List of senators from Victoria

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Created	1901
Party	Labor (5)   Coalition (4) [a]   Greens (1)   United Australia (1)   Independent (1)

This is a list of senators from the state of Victoria 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		James Styles (Protectionist) [1]		John Barrett (Labor) [2]		Robert Best (Protectionist/ Liberal) [3]		Simon Fraser (Protectionist/ Liberal) [4]		Sir Frederick Sargood (Free Trade) [5]		Sir William Zeal (Protectionist) [6]	6 senators per state 1901-1950
	1903	Robert Reid (Free Trade) [7]
1904–1906	1903	Edward Findley (Labor) [8]			William Trenwith (Independent) [9]
1907–1910	1906			Edward Russell (Labor/ National Labor/ Nationalist) [10]				James McColl (Anti-Socialist /Liberal) [11]
	1909
1910–1913	1910				Albert Blakey (Labor) [12]		Stephen Barker (Labor) [13]
1913–1914	1913					John Barnes (Labor) [14]
1914–1917	1914							Andrew McKissock (Labor) [15]
	1916
	1917
1917–1920	1917		George Fairbairn (Nationalist) [16]					William Plain (Nationalist) [17]		William Bolton (Nationalist) [18]
1920–1923	1919				James Guthrie (Nationalist/ UAP) [19]		Harold Elliott (Nationalist) [20]
1923–1926	1922		Edward Findley (Labor) [8]					John Barnes (Labor) [14]		Stephen Barker (Labor) [13]
	1924	Joseph Hannan (Labor) [21]
	1925	William Plain (Nationalist/ UAP) [17]				David Andrew (Country) [22]
1926–1929	1925
	1928			Richard Abbott (Country) [23]
1929–1932	1928			Harry Lawson (Nationalist /UAP) [24]		Robert Elliott (Country) [25]
	1931										Tom Brennan (UAP) [26]
1932–1935	1931
1935–1938	1934		Charles Brand (UAP/ Liberal) [27]			John Leckie (UAP/ Liberal) [28]	William Gibson (Country) [29]
1938–1941	1937			Richard Keane (Labor) [30]				Don Cameron (Labor) [31]		Jim Sheehan (Labor) [32]
	1940				John Spicer (UAP) [33]
1941–1944	1940
1944–1947	1943				Jim Sheehan (Labor) [32]
	1945
	May 1946			Alexander Fraser (Country) [34]
	Sep 1946			Jack Devlin (Labor) [35]
1947–1950	1946		Charles Sandford (Labor) [36]				Fred Katz (Labor) [37]			Bert Hendrickson (Labor) [38]
	1950					John Gorton (Liberal) [39]					John Spicer (Liberal) [33]		Dame Ivy Wedgwood (Liberal) [40]		George Rankin (Country) [41]	10 senators per state 1950-1984
1950–1951	1949
1951–1953	1951						Magnus Cormack (Liberal) [42]
1953–1956	1953						Pat Kennelly (Labor) [43]
1956–1959	1955		Frank McManus (DLP) [44]						Harrie Wade (Country) [45]
	1956	George Hannan (Liberal) [46]
	1957			Charles Sandford (Labor) [36]
1959–1962	1958
1962–1965	1961				Magnus Cormack (Liberal) [42]						Marie Breen (Liberal) [47]	Sam Cohen (Labor) [48]
	1964		James Webster (NCP) [49]
1965–1968	1964							Frank McManus (DLP) [44]
	1966	George Poyser (Labor) [50]
1968–1971	1967								Jack Little (DLP) [51]
	1968			Ivor Greenwood (Liberal) [52]
	1969					Bill Brown (Labor) [53]
	1970										George Hannan (Liberal/ National Liberal) [46]
1971–1974	1970					Cyril Primmer (Labor) [54]	Bill Brown (Labor) [53]			Margaret Guilfoyle (Liberal) [55]
	1974
1974–1975	1974								John Button (Labor) [56]			Alan Missen (Liberal) [57]		Jean Melzer (Labor) [58]
1975–1978	1975							Tom Tehan (NCP) [59]
	1976	Austin Lewis (Liberal) [60]
1978–1981	1977				Don Chipp (Democrat) [61]		David Hamer (Liberal) [62]	Gareth Evans (Labor) [63]
	1980		Laurence Neal (NCP) [64]
1981–1983	1980			John Siddons (Democrat) [65]									Robert Ray (Labor) [66]
1983–1985	1983			Olive Zakharov (Labor) [67]
	1984										Jim Short (Liberal) [68]				Barney Cooney (Labor) [69]
1985–1987	1984					John Siddons (Democrat/ Independent/ Unite Australia) [65]
	1986		Janet Powell (Democrat /Independent) [70]									Richard Alston (Liberal) [71]
	1987
1987–1990	1987					Kay Patterson (Liberal) [72]								Julian McGauran (National) [73]
1990–1993	1990				Rod Kemp (Liberal) [74]					Sid Spindler (Democrat) [75]
	1992
	1993						Kim Carr (Labor) [76]
1993–1996	1993		Julian McGauran (National) [73]						Judith Troeth (Liberal) [77]
	1995	Jacinta Collins (Labor) [78]
	1996			Stephen Conroy (Labor) [79]
1996–1999	1996							Lyn Allison (Democrat) [80]
	1997									Karen Synon (Liberal) [81]
1999–2002	1998									Tsebin Tchen (Liberal) [82]
2002–2005	2001										Gavin Marshall (Labor) [83]
	2004											Mitch Fifield (Liberal) [84]
2005–2008	2004									Steve Fielding (Family First) [85]				Michael Ronaldson (Liberal) [86]
	2008	Jacinta Collins (Labor) [78]
2008–2011	2007				Helen Kroger (Liberal) [87]	Scott Ryan (Liberal) [88]							David Feeney (Labor) [89]
2011–2014	2010		Bridget McKenzie (National) [90]						John Madigan (DLP/ Independent/ Madigan's) [91]						Richard Di Natale (Greens) [92]
	2013							Mehmet Tillem (Labor) [93]
2014–2016	2013							Janet Rice (Greens) [94]					Ricky Muir (Motoring Enthusiast) [95]
	2014
	2015
	2016				James Paterson (Liberal) [96]
2016–2019	2016									Derryn Hinch (Justice) [97]				Jane Hume (Liberal) [98]
	2016			Kimberley Kitching (Labor) [99]
	2019	Raff Ciccone (Labor) [100]
2019–2022	2019									David Van (Liberal/ Independent) [101]	Jess Walsh (Labor) [102]
	2019								Sarah Henderson (Liberal) [103]
	2020											Lidia Thorpe (Greens/ Independent) [104]
	2021					Greg Mirabella (Liberal) [105]
	2022			Jana Stewart (Labor) [106]
2022–2025	2022						Ralph Babet (UAP) [107]						Linda White (Labor) [108]
	2023
	2024					Steph Hodgins-May (Greens) [109]		Lisa Darmanin (Labor) [110]
2025–2028	2025												Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Labor) [111]

Notes

1. • •   Liberal (3)
     •   National (1)

See also

• Electoral results for the Australian Senate in Victoria

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