List of senators from South Australia

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Created	1901
Party	Liberal (5)   Labor (5)   Greens (2)

This is a list of senators from the state of South Australia since the Federation of Australia in 1901.

List

Senate	Election	Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)
1901–1903	1901		David Charleston (Free Trade) [1]		Gregor McGregor (Labor) [2]		Thomas Playford (Protectionist) [3]		Sir Richard Baker (Free Trade) [4]		Sir Josiah Symon (Free Trade/ Liberal) [5]		Sir John Downer (Protectionist) [6]	6 senators per state 1901-1950
1904–1906	1903		Robert Guthrie (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist) [7]			William Story (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist) [8]
1907–1910	1906			Joseph Vardon (Anti-Socialist) [9]				William Russell (Labor) [10]
	1907			James O'Loghlin (Labor) [11]
	1908			Joseph Vardon (Anti-Socialist/ Liberal) [9]
	1909
1910–1913	1910
	1912						John Shannon (Liberal) [12]
1913–1914	1913	John Newlands (Liberal/ Nationalist/ UAP) [13]					William Senior (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist) [14]		James O'Loghlin (Labor) [11]
1914–1917	1914				John Shannon (Liberal/ Nationalist) [12]
	1916
	Feb 1917
	May 1917			James Rowell (Nationalist/ Liberal Union) [15]
1917–1920	1917
1920–1923	1919				Benjamin Benny (Nationalist) [16]			Victor Wilson (Nationalist) [17]
	1921					Edward Vardon (Nationalist) [18]
	1922					Bert Hoare (Labor) [19]
1923–1926	1922			Charles McHugh (Labor) [20]					James O'Loghlin (Labor) [11]
	1925						Henry Barwell (Nationalist) [21]
	1926		Alexander McLachlan (Nationalist/ UAP) [22]
1926–1929	1925							John Chapman (Country) [23]
	1927				John Verran (Nationalist) [24]
	April 1928			Albert Robinson (Nationalist) [25]
	Nov 1928				John Daly (Labor) [26]				Mick O'Halloran (Labor) [27]
1929–1932	1928
	April 1931						Harry Kneebone (Labor) [28]
	May 1931
	Dec 1931						Jack Duncan-Hughes (UAP) [29]
1932–1935	1931			Oliver Badman (Country) [30]
1935–1938	1934				George McLeay (UAP/ Liberal) [31]			Oliver Uppill (UAP) [32]		James McLachlan (UAP/ Liberal) [33]
	1937			Philip McBride (UAP) [34]
1938–1941	1937	Keith Wilson (UAP) [35]
1941–1944	1940
1944–1947	1943		Theo Nicholls (Labor) [36]			Alex Finlay (Labor) [37]			Sid O'Flaherty (Labor) [38]
	1944	Ted Mattner (UAP/ Liberal) [39]
	1945
	1946			Fred Beerworth (Labor) [40]
1947–1950	1946				Frederick Ward (Labor) [41]			Jack Critchley (Labor) [42]
	1950						Clive Hannaford (Liberal) [43]				George McLeay (Liberal) [31]		John Ryan (Labor) [44]		Ted Mattner (Liberal) [39]	10 senators per state 1950-1984
1950–1951	1949
1951–1953	1951			Keith Laught (Liberal) [45]						Rex Pearson (Liberal) [46]
1953–1956	1953	Jim Toohey (Labor) [47]
	1955				Nancy Buttfield (Liberal) [48]
1956–1959	1955
1959–1962	1958					Arnold Drury (Labor) [49]		Clem Ridley (Labor) [50]
	Sep 1961									Gordon Davidson (Liberal) [51]
	Dec 1961				Nancy Buttfield (Liberal) [48]					Vacant
	1962										Gordon Davidson (Liberal) [51]
1962–1965	1961								Jim Cavanagh (Labor) [52]		Reg Bishop (Labor) [53]
1965–1968	1964				Gordon Davidson (Liberal) [51]
	1967						Sir Condor Laucke (Liberal) [54]
1968–1971	1967									Harold Young (Liberal) [55]		Nancy Buttfield (Liberal) [48]
	May 1969		Martin Cameron (Liberal) [56]
	Oct 1969			Don Cameron (Labor) [57]
1971–1974	1970	Geoff McLaren (Labor) [58]						Don Jessop (Liberal) [59]
1974–1975	1974											Steele Hall (Liberal Movement/ Liberal) [60]
1975–1978	1975					Tony Messner (Liberal) [61]
	1976
	1977											Janine Haines (Democrat) [62]
1978–1981	1977		Ron Elstob (Labor) [63]									Baden Teague (Liberal) [64]
1981–1983	1980			Robert Hill (Liberal) [65]	Dominic Foreman (Labor) [66]				Janine Haines (Democrat) [62]		Nick Bolkus (Labor) [67]
1983–1985	1983						Rosemary Crowley (Labor) [68]			Graham Maguire (Labor) [69]
	1984												Amanda Vanstone (Liberal) [70]		David Vigor (Democrat/ Unite Australia) [71]
1985–1987	1984
	1987
1987–1990	1987	Chris Schacht (Labor) [72]	Grant Chapman (Liberal) [73]											John Coulter (Democrat) [74]
	1990					John Olsen (Liberal) [75]		Meg Lees (Democrat/ Independent/ Progressive Alliance) [76]
1990–1993	1990
	1992					Alan Ferguson (Liberal) [77]
1993–1996	1993									Nick Minchin (Liberal) [78]
	1995								Natasha Stott Despoja (Democrat) [79]
1996–1999	1996											Jeannie Ferris (Liberal) [80]
	12 July 1996											Vacant
	24 July 1996												Jeannie Ferris (Liberal) [80]
	1997				John Quirke (Labor) [81]
1999–2002	1998
	2000				Geoff Buckland (Labor) [82]
2002–2005	2001	Penny Wong (Labor) [83]					Linda Kirk (Labor) [84]
	2002
	2003
2005–2008	2004				Anne McEwen (Labor) [85]						Annette Hurley (Labor) [86]	Dana Wortley (Labor) [87]
	2006			Cory Bernardi (Liberal/ Conservative/ Independent) [88]
	2007							Simon Birmingham (Liberal) [89]					Mary Jo Fisher (Liberal) [90]
2008–2011	2007		Don Farrell (Labor) [91]						Nick Xenophon (Independent /Xenophon) [92]						Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens) [93]
2011–2014	2010					Sean Edwards (Liberal) [94]	David Fawcett (Liberal) [95]			Alex Gallacher (Labor) [96]		Penny Wright (Greens) [97]
	2012										Anne Ruston (Liberal) [98]
	2013
2014–2016	2013												Bob Day (Family First) [99]
	2015		Robert Simms (Greens) [100]
2016–2019	2016				Skye Kakoschke-Moore (Xenophon) [101]	Don Farrell (Labor) [91]								Stirling Griff (Xenophon) [102]
	2017								Lucy Gichuhi (Independent /Liberal) [103]				Rex Patrick (Xenophon/ Independent/ Rex Patrick Team) [104]
	2018											Tim Storer (Independent) [105]
2019–2022	2019		Alex Antic (Liberal) [106]						Marielle Smith (Labor) [107]
	2019
	2020				Andrew McLachlan (Liberal) [108]
	2021			Karen Grogan (Labor) [109]
2022–2025	2022											Barbara Pocock (Greens) [110]		Kerrynne Liddle (Liberal) [111]
	2025							Leah Blyth (Liberal) [112]
2025–2028	2025									Charlotte Walker (Labor) [113]

See also

• Electoral results for the Australian Senate in South Australia

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