This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 2001 Australian federal election. The election was held on 10 November 2001.

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National

Country Liberal

House of Representatives

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Senate

Sitting senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Australian Capital Territory

Two Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

New South Wales

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators John Faulkner (Labor), Michael Forshaw (Labor), Bill Heffernan (Liberal), Steve Hutchins (Labor), Aden Ridgeway (Democrats) and John Tierney (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Northern Territory

Two Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Queensland

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Party was defending one seat. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators George Brandis (Liberal), John Cherry (Democrats), Len Harris (One Nation), Joe Ludwig (Labor), Brett Mason (Liberal) and Jan McLucas (Labor) were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Nick Bolkus (Labor), Geoff Buckland (Labor), Alan Ferguson (Liberal), Meg Lees (Democrats), Nick Minchin (Liberal) and Amanda Vanstone (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Six Senate places are up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Greens were defending one seat. Senators Eric Abetz (Liberal), Kay Denman (Labor), Brian Gibson (Liberal), Brian Harradine (Independent), Shayne Murphy (Independent) and Kerry O'Brien (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Kim Carr (Labor), Jacinta Collins (Labor), Stephen Conroy (Labor), Julian McGauran (National), Tsebin Tchen (Liberal) and Judith Troeth (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Six Senate places were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Ian Campbell (Liberal), Peter Cook (Labor), Chris Ellison (Liberal), Chris Evans (Labor), Brian Greig (Democrats) and Sue Knowles (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Summary by party

Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested the Senate election in the respective state.