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Composition of Australian Parliaments by Party and Gender: a Quick Guide RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2017–18 UPDATED 18 MAY 2018 Composition of Australian parliaments by party and gender: a quick guide Anna Hough Politics and Public Administration Section 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 22 February 2018. Commonwealth The Nick Xenophon Team announced on 10 April 2018 that it had changed its name to Centre Alliance (CA). In the Senate: • Tim Storer was declared elected on 16 February 2018 to the vacancy created by the resignation of Skye Kakoschke-Moore (CA, SA). He stated on 21 March 2018 that he would be sitting as an Independent senator. • On 21 March 2018 Amanda Stoker (LIB, Qld) filled the casual vacancy created by the resignation of George Brandis (LIB, Qld). • The figures include one vacancy following the High Court ruling of 9 May 2018 that the election of Katy Gallagher (ALP, ACT) was void under section 44 of the Constitution. In the House of Representatives: • The by-election in the seat of Batman (Vic.) on 17 March 2018, following the resignation of David Feeney (ALP), was won by Ged Kearney (ALP). • The figures include five vacancies following the resignations of Tim Hammond (ALP, Perth, WA), Justine Keay (ALP, Braddon, Tas.), Susan Lamb (ALP, Longman, Qld), and Josh Wilson (ALP, Fremantle, WA) on 10 May 2018; and of Rebekha Sharkie (CA, Mayo, SA) on 11 May 2018. Victoria In the Legislative Council on 21 February 2018, Huong Truong (GRN) filled the vacancy created by the resignation of Colleen Hartland (GRN) in the Western Metropolitan Region. Western Australia In the Legislative Assembly: • The by-election in the seat of Cottesloe on 17 March 2018, following the resignation of Colin Barnett (LIB), was won by David Honey (LIB). • Figures include one vacancy following the resignation of Barry Urban (IND, Darling Range) on 8 May 2018. ISSN 2203-5249 South Australia The figures reflect the results of the state election on 17 March 2018. In the Legislative Council, Dennis Hood (AC) joined the Liberal Party on 26 March 2018. Tasmania The figures reflect the results of the House of Assembly election on 3 March 2018 and the elections for the Legislative Council seats of Hobart and Prosser on 5 May 2018. © Commonwealth of Australia Creative Commons With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, and to the extent that copyright subsists in a third party, this publication, its logo and front page design are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia licence. 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 18 May 2018 (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 (17.3.18) Tas. (3.3.18) 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 38 27 41.5 20 14 41.2 24 21 46.7 25 23 47.9 25 15 37.5 13 6 31.6 3 7 70.0 5 7 58.3 9 9 50.0 162 129 44.3 LIB 48 12 20.0 29 8 21.6 23 7 23.3 11 2 15.4 21 4 16.0 9 4 30.8 5 6 54.5 146 43 22.8 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 1 2 66.7 1 0.0 2 100.0 1 1 50.0 5 7 58.3 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 1 1 50.0 2 0.0 2 1 33.3 1 100.0 2 1 33.3 3 2 40.0 10 6 37.5 Total 104 41 28.3 66 27 29.0 55 33 37.5 63 30 32.3 40 18 31.0 36 11 23.4 12 13 52.0 11 14 56.0 13 12 48.0 400 199 33.2 Upper House ALP 10 15 60.0 9 3 25.0 9 5 35.7 7 7 50.0 5 3 37.5 2 2 50.0 42 35 45.5 LIB 17 8 32.0 10 3 23.1 9 5 35.7 8 1 11.1 7 2 22.2 2 100.0 51 21 29.2 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 1 1 50.0 AJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 ASA 1 0.0 1 0.0 CA 2 0.0 2 0.0 CDP 2 0.0 2 0.0 DHJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 LDP 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 PHON 2 1 33.3 3 0.0 5 1 16.7 RV 1 100.0 1 100.0 SAB 1 1 50.0 1 1 50.0 SFF 2 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 5 0.0 V1LJ 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 3 0.0 6 3 33.3 9 3 25.0 Total 46 29 38.7 32 10 23.8 22 18 45.0 25 11 30.6 15 7 31.8 8 7 46.7 148 82 35.7 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 (by chamber), as at 18 May 2018 (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 (17.3.18) Tas. (3.3.18) 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 48 42 46.7 29 17 37.0 33 26 44.1 25 23 47.9 32 22 40.7 18 9 33.3 5 9 64.3 5 7 58.3 9 9 50.0 204 164 44.6 LIB 65 20 23.5 39 11 22.0 32 12 27.3 19 3 13.6 28 6 17.6 9 6 40.0 5 6 54.5 197 64 24.5 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 1 7 87.5 1 0.0 2 2 50.0 1 1 50.0 2 100.0 1 1 50.0 16 21 56.8 AC 1 0.0 1 100.0 1 1 50.0 AJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 ASA 1 0.0 1 0.0 CA 2 0.0 2 0.0 CDP 2 0.0 2 0.0 DHJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 KAP 1 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 LDP 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 PHON 2 1 33.3 1 0.0 3 0.0 6 1 14.3 RV 1 100.0 1 100.0 SAB 1 1 50.0 1 1 50.0 SFF 3 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.0 V1LJ 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 4 1 20.0 2 0.0 2 1 33.3 1 100.0 2 1 33.3 6 3 33.3 3 2 40.0 19 9 32.1 Total 150 70 31.8 98 37 27.4 77 51 39.8 63 30 32.3 65 29 30.9 51 18 26.1 20 20 50.0 11 14 56.0 13 12 48.0 548 281 33.9 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 Commonwealth figures include five vacancies in the House of Representatives following the resignations of Tim Hammond (ALP, Perth, WA), Justine Keay (ALP, Braddon, Tas.), Susan Lamb (ALP, Longman, Qld), Rebekha Sharkie (CA, Mayo, SA) and Josh Wilson (ALP, Fremantle, WA); and one vacancy in the Senate after the High Court ruled that the election of Katy Gallagher (ALP, ACT) was void under section 44 of the Constitution.
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