List of Women in The Australian Senate
Names in bold type indicate Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries. Names in italics indicate appointments made under section 15 of the Constitution, or through disqualification. Names marked with an asterisk (*) also served in the House of Representatives. Where no closing date is shown, the Senator’s term of service is unexpired.
| Name | Party | State | Period of service |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Dame) Dorothy Tangney | Labor | WA | 21 August 1943 – 30 June 1968 (defeated) |
| (Dame) Annabelle Rankin | Liberal | Qld | 1 July 1947 – 24 April 1971 (resigned) |
| Agnes Robertson | Liberal; Country Party | WA | 22 February 1950 – 30 June 1962 (retired) |
| (Dame) Ivy Wedgwood | Liberal | Vic | 22 February 1950 – 30 June 1971 (retired) |
| (Dame) Nancy Buttfield | Liberal | SA | 11 October 1955 – 30 June 1965 (defeated) 1 July 1968 – 11 April 1974 (retired) |
| Marie Breen | Liberal | Vic | 1 July 1962 – 30 June 1968 (retired) |
| (Dame) Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | Vic | 1 July 1971 – 5 June 1987 (retired) |
| Ruth Coleman | Labor | WA | 18 April 1974 – 5 June 1987 (retired) |
| Kathy Sullivan* | Liberal | Qld | 18 May 1974 – 5 November 1984 (resigned) |
| Jean Melzer | Labor | Vic | 18 May 1974 – 30 June 1981 (defeated) |
| Susan Ryan | Labor | ACT | 13 December 1975 – 29 January 1988 (resigned) |
| Shirley Walters | Liberal | Tas | 13 December 1975 – 30 June 1993 (retired) |
| Janine Haines | Democrats | SA | 14 December 1977 – 30 June 1978 (retired) 1 July 1981 – 1 March 1990 (resigned) |
| Jean Hearn | Labor | Tas | 15 October 1980 – 30 June 1985 (retired) |
| Florence Bjelke-Petersen | NCP; National | Qld | 12 March 1981 – 30 June 1993 (retired) |
| Margaret Reid | Liberal | ACT | 5 May 1981 – 14 February 2003 (resigned) |
| Patricia Giles | Labor | WA | 1 July 1981 – 30 June 1993 (retired) |
| Rosemary Crowley | Labor | SA | 5 March 1983 – 30 June 2002 (retired) |
| Margaret Reynolds | Labor | Qld | 5 March 1983 – 30 June 1999 (retired) |
| Olive Zakharov | Labor | Vic | 5 March 1983 – 6 March 1995 (died) |
| Susan Knowles | Liberal | WA | 1 December 1984 – 30 June 2005 (retired) |
| Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | SA | 1 December 1984 – 26 April 2007 (retired) |
| Jo Vallentine | NDP; Independent; Greens WA | WA | 1 July 1985 – 31 January 1992 (resigned) |
| Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | Tas | 13 March 1986 – 1 February 2002 (resigned) |
| Janet Powell | Democrats; Independent | Vic | 26 August 1986 – 30 June 1993 (defeated) |
| Sue West | Labor | NSW | 11 February 1987 – 5 June 1987 (defeated) 1 July 1990 – 30 June 2002 (retired) |
| Bronwyn Bishop* | Liberal | NSW | 11 July 1987 – 24 February 1994 (resigned) |
| Jean Jenkins | Democrats | WA | 11 July 1987 – 30 June 1990 (defeated) |
| Kay Patterson | Liberal | Vic | 11 July 1987 – 30 June 2008 (retired) |
| Irina Dunn | NDP; Independent | NSW | 21 July 1988 – 30 July 1990 (defeated) |
| Meg Lees | Democrats; APA | SA | 4 April 1990 – 30 June 2005 (defeated) |
| Vicki Bourne | Democrats | NSW | 1 July 1990 – 30 June 2002 (defeated) |
| Cheryl Kernot* | Democrats | Qld | 1 July 1990 – 15 October 1997 (resigned) |
| Karin Sowada | Democrats | NSW | 29 August 1991 – 30 June 1993 (defeated) |
| Christabel Chamarette | Greens WA | WA | 12 March 1992 – 30 June 1996 (defeated) |
| Dee Margetts | Greens WA | WA | 1 July 1993 – 30 June 1999 (defeated) |
| Judith Troeth | Liberal | Vic | 1 July 1993 – 30 June 2011 (retired) |
| Kay Denman | Labor | Tas | 24 August 1993 – 30 June 2005 (retired) |
| Belinda Neal* | Labor | NSW | 8 March 1994 – 3 September 1998 (resigned) |
| Jacinta Collins | Labor | Vic | 3 May 1995 – 30 June 2005 (defeated) 8 May 2008 – |
| Natasha Stott Despoja | Democrats | SA | 29 November 1995 – 30 June 2008 (retired) |
| Kate Lundy | Labor | ACT | 2 March 1996 – |
| Sue Mackay | Labor | Tas | 8 March 1996 – 27 June 2005 (resigned) |
| Lyn Allison | Democrats | Vic | 1 July 1996 – 30 June 2008 (defeated) |
| Helen Coonan | Liberal | NSW | 1 July 1996 – 22 August 2011 (resigned) |
| Jeannie Ferris | Liberal | SA | 1 July 1996 – 2 April 2007 (died) |
| Brenda Gibbs | Labor | Qld | 1 July 1996 – 30 June 2002 (defeated) |
| Marise Payne | Liberal | NSW | 9 April 1997 – |
| Karen Synon | Liberal | Vic | 13 May 1997 – 30 June 1999 (defeated) |
| Trish Crossin | Labor | NT | 16 June 1998 – |
| Jan McLucas | Labor | Qld | 1 July 1999 – |
| Linda Kirk | Labor | SA | 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2008 (retired) |
| Claire Moore | Labor | Qld | 1 July 2002– |
| Kerry Nettle | Greens | NSW | 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2008 (defeated) |
| Ursula Stephens | Labor | NSW | 1 July 2002 – |
| Ruth Webber | Labor | WA | 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2008 (defeated) |
| Penny Wong | Labor | SA | 1 July 2002 – |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal | NSW | 5 May 2005 – |
| Judith Adams | Liberal | WA | 1 July 2005 – 31 March 2012 (died) |
| Annette Hurley | Labor | SA | 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2011 (retired) |
| Anne McEwen | Labor | SA | 1 July 2005 – |
| Christine Milne | Greens | Tas | 1 July 2005 – |
| Fiona Nash | National | NSW | 1 July 2005 – |
| Helen Polley | Labor | Tas. | 1 July 2005 – |
| Rachel Siewert | Greens | WA | 1 July 2005 – |
| Dana Wortley | Labor | SA | 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2011 (defeated) |
| Carol Brown | Labor | Tas. | 25 August 2005 – |
| Sue Boyce | Liberal | Qld | 19 April 2007 – |
| Mary Jo Fisher | Liberal | SA | 6 June 2007 – 14 August 2012 (resigned) |
| Catryna Bilyk | Labor | Tas. | 1 July 2008 – |
| Michaelia Cash | Liberal | WA | 1 July 2008 – |
| Sarah Hanson-Young | Greens | SA | 1 July 2008 – |
| Helen Kroger | Liberal | Vic. | 1 July 2008 – |
| Louise Pratt | Labor | WA | 1 July 2008 – |
| Bridget McKenzie | National | Vic. | 1 July 2011 – |
| Lee Rhiannon | Greens | NSW | 1 July 2011 – |
| Lisa Singh | Labor | Tas. | 1 July 2011 – |
| Anne Urquhart | Labor | Tas. | 1 July 2011 – |
| Larissa Waters | Greens | Qld | 1 July 2011 – |
| Penny Wright | Greens | SA | 1 July 2011 – |
| Lin Thorp | Labor | Tas | 20 June 2012 – |
| Anne Ruston | Liberal | SA | 5 September 2012 – |
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