2007 Australian Senate election

Preference deals

Preferences played a crucial role in determining winners in both the House and Senate. Unlike the previous election, Labor and Australian Democrats directed preferences to the Australian Greens. In exchange, the Greens preferenced the Democrats and Labor. The Family First Party and Christian Democratic Party (Australia) directed preferences in most states to the Coalition. In turn, the Coalition preferenced both parties and also preferenced the Greens ahead of Labor.

Australia

New South Wales

2. Doug Cameron (elected 3)

3. Ursula Stephens (elected 6)

4. Pierre Esber

5. Fiona Seaton

6. Pauline James

7. John Williams (Nat) (elected 4)

8. Marise Payne (Lib) (elected 5)

9. Murray Lees (Nat)

10. Vicky McGahey (Lib)

11. Carolyn Currie (Lib)

12. David Shoebridge

13. Marcia Ella-Duncan

14. Jack Mundey

15. Christina Ho

16. Sandra Heilpern

17. Elaine Nile

18. Allan Lotfizadeh

19. Peter Pilt

20. Bruce York

21. Terence O'Donohue

22. Robert Shaw (Shooters)

23. Jim Muirhead (Shooters)

24. Andrew Hestelow (F&L)

25. Thomas Morgan (F&L)

26. John Carter

27. Karl Kruszelnicki

28. David King

29. Brett Paterson

30. Stewart Paterson

31. Kathy Gray

32. Andrew Webber

33. Peter Bussa

34. Andy Frew

35. Janette Robinson

36. Nell Brown

37. Katrina Clark

38. Mary Mockler

39. Janos Beregszaszi

40. James Maxfield

41. Susan Price

42. Kamala Emanuel

43. Tim Dobson

44. Roland Foster

45. Berge Der Sarkissian

46. Ian McCaffrey

47. Carol Divjak

48. Lindsay Carroll

49. John August

50. Maria Chan

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2. Max Bradley |-

Both major parties finished with around 40% of the primary vote each with Labor in front. The Greens received over 8% of the primary vote. Labor won two seats on primary vote alone, narrowly missing a third seat. The Coalition also won two seats, including one to National Party of Australia candidate John Williams. Despite finishing with less than 1% of the primary vote, the Climate Change Coalition managed to place ahead of Pauline's United Australia Party, the Democrats and Family First. The Democrats and Pauline United Australia Party directed preferences to the Climate Change Coalition. Unlike in other states, Family First also directed its preferences to the Climate Change Coalition. After these preferences, the Climate Change Coalition had increased their vote from less than 1% to almost 5%. However, they still narrowly finished behind the Christian Democrats. Preferences from the Climate Change Coalition went to the Greens however they still finished behind the major parties. This led to Greens senator Kerry Nettle losing her seat. Preferences from the Christian Democrats went to the Coalition, allowing them to win their third seat with Labor winning the remaining seat. The end result was three seats each to the Coalition and Labor

Victoria

2. Gavin Marshall (elected 3)

3. David Feeney (elected 6)

4. Marg Lewis

5. Helen Kroger (Lib) (elected 4)

6. Scott Ryan (Lib) (elected 5)

7. Simon Swayn (Nat)

8. Jenny O'Connor

9. Alexandra Bhathal

10. Jim Reiher

11. Hoa Pham

12. Emma Henley

13. Miriam Rawson

14. Monique Podbury

15. Chris Willis

16. Clare Heath

17. Ann Bown Seeley

18. Greg Chipp

19. Jo McCubbin

20. Gerry Flood

21. Pat La Manna

22. Teresa Evelyn-Liardet

23. Ken Wells

24. Paul Crea

25. Sashikala Rozairo

26. Matt Graham

27. Robyn Thompson

28. Daniel Shore

29. Dallas Clarnette

30. Jude Pierce

31. Viesha Lewand

32. Peter Gibilisco

33. Patricia Karadimos

34. Jeremy Barrett

35. Geoff Saw

36. Jeremy Smith

37. Tania Baptist

38. Katherine Isherwood

39. John Zabaneh

40. Andrew Conway

41. Koulla Mesaritis

42. Amanda Klein

Labor once again narrowly finished ahead of the Coalition on primary votes with around 40% each. Both parties won two seats each on primary vote alone, with another two seats yet to be won. The Greens finished with just over 10% of the vote. After preferences from small minor parties, Labor managed to stay ahead of the Greens and Coalition. Preferences from the Democrats allowed the Greens to go ahead of the Coalition and close to the required number of votes to win a seat. However, preferences from Family First allowed the Coalition to win a third seat whilst Labor narrowly won the remaining seat over the Greens. The end result was three seats each to the Coalition and Labor

Queensland

2. Sue Boyce (Lib) (elected 3)

3. Ron Boswell (Nat) (elected 5)

4. Mark Powell (Lib)

5. David Goodwin (Nat)

6. Scott Buchholz (Nat)

7. Claire Moore (elected 4)

8. Mark Furner (elected 6)

9. Diana O'Brien

10. Anja Light

11. Darryl Rosin

12. David Saville

13. Beryl Spencer

14. Merlin Manners

15. Cathy Eaton

16. Shaun Hart

17. Elizabeth Benson-Scott

18. Sharon Neill

19. Elizabeth Stocker

20. Dave Donald

21. Sonya Beutel

22. Allen Hrstich

23. Steve Posselt

24. Brian Dowling

25. Malcolm Brice

26. Robert Gow

27. Lew Arroita

28. Joseph Clark

29. Amelia Taylor

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2. John Rivett |-

2. Louise Fitzgerald-Baker

3. Doug Thompson

4. Sharon Bateson

5. Maurice Hetherington

6. Michael Brown

7. Martin Rady

The Coalition narrowly finished ahead of Labor on primary vote with around 40% each. The Greens finished with over 7% and Pauline's United Australia party with over 4%. The Coalition and Labor both won 2 seats each on primary vote alone. Preferences from the Democrats allowed the Greens to narrowly go ahead of Labor. Family first preferences were enough for Nationals candidate Ron Boswell to be re-elected and win a third seat for the Coalition. Pauline's United Australia party directed preferences to Labor which allowed them to win the final seat. The final result was three seats each to Labor and the Coalition.

Western Australia

2. Alan Eggleston (elected 3)

3. Michaelia Cash (elected 5)

4. Michael Mischin

5. Jane Mouritz

6. Matt Brown

7. Mark Bishop (elected 4)

8. Ruth Webber

9. Alison Xamon

10. Brenda Roy

11. Peter Watt

12. Wendy Duncan

13. Rob Olver

14. Don Hoddy

15. Ron McLean

16. Eric Miller

17. Cathie Fabian

18. Steve Fuhrmann

19. Saywood Lane

20. Sarah Bishop

21. John Fischer

22. Russell Graham

23. Geoff Gibson

24. Shirley Primeau

25. Shirley Anton

26. Stuart Smith

27. Mike Ward

28. Julie Gray

29. Zoe Lamont

30. Kevin Fitzgerald

31. Daniel Parker

32. Michael Tan

Unlike in other states, the Liberal Party of Australia and Nationals were not on a joint ticket. However, the Liberals finished far ahead of Labor in the primary vote with a 10% margin between them. The Greens finished with over 9% of the vote. The Liberals won three seats on primary vote alone whilst Labor won two. After these seats were distributed, the Greens were ahead of all parties. The Democratic Labor Party distributed preferences to the Christian Democrats, allowing them to go ahead of the Liberal party. Preferences from the Liberal Party allowed the Christian Democrats to go ahead of Labor and narrowly behind the Greens. However, preferences from Labor led to Greens candidate Scott Ludlam winning the final seat. The end result was three seats to the Liberals, two to Labor and one to the Greens

South Australia

2. Penny Wong (elected 4)

3. Cath Perry

4. Simon Birmingham (elected 5)

5. Grant Chapman

6. Maria Kourtesis

7. Roger Bryson

8. Nikki Mortier

9. Matt Rigney

10. Toni Turnbull

11. Colin Gibson

12. David McCabe

13. Max Baumann

14. Richard Way

15. David Dwyer

16. Paul Tippins

17. Morag McIntosh

18. Basil Borun

19. Mark Cuthbertson

20. Vidas Kubilius

21. Noelene Hunt

22. Mark Hill

23. Liah Lazarou

24. Courtney Clarke

25. A. Brook

26. Paul Siebert

Both major parties finished with around 35% each, with Independent Nick Xenophon at almost 15% followed by the Greens on over 6%. The Liberals and Labor won two seats each whilst Xenophon won a seat on primary vote alone. Preferences from the What Women Want (Australia) Party and the Climate Change Coalition allowed the Greens to go ahead of all parties. This was followed by preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and Family First going to the Liberals, which allowed the Coalition to go ahead of the Greens. However, the Greens managed to crucially stay ahead of Labor, which led to preferences from Labor going to the Greens. This was enough for Greens candidate Sarah Hanson-Young winning the remaining seat. The final result was two seats to the Liberals, two seats to Labor, one seat to Xenophon and one seat to the Greens

Tasmania

2. Carol Brown (elected 4)

3. Catryna Bilyk (elected 6)

4. David Bushby (elected 5)

5. Don Morris

6. Andrew Wilkie

7. Sophie Houghton

8. Scott Jordan

9. Andrew Bennett

10. Betty Roberts

11. Belinda Gleeson

12. Joan Shackcloth

13. Mick Cook

14. Chris Smallbane

15. Karley Nelson

16. Michael Phibbs

17. Luke Hamilton

18. David Hammond

Labor finished ahead of the Liberals with around 40% of the vote each, followed by the Greens with over 18%. Labor and the Liberals each won two seats on primary vote alone whilst the Greens won one on primary vote. Preferences from the Greens led to Labor winning the remaining seat. The final result was three seats to Labor, two seats to the Liberals and one seat to the Greens.

Territories

Australian Capital Territory

2. Peter Conway

3. Jacqui Myers

4. Elena Kirschbaum

5. Anthony David

6. Shannon Morris

7. Andrew Gee

8. Chris Textor

9. Erica Denborough

Northern Territory

2. Kim Hill

3. Bernadette Wallace

4. Gregory Goodluck

5. Vernon Work

6. Joe Faggion

Notes

References

References

1. [http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/website/SenateStateFirstPrefsByGroup-13745-NSW.htm Full First Preferences by state - AEC]
2. "AEC redirection page".
3. [http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/website/SenateStateFirstPrefsByGroup-13745-NAT.htm Upper house results: AEC]
4. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/results/senate/nsw.htm Senate Results: New South Wales - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
5. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/results/senate/vic.htm Senate Results: Victoria - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
6. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/results/senate/qld.htm Senate Results: Queensland - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
7. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/results/senate/wa.htm Senate Results: Western Australia - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
8. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/results/senate/sa.htm Senate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]
9. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/results/senate/tas.htm Senate Results: Tasmania - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]