Bob Day re-elected to SA Senate

Family First’s Bob Day has won the final seat in the Senate in South Australia, with the Liberals’ Sean Edwards and Labor’s Anne McEwen missing out.

A large field is contending to replace Family First senator Bob Day. Photo: AAP/Lukas Coch

The Australian Electoral Commission announced the SA Senate results today.

The Liberal Party has won four seats, while Labor and the Nick Xenophon Team secured three each. The Greens held on to one through Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.

Among others who kept their spots in the upper house in the 2016 election were Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham and Opposition Senate leader Penny Wong.

The successful candidates for the 12 Senate vacancies in South Australia (in order of their election) are :

Simon Birmingham, Liberals
Penny Wong, Labor
Nick Xenophon, Nick Xenophon Team
Cory Bernardi, Liberals
Don Farrell, Labor
Stirling Griff, Nick Xenophon Team
Anne Ruston, Liberals
Alex Gallacher, Labor
David Fawcett, Liberals
Skye, Kakoschke-Moore, Nick Xenophon Team
Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens
Bob Day, Family First

Senator Day had been party to a failed pre-election challenge to new electoral rules regarding the way senators are elected, which he had argued set the bar high for any minor party or independent seeking to win a Senate seat.

Topics: 2016 Federal Election, bob day, Family First, senate

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