The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1993 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (29 Liberal, four coalition National, one CLP), 30 Labor, two Green, two non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1993, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

Following the election, outgoing Labor Senate leader John Button retired and resigned from the Senate. Senator Gareth Evans was appointed as the new Leader of the Government in the Senate.

Australia +Senate (STV GV) — 1993–96 – Turnout 96.22% (CV) — Informal 2.55% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change   4,643,871 43.50 +5.09 17 30 2     Liberal–National joint ticket 2,605,157 24.40 –0.07 6 N/A N/A   1,664,204 15.59 +1.03 11 29   290,382 2.72 +0.12 1 6 2   35,405 0.33 +0.04 1 1 Liberal–National coalition 4,595,148 43.05 +1.13 19 36 2   566,944 5.31 –7.32 2 7 1   314,845 2.95 +0.85 1 2 1 Total 10,674,805     40 76 Invalid/blank votes 279,453 2.55 Turnout 10,954,258 96.22Registered voters 11,384,638Source: Federal Elections 1993

New South Wales Elected # Senator Party 1993 1 Graham Richardson  Labor 2 Michael Baume  Liberal 3 John Faulkner  Labor 4 John Tierney  Liberal 5 Kerry Sibraa  Labor 6 Sandy Macdonald  National 1990 1 Stephen Loosley  Labor 2 Bronwyn Bishop  Liberal 3 Bruce Childs  Labor 4 David Brownhill  National 5 Vicki Bourne  Democrats 6 Suzanne West  Labor

Victoria

Elected # Senator Party 1993 1 Gareth Evans  Labor 2 Jim Short  Liberal 3 Kim Carr  Labor 4 Julian McGauran  National 5 Olive Zakharov  Labor 6 Judith Troeth  Liberal 1990 1 Richard Alston  Liberal 2 Robert Ray  Labor 3 Kay Patterson  Liberal 4 Barney Cooney  Labor 5 Rod Kemp  Liberal 6 Sid Spindler  Democrats

Queensland

Elected # Senator Party 1993 1 Margaret Reynolds  Labor 2 David MacGibbon  Liberal 3 Bill O'Chee  National 4 Mal Colston  Labor 5 Warwick Parer  Liberal 6 John Woodley  Democrats 1990 1 Gerry Jones  Labor 2 Ian Macdonald  Liberal 3 Gerry Jones  Labor 4 John Herron  Liberal 5 Ron Boswell  National 6 Cheryl Kernot  Democrats

Western Australia

Elected # Senator Party 1993 1 Sue Knowles  Liberal 2 Peter Cook  Labor 3 Ian Campbell  Liberal 4 Chris Evans  Labor 5 Chris Ellison  Liberal 6 Dee Margetts  Greens 1990 1 Noel Crichton-Browne  Liberal 2 Jim McKiernan  Labor 3 John Panizza  Liberal 4 Michael Beahan  Labor 5 Winston Crane  Liberal 6 Jo Vallentine  Greens

South Australia

Elected # Senator Party 1993 1 Amanda Vanstone  Liberal 2 Nick Bolkus  Labor 3 Nick Minchin  Liberal 4 Dominic Foreman  Labor 5 Alan Ferguson  Liberal 6 Meg Lees  Democrats 1990 1 Robert Hill  Liberal 2 Rosemary Crowley  Labor 3 John Coulter  Democrats 4 Baden Teague  Liberal 5 Chris Schacht  Labor 6 Grant Chapman  Liberal

Tasmania

Elected # Senator Party 1993 1 Michael Tate  Labor 2 Brian Archer  Liberal 3 John Coates  Labor 4 Brian Gibson  Liberal 5 Brian Harradine  Independent 6 Shayne Murphy  Labor 1990 1 Jocelyn Newman  Liberal 2 Nick Sherry  Labor 3 John Watson  Liberal 4 John Devereux  Labor 5 Paul Calvert  Liberal 6 Robert Bell  Democrat

Australian Capital Territory

Elected # Senator Party 1993 1 Bob McMullan  Labor 2 Margaret Reid  Liberal

Northern Territory

Elected # Senator Party 1993 1 Bob Collins  Labor 2 Grant Tambling  CLP

See also

1993 Australian federal election Candidates of the 1993 Australian federal election Members of the Australian Senate, 1993–1996

Notes

References

External links Adam Carr's Election Archive