Senate
Bridget McKenzie
Bridget McKenzie is a The Nationals senator for Victoria. First elected 1 July 2011.
- 2011 Won Senate seat, entered parliament
- 2015 Became rural health minister
- 2018 Became deputy Nationals leader
- 2020 Resigned during grants controversy
- 2022 Regained deputy leadership
- The Nationals
What do they focus on?
Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.
Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.
How do they vote?
Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.
413 tracked votes while with The Nationals.
How do they compare?
- Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 15 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
- Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 0 avg 0.6 26
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 1 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 26 avg 7.9 226
The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.
What have they done lately?
Recent activity includes fuel relief, environmental water and firearms scrutiny. On 1 April 2026, McKenzie supported a targeted, time-limited Murray–Darling Basin water inquiry. On 31 March, she said the Coalition would support the fuel excise relief bill while criticizing the Government’s handling of the fuel crisis; she voted Aye on questions crediting the Opposition for the fuel cut and criticizing that handling, both defeated. On 30 March, she said the Coalition would not block the Fairer Fuel bill, but called it too slow and broad, and voted Aye on its review-and-sunset safeguards question, defeated 29-35. On 20 January, she said the Coalition opposed the firearms and customs bill and voted Aye on inquiry and compensation questions.
When do they vote against their party?
Bridget recorded no votes against the The Nationals position across 413 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
36 tracked speeches across 33 bills.
- 21 backing a bill
- 4 with reservations
- 11 against
- 0 no clear position
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About these numbers
Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.
Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.