South Australia

Senators for South Australia

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 South Australia. 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.

Cory Bernardi

Senator Cory Bernardi

Liberal Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 4th May 2006. Has a personal website.

Cory Bernardi was sworn in as a Senator for South Australia in May 2006. In December 2007 he became the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Community Services with responsibility for Disability Services. Born and raised in Adelaide, Cory was selected on a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport in the sport of rowing. While studying at university, he was selected as part of...

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Simon Birmingham

Senator Simon Birmingham

Liberal Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 3rd May 2007. Does not have a personal website.

Simon Birmingham (born 1974) is a Liberal Party Senator representing South Australia. Simon grew up in Adelaide's north, attending local state schools Angle Vale Primary and Gawler High . He holds an MBA from the University of Adelaide. Simon worked as an adviser and chief of staff to state and federal ministers and held management roles with the Australian Hotels Association and Winemakers'...

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Don Farrell

Senator Don Farrell

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

Donald Edward Farrell (born 6 June 1954) is an Australian politician and former trade union leader. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since 1 July 2008, representing the state of South Australia. Before entering the Senate, Farrell was the South Australian secretary and the National President of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) union and a leader...

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Alan Ferguson

Senator the Hon. Alan Ferguson

Liberal Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 26th August 2008. Does not have a personal website.

The Hon. Alan Baird Ferguson (born 16 September 1943), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since May 1992, representing South Australia. On 14 August 2007 Senator Ferguson became the 22nd President of the Australian Senate, succeeding Senator Paul Calvert of Tasmania. He was born in Maitland, South Australia, and was a farmer and then a superannuation...

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Mary Jo Fisher

Senator Mary Jo Fisher

Liberal Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 6th June 2007. Does not have a personal website.

Mary Jo Fisher (born 25 December 1962) is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since 2007, representing the state of South Australia. Fisher was chosen on June 6, 2007 to fill a vacancy in the Australian Senate left by the resignation of the Hon. Amanda Vanstone. Fisher was born in the Western Australian town of Beverley. She worked as a barrister...

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Sarah Hanson-Young

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young

Australian Greens Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2008. Does not have a personal website.

Sarah Coral Hanson-Young (born 23 December 1981) is an Australian politician. She has been a Greens member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of South Australia. At the 2007 federal election, she became South Australia's first Greens Senator, and the youngest person ever elected to the Senate, and the youngest woman ever elected to Australian Parliament. Although...

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Annette Hurley

Senator Annette Hurley

Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2005. Does not have a personal website.

Annette Kay Hurley (born 23 March 1955), Australian politician, has been an Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing the state of South Australia. She was elected at the 2004 federal election. Hurley was educated at the University of Adelaide, where she graduated in science. Before entering federal politics, she was member of the South Australian House of Assembly...

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Anne McEwen

Senator Anne McEwen

Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2005. Does not have a personal website.

Anne McEwen (b. August 3, 1954) is an Australian politician and has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2005, representing the state of South Australia. She was elected at the 2004 federal election. 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...

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Nick Minchin

Senator the Hon. Nick Minchin

Liberal Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 1993. Does not have a personal website.

Nicholas Hugh Minchin (born 15 April 1953), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1993, representing South Australia. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at the Australian National University, where he gained degrees in law and economics. He was a solicitor before entering politics. Minchin was a member of the Opposition...

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Penny Wong

Senator the Hon. Penny Wong

Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2002. Does not have a personal website.

Penelope Wong is the current and first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water. She has been a member of the Australian Senate since 2002, representing South Australia. Wong is the first openly gay member, and the first Asian-born member, of an Australian cabinet or ministry. Wong ran for pre-selection for the Senate in 2001, and was selected for the top spot on the party's South...

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Dana Wortley

Senator Dana Wortley

Australian Labor Party Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2005. Does not have a personal website.

Dana Johanna Wortley (born 1959 in Adelaide), Australian politician, is a Labor Senator for South Australia. Before entering politics Wortley was employed as a school teacher, journalist and representative for the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Her first term in the Senate began on 1 July 2005. She is married to Russell Wortley, former head of the Gas sub-branch of the Transport...

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Nick Xenophon

Senator Nick Xenophon

Independents Senator for South Australia
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2008. Does not have a personal website.

Nicholas (Nick) Xenophon, (born 29 January 1959 in Adelaide) is a South Australian barrister, anti-gambling campaigner and politician. He has been an independent member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, and was an independent No Pokies member in the South Australian Legislative Council from 1997 to 2007. Xenophon received a primary vote of 14.78 percent (with one in five voting below...

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