Members of the Australian Senate, 1996–1999

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 1999:

¹ South Australian Liberal Senator Jeannie Ferris was elected at the 1996 election, but there was initially some concern that she may have been ineligible to take her seat, as she had been working for Senator Nick Minchin at the time of her election, and it had been suggested that this constituted holding an office under the crown. In order to remove any risk of her election being overturned, she resigned and was subsequently reappointed to her own vacancy. ² Dr Mal Colston resigned from the Australian Labor Party on 20 August 1996, and served out the remainder of his term as an independent. ³ Tasmanian ALP Senator John Coates resigned in 1996. Kerry O'Brien was appointed as his replacement on 5 September. ⁴ New South Wales Liberal Senator Michael Baume resigned in 1996. Bill Heffernan was appointed as his replacement on 18 September. ⁵ New South Wales Liberal Senator Dr Bob Woods resigned in 1997. Marise Payne was appointed as his replacement on 8 April. ⁶ Victorian Liberal Senator Jim Short resigned in 1997. Karen Synon was appointed as his replacement on 13 May. ⁷ Western Australian Liberal Senator John Panizza died in 1997. Ross Lightfoot was appointed as his replacement on 19 May. ⁸ New South Wales ALP Senator Bruce Childs resigned in 1997. George Campbell was appointed as his replacement on 17 September. ⁹ South Australian ALP Senator Dominic Foreman resigned in 1997. John Quirke was appointed as his replacement on 18 September. ¹⁰ Queensland Democrat Senator Cheryl Kernot resigned in 1997, announcing that she would run as an ALP candidate for the House of Representatives. Democrat Andrew Bartlett was appointed as her replacement in the Senate. ¹¹ Northern Territory ALP Senator Bob Collins resigned in March 1998, and Trish Crossin was appointed as his replacement. ¹² New South Wales ALP Senator Belinda Neal resigned in 1998. Steve Hutchins was appointed as her replacement.