Party Representation after the 1996 Federal Election

Updated: 27 January 2011

Number of Senators by party

Elected at 2 March 1996 federal election; terms expire on 30 June 2002
State ALP LP NP DEM GWA HAR CLP TG
NSW 2 2 1 1 - - - -
VIC 2 3 - 1 - - - -
QLD 2 2 1 1 - - - -
WA 2 3 - 1 - - - -
SA 2 3 - 1 - - - -
TAS 2 3 - - - - - 1
ACT* 1 1 - - - - - -
NT* 1 - - - - - 1 -
TOTAL 14 17 2 5 - - 1 1

* (elected at 2 March 1996 federal election; terms expire on the day before the next general election of the House of Representatives)

Elected at 13 March 1993 federal election; terms expire on 30 June 1999
State ALP LP NP DEM GWA HAR CLP TG
NSW 3 2 1 - - - - -
VIC 3 2 1 - - - - -
QLD 2 2 1 1 - - - -
WA 2 3 - - 1 - - -
SA 2 3 - 1 - - - -
TAS 3 2 - - - 1 - -
TOTAL 15 14 3 2 1 1 - -
Senate Total party representation from 1 July 1996
State ALP LP NP DEM GWA HAR CLP TG
NSW 5 4 2 1 - - - -
VIC 5 5 1 1 - - - -
QLD 4 4 2 2 - - - -
WA 4 6 - 1 1 - - -
SA 4 6 - 2 - - - -
TAS 5 5 - - - 1 - 1
ACT* 1 1 - - - - - -
NT* 1 - - - - - 1 -
TOTAL 29 31 5 7 1 1 1 1

* Terms expire on the day before the next general election of the House of Representatives

House of Representatives – Party representation
State ALP LP NP CLP IND Seats
NSW 20 19 10 - 1 50
VIC 16 19 2 - - 37
QLD 2 17 6 - 1* 26
WA 3 8 - - 3 14
SA 2 10 - - - 12
TAS 3 2 - - - 5
ACT 3 - - - - 3
NT - - - 1 - 1
TOTAL 49 75 18 1 5 148

* Member for Oxley, Pauline Hanson, nominated as a LP candidate but was disendorsed by her party prior to polling day

ALP: Australian Labor Party, LP: Liberal Party, NP: National Party, DEM: Australian Democrats, GWA: The Greens (WA) Inc; HAR: Tasmanian Independent Senator Brian Harradine Group, CLP: Country Liberal Party, TG: Tasmanian Greens.