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Composition (current)
Government (78)
Labor (78)
Opposition (55)
Coalition
Liberal (40)[a]
National (15)[b]
Crossbench (17)
Greens (4)
Katter's Australian (1)
Centre Alliance (1)
Independent (11)[c]
Vacant (1)
Vacant (1)[d]
- ^ Including 14 Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) MPs who sit in the Liberals party room
- ^ Including 6 Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) MPs who sit in the Nationals party room
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- ^ Stuart Robert (LNP) resigned from his seat of Fadden on 18 May 2023. A by-election will be held in his seat later this year.
This is a list of members of the House of Representatives of the 47th Parliament of Australia (2022–2025). They were elected in the 2022 Australian federal election or subsequent by-elections.[1]
Members
Leadership
Presiding officer
Office | Party | Officer | Electorate | State | Term | |
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Speaker | Labor | Milton Dick | Oxley | QLD | 26 July 2022 – present | |
Deputy Speaker | Sharon Claydon | Newcastle | NSW | 26 July 2022 – present | ||
Second Deputy Speaker | Liberal | Ian Goodenough | Moore | WA | 26 July 2022 – present |
Government leadership
Office | Officer | Electorate | State | Term of office | |
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Leader of the House | Tony Burke | Watson | NSW | 1 June 2022 – current | |
Chief Whip | Joanne Ryan | Lalor | Vic | 31 May 2022 – current | |
Whip | Anne Stanley | Werriwa | NSW | 2 July 2019 – current | |
David Smith | Bean | ACT | 31 May 2022 – current |
Opposition leadership
Office | Officer | Electorate | State | Term in office | |
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Manager of Opposition Business | Paul Fletcher | Bradfield | NSW | 5 June 2022 – current | |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Sussan Ley | Farrer | NSW | 30 May 2022 – present | |
Chief Opposition Whip | Bert van Manen | Forde | QLD | 26 July 2022 – present | |
Whip | Melissa Price | Durack | WA | 26 July 2022 – present | |
Rowan Ramsey | Grey | SA | 26 July 2022 – present |
Current party standings
As of 1 April 2023.
78 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 26 |
ALP | GRN | IND/OTH | NAT | LNP | LIB |
Breakdown by state and territory
State/Territory | Labor | Coalition | Greens | Ind./Other | Total | |||||
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New South Wales | 26 | 55.3% | 15 | 31.9% | 0 | – | 6 | 12.8% | 47 | |
Victoria | 25 | 64.1% | 10 | 25.6% | 1 | 2.6% | 3 | 7.7% | 39 | |
Queensland | 5 | 16.7% | 21 | 70.0% | 3 | 10.0% | 1 | 3.0% | 30 | |
Western Australia | 9 | 60.0% | 5 | 33.3% | 0 | – | 1 | 6.7% | 15 | |
South Australia | 6 | 60.0% | 3 | 30.0% | 0 | – | 1 | 10.0% | 10 | |
Tasmania | 2 | 40.0% | 2 | 40.0% | 0 | – | 1 | 20.0% | 5 | |
Australian Capital Territory | 3 | 100.0% | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | |
Northern Territory | 2 | 100.0% | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | |
House of Representatives | 78 | 51.7% | 56 | 37.1% | 4 | 2.6% | 13 | 8.6% | 151 |
Changes of Composition
Party Composistion
Over the course of the 47th Parliament, changes in membership resulted in changes to party composition, which are summarised below.
Affiliation | Party (shading shows control)
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Total | Vacant | ||||||||
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GRN | ALP | IND | CA | DLFCN | LPA | NPA | KAP | UAP | |||
End of previous Parliament | 1 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 0 |
Begin (26 July 2022) | 4 | 77 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 0 |
23 December 2022[d] | 11 | 15 | |||||||||
17 February 2023[c] | 41 | 150 | 1 | ||||||||
1 April 2023[c] | 78 | 151 | 0 | ||||||||
8 May 2023[e] | 10 | 1 | |||||||||
18 May 2023 [2] | 40 | 150 | 1 | ||||||||
Latest voting share % | 2.65 | 51.66 | 6.62 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 37.09 | 0.66 | 0 |
Membership Changes
This table lists members of the House who have resigned, died, been elected or appointed, or otherwise changed their party affiliation during the 47th Parliament.
Seat | Before | Change | After | ||||||
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Member | Party | Type | Date | Date | Member | Party | |||
Calare | Andrew Gee | National | Resignation from party | 23 December 2022 | Andrew Gee | Independent | |||
Aston | Alan Tudge | Liberal | Resignation | 17 February 2023 | 1 April 2023 | Mary Doyle | Labor | ||
Fowler | Dai Le | Independent | Formation of new party | 8 May 2023 | Dai Le | Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network | |||
Fadden | Stuart Robert | Liberal National | Resignation | 18 May 2023 | 15 July 2023 | TBC | TBC |
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Member of the LNP who sits with the Liberal Party.
- ^ a b c d e f Member of the LNP who sits with the National Party.
- ^ a b c d Alan Tudge, Liberal MP for Aston, resigned on 17 February 2023. The resulting by-election was won by Labor candidate Mary Doyle on 1 April 2023.
- ^ a b Andrew Gee, MP for Calare, resigned from the National Party on 23 December 2022 and began sitting as an independent.
- ^ Dai Le, MP for Fowler, elected as an independent, formed the Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network on 8 May 2023 and joined the party.
References
- ^ "Labor takes election victory, incoming PM Anthony Albanese wants Australians to 'reach for the stars'". ABC News. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Remeikis, Amy (18 May 2023). "Stuart Robert hands in official resignation, triggering byelection in Queensland seat". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 May 2023.