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This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022. [1] Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states begin on 1 July 2022. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election, 21 May 2022. [2]
| Office | Party | Officer | State | Since | |
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| President of the Senate | Labor | Sue Lines | WA | 26 July 2022 | |
| Deputy President and Chair of Committees | Liberal | Andrew McLachlan | SA | 26 July 2022 | |
Over the course of the 47th Parliament, changes in membership resulted in changes to party composition, which are summarised below.
| Affiliation | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | ||||||||||
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| GRN | ALP | IND | CA | REX | JLN | LPA | NPA | LDP | ON | UAP | |||
| End of previous Parliament | 9 | 26 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 76 | 0 |
| Begin (26 July 2022) | 12 | 26 | 1 | — | 2 | 26 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 76 | 0 | |
| 16 January 2023 [lower-alpha 14] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 February 2023 [lower-alpha 15] | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 31 May 2023 [lower-alpha 14] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 17 June 2023 [lower-alpha 16] | 3 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 30 September 2023 [lower-alpha 17] | 24 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 30 November 2023 [lower-alpha 17] | 25 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 26 January 2024 [lower-alpha 18] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 February 2024 [lower-alpha 18] | 26 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 February 2024 [lower-alpha 19] | 25 | 75 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 28 March 2024 [lower-alpha 20] | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 19 April 2024 [lower-alpha 21] | 10 | 74 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Latest voting share % | 14.67 | 33.33 | 5.33 | — | 1.33 | 41.33 | — | 2.67 | 1.33 | ||||
This table lists senators who have resigned, died, been elected or appointed, or otherwise changed their party affiliation during the 47th Parliament.
| Seat | Before | Change | After | ||||||
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| Member | Party | Type | Date | Date | Member | Party | |||
| New South Wales | Jim Molan | Liberal | Death | 16 January 2023 | 31 May 2023 | Maria Kovacic | Liberal | ||
| Victoria | Lidia Thorpe | Greens | Resignation from party | 6 February 2023 | Lidia Thorpe | Independent | |||
| Victoria | David Van | Liberal | Expulsion from party room | 15 June 2023 | David Van | Independent | |||
| New South Wales | Marise Payne | Liberal | Resignation | 30 September 2023 | 30 November 2023 | Dave Sharma | Liberal | ||
| Western Australia | Pat Dodson | Labor | Resignation | 26 January 2024 | 1 February 2024 | Varun Ghosh | Labor | ||
| Victoria | Linda White | Labor | Death | 29 February 2024 | TBC | TBC | Labor | ||
| Tasmania | Tammy Tyrrell | Lambie | Resignation from party | 28 March 2024 | Tammy Tyrrell | Independent | |||
| Victoria | Janet Rice | Greens | Resignation | 19 April 2024 | TBC | Steph Hodgins-May | Greens | ||
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