Members_of_the_Australian_Senate,_2008–2011

Members of the Australian Senate, 2008–2011

Members of the Australian Senate, 2008–2011

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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2011.[1] Half of the state senators had been elected at the November 2007 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2014; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 2004 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2011. The territory senators were elected at the November 2007 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was August 2010. The new Senate first met in August 2008, with state senators elected in 2007 sworn in on 26 August 2008.

Government (32) – (7 seat minority)
  Labor (32)

Opposition (37)
  Liberal (32)
  National Party (4)
  Country Liberal (1)

Crossbench (7)
  Greens (5)
  Family First (1)
  Independent (1)

Assuming party discipline, the Gillard Labor government needed the support of either the Coalition, or of all the other non-Coalition senators to pass legislation.[2]

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Notes

  1. Western Australian Liberal Senator Chris Ellison resigned on 30 January 2009. Chris Back was appointed as his replacement on 12 March 2009.
  2. The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was August 2010.
  3. Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion was elected as a candidate of the Country Liberal Party, which is the equivalent of both the Nationals and Liberals in the Northern Territory. He sits with the Nationals and served as that party's deputy leader.

References

  1. [1]
    "Members of the Senate" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 26 August 2008. pp. ii–iii.
  2. [2]
    The President of the Senate votes and if the votes are equal, the motion is defeated: Constitution (Cth) s 23 Voting in the Senate.
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