1990 Australian Senate election

See also: Members of the Australian Senate, 1990–1993

1990 Australian Senate elections
← 1987 24 March 1990 1993 →
40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Fred Chaney (retired) John Button
Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor
Leader since 11 March 1983 7 November 1980
Leader's seat Western Australia Victoria
Seats before 34 32
Seats after 34 32
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0
Popular vote 4,162,633 3,813,547
Percentage 41.92% 38.41%
Swing Decrease 0.12% Decrease 4.42%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Janine Haines None
Party Democrats Greens
Leader since 18 August 1986
Leader's seat South Australia None
Seats before 7 0
Seats won 1
Seats after 8 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,253,807 208,157
Percentage 12.63% 2.10%
Swing Increase 4.15% Increase 1.66%
Senators elected in the 1990 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election

John Button
Labor

Elected Leader of the Senate

John Button
Labor


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

Senate (STV GV) — 1990–93 — Turnout 95.81% (CV) — Informal 3.40%
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 Increase 2
  National 258,164 2.60 −4.49 1 4 Decrease 2
  Country Liberal 29,045 0.29 +0.08 1 1 Steady
Liberal–National coalition 4,162,633 41.92 –0.12 19 34 Steady
  Labor 3,813,547 38.41 −4.42 15 32 Steady
  Democrats 1,253,807 12.63 +4.15 5 8 Increase 1
  Greens [a] 208,157 2.10 +1.66 1 1 Increase 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 Decrease 1
  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 Decrease 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

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
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales
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

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
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria
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

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
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland
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

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
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia
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

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
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
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

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
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania
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

Elected # Senator Party
1990
1990 1 Bob McMullan   Labor
1990 2 Margaret Reid   Liberal
1990 Australian federal election, Senate, Australian Capital Territory
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

Elected # Senator Party
1990
1990 1 Bob Collins   Labor
1990 2 Grant Tambling   CLP
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
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

Notes

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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

  1. ^ "Federal Election Results 1949-1993" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.