Composition of Australian Parliaments by Party and Gender: a Quick Guide

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RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2017–18 14 DECEMBER 2017 Composition of Australian parliaments by party and gender: a quick guide

Anna Hough Politics and Public Administration

This quick guide contains the most recent tables showing the composition of Australian parliaments by party and gender (see Table 1 and Table 2 below). It takes into account changes to the Commonwealth, state and territory parliaments since the last update was published on 16 May 2017. Commonwealth In the House of Representatives, the figures include one vacancy following the resignation of John Alexander (LP, Bennelong, NSW). A by-election, which Mr Alexander is contesting, will be held on 16 December 2017. In the Senate: • Slade Brockman (LP, WA) filled the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Chris Back. • Jordon Steele-John (GRN, WA) replaced Scott Ludlam, whose election was declared void by the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns. • Andrew Bartlett (GRN, Qld) replaced Larissa Waters, whose election was declared void by the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns. • Fraser Anning (PHON, Qld) replaced Malcolm Roberts, whose election was declared void by the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns. • Rex Patrick (NXT, SA) filled the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Nick Xenophon. • The figures include four vacancies after the election of Fiona Nash (NATS, NSW) was declared void by the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns and following the resignations of Stephen Parry (LP, Tas.), Jacqui Lambie (JLN, Tas.), and Skye Kakoschke-Moore (NXT, SA). • Sam Dastyari (ALP, NSW) announced on 12 December 2017 that he would be resigning from the Senate. As at the date of publication, Senator Dastyari was yet to formally resign. New South Wales In the Legislative Assembly, Glenn Brookes returned to the LP after temporarily sitting as an independent. Following by-elections on 14 October 2017: • Stephen Bali (ALP) became the Member for Blacktown, replacing John Robertson (ALP) • Steph Cooke (NATS) became the Member for Cootamundra, replacing Katrina Hodgkinson (NATS) and • Austin Evans (NATS) became the Member for Murray, replacing Adrian Piccoli (NATS).

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In the Legislative Council: • Wes Fang (NATS) filled the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Duncan Gay and • Natalie Ward (LP) filled the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Greg Pearce. Victoria In the Legislative Assembly: • Following the death of Fiona Richardson (ALP) on 23 August 2017, a by-election was held on 18 November 2017 in the seat of Northcote, which was won by Lidia Thorpe (GRN). • Russell Northe (Morwell) resigned from The Nationals to sit as an independent. In the Legislative Council: • The vacancy created by the resignation of Steve Herbert (ALP, Northern Victoria) was filled by Mark Gepp. • The vacancy created by the retirement of Greg Barber (GRN, Northern Metropolitan) was filled by Samantha Ratnam. • Rachel Carling-Jenkins (Western Metropolitan) resigned from the Democratic Labour Party to sit as a member of the Australian Conservatives. Queensland • The figures have been updated following the general election held on 25 November 2017. Western Australia • Barry Urban (Darling Range) resigned from the ALP to sit as an independent. South Australia • Troy Bell (Mount Gambier) resigned from the LP to sit as an independent. • In South Australia the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) has changed its name to Advance SA (ASA). Tasmania • In the Legislative Council, following the resignation of Vanessa Goodwin (LP, Pembroke), a by-election was held on 4 November 2017 at which Jo Siejka (ALP) was elected. Australian Capital Territory • Following the death of Steve Doszpot (LP, Kurrajong) on 25 November 2017, the resulting vacancy will be filled by Candice Burch (LP) as a result of a countback of votes cast at the 2016 ACT election. Ms Burch is expected to be sworn in when the Legislative Assembly sits again in February 2018.

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Composition of Australian parliaments by party and gender: a quick guide 2

Table 1: Composition of Australian parliaments by party and gender (by chamber), as at 14 December 2017 (includes any by-election results and any casual vacancies filled since the most recent general election in each jurisdiction)

Cth (2.7.16) NSW (28.3.15) Vic. (29.11.14) Qld (25.11.17) WA (11.3.17) SA (15.3.14) Tas. (15.3.14) ACT (15.10.16) NT (27.8.16) Total M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F Lower House ALP 41 28 40.6 20 14 41.2 24 21 46.7 25 23 47.9 25 15 37.5 14 9 39.1 3 4 57.1 5 7 58.3 9 9 50.0 166 130 43.9 LP 47 12 20.3 29 8 21.6 23 7 23.3 11 2 15.4 16 3 15.8 11 4 26.7 5 5 50.0 142 41 22.4 NATS 15 1 6.3 13 3 18.8 5 2 28.6 4 1 20.0 37 7 15.9 LNP 33 6 15.4 33 6 15.4 CLP 1 1 50.0 1 1 50.0 GRN 1 0.0 1 2 66.7 2 1 33.3 1 0.0 3 100.0 1 1 50.0 6 7 53.8 KAP 1 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 NXT 1 100.0 1 100.0 PHON 1 0.0 1 0.0 SFF 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 1 1 50.0 2 0.0 2 1 33.3 1 100.0 1 0.0 4 1 20.0 3 2 40.0 13 6 31.6 Total 106 43 28.9 66 27 29.0 56 32 36.4 63 30 32.3 41 18 30.5 34 13 27.7 14 11 44.0 11 13 54.2 13 12 48.0 404 199 33.0

Upper House ALP 11 15 57.7 9 3 25.0 9 5 35.7 7 7 50.0 7 1 12.5 2 2 50.0 45 33 42.3 LP 16 6 27.3 10 3 23.1 9 5 35.7 8 1 11.1 6 2 25.0 1 100.0 49 18 26.9 NATS 3 1 25.0 5 2 28.6 1 1 50.0 3 1 25.0 12 5 29.4 CLP 1 0.0 1 0.0 GRN 5 4 44.4 3 2 40.0 5 100.0 2 2 50.0 1 1 50.0 11 14 56.0 AC 1 0.0 1 100.0 2 0.0 3 1 25.0 AJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 ASA 1 0.0 1 0.0 ASP 1 100.0 1 100.0 CDP 2 0.0 2 0.0 DHJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 DIG 1 100.0 1 100.0 NXT 2 0.0 2 0 0.0 LDP 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 PHON 3 1 25.0 3 0.0 6 1 14.3 SFF 2 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 5 0.0 V1LJ 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 1 100.0 7 3 30.0 7 4 36.4 Total 44 28 38.9 32 10 23.8 22 18 45.0 25 11 30.6 17 5 22.7 9 6 40.0 149 78 34.4

Politics and Public Administration Section; Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. Compiled using data from state and territory parliament and electoral commission websites. Table 2: Composition of Australian parliaments by party and gender, as at 14 December 2017 (includes any by-election results and any casual vacancies filled since the most recent general election in each jurisdiction)

Cth (2.7.16) NSW (28.03.15) Vic. (29.11.14) Qld (25.11.17) WA (11.3.17) SA (15.3.14) Tas. (15.3.14) ACT (15.10.16) NT (27.8.16) Total M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F Total Parliament ALP 52 43 45.3 29 17 37.0 33 26 44.1 25 23 47.9 32 22 40.7 20 10 33.3 5 6 54.5 5 7 58.3 9 9 50.0 210 163 43.7 LP 63 18 22.2 39 11 22.0 32 12 27.3 19 3 13.6 23 5 17.9 11 5 31.3 5 5 50.0 192 59 23.5 NATS 18 2 10.0 18 5 21.7 6 3 33.3 7 2 22.2 49 12 19.7 LNP 33 6 15.4 33 6 15.4 CLP 1 0.0 1 1 50.0 2 1 33.3 GRN 6 4 40.0 4 4 50.0 2 6 75.0 1 0.0 2 2 50.0 1 1 50.0 3 100.0 1 1 50.0 17 21 55.3 AC 1 0.0 1 100.0 2 0.0 3 1 25.0 AJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 ASA 1 0.0 1 0.0 ASP 1 100.0 1 100.0 CDP 2 0.0 2 0.0 DHJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 DIG 1 100.0 1 100.0 KAP 1 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 LDP 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 NXT 2 1 33.3 2 1 33.3 PHON 3 1 25.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 7 1 12.5 SFF 3 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.0 V1LJ 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 1 2 66.7 2 0.0 2 1 33.3 1 100.0 1 0.0 4 1 20.0 7 3 30.0 3 2 40.0 20 10 33.3 Total 150 71 32.1 98 37 27.4 78 50 39.1 63 30 32.3 66 29 30.5 51 18 26.1 23 17 42.5 11 13 54.2 13 12 48.0 553 277 33.4

Politics and Public Administration Section; Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. Compiled using data from state and territory parliament and electoral commission websites.

NOTES (1) Date shown beside each jurisdiction is for the latest general election. (2) Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory do not have an Upper House. (3) Commonwealth figures include one vacancy in the House of Representatives following the resignation of John Alexander (LP, Bennelong, NSW), and four vacancies in the Senate after the election of Fiona Nash (NATS, NSW) was declared void by the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns and following the resignations of Stephen Parry (LP, Tas.), Jacqui Lambie (JLN, Tas.) and Skye Kakoschke-Moore (NXT, SA). (4) ACT figures include one vacancy following the resignation of Steve Doszpot (LP, Kurrajong).

LEGEND ALP - Australian Labor Party; LP - Liberal Party; NATS - Nationals; LNP - Liberal National Party (Qld); CLP - Country Liberal Party; GRN - Greens; IND - independents (various); AC - Australian Conservatives; AJP - Animal Justice Party; ASA - Advance SA; ASP - Australian Sex Party; CDP - Christian Democratic Party; DHJP - Derryn Hinch's Justice Party; DIG - Dignity Party; LDP - Liberal Democratic Party; NXT - Nick Xenophon Team; PHON - Pauline Hanson's One Nation;