MEMBERS OF THE
AUSTRALIAN SENATE


THIRTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT

ELECTED 13 MARCH 1993

< 1990 | 1996 >

NEW SOUTH WALES

Michael Baume (born 1930)
Liberal
MHR 1975-83. Elected 1984









Bronwyn Bishop (born 1942)
Liberal
Elected 1987
Resigned 24 February 1994








Vicki Bourne (born 1954)
Australian Democrats
Elected 1990









David Brownhill (born 1935)
National Party
Elected 1984









Bruce Childs (born 1934)
Labor
Elected 1980









John Faulkner (born 1954)
Labor
Appointed 1988


  • Minister for Veterans' Affairs
    24 March 1993 to 25 March 1994
  • Minister for Defence Science and
    Personnel 24 March 1993 to 25
    March 1994
  • Minister for Environment Sport
    and Territories from 25 March 1994


  • Stephen Loosley (born 1952)
    Labor
    Elected 1990
    Resigned 21 May 1995









    Sandy Macdonald (born 1954)
    National Party
    Elected 1993










    Hon Graham Richardson (born
    1949)
    Labor
    Elected 1983
    Resigned 25 March 1994
  • Minister for Social Security to 24
    March 1993
  • Minister for Health 24 March 1993
    to 25 March 1994
  • Minister for Environment, Sport
    and Territories 28 February 1994 to
    25 March 1994
  • Hon Kerry Sibraa (born 1937)
    Labor
    Elected 1975-77. Appointed 1978
    Resigned 1 February 1994


  • President of the Senate to 1
    February 1994





  • Dr John Tierney (born 1946)
    Liberal
    Appointed 1991










    Suzanne West (born 1947)
    Labor
    Appointed 1978-78. Elected 1990












    VICTORIA

    Richard Alston (born 1941)
    Liberal
    Appointed 1986






    Kim Carr (born 1955)
    Labor
    Appointed 1993






    Barney Cooney (born 1934)
    Labor
    Elected 1984






    Hon Gareth Evans (born 1944)
    Labor
    Elected 1977
    Resigned 6 February 1996
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs and
    Trade to 24 March 1993
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs from
    24 March 1993
  • Rod Kemp (born 1944)
    Liberal
    Elected 1990






    Julian McGauran (born 1957)
    National
    Elected 1987-90, 1993








    Kay Patterson (born 1944)
    Liberal
    Elected 1987



    Hon Robert Ray (born 1947)
    Labor
    Elected 1980


  • Minister for Defence
  • James Short (born 1936)
    Liberal
    MHR 1975-80. Elected 1984



    Sid Spindler (1932-2008)
    Australian Democrats
    Elected 1990



    Judith Troeth (born 1940)
    Liberal
    Elected 1993



    Olive Zakharov (1929-95)
    Labor
    Elected 1983
    Died 6 March 1995




    QUEENSLAND

    Ronald Boswell (born 1940)
    National Party
    Elected 1983



    Bryant Burns (born 1929)
    Labor
    Elected 1987



    Dr Malcolm Colston (1938-2003)
    Labor
    Elected 1975



    Dr John Herron (born 1932)
    Liberal
    Elected 1990



    Gerry Jones (born 1932)
    Labor
    Elected 1980



    Cheryl Kernot (born 1948)
    Australian Democrats
    Elected 1990
  • Leader of the Australian
    Democrats from 29 April 1993


  • Ian Macdonald (born 1945)
    Liberal
    Elected 1990
    David McGibbon (born 1934)
    Liberal
    Elected 1977
    Bill O'Chee (born 1965)
    National Party
    Appointed 1990
    Warwick Parer (born 1936)
    Liberal
    Appointed 1984
    Hon Margaret Reynolds (born 1941)
    Labor
    Elected 1983
    John Woodley (born 1938)
    Australian Democrats
    Elected 1993


    WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    Michael Beahan (born 1937)
    Labor
    Elected 1987
  • President of the Senate from 1
    February 1994








  • Ian Campbell (born 1959)
    Liberal
    Appointed 1990











    Christabel Chamarette (born 1948)
    Greens
    Appointed 1992











    Hon Peter Cook (1943-2005)
    Labor
    Elected 1983
  • Minister for Industrial Relations
    and Minister for Shipping and
    Aviation Support to 24 March 1993
  • Minister for Trade 24 March 1993
    to 30 January 1994
  • Minister for Industry, Technology
    and Regional Development
    30 January 1994 to 25 March 1994
  • Minister for Industry, Science and
    Technology from 25 March 1994
  • Winston Crane (born 1941)
    Liberal
    Elected 1990











    Noel Crichton-Browne (born 1944)
    Liberal
    Elected 1980













    Chris Ellison (born 1954)
    Liberal
    Elected 1993
    Chris Evans (born 1958)
    Labor
    Elected 1993
    Susan Knowles (born 1951)
    Liberal
    Elected 1987
    Dee Margetts (born 1955)
    Greens
    Elected 1993
    James McKiernan (born 1944)
    Labor
    Elected 1984
    John Panizza (1931-97)
    Liberal
    Elected 1987


    SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    Hon Nick Bolkus (born 1950)
    Labor
    Elected 1980


  • Minister for Administrative
    Services to 24 March 1993
  • Minister for Immigration and
    Ethnic Affairs and Minister assisting
    the Prime Minister for Multicultural
    Affairs from 24 March 1993
  • Grant Chapman (born 1949)
    Liberal
    MHR 1975-83. Elected 1987








    Dr John Coulter (born 1930)
    Australian Democrats
    Elected 1984
    Resigned 20 November 1995
  • Leader of the Australian
    Democrats to 29 April 1993




  • Dr Rosemary Crowley (born 1938)
    Labor
    Elected 1983


  • Minister for Family Services from
    24 March 1993
  • Minister assisting the Prime
    Minister on the Status of Women 24
    March 1993 to 24 December 1993

  • Alan Ferguson (born 1943)
    Liberal
    Appointed 1992








    Dominic Foreman (born 1933)
    Labor
    Elected 1980










    Robert Hill (born 1946)
    Liberal
    Elected 1980








    Meg Lees (born 1948)
    Australian Democrats
    Elected 1990








    Nicholas Minchin (born 1953)
    Liberal
    Elected 1993








    Chris Schacht (born 1946)
    Labor
    Elected 1987
  • Minister for Science and Small
    Business and Minister assisting the
    Prime Minister for Science 24 March
    1993 to 25 March 1994
  • Minister for Small Business,
    Customs and Construction from 25
    March 1994
  • Baden Teague (born 1944)
    Liberal
    Elected 1977








    Amanda Vanstone (born 1952)
    Liberal
    Elected 1984










    TASMANIA

    Brian Archer (1929-2013)
    Liberal
    Elected 1975
    Resigned 31 January 1994
    Robert Bell (1950-2001)
    Australian Democrats
    Appointed 1990

    Paul Calvert (born 1940)
    Liberal
    Elected 1987

    John Coates (born 1944)
    Labor
    MHR 1972-75. Elected 1980

    John Devereux (born 1946)
    Labor (Ind 1994)
    Elected 1987
    Resigned 7 February 1996
    Brian Gibson (born 1936)
    Liberal
    Elected 1987



    Brian Harradine (1935-2014)
    Independent
    Elected 1975





    Shayne Murphy (born 1952)
    Labor
    Elected 1993





    Jocelyn Newman (born 1937)
    Liberal
    Elected 1987





    Nicholas Sherry (born 1955)
    Labor
    Elected 1990


  • Parliamentary Secretary to the
    Minister for Primary Industries and
    Energy from 24 March 1993
  • Hon Michael Tate (born 1945)
    Labor
    Elected 1977
    Resigned 5 July 1993
  • Minister for Justice to 24 March
    1993

  • John Watson (born 1937)
    Liberal
    Elected 1977







    TERRITORIES

    Hon Robert McMullan (born 1947)
    Australian Capital Territory
    Labor
    Appointed 1988
    Resigned 6 February 1996
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the
    Treasurer to 24 March 1993
  • Minister for the Arts 24 March
    1993 to 30 January 1994
  • Minister for Administrative
    Services 24 March 1993 to 25
    March 1994
  • Minister for Trade from 30
    January 1994
  • Margaret Reid (born 1935)
    Australian Capital Territory
    Liberal
    Appointed 1981











    Hon Robert Collins (1946-2007)
    Northern Territory
    Labor
    Elected 1987


  • Minister for Transport and
    Communications to 24 December
    1993
  • Minister for Primary Industries
    and Energy from 24 December 1993




  • Grant Tambling (born 1943)
    Northern Territory
    Country Liberal
    MHR 1980-83. Elected 1987













    APPOINTMENTS 1993-96

    Kay Denman (born 1937)
    Tasmania
    Labor
    Appointed 24 August 1993

    Eric Abetz (born 1958)
    Tasmania
    Liberal
    Appointed 22 February 1994

    Belinda Neal (born 1963)
    New South Wales
    Labor
    Appointed 8 March 1994

    Dr Robert Woods (born 1947)
    New South Wales
    Liberal
    MHR 1987-94. Appointed
    22 February 1994
    Michael Forshaw (born 1952)
    New South Wales
    Labor
    Appointed 10 May 1994

    Jacinta Collins (born 1962)
    Victoria
    Labor
    Appointed 3 May 1995



    Thomas Wheelwright (born 1953)
    New South Wales
    Labor
    Appointed 24 May 1995
    Natasha Stott Despoja (born 1969)
    South Australia
    Australian Democrats
    Appointed 29 November 1995



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