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Senate composition at 1 July 1983
Government (30)
Labor (30) - (3 seat minority)

Opposition (28)
Liberal (23)
National Party (4)
Country Liberal (1)

Crossbench (6)
Democrats (5)
Independent (Harradine) (1)

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1983 to 1985.^[1] It consisted of ten senators for each of the six states of Australia and two senators representing each of the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. All members were elected at the 1983 election following a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, rather than the normal case of only half of the state senators facing election.

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution, following a double dissolution of Parliament, the terms for senators commence on 1 July preceding the election – i.e., on 1 July 1982. The first five senators elected in each state were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1988 while the other half were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1985.^[2] Senators took their seats immediately following the election on 5 March 1983. The four territory senators were elected in March 1983 and their terms ended at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was December 1984.

Senator		State	Term ending	Years in office
Brian Archer	Liberal	Tasmania	1985	1975–1994
Peter Baume	Liberal	New South Wales	1988	1974–1991
Florence Bjelke-Petersen	National	Queensland	1988	1980–1993
Nick Bolkus	Labor	South Australia	1985	1981–2005
Ron Boswell	National	Queensland	1985	1983–2014
John Button	Labor	Victoria	1988	1974–1993
Sir John Carrick	Liberal	New South Wales	1988	1970–1987
Fred Chaney	Liberal	Western Australia	1988	1974–1990
Bruce Childs	Labor	New South Wales	1985	1980–1997
Don Chipp	Democrats	Victoria	1988	1977–1986
John Coates	Labor	Tasmania	1985	1980–1996
Ruth Coleman	Labor	Western Australia	1988	1974–1987
Stan Collard	National	Queensland	1988	1975–1987
Mal Colston	Labor	Queensland	1988	1975–1999
Peter Cook	Labor	Western Australia	1985	1983–2005
Noel Crichton-Browne	Liberal	Western Australia	1985	1980–1996
Rosemary Crowley	Labor	South Australia	1985	1983–2002
Peter Durack	Liberal	Western Australia	1988	1970–1993
Ron Elstob	Labor	South Australia	1988	1977–1987
Gareth Evans	Labor	Victoria	1988	1977–1996
Jack Evans	Democrats	Western Australia	1985	1983–1985
Dominic Foreman	Labor	South Australia	1988	1980–1997
George Georges	Labor	Queensland	1988	1967–1987
Arthur Gietzelt	Labor	New South Wales	1988	1970–1989
Patricia Giles	Labor	Western Australia	1985	1980–1993
Don Grimes	Labor	Tasmania	1988	1974–1987
Dame Margaret Guilfoyle	Liberal	Victoria	1988	1970–1987
Janine Haines	Democrats	South Australia	1988	1977–1978, 1980–1990
David Hamer	Liberal	Victoria	1985	1977–1990
Brian Harradine	Independent	Tasmania	1988	1975–2005
Jean Hearn	Labor	Tasmania	1985	1980–1985
Robert Hill	Liberal	South Australia	1988	1981–2006
Don Jessop	Liberal	South Australia	1985	1970–1991
Gerry Jones	Labor	Queensland	1985	1980–1996
Bernie Kilgariff	Country Liberal	Northern Territory	1984, 1987 ^[a]	1975–1987
Misha Lajovic	Liberal	New South Wales	1985	1975–1985
Austin Lewis	Liberal	Victoria	1988	1976–1993
David MacGibbon	Liberal	Queensland	1985	1977–1999
Michael Macklin	Democrats	Queensland	1985	1980–1990
Graham Maguire	Labor	South Australia	1985	1983–1993
Kathy Martin ^[b]	Liberal	Queensland	1988	1974–1984
Colin Mason	Democrats	New South Wales	1985	1977–1987
Doug McClelland ^[c]	Labor	New South Wales	1988	1961–1987
Gordon McIntosh	Labor	Western Australia	1988	1974–1987
Tony Messner	Liberal	South Australia	1988	1975–1990
Alan Missen	Liberal	Victoria	1985	1974–1986
Warwick Parer ^[b]	Liberal	Queensland	1988	1984–1999
Cyril Primmer	Labor	Victoria	1985	1971–1985
Peter Rae	Liberal	Tasmania	1988	1967–1986
Robert Ray	Labor	Victoria	1985	1981–2008
Margaret Reid	Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	1984, 1987 ^[a]	1981–2003
Margaret Reynolds	Labor	Queensland	1985	1983–1999
Graham Richardson	Labor	New South Wales	1988	1983–1994
Ted Robertson	Labor	Northern Territory	1984, 1987 ^[a]	1975–1987
Susan Ryan	Labor	Australian Capital Territory	1984, 1987 ^[a]	1975–1988
Douglas Scott	National	New South Wales	1985	1970, 1974–1985
Kerry Sibraa	Labor	New South Wales	1985	1975–1978, 1978–1994
Michael Tate	Labor	Tasmania	1988	1977–1993
Baden Teague	Liberal	South Australia	1985	1977–1996
Michael Townley	Liberal	Tasmania	1985	1970–1987
Peter Walsh	Labor	Western Australia	1988	1974–1993
Shirley Walters	Liberal	Tasmania	1988	1975–1993
John Watson	Liberal	Tasmania	1985	1978–2008
Rt. Reg Withers	Liberal	Western Australia	1985	1966, 1967–1987
Olive Zakharov	Labor	Victoria	1985	1983–1995

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was December 1984.
^ ^a ^b Queensland Liberal Senator Kathy Martin resigned on 5 November 1984. Warwick Parer was appointed as her replacement on 22 November for a term ending 30 June 1988.
^ Father of the Senate