Queensland

Senators for Queensland

Each of these Senators represents you - and the whole State. That means each of them is directly responsible to you and the other voters of Queensland. We've made it easier to keep in contact with them, follow them in the media and the parliament, and make your own comments on their performances.

Click on any Senator below to find out more about them, or look in the sidebar for statewide news and blogposts.

Senator the Hon. Ronald Boswell

National Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 5th March 1983. Has a personal website.

Ronald "Ron" Boswell (born 9 December 1940), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian Senate since March 5, 1983, representing Queensland. He was born in Perth, Western Australia. He is the longest serving member of the Senate. Boswell has been the leader of the National Party in the Senate since April 10, 1990 and held many positions in the Coalition shadow...

Senator Sue Boyce

Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 19th April 2007. Has a personal website.

Suzanne Kay (Sue) Boyce (born 15 March 1951 in Brisbane, Queensland), Australian politician, businesswoman and disability advocate, is a member of the Australian Senate for Queensland. She was selected by the Liberal Party in Queensland and endorsed by the Parliament of Queensland to replace Santo Santoro in the Australian Senate, and is Queensland's first female Liberal senator since 1984. She...

Senator the Hon. George Brandis

Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 16th May 2000. Does not have a personal website.

George Henry Brandis, SC (born 22 June 1957), has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since May 2000, representing Queensland. He was first appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual vacancy following the resignation of Senator Warwick Parer. He was subsequently elected to a further six-year term in 2004 election. While in the Senate he has served as Chairman of the...

Senator Mark Furner

Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2008. Does not have a personal website.

Mark Lionel Furner (born 11 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Queensland. Furner was born in Brisbane. He was first elected to the Senate at the 2007 federal election as the third candidate of the Labor Party Senate ticket in Queensland. This biography has been adapted from Wikipedia. If you...

Senator John Hogg

Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 26th August 2008. Does not have a personal website.

John Joseph Hogg (born 19 March 1949), is a politician, and has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party. Hogg was born in Brisbane, and educated at the University of Queensland, where he graduated in science. He was an official with the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) from 1976 to 1996....

Senator Barnaby Joyce

National Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2005. Has a personal website.

Barnaby Thomas Gerald Joyce (born 17 April 1967), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Queensland since July 2005. He is known for being a highly independent member of his party, having crossed the floor 19 times under the Howard coalition government. Joyce was elected to the Senate in the parliamentary election held on 9...

Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig

Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 1999. Does not have a personal website.

Joseph William Ludwig Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1999, representing the Australian Labor Party. Ludwig was born in Longreach. Ludwig was educated at the University of Queensland, where he graduated in arts, the Queensland University of Technology, where he graduated in law, and the Australian National University,...

Senator the Hon. Ian Macdonald

Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 1990. Does not have a personal website.

Senator Ian Macdonald (born 29 November 1945), was elected to the Senate in 1990 and is currently the Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition, and Opposition Spokesman for Northern Australia. Senator Macdonald is a former Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, a former Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government and a former Parliamentary...

Senator the Hon. Brett Mason

Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 1999. Does not have a personal website.

Dr Brett John Mason (born 5 March 1962), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1999, representing the state of Queensland. He was the Parliamentary Secretary for Health. This biography has been adapted from Wikipedia. If you are, or work for this Senator, and would prefer an alternative bio, please email us. (100-150 words only, please; bios...

Senator the Hon. Jan McLucas

Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 1999. Does not have a personal website.

Jan Elizabeth McLucas (b. March 27, 1958) is an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party. Born in 1958 to Ronald and Audrey McLucas, Jan McLucas was educated at Clayfield College in Brisbane and the College of Advanced Education in Townsville.[1] Before entering federal Parliament, McLucas was a Councillor on the Cairns Council from 1995 to 1999, and a teacher for the...

Senator Claire Moore

Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2002. Has a personal website.

Claire Mary Moore (b. February 19, 1956) is an Australian politician. Moore was elected to Australian Senate for Queensland in July 2001, representing the Australian Labor Party. Her term began on July 1, 2002. Moore was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, and attended school there, prior to going to university in Brisbane. She worked as a public servant, and was Branch Secretary of the Community...

Senator Russell Trood

Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2005. Has a personal website.

Dr Russell Trood (born 5 December 1948) is a Liberal Party Senator for the state of Queensland, Australia. He was previously Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies at Griffith University. He worked alongside the respected academic Colin Mackerras. Dr Trood trained in law (the LLB) at the University of Sydney, has a Masters...

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