1990 Australian Senate election
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Senators elected in the 1990 federal election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() 1990 Australian federal election |
---|
National results |
State and territory results |
|
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1990 federal election. Senators total 31 coalition (29 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 32 Labor, one WA Green, three non-coalition National, eight Democrats, and one independent.[1] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1990, except the territories who took their seats immediately.
Australia
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–National joint ticket | 2,429,552 | 24.47 | +10.71 | 5 | N/A | N/A | ||
Liberal | 1,445,872 | 14.56 | –6.41 | 12 | 29 | ![]() | ||
National | 258,164 | 2.60 | −4.49 | 1 | 4 | ![]() | ||
Country Liberal | 29,045 | 0.29 | +0.08 | 1 | 1 | ![]() | ||
Liberal–National coalition | 4,162,633 | 41.92 | –0.12 | 19 | 34 | ![]() | ||
Labor | 3,813,547 | 38.41 | −4.42 | 15 | 32 | ![]() | ||
Democrats | 1,253,807 | 12.63 | +4.15 | 5 | 8 | ![]() | ||
Greens [a] | 208,157 | 2.10 | +1.66 | 1 | 1 | ![]() | ||
Call to Australia | 136,522 | 1.37 | –0.09 | |||||
Environment Inds | 74,668 | 0.75 | +0.75 | |||||
Independent EFF | 63,378 | 0.64 | +0.64 | |||||
Nuclear Disarmament [b] | 38,079 | 0.38 | –0.71 | ![]() | ||||
Grey Power | 37,600 | 0.38 | +0.38 | |||||
Democratic Socialist | 36,140 | 0.36 | +0.36 | |||||
Against Further Immigration | 19,439 | 0.20 | +0.20 | |||||
Pensioner | 18,235 | 0.18 | +0.00 | |||||
Democratic Labor | 14,744 | 0.15 | –0.39 | |||||
New Australia | 8,332 | 0.08 | +0.08 | |||||
Conservative | 7,381 | 0.07 | +0.07 | |||||
Citizens Electoral Council | 7,129 | 0.07 | +0.07 | |||||
Independents [c] | 29,974 | 0.30 | –1.59 | 1 | ![]() | |||
Total | 9,929,765 | 40 | 76 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 349,065 | 3.40 | –0.64 | |||||
Turnout | 10,728,830 | 95.81 | ||||||
Registered voters | 10,728,131 | |||||||
Source: Federal Elections 1990 |
New South Wales
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||
1990 | 1 | Stephen Loosley | Labor | |
1990 | 2 | Bronwyn Bishop | Liberal | |
1990 | 3 | Bruce Childs | Labor | |
1990 | 4 | David Brownhill | National | |
1990 | 5 | Vicki Bourne | Democrats | |
1990 | 6 | Suzanne West | Labor | |
1987 | ||||
1987 | 1 | Kerry Sibraa | Labor | |
1987 | 2 | Michael Baume | Liberal | |
1987 | 3 | John Faulkner | Labor | |
1987 | 4 | Peter Baume | Liberal | |
1987 | 5 | Graham Richardson | Labor | |
1987 | 6 | Paul McLean | Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 476,878 | ||||
Labor | 1. Stephen Loosley (elected 1) 2. Bruce Childs (elected 3) 3. Sue West (elected 6) 4. John McCarthy | 1,356,430 | 40.6 | -1.8 | |
Coalition | 1. Bronwyn Bishop (Lib) (elected 2) 2. David Brownhill (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Chris Puplick (Lib) 4. Geoffrey Anderson (Lib) | 1,280,382 | 38.4 | -2.0 | |
Democrats | 1. Vicki Bourne (elected 5) 2. Karin Sowada 3. William Cole 4. Dorothy Thompson | 393,521 | 11.8 | +2.7 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Kevin Hume 2. John Everingham | 69,744 | 2.1 | -1.3 | |
Green Alliance | 1. Ian Cohen 2. Christopher Kirkbright 3. Sue Arnold 4. Jo Faith 5. Jane Beckmann | 64,583 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent EFF | 1. George Turner 2. Alan Gourley 3. Bill Garing 4. Jim Shanks 5. Dallas Clarnette 6. June Smith | 63,378 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Robert Wood 2. Samantha Trenoweth | 34,765 | 1.0 | -0.5 | |
Environment Inds | 1. Irina Dunn 2. Peter Prineas 3. Harry Recher | 27,046 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Grey Power | 1. Robert Clark 2. Theo Hetterscheid 3. Walter Radimey | 18,068 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
New Australia | 1. Oscar Landicho 2. Onsy Mattar 3. Len Hajjar 4. Sam Ressitis 5. Reginaldo Conti 6. Warren Rogan | 8,332 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Lex Stewart 2. Leone Hay 3. John Doran | 7,129 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Greens | 1. Daniela Reverberi 2. Jenys Newton | 4,826 | 0.1 | -0.9 | |
Group L | 1. Colin Wilson 2. Glenn Wilson | 3,846 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group C | 1. Ian Murphy 2. Anne Murphy | 2,201 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group D | 1. Alan Wilkinson | 1,583 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Zero-Population Growth | 924 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Lord Rolo | 352 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Abraham Lincoln | 208 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Ian Monk | 203 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Bill Smith | 150 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Bob Sutherland | 131 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | John Henshaw | 124 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Peter Consadine | 71 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Evalds Erglis | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Harry Hnoudakis | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Reen Dixon | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Gene Pierson | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 3,338,142 | 95.8 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 145,429 | 4.2 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,483,571 | 95.9 | +1.4 |
Victoria
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||
1990 | 1 | Richard Alston | Liberal | |
1990 | 2 | Robert Ray | Labor | |
1990 | 3 | Kay Patterson | Liberal | |
1990 | 4 | Barney Cooney | Labor | |
1990 | 5 | Rod Kemp | Liberal | |
1990 | 6 | Sid Spindler | Democrats | |
1987 | ||||
1987 | 1 | John Button | Labor | |
1987 | 2 | Austin Lewis | Liberal | |
1987 | 3 | Janet Powell | Democrats | |
1987 | 4 | Gareth Evans | Labor | |
1987 | 5 | Jim Short | Liberal | |
1987 | 6 | Olive Zakharov | Labor |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 368,503 | ||||
Coalition | 1. Richard Alston (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Kay Patterson (Lib) (elected 3) 3. Rod Kemp (Lib) (elected 5) 4. Julian McGauran (Nat) 5. Peter Coatman (Lib) 6. Severn Clarke (Lib) | 1,149,170 | 44.5 | +3.2 | |
Labor | 1. Robert Ray (elected 2) 2. Barney Cooney (elected 4) 3. Kim Carr 4. Carole Marple 5. Roger Lowrey | 938,245 | 36.4 | -7.6 | |
Democrats | 1. Sid Spindler (elected 6) 2. Jill O'Brien 3. Hans Paas 4. Christine Craik | 365,376 | 14.2 | +5.7 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Al Watson 2. George Khoury | 29,608 | 1.1 | -0.1 | |
Greens | 1. Ken McGregor 2. Alf Bamblett 3. Pauline Scott | 23,420 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Against Further Immigration | 1. Denis McCormack 2. Robyn Spencer | 19,439 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Environment Inds | 1. Gordon McQuilten 2. Claire McLeod | 16,655 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Pensioner | 1. Neil McKay 2. Fred Grant | 15,447 | 0.6 | -0.1 | |
Democratic Labour | 1. Robert Semmel 2. Jean Taylor | 14,744 | 0.6 | -1.5 | |
Group F | 1. Peter Robinson 2. John Giltinan | 3,903 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Athol Guy | 2,023 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Chris Vassis | 728 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Mabel Cardinal | 227 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Joe Toscano | 215 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Deborah Goudappel | 119 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Edward Fraser | 89 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Don Meggs | 82 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | James Bernard | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,579,520 | 96.4 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 96,171 | 3.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,675,691 | 96.2 | +0.9 |
Queensland
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||
1990 | 1 | Gerry Jones | Labor | |
1990 | 2 | Ian Macdonald | Liberal | |
1990 | 3 | Bryant Burns | Labor | |
1990 | 4 | John Herron | Liberal | |
1990 | 5 | Ron Boswell | National | |
1990 | 6 | Cheryl Kernot | Democrats | |
1987 | ||||
1987 | 1 | Margaret Reynolds | Labor | |
1987 | 2 | Flo Bjelke-Petersen | National | |
1987 | 3 | David MacGibbon | Liberal | |
1987 | 4 | Mal Colston | Labor | |
1987 | 5 | Bill O'Chee | National | |
1987 | 6 | Warwick Parer | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 239,121 | ||||
Labor | 1. Gerry Jones (elected 1) 2. Bryant Burns (elected 3) 3. John Black 4. Greg Vicary | 653,070 | 39.0 | -3.0 | |
Liberal | 1. Ian Macdonald (elected 2) 2. John Herron (elected 4) 3. Carmel Draper | 490,523 | 29.3 | +11.3 | |
National | 1. Ron Boswell (elected 5) 2. Glen Sheil 3. Beth Honeycombe 4. Jim Mason | 227,696 | 13.6 | -15.1 | |
Democrats | 1. Cheryl Kernot (elected 6) 2. Tony Walters 3. Brian Stockwell 4. John Brown | 209,030 | 12.5 | +5.0 | |
Environment Inds | 1. Peter James 2. John Jones | 30,967 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Democratic Socialist | 1. Maurice Sibelle 2. Karen Fletcher | 26,300 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Rona Joyner 2. Wilfred Blake 3. Bernice King 4. Ross Maclean | 18,469 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Grey Power | 1. Ron Alford 2. Felix Cernovs | 9,237 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | 1. Sydney Volker 2. Loraine Morrison | 4,414 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Group F | 1. Barry Weedon 2. Margaret Crompton | 2,564 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Vincent Burke | 946 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Steve Demetriou | 613 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Clemens Vermeulen | 250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Mark Cresswell | 117 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 1,674,196 | 97.5 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 42,112 | 2.5 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,716,308 | 95.1 | +2.6 |
Western Australia
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||
1990 | 1 | Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal | |
1990 | 2 | Jim McKiernan | Labor | |
1990 | 3 | John Panizza | Liberal | |
1990 | 4 | Michael Beahan | Labor | |
1990 | 5 | Winston Crane | Liberal | |
1990 | 6 | Jo Vallentine | WA Greens | |
1987 | ||||
1987 | 1 | Peter Walsh | Labor | |
1987 | 2 | Ian Campbell | Liberal | |
1987 | 3 | Patricia Giles | Labor | |
1987 | 4 | Peter Durack | Liberal | |
1987 | 5 | Peter Cook | Labor | |
1987 | 6 | Sue Knowles | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 129,729 | ||||
Liberal | 1. Noel Crichton-Browne (elected 1) 2. John Panizza (elected 3) 3. Winston Crane (elected 5) 4. Bernie Masters | 392,820 | 43.3 | +4.2 | |
Labor | 1. Jim McKiernan (elected 2) 2. Michael Beahan (elected 4) 3. Mark Bishop 4. John Cowdell | 304,632 | 33.5 | -9.6 | |
Democrats | 1. Jean Jenkins 2. Richard Jeffreys 3. Barbara Churchward | 85,324 | 9.4 | +3.7 | |
Greens WA | 1. Jo Vallentine (elected 6) 2. Christabel Bridge 3. Gladys Yarran | 76,381 | 8.4 | +3.6 | |
National | 1. Michael Jardine 2. Brian English 3. Josephine Walton | 26,801 | 3.0 | -2.5 | |
Grey Power | 1. Doug Ratcliffe 2. Jack Webb | 8,781 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Democratic Socialist | 1. Catherine Brown 2. Kylie Budge | 4,883 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | 1. Brady Williams 2. Charles Bussell 3. Laurence Molloy | 2,967 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Pensioner | 1. Maureen Grierson 2. Gordon Munn | 2,788 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Phillip Achurch | 1,040 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Mitchell Faircloth | 958 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Barbara Stark | 514 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Ted Quinlan | 209 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 908,098 | 97.1 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 26,733 | 2.9 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 934,831 | 95.1 | +0.7 |
South Australia
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||
1990 | 1 | Robert Hill | Liberal | |
1990 | 2 | Rosemary Crowley | Labor | |
1990 | 3 | John Coulter | Democrats | |
1990 | 4 | Baden Teague | Liberal | |
1990 | 5 | Chris Schacht | Labor | |
1990 | 6 | Grant Chapman | Liberal | |
1987 | ||||
1987 | 1 | Dominic Foreman | Labor | |
1987 | 2 | John Olsen | Liberal | |
1987 | 3 | Meg Lees | Democrats | |
1987 | 4 | Nick Bolkus | Labor | |
1987 | 5 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | |
1987 | 6 | Graham Maguire | Labor |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 129,732 | ||||
Liberal | 1. Robert Hill (elected 1) 2. Baden Teague (elected 4) 3. Grant Chapman (elected 6) 4. Ivan Venning | 376,073 | 42.6 | +0.1 | |
Labor | 1. Rosemary Crowley (elected 2) 2. Chris Schacht (elected 5) 3. Gay Thompson 4. Jim Hyde | 337,137 | 37.1 | -7.5 | |
Democrats | 1. John Coulter (elected 3) 2. Graham Pamount 3. Judy Smith 4. Pat Macaskill | 149,158 | 16.3 | +8.5 | |
Green Alliance | 1. Deborah White 2. Philippa Skinner 3. Colin Hunt | 19,499 | 2.1 | +1.2 | |
Call to Australia | 1. David Squirrell 2. Colin Sinclair | 18,701 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
National | 1. Neville Agars 2. Gary Hamdorf | 3,667 | 0.4 | -3.1 | |
Grey Power | Jack Holder | 1,514 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Group B | 1. Tania Mykyta 2. Lizz Higgins | 1,091 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group F | 1. F Rieck 2. Heather Shephard | 928 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Anastasios Giannouklas | 187 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Jack King | 168 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 908,123 | 97.5 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 23,438 | 2.5 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 931,561 | 96.4 | +1.9 |
Tasmania
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||
1990 | 1 | Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | |
1990 | 2 | Nick Sherry | Labor | |
1990 | 3 | John Watson | Liberal | |
1990 | 4 | John Devereux | Labor | |
1990 | 5 | Paul Calvert | Liberal | |
1990 | 6 | Robert Bell | Democrats | |
1987 | ||||
1987 | 1 | Michael Tate | Labor | |
1987 | 2 | Brian Archer | Liberal | |
1987 | 3 | Brian Harradine | Independent | |
1987 | 4 | John Coates | Labor | |
1987 | 5 | Shirley Walters | Liberal | |
1987 | 6 | Terry Aulich | Labor |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 41,614 | ||||
Liberal | 1. Jocelyn Newman (elected 1) 2. John Watson (elected 3) 3. Paul Calvert (elected 5) | 128,374 | 44.1 | +5.4 | |
Labor | 1. Nick Sherry (elected 2) 2. John Devereux (elected 4) 3. Jacquie Murphy 4. Sue Mackay | 120,195 | 41.3 | +0.5 | |
Democrats | 1. Robert Bell (elected 6) 2. Sarah Hancock | 22,888 | 7.8 | +1.1 | |
United Tasmania | 1. Michael Lynch 2. Juliet Lavers 3. Joan Staples 4. Eva Ruzicka | 14,160 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Democratic Socialist | 1. Kath Gelber 2. Scott Lewington | 4,957 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Independent | John Gademski | 718 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 291,292 | 96.9 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 9,300 | 3.1 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 300,592 | 96.9 | +0.5 |
Australian Capital Territory
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||
1990 | 1 | Bob McMullan | Labor | |
1990 | 2 | Margaret Reid | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 53,891 | ||||
Labor | Bob McMullan (elected 1) | 66,495 | 41.1 | -8.8 | |
Liberal | 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. Roger Dace | 58,082 | 36.0 | +2.0 | |
Democrats | 1. Norm Sanders 2. Jenny McLeod | 28,510 | 17.6 | +7.4 | |
Greens | 1. Hedley Rowe 2. Michael Poole | 5,288 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Michael Denborough 2. Jan Grech | 2,117 | 1.3 | -3.8 | |
Independent | Maggie Kennedy | 769 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Max Minius | 312 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Ralph Schroder | 98 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 161,671 | 97.6 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 3,905 | 2.4 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 165,576 | 96.2 | +1.7 |
Northern Territory
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||
1990 | 1 | Bob Collins | Labor | |
1990 | 2 | Grant Tambling | CLP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 22,908 | ||||
Labor | 1. Bob Collins (elected 1) 2. Di Shanahan | 37,343 | 54.3 | +4.0 | |
Country Liberal | 1. Grant Tambling (elected 2) 2. Richard Lim | 29,045 | 42.2 | +9.7 | |
Nuclear Disarmament | Citizen Limbo | 1,197 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Ilana Eldridge | 1,138 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 68,723 | 97.2 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,977 | 2.8 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 70,700 | 89.5 | +9.6 |
See also
[edit]- 1990 Australian federal election
- Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1990
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1990–1993
Notes
[edit]- ^ There was no federal Australian Greens party at this election. The Greens total includes Greens Western Australia (76,381 and elected one senator), NSW Green Alliance (64,583), Victorian Greens (23,420), Greens South Australia (19,499), United Tasmania Group (14,160), ACT Green Democratic Alliance (5,288), Greens New South Wales (4,826) and Australian Gruen (4,826).
- ^ The election of Nuclear Disarmament Senator Robert Wood was void. Irina Dunn was declared elected in his place but was expelled from the party and served out the remainder of her term as an independent.
- ^ Jo Vallentine had been re-elected in 1987 as an independent however she joined the Greens for this election. The sitting independent was Brian Harradine.
References
[edit]- ^ "Federal Election Results 1949-1993" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.