2016 Australian federal election
The 2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period. It ...
. There were 1,625 candidates in total (994 for the House of Representatives and 631 for the Senate).
Retiring members
Labor
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Anna Burke
Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966) is a former Australian politician and current Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. She was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to May 2016, representing the ...
MP ( Chisholm, Vic) – announced retirement 16 December 2015
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Laurie Ferguson
Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson (born 7 July 1952) is a former Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from March 1990, representing Reid until 2010 and Werriwa until May 2016, both in New ...
MP (
Werriwa
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, NSW) – announced retirement 12 August 2014
* Gary Gray MP ( Brand, WA) – announced retirement 16 February 2016
* Alan Griffin MP (
Bruce
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, Vic) – announced retirement 10 February 2015
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Jill Hall
Jill Griffiths Hall (born 16 November 1949) is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives, from 1998 until 2016, representing the seat of Shortland, New South Wales for the Labor Party. S ...
MP ( Shortland, NSW) announced retirement 28 February 2016
* Alannah MacTiernan MP ( Perth, WA) – announced retirement 12 February 2016
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Melissa Parke
Melissa Parke (born 11 August 1966) is a former Australian Labor Party politician and UN human rights lawyer, who served as Member for the federal electoral Division of Fremantle in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016. In ...
MP (
Fremantle
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, WA) – announced retirement 22 January 2016
* Bernie Ripoll MP (
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Queensland
*Oxley, Queensland is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia
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, Qld) – announced retirement 14 April 2015
* Kelvin Thomson MP ( Wills, Vic) – announced retirement 10 November 2015
* Senator
Joe Ludwig
Joseph William Ludwig (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian barrister and retired politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland from July 1999 to May 2016, representing the Australian Labor Party. Ludwig served ...
(Qld) – announced retirement 9 March 2015
* Senator Jan McLucas (Qld) – announced retirement 5 April 2015
* Senator
Nova Peris
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Paterson Paterson may refer to:
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* Paterson (surname)
* Paterson (given name)
Places
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*Paterson, New South Wales
*Paterson River, New South Wales
* Division of Paterson, an electoral district in New South Wales
*Paterson, Queensland, a lo ...
, NSW) – announced retirement 16 April 2016
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Bruce Billson
Bruce Frederick Billson (born 26 January 1966) is a former politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Dunkley in Victoria from 1996 to 2016.Dunkley, Vic) – announced retirement 24 November 2015
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Bronwyn Bishop
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MP ( Mackellar, NSW) – lost preselection 16 April 2016, delivered valedictory speech 4 May 2016
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Andrew Robb
Andrew John Robb (born 20 August 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2016, representing the Liberal Party. He served as Minister for Trade and Investment (2013–2016) in the ...
MP ( Goldstein, Vic) – announced retirement 10 February 2016
* Philip Ruddock MP ( Berowra, NSW) – announced retirement 8 February 2016
* Andrew Southcott MP ( Boothby, SA) – announced retirement 4 September 2015
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Sharman Stone
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MP (
Murray
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* Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust
* D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian who ...
, Vic) – announced retirement 26 March 2016
* Senator
Bill Heffernan
William Daniel Heffernan (born 3 March 1943), is an Australian former politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Senate representing the state of New South Wales from September 1996 to May 2016.
Early life and background
Heffernan was bo ...
Calare
The Division of Calare is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Geography
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointe ...
Fisher
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Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to:
Places
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*Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
*Elect ...
, Qld) – announced retirement 26 February 2016
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Teresa Gambaro
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Groom
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When marrying, the bridegroom's future spouse (if female) is usually referred to as the bride. A bridegroom is typically attended by a best man an ...
, Qld) – announced retirement 15 February 2016
* Bruce Scott MP ( Maranoa, Qld) – announced retirement 3 August 2015
* Warren Truss MP ( Wide Bay, Qld) – announced retirement 11 February 2016
Fairfax
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* Fairfax, Georgia
* Fairfax, Indiana
* Fa ...
, Qld) – announced retirement 4 May 2016, ruled out Senate candidacy 23 May 2016
House of Representatives
Sitting members are listed 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 listed in bold. Since this was a
double dissolution
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election, each state elected twelve senators. Typically, the first six successful candidates from each state are elected to six-year terms, the remaining six to three-year terms, although this can create distorted results in the single transferable vote system. Section 282 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act provides for a fairer method of allocation, involving a re-count of the Senate votes cast as if the election had been a half-Senate election for six seats. The long term seats are allocated to those elected in the re-count, and the short-term positions allocated to the remaining elected candidates.
Ultimately, the power to determine terms is given under the Constitution to the Senate. Following the 1987 double dissolution, the Senate chose to ignore the alternative count and instead use the traditional method based on order of election.
Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
Australian Capital Territory
Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.
New South Wales
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal/
National
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Coalition
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Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
was defending six seats. The
Australian Greens
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Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal National Party was defending six seats. The
Australian Greens
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were defending one seat. The Palmer United Party was defending one seat, although Senator Glenn Lazarus had left the party and was contesting for his
Glenn Lazarus Team
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.
South Australia
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The
Australian Greens
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Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. The
Australian Greens
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were defending two seats. The Palmer United Party was defending one seat, although Senator Jacqui Lambie had left the party and contested for her
Jacqui Lambie Network
The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) is a political party in Australia, formed in May 2015. Bearing the name of its founder, Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie, it has served as the political vehicle for the former independent.
The JLN was formed to al ...
National
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, ce ...
Coalition
A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces.
Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
was defending four seats. The
Australian Greens
The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, are a confederation of Green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and th ...
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending six seats. The
Australian Greens
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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.