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2001 Australian Senate election

Australian federal election results

Summary

Australian federal election results

Field	Value
election_name	2001 Australian Senate elections
country	Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	Results of the 1998 Australian federal election (Senate)
previous_year	1998
next_election	Results of the 2004 Australian federal election (Senate)
next_year	2004
seats_for_election	40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
majority_seats	39
election_date	10 November 2001
party1	LiberalNational Coalition
image1	[[File:Robert Hill (1).jpg	175x175px]]
leader1	Robert Hill
leaders_seat1	South Australia
leader_since1	3 April 1990
seats_before1	35
seats_after1	35
seat_change1
popular_vote1	4,641,477
percentage1	39.92%
swing1	4.10%
party2	Australian Labor Party
image2	[[File:John Faulkner.jpg	175x175px]]
leader2	John Faulkner
leaders_seat2	New South Wales
leader_since2	19 March 1996
seats_before2	28
seats_after2	28
seat_change2
popular_vote2	3,990,997
percentage2	34.42%
swing2	2.99%
party4	Australian Democrats
image4	[[File:Natasha Stott Despoja Portrait 2012.jpg	175x175px]]
leader4	Natasha Stott Despoja
leaders_seat4	South Australia
leader_since4	6 April 2001
seats_before4	9
seats4	4
seats_after4	8
seat_change4	1
popular_vote4	843,130
percentage4	7.25%
swing4	1.20%
party5	Greens
image5	[[File:3x4.svg	175x175px]]
leader5	None
leaders_seat5	None
seats_before5	1
seats5	2
seats_after5	2
seat_change5	1
popular_vote5	574,543
percentage5	4.94%
swing5	2.22%
map_image	Australian Senate elected members, 2001.svg
map_caption	Senators elected in the 2001 federal election
title	Leader of the Senate
before_election	Robert Hill
before_party	Liberal/National coalition
after_election	Robert Hill
after_party	Liberal/National coalition

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2001 federal election. Senators total 35 coalition (31 Liberal, three National, one CLP), 28 Labor, two Green, eight Democrats, two Independents and one One Nation. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2002, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

Australia

Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Total seats	Change	Liberal/National Coalition	Coalition total
		Liberal/National joint ticket	2,776,052	23.87	+2.00	6	11
			1,824,745	15.69	+2.06	12	22
			222,860	1.92	+0.06	1	1
			40,680	0.35	+0.03	1	1
			3,990,997	34.32	-2.99	14	28
			843,130	7.25	-1.20	4	8	1
			644,364	5.54	-3.44	0	1
			574,543	4.94	+2.22	2	2	1
			129,966	1.12	+0.03
			87,672	0.75	*
			76,150	0.65	*
			66,547	0.57	+0.30
			63,648	0.55	*
			50,053	0.43	+0.29
			30,193	0.26	-0.57
			27,591	0.24	*
		Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party	23,767	0.20	*
			21,012	0.18	+0.11
			9,939	0.09	+0.08
			8,896	0.08	+0.00
			8,199	0.07	*
		Our Common Future	5,358	0.05	*
			4,596	0.04	-0.05
			4,071	0.04	+0.04
			3,895	0.03	-0.01
			3,494	0.03	*
			2,947	0.03	*
			1,936	0.02	*
		Taxi Operators' Political Service	670	0.01	*
		Other	79,834	0.69	+0.39	0	2
	Others	630,600	5.44	+0.22	0	2
Total	11,627,529			40	76
Invalid/blank votes	470,515	3.9
Turnout	12,098,320	95.7
Registered voters	12,636,631
Source: Federal Elections 1998

New South Wales

Sandy Macdonald (Nat) (elected 3)
Marise Payne (Lib) (elected 5)
Fiona Nash (Nat)
Scot MacDonald (Lib)
Terence Tang (Lib)
George Campbell (elected 4)
Warren Mundine
Joanna Woods
Joanne Yates
Craig Chung
Caroline Mayfield
Janine Prince
Julian Evans
Rick Putra
Carol Deeney
John Kaye
Jan Davis
James Ryan
Kevin Hume
Shona Lee
Don Fuggle
David Wiseman
Charles Martin
Paul Freeman
Edwin Woodger
Robert McLeod
Valerie Armstrong
Ted Potts
Tom Jordan
Yvonne Francis
Annette McKeegan
John Stewart
Clenys Collins
Robert Astridge
Shirley Guy
Ian Rintoul
Geoff Lawler
Dora Anthony

Victoria

Rod Kemp (Lib) (elected 3)
Kay Patterson (Lib) (elected 5)
Tim Hawker (Nat)
Dino de Marchi (Lib)
Duc-Dung Tran (Lib)
Gavin Marshall (elected 4)
Ted Murphy
Robert Chong
Pierre Harcourt
David Wark
Simone Alesich
Eleisha Mullane
Dinesh Mathew
Liz Conor
Neville McIntyre
John Lugg
Pat Crea
Gail King
Rosemary Maurus
Ken Wells
Eileen Zombolas
Arnold Jago
Diana Wolowski
Bill Cope (academic)
Robert Barwick
Pam Barber
Lee-Anne Poynton
Sarah Peart
Tony Dewberry
Elizabeth Kennedy
Stephen Reghenzani
Donna Brocas

Queensland

John Herron (elected 3)
Russell Trood
Deborah Kember
Claire Moore (elected 4)
Brenda Gibbs
Trevor Hansen
Morrie Marsden
John Slack-Smith
Pam Stallman
Barnaby Joyce
Liz Oss-Emer
Megan Bathurst
Desiree Mahoney
Mark Taylor
Guy Freemarijuana
Richard Gooch
Geoffrey Bullock
Karen Fletcher
Malcolm Simpson
Nick Contarino

Western Australia

David Johnston (elected 3)
Ross Lightfoot (elected 5)
Winston Crane
Kim Keogh
Nigel Hallett
Ruth Webber (elected 4)
Mark Cuomo
Gavin Waugh
Gerry Kenworthy
Marye Daniels
Peter David
Helen Hodgson
Damian Meyer
Lee Bell
Paul Smith
Jenna Zed
Margaret Day
Arthur Harris
Kerry Watterson
Nicholas Chin
Kate Dalton
June Bennett
Henry Sheil
John Watson
Nicholas Chin
Ramon Kennedy
Renu Schneider
Daniel Watson

South Australia

Jeannie Ferris (elected 3)
Grant Chapman (elected 5)
Michelle Lensink
Linda Kirk (elected 4)
Chris Schacht
Jeff Heath
Michael Pilling
Haroon Hassan
Colin Gibson
Jim Douglas
Robert Easson
Lisa Lines
Colin Phillips
Helen Aldridge

Tasmania

John Watson (elected 3)
Richard Colbeck (elected 6)
Nick Sherry (elected 4)
Catryna Bilyk
Brendan Toohey
Peter Stokes
David Jackson
John Presser
Michael Thomas
Geoff Howard
Sarah Cleary
Bert Lawatsch
Shamara Petherbridge-de Tissera

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Robin Poke
Bill Hanlon
Roslyn Dundas
Felicity Fahey
Ted Tarlinton
Tim Janes

Northern Territory

John Lopes
Olga Havnen
Joe Faggion
Jim King
Charlotte McCabe
Gary Meyerhoff

Notes

References

(December 2001). "Current and Prospective Senate Membership".
"Senators Elected (1998)".

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