1990 Australian Senate election

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. 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 1,445,872 14.56 –6.41 12 29 2 258,164 2.60 −4.49 1 4 2 29,045 0.29 +0.08 1 1 Liberal–National coalition 4,162,633 41.92 –0.12 19 34 3,813,547 38.41 −4.42 15 32 1,253,807 12.63 +4.15 5 8 1 208,157 2.10 +1.66 1 1 1 38,079 0.38 –0.71 1 s 29,974 0.30 –1.59 1 1 Total 9,929,765 40 76Invalid/blank votes 349,065 3.40 –0.64Turnout 10,728,830 95.81Registered voters 10,728,131Source: Federal Elections 1990

New South Wales

Elected # Senator Party1990 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 Labor1987 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

Victoria

Elected # Senator Party1990 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 Democrats1987 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

Queensland

Elected # Senator Party1990 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 Democrats1987 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

Western Australia

Elected # Senator Party1990 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 Greens1987 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

South Australia

Elected # Senator Party1990 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 Liberal1987 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

Tasmania

Elected # Senator Party1990 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 Democrats1987 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

Australian Capital Territory

Elected # Senator Party1990 1990 1 Bob McMullan Labor 1990 2 Margaret Reid Liberal

Northern Territory

Elected # Senator Party1990 1990 1 Bob Collins Labor 1990 2 Grant Tambling CLP

1990 Australian Senate election

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