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 + Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 95.20% (CV) — Informal 3.89% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change Liberal/National Coalition 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 Coalition total 4,863,337 41.83 +4.15 20 35 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 Total 11,627,529 40 76 Invalid/blank votes 470,515 3.9 Turnout 12,098,320 95.7Registered voters 12,636,631 Source: Federal Elections 1998
New South Wales Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Helen Coonan Liberal 2001 2 Ursula Stephens Labor 2001 3 Sandy Macdonald National 2001 4 George Campbell Labor 2001 5 Marise Payne Liberal 2001 6 Kerry Nettle Greens1998 1998 1 Steve Hutchins Labor 1998 2 Bill Heffernan Liberal 1998 3 John Faulkner Labor 1998 4 John Tierney Liberal 1998 5 Aden Ridgeway Democrats 1998 6 Michael Forshaw Labor
Victoria Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Richard Alston Liberal 2001 2 Robert Ray Labor 2001 3 Rod Kemp Liberal 2001 4 Gavin Marshall Labor 2001 5 Kay Patterson Liberal 2001 6 Lyn Allison Democrats1998 1998 1 Stephen Conroy Labor 1998 2 Judith Troeth Liberal 1998 3 Kim Carr Labor 1998 4 Julian McGauran National 1998 5 Jacinta Collins Labor 1998 6 Tsebin Tchen Liberal
Queensland Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Ian Macdonald Liberal 2001 2 John Hogg Labor 2001 3 John Herron Liberal 2001 4 Claire Moore Labor 2001 5 Andrew Bartlett Democrats 2001 6 Ron Boswell National1998 1998 1 Jan McLucas Labor 2000* 2 George Brandis Liberal 1999† 3 Len Harris One Nation 1998 4 Joe Ludwig Labor 1998 5 Brett Mason Liberal 2001‡ 6 John Cherry Democrats
Western Australia
Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Alan Eggleston Liberal 2001 2 Mark Bishop Labor 2001 3 David Johnston Liberal 2001 4 Ruth Webber Labor 2001 5 Ross Lightfoot Liberal 2001 6 Andrew Murray Democrats1998 1998 1 Chris Ellison Liberal 1998 2 Peter Cook Labor 1998 3 Ian Campbell Liberal 1998 4 Chris Evans Labor 1998 5 Brian Greig Democrats 1998 6 Sue Knowles Liberal
South Australia
Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Robert Hill Liberal 2001 2 Penny Wong Labor 2001 3 Jeannie Ferris Liberal 2001 4 Linda Kirk Labor 2001 5 Grant Chapman Liberal 2001 6 Natasha Stott Despoja Democrats1998 1998 1 Amanda Vanstone Liberal 1998 2 Nick Bolkus Labor 1998 3 Nick Minchin Liberal 1998 4 John Quirke Labor 1998 5 Meg Lees Democrats 1998 6 Alan Ferguson Liberal
Tasmania
Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Paul Calvert Liberal 2001 2 Sue Mackay Labor 2001 3 John Watson Liberal 2001 4 Nick Sherry Labor 2001 5 Bob Brown Greens 2001 6 Richard Colbeck Liberal1998 1998 1 Kerry O'Brien Labor 1998 2 Eric Abetz Liberal 1998 3 Shayne Murphy Independent 1998 4 Brian Gibson Liberal 1998 5 Kay Denman Labor 1998 6 Brian Harradine Independent
Territories
Australian Capital Territory
Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Kate Lundy Labor 2001 2 Margaret Reid Liberal
Northern Territory
Elected # Senator Party 2001 1 Nigel Scullion CLP 2001 2 Trish Crossin Labor
See also Candidates of the 2001 Australian federal election Members of the Australian Senate, 2002–2005
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