The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1987 federal election. This election was a Double dissolution, which means that all 12 senators from each state were up for election. Senators total 29 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 32 Labor, one Jo Vallentine Peace Group, four non-coalition National, seven Democrats, one Nuclear Disarmament and one Independent. Territory Senators served until the next federal election. State Senator terms were nominally three or six years, backdated from 1 July 1987. The Senate used the order-elected method to allocate three- and six-year seats, despite provisions for the AEC to conduct a special recount.
Australia + Senate (STV GV) — 1987–90 – Turnout 93.84% (CV) — Informal 3.54% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change 4,013,860 42.83 +0.66 32 32 2 1,965,180 20.97 +0.38 23 27 Liberal–National joint ticket 1,289,888 13.76 +1.05 5 N/A N/A 664,394 7.09 +1.16 5 6 1 19,970 0.21 −0.10 1 1 794,107 8.47 +0.85 7 7 102,480 1.09 −6.14 1 1 Vallentine Peace Group 40,048 0.43 +0.43 1 1 1 Harradine Group 37,037 0.40 +0.14 1 1 Total 9,371,681 76 76 Invalid/blank votes 394,891 4.0 –2.8Turnout 9,766,571 90.5Registered voters 10,353,213Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993
As this was a double-dissolution election, all Senate seats were contested.
New South Wales
# Senator Party 1 Kerry Sibraa Labor 2 Michael Baume Liberal 3 Paul McLean Democrat 4 Arthur Gietzelt Labor 5 Peter Baume Liberal 6 Graham Richardson Labor 7 David Brownhill National 8 Bruce Childs Labor 9 Chris Puplick Liberal 10 John Morris Labor 11 Bronwyn Bishop Liberal 12 Robert Wood NDP
Victoria
# Senator Party 1 John Button Labor 2 Austin Lewis Liberal 3 Janet Powell Democrat 4 Gareth Evans Labor 5 Jim Short Liberal 6 Olive Zakharov Labor 7 Richard Alston Liberal 8 Robert Ray Labor 9 David Hamer Liberal 10 Barney Cooney Labor 11 Julian McGauran National 12 Kay Patterson Liberal
Queensland
# Senator Party 1 Margaret Reynolds Labor 2 Flo Bjelke-Petersen National 3 David MacGibbon Liberal 4 Mal Colston Labor 5 John Stone National 6 Warwick Parer Liberal 7 Gerry Jones Labor 8 Ron Boswell National 9 John Black Labor 10 Bryant Burns Labor 11 Michael Macklin Democrats 12 Glen Sheil National
Western Australia
# Senator Party 1 Peter Walsh Labor 2 Fred Chaney Liberal 3 Patricia Giles Labor 4 Peter Durack Liberal 5 Peter Cook Labor 6 Sue Knowles Liberal 7 Jim McKiernan Labor 8 Noel Crichton-Browne Liberal 9 Michael Beahan Labor 10 John Panizza Liberal 11 Jean Jenkins Democrats 12 Jo Vallentine VPG
South Australia
Independent Don Jessop 25,876 3.0 +3.0 # Senator Party 1 Dominic Foreman Labor 2 Tony Messner Liberal 3 Janine Haines Democrats 4 Nick Bolkus Labor 5 Amanda Vanstone Liberal 6 Graham Maguire Labor 7 Robert Hill Liberal 8 Rosemary Crowley Labor 9 Grant Chapman Liberal 10 Chris Schacht Labor 11 Baden Teague Liberal 12 John Coulter Democrats
Tasmania
# Senator Party 1 Michael Tate Labor 2 Brian Archer Liberal 3 Brian Harradine Independent 4 John Coates Labor 5 Shirley Walters Liberal 6 Terry Aulich Labor 7 John Watson Liberal 8 Ray Devlin Labor 9 Jocelyn Newman Liberal 10 John Devereux Labor 11 Paul Calvert Liberal 12 Norm Sanders Democrats
Australian Capital Territory
# Senator Party 1 Susan Ryan Labor 2 Margaret Reid Liberal
Northern Territory
# Senator Party 1 Bob Collins Labor 2 Grant Tambling CLP
See also
1987 Australian federal election Candidates of the 1987 Australian federal election Members of the Australian Senate, 1987–1990
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