1984 Australian Senate election

Australian federal election results April 2022 June 2022 1984 Australian Senate elections Australia parliamentary no Results of the 1983 Australian federal election (Senate) 1983 Results of the 1987 Australian federal election (Senate) 1987 46 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 1 December 1984 Australian Labor Party 175x175px John Button Victoria 7 November 1980 30 20 34 4 3,750,789 42.17% 3.32% LiberalNational Coalition 175x175px Fred Chaney Western Australia 11 March 1983 28 20 33 5 3,516,857 39.54% 0.41% Australian Democrats 175x175px Don Chipp Victoria 9 May 1977 5 5 7 2 677,970 7.62% 2.32% Nuclear Disarmament FDC500 175x175px Jo Vallentine Western Australia(won seat) 1 December 1984 New 1 1 1 643,061 7.23% 7.23% Australian Senate elected members, 1984.svg Senators elected in the 1984 federal election Leader of the Senate John Button Australian Labor Party John Button Australian Labor Party The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1984 federal election. Seven Senators were elected in each state in this election, plus two in each Territory. Following this election, the Senate was composed of 29 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 34 Labor, one Nuclear Disarmament Party, four non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent.Federal Election Results 1949-1993 https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/bp/1993/93bp24.pdf Parliament of Australia 12 July 20171984 Psephos Senate http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1984/1984senate1.txt 1984 Senate Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 2022-06-26 Senator terms were six years (three for territories), and all took their seats immediately due to the expansion of the senate from 64 to 76 members. As the previous election was a double dissolution, half of the senators elected at that election had their terms backdated to 1 July 1982, to end on 30 June 1988. Senator terms for those contesting this election would have been for 6 year intervals starting from 1 July 1985, but the Double dissolution election of 1987 removed this necessity. This election was the last time that Labor won more seats than the Coalition until 2025, despite receiving more votes than them in subsequent Senate elections and winning several victories in the House of Representatives since then. Australia + Senate (STV GV) — 1984–87 – Turnout 94.55% (CV) — Informal 4.68%File:1984 Australian Senate.svg Party Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change   Australian Labor Party 3,750,789 42.17 −3.32 20 34 4     Liberal/National joint ticket 1,130,601 12.71 −11.49 3 * *   Liberal Party of Australia 1,831,006 20.59 +8.58 14 27 4   National Party of Australia 527,278 5.93 +0.87 2 5 1   Country Liberal Party 27,972 0.31 +0.04 1 1 Liberal/National Coalition 3,516,857 39.54 –0.41 20 33 5   Australian Democrats 677,970 7.62 −2.32 5 7 2   Nuclear Disarmament Party 643,061 7.23 * 1 1 1   Harradine Group 22,992 0.26 −0.32 1 Total 8,894,100 46 76 12Invalid/blank votes 437,065 4.7 –5.2Turnout 9,331,165 94.5Registered voters 9,869,217Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993 New South Wales Elected # Senator Party1985 1985 1 Kerry Sibraa  Labor 1985 2 Chris Puplick  Liberal 1985 3 Bruce Childs  Labor 1985 4 David Brownhill  National 1985 5 John Morris  Labor 1985 6 Michael Baume  Liberal 1985 7 Colin Mason  Democrats1982 1982 1 Arthur Gietzelt  Labor 1982 2 John Carrick  Liberal 1982 3 Graham Richardson  Labor 1982 4 Peter Baume  Liberal 1982 5 Doug McClelland  Labor 1984 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales 381,462 Labor 1. Kerry Sibraa (elected 1) 2. Bruce Childs (elected 3) 3. John Morris (elected 5) 4. Sue West 1,268,489 41.6 -5.7 Coalition 1. Chris Puplick (Lib) (elected 2) 2. David Brownhill (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Michael Baume (Lib) (elected 6) 4. Bronwyn Bishop (Lib) 5. Doug Moppett (Nat) 1,130,601 37.0 -1.1 Nuclear Disarmament 1. Peter Garrett 2. Gillian Fisher 3. Marie-Anne Hockings 4. Russel Ward 294,772 9.7 +9.7 Democrats 1. Colin Mason (elected 7) 2. Paul McLean 3. Jenny MacLeod 4. Garry Chestnut 223,095 7.3 -1.3 Call to Australia 1. Graham McLennan 2. Tom Toogood 3. Patricia Judge 4. Kevin Hume 5. John Everingham 6. Clair Isbister 7. Elaine Nile 109,046 3.6 +0.2 Group F 1. Bill Wentworth 2. Robert Clark 3. Raymond King 4. Myfanwy Young 17,530 0.6 +0.6 Group H 1. Burnum Burnum 2. Rocky Thomas 4,331 0.1 +0.1 Independent Helen Hibbard 1,671 0.1 +0.1 Group D 1. Henry Soper 2. Maureen Nathan 3. Peter Wright 4. Archibald Brown 5. William More 6. John Veenstra 966 0.0 0.0 Independent Helen Richards 634 0.0 0.0 Group G 1. Peter Consandine 2. Brian Buckley 557 0.0 0.0 3,051,692 94.4 +5.5 181,272 5.6 -5.5 3,232,964 94.4 -0.5 Victoria Elected # Senator Party1985 1985 1 Olive Zakharov  Labor 1985 2 Alan Missen  Liberal 1985 3 Robert Ray  Labor 1985 4 David Hamer  Liberal 1985 5 Barney Cooney  Labor 1985 6 Jim Short  Liberal 1985 7 John Siddons  Democrats1982 1982 1 John Button  Labor 1982 2 Margaret Guilfoyle  Liberal 1982 3 Gareth Evans  Labor 1982 4 Austin Lewis  Liberal 1982 5 Don Chipp  Democrats 1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria 298,787 Labor 1. Olive Zakharov (elected 1) 2. Robert Ray (elected 3) 3. Barney Cooney (elected 5) 4. Carole Marple 1,053,488 44.0 -2.4 Liberal 1. Alan Missen (elected 2) 2. David Hamer (elected 4) 3. Jim Short (elected 6) 4. Richard Alston 5. Zirka Yaskewych 816,362 34.2 +34.2 Nuclear Disarmament 1. Jean Melzer 2. Venturino Venturini 174,389 7.3 +7.3 Democrats 1. John Siddons (elected 7) 2. Janet Powell 3. Ian Price 4. Sid Spindler 5. Kenneth Peak 165,624 6.9 -5.1 Nationals 1. Shirley McKerrow 2. John Cromarty 3. Louise Jenkins 4. John Keating 5. Murray Buzza 95,954 4.0 +4.0 Democratic Labour 1. Brian Handley 2. Maria Handley 3. William Mahony 4. Lois Mahony 32,472 1.3 -0.9 Call to Australia 1. Barry Tattersall 2. Valerie Renkema 3. Edna Hall 4. John Easton 30,797 1.3 +1.3 Pensioner 1. Neil McKay 2. Margaret Carter 19,922 0.8 +0.8 Independent Maurice Smith 615 0.0 0.0 Independent Tiger Casley 249 0.0 0.0 Independent Bill Kapphan 168 0.0 0.0 Independent Michael Krape 155 0.0 0.0 Independent Augustus Titter 93 0.0 0.0 2,390,288 95.8 +6.5 104,906 4.2 -6.5 2,495,194 95.4 -0.5 The Liberals and Nationals contested the previous election as a Coalition in the previous election, and did not do so in this election. The Coalition vote of 1983 of 38.2% was unchanged from the combined Liberal and National vote of this election. Queensland Elected # Senator Party1985 1985 1 Margaret Reynolds  Labor 1985 2 Ron Boswell  National 1985 3 David MacGibbon  Liberal 1985 4 Gerry Jones  Labor 1985 5 Glen Sheil  National 1985 6 John Black  Labor 1985 7 Michael Macklin  Democrats1982 1982 1 George Georges  Labor 1982 2 Flo Bjelke-Petersen  National 1982 3 Warwick Parer  Liberal 1982 4 Mal Colston  Labor 1982 5 Stan Collard  National 1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland 176,095 Labor 1. Margaret Reynolds (elected 1) 2. Gerry Jones (elected 4) 3. John Black (elected 6) 4. Bryant Burns 558,623 39.7 +0.1 Nationals 1. Ron Boswell (elected 2) 2. Glen Sheil (elected 5) 3. Patrick Behan 4. Alan Metcalfe 406,829 28.9 -0.2 Liberal 1. David MacGibbon (elected 3) 2. William Everingham 3. Olive-Orme Scott-Young 4. Christopher Gilbert 5. Maurice Thomson 244,753 17.4 +2.5 Democrats 1. Michael Macklin (elected 7) 2. Ray Hollis 3. John Elfick 4. Cheryl Kernot 129,636 9.2 +1.3 Nuclear Disarmament 1. Patsy Goodwin 2. Bernard Hockings 62,102 4.4 +4.4 Conservative 1. Fast Bucks 2. Peter Livesey 4,731 0.3 +0.3 Group B 1. Hugh Bruce 2. Michael Carr 1,317 0.1 +0.1 Independent Frank Bologna 335 0.0 0.0 Independent Raymond Medwin 207 0.0 0.0 Independent Norman Eather 94 0.0 0.0 Independent Cyril McKenzie 86 0.0 0.0 Independent Dietar Soegemeier 39 0.0 0.0 1,408,752 97.0 +5.6 43,919 3.0 -5.6 1,452,671 93.4 +0.8 Western Australia Elected # Senator Party1985 1985 1 Patricia Giles  Labor 1985 2 Noel Crichton-Browne  Liberal 1985 3 Peter Cook  Labor 1985 4 Reg Withers  Liberal 1985 5 Jim McKiernan  Labor 1985 6 Sue Knowles  Liberal 1985 7 Jo Vallentine  NDP1982 1982 1 Peter Walsh  Labor 1982 2 Fred Chaney  Liberal 1982 3 Ruth Coleman  Labor 1982 4 Peter Durack  Liberal 1982 5 Gordon McIntosh  Labor 1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia 96,467 Labor 1. Patricia Giles (elected 1) 2. Peter Cook (elected 3) 3. Jim McKiernan (elected 5) 4. John Crouch 334,371 43.3 -6.0 Liberal 1. Noel Crichton-Browne (elected 2) 2. Reg Withers (elected 4) 3. Sue Knowles (elected 6) 4. Murray Nixon 313,738 40.7 -0.3 Nuclear Disarmament 1. Jo Vallentine (elected 7) 2. Lindsay Matthews 52,365 6.8 +6.8 Democrats 1. Jack Evans 2. Richard Jeffreys 3. Jean Jenkins 37,369 4.8 -2.0 Family Movement 1. Brian Peachey 2. Beryl Van Lyn 3. Nellie Clark 4. John Gilmour 5. Kenneth Wright 6. Roland Bott 18,041 2.3 +2.3 WA Nationals 1. Bruce Currie 2. Eric Blight 3. Mort Schell 4. Graham Barrett-Lennard 13,739 1.7 +0.6 Group E 1. Frank Nesci 2. Nellie Stuart 1,033 0.1 +0.1 Independent Peter van Tongeren 861 0.1 +0.1 Independent Frank Ash 154 0.0 0.0 Independent Martin Suter 62 0.0 0.0 771,733 95.3 +3.1 37,739 4.7 -3.1 809,472 94.2 +1.2 South Australia Elected # Senator Party1985 1985 1 Nick Bolkus  Labor 1985 2 Baden Teague  Liberal 1985 3 Graham Maguire  Labor 1985 4 Don Jessop  Liberal 1985 5 Rosemary Crowley  Labor 1985 6 Amanda Vanstone  Liberal 1985 7 David Vigor  Democrats1982 1982 1 Ron Elstob  Labor 1982 2 Tony Messner  Liberal 1982 3 Janine Haines  Democrats 1982 4 Dominic Foreman  Labor 1982 5 Robert Hill  Liberal 1984 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia 101,997 Labor 1. Nick Bolkus (elected 1) 2. Graham Maguire (elected 3) 3. Rosemary Crowley (elected 5) 4. Vic Heron 340,115 41.7 -2.9 Liberal 1. Baden Teague (elected 2) 2. Don Jessop (elected 4) 3. Amanda Vanstone (elected 6) 4. Robert Giles 306,027 37.5 -2.9 Democrats 1. David Vigor (elected 7) 2. John Coulter 3. Mike Elliott 4. Sandra Kanck 91,329 11.2 -0.9 Nuclear Disarmament 1. Frances Mowling 2. Ian Modistach 3. Douglas Peers 37,834 4.6 +4.6 Call to Australia 1. Bob Brown 2. Dean Davis 3. William Pomery 22,429 2.7 +2.7 Nationals SA 1. John Bannon 2. Judith Jackson 3. Ray Rothe 4. Helen Scott 5. Audrey Pobke 10,756 1.3 -0.4 Pensioner 1. Wilfred Scott 2. Kenneth Perry 4,052 0.5 +0.5 Group F 1. Judy Gillett 2. Brian Sones 3. Eugene Sibelle 1,328 0.2 +0.2 Group D 1. Joe Rossi 2. Warwick Stallard 3. Giovanni Melino 4. Gizella Farkas 840 0.1 +0.1 Family Movement 1. Bob Boyd 2. Fred Tanner 800 0.1 +0.1 Independent Herman Bersee 199 0.0 0.0 Independent Peter Gagliardi 169 0.0 0.0 Independent Edward Dyer 92 0.0 0.0 815,970 94.6 +3.4 46,399 5.4 -3.4 862,369 95.2 +0.2 Tasmania Elected # Senator Party1985 1985 1 Terry Aulich  Labor 1985 2 Brian Archer  Liberal 1985 3 Ray Devlin  Labor 1985 4 John Watson  Liberal 1985 5 John Coates  Labor 1985 6 Michael Townley  Liberal 1985 7 Norm Sanders  Democrats1982 1982 1 Peter Rae  Liberal 1982 2 Don Grimes  Labor 1982 3 Brian Harradine  Independent 1982 4 Shirley Walters  Liberal 1982 5 Michael Tate  Labor 1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania 32,724 Labor 1. Terry Aulich (elected 1) 2. Ray Devlin (elected 3) 3. John Coates (elected 5) 4. John White 108,900 41.6 +8.8 Liberal 1. Brian Archer (elected 2) 2. John Watson (elected 4) 3. Michael Townley (elected 6) 4. Eric Abetz 5. Des Cooper 6. Michael Chabrel 106,427 40.6 -2.0 Group C (Harradine Group) 1. Kath Venn 2. Colin Sacco 22,992 8.8 -9.0 Democrats 1. Norm Sanders (elected 7} 2. Lyn Hewitt 15,897 6.1 -0.7 Nuclear Disarmament 1. Ian Paulin 2. Anne Parker 7,574 2.9 +2.9 261,790 94.2 +1.6 16,155 5.8 -1.6 277,945 95.8 -0.2 Australian Capital Territory Elected # Senator Party1984 1984 1 Susan Ryan  Labor 1984 2 Margaret Reid  Liberal 1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory 45,608 Labor 1. Susan Ryan (elected 1) 2. Hugh Saddler 60,763 44.4 -10.9 Liberal 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. David Walters 43,699 31.9 +0.2 Nuclear Disarmament 1. John Conway 2. Jan Barratt 14,025 10.3 +10.3 Democrats 1. John Hatton 2. Julia Knyvett 12,571 9.2 -2.7 Referendum First Abolish Self-Government 1. Allan Nelson 2. Tony Spagnolo 5,808 4.2 +4.2 136,866 96.6 -0.1 4,813 3.4 +0.1 141,679 94.2 -1.8 Northern Territory Elected # Senator Party1984 1984 1 Bernie Kilgariff  CLP 1984 2 Ted Robertson  Labor 1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory 19,004 CLP 1. Bernie Kilgariff (elected 1) 2. Patricia Davies 27,972 48.9 +0.8 Labor 1. Ted Robertson (elected 2) 2. Warren Snowdon 26,040 45.4 -0.6 Democrats 1. Betty Pearce 2. Fay Lawrence 2,449 4.2 -1.1 Independent Vincent Forrester 548 0.9 +0.9 57,009 96.8 +1.5 1,862 3.2 -1.5 58,871 85.5 +4.1 See also 1984 Australian federal election Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1984 Members of the Australian Senate, 1985–1987 References External links Adam Carr's Election Archive Senate Senate 1984 Category:Australian Senate elections Senate election