List of whips in the Australian Senate Whips have managed business and maintained party discipline for Australia's federal political parties in the Senate since Federation . Though the Remuneration Tribunal and parliamentary website refer to the senior Labor and Liberal whips as "chief" whips and their junior whips as "deputy whips", the parties tend to refer to the senior whips as "whips" when announcing their officeholders to the Senate. A number of Senate whips have gone on to serve as ministers, and several as Leader of the Government or Leader of the Opposition in the Senate .In addition to those below, Kay Denman served as a deputy whip from 18 September to 31 December 1995, a period when one of Labor's two whips was on leave of absence while conducting parliamentary business overseas.Whip Date Leader James Stewart 21 May 1901Chris Watson David O'Keefe 29 April 1904 Chris Watson Hugh de Largie 20 February 1907 Chris Watson Hugh de Largie 20 February 1907 Andrew Fisher Rudolph Ready 18 September 1914 Andrew Fisher Rudolph Ready 18 September 1914 Billy Hughes Rudolph Ready 18 September 1914 Frank Tudor Ted Needham 8 May 1917 Frank Tudor Vacant 1 July 1920 Frank Tudor Vacant 1 July 1920 Matthew Charlton Ted Needham 6 July 1923 Matthew Charlton Charles McHugh 9 July 1926 Matthew Charlton Charles Graham 28 September 1927 Matthew Charlton Charles Graham 28 September 1927 James Scullin James Dunn 14 August 1929 James Scullin Bert Hoare 18 March 1931 James Scullin John V. MacDonald 1 July 1935 James Scullin John V. MacDonald 1 July 1935 John Curtin Bill Ashley 20 September 1938 John Curtin Robert Clothier 6 October 1941 John Curtin Robert Clothier 6 October 1941 Ben Chifley Jack Critchley 13 June 1950 Ben Chifley Jack Critchley 13 June 1950 H. V. Evatt Sid O'Flaherty 4 September 1957 H. V. Evatt Sid O'Flaherty 4 September 1957 Arthur Calwell
Coalition Liberal Party of Australia ;NotesNational Country Party/National Party of Australia Whip Date Leader Ron Maunsell 27 February 1973 Doug Anthony Glen Sheil 21 February 1980 Doug Anthony Stan Collard by 24 March 1981 Doug Anthony Stan Collard by 24 March 1981 Ian Sinclair Glen Sheil 21 February 1985 Ian Sinclair Grant Tambling 14 September 1987 Ian Sinclair Grant Tambling 14 September 1987 Charles Blunt Grant Tambling 14 September 1987 Tim Fischer David Brownhill 1 July 1990 Tim Fischer Florence Bjelke-Petersen 23 March 1993 Tim Fischer Bill O'Chee 1 July 1993 Tim Fischer Julian McGauran 1 July 1999 John Anderson Julian McGauran 1 July 1999 Mark Vaile Nigel Scullion 7 February 2006 Mark Vaile Fiona Nash 6 February 2007 Mark Vaile Fiona Nash 6 February 2007 Warren Truss John Williams 22 September 2008 Warren Truss Bridget McKenzie 13 September 2013 Warren Truss Barry O'Sullivan 1 July 2014 Warren Truss Matt Canavan 10 September 2015 Warren Truss Barry O'Sullivan 24 February 2016 Barnaby Joyce John Williams 1 September 2016 Barnaby Joyce John Williams 1 September 2016 Michael McCormack Perin Davey 2 July 2019 Michael McCormack
In May 1996, following the 1996 election , the two members of the Western Australian Greens in the Senate announced they were to be whip and deputy whip of their party. The deputy whip, Christabel Chamarette , had lost her seat at the election, and left the Senate just over a month after the announcement. The party lost its other seat at the 1998 election , with her leaving office in June 1999. The party only merged with the Australian Greens in 2003, after it lost its senators.Whip Date Deputy Whip Date Dee Margetts 20 May 1996Christabel Chamarette 20 May 1996 Dee Margetts 20 May 1996 - 1 July 1996 - 1 July 1999 - 1 July 1996
Australian Greens The Australian Greens appointed their first whip in the Senate when the party increased from two to four members in 2005. She became entitled to a salary when the party increased to five members in 2008.Whip Date Leader Rachel Siewert 9 August 2005 Bob Brown Rachel Siewert 9 August 2005 Christine Milne Rachel Siewert 9 August 2005 Richard Di Natale
Pauline Hanson's One Nation first entered the Senate in 1999, but had only one seat and consequently did not elect a whip. The party's senator was defeated in 2004 and left the Senate in 2005. In 2016, four One Nation senators were elected, and the party elected a whip for the first time .Whip Date Leader Brian Burston 1 September 2016 Pauline Hanson Peter Georgiou 24 May 2018 Pauline Hanson
Senator Nick Xenophon entered the Senate as an independent in 2008. In 2016 he ran as part of the Nick Xenophon Team, which saw Xenophon and two of his running mates elected, so the Nick Xenophon Team elected a whip.Whip Date Leader Skye Kakoschke-Moore 1 September 2016 Nick Xenophon
The Democratic Labour Party elected its first whip in 1968, when its membership increased from two to four. The party continued to do so until 1974, when the party lost all its seats at the double dissolution election . The party re-entered the Senate following the 2010 election , but did not have a whip as it only had one senator, who left the party in 2014.Whip Date Leader Condon Byrne 13 August 1968 Vince Gair Jack Little 10 October 1973 Frank McManus None 10 May 1974
The Palmer United Party won three Senate seats at the 2013 election , the new senators taking their seats on 1 July 2014. Two of the three had left within a year, but the remaining senator retained the position of whip until his defeat in 2016.Whip Date Leader Zhenya Wang 1 July 2014 Glenn Lazarus None 9 May 2016 -
Defunct Free Trade/Anti-Socialist Party (1901–09) Whip Date Leader John Clemons 1901 George Reid Henry Dobson 21 November 1907 George Reid Thomas Chataway 26 November 1908Joseph Cook
Whip Date Leader Thomas Chataway 21 June 1909 Alfred Deakin Thomas Chataway 21 June 1909 Joseph Cook Unclear 1 July 1913 Joseph Cook
National Labor (1916–17) The Australian Democrats first elected a whip in 1981, reflecting an increase from two to five of the party's Senate membership. The party lost all its seats at the 2007 election , and its senators duly left their seats the following June.Whip Date Leader Michael Macklin by 19 November 1981 Don Chipp Michael Macklin by 19 November 1981 Janine Haines Paul McLean by 31 October 1989 Janine Haines Paul McLean by 31 October 1989 Janet Powell Vicki Bourne 3 September 1991 John Coulter Vicki Bourne 3 September 1991 Cheryl Kernot Vicki Bourne 3 September 1991 Meg Lees Vicki Bourne 3 September 1991 Natasha Stott Despoja Lyn Allison 1 July 2002 Andrew Bartlett Andrew Bartlett 13 December 2004 Lyn Allison - 1 July 2008
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