# 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 | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held | Change |
| | | Liberal–National joint ticket | 2,429,552 | 24.47 | +10.71 | 5 | N/A | N/A |
| | | Liberal | 1,445,872 | 14.56 | –6.41 | 12 | 29 | 2 |
| | | National | 258,164 | 2.60 | −4.49 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| | | Country Liberal | 29,045 | 0.29 | +0.08 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Liberal–National coalition | Liberal–National coalition | 4,162,633 | 41.92 | –0.12 | 19 | 34 | |
| | Labor | Labor | 3,813,547 | 38.41 | −4.42 | 15 | 32 | |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 1,253,807 | 12.63 | +4.15 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| | Greens | Greens | 208,157 | 2.10 | +1.66 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Call to Australia | Call to Australia | 136,522 | 1.37 | –0.09 | | | |
| | Environment Inds | Environment Inds | 74,668 | 0.75 | +0.75 | | | |
| | Independent EFF | Independent EFF | 63,378 | 0.64 | +0.64 | | | |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | Nuclear Disarmament | 38,079 | 0.38 | –0.71 | | | 1 |
| | Grey Power | Grey Power | 37,600 | 0.38 | +0.38 | | | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 36,140 | 0.36 | +0.36 | | | |
| | Against Further Immigration | Against Further Immigration | 19,439 | 0.20 | +0.20 | | | |
| | Pensioner | Pensioner | 18,235 | 0.18 | +0.00 | | | |
| | Democratic Labor | Democratic Labor | 14,744 | 0.15 | –0.39 | | | |
| | New Australia | New Australia | 8,332 | 0.08 | +0.08 | | | |
| | Conservative | Conservative | 7,381 | 0.07 | +0.07 | | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 7,129 | 0.07 | +0.07 | | | |
| | Independents | Independents | 29,974 | 0.30 | –1.59 | | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,929,765 | | | 40 | 76 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 349,065 | 3.40 | –0.64 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,728,830 | 95.81 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 10,728,131 | | | | | |
| Source: Federal Elections 1990 |||||||||

## New South Wales

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1990 |||||
| 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 | Labor |
| 1987 |||||
| 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 |
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 476,878 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Stephen Loosley (elected 1) 2. Bruce Childs (elected 3) 3. Sue West (elected 6) 4. John McCarthy | 1,356,430 | 40.6 | −1.8 |
| | Coalition | 1. Bronwyn Bishop (Lib) (elected 2) 2. David Brownhill (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Chris Puplick (Lib) 4. Geoffrey Anderson (Lib) | 1,280,382 | 38.4 | −2.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Vicki Bourne (elected 5) 2. Karin Sowada 3. William Cole 4. Dorothy Thompson | 393,521 | 11.8 | +2.7 |
| | Call to Australia | 1. Kevin Hume 2. John Everingham | 69,744 | 2.1 | −1.3 |
| | Green Alliance | 1. Ian Cohen 2. Christopher Kirkbright 3. Sue Arnold 4. Jo Faith 5. Jane Beckmann | 64,583 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| | Independent EFF | 1. George Turner 2. Alan Gourley 3. Bill Garing 4. Jim Shanks 5. Dallas Clarnette 6. June Smith | 63,378 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Robert Wood 2. Samantha Trenoweth | 34,765 | 1.0 | −0.5 |
| | Environment Inds | 1. Irina Dunn 2. Peter Prineas 3. Harry Recher | 27,046 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | Grey Power | 1. Robert Clark 2. Theo Hetterscheid 3. Walter Radimey | 18,068 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | New Australia | 1. Oscar Landicho 2. Onsy Mattar 3. Len Hajjar 4. Sam Ressitis 5. Reginaldo Conti 6. Warren Rogan | 8,332 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Lex Stewart 2. Leone Hay 3. John Doran | 7,129 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Greens | 1. Daniela Reverberi 2. Jenys Newton | 4,826 | 0.1 | −0.9 |
| | Group L | 1. Colin Wilson 2. Glenn Wilson | 3,846 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group C | 1. Ian Murphy 2. Anne Murphy | 2,201 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group D | 1. Alan Wilkinson | 1,583 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Zero-Population Growth | 924 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Lord Rolo | 352 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Abraham Lincoln | 208 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Ian Monk | 203 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Bill Smith | 150 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Bob Sutherland | 131 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | John Henshaw | 124 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Peter Consadine | 71 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Evalds Erglis | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Harry Hnoudakis | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Reen Dixon | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Gene Pierson | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,338,142 | 95.8 | +0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 145,429 | 4.2 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,483,571 | 95.9 | +1.4 |

## Victoria

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1990 |||||
| 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 | Democrats |
| 1987 |||||
| 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 |
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 368,503 | | |
| | Coalition | 1. Richard Alston (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Kay Patterson (Lib) (elected 3) 3. Rod Kemp (Lib) (elected 5) 4. Julian McGauran (Nat) 5. Peter Coatman (Lib) 6. Severn Clarke (Lib) | 1,149,170 | 44.5 | +3.2 |
| | Labor | 1. Robert Ray (elected 2) 2. Barney Cooney (elected 4) 3. Kim Carr 4. Carole Marple 5. Roger Lowrey | 938,245 | 36.4 | −7.6 |
| | Democrats | 1. Sid Spindler (elected 6) 2. Jill O'Brien 3. Hans Paas 4. Christine Craik | 365,376 | 14.2 | +5.7 |
| | Call to Australia | 1. Al Watson 2. George Khoury | 29,608 | 1.1 | −0.1 |
| | Greens | 1. Ken McGregor 2. Alf Bamblett 3. Pauline Scott | 23,420 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Against Further Immigration | 1. Denis McCormack 2. Robyn Spencer | 19,439 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Environment Inds | 1. Gordon McQuilten 2. Claire McLeod | 16,655 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Pensioner | 1. Neil McKay 2. Fred Grant | 15,447 | 0.6 | −0.1 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Robert Semmel 2. Jean Taylor | 14,744 | 0.6 | −1.5 |
| | Group F | 1. Peter Robinson 2. John Giltinan | 3,903 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Athol Guy | 2,023 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Chris Vassis | 728 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Mabel Cardinal | 227 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Joe Toscano | 215 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Deborah Goudappel | 119 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Edward Fraser | 89 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Don Meggs | 82 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | James Bernard | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,579,520 | 96.4 | +0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 96,171 | 3.6 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,675,691 | 96.2 | +0.9 |

## Queensland

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1990 |||||
| 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 | Democrats |
| 1987 |||||
| 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 |
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 239,121 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Gerry Jones (elected 1) 2. Bryant Burns (elected 3) 3. John Black 4. Greg Vicary | 653,070 | 39.0 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal | 1. Ian Macdonald (elected 2) 2. John Herron (elected 4) 3. Carmel Draper | 490,523 | 29.3 | +11.3 |
| | National | 1. Ron Boswell (elected 5) 2. Glen Sheil 3. Beth Honeycombe 4. Jim Mason | 227,696 | 13.6 | −15.1 |
| | Democrats | 1. Cheryl Kernot (elected 6) 2. Tony Walters 3. Brian Stockwell 4. John Brown | 209,030 | 12.5 | +5.0 |
| | Environment Inds | 1. Peter James 2. John Jones | 30,967 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Maurice Sibelle 2. Karen Fletcher | 26,300 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Call to Australia | 1. Rona Joyner 2. Wilfred Blake 3. Bernice King 4. Ross Maclean | 18,469 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Grey Power | 1. Ron Alford 2. Felix Cernovs | 9,237 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | 1. Sydney Volker 2. Loraine Morrison | 4,414 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Group F | 1. Barry Weedon 2. Margaret Crompton | 2,564 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Vincent Burke | 946 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Steve Demetriou | 613 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Clemens Vermeulen | 250 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Mark Cresswell | 117 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,674,196 | 97.5 | +0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 42,112 | 2.5 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,716,308 | 95.1 | +2.6 |

## Western Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1990 |||||
| 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 Greens |
| 1987 |||||
| 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 |
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 129,729 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Noel Crichton-Browne (elected 1) 2. John Panizza (elected 3) 3. Winston Crane (elected 5) 4. Bernie Masters | 392,820 | 43.3 | +4.2 |
| | Labor | 1. Jim McKiernan (elected 2) 2. Michael Beahan (elected 4) 3. Mark Bishop 4. John Cowdell | 304,632 | 33.5 | −9.6 |
| | Democrats | 1. Jean Jenkins 2. Richard Jeffreys 3. Barbara Churchward | 85,324 | 9.4 | +3.7 |
| | Greens WA | 1. Jo Vallentine (elected 6) 2. Christabel Bridge 3. Gladys Yarran | 76,381 | 8.4 | +3.6 |
| | National | 1. Michael Jardine 2. Brian English 3. Josephine Walton | 26,801 | 3.0 | −2.5 |
| | Grey Power | 1. Doug Ratcliffe 2. Jack Webb | 8,781 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Catherine Brown 2. Kylie Budge | 4,883 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | 1. Brady Williams 2. Charles Bussell 3. Laurence Molloy | 2,967 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Pensioner | 1. Maureen Grierson 2. Gordon Munn | 2,788 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Phillip Achurch | 1,040 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Mitchell Faircloth | 958 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Barbara Stark | 514 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Ted Quinlan | 209 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 908,098 | 97.1 | +0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 26,733 | 2.9 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 934,831 | 95.1 | +0.7 |

## South Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1990 |||||
| 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 | Liberal |
| 1987 |||||
| 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 |
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 129,732 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Robert Hill (elected 1) 2. Baden Teague (elected 4) 3. Grant Chapman (elected 6) 4. Ivan Venning | 376,073 | 42.6 | +0.1 |
| | Labor | 1. Rosemary Crowley (elected 2) 2. Chris Schacht (elected 5) 3. Gay Thompson 4. Jim Hyde | 337,137 | 37.1 | −7.5 |
| | Democrats | 1. John Coulter (elected 3) 2. Graham Pamount 3. Judy Smith 4. Pat Macaskill | 149,158 | 16.3 | +8.5 |
| | Green Alliance | 1. Deborah White 2. Philippa Skinner 3. Colin Hunt | 19,499 | 2.1 | +1.2 |
| | Call to Australia | 1. David Squirrell 2. Colin Sinclair | 18,701 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | National | 1. Neville Agars 2. Gary Hamdorf | 3,667 | 0.4 | −3.1 |
| | Grey Power | Jack Holder | 1,514 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Group B | 1. Tania Mykyta 2. Lizz Higgins | 1,091 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group F | 1. F Rieck 2. Heather Shephard | 928 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Anastasios Giannouklas | 187 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Jack King | 168 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 908,123 | 97.5 | +1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 23,438 | 2.5 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 931,561 | 96.4 | +1.9 |

## Tasmania

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1990 |||||
| 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 | Democrats |
| 1987 |||||
| 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 |
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 41,614 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Jocelyn Newman (elected 1) 2. John Watson (elected 3) 3. Paul Calvert (elected 5) | 128,374 | 44.1 | +5.4 |
| | Labor | 1. Nick Sherry (elected 2) 2. John Devereux (elected 4) 3. Jacquie Murphy 4. Sue Mackay | 120,195 | 41.3 | +0.5 |
| | Democrats | 1. Robert Bell (elected 6) 2. Sarah Hancock | 22,888 | 7.8 | +1.1 |
| | United Tasmania | 1. Michael Lynch 2. Juliet Lavers 3. Joan Staples 4. Eva Ruzicka | 14,160 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Kath Gelber 2. Scott Lewington | 4,957 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Independent | John Gademski | 718 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 291,292 | 96.9 | +0.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9,300 | 3.1 | −0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 300,592 | 96.9 | +0.5 |

## Australian Capital Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1990 |||||
| 1990 | 1 | Bob McMullan | Labor |
| 1990 | 2 | Margaret Reid | Liberal |
1990 Australian federal election, Senate, Australian Capital Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 53,891 | | |
| | Labor | Bob McMullan (elected 1) | 66,495 | 41.1 | −8.8 |
| | Liberal | 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. Roger Dace | 58,082 | 36.0 | +2.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Norm Sanders 2. Jenny McLeod | 28,510 | 17.6 | +7.4 |
| | Greens | 1. Hedley Rowe 2. Michael Poole | 5,288 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Michael Denborough 2. Jan Grech | 2,117 | 1.3 | −3.8 |
| | Independent | Maggie Kennedy | 769 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | Max Minius | 312 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Ralph Schroder | 98 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 161,671 | 97.6 | −0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,905 | 2.4 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 165,576 | 96.2 | +1.7 |

## Northern Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1990 |||||
| 1990 | 1 | Bob Collins | Labor |
| 1990 | 2 | Grant Tambling | CLP |
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 22,908 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Bob Collins (elected 1) 2. Di Shanahan | 37,343 | 54.3 | +4.0 |
| | Country Liberal | 1. Grant Tambling (elected 2) 2. Richard Lim | 29,045 | 42.2 | +9.7 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | Citizen Limbo | 1,197 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| | Independent | Ilana Eldridge | 1,138 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 68,723 | 97.2 | +0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,977 | 2.8 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,700 | 89.5 | +9.6 |