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

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RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2018-19 UPDATED 15 JANUARY 2019 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, New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian parliaments since the last update was published on 10 October 2018. Commonwealth In the Senate:

• Fraser Anning (Queensland) is sitting as an independent following his expulsion from Katter's Australian Party on 25 October 2018.

In the House of Representatives:

• Following the resignation of former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on 31 August 2018, a by-election in the seat of Wentworth (NSW) on 20 October 2018 was won by Kerryn Phelps {IND).

• Julia Banks (Chisholm, Vic.) announced on 27 November 2018 that she had resigned from the Liberal Party and would sit as an independent. New South Wales In the Legislative Council:

• Jeremy Buckingham announced on 20 December 2018 that he had resigned from the Greens and would sit as an independent.

In the Legislative Assembly:

• Jai Rowell (LIB, Wollondilly), resigned as the member for Wollondilly on 17 December 2018. The seat will remain vacant until the New South Wales state election on 24 March 2019.

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Victoria The figures for Victoria reflect the results of the state election held on 24 November 2018.

In the Legislative Council, Catherine Cumming, who was elected as a member of Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, was disendorsed on 18 December 2018. She was subsequently sworn-in as an independent. South Australia In the House of Assembly the figures include two vacancies following the retirements of former premier Jay Weatherill (ALP, Cheltenham) and former deputy premier John Rau (ALP, Enfield), both of whom retired on 17 December 2018. By-elections in the seats of Cheltenham and Enfield will be held on 9 February 2019.

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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 15 January 2019 (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. (24.11.18) Qld (25.11.17)WA (11.3.17) SA (17.3.18)Tas. (3.3.18)ACT (15.10.16)NT (27.8.16)Total MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F Lower House ALP 40 29 42.0 20 14 41.2 30 25 45.5 25 23 47.9 25 15 37.5 11 6 35.3 3770.0 5758.3 9950.0 168 135 44.6 LIB 47 11 19.0 27 8 22.9 17 4 19.0 11 3 21.4 21 4 16.0 9430.8 5654.5 137 40 22.6 NATS1516.3 13 3 18.8 4233.3 4120.0 36 7 16.3 LNP33615.4 33 6 15.4 CA1100.0 1 100.0 CLP 1150.0 11 50.0 GRN 1 0.0 1266.7 2133.3 1 0.0 2 100.0 1150.0 66 50.0 KAP 1 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 PHON 1 0.0 1 0.0 SFF 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 1375.0 3 0.0 1266.7 1 100.0 2133.3 3240.0 10 9 47.4 Total 105 45 30.0 65 27 29.3 54 34 38.6 63 30 32.3 40 19 32.2 34 11 24.4 12 13 52.0 11 14 56.0 13 12 48.0 397 205 34.1

Upper House ALP 11 15 57.7 9325.0 810 55.6 7750.0 5337.5 2250.0 42 40 48.8 LIB 17 8 32.0 10 3 23.1 6440.0 8111.1 7222.2 2 100.0 48 20 29.4 NATS4120.0 5228.6 1 100.0 3125.0 12 5 29.4 CLP 1 0.0 1 0.0 GRN 4555.6 2250.0 1 100.0 2250.0 1150.0 911 55.0 AC 1 0.0 1 0.0 AJP10.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 ASA 1 0.0 1 0.0 CA20.0 2 0.0 CDP20.0 2 0.0 DHJP1 0.0 1150.0 21 33.3 LDP10.0 20.0 10.0 4 0.0 PHON 1150.0 3 0.0 41 20.0 RV1100.0 1 100.0 SA 1 0.0 1 0.0 SAB 1150.0 11 50.0 SFF 2 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 TMP10.0 1 0.0 UAP 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 2 0.0 1 0.0 1 100.0 6333.3 94 30.8 Total 46 30 39.5 32 10 23.8 21 19 47.5 25 11 30.6 15 7 31.8 8746.7 147 84 36.4

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 15 January 2019 (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. (24.11.18) Qld (25.11.17)WA (11.3.17) SA (17.3.18)Tas. (3.3.18)ACT (15.10.16)NT (27.8.16)Total MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F MF %F Total Parliament ALP 51 44 46.3 29 17 37.0 38 35 47.9 25 23 47.9 32 22 40.7 16 9 36.0 5964.3 5758.3 9950.0 210 175 45.5 LIB 64 19 22.9 37 11 22.9 23 8 25.8 19 4 17.4 28 6 17.6 9640.0 5654.5 185 60 24.5 NATS1929.5 18 5 21.7 4342.9 7222.2 48 12 20.0 LNP33615.4 33 6 15.4 CLP 1 0.0 1150.0 2133.3 GRN 5550.0 3457.1 2250.0 1 0.0 2250.0 1150.0 2 100.0 1150.0 15 17 53.1 AC 1 0.0 1 0.0 AJP10.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 ASA 1 0.0 1 0.0 CA2133.3 2133.3 CDP20.0 2 0.0 DHJP1 0.0 1150.0 2133.3 KAP 1 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 LDP10.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.0 PHON 1150.0 1 0.0 3 0.0 5116.7 RV1100.0 1 100.0 SA 1 0.0 1 0.0 SAB 1150.0 1150.0 SFF 3 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 5 0.0 TMP10.0 1 0.0 UAP 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 3350.0 4 0.0 1375.0 1 100.0 2133.3 6333.3 3240.0 19 13 40.6 Total 151 75 33.2 97 37 27.6 75 53 41.4 63 30 32.3 65 30 31.6 49 18 26.9 20 20 50.0 11 14 56.0 13 12 48.0 544 289 34.7

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) The figures for New South Wales include one vacancy following the resignation of Jai Rowell (LIB, Wollondilly). (4) The South Australian figures include two vacancies following the retirements of Jay Weatherill (ALP, Cheltenham) and John Rau (ALP, Enfield).

LEGEND ALP -Australian Labor Party; LIB - 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; CA- Centre Alliance; CDP -Christian Democratic Party; DHJP - Derryn Hinch's Justice Party; KAP - Katter's Australian Party; LOP - Liberal Democratic Party; PHON - Pauline Hanson's One Nation; RV - Reason Victoria; SA- Sustainable Australia; SAB -SA Best; SFF- Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party; TMP- Transport Matters Party; UAP- United Australia Party.