COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ============================================================================================== THE SENATE ============================================================================================== MEMBERS BY STATE OR TERRITORY SINCE 1901 ============================================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA (6 seats 1901-49, 10 seats 1949-84, 12 seats from 1984) ============================================================================================== First seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Chaffey BAKER Free Trade 30 March 1901 to 31 December 1906 Joseph VARDON AS, Liberal 1 January 1907 to 31 May 1907 James Vincent O'LOGHLIN Labor 11 July 1907 to 20 December 1907 Joseph VARDON Liberal 15 February 1908 to 30 June 1913 James Vincent O'LOGHLIN Labor 1 July 1913 to 30 June 1920 Benjamin BENNY Nationalist 1 July 1920 to 26 January 1926 Alexander John McLACHLAN Nat, UAP 24 February 1926 to 30 June 1944 Alexander FINLAY Labor 1 July 1944 to 30 June 1953 James Philip TOOHEY Labor 1 July 1953 to 30 June 1971 Donald Scott JESSOP Liberal 1 July 1971 to 5 June 1987 Hedley Grant Pearson CHAPMAN Liberal 11 July 1987 to 30 June 2008 Donald Edward FARRELL Labor 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2014 Robert John DAY Family First 1 July 2014 to 1 November 2016 Lucy GICHUHI FFP, Liberal 19 April 2017 to 30 June 2019 Alexander Charles ANTIC Liberal from 1 July 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Morley CHARLESTON Free Trade 30 March 1901 to 31 December 1903 Robert Storrie GUTHRIE Labor, Nat 1 January 1904 to 20 January 1921 Edward Charles VARDON Nationalist 16 February 1921 to 4 August 1921 Edward Charles VARDON Nationalist 9 August 1921 to 15 December 1922 Albert Alfred HOARE Labor 16 December 1922 to 30 June 1935 James McLACHLAN United Aust 1 July 1935 to 30 June 1947 John Owen CRITCHLEY Labor 1 July 1947 to 30 June 1959 Arnold Joseph DRURY Labor 1 July 1959 to 11 November 1975 Anthony John MESSNER Liberal 13 December 1975 to 17 April 1990 John Wayne OLSEN Liberal 7 May 1990 to 4 May 1992 Alan Baird FERGUSON Liberal 26 May 1992 to 30 June 2011 Sean Christopher EDWARDS Liberal 1 July 2011 to 1 July 2016 Stirling GRIFF NXT, Ind 2 July 2016 to 30 June 2022 Kerrynne Jeanette LIDDLE Liberal from 1 July 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Third seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John William DOWNER Protectionist 30 March 1901 to 31 December 1903 William Harrison STORY Labor, Nat 1 January 1904 to 3 April 1917 James ROWELL Nationalist 24 May 1917 to 30 June 1923 James Vincent O'LOGHLIN Labor 1 July 1923 to 4 December 1925 Henry Newman BARWELL Nationalist 18 December 1925 to 22 March 1928 Albert William ROBINSON Nationalist 18 April 1928 to 16 November 1928 Micheal Rapheal O'HALLORAN Labor 17 November 1928 to 30 June 1935 George McLEAY UAP, Liberal 1 July 1935 to 30 June 1947 Frederick Furner WARD Labor 1 July 1947 to 28 April 1951 Keith Alexander LAUGHT Liberal 28 April 1951 to 13 May 1969 Martin Bruce CAMERON Liberal 23 May 1969 to 25 October 1969 Donald Newton CAMERON Labor 25 October 1969 to 30 June 1978 Ronald Charles ELSTOB Labor 1 July 1978 to 5 June 1987 John Richard COULTER Democrats 11 July 1987 to 20 November 1995 Natasha Jessica STOTT DESPOJA Democrats 29 November 1995 to 30 June 2008 Sarah Coral HANSON-YOUNG Greens from 1 July 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fourth seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregor McGREGOR Labor 30 March 1901 to 13 August 1914 John Wallace SHANNON Lib, Nat 5 September 1914 to 30 June 1920 Reginald Victor WILSON Nationalist 1 July 1920 to 30 June 1926 John Hedley CHAPMAN Country 1 July 1926 to 14 March 1931 Henry KNEEBONE Labor 1 April 1931 to 18 December 1931 John Grant DUNCAN-HUGHES United Aust 19 December 1931 to 30 June 1938 Keith Cameron WILSON United Aust 1 July 1938 to 30 June 1944 Theophilus Martin NICHOLLS Labor 1 July 1944 to 30 June 1968 Harold William YOUNG Liberal 1 July 1968 to 4 February 1983 Rosemary Anne CROWLEY Labor 5 March 1983 to 30 June 2002 Linda Jean KIRK Labor 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2008 Nicholas XENOPHON Ind, NXT 1 July 2008 to 31 October 2017 Rex Lyall PATRICK NXT, Ind 14 November 2017 to 30 June 2022 Barbara Ann POCOCK Greens from 1 July 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fifth seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas PLAYFORD Protectionist 30 March 1901 to 31 December 1906 William RUSSELL Labor 1 January 1907 to 28 June 1912 John Wallace SHANNON Liberal 31 July 1912 to 30 June 1913 John NEWLANDS Labor, Nat 1 July 1913 to 20 May 1932 Albert Oliver BADMAN Country 1 July 1932 to 30 September 1937 Philip Albert Martin McBRIDE United Aust 21 October 1937 to 30 June 1944 Sidney Wainman O'FLAHERTY Labor 1 July 1944 to 30 June 1962 Reginald BISHOP Labor 1 July 1962 to 30 June 1981 Nick BOLKUS Labor 1 July 1981 to 30 June 2005 Annette Kay HURLEY Labor 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2011 Penelope Lesley WRIGHT Greens 1 July 2011 to 10 September 2015 Robert Andrew SIMMS Greens 22 September 2015 to 2 July 2016 Skye KAKOSCHKE-MOORE NXT 2 July 2016 to 22 November 2017 Tim STORER NXT, Ind 16 February 2018 to 30 June 2019 Marielle Feuerherdt SMITH Labor from 1 July 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sixth seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Henry SYMON FT, AS 30 March 1901 to 30 June 1913 William SENIOR Labor, Nat 1 July 1913 to 30 June 1923 Charles Stephen McHUGH Labor 1 July 1923 to 24 July 1927 John VERRAN Nationalist 30 August 1927 to 16 November 1928 John Joseph DALY Labor 17 November 1928 to 30 June 1935 Oliver UPPILL United Aust 1 July 1935 to 16 September 1944 Edward William MATTNER Liberal 10 October 1944 to 27 September 1946 Frederick Hubert BEERWORTH Labor 28 September 1946 to 19 March 1951 Rex Whiting PEARSON Liberal 28 April 1951 to 11 September 1961 Gordon Sinclair DAVIDSON Liberal 28 September 1961 to 8 December 1961 Nancy Eileen BUTTFIELD Liberal 9 December 1961 to 30 June 1965 Gordon Sinclair DAVIDSON Liberal 1 July 1965 to 30 June 1981 Dominic John FOREMAN Labor 1 July 1981 to 15 September 1997 John Andrew QUIRKE Labor 18 September 1997 to 15 August 2000 Geoffrey Frederick BUCKLAND Labor 14 September 2000 to 30 June 2005 Anne McEWEN Labor 1 July 2005 to 2 July 2016 Donald Edward FARRELL Labor from 2 July 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seventh seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Clive HANNAFORD Liberal 22 February 1950 to 24 October 1967 Condor Louis LAUCKE Liberal 2 November 1967 to 30 June 1981 Janine HAINES Democrats 1 July 1981 to 1 March 1990 Meg Heather LEES Democrats, Ind 4 April 1990 to 30 June 2005 Dana Johanna WORTLEY Labor 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2011 Alexander McEachian GALLACHER Labor 1 July 2011 to 29 August 2021 Karen GROGAN Labor from 21 September 2021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eighth seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Victor RYAN Labor 22 February 1950 to 30 June 1959 Clement Frank RIDLEY Labor 1 July 1959 to 30 June 1971 Geoffrey Thomas McLAREN Labor 1 July 1971 to 4 February 1983 Graham Ross MAGUIRE Labor 5 March 1983 to 30 June 1993 Nicholas Hugh MINCHIN Liberal 1 July 1993 to 30 June 2011 David Julian FAWCETT Liberal from 1 July 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ninth seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George McLEAY UAP, Liberal 1 July 1950 to 14 September 1955 Nancy Eileen BUTTFIELD Liberal 11 October 1955 to 8 December 1961 Gordon Sinclair DAVIDSON Liberal 8 February 1962 to 30 June 1962 James Luke CAVANAGH Labor 1 July 1962 to 30 June 1981 Robert Murray HILL Liberal 1 July 1981 to 15 March 2006 Cory BERNARDI Liberal, Ind 4 May 2006 to 20 January 2020 Andrew Lockhart McLACHLAN Liberal from 6 February 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tenth seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward William MATTNER Liberal 1 July 1950 to 30 June 1968 Nancy Eileen BUTTFIELD Liberal 1 July 1968 to 11 April 1974 Raymond Steele HALL Lib Mvt, Lib 18 May 1974 to 16 November 1977 Janine HAINES Democrats 14 December 1977 to 30 June 1978 Baden Chapman TEAGUE Liberal 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1996 Jeannie Margaret FERRIS Liberal 1 July 1996 to 12 July 1996 Jeannie Margaret FERRIS Liberal 24 July 1996 to 2 April 2007 Simon John BIRMINGHAM Liberal from 3 May 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eleventh seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amanda Eloise VANSTONE Liberal 1 December 1984 to 26 April 2007 Mary Josephine FISHER Liberal 6 June 2007 to 14 August 2012 Anne Sowerby RUSTON Liberal from 5 September 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twelfth seat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Bernard VIGOR Democrats 1 December 1984 to 5 June 1987 Christopher Cleland SCHACHT Labor 11 July 1987 to 30 June 2002 Penelope Ying-Yen WONG Labor from 1 July 2002