Dein (UAP) ^[29]		Lionel Courtenay (UAP) ^[30]
	1935	Guy Arkins (UAP) ^[31]
	1937			Bill Ashley (Labor) ^[32]
1938–1941	1937				Stan Amour (Labor /Labor (Non-Communist) /Labor ^[33]		John Armstrong (Labor) ^[34]			Tom Arthur (Labor) ^[35]
	1940
	1941
1941–1944	1940		William Large (Labor) ^[36]					James Arnold (Labor) ^[37]
1944–1947	1943	Donald Grant (Labor) ^[38]
1947–1950	1946
	1950								Albert Reid (Country) ^[39]		Bill Spooner (Liberal) ^[40]		John McCallum (Liberal) ^[41]		John Tate (Liberal) ^[42]	10 senators per state 1950-1984
1950–1951	1949
1951–1953	1951					Alister McMullin (Liberal) ^[43]
1953–1956	1953		Ken Anderson (Liberal) ^[44]
1956–1959	1955
	July 1958			James Ormonde (Labor) ^[45]
	Nov 1958									Colin McKellar (Country) ^[46]
1959–1962	1958	James Ormonde (Labor)
1962–1965	1961			Doug McClelland (Labor) ^[47]					Joe Fitzgerald (Labor) ^[48]				Lionel Murphy (Labor) ^[49]
1965–1968	1964				Tony Mulvihill (Labor) ^[50]			Tom Bull (Country) ^[51]
	1965						Bob Cotton (Liberal) ^[52]
1968–1971	1967
	Aug 1970									Douglas Scott (Country) ^[53]
	Nov 1970										Jack Kane (DLP) ^[54]
	1971	Jim McClelland (Labor) ^[55]
1971–1974	1970					John Carrick (Liberal) ^[56]				Arthur Gietzelt (Labor) ^[57]
1974–1975	1974								Douglas Scott (Country)			Peter Baume (Liberal) ^[58]
	1975										Cleaver Bunton (Independent) ^[59]
1975–1978	1975							Kerry Sibraa (Labor) ^[60]			Misha Lajovic (Liberal) ^[61]
1978–1981	1977							Colin Mason (Democrat) ^[62]
	1978	Kerry Sibraa (Labor)	Chris Puplick (Liberal) ^[63]
1981–1983	1980						Bruce Childs (Labor) ^[64]
1983–1985	1983		Graham Richardson (Labor) ^[65]
	1984												David Brownhill (National) ^[66]		Chris Puplick (Liberal)
1985–1987	1984								John Morris (Labor) ^[67]		Michael Baume (Liberal) ^[68]
	1987			Sue West (Labor) ^[69]
1987–1990	1987			Bronwyn Bishop (Liberal) ^[70]		Robert Wood (NDP) ^[71]		Paul McLean (Democrat) ^[72]
	1988					Irina Dunn (Independent) ^[73]
	1989				John Faulkner (Labor) ^[74]
1990–1993	1990					Sue West (Labor)				Stephen Loosley (Labor) ^[75]					Vicki Bourne (Democrat) ^[76]
	1991							John Tierney (Liberal) ^[77]	Karin Sowada (Democrat) ^[78]
1993–1996	1993											Sandy Macdonald (National) ^[79]
	1994	Bob Woods (Liberal) ^[80]	Michael Forshaw (Labor) ^[81]	Belinda Neal (Labor) ^[82]
	1995								Tom Wheelwright (Labor) ^[83]
1996–1999	1996									Helen Coonan (Liberal) ^[84]
	1996								Bill Heffernan (Liberal) ^[85]
	1997	Marise Payne (Liberal) ^[86]					George Campbell (Labor) ^[87]
	1998			Steve Hutchins (Labor) ^[88]
1999–2002	1998											Aden Ridgeway (Democrat) ^[89]
	2000										Sandy Macdonald (National)
2002–2005	2001					Ursula Stephens (Labor) ^[90]								Kerry Nettle (Greens) ^[91]
	2005							Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Liberal) ^[92]
2005–2008	2004												Fiona Nash (National) ^[93]
2008–2011	2007						Doug Cameron (Labor) ^[94]				John Williams (National) ^[95]			Mark Arbib (Labor) ^[96]
2011–2014	2010		Matt Thistlethwaite (Labor) ^[97]									Lee Rhiannon (Greens) ^[98]
	2011			Arthur Sinodinos (Liberal) ^[99]
	2012									Bob Carr (Labor) ^[100]
	2013		Sam Dastyari (Labor) ^[101]							Deborah O'Neill (Labor) ^[102]
2014–2016	2013													David Leyonhjelm (Liberal Democrats) ^[103]
	2015				Jenny McAllister (Labor) ^[104]
2016–2019	2016								Brian Burston (One Nation /UAP) ^[105]
	2017												Jim Molan (Liberal) ^[106]
	2018		Kristina Keneally (Labor) ^[107]			Mehreen Faruqi (Greens) ^[108]
	2019											Duncan Spender (Liberal Democrats)
2019–2022	2019								Tim Ayres (Labor) ^[109]		Tony Sheldon (Labor) ^[110]	Andrew Bragg (Liberal) ^[111]		Hollie Hughes (Liberal) ^[112]	Perin Davey (National) ^[113]
	2019			Jim Molan (Liberal)
2022–2025	2022						David Shoebridge (Greens) ^[114]						Ross Cadell (National) ^[115]
	2023	Dave Sharma (Liberal) ^[116]	Maria Kovacic (Liberal) ^[117]

See also

• Electoral results for the Australian Senate in New South Wales

Notes and References

1. Web site: GOULD, Sir Albert John (1847–1936) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
2. Web site: MILLEN, Edward Davis (1860–1923) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
3. Web site: PULSFORD, Edward (1844–1919) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
4. Web site: PULSFORD, Edward (1844–1919) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
5. Web site: NEILD, John Cash (1846–1911) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
6. Web site: O’CONNOR, Richard Edward (1851–1912) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
7. Web site: MACKELLAR, Charles Kinnaird (1844–1926) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
8. Web site: GRAY, John Proctor (1840–1914) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
9. Web site: RAE, Arthur Edward George (1860–1943) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
10. Web site: GARDINER, Albert (1867–1952) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
11. Web site: McDOUGALL, Allan (1857–1924) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
12. Web site: OAKES, Charles William (1861–1928) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
13. Web site: WATSON, David (1870–1924) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
14. Web site: GRANT, John (1857–1928) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
15. Web site: PRATTEN, Herbert Edward (1865–1928) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
16. Web site: THOMAS, Josiah (1863–1933) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
17. Web site: COX, Charles Frederick (1863–1944) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
18. Web site: DUNCAN, Walter Leslie (1883–1947) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
19. Web site: GARLING, Henry Chester-Master (1870–1942) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
20. Web site: MASSY-GREENE, Sir Walter (1874–1952) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
21. Web site: POWER, John Maurice (1883–1925) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
22. Web site: GIBBS, William Albion (1879–1944) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
23. Web site: ABBOTT, Percy Phipps (1869–1940) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
24. Web site: DOOLEY, John Braidwood (1884–1961) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
25. Web site: DUNN, James Patrick Digger (1887–1945) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
26. Web site: MOONEY, Patrick Frederick (1880–1942) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
27. Web site: HARDY, Charles (1898–1941) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
28. Web site: ABBOTT, Macartney (1877–1960) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
29. Web site: DEIN, Adam Kemball (1889–1969) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
30. Web site: COURTENAY, Lionel Thomas (1879–1935) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
31. Web site: ARKINS, James Guy Dalley (1887–1980) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
32. Web site: ASHLEY, William Patrick (1881–1958) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
33. Web site: AMOUR, Stanley Kerin (1900–1979) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
34. Web site: ARMSTRONG, John Ignatius (1908–1977) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
35. Web site: ARTHUR, Thomas Christopher (1883–1953) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
36. Web site: LARGE, William James (1878–1964) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
37. Web site: ARNOLD, James Jarvist (1902–1967) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
38. Web site: GRANT, Donald MacLennan (1888–1970) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
39. Web site: REID, Albert David (1886–1962) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
40. Web site: SPOONER, Sir William Henry (1897–1966) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
41. Web site: McCALLUM, John Archibald (1892–1973) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
42. Web site: TATE, John Percival (1894–1977) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
43. Web site: McMULLIN, Sir Alister Maxwell (1900–1984) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
44. Web site: ANDERSON, Sir Kenneth McColl (1909–1985) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
45. Web site: ORMONDE, James Patrick (1901–1970). Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
46. Web site: McKELLAR, Gerald Colin (1903–1970) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
47. Web site: McCLELLAND, Douglas (1926–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
48. Web site: FITZGERALD, Joseph Francis (1910–1985) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
49. Web site: MURPHY, Lionel Keith (1922–1986) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
50. Web site: MULVIHILL, James Anthony (1917–2000) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
51. Web site: BULL, Thomas Louis (1905–1976) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
52. Web site: COTTON, Sir Robert Carrington (1915–2006) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
53. Web site: SCOTT, Douglas Barr (1920–2012) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
54. Web site: KANE, John Thomas (1908–1988) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
55. Web site: McClelland, James Robert (1915–1999) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
56. Web site: CARRICK, Sir John Leslie (1918–2018) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
57. Web site: GIETZELT, Arthur Thomas (1920–2014) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
58. Web site: BAUME, Peter Erne (1935–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
59. Web site: BUNTON, Cleaver Ernest (1902–1999) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
60. Web site: SIBRAA, Kerry Walter (1937–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
61. Web site: LAJOVIC, Milivoj Emil (1921–2008) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
62. Web site: MASON, Colin Victor James (1926– 2020) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
63. Web site: PUPLICK, Christopher John Guelph (1948–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
64. Web site: CHILDS, Bruce Kenneth (1934–2023) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
65. Web site: RICHARDSON, Graham Frederick (1949–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
66. Web site: BROWNHILL, David Gordon Cadell (1935–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
67. Web site: MORRIS, John Joseph (1936–2013) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
68. Web site: BAUME, Michael Ehrenfried (1930–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
69. Web site: WEST, Suzanne Margaret (1947–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
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71. Web site: WOOD, William Robert (1949–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
72. Web site: McLEAN, Paul Alexander (1937–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
73. Web site: DUNN, Patricia Irene (1948–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
74. Web site: Biography for FAULKNER, the Hon. John Philip . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
75. Web site: LOOSLEY, Stephen (1952–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
76. Web site: BOURNE, Victoria Worrall (1954–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
77. Web site: Biography for TIERNEY, Dr John William, AM . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
78. Web site: SOWADA, Karin Nicole (1961–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
79. Web site: Biography for MacDONALD, the Hon. John Alexander Lindsay (Sandy), AM . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
80. Web site: WOODS, Robert Leslie (1947–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
81. Web site: Biography for FORSHAW, Michael George . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
82. Web site: Biography for NEAL, Belinda Jane . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
83. Web site: WHEELWRIGHT, Thomas Clive (1953–) . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
84. Web site: Biography for COONAN, the Hon. Helen Lloyd . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
85. Web site: Biography for HEFFERNAN, the Hon. William (Bill) Daniel . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
86. Web site: Senator the Hon Marise Payne . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
87. Web site: Biography for CAMPBELL, George . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
88. Web site: Biography for HUTCHINS, Stephen (Steve) Patrick . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
89. Web site: Biography for RIDGEWAY, Aden Derek . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
90. Web site: Biography for STEPHENS, the Hon. Ursula Mary . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
91. Web site: Biography for NETTLE, Kerry Michelle . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
92. Web site: Biography for FIERRAVANTI-WELLS, the Hon. Concetta (Connie) Anna . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
93. Web site: Biography for NASH, the Hon. Fiona Joy . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
94. Web site: Biography for CAMERON, the Hon. Douglas Niven . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
95. Web site: Biography for WILLIAMS, John Reginald . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
96. Web site: Biography for ARBIB, the Hon. Mark Victor . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
97. Web site: Hon Matt Thistlethwaite MP . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
98. Web site: Biography for RHIANNON, Lee . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
99. Web site: Biography for SINODINOS, the Hon. Arthur, AO . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
100. Web site: Biography for CARR, the Hon. Robert (Bob) John . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
101. Web site: Biography for DASTYARI, Sam . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
102. Web site: Senator Deborah O'Neill . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
103. Web site: Biography for LEYONHJELM, David Ean . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
104. Web site: Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
105. Web site: Biography for BURSTON, Brian . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
106. Web site: Biography for MOLAN, Andrew James (Jim) AO DSC . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
107. Web site: Biography for KENEALLY, the Hon. Kristina Kerscher . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
108. Web site: Senator Mehreen Faruqi . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
109. Web site: Senator the Hon Tim Ayres . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
110. Web site: Senator Tony Sheldon . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
111. Web site: Senator Andrew Bragg . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
112. Web site: Senator Hollie Hughes . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
113. Web site: Senator Perin Davey . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
114. Web site: Senator David Shoebridge . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
115. Web site: Senator Ross Cadell . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.
116. Web site: Dave Sharma’s shock preselection win secures Liberal Senate spot . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2023-11-26.
117. Web site: Senator Maria Kovacic . Parliament of Australia . 2023-06-01.