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2004 Australian Senate election

Australian federal election results

Summary

Australian federal election results

FieldValue
election_name2004 Australian Senate elections
countryAustralia
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_electionResults of the 2001 Australian federal election (Senate)
previous_year2001
next_electionResults of the 2007 Australian federal election (Senate)
next_year2007
seats_for_election40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
majority_seats39
election_date9 October 2004
party1LiberalNational Coalition
image1[[File:Robert Hill (1).jpg175x175px]]
leader1Robert Hill
leaders_seat1South Australia
leader_since13 April 1990
seats_before134
seats_after139
seat_change15
popular_vote15,390,084
percentage145.09%
swing13.26%
party2Australian Labor Party
image2[[File:John Faulkner.jpg175x175px]]
leader2John Faulkner
leaders_seat2New South Wales
leader_since219 March 1996
seats_before228
seats_after228
seat_change2
popular_vote24,186,715
percentage235.02%
swing20.70%
party3Australian Greens
color339b54a
image3[[File:Bob Brown profile.png175x175px]]
leader3Bob Brown
leaders_seat3Tasmania
leader_since3de facto
seats_before32
seats_after34
seat_change32
popular_vote3916,431
percentage37.67%
swing32.73%
party4Australian Democrats
image4[[File:Andrew Bartlett Portrait 2007.jpg175x175px]]
leader4Andrew Bartlett
leaders_seat4Queensland
leader_since45 October 2002
seats_before48
seats44
seats_after44
seat_change44
popular_vote4250,373
percentage42.09%
swing45.16%
party5Family First
color51456F1
image5[[File:3x4.svg175x175px]]
leader5Steve Fielding
leaders_seat5Victoria
seats_before51
seats51
seats_after51
seat_change51
popular_vote5210,567
percentage51.76%
swing51.76%
map_imageAustralian Senate elected members, 2004.svg
map_captionSenators elected in the 2004 federal election
titleLeader of the Senate
before_electionRobert Hill
before_partyLiberal/National coalition
after_electionRobert Hill
after_partyLiberal/National coalition

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election. Senators total 37 coalition (33 Liberal, 3 coalition National, 1 CLP), 28 Labor, 4 Green, 1 Family First, 2 non-coalition National and 4 Democrats. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2005, except the territories who took their seats immediately. This is the most recent time a Government has had a majority in the senate.

Preference deals

The Greens directed preferences to the Democrats and Labor ahead of the Coalition, Family First and the Christian Democrats. In exchange, the Democrats preferenced the Greens ahead of both major parties and Labor preferenced the Greens and Democrats first in every state and territory except for Tasmania, where Labor preferenced Family First ahead of the Greens and Democrats, and Victoria, where Labor preferenced Family First, Democratic Labor and the Christian Democrats ahead of the Greens and the Democrats.

The Family First Party preferenced the Democrats and the Christian Democrats ahead of both major parties. In exchange, the Democrats preferenced Family First ahead of both the Greens and both major parties, while the Christian Democrats also preferenced Family First highly. The Family First Party and the Coalition also preferenced each other ahead of Labor and the Greens.

One Nation was preferenced last by Labor, the Democrats, the Coalition and the Greens in every state, while the Greens was preferenced last by Family First, One Nation and the Christian Democrats in every state.

A full listing of preferences can be found here.http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/guide/groupvotingtickets.htm

Australia

PartyVotes%±SeatsSeats
wonNot
upNew
totalSeat
changeLiberal/National CoalitionCoalition total5,390,08445.09+3.262118394
/ joint ticket3,074,95225.72+1.8566121
2,109,94817.65+1.961311242
163,2611.37−0.551121
(NT)41,9230.35+0.00101
4,186,71535.02+0.70161228
916,4317.67+2.732242
250,3732.09-5.160444
210,5671.76+1.761011
206,4551.73-3.810001
140,6741.18+0.06
107,1300.90+0.15
58,0420.49−0.08
50,3560.42+0.18
41,5010.35−0.20
Ex-Service, Service and Veterans Party25,2770.21+0.21
24,6630.21+0.14
Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party19,1560.16−0.04
18,8560.16+0.16
18,4240.15−0.50
Aged and Disability Pensioners17,4010.15+0.15
13,8220.12+0.12
13,3050.11+0.11
12,2070.10+0.06
11,5080.10−0.08
11,0400.09+0.09
9,7130.08−0.35
6,9840.06+0.06
4,1680.03−0.06
3,2810.03+0.03
Hope Party Australia2,9380.02−0.01
2,1630.02−0.02
Unendorsed/ungrouped180,3851.51+1.130002
Others792,9946.65+1.310002
Total11,953,649100.00–403676
Invalid/blank votes466,3703.75−0.14––––
Registered voters/turnout12,420,01994.82-0.38––––
Source: Upper house results: AEC

New South Wales

Elected#SenatorParty
20041Bill Heffernan
20042Steve Hutchins
20043Concertta Fierravanti-Wells
20044John Faulkner
20045Fiona Nash
20046Michael Forshaw
2001
20011Helen Coonan
20012Ursula Stephens
20013Sandy Macdonald
20014George Campbell
20015Marise Payne
20016Kerry Nettle

  1. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) (elected 3)

  2. Fiona Nash (Nat) (elected 5)

  3. John Tierney (Lib)

  4. Michael Darby (Lib)

  5. Robyn Bain (Nat)

  6. John Faulkner (elected 4)

  7. Michael Forshaw (elected 6)

  8. Joanna Woods

  9. Carol Berry

  10. Ben Oquist

  11. Susie Russell

  12. Trish Mullins

  13. Jeremy Buckingham

  14. Patricia Giles

  15. Peter Walker

  16. Kevin Hume

  17. George Capsis

  18. Nina Burridge

  19. Greg Butler

  20. Lynn Stanfield

  21. Peter Bussa

  22. Graham Askey

  23. Ivan Herald

  24. David Hitchcock

  25. Ruth Green

  26. Derek Ridgley

  27. Janos Beregszaszi

  28. Ashley Ettridge

  29. Kate Ferguson

  30. Bonnie Fraser

  31. Trevor Hesse

  32. Edwin Woodger

  33. Warwick Mead

  34. Lisa de Meur

  35. Dennis Robinson

  36. Ray Jackson

  37. Bernie Laughlan

  38. Andrew Thompson

  39. Robert Zitek

  40. Richard Witten

  41. Lee Raper

  42. Yvonne Francis

  43. Kelly Ferguson

  44. Don Nguyen

  45. Terry Cook

The primary vote saw the Coalition winning three seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens and Labor leading the Christian Democrats for the final seat. Preferences from liberals for forests, Family First, the Democrats and One Nation meant that the Christian Democrats ended up overtaking both Labor and the Greens for the final vacancy, but Labor managed to stay ahead of the Greens, meaning that Labor ending up taking the final seat using Green preferences. The result was three seats coalition and three seats Labor.

Victoria

Elected#SenatorParty
20041Michael Ronaldson
20042Kim Carr
20043Julian McGauran
20044Stephen Conroy
20045Judith Troeth
20046
2001
20011Mitch Fifield
20012Robert Ray
20013Rod Kemp
20014Gavin Marshall
20015Kay Patterson
20016Lyn Allison

  1. Julian McGauran (Nat) (elected 3)

  2. Judith Troeth (Lib) (elected 5)

  3. Dino De Marchi (Lib)

  4. Jim Forbes (Lib)

  5. Eugene Notermans (Lib)

  6. Stephen Conroy (elected 4)

  7. Jacinta Collins

  8. Marg Lewis

  9. Richard Di Natale

  10. Pamela Curr

  11. Liz Conor

  12. Sue Pennicuik

  13. Berhan Ahmed

  14. Pat Crea

  15. Gail King

  16. Rosemary Maurus

  17. Ken Wells

  18. Danny Nalliah

  19. Annette Blaze

  20. Allan Meyer

  21. Ann Bown

  22. Greg Chipp

  23. Tony Inglese

  24. Jo McCubbin

  25. Rad Wintle

  26. James Neary

  27. Ian Kleeman

  28. Kelly-Ann Paull

  29. Phil Seymour

  30. Pam Brown

  31. Peter Phelps

  32. John Harding

  33. Sue Bolton

  34. Sheila Newman

  35. Steven Reghenzani

  36. Brendan Hall

  37. Lee-Anne Poynton

  38. Charles Williams

Primary votes ensured that the Coalition secured three senate seats and Labor secured two. This left the Greens leading with Labor not far behind as preferences began counting. In an attempt to protect their third candidate, Jacinta Collins, Labor made a deal with several groups including the Democratic Labor Party, Family First Party and the Christian Democrats where they would preference her ahead of the Coalition in exchange for Labor preferences, expecting them to be eliminated before these preferences could be distributed. However, it backfired badly as the Family First Party, despite starting with less than two percent of the primary vote, received many preferences from the Christian Democrats, the Aged and Disability Pensioners Party, One Nation, the Coalition, liberals for forests, the Australian Democrats and the Democratic Labor Party that easily put Family First ahead of Labor. And, as per the Jacinta Collins deal, the majority of the Labor preferences went to Family First too, meaning that Steve Fielding was comfortably elected ahead of Greens candidate David Risstrom. The result was three seats Coalition, two seats Labor and one seat Family First.

Queensland

Elected#SenatorParty
20041Brett Mason
20042Jan McLucas
20043George Brandis
20044Joe Ludwig
20045Barnaby Joyce
20043Russell Trood
2001
20011Ian Macdonald
20012John Hogg
20013Santo Santoro
20014Claire Moore
20015Andrew Bartlett
20016Ron Boswell

  1. George Brandis (elected 3)

  2. Russell Trood (elected 6)

  3. Sue Boyce

  4. Joe Ludwig (elected 4)

  5. Frank Gilbert

  6. James Baker

  7. Stewart Gillies

  8. Sarah Moles

  9. Theresa Millard

  10. Judy Smith

  11. Tracy Skellern-Smith

  12. Ian Nelson

  13. James Savage

  14. Bonny Bauer

  15. Darryl Whitford

  16. Archie Chapman

  17. Tony Kneipp

  18. Diana Scott

  19. Eamon Coll

  20. Doug Thompson

  21. Ray Gillham

  22. Rowell Walton

  23. Nicole Clevens

  24. Mal McKenzie

  25. Susan Harvey

  26. Kim McIntosh

  27. Darrell Morris

Primary votes saw two Labor and two Liberal senators get elected, leaving the Liberal Party well ahead of the National Party, the Greens and former One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who this election ran as an independent. Pauline Hanson attracted a lot of preferential votes, which meant that her former party was surprisingly excluded before she was. This meant that her preferences could not go to One Nation and threaten the Liberal and National parties. As such, the National Party, using Fishing Party preferences, won the fifth seat and the Liberals won the sixth seat. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat National.

Western Australia

Elected#SenatorParty
20041Chris Ellison
20042Chris Evans
20043Ian Campbell
20044Glenn Sterle
20045Judith Adams
20046Rachel Siewert
2001
20011Alan Eggleston
20012Mark Bishop
20013David Johnston
20014Ruth Webber
20015Ross Lightfoot
20016Andrew Murray

  1. Ian Campbell (elected 3)

  2. Judith Adams (elected 5)

  3. Michelle Steck

  4. Glenn Sterle (elected 4)

  5. Emiliano Barzotto

  6. Colin Hughes

  7. Christopher Newall

  8. Felicity Peterson

  9. Ron McLean

  10. Dominika Lisowski

  11. Jason Meotti

  12. Peter Watt

  13. Norman Gage

  14. Norm Henning

  15. Don Hatch

  16. Vicki Taylor

  17. Lyn Kearsley

  18. Steven Ogle

  19. Stuart Smith

  20. Brendan Mansell

  21. Geoff Dixon

  22. Stephen Crabbe

Primary votes saw three Liberal and two Labor senators get elected, leaving the Greens with a sizeable lead against the Liberals. Preferences from the Democrats and Labor saw that lead extended even further, and Greens candidate Rachel Siewert comfortably took the final vacancy. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Greens.

South Australia

Elected#SenatorParty
20041Nick Minchin
20042Anne McEwen
20043Amanda Vanstone
20044Annette Hurley
20045Alan Ferguson
20046Dana Wortley
2001
20011Robert Hill
20012Penny Wong
20013Jeannie Ferris
20014Linda Kirk
20015Grant Chapman
20016Natasha Stott Despoja

  1. Amanda Vanstone (elected 3)

  2. Alan Ferguson (elected 5)

  3. Sue Lawrie

  4. Annette Hurley (elected 4)

  5. Dana Wortley (elected 6)

  6. Clare McCarty

  7. Mij Tanith

  8. Sandy Montgomery

  9. Tony Bates

  10. Toni Turnbull

  11. Ruth Russell

  12. Tammy Franks

  13. Jenny Scott

  14. Kirk Jones

  15. Jenny Macintosh

  16. Basil Hille

  17. Julie Sippo

  18. Ian Willcourt

  19. Jarrad Kay

  20. Rachael Barons

  21. Mark Smith

  22. Robyn Munro

  23. Ivan May

  24. Amy McDonald

  25. Alan Hutton

  26. Benno Lang

  27. Damian Woodards

  28. Claire Winther

Primary votes saw three Liberal seats and two Labor seats secured. With South Australia being the former constituent of former Democrats leader now Progressive Alliance leader Meg Lees, the state saw the largest swing against the Democrats and the largest total for the Progressive Alliance. ABC Election Analyst Antony Green suggested that had the Democrats done better in the primary vote in South Australia, they may have won the final senate seat on Family First preferences. Instead, the Democrat preferences saw Family First go ahead of the Greens, leading to Labor winning the seat on Green preferences. The result was three seats Liberal and three seats Labor.

Tasmania

Elected#SenatorParty
20041Eric Abetz
20042Kerry O'Brien
20043Guy Barnett
20044Helen Polley
20045Stephen Parry
20046Christine Milne
2001
20011Paul Calvert
20012Sue Mackay
20043John Watson
20014Nick Sherry
20015Bob Brown
20016Richard Colbeck

  1. Guy Barnett (elected 3)

  2. Stephen Parry (elected 5)

  3. Helen Polley (elected 4)

  4. David Price

  5. Nicole Wells

  6. Karen Cassidy

  7. Tom Millen

  8. Lance Bergman

  9. Lindsay Smith

  10. Suzanne Cass

  11. Michael Fracalossi

(Harradine candidates) 2. John Newman

  1. Adrian Watts

Primary votes saw the Liberal Party winning three senate seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens leading for the sixth seat against the Family First Party with a sizable majority. However, Tasmania was one of two states where Labor preferenced the Family First Party ahead of the Greens, meaning that the Family First candidate Jacquie Petrusma was expected to receive large amounts of preferences and win the final seat. However, Greens candidate Christine Milne ended up winning the seat, mainly due to the high amount of "below the line" voting in Tasmania. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Green.

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Elected#SenatorParty
20041Kate Lundy
20042Gary Humphries

  1. David Smith

  2. Ian Morison

  3. Roland Manderson

  4. Peter Bourne

  5. John Miller

  6. Ryan Deebank

Northern Territory

Elected#SenatorParty
20041Nigel Scullion
20042Trish Crossin

  1. Bernadette Greg

  2. Wayne Connop

  3. Shan McKenzie

  4. Fay Lawrence

  5. Kathy Newnam

Notes

References

References

  1. [http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/SenateSenatorsElected-12246-NAT.htm 2004 Senators elected - AEC]
  2. [http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/federal_elections/2001/Senate.htm 2001 Senators elected - AEC]
  3. "Commonwealth Parliament, Senate election - Election of 9 October 2004". The University of Western Australia.
  4. [http://results.aec.gov.au/12246/results/SenateResultsMenu-12246.htm Upper house results: AEC]
  5. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/results/sendNSW.htm Senate Results: New South Wales - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
  6. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/results/sendVIC.htm Senate Results: Victoria - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
  7. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/results/sendQLD.htm Senate Results: Queensland - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
  8. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/results/sendWA.htm Senate Results: Western Australia - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
  9. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/results/sendSA.htm Senate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
  10. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/results/sendTAS.htm Senate Results: Tasmania - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
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