Members of the Australian Senate, 1987–1990

Government (32)

     Labor (32) - (7 seat minority)

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

Crossbench (10)
     Democrat (7)
     Nuclear Disarmament Party (1) [lower-roman 1]
     Independent (2) [lower-roman 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.
  2. ↑ Jo Vallentine was elected as a Nuclear Disarmament Party member, but resigned in 1985 and 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 dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1990.

Senator Party State End term Years in Office
Alston, RichardRichard Alston   Liberal Victoria 1990 1986–2004
Archer, BrianBrian Archer   Liberal Tasmania 1993 1975–1994
Aulich, TerryTerry Aulich   Labor Tasmania 1993 1984–1993
Baume, MichaelMichael Baume   Liberal New South Wales 1993 1984–1996
Hon. Peter Baume   Liberal New South Wales 1993 1974–1991
Beahan, MichaelMichael Beahan   Labor Western Australia 1990 1987–1996
Bell, RobertRobert Bell [lower-alpha 1]   Democrat Tasmania 1990 1990–1996
Bishop, BronwynBronwyn Bishop   Liberal New South Wales 1990 1987–1994
Bjelke-Petersen, FloFlo Bjelke-Petersen   National Queensland 1993 1980–1993
Black, JohnJohn Black   Labor Queensland 1990 1984–1990
Hon. Nick Bolkus   Labor South Australia 1993 1981–2005
Boswell, RonRon Boswell   National Queensland 1990 1983–2014
Brownhill, DavidDavid Brownhill   National New South Wales 1990 1984–2000
Burns, BryantBryant Burns   Labor Queensland 1990 1987–1996
Hon. John Button   Labor Victoria 1993 1974–1993
Calvert, PaulPaul Calvert   Liberal Tasmania 1990 1987–2007
Campbell, IanIan Campbell [lower-alpha 2]   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1990–2007
Hon. Fred Chaney [lower-alpha 2]   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1974–1990
Chapman, GrantGrant Chapman   Liberal South Australia 1990 1987–2008
Childs, BruceBruce Childs   Labor New South Wales 1990 1980–1997
Coates, JohnJohn Coates   Labor Tasmania 1993 1980–1996
Hon. Bob Collins   Labor Northern Territory 1990 [lower-alpha 3] 1987–1998
Colston, MalMal Colston   Labor Queensland 1993 1975–1999
Hon. Peter Cook   Labor Western Australia 1993 1983–2005
Cooney, BarneyBarney Cooney   Labor Victoria 1990 1984–2002
Coulter, JohnJohn Coulter   Democrat South Australia 1990 1987–1995
Crichton-Browne, NoelNoel Crichton-Browne   Liberal Western Australia 1990 1980–1996
Crowley, RosemaryRosemary Crowley   Labor South Australia 1990 1983–2002
Devereux, JohnJohn Devereux   Labor Tasmania 1990 1987–1996
Devlin, RayRay Devlin   Labor Tasmania 1990 1984–1990
Dunn, IrinaIrina Dunn [lower-alpha 4]   NDP/Independent New South Wales 1990 1988–1990
Hon. Peter Durack [lower-alpha 5]   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1970–1993
Hon. Gareth Evans   Labor Victoria 1993 1977–1996
Faulkner, JohnJohn Faulkner [lower-alpha 6]   Labor New South Wales 1993 1989–2015
Foreman, DominicDominic Foreman   Labor South Australia 1993 1980–1997
Hon. Arthur Gietzelt [lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6]   Labor New South Wales 1993 1970–1989
Giles, PatriciaPatricia Giles   Labor Western Australia 1993 1980–1993
Haines, JanineJanine Haines [lower-alpha 7]   Democrat South Australia 1993 1977–1978, 1980–1990
Hamer, DavidDavid Hamer   Liberal Victoria 1990 1977–1990
Harradine, BrianBrian Harradine   Independent Tasmania 1993 1975–2005
Hill, RobertRobert Hill   Liberal South Australia 1990 1981–2006
Jenkins, JeanJean Jenkins   Democrat Western Australia 1990 1987–1990
Jones, GerryGerry Jones   Labor Queensland 1990 1980–1996
Knowles, SusanSusan Knowles   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1984–2005
Lees, MegMeg Lees [lower-alpha 7]   Democrat South Australia 1993 1990–2005
Lewis, AustinAustin Lewis   Liberal Victoria 1993 1976–1993
Julian McGauran   National Victoria 1990 1987–1990, 1993–2011
MacGibbon, DavidDavid MacGibbon   Liberal Queensland 1993 1977–1999
Jim McKiernan   Labor Western Australia 1990 1984–2002
Paul McLean   Democrat New South Wales 1993 1987–1991
Macklin, MichaelMichael Macklin   Democrat Queensland 1990 1980–1990
McMullan, BobBob McMullan [lower-alpha 8]   Labor Australian Capital Territory 1990 [lower-alpha 3] 1988–1996
Maguire, GrahamGraham Maguire   Labor South Australia 1993 1983–1993
Hon. Tony Messner [lower-alpha 9]   Liberal South Australia 1993 1975–1990
Morris, JohnJohn Morris   Labor New South Wales 1990 1984–1990
Newman, JocelynJocelyn Newman   Liberal Tasmania 1990 1986–2002
O'Chee, BillBill O'Chee [lower-alpha 10]   National Queensland 1993 1990–1999
Olsen, JohnJohn Olsen [lower-alpha 9]   Liberal South Australia 1993 1990–1992
Panizza, JohnJohn Panizza   Liberal Western Australia 1990 1987–1997
Parer, WarwickWarwick Parer   Liberal Queensland 1993 1984–2000
Patterson, KayKay Patterson   Liberal Victoria 1990 1987–2008
Powell, JanetJanet Powell   Democrat Victoria 1993 1986–1993
Puplick, ChrisChris Puplick   Liberal New South Wales 1990 1978–1980, 1984–1990
Hon. Robert Ray   Labor Victoria 1990 1981–2008
Reid, MargaretMargaret Reid   Liberal Australian Capital Territory 1990 [lower-alpha 3] 1981–2003
Hon. Margaret Reynolds   Labor Queensland 1993 1983–1999
Hon. Graham Richardson   Labor New South Wales 1993 1983–1994
Hon. Susan Ryan [lower-alpha 8]   Labor Australian Capital Territory 1990 [lower-alpha 3] 1975–1988
Sanders, NormNorm Sanders [lower-alpha 1]   Democrat Tasmania 1990 1984–1990
Schacht, ChrisChris Schacht   Labor South Australia 1990 1987–2002
Sheil, GlenGlen Sheil   National Queensland 1990 1974–1981, 1984–1990
Short, JimJim Short   Liberal Victoria 1993 1984–1997
Hon. Kerry Sibraa   Labor New South Wales 1993 1975–1978, 1978–1994
Stone, JohnJohn Stone [lower-alpha 10]   National Queensland 1993 1987–1990
Tambling, GrantGrant Tambling   CLP Northern Territory 1990 [lower-alpha 3] 1987–2001
Hon. Michael Tate   Labor Tasmania 1993 1977–1993
Teague, BadenBaden Teague   Liberal South Australia 1990 1977–1996
Vallentine, JoJo Vallentine   Independent [lower-alpha 11] Western Australia 1990 1984–1992
Vanstone, AmandaAmanda Vanstone   Liberal South Australia 1993 1984–2007
Hon. Peter Walsh   Labor Western Australia 1993 1974–1993
Walters, ShirleyShirley Walters   Liberal Tasmania 1993 1975–1993
Watson, JohnJohn Watson   Liberal Tasmania 1990 1978–2008
Wood, RobertRobert Wood [lower-alpha 4]   NDP New South Wales 1990 1987–1988
Zakharov, OliveOlive Zakharov   Labor Victoria 1993 1983–1995

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tasmanian Democrat Senator Dr Norm Sanders resigned on 1 March 1990. Robert Bell was appointed as his replacement on 9 March.
  2. 1 2 Western Australian Liberal Senator Fred Chaney resigned on 27 February 1990. Ian Campbell was appointed as his replacement on 16 May.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1990.
  4. 1 2 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. 1 2 Father of the Senate
  6. 1 2 New South Wales Labor Senator Arthur Gietzelt resigned on 27 February 1989. John Faulkner was appointed as his replacement on 4 April.
  7. 1 2 South Australian Democrat Senator Janine Haines resigned on 1 March 1990. Meg Lees was appointed as her replacement on 4 April.
  8. 1 2 Australian Capital Territory Labor Senator Susan Ryan resigned on 29 January 1988. Bob McMullan was appointed as her replacement on 16 February.
  9. 1 2 South Australian Liberal Senator Tony Messner resigned on 17 April 1990. John Olsen was appointed as his replacement on 7 May.
  10. 1 2 Queensland National Senator John Stone resigned on 1 March 1990. Bill O'Chee was appointed as his replacement on 8 May.
  11. ↑ Western Australia Senator Jo Vallentine was elected as a Nuclear Disarmament Party member, but resigned in 1985 as the party collapsed amidst allegations of Socialist Workers Party entryism. She served out the remainder of her term as an independent, though she registered the Vallentine Peace Group as an electoral vehicle for her supporters.

References

  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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