List of new members of the 47th Parliament of Australia
The 47th Parliament of Australia is a meeting of the Parliament of Australia. New members were elected in the May 2022 election and were sworn in on 26 July 2022.[1] There are eight new senators (1 Independent, 1, Liberal, 1 National, 1 Country Liberal, 1 Jacqui Lambie Network, 1 Labor, 2 Greens) and 35 new representatives (1 National, 3 Greens, 3 Liberal National, 4 Liberal, 7 Independent, 17 Labor) at the start of its first session. When taking office, ages ranged from 30 to 67 placing them mostly in the generation X and millennial categories. Of this group women make up 56 per cent.
New members of the Senate[edit]
State senators elected at the 2022 election took office on 1 July 2022 for a six-year term. Senators from the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory took office on 21 May 2022 for a three-year term.
| State/Territory | Portrait | Senator | Party change | Prior political experience | Birth year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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David Pocock (IND) | Yes Defeated Zed Seselja (LP)[2] |
None | 1988 |
| New South Wales | Ross Cadell (NATS) | Yes Defeated Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (LP) |
Organiser and campaign manager | 1969 | |
| New South Wales | 
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David Shoebridge (AG) | Yes |
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council,
Councillor of Woollahra Municipal Council for Cooper Ward |
1971 |
| Northern Territory | 
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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (CLP) | Yes Defeated Sam McMahon (CLP/IND/LDP) |
Deputy Mayor of Alice Springs | 1981 |
| South Australia | 
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Kerrynne Liddle (LP) | Yes Defeated Rex Patrick (NXT/IND/REX) |
Staffer for Senator Anne Ruston | 1967 |
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Barbara Pocock (AG) | Yes Defeated Stirling Griff (NXT) |
Candidate for the Division of Adelaide | 1955 |
| Tasmania | Tammy Tyrrell (JLN) | Yes Defeated Eric Abetz (LP) |
Staffer for Senator Jacqui Lambie | 1970 | |
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Penny Allman-Payne (AG) | Yes Defeated Amanda Stoker (LNP) |
Member of Queensland Teachers Union | 1970 |
| Victoria | Ralph Babet (UAP) | Yes Defeated Greg Mirabella (LP) |
None | 1983 | |
| Victoria | Linda White (ALP) | No Replaced Kim Carr (ALP) |
None | 1959/1960 |
Took office during the 47th Parliament of Australia[edit]
| State/Territory | Portrait | Senator | Party change | Prior political experience | Birth year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Maria Kovacic (LP) | No Replaced Jim Molan (LP) |
President of The New South Wales Liberal Party | 1970 | |
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Dave Sharma (LP) | No Replaced Marise Payne (LP) |
Member for Wentworth from 2019 to 2022 | 1975 |
| Western Australia | Varun Ghosh (ALP) | No Replaced Pat Dodson (ALP) |
Senate candidate in 2019 | 1985 | |
| Victoria | 
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Steph Hodgins-May (AG) | No Replaced Janet Rice (AG) |
Greenpeace’s head in the pacific, candidate in multiple elections | ? |
New members of the House of Representatives[edit]
Elected 21 May 2022[edit]
| Division | Portrait | Representative | Party change | Prior political experience | Birth year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham | Alison Byrnes (ALP) | No Replaced Sharon Bird (ALP) |
Staffer and Chief of Staff for Cunningham MP Sharon Bird | ? | |
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Andrew Charlton (ALP) | No Replaced Julie Owens (ALP) |
Chief economic adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd | 1978 |
| Bennelong | Jerome Laxale (ALP) | Yes Defeated Simon Kennedy (LP) |
Mayor of Ryde,
Councillor of the City of Ryde for West Ward |
1983 | |
| Fowler | 
|
Dai Le (IND) | Yes Replaced Christopher Patrick Hayes (ALP) |
Deputy Mayor of Fairfield,
Councillor of the City of Fairfield for Fairfield/Cabravale Ward |
1968 |
| Robertson | Gordon Reid (ALP) | Yes Defeated Lucy Wicks (LP) |
None | 1992 | |
| Hunter | Daniel Repacholi (ALP) | No Replaced Joel Fitzgibbon (ALP) |
None | 1982 | |
| Mackellar | 
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Sophie Scamps (IND) | Yes Defeated Jason Falinski (LP) |
None | 1971 |
| Reid | 
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Sally Sitou (ALP) | Yes Defeated Fiona Martin (LP) |
None | 1978 |
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Allegra Spender (IND) | Yes Defeated Dave Sharma (LP) |
None | 1978 |
| North Sydney | Kylea Tink (IND) | Yes Defeated Trent Zimmerman (LP) |
Public relations expert | 1970/1971 | |
| Hughes | Jenny Ware (LP) | Yes Defeated Craig Kelly (LP/IND/UAP) |
None | 1970 | |
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Marion Scrymgour (ALP) | No Replaced Warren Snowdon (ALP) |
Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory | 1960 |
| Brisbane | 
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Stephen Bates (AG) | Yes Defeated Trevor Evans (LNP) |
None | 1992 |
| Flynn | 
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Colin Boyce (LNP) | No Replaced Ken O'Dowd (LNP) |
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Callide | 1962 |
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Max Chandler-Mather (AG) | Yes Defeated Terri Butler (ALP) |
Campaign manager for Jonathan Sriranganathan (then known as Sri) | 1992 |
| Bowman | Henry Pike (LNP) | No Replaced Andrew Laming (LNP) |
None | 1987 | |
| Ryan | 
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Elizabeth Watson-Brown (AG) | Yes Defeated Julian Simmonds (LNP) |
None | 1956/1957 |
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Andrew Willcox (LNP) | No Open seat Replaced George Christensen (LNP/IND) |
3rd Mayor of Whitsundays | 1969 |
| Spence | Matt Burnell (ALP) | No Replaced Nick Champion (ALP) |
Union organiser | 1978 | |
| Boothby | Louise Miller-Frost (ALP) | Yes Defeated Rachel Swift (LP) |
None | 1967 | |
| Higgins | Michelle Ananda-Rajah (ALP) | Yes Defeated Katie Allen (LP) |
None | 1972 | |
| Nicholls | Sam Birrell (NATS) | No Replaced Damian Drum (NATS) |
None | 1975 | |
| Goldstein | 
|
Zoe Daniel (IND) | Yes Defeated Tim Wilson (LP) |
Journalist | 1972/1973 |
| Holt | Cassandra Fernando (ALP) | No Replaced Anthony Byrne (ALP) |
Trade unionist | 1988 | |
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Carina Garland (ALP) | Yes Defeated Gladys Liu (LP) |
Assistant secretary for the Victorian Trades Hall Council,
Parliamentary staffer |
? |
| Flinders | Zoe McKenzie (LP) | No Replaced Greg Hunt (LP) |
Lawyer | 1972 | |
| Hawke | Sam Rae (ALP) | No New seat |
State secretary for the Labor Party | 1986 | |
| Kooyong | 
|
Monique Ryan (IND) | Yes Defeated Josh Frydenberg (LP) |
None | 1965/1966 |
| Casey | Aaron Violi (LP) | No Replaced Tony Smith (LP) |
None | 1984 | |
| Menzies | 
|
Keith Wolahan (LP) | No Replaced Kevin Andrews (LP) |
None | 1977 |
| Curtin | 
|
Kate Chaney (IND) | Yes Defeated Celia Hammond (LP) |
None | 1975 |
| Hasluck | Tania Lawrence (ALP) | Yes Defeated Ken Wyatt (LP) |
None | 1973 | |
| Tangney | Sam Lim (ALP) | Yes Defeated Ben Morton (LP) |
None | 1961 | |
| Swan | Zaneta Mascarenhas (ALP) | Yes Defeated Kristy McSweeney (LP) |
None | 1980 | |
| Pearce | Tracey Roberts (ALP) | Yes Defeated Linda Aitken (LP) |
Mayor of City of Wanneroo | ? |
Took office during the 47th Parliament of Australia[edit]
| Division | Portrait | Representative | Party change | Prior political experience | Birth year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mary Doyle (ALP) | Yes Replaced Alan Tudge (LP) |
Former Union Official for the NTEU and ACTU | 1970 |
| Fadden | Cameron Caldwell (LNP) | No Replaced Stuart Robert (LNP) |
Councillor of the City of Gold Coast | ? | |
| Dunkley | Jodie Belyea (ALP) | No Replaced Peta Murphy (ALP) |
None | ? | |
| Cook | Simon Kennedy (LP) | No Replaced Scott Morrison (LP) |
Candidate for Bennelong in 2022 | 1982 |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Anthony Albanese calls new ministry 'as inclusive as Australia itself', championing diversity of frontbench — as it happened". ABC News. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "David Pocock officially becomes the ACT's first independent senator, unseating Zed Seselja". ABC News. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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