1990 Australian Senate election

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

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.

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 0 0 Popular vote 4,162,633 3,813,547 Percentage 41.92% 38.41% Swing 0.12% 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 1 1 Popular vote 1,253,807 208,157 Percentage 12.63% 2.10% Swing 4.15% 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

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	2
		National	258,164	2.60	−4.49	1	4	2
		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	1
	Greens ^[a]		208,157	2.10	+1.66	1	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			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	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

• 1990 Australian federal election
• Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1990
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1990–1993

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.

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive