The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election. Senators total 37 coalition (33 Liberal, 3 coalition National, 1 CLP), 28 Labor, 4 Green, 1 Family First, 2 non-coalition National and 4 Democrats.2004 Senators elected - AEC2001 Senators elected - AEC Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2005, except the territories who took their seats immediately. This is the most recent time a Government has had a majority in the senate.
Preference deals The Greens directed preferences to the Democrats and Labor ahead of the Coalition, Family First and the Christian Democrats. In exchange, the Democrats preferenced the Greens ahead of both major parties and Labor preferenced the Greens and Democrats first in every state and territory except for Tasmania, where Labor preferenced Family First ahead of the Greens and Democrats, and Victoria, where Labor preferenced Family First, Democratic Labor and the Christian Democrats ahead of the Greens and the Democrats.
The Family First Party preferenced the Democrats and the Christian Democrats ahead of both major parties. In exchange, the Democrats preferenced Family First ahead of both the Greens and both major parties, while the Christian Democrats also preferenced Family First highly. The Family First Party and the Coalition also preferenced each other ahead of Labor and the Greens.
One Nation was preferenced last by Labor, the Democrats, the Coalition and the Greens in every state, while the Greens was preferenced last by Family First, One Nation and the Christian Democrats in every state.
A full listing of preferences can be found here.
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+Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 94.82% (CV) — Informal 3.75%Upper house results: AEC Party Votes % ± Seats Seatswon Notup Newtotal Seatchange Liberal/National Coalition / joint ticket 3,074,952 25.72 +1.85 6 6 12 1 2,109,948 17.65 +1.96 13 11 24 2 163,261 1.37 −0.55 1 1 2 1 41,923 0.35 +0.00 1 0 1 Coalition total 5,390,084 45.09 +3.26 21 18 39 4 4,186,715 35.02 +0.70 16 12 28 916,431 7.67 +2.73 2 2 4 2 250,373 2.09 -5.16 0 4 4 4 210,567 1.76 +1.76 1 0 1 1 206,455 1.73 -3.81 0 0 0 1Total11,953,649100.00– 403676 Invalid/blank votes 466,370 3.75 −0.14 ––––Registered voters/turnout 12,420,019 94.82 -0.38 ––––Source: Upper house results: AEC
New South Wales Elected # SenatorParty20041Bill Heffernan Liberal20042Steve Hutchins Labor20043Concertta Fierravanti-Wells Liberal20044John Faulkner Labor20045Fiona Nash National20046Michael Forshaw Labor200120011Helen Coonan Liberal20012Ursula Stephens Labor20013Sandy Macdonald National20014George Campbell Labor20015Marise Payne Liberal20016Kerry Nettle Greens
The primary vote saw the Coalition winning three seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens and Labor leading the Christian Democrats for the final seat. Preferences from liberals for forests, Family First, the Democrats and One Nation meant that the Christian Democrats ended up overtaking both Labor and the Greens for the final vacancy, but Labor managed to stay ahead of the Greens, meaning that Labor ending up taking the final seat using Green preferences. The result was three seats coalition and three seats Labor.Senate Results: New South Wales - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Victoria Elected # SenatorParty20041Michael Ronaldson Liberal20042Kim Carr Labor20043Julian McGauran National20044Stephen Conroy Labor20045Judith Troeth Liberal20046 200120011Mitch Fifield Liberal20012Robert Ray Labor20013Rod Kemp Liberal20014Gavin Marshall Labor20015Kay Patterson Liberal20016Lyn Allison Democrats
Primary votes ensured that the Coalition secured three senate seats and Labor secured two. This left the Greens leading with Labor not far behind as preferences began counting. In an attempt to protect their third candidate, Jacinta Collins, Labor made a deal with several groups including the Democratic Labor Party, Family First Party and the Christian Democrats where they would preference her ahead of the Coalition in exchange for Labor preferences, expecting them to be eliminated before these preferences could be distributed. However, it backfired badly as the Family First Party, despite starting with less than two percent of the primary vote, received many preferences from the Christian Democrats, the Aged and Disability Pensioners Party, One Nation, the Coalition, liberals for forests, the Australian Democrats and the Democratic Labor Party that easily put Family First ahead of Labor. And, as per the Jacinta Collins deal, the majority of the Labor preferences went to Family First too, meaning that Steve Fielding was comfortably elected ahead of Greens candidate David Risstrom. The result was three seats Coalition, two seats Labor and one seat Family First.Senate Results: Victoria - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Queensland Elected # SenatorParty20041Brett Mason Liberal20042Jan McLucas Labor20043George Brandis Liberal20044Joe Ludwig Labor20045Barnaby Joyce National20043Russell Trood Liberal200120011Ian Macdonald Liberal20012John Hogg Labor20013Santo Santoro Liberal20014Claire Moore Labor20015Andrew Bartlett Democrats20016Ron Boswell National
Primary votes saw two Labor and two Liberal senators get elected, leaving the Liberal Party well ahead of the National Party, the Greens and former One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who this election ran as an independent. Pauline Hanson attracted a lot of preferential votes, which meant that her former party was surprisingly excluded before she was. This meant that her preferences could not go to One Nation and threaten the Liberal and National parties. As such, the National Party, using Fishing Party preferences, won the fifth seat and the Liberals won the sixth seat. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat National.Senate Results: Queensland - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Western Australia Elected # SenatorParty20041Chris Ellison Liberal20042Chris Evans Labor20043Ian Campbell Liberal20044Glenn Sterle Labor20045Judith Adams Liberal20046Rachel Siewert Greens200120011Alan Eggleston Liberal20012Mark Bishop Labor20013David Johnston Liberal20014Ruth Webber Labor20015Ross Lightfoot Liberal20016Andrew Murray Democrats
Primary votes saw three Liberal and two Labor senators get elected, leaving the Greens with a sizeable lead against the Liberals. Preferences from the Democrats and Labor saw that lead extended even further, and Greens candidate Rachel Siewert comfortably took the final vacancy. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Greens.Senate Results: Western Australia - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
South Australia Elected # SenatorParty20041Nick Minchin Liberal20042Anne McEwen Labor20043Amanda Vanstone Liberal20044Annette Hurley Labor20045Alan Ferguson Liberal20046Dana Wortley Labor200120011Robert Hill Liberal20012Penny Wong Labor20013Jeannie Ferris Liberal20014Linda Kirk Labor20015Grant Chapman Liberal20016Natasha Stott Despoja Democrats
Primary votes saw three Liberal seats and two Labor seats secured. With South Australia being the former constituent of former Democrats leader now Progressive Alliance leader Meg Lees, the state saw the largest swing against the Democrats and the largest total for the Progressive Alliance. ABC Election Analyst Antony Green suggested that had the Democrats done better in the primary vote in South Australia, they may have won the final senate seat on Family First preferences. Instead, the Democrat preferences saw Family First go ahead of the Greens, leading to Labor winning the seat on Green preferences. The result was three seats Liberal and three seats Labor.Senate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tasmania Elected # SenatorParty20041Eric Abetz Liberal20042Kerry O'Brien Labor20043Guy Barnett Liberal20044Helen Polley Labor20045Stephen Parry Liberal20046Christine Milne Greens200120011Paul Calvert Liberal20012Sue Mackay Labor20043John Watson Liberal20014Nick Sherry Labor20015Bob Brown Greens20016Richard Colbeck Liberal
Primary votes saw the Liberal Party winning three senate seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens leading for the sixth seat against the Family First Party with a sizable majority. However, Tasmania was one of two states where Labor preferenced the Family First Party ahead of the Greens, meaning that the Family First candidate Jacquie Petrusma was expected to receive large amounts of preferences and win the final seat. However, Greens candidate Christine Milne ended up winning the seat, mainly due to the high amount of "below the line" voting in Tasmania. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Green.Senate Results: Tasmania - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Territories
Australian Capital Territory Elected # SenatorParty20041Kate Lundy Labor20042Gary Humphries Liberal
Northern Territory Elected # SenatorParty20041Nigel Scullion CLP20042Trish Crossin Labor
See also Candidates of the 2004 Australian federal election Members of the Australian Senate, 2005–2008
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