1998 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1998 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (31 Liberal, two coalition National, one CLP), 29 Labor, one Green, one non-coalition National, nine Democrats, one Independent and one One Nation.1996 Senators elected - AEC Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1999, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

Australia

+Senate (STV GV) — 1999–2002—Turnout 95.34% (CV) — Informal 3.24% Party Votes % Swing Seatswon Seats Change   4,182,963 37.31 +1.16 17 29     Liberal/National (Joint Ticket) 2,452,407 21.87 −2.62 5     1,528,730 13.63 −2.61 11 31   208,536 1.86 −1.01 0 3 2   36,063 0.32 −0.05 1 1 Liberal–National coalition 4,225,673 37.70 −6.27 17 35 2   1,007,439 8.99 * 1 1 1   947,940 8.45 −2.37 4 9 2   305,058 2.72 −0.45 0 1 1   Harradine Group 24,254 0.22 −0.08 1 1 Total 11,211,903     40 76 Invalid/blank votes 375,181 3.2 Turnout 11,584,909 95.3Registered voters 12,154,050 Source: AEC Election 2001

New South Wales Elected # Senator Party1998 1998 1 Steve Hutchins  Labor 1998 2 Bill Heffernan  Liberal 1998 3 John Faulkner  Labor 1998 4 John Tierney  Liberal 1998 5 Aden Ridgeway  Democrats 1998 6 Michael Forshaw  Labor1996 1996 1 Marise Payne  Liberal 1996 2 Suzanne West  Labor 1996 3 David Brownhill  National 1996 4 George Campbell  Labor 1996 5 Helen Coonan  Liberal 1996 6 Vicki Bourne  Democrats

Victoria

Elected # Senator Party1998 1998 1 Stephen Conroy  Labor 1998 2 Judith Troeth  Liberal 1998 3 Kim Carr  Labor 1998 4 Julian McGauran  National 1998 5 Jacinta Collins  Labor 1998 6 Tsebin Tchen  Liberal1996 1996 1 Richard Alston  Liberal 1996 2 Robert Ray  Labor 1996 3 Rod Kemp  Liberal 1996 4 Barney Cooney  Labor 1996 5 Kay Patterson  Liberal 1996 6 Lyn Allison  Democrats

Queensland

Elected # Senator Party1998 1998 1 Jan McLucas  Labor 1998 2 Warwick Parer  Liberal 1998 3 Heather Hill  One Nation 1998 4 Joe Ludwig  Labor 1998 5 Brett Mason  Liberal 1998 6 John Woodley  Democrats1996 1996 1 Ian Macdonald  Liberal 1996 2 John Hogg  Labor 1996 3 Ron Boswell  National 1996 4 John Herron  Liberal 1996 5 Brenda Gibbs  Labor 1996 6 Andrew Bartlett  Democrats

Western Australia

Elected # Senator Party1998 1998 1 Chris Ellison  Liberal 1998 2 Peter Cook  Labor 1998 3 Ian Campbell  Liberal 1998 4 Chris Evans  Labor 1998 5 Brian Greig  Democrats 1998 6 Sue Knowles  Liberal1996 1996 1 Winston Crane  Liberal 1996 2 Jim McKiernan  Labor 1996 3 Ross Lightfoot  Liberal 1996 4 Mark Bishop  Labor 1996 5 Alan Eggleston  Liberal 1996 6 Andrew Murray  Democrats

South Australia

Elected # Senator Party1998 1998 1 Amanda Vanstone  Liberal 1998 2 Nick Bolkus  Labor 1998 3 Nick Minchin  Liberal 1998 4 John Quirke  Labor 1998 5 Meg Lees  Democrats 1998 6 Alan Ferguson  Liberal1996 1996 1 Robert Hill  Liberal 1996 2 Rosemary Crowley  Labor 1996 3 Natasha Stott Despoja  Democrats 1996 4 Grant Chapman  Liberal 1996 5 Chris Schacht  Labor 1996 6 Jeannie Ferris  Liberal

Tasmania

Elected # Senator Party1998 1998 1 Kerry O'Brien  Labor 1998 2 Eric Abetz  Liberal 1998 3 Shayne Murphy  Labor 1998 4 Brian Gibson  Liberal 1998 5 Brian Harradine  Independent 1998 6 Kay Denman  Labor1996 1996 1 Jocelyn Newman  Liberal 1996 2 Sue Mackay  Labor 1996 3 Paul Calvert  Liberal 1996 4 Nick Sherry  Labor 1996 5 John Watson  Liberal 1996 6 Bob Brown  Greens

Australian Capital Territory

Elected # Senator Party1998 1998 1 Kate Lundy  Labor 1998 2 Margaret Reid  Liberal

Northern Territory

Elected # Senator Party1998 1998 1 Trish Crossin  Labor 1998 2 Grant Tambling  CLP

See also Candidates of the 1998 Australian federal election Members of the Australian Senate, 1999–2002

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