Members of the Australian Senate, 1987–1990

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Senate composition at 14 September 1987
Government (32)
  Labor (32) – (7 seat minority)

Opposition (34)
  Liberal (27)
  National Party (6)
  Country Liberal (1)

Crossbench (10)
  Democrats (7)
  Nuclear Disarmament Party (1) [i]
  Independent (2)
 
Changes in composition

  1. ^ The election of NDP Senator Robert Wood was void. Irina Dunn was elected in his place but was expelled from the NDP & served out the remainder of her term as an independent.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 1990.[1] It consisted of twelve senators for each of the six states of Australia and two senators representing each of the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. All members were elected at the 1987 election following a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, rather than the normal case of only half of the state senators facing election.

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution,[2] following a double dissolution of Parliament, the terms for senators commence on 1 July preceding the election – i.e., on 1 July 1987. The Senate decides which senators were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1993 and which senators were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1990. In 1983 the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 had been amended to include provision for a recount of ballot papers to determine the senators to get the long term vacancies.[3] This was the result of a unanimous recommendation from the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform.[4] Despite the unanimous recommendation for reform, Labor and the Democrats maintained the previous system where the first six senators elected in each state were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1993 while the other half were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1990. The effect of this system was that Democrat Senators Paul McLean and Janet Powell got a long term instead of National Senators David Brownhill and Julian McGauran. There was no net effect on Labor and Liberal in that in South Australia, Labor Senator Graham Maguire got a long term instead of Liberal Senator Robert Hill, while in Queensland, Liberal Senator Warwick Parer got a long term instead of Labor Senator Gerry Jones.[5][6] Senators took their seats immediately following the election on 11 July 1987. The four territory senators were elected in July 1987 and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was March 1990.

Senator Party State Term ending Years in office
Richard Alston   Liberal Victoria 1990 1986–2004
Brian Archer   Liberal Tasmania 1993 1975–1994
Terry Aulich   Labor Tasmania 1993 1984–1993
Michael Baume   Liberal New South Wales 1993 1984–1996
Peter Baume   Liberal New South Wales 1993 1974–1991
Michael Beahan   Labor Western Australia 1990 1987–1996
Robert Bell [a]   Democrats Tasmania 1990 1990–1996
Bronwyn Bishop   Liberal New South Wales 1990 1987–1994
Florence Bjelke-Petersen   National Queensland 1993 1980–1993
John Black   Labor Queensland 1990 1984–1990
Nick Bolkus   Labor South Australia 1993 1981–2005
Ron Boswell   National Queensland 1990 1983–2014
David Brownhill   National New South Wales 1990 1984–2000
Bryant Burns   Labor Queensland 1990 1987–1996
John Button   Labor Victoria 1993 1974–1993
Paul Calvert   Liberal Tasmania 1990 1987–2007
Ian Campbell [b]   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1990–2007
Fred Chaney [b]   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1974–1990
Grant Chapman   Liberal South Australia 1990 1987–2008
Bruce Childs   Labor New South Wales 1990 1980–1997
John Coates   Labor Tasmania 1993 1980–1996
Bob Collins   Labor Northern Territory 1990 [c] 1987–1998
Mal Colston   Labor Queensland 1993 1975–1999
Peter Cook   Labor Western Australia 1993 1983–2005
Barney Cooney   Labor Victoria 1990 1984–2002
John Coulter   Democrats South Australia 1990 1987–1995
Noel Crichton-Browne   Liberal Western Australia 1990 1980–1996
Rosemary Crowley   Labor South Australia 1990 1983–2002
John Devereux   Labor Tasmania 1990 1987–1996
Ray Devlin   Labor Tasmania 1990 1984–1990
Irina Dunn [d]   Nuclear Disarmament/Independent New South Wales 1990 1988–1990
Peter Durack [e]   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1970–1993
Gareth Evans   Labor Victoria 1993 1977–1996
John Faulkner [f]   Labor New South Wales 1993 1989–2015
Dominic Foreman   Labor South Australia 1993 1980–1997
Arthur Gietzelt [e][f]   Labor New South Wales 1993 1970–1989
Patricia Giles   Labor Western Australia 1993 1980–1993
Janine Haines [g]   Democrats South Australia 1993 1977–1978, 1980–1990
David Hamer   Liberal Victoria 1990 1977–1990
Brian Harradine   Independent Tasmania 1993 1975–2005
Robert Hill   Liberal South Australia 1990 1981–2006
Jean Jenkins   Democrats Western Australia 1990 1987–1990
Gerry Jones   Labor Queensland 1990 1980–1996
Sue Knowles   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1984–2005
Meg Lees [g]   Democrats South Australia 1993 1990–2005
Austin Lewis   Liberal Victoria 1993 1976–1993
David MacGibbon   Liberal Queensland 1993 1977–1999
Michael Macklin   Democrats Queensland 1990 1980–1990
Graham Maguire   Labor South Australia 1993 1983–1993
Julian McGauran   National Victoria 1990 1987–1990, 1993–2011
Jim McKiernan   Labor Western Australia 1990 1984–2002
Paul McLean   Democrats New South Wales 1993 1987–1991
Bob McMullan [h]   Labor Australian Capital Territory 1990 [c] 1988–1996
Tony Messner [i]   Liberal South Australia 1993 1975–1990
John Morris   Labor New South Wales 1990 1984–1990
Jocelyn Newman   Liberal Tasmania 1990 1986–2002
Bill O'Chee [j]   National Queensland 1993 1990–1999
John Olsen [i]   Liberal South Australia 1993 1990–1992
John Panizza   Liberal Western Australia 1990 1987–1997
Warwick Parer   Liberal Queensland 1993 1984–2000
Kay Patterson   Liberal Victoria 1990 1987–2008
Janet Powell   Democrats Victoria 1993 1986–1993
Chris Puplick   Liberal New South Wales 1990 1978–1980, 1984–1990
Robert Ray   Labor Victoria 1990 1981–2008
Margaret Reid   Liberal Australian Capital Territory 1990 [c] 1981–2003
Margaret Reynolds   Labor Queensland 1993 1983–1999
Graham Richardson   Labor New South Wales 1993 1983–1994
Susan Ryan [h]   Labor Australian Capital Territory 1990 [c] 1975–1988
Norm Sanders [a]   Democrats Tasmania 1990 1984–1990
Chris Schacht   Labor South Australia 1990 1987–2002
Glen Sheil   National Queensland 1990 1974–1981, 1984–1990
Jim Short   Liberal Victoria 1993 1984–1997
Kerry Sibraa   Labor New South Wales 1993 1975–1978, 1978–1994
John Stone [j]   National Queensland 1993 1987–1990
Grant Tambling   Country Liberal Northern Territory 1990 [c] 1987–2001
Michael Tate   Labor Tasmania 1993 1977–1993
Baden Teague   Liberal South Australia 1990 1977–1996
Jo Vallentine   Independent Western Australia 1990 1984–1992
Amanda Vanstone   Liberal South Australia 1993 1984–2007
Peter Walsh   Labor Western Australia 1993 1974–1993
Shirley Walters   Liberal Tasmania 1993 1975–1993
John Watson   Liberal Tasmania 1990 1978–2008
Robert Wood [d]   Nuclear Disarmament New South Wales 1990 1987–1988
Olive Zakharov   Labor Victoria 1993 1983–1995

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Tasmanian Democrat Senator Norm Sanders resigned on 1 March 1990. Robert Bell was appointed as his replacement on 9 March.
  2. ^ a b Western Australian Liberal Senator Fred Chaney resigned on 27 February 1990. Ian Campbell was appointed as his replacement on 16 May.
  3. ^ a b c d e The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1990.
  4. ^ a b The election of New South Wales NDP Senator Robert Wood was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns on 12 May 1988, after it was discovered that he was not an Australian citizen. The High Court had previously held that the presence of a person whose election was void did not invalidate the proceedings of the Senate.[7] Irina Dunn, who had been the second candidate for the NDP on the Senate ballot paper, was elected on a re-count on 21 July. Dunn refused a request from the NDP to step down when Wood became a citizen (and thus eligible for appointment to the Senate), and was expelled from the party. Dunn served out the remainder of her term as an independent.
  5. ^ a b Father of the Senate
  6. ^ a b New South Wales Labor Senator Arthur Gietzelt resigned on 27 February 1989. John Faulkner was appointed as his replacement on 4 April.
  7. ^ a b South Australian Democrat Senator Janine Haines resigned on 1 March 1990. Meg Lees was appointed as her replacement on 4 April.
  8. ^ a b Australian Capital Territory Labor Senator Susan Ryan resigned on 29 January 1988. Bob McMullan was appointed as her replacement on 16 February.
  9. ^ a b South Australian Liberal Senator Tony Messner resigned on 17 April 1990. John Olsen was appointed as his replacement on 7 May.
  10. ^ a b Queensland National Senator John Stone resigned on 1 March 1990. Bill O'Chee was appointed as his replacement on 8 May.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1987". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ^ Constitution (Cth) s 13 Rotation of senators.
  3. ^ Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) s 282 Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances.
  4. ^ Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform (13 September 1983). "First report – electoral reform" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. pp. 66–7.
  5. ^ "Rotation of Senators" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 17 September 1987. pp. 194–213.
  6. ^ "Division of the Senate following simultaneous general elections". Odgers' Australian Senate Practice (14th ed.). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  7. ^ Vardon v O'Loghlin [1907] HCA 69, (1907) 5 CLR 201.
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