This is a list of members of the Australian Senate between July 2014 and May 2016. Half of the state senators had been elected at the August 2010 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2017; the other half of the state senators were elected at the September 2013 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2020. The territory senators were elected at the September 2013 election and their terms ended at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was May 2016. The new Senate first met in July 2014, with state senators elected in 2013 sworn in on 7 July 2014. Ascertaining the chamber's final composition was complicated by the loss of 1,375 ballot papers in Western Australia, leading to the Court of Disputed Returns voiding the result there, and necessitating a special Senate election in Western Australia (held on 5 April 2014).
All senators' terms were truncated when the double dissolution deadlock provisions were triggered in 2016, leading to the dissolution of all of both houses of parliament on 9 May 2016 which led to a full-senate election, rather than a more common half-senate election, at the 2 July 2016 general election.
Senator Party State Term ending Years in office Tasmania 2017 1994–2022 Western Australia 2017 2009–2017 South Australia 2020 2006–2020 Tasmania 2020 2008–2025 South Australia 2020 2007–2025 Queensland 2017 2000–2018 Tasmania 2020 2005–present Western Australia 2020 2014–2016 Tasmania 2020 2007–2019 New South Wales 2020 2008–2019 Queensland 2020 2014–present Victoria 2017 1993–2022 Western Australia 2020 2008–present Tasmania 2020 2002–2016, 2018–present Victoria 2020 1995–2005, 2008–2019 Victoria 2017 1996–2016 Western Australia 2017 2007–2020 New South Wales 2017 2013–2018 South Australia 2020 2014–2016 Victoria 2017 2011–2020 Western Australia 2020 2016–2024 South Australia 2017 2011–2016 New South Wales 2017 1989–2015 South Australia 2017 2011–2025 New South Wales 2017 2005–2022 Victoria 2020 2004–2019 South Australia 2017 2011–2021 Australian Capital Territory 2016 2015–2018, 2019–present South Australia 2020 2008–present New South Wales 2017 1996–2016 Western Australia 2020 2002–2016 Queensland 2020 2014–2019 Palmer United/Ind Tasmania 2020 2014–2017 Palmer United/Ind Queensland 2020 2014–2016 New South Wales 2020 2014–2019 Queensland 2017 2015–2016 Western Australia 2017 2013–present Western Australia 2020 2008–2017 Queensland 2017 1999–2016 Australian Capital Territory 2016 1996–2015 Queensland 2020 1990–2019 /Ind/MFP Victoria 2017 2011–2016 Victoria 2020 2002–2019 Queensland 2017 1999–2015 New South Wales 2017 2015–present South Australia 2017 2005–2016 Queensland 2020 2014–present Victoria 2017 2011–present Tasmania 2017 2015–present Queensland 2017 1999–2016 Tasmania 2017 2005–2015 Queensland 2020 2002–2019 Motoring Enthusiast Victoria 2020 2014–2016 New South Wales 2017 2005–2017 New South Wales 2020 2013–present Queensland 2020 2014–2019 Tasmania 2017 2005–2017 Victoria 2017 2016–present New South Wales 2020 1997–2023 Northern Territory 2016 2013–2016 Tasmania 2017 2005–present Western Australia 2020 2014–2025 New South Wales 2017 2011–2018 Victoria 2020 2014–present Victoria 2017 2005–2016 South Australia 2017 2012–present Victoria 2020 2008–2021 Northern Territory 2016 2001–2019 Australian Capital Territory 2016 2013–2022 Western Australia 2017 2005–2021 South Australia 2017 2015–2016 Tasmania 2017 2011–2019 New South Wales 2020 2011–2019 Western Australia 2017 2012–present Western Australia 2017 2005–present Tasmania 2017 2011–present Palmer United Western Australia 2020 2014–2016 Queensland 2017 2011–2017, 2018–present Tasmania 2020 2012–present New South Wales 2020 2008–2019 South Australia 2020 2002–present South Australia 2017 2011–2015 Nick Xenophon Team South Australia 2020 2008–2017
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