This article provides details on candidates who stood for the

2004 Australian federal election The 2004 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 9 October 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minist ...

. The election was held on 9 October 2004.

Redistributions and seat changes

*Redistributions occurred in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. **In Victoria, the Labor-held seat of

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was renamed

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. The Labor-held seat of

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became notionally Liberal. ***The member for

, Brendan O'Connor (

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), contested

. **In Queensland, the notionally Labor seat of Bonner was created. The Labor-held seat of Bowman became notionally Liberal. ***The member for Bowman,

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(

), contested Bonner. **In South Australia, the Labor-held seat of Bonython was abolished. The Liberal-held seat of

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became notionally Labor. ***The member for Bonython,

Martyn Evans Martyn John Evans (born 27 November 1953 in Birmingham, England), is a former South Australian Australian independent and Australian Labor Party state and federal politician. Evans was educated at The University of Adelaide, and was a State ...

(

), contested

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Laurie Brereton Laurence John "Laurie" Brereton (born 29 May 1946) is a former Australian politician who was a state minister, a federal member of cabinet, and kingmaker in the election of several Australian Labor Party leaders, including Paul Keating and Mark ...

MP ( Kingsford Smith, NSW) *

Janice Crosio Janice Ann Crosio (; born 3 January 1939) is an Australian politician from the Labor Party. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and became the first woman Cabinet minister in New South Wales. Later she was a member of ...

MP ( Prospect, NSW) *

Leo McLeay Leo Boyce McLeay (born 4 October 1945) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from June 1979 to October 2004. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1989–93. During 1992 h ...

MP ( Watson, NSW) * Frank Mossfield MP ( Greenway, NSW) * Senator

Nick Bolkus Nick Bolkus (born 17 July 1950) is a former Australian Labor Party politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate, Senate from July 1981 to June 2005, representing the state of South Australia. Early career Bolkus was born in Adelaide an ...

(SA) * Senator Geoff Buckland (SA) * Senator

Peter Cook Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor, comedian, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishme ...

(WA) * Senator

Kay Denman Kay Janet Denman (born 22 July 1937) is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from 1993 to 2005. Denman was born in Latrobe, Tasmania and raised in Railton. She w ...

(Tas)

Liberal

* Neil Andrew MP (

, SA) * Bob Charles MP ( La Trobe, Vic) *

Chris Gallus Christine Ann Gallus (born 6 April 1943) is a former Australian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004, representing two different seats in South Australia—the Division of Hawker ...

MP ( Hindmarsh, SA) * David Kemp MP ( Goldstein, Vic) * Daryl Williams MP ( Tangney, WA) * Senator Sue Knowles (WA) * Senator Tsebin Tchen (Vic)

Independent

* Senator

Brian Harradine Richard William Brian Harradine (9 January 1935 – 14 April 2014) was an Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Australian Senate, from 1975 to 2005, representing the state of Tasmania. He was the longest-serving indep ...

(Tas)

House of Representatives

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Senate

Sitting senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Australian Capital Territory

Two Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

was defending one seat.

New South Wales

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

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Coalition was defending two seats. The

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were defending one seat. Senators George Campbell (Labor),

Helen Coonan Helen Lloyd Coonan (born 29 October 1947) is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1996 to 2011, representing the Liberal Party. She was a minister in the Howard Government, serving as Minister for Revenue ...

(Liberal), Sandy Macdonald (National), Kerry Nettle ( Greens),

Marise Payne Marise Ann Payne (born 29 July 1964) is an Australian politician who served in the Morrison Government as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and as Minister for Women from 2019 to 2022. She has been a Senator for New South Wales si ...

(Liberal) and

Ursula Stephens Ursula Mary Stephens (; born 7 July 1954) is a former Australian politician. She served as a Australian Senate, Senator for New South Wales from 2002 to 2014, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She was a parliamentary secretary in t ...

(Labor) were not up for re-election.

Northern Territory

Two Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The

Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...

was defending one seat.

Queensland

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending two seats. The

were defending one seat. One Nation was defending one seat. Senators

Andrew Bartlett Andrew John Julian Bartlett (born 4 August 1964) is an Australian politician, social worker, academic, and social campaigner who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1997 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2018. He represented the Australian Democrats ...

(Democrats), Ron Boswell (

), John Hogg (Labor),

Ian Macdonald Ian MacCormick (known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was a British music critic and author, best known for both '' Revolution in the Head'', his critical history of the Beatles which borrowed techniques from ...

(Liberal), Claire Moore (Labor) and

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(Liberal) were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. The

were defending one seat, although Senator Meg Lees had formed her own party, the

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. Senators

Grant Chapman Hedley Grant Pearson Chapman (born 27 April 1949) is an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Chapman was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide and worked as a marketing executive in the oil indust ...

(Liberal),

Jeannie Ferris Jeannie Margaret Ferris (née Whitlow; 14 March 1941 – 2 April 2007) was an Australian politician, lobbyist, journalist, and Liberal Senator for South Australia. Early life Ferris was born in Auckland, New Zealand. She was educated at Monash ...

(Liberal), Robert Hill (Liberal), Linda Kirk (Labor), Natasha Stott Despoja (Democrats) and

Penny Wong Penelope Ying-Yen Wong (born 5 November 1968) is an Australian politician who has been Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia), Leader of the Government in the ...

(Labor) were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Six Senate places are up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats, although Senator Shayne Murphy had left the party to sit as an independent. The

was defending two seats. One seat had been held by the independent senator

. Senators

Bob Brown Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944) is a former Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasma ...

( Greens), Paul Calvert (Liberal),

Richard Colbeck Richard Mansell Colbeck (born 5 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been a Senator for Tasmania since 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and served a previous term in the Senate from 2002 to 2016. Colbeck served as the Minister ...

(Liberal), Sue Mackay (Labor),

Nick Sherry Nicholas John Sherry (born 19 November 1955) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from July 1990 until June 2012, representing the Australian Labor Party. Sherry was sworn ...

(Labor) and John Watson (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

Coalition was defending three seats. Senators

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( Democrats),

Mitch Fifield Mitchell Peter Fifield (born 16 January 1967) is the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations. He is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 2004 to 2019, representing the Liberal Party. He wa ...

(Liberal), Rod Kemp (Liberal), Gavin Marshall (Labor), Kay Patterson (Liberal) and Robert Ray (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. The

were defending one seat. Senators Mark Bishop (Labor), Alan Eggleston (Liberal),

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(Liberal),

Ross Lightfoot Philip Ross Lightfoot (born 11 August 1936) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1997 to 2008, representing the state of Western Australia. Early life Lightfoot was born in Port Lincoln, Sout ...

(Liberal), Andrew Murray ( Democrats) and Ruth Webber (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Summary by party

Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested the Senate election in the respective state.

References

ABC Elections

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

Independent

House of Representatives

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Senate

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Summary by party

References

See also