2007 Australian Senate election

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2007 Australian federal election
(Senate)
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40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nick Minchin Chris Evans Bob Brown
Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Greens
Leader since 27 January 2006 22 October 2004 28 November 2005
Leader's seat South Australia Western Australia Tasmania
Seats before 39 28 4
Seats won 18 18 3
Seats after 37 32 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 5,055,095 5,101,200 1,144,751
Percentage 39.94% 40.30% 9.04%
Swing Decrease 5.15% Increase 5.28% Increase 1.38%
Senators elected in the 2007 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election

Nick Minchin
Liberal/National coalition

Elected Leader of the Senate

Chris Evans
Labor


2007 Australian federal election
National results
State and territory results

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election, 37 Coalition (32 Liberal, four National, one CLP), 32 Labor, five Green, one Family First, and one independent, Nick Xenophon.[1] Senators are elected for six-year terms, and took their seats from 1 July 2008, but senators representing the territories have three-year terms and take their seats immediately.

Preference deals[edit]

Preferences played a crucial role in determining winners in both the House and Senate. Unlike the previous election, Labor and Australian Democrats directed preferences to the Australian Greens. In exchange, the Greens preferenced the Democrats and Labor. The Family First Party and Christian Democratic Party (Australia) directed preferences in most states to the Coalition. In turn, the Coalition preferenced both parties and also preferenced the Greens ahead of Labor.[2]

Australia[edit]

Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 95.17% (CV) — Informal 2.55%[3]
Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change
  Australian Labor Party 5,101,200 40.30 +5.28 18 32 Increase 4
  Liberal/National Coalition
  Liberal/National joint ticket [a] 3,883,479 30.68 −3.55 9 19 Steady
  Liberal [b] 1,110,366 8.77 −1.63 8 17 Decrease 2
  National [c] 20,997 0.17 +0.06 0 0 Steady
  Country Liberal [d] 40,253 0.32 −0.03 1 1 Steady
Coalition total 5,055,095 39.94 –5.15 18 37 Decrease 2
  Greens 1,144,751 9.04 +1.38 3 5 Increase 1
  Family First 204,788 1.62 –0.14 0 1 Steady
  Democrats 162,975 1.29 –0.80 0 0 Decrease 4
  Pauline's UAP 141,268 1.12 +1.12
  Christian Democrats 118,614 0.94 –0.24
  Democratic Labor Party 115,966 0.92 +0.43
  Shooters [e] 84,148 0.66 +0.66
  Climate Change 78,763 0.62 +0.62
  What Women Want 58,803 0.46 +0.46
  One Nation 52,708 0.42 –1.31
  Fishing Party 47,379 0.37 –0.05
  Fishing and Lifestyle 24,902 0.20 +0.20
  Carers Alliance 24,393 0.19 +0.19
  Liberty & Democracy 16,942 0.13 +0.13
  Climate Conservatives 9,988 0.08 +0.08
  Socialist Alliance 9,525 0.08 –0.03
  Citizens Electoral Council 8,677 0.07 –0.14
  Senator On-Line 8,048 0.06 +0.06
  Non-Custodial Parents 6,385 0.05 –0.05
  Socialist Equality Party 4,542 0.04 +0.04
  Hear Our Voice 2,041 0.02 +0.02
  Nuclear Disarmament Party 446 0.00 –0.02
  Independent 174,458 1.38 –0.13 1 [f] 1 Increase 1
Total 12,656,805     40 76
Invalid/blank votes 331,009 2.55 −1.20
Registered voters/turnout 13,646,539 95.17
Source: Commonwealth Election 2007

New South Wales[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Mark Arbib   Labor
2007 2 Helen Coonan   Liberal
2007 3 Doug Cameron   Labor
2007 4 John Williams   National
2007 5 Marise Payne   Liberal
2007 6 Ursula Stephens   Labor
2004
2004 1 Bill Heffernan   Liberal
2004 2 Steve Hutchins   Labor
2004 3 Concetta Fierravanti-Wells   Liberal
2004 4 John Faulkner   Labor
2004 5 Fiona Nash   National
2004 6 Michael Forshaw   Labor
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 599,034
Labor 1. Mark Arbib (elected 1)
2. Doug Cameron (elected 3)
3. Ursula Stephens (elected 6)
4. Pierre Esber
5. Fiona Seaton
6. Pauline James 		1,764,040 42.07 +5.70
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Helen Coonan (Lib) (elected 2)
2. John Williams (Nat) (elected 4)
3. Marise Payne (Lib) (elected 5)
4. Murray Lees (Nat)
5. Vicky McGahey (Lib)
6. Carolyn Currie (Lib) 		1,649,014 39.33 -4.79
Greens 1. Kerry Nettle
2. David Shoebridge
3. Marcia Ella-Duncan
4. Jack Mundey
5. Christina Ho
6. Sandra Heilpern 		353,286 8.43 +1.09
Christian Democrats 1. Paul Green
2. Elaine Nile
3. Allan Lotfizadeh
4. Peter Pilt
5. Bruce York 		82,560 1.97 -0.64
Democratic Labor 1. Michael O'Donohue
2. Terence O'Donohue 		52,977 1.26 +1.26
Shooters/Fishing and Lifestyle 1. Robert Borsak (Shooters)
2. Robert Shaw (Shooters)
3. Jim Muirhead (Shooters)
4. Andrew Hestelow (F&L)
5. Thomas Morgan (F&L) 		45,932 1.10 +1.10
Pauline's UAP 1. Brian Burston
2. John Carter 		39,807 0.95 +0.95
Climate Change 1. Patrice Newell
2. Karl Kruszelnicki 		37,271 0.89 +0.89
Democrats 1. Lyn Shumack
2. David King
3. Brett Paterson 		37,193 0.89 -1.31
Fishing Party 1. Garth Bridge
2. Stewart Paterson 		27,089 0.65 +0.11
Family First 1. Andrew Markwell
2. Kathy Gray 		25,321 0.60 +0.04
One Nation 1. Judith Newson
2. Andrew Webber
3. Peter Bussa
4. Andy Frew 		17,379 0.41 -1.48
What Women Want 1. Justine Caines
2. Janette Robinson 		15,812 0.38 +0.38
Carers Alliance 1. Marylou Carter
2. Nell Brown
3. Katrina Clark
4. Mary Mockler 		14,099 0.34 +0.34
Liberty & Democracy 1. Terje Petersen
2. Janos Beregszaszi 		7,772 0.19 +0.19
Climate Conservatives 1. Richard McNeall
2. James Maxfield 		4,203 0.10 +0.10
Socialist Alliance 1. Alex Bainbridge
2. Susan Price
3. Kamala Emanuel
4. Tim Dobson 		3,351 0.08 -0.03
Non-Custodial Parents 1. John Geremin
2. Roland Foster 		2,538 0.06 -0.01
Senator On-Line 1. Pat Reilly
2. Berge Der Sarkissian 		2,257 0.05 +0.05
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Ann Lawler
2. Ian McCaffrey 		2,224 0.05 -0.01
Socialist Equality 1. Nick Beams
2. Carol Divjak 		2,139 0.05 +0.05
Hear Our Voice 1. Toni McLennan
2. Lindsay Carroll 		2,041 0.05 +0.05
Secular 1. Ian Bryce
2. John August 		2,017 0.05 +0.05
Group V 1. Walter Tinyow
2. Maria Chan 		1,259 0.03 +0.03
  Abolish State Governments 1. Klaas Woldring
2. Max Bradley 		948 0.02 +0.02
Independent Paula Nadas 394 0.01 +0.01
Independent Jennifer Stefanac 186 0.00 +0.00
Independent Curtis Levy 79 0.00 +0.00
Independent Silvana Nero 46 0.00 +0.00
Total formal votes 4,193,234 97.76 +1.23
Informal votes 96,210 2.24 -1.23
Turnout 4,289,444 95.40 +0.29

Both major parties finished with around 40% of the primary vote each with Labor in front. The Greens received over 8% of the primary vote. Labor won two seats on primary vote alone, narrowly missing a third seat. The Coalition also won two seats, including one to National Party of Australia candidate John Williams. Despite finishing with less than 1% of the primary vote, the Climate Change Coalition managed to place ahead of Pauline's United Australia Party, the Democrats and Family First. The Democrats and Pauline United Australia Party directed preferences to the Climate Change Coalition. Unlike in other states, Family First also directed its preferences to the Climate Change Coalition. After these preferences, the Climate Change Coalition had increased their vote from less than 1% to almost 5%. However, they still narrowly finished behind the Christian Democrats. Preferences from the Climate Change Coalition went to the Greens however they still finished behind the major parties. This led to Greens senator Kerry Nettle losing her seat. Preferences from the Christian Democrats went to the Coalition, allowing them to win their third seat with Labor winning the remaining seat. The end result was three seats each to the Coalition and Labor[4]

Victoria[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Jacinta Collins   Labor
2007 2 Mitch Fifield   Liberal
2007 3 Gavin Marshall   Labor
2007 4 Helen Kroger   Liberal
2007 5 Scott Ryan   Liberal
2007 6 David Feeney   Labor
2004
2004 1 Michael Ronaldson   Liberal
2004 2 Kim Carr   Labor
2004 3 Julian McGauran   Liberal
2004 4 Stephen Conroy   Labor
2004 5 Judith Troeth   Liberal
2004 6 Steve Fielding   Family First
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 454,625
Labor 1. Jacinta Collins (elected 1)
2. Gavin Marshall (elected 3)
3. David Feeney (elected 6)
4. Marg Lewis 		1,327,076 41.70 +5.58
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Mitch Fifield (Lib) (elected 2)
2. Helen Kroger (Lib) (elected 4)
3. Scott Ryan (Lib) (elected 5)
4. Simon Swayn (Nat) 		1,257,149 39.50 -4.60
Greens 1. Richard Di Natale
2. Jenny O'Connor
3. Alexandra Bhathal
4. Jim Reiher
5. Hoa Pham
6. Emma Henley 		320,759 10.08 +1.28
Family First 1. Gary Plumridge
2. Miriam Rawson
3. Monique Podbury
4. Chris Willis
5. Clare Heath
6. Ann Bown Seeley 		80,100 2.52 +0.64
Democrats 1. Lyn Allison
2. Greg Chipp
3. Jo McCubbin 		52,596 1.65 -0.21
Democratic Labor 1. John Mulholland
2. Gerry Flood
3. Pat La Manna
4. Teresa Evelyn-Liardet
5. Ken Wells
6. Paul Crea 		32,930 1.03 -0.91
Climate Change 1. Ainslie Howard
2. Sashikala Rozairo 		24,759 0.78 +0.78
Shooters 1. Brett Parker
2. Matt Graham 		21,398 0.67 +0.67
What Women Want 1. Madeleine Love
2. Robyn Thompson 		14,028 0.44 +0.44
One Nation 1. Nick Steel
2. Daniel Shore 		13,354 0.42 -0.30
Christian Democrats 1. Ewan McDonald
2. Dallas Clarnette 		7,100 0.22 -0.12
Group I 1. Joseph Toscano
2. Jude Pierce 		5,695 0.18 +0.18
Climate Conservatives 1. Steve Raskovy
2. Viesha Lewand 		4,216 0.13 +0.13
Carers Alliance 1. Junelle Rhodes
2. Peter Gibilisco
3. Patricia Karadimos 		3,901 0.12 +0.12
Senator On-Line 1. Robert Rose
2. Jeremy Barrett 		3,106 0.10 +0.10
Liberty & Democracy 1. Steve Clancy
2. Geoff Saw 		3,044 0.10 +0.10
Socialist Alliance 1. Margarita Windisch
2. Jeremy Smith 		2,535 0.08 -0.08
Socialist Equality 1. Peter Byrne
2. Tania Baptist 		2,403 0.08 +0.08
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Rachel Affleck
2. Katherine Isherwood 		1,697 0.05 -0.49
Non-Custodial Parents 1. Brendan Hall
2. John Zabaneh 		1,511 0.05 -0.06
Secular 1. John Perkins
2. Andrew Conway 		1,238 0.04 +0.04
Group T 1. Joseph Kaliniy
2. Koulla Mesaritis 		522 0.02 +0.02
Group V 1. Tony Klein
2. Amanda Klein 		503 0.02 +0.02
Independent Norman Walker 383 0.01 +0.01
Independent Tejay Sener 185 0.01 +0.01
Independent Darryl O'Bryan 133 0.00 +0.00
One Nation Llewellyn Groves 48 0.00 +0.00
Total formal votes 3,182,369 96.72 +1.85
Informal votes 107,850 3.28 -1.85
Turnout 3,290,219 95.60 +0.17

Labor once again narrowly finished ahead of the Coalition on primary votes with around 40% each. Both parties won two seats each on primary vote alone, with another two seats yet to be won. The Greens finished with just over 10% of the vote. After preferences from small minor parties, Labor managed to stay ahead of the Greens and Coalition. Preferences from the Democrats allowed the Greens to go ahead of the Coalition and close to the required number of votes to win a seat. However, preferences from Family First allowed the Coalition to win a third seat whilst Labor narrowly won the remaining seat over the Greens. The end result was three seats each to the Coalition and Labor[5]

Queensland[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Ian Macdonald   Liberal
2007 2 John Hogg   Labor
2007 3 Sue Boyce   Liberal
2007 4 Claire Moore   Labor
2007 5 Ron Boswell   National
2007 6 Mark Furner   Labor
2004
2004 1 Brett Mason   Liberal
2004 2 Jan McLucas   Labor
2004 3 George Brandis   Liberal
2004 4 Joe Ludwig   Labor
2004 5 Barnaby Joyce   National
2004 3 Russell Trood   Liberal
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 345,559
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Ian Macdonald (Lib) (elected 1)
2. Sue Boyce (Lib) (elected 3)
3. Ron Boswell (Nat) (elected 5)
4. Mark Powell (Lib)
5. David Goodwin (Nat)
6. Scott Buchholz (Nat) 		977,316 40.40 -4.50
Labor 1. John Hogg (elected 2)
2. Claire Moore (elected 4)
3. Mark Furner (elected 6)
4. Diana O'Brien 		948,145 39.20 +7.55
Greens 1. Larissa Waters
2. Anja Light
3. Darryl Rosin 		177,063 7.32 +1.92
Pauline's UAP 1. Pauline Hanson
2. David Saville 		101,461 4.19 +4.19
Family First 1. Jeff Buchanan
2. Beryl Spencer
3. Merlin Manners
4. Cathy Eaton
5. Shaun Hart
6. Elizabeth Benson-Scott 		53,249 2.20 -1.17
Democrats 1. Andrew Bartlett
2. Sharon Neill 		45,584 1.88 -0.32
Fishing Party 1. Bob Smith
2. Elizabeth Stocker 		20,290 0.84 -0.44
Fishing and Lifestyle 1. Kevin Collins
2. Dave Donald 		19,131 0.79 +0.79
What Women Want 1. Anne Bousfield
2. Sonya Beutel 		17,370 0.72 +0.72
Shooters 1. Paul Feeney
2. Allen Hrstich 		12,845 0.53 +0.53
Climate Change 1. Phil Johnson
2. Steve Posselt 		8,818 0.36 +0.36
Democratic Labor 1. Noel Jackson
2. Brian Dowling 		7265 0.30 +0.30
Christian Democrats 1. Linda Brice
2. Malcolm Brice 		6,289 0.26 +0.26
Carers Alliance 1. Felicity Maddison
2. Robert Gow 		4,822 0.20 +0.20
One Nation 1. Ian Nelson
2. Lew Arroita 		4,174 0.17 -2.97
Liberty & Democracy 1. John Humphreys
2. Joseph Clark 		3,890 0.16 +0.16
Socialist Alliance 1. Sam Watson
2. Amelia Taylor 		1,941 0.08 -0.02
  FreeMatilda 1. Richard Hackett-Jones
2. John Rivett 		1,738 0.07 +0.07
Group X 1. James Baker
2. Louise Fitzgerald-Baker 		1,506 0.06 +0.06
Non-Custodial Parents 1. Bill Healey
2. Doug Thompson 		1,390 0.06 -0.13
Senator On-Line 1. Ben Peake
2. Sharon Bateson 		1,251 0.05 +0.05
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Jan Pukallus
2. Maurice Hetherington 		1,155 0.05 -0.10
Group N 1. David Couper
2. Michael Brown 		826 0.03 +0.03
Secular 1. Katrina Alberts
2. Martin Rady 		493 0.02 +0.02
Independent John Duggan 406 0.02 +0.02
Independent Robin Petersen 198 0.01 +0.01
Independent Leo DeMarchi 144 0.01 +0.01
Independent James Reid 70 0.00 +0.00
Independent Marsileo Traversari 52 0.00 +0.00
Independent Pilly Low 25 0.00 +0.00
Total formal votes 2,418,907 97.66 +0.45
Informal votes 57,912 2.34 -0.45
Turnout 2,476,819 94.81 +0.68

The Coalition narrowly finished ahead of Labor on primary vote with around 40% each. The Greens finished with over 7% and Pauline's United Australia party with over 4%. The Coalition and Labor both won 2 seats each on primary vote alone. Preferences from the Democrats allowed the Greens to narrowly go ahead of Labor. Family first preferences were enough for Nationals candidate Ron Boswell to be re-elected and win a third seat for the Coalition. Pauline's United Australia party directed preferences to Labor which allowed them to win the final seat. The final result was three seats each to Labor and the Coalition.[6]

Western Australia[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 David Johnston   Liberal
2007 2 Louise Pratt   Labor
2007 3 Alan Eggleston   Liberal
2007 4 Mark Bishop   Labor
2007 5 Michaelia Cash   Liberal
2007 6 Scott Ludlam   Greens
2001
2004 1 Chris Ellison   Liberal
2004 2 Chris Evans   Labor
2004 3 Ian Campbell   Liberal
2004 4 Glenn Sterle   Labor
2004 5 Judith Adams   Liberal
2004 6 Rachel Siewert   Greens
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 171,822
Liberal 1. David Johnston (elected 1)
2. Alan Eggleston (elected 3)
3. Michaelia Cash (elected 5)
4. Michael Mischin
5. Jane Mouritz
6. Matt Brown 		555,868 46.22 -3.12
Labor 1. Louise Pratt (elected 2)
2. Mark Bishop (elected 4)
3. Ruth Webber 		433,046 36.00 +3.48
Greens 1. Scott Ludlam (elected 6)
2. Alison Xamon
3. Brenda Roy 		111,813 9.30 +1.24
Christian Democrats 1. Gerard Goiran
2. Peter Watt 		21,179 1.76 -0.12
National 1. Tony Crook
2. Wendy Duncan 		17,365 1.44 +0.58
Democrats 1. Erica Lewin
2. Rob Olver
3. Don Hoddy 		12,604 1.05 -0.95
One Nation 1. James Hopkinson
2. Ron McLean 		11,623 0.97 -1.48
Democratic Labor 1. Bob Boulger
2. Eric Miller 		11,390 0.95 +0.95
Family First 1. Linda Rose
2. Cathie Fabian
3. Steve Fuhrmann 		10,341 0.86 +0.01
What Women Want 1. Meryki Basden
2. Saywood Lane 		3,533 0.29 +0.29
Climate Change 1. Gary Warden
2. Sarah Bishop 		3,461 0.29 +0.29
Group P 1. Graeme Campbell
2. John Fischer
3. Russell Graham
4. Geoff Gibson 		1,621 0.13 +0.13
Carers Alliance 1. Thomas Hoyer
2. Shirley Primeau 		1,571 0.13 +0.13
Climate Conservatives 1. Gerard Kettle
2. Shirley Anton 		1,569 0.13 +0.13
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Jean Robinson
2. Stuart Smith 		1,002 0.08 -0.11
Non-Custodial Parents 1. Geoff Dixon
2. Mike Ward 		946 0.08 -0.07
Socialist Alliance 1. Trent Hawkins
2. Julie Gray 		928 0.08 +0.08
Senator On-Line 1. Daniel Mayer
2. Zoe Lamont 		824 0.07 +0.07
Group M 1. Eric Wynne
2. Kevin Fitzgerald 		819 0.07 +0.07
Liberty & Democracy 1. Peter Whelan
2. Daniel Parker 		591 0.05 +0.05
Independent Richard McNaught 291 0.02 +0.02
Secular 1. Jennifer Armstrong
2. Michael Tan 		271 0.02 +0.02
Independent Edward Dabrowski 94 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 1,202,750 97.58 +1.12
Informal votes 29,797 2.42 -1.12
Turnout 1,232,547 93.86 +0.20

Unlike in other states, the Liberal Party of Australia and Nationals were not on a joint ticket. However, the Liberals finished far ahead of Labor in the primary vote with a 10% margin between them. The Greens finished with over 9% of the vote. The Liberals won three seats on primary vote alone whilst Labor won two. After these seats were distributed, the Greens were ahead of all parties. The Democratic Labor Party distributed preferences to the Christian Democrats, allowing them to go ahead of the Liberal party. Preferences from the Liberal Party allowed the Christian Democrats to go ahead of Labor and narrowly behind the Greens. However, preferences from Labor led to Greens candidate Scott Ludlam winning the final seat. The end result was three seats to the Liberals, two to Labor and one to the Greens[7]

South Australia[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Don Farrell   Labor
2007 2 Cory Bernardi   Liberal
2007 3 Nick Xenophon   Independent
2007 4 Penny Wong   Labor
2007 5 Simon Birmingham   Liberal
2007 6 Sarah Hanson-Young   Greens
2004
2004 1 Nick Minchin   Liberal
2004 2 Anne McEwen   Labor
2004 3 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
2004 4 Annette Hurley   Labor
2004 5 Mary Jo Fisher   Liberal
2004 6 Dana Wortley   Labor
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 143,830
Labor 1. Don Farrell (elected 1)
2. Penny Wong (elected 4)
3. Cath Perry 		358,615 35.62 +0.13
Liberal 1. Cory Bernardi (elected 2)
2. Simon Birmingham (elected 5)
3. Grant Chapman
4. Maria Kourtesis 		347,256 34.49 -13.00
Group S 1. Nick Xenophon (elected 3)
2. Roger Bryson 		148,789 14.78 +14.78
Greens 1. Sarah Hanson-Young (elected 6)
2. Nikki Mortier
3. Matt Rigney 		65,322 6.49 -0.11
Family First 1. Tony Bates
2. Toni Turnbull
3. Colin Gibson 		29,114 2.89 -1.09
Democratic Labor 1. Garry Hardy
2. David McCabe 		9,343 0.93 +0.93
Democrats 1. Ruth Russell
2. Max Baumann
3. Richard Way 		8,908 0.88 -1.51
One Nation 1. Mark Aldridge
2. David Dwyer 		6,178 0.61 -0.53
Fishing and Lifestyle 1. Neil Armstrong
2. Paul Tippins 		5,413 0.54 +0.54
What Women Want 1. Emma Neumann
2. Morag McIntosh 		4,114 0.41 +0.41
Shooters 1. John Hahn
2. Basil Borun 		3,973 0.39 +0.39
National 1. Rob Howard
2. Mark Cuthbertson 		3,632 0.36 -0.04
Climate Change 1. Colin Endean
2. Vidas Kubilius 		3,131 0.31 +0.31
Christian Democrats 1. Bruno Colangelo
2. Noelene Hunt 		1,486 0.15 +0.15
Liberty & Democracy 1. David McAlary
2. Mark Hill 		798 0.08 +0.08
Socialist Alliance 1. Renfrey Clarke
2. Liah Lazarou 		770 0.08 -0.05
Senator On-Line 1. Joel Clark
2. Courtney Clarke 		610 0.06 +0.06
Secular 1. Brian Paterson
2. A. Brook 		577 0.06 +0.06
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Martin Vincent
2. Paul Siebert 		267 0.03 +0.03
Independent Michelle Drummond 101 0.01 +0.01
Independent Stewart Glass 73 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 1,006,809 97.62 +1.15
Informal votes 24,511 2.38 -1.15
Turnout 1,031,320 95.83 +0.47

Both major parties finished with around 35% each, with Independent Nick Xenophon at almost 15% followed by the Greens on over 6%. The Liberals and Labor won two seats each whilst Xenophon won a seat on primary vote alone. Preferences from the What Women Want (Australia) Party and the Climate Change Coalition allowed the Greens to go ahead of all parties. This was followed by preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and Family First going to the Liberals, which allowed the Coalition to go ahead of the Greens. However, the Greens managed to crucially stay ahead of Labor, which led to preferences from Labor going to the Greens. This was enough for Greens candidate Sarah Hanson-Young winning the remaining seat. The final result was two seats to the Liberals, two seats to Labor, one seat to Xenophon and one seat to the Greens[8]

Tasmania[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Nick Sherry   Labor
2007 2 Richard Colbeck   Liberal
2007 3 Bob Brown   Greens
2007 4 Carol Brown   Labor
2007 5 David Bushby   Liberal
2007 6 Catryna Bilyk   Labor
2004
2004 1 Eric Abetz   Liberal
2004 2 Kerry O'Brien   Labor
2004 3 Guy Barnett   Liberal
2004 4 Helen Polley   Labor
2004 5 Stephen Parry   Liberal
2004 6 Christine Milne   Greens
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 46,693
Labor 1. Nick Sherry (elected 1)
2. Carol Brown (elected 4)
3. Catryna Bilyk (elected 6) 		131,055 40.10 +6.56
Liberal 1. Richard Colbeck (elected 2)
2. David Bushby (elected 5)
3. Don Morris 		122,203 37.39 -8.74
Greens 1. Bob Brown (elected 3)
2. Andrew Wilkie
3. Sophie Houghton
4. Scott Jordan 		59,254 18.13 +4.84
Family First 1. Jacquie Petrusma
2. Andrew Bennett
3. Betty Roberts 		6,663 2.04 -0.34
What Women Want 1. Debra Cashion
2. Belinda Gleeson 		2,540 0.78 +0.78
Democratic Labor 1. Pat Crea
2. Joan Shackcloth 		2,061 0.63 +0.63
Group G 1. Dino Ottavi
2. Mick Cook
3. Chris Smallbane 		1,398 0.43 +0.03
Group C 1. Steve Martin
2. Karley Nelson 		789 0.24 -0.12
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Caroline Larner
2. Michael Phibbs 		313 0.10 -0.06
Liberty & Democracy 1. Bede Ireland
2. Luke Hamilton 		302 0.09 +0.09
Secular 1. Robyn Doyle
2. David Hammond 		268 0.08 +0.08
Total formal votes 326,846 97.37 +0.74
Informal votes 8,830 2.63 -0.74
Turnout 335,676 95.98 +0.08

Labor finished ahead of the Liberals with around 40% of the vote each, followed by the Greens with over 18%. Labor and the Liberals each won two seats on primary vote alone whilst the Greens won one on primary vote. Preferences from the Greens led to Labor winning the remaining seat. The final result was three seats to Labor, two seats to the Liberals and one seat to the Greens.[9]

Territories[edit]

Australian Capital Territory[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Kate Lundy   Labor
2007 2 Gary Humphries   Liberal
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 75,108
Labor 1. Kate Lundy (elected 1)
2. Peter Conway 		92,018 40.84 -0.26
Liberal 1. Gary Humphries (elected 2)
2. Jacqui Myers 		77,058 34.20 -3.67
Greens 1. Kerrie Tucker
2. Elena Kirschbaum 		48,384 21.47 +5.11
Democrats 1. Norvan Vogt
2. Anthony David 		4,141 1.84 -0.30
What Women Want 1. Emma Davidson
2. Shannon Morris 		1,406 0.62 +0.62
Climate Change 1. Michael Fullam-Stone
2. Andrew Gee 		1,323 0.59 +0.59
Liberty & Democracy 1. Lisa Milat
2. Chris Textor 		545 0.24 +0.24
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Michael Denborough
2. Erica Denborough 		446 0.20 +0.20
Total formal votes 225,321 98.30 +0.76
Informal votes 3,905 1.70 -0.76
Turnout 229,226 96.00 +0.79

Northern Territory[edit]

Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Trish Crossin   Labor
2007 2 Nigel Scullion   CLP
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 33,524
Labor 1. Trish Crossin (elected 1)
2. Kim Hill 		47,205 46.94 +5.57
Country Liberal 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 2)
2. Bernadette Wallace 		40,253 40.03 -5.37
Greens 1. Alan Tyley
2. Gregory Goodluck 		8,870 8.82 +1.22
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Peter Flynn
2. Vernon Work 		2,019 2.01 +2.01
Democrats 1. Duncan Dean
2. Joe Faggion 		1,949 1.94 -2.79
Independent Bernardine Atkinson 273 0.27
Total formal votes 100,569 98.06 +1.18
Informal votes 1,994 1.94 -1.18
Turnout 102,563 86.88 +2.47

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Liberal and National parties ran a joint ticket in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. It includes the four senators from Queensland who ran on separate tickets at the 2004 election.
  2. ^ The Liberals-only ticket ran in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.
  3. ^ The Nationals-only ticket ran in Western Australia and South Australia.
  4. ^ There are no Liberal or National parties in the Northern Territory, with the Country Liberal Party being the sole the centre-right coalition party .
  5. ^ The Shooters Party total includes the result for a joint ticket with the Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party in New South Wales (45,932 votes).
  6. ^ The independenant senator was Nick Xenophon (South Australia).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Full First Preferences by state - AEC
  2. ^ "AEC redirection page".
  3. ^ Upper house results: AEC
  4. ^ Senate Results: New South Wales - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  5. ^ Senate Results: Victoria - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  6. ^ Senate Results: Queensland - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  7. ^ Senate Results: Western Australia - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  8. ^ Senate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  9. ^ Senate Results: Tasmania - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

External links[edit]

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