List of senators from Western Australia

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List of senators from Western Australia
Created1901
Party
    •   Labor (4)
    •   Liberal (5)
    •   Greens (2)
    •   Independent (1)

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

Contents

List

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(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 Edward Harney
(Free Trade)
[1]
George Pearce
(Labor/
National Labor/
Nationalist/
UAP)
[2]
Staniforth Smith
(Free Trade)
[3]
Hugh de Largie
(Labor/
National Labor/
Nationalist)
[4]
Norman Ewing
(Free Trade)
[5]
Sir Alexander Matheson
(Free Trade)
[6]
6 senators per state
1901-1950
1903 Henry Saunders
(Free Trade)
[7]
1904–1906 1903 George Henderson
(Labor/
National Labor/
Nationalist)
[8]
John Croft
(Labor)
[9]
1907–1910 1906 Patrick Lynch
(Labor/
National Labor/
Nationalist/
UAP)
[10]
Ted Needham
(Labor)
[11]
1910–1913 1910 Richard Buzacott
(Labor/
National Labor/
Nationalist)
[12]
1913–1914 1913
1914–1917 1914
1916
1917
1917–1920 1917
1920–1923 1919 Edmund Drake-Brockman
(Nationalist)
[13]
1923–1926 1922 Charles Graham
(Labor)
[14]
Walter Kingsmill
(Nationalist
/UAP)
[15]
Ted Needham
(Labor)
[11]
1926–1929 1925 William Carroll
(Country)
[16]
1929–1932 1928 Bertie Johnston
(Country)
[17]
Hal Colebatch
(Nationalist/
UAP)
[18]
1931
1932–1935 1931
1933 Herbert Collett
(UAP/
Liberal)
[19]
1935 Allan MacDonald
(UAP/
Liberal)
[20]
1935–1938 1934
1936 Thomas Marwick
(Country)
[21]
1937 James Cunningham
(Labor)
[22]
1938–1941 1937 James Fraser
(Labor)
[23]
Robert Clothier
(Labor)
[24]
1941–1944 1940
1942 Charles Latham
(Country)
[25]
1943 Dorothy Tangney
(Labor)
[26]
Richard Nash
(Labor)
[27]
1944–1947 1943
1945
1947–1950 1946 Joe Cooke
(Labor)
[28]
John Harris
(Labor)
[29]
1950 Don Willesee
(Labor)
[30]
Agnes Robertson
(Liberal/
Independent/
Country)
[31]
Edmund Piesse
(Country)
[32]
Malcolm Scott
(Liberal)
[33]
10 senators per state
1950-1984
1950–1951 1949 Seddon Vincent
(Liberal)
[34]
1951–1953 1951 Shane Paltridge
(Liberal)
[35]
Harrie Seward
(Country)
[36]
1952 Joe Cooke
(Labor)
[28]
Bill Robinson
(Country)
[37]
1953–1956 1953 John Harris
(Labor)
[29]
1955a
1955b
1956–1959 1955
Aug 1958 Tom Drake-Brockman
(Country)
[38]
Nov 1958 George Branson
(Liberal)
[39]
1959–1962 1958 Harry Cant
(Labor)
[40]
Tom Drake-Brockman
(Country)
[38]
1962–1965 1961 Edgar Prowse
(Country)
[41]
1964 Peter Sim
(Liberal)
[42]
1965–1968 1964 John Wheeldon
(Labor)
[43]
Feb 1966 Reg Withers
(Liberal)
[44]
Nov 1966 Laurie Wilkinson
(Labor)
[45]
1968–1971 1967 Reg Withers
(Liberal)
[44]
1971–1974 1970 Syd Negus
(Independent)
[46]
Peter Durack
(Liberal)
[47]
1974 David Reid
(Country)
[48]
1974–1975 1974 Gordon McIntosh
(Labor)
[49]
Peter Walsh
(Labor)
[50]
Fred Chaney
(Liberal)
[51]
Ruth Coleman
(Labor)
[52]
1975–1978 1975 Andrew Thomas
(Liberal)
[53]
1978–1981 1977 Allan Rocher
(Liberal)
[54]
1981 John Martyr
(Liberal)
[55]
1981–1983 1980 Noel Crichton-Browne
(Liberal)
[56]
Patricia Giles
(Labor)
[57]
1983–1985 1983 Peter Cook
(Labor)
[58]
Jack Evans
(Democrat)
[59]
1984 Jim McKiernan
(Labor)
[60]
Sue Knowles
(Liberal)
[61]
1985–1987 1984 Jo Vallentine
(NDP/
Independent
/Green)
[62]
1985
1987–1990 1987 John Panizza
(Liberal)
[63]
Jean Jenkins
(Democrat)
[64]
Michael Beahan
(Labor)
[65]
1990 Ian Campbell
(Liberal)
[66]
1990–1993 1990 Winston Crane
(Liberal)
[67]
1992 Christabel Chamarette
(Greens)
[68]
1993–1996 1993 Dee Margetts
(Greens)
[69]
Chris Evans
(Labor)
[70]
Chris Ellison
(Liberal)
[71]
1996–1999 1996 Alan Eggleston
(Liberal)
[72]
Mark Bishop
(Labor)
[73]
Andrew Murray
(Democrat)
[74]
1997 Ross Lightfoot
(Liberal)
[75]
1999–2002 1998 Brian Greig
(Democrat)
[76]
2002–2005 2001 David Johnston
(Liberal)
[77]
Ruth Webber
(Labor)
[78]
2005–2008 2004 Rachel Siewert
(Greens)
[79]
Glenn Sterle
(Labor)
[80]
Judith Adams
(Liberal)
[81]
2007 Mathias Cormann
(Liberal)
[82]
2008–2011 2007 Michaelia Cash
(Liberal)
[83]
Scott Ludlam
(Greens)
[84]
Louise Pratt
(Labor)
[85]
2009 Chris Back
(Liberal)
[86]
2011–2014 2010
2012 Dean Smith
(Liberal)
[87]
2013 Sue Lines
(Labor)
[88]
2014–2016 2014 Linda Reynolds
(Liberal)
[89]
Joe Bullock
(Labor)
[90]
Zhenya Wang
(Palmer United)
[91]
2016 Pat Dodson
(Labor)
[92]
2016–2019 2016 Rod Culleton
(One Nation/
Independent)
[93]
Louise Pratt
(Labor)
[85]
2016
2017 Peter Georgiou
(One Nation)
[94]
Jordon Steele-John
(Greens)
[95]
Slade Brockman
(Liberal)
[96]
2019–2022 2019 Matt O'Sullivan
(Liberal)
[97]
2020 Ben Small
(Liberal)
[98]
2021 Dorinda Cox
(Greens)
[99]
April 2022Vacant
May 2022 Ben Small
(Liberal)
[98]
2022–2025 2022 Fatima Payman
(Labor/Independent)
[100]
2024 Varun Ghosh
(Labor)
[101]

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