# 1998 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1998 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (31 Liberal, two coalition National, one CLP), 29 Labor, one Green, one non-coalition National, nine Democrats, one Independent and one One Nation. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1999, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

## Australia

Senate (STV GV) — 1999–2002—Turnout 95.34% (CV) — Informal 3.24% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | Labor | 4,182,963 | 37.31 | +1.16 | 17 | 29 | |
| | | Liberal/National (Joint Ticket) | 2,452,407 | 21.87 | −2.62 | 5 | | |
| | | Liberal | 1,528,730 | 13.63 | −2.61 | 11 | 31 | |
| | | National | 208,536 | 1.86 | −1.01 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| | | Country Liberal | 36,063 | 0.32 | −0.05 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Liberal–National coalition | Liberal–National coalition | 4,225,673 | 37.70 | −6.27 | 17 | 35 | 2 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 1,007,439 | 8.99 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 947,940 | 8.45 | −2.37 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| | Greens | Greens | 305,058 | 2.72 | −0.45 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 122,516 | 1.09 | +0.01 | | | |
| | Unity | Unity | 93,968 | 0.83 | * | | | |
| | Australia First | Australia First | 46,765 | 0.41 | * | | | |
| | Shooters | Shooters | 38,188 | 0.34 | −0.71 | | | |
| | Democratic Labor | Democratic Labor | 29,893 | 0.27 | −0.06 | | | |
| | Harradine Group | Harradine Group | 24,254 | 0.22 | −0.08 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Democratic Socialist | Democratic Socialist | 24,158 | 0.22 | * | | | |
| | Women's Party | Women's Party | 20,495 | 0.18 | −0.27 | | | |
| | Abolish Child Support/Family Court Party | Abolish Child Support/Family Court Party | 15,276 | 0.14 | * | | | |
| | Queensland First | Queensland First | 11,554 | 0.10 | * | | | |
| | Natural Law | Natural Law | 11,152 | 0.10 | −0.06 | | | |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | Nuclear Disarmament | 9,685 | 0.09 | * | | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 9,403 | 0.08 | * | | | |
| | Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration | Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration | 8,019 | 0.07 | −0.34 | | | |
| | One Australia | One Australia | 7,572 | 0.07 | −0.34 | | | |
| | Other | Other | 58,577 | 0.5 | ≤0 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,211,903 | | | 40 | 76 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 375,181 | 3.2 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,584,909 | 95.3 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 12,154,050 | | | | | |
| Source: AEC Election 2001 |||||||||

## New South Wales

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Steve Hutchins | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Bill Heffernan | Liberal |
| 1998 | 3 | John Faulkner | Labor |
| 1998 | 4 | John Tierney | Liberal |
| 1998 | 5 | Aden Ridgeway | Democrats |
| 1998 | 6 | Michael Forshaw | Labor |
| 1996 |||||
| 1996 | 1 | Marise Payne | Liberal |
| 1996 | 2 | Suzanne West | Labor |
| 1996 | 3 | David Brownhill | National |
| 1996 | 4 | George Campbell | Labor |
| 1996 | 5 | Helen Coonan | Liberal |
| 1996 | 6 | Vicki Bourne | Democrats |
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 536,533 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Steve Hutchins (elected 1) 2. John Faulkner (elected 3) 3. Michael Forshaw (elected 6) 4. Ursula Stephens | 1,452,560 | 38.7 | +1.5 |
| | Coalition | 1. Bill Heffernan (Lib) (elected 2) 2. John Tierney (Lib) (elected 4) 3. Sandy Macdonald (Nat) 4. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) | 1,375,563 | 36.6 | −4.8 |
| | One Nation | 1. David Oldfield 2. Brian Burston 3. Bevan O'Regan | 361,009 | 9.6 | +9.6 |
| | Democrats | 1. Aden Ridgeway (elected 5) 2. Matthew Baird 3. Suzzanne Reddy 4. David Mendelssohn | 275,910 | 7.4 | −2.1 |
| | Greens | 1. John Sutton 2. Catherine Moore 3. Lee Rhiannon 4. Suzie Russell | 81,612 | 2.2 | −0.1 |
| | Unity | 1. Jason Yat-Sen Li 2. Sonja Stockreiter 3. Sam McGuid 4. Kieran Ginges 5. Nicholas Hassapis | 61,607 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Graham McLennan 2. Janne Petersen 3. Tom Allanson 4. Rex Morgan 5. Michael McLennan | 58,079 | 1.5 | −0.5 |
| | Australia First | 1. Victor Shen 2. Greg Willson | 29,660 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Marina Carman 2. Peter Boyle | 8,221 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Reclaim Australia | 1. Rodney Smith 2. Edwin Woodger | 8,019 | 0.2 | −1.0 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Michael Denborough 2. Yvonne Francis | 6,489 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Abolish Child Support | 1. Justice Abolish 2. Richard Mezinec | 5,810 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Group G | 1. Malcolm Lees 2. Warwick Rankin | 5,745 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | No Aircraft Noise | 1. Chris Nash 2. Jane Waddell | 5,035 | 0.1 | −0.4 |
| | Natural Law | 1. Richard Nolan 2. Bev Seymour | 4,602 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Robert Butler 2. Glenys Collins 3. Lindsay Cosgrove | 4,403 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group J | 1. David Mouldfield 2. Paul-Ian Handsome | 2,786 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Pauline Pantsdown | 2,295 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Equality | 1. Nick Beams 2. Carol Divjak | 1,808 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group D | 1. Mick Gallagher 2. John Mawson | 1,690 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group S | 1. Graeme Melville 2. Philip Broadbridge | 808 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Group P | 1. Patricia Poulos 2. John Holley | 708 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Group R | 1. Robert Schollbach 2. Amanda Stirling | 415 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Mehmet Yaglipinar | 256 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Paul Sarks | 165 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Richard Ross | 133 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Ron Poulsen | 117 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Adrian Vaughan | 72 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Party Parslow | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Stani Joseph | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Tom Kumar | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,755,725 | 96.7 | +0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 128,608 | 3.3 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,884,333 | 96.3 | −0.4 |

## Victoria

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Stephen Conroy | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Judith Troeth | Liberal |
| 1998 | 3 | Kim Carr | Labor |
| 1998 | 4 | Julian McGauran | National |
| 1998 | 5 | Jacinta Collins | Labor |
| 1998 | 6 | Tsebin Tchen | Liberal |
| 1996 |||||
| 1996 | 1 | Richard Alston | Liberal |
| 1996 | 2 | Robert Ray | Labor |
| 1996 | 3 | Rod Kemp | Liberal |
| 1996 | 4 | Barney Cooney | Labor |
| 1996 | 5 | Kay Patterson | Liberal |
| 1996 | 6 | Lyn Allison | Democrats |
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 406,175 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Stephen Conroy (elected 1) 2. Kim Carr (elected 3) 3. Jacinta Collins (elected 5) 4. Wendy Boyle | 1,153,161 | 40.6 | +0.8 |
| | Coalition | 1. Judith Troeth (Lib) (elected 2) 2. Julian McGauran (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Tsebin Tchen (Lib) (elected 6) 4. Karen Synon (Lib) 5. Dino de Marchi (Lib) 6. Anna Macgowan (Lib) | 1,076,841 | 37.9 | −3.5 |
| | Democrats | 1. Jim Downey 2. Matthew Townsend 3. Ken Saunders 4. Alison Harcourt | 279,788 | 9.8 | −1.1 |
| | One Nation | 1. Robyn Spencer 2. Ben Buckley | 117,048 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| | Greens | 1. Charmaine Clarke 2. David Risstrom 3. Liz Conor | 70,872 | 2.5 | −0.4 |
| | Shooters | 1. Graham Eames 2. Neville Sayers 3. Alan Hutchison 4. Graeme Forbes | 34,434 | 1.2 | +0.5 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. John Mulholland 2. Pat Crea | 29,894 | 1.1 | −0.2 |
| | Unity | 1. Bill Cope 2. Phong Nguyen 3. Wellington Lee 4. Ricci Stewart 5. Markham Rose 6. Vivien Cerolini 7. Naji Imam 8. Mary Kalantzis | 20,603 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Graham Murray 2. Ken Cook | 13,881 | 0.5 | −0.1 |
| | Women's Party | 1. Deb Nicholson 2. Pat O'Brien | 9,711 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Australian Bill of Rights | 1. Eric Bullmore 2. David Sydenham | 9,314 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Australia First | 1. Denis McCormack 2. Colin Godfrey | 6,081 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Reform | 1. Ray Matheson 2. Ted Drane | 5,208 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Gareth Smith 2. Jacob Grech | 3,196 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Abolish Child Support | 1. Abboud Haidar 2. John Abbotto | 3,094 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Natural Law | 1. Byron Rigby 2. Raymond Schlager 3. Lorna Scurfield | 2,607 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Jo Williams 2. Vannessa Hearman | 2,294 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| | Group B | 1. Joe Toscano 2. Steve Roper | 2,205 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| | Socialist Equality | 1. Sue Phillips 2. Wil Marshall | 1,392 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Craig Isherwood 2. Robert Barwick | 821 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Cecil G. Murgatroyd | 389 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Malcolm McClure | 168 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Graham Smith | 82 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | M H Pech | 67 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | David Heffron | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,843,218 | 96.2 | −0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 111,486 | 3.8 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,952,735 | 96.5 | 0.0 |

## Queensland

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Jan McLucas | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Warwick Parer | Liberal |
| 1998 | 3 | Heather Hill | One Nation |
| 1998 | 4 | Joe Ludwig | Labor |
| 1998 | 5 | Brett Mason | Liberal |
| 1998 | 6 | John Woodley | Democrats |
| 1996 |||||
| 1996 | 1 | Ian Macdonald | Liberal |
| 1996 | 2 | John Hogg | Labor |
| 1996 | 3 | Ron Boswell | National |
| 1996 | 4 | John Herron | Liberal |
| 1996 | 5 | Brenda Gibbs | Labor |
| 1996 | 6 | Andrew Bartlett | Democrats |
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 286,245 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Jan McLucas (elected 1) 2. Joe Ludwig (elected 4) 3. Jann Piasecki | 654,623 | 32.7 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal | 1. Warwick Parer (elected 2) 2. Brett Mason (elected 5) 3. David MacGibbon 4. Deborah Kember | 570,692 | 28.5 | −6.9 |
| | One Nation | 1. Heather Hill (elected 3) 2. Len Harris 3. Sue Gordon 4. David Anning 5. Barry Evans | 297,245 | 14.9 | +14.9 |
| | National | 1. Bill O'Chee 2. Thomas Bradley 3. Teresa Cobb | 190,662 | 9.5 | −5.5 |
| | Democrats | 1. John Woodley (elected 6) 2. John Cherry 3. Megan Bathurst | 156,451 | 7.8 | −5.4 |
| | Greens | 1. Drew Hutton 2. Desiree Mahoney 3. Chris Gwin | 42,264 | 2.1 | −0.3 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. John Bradford 2. Kerry Blackman 3. Judy McKenzie | 28,826 | 1.4 | +0.9 |
| | Queensland First | 1. David Colston 2. Dawn Colston | 11,554 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Unity | 1. Harry Fong 2. Chris Toogood | 9,487 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Women's Party | 1. Mary Kelly 2. Jenny Hughey | 9,103 | 0.5 | −0.2 |
| | One Australia | 1. Mario Zocchi 2. Ray Buckley | 7,572 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| | Abolish Child Support | 1. Bruce the Family 2. Steve Southall | 4,905 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Australia First | 1. Eric Nagle 2. Klaus Duke | 4,897 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Andy Gianniotis 2. Coral Wynter | 4,394 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Family Law Reform | 1. Barry Weedon 2. Robyn Somers | 2,326 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Reform | 1. Brenda Moloney 2. Terry Fleming | 2,011 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Maurice Hetherington 2. Ray Gillham | 1,785 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Natural Law | 1. Geoff Wilson 2. Dorothy McKenzie | 1,782 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group B | 1. Jan Linsley 2. Percy Meredith | 941 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Group C | 1. Noel Payne 2. Jim Pavier | 685 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Group S | 1. Selwyn Johnston 2. Aaron Johnston | 661 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Michelle MacNevin | 484 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Kenny Dalton | 147 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Bryan Peach | 141 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Terry Sharples | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Doug Hodgetts | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,003,710 | 97.0 | +0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 62,754 | 3.0 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,066,464 | 94.9 | −0.2 |

## Western Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Chris Ellison | Liberal |
| 1998 | 2 | Peter Cook | Labor |
| 1998 | 3 | Ian Campbell | Liberal |
| 1998 | 4 | Chris Evans | Labor |
| 1998 | 5 | Brian Greig | Democrats |
| 1998 | 6 | Sue Knowles | Liberal |
| 1996 |||||
| 1996 | 1 | Winston Crane | Liberal |
| 1996 | 2 | Jim McKiernan | Labor |
| 1996 | 3 | Ross Lightfoot | Liberal |
| 1996 | 4 | Mark Bishop | Labor |
| 1996 | 5 | Alan Eggleston | Liberal |
| 1996 | 6 | Andrew Murray | Democrats |
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 151,974 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Chris Ellison (elected 1) 2. Ian Campbell (elected 3) 3. Sue Knowles (elected 6) 4. Ivan Ivankovic | 408,696 | 38.2 | −7.6 |
| | Labor | 1. Peter Cook (elected 2) 2. Chris Evans (elected 4) 3. Rhonda Griffiths 4. Sue Ellery 5. Lois Anderson 6. Chilip Foo | 368,821 | 34.7 | +0.7 |
| | One Nation | 1. John Fischer 2. Colin Tincknell 3. Martin Suter | 110,231 | 10.4 | +10.4 |
| | Democrats | 1. Brian Greig (elected 5) 2. Stephen Crabbe 3. Margot Clifford | 68,057 | 6.4 | −3.0 |
| | Greens | 1. Dee Margetts 2. Kayt Davies 3. Alison Xamon | 61,029 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| | National | 1. Beryle Morgan 2. Dudley Maslen | 13,428 | 1.3 | −0.8 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Justin Moseley 2. Peter Johnson | 10,258 | 1.0 | +0.3 |
| | Group N | 1. Kate Hobbs 2. Morris Bessant | 4,274 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Sarah Stephen 2. Roberto Jorquera | 4,237 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Shooters | 1. Raymond Motteram 2. Ken Taylor | 3,751 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Unity | 1. Ted Wilkes 2. Mai-Yie Leung 3. Michael Carey | 2,270 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Abolish Child Support | 1. Brendan Griffin 2. Sam Johnson | 1,940 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Tony Drake 2. Jean Robinson | 1,496 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group O | 1. Joan Torr 2. Roger Pratt | 1,206 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Republican | 1. Michael O'Donnell 2. Kerry McNally | 1,023 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Taxi Operators | 1. Alan Bateson 2. Rick Finney | 549 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Rod Garcia | 385 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,063,811 | 97.3 | +0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 29,352 | 2.7 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,093,163 | 95.8 | +0.2 |

## South Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal |
| 1998 | 2 | Nick Bolkus | Labor |
| 1998 | 3 | Nick Minchin | Liberal |
| 1998 | 4 | John Quirke | Labor |
| 1998 | 5 | Meg Lees | Democrats |
| 1998 | 6 | Alan Ferguson | Liberal |
| 1996 |||||
| 1996 | 1 | Robert Hill | Liberal |
| 1996 | 2 | Rosemary Crowley | Labor |
| 1996 | 3 | Natasha Stott Despoja | Democrats |
| 1996 | 4 | Grant Chapman | Liberal |
| 1996 | 5 | Chris Schacht | Labor |
| 1996 | 6 | Jeannie Ferris | Liberal |
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 135,260 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Amanda Vanstone (elected 1) 2. Nick Minchin (elected 3) 3. Alan Ferguson (elected 6) 4. Joy De Leo | 383,637 | 40.5 | −5.3 |
| | Labor | 1. Nick Bolkus (elected 2) 2. John Quirke (elected 4) 3. Bill Hender | 303,299 | 32.0 | −0.2 |
| | Democrats | 1. Meg Lees (elected 5) 2. Michael Pilling 3. Alex Bowie 4. Natalija Apponyi | 117,619 | 12.4 | −2.1 |
| | One Nation | 1. Len Spencer 2. Malcolm Rumbelow 3. Monica Reimann | 91,911 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| | Greens | 1. Craig Wilkins 2. Michelle Drummond | 20,895 | 2.2 | +0.2 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Bob Randall 2. Colin Sinclair | 9,598 | 1.0 | +0.3 |
| | Australia First | 1. Peter Davis 2. Bill Fradd | 6,127 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | National | 1. Ellis Wayland Robin Dixon-Thompson | 4,445 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Melanie Sjoberg 2. Kathy Newnam | 4,256 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Group E | 1. Chris Harms 2. Kirsti Harms | 1,487 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group L | 1. Bernice Pfitzner 2. Erik Eriksen 3. Sean Heylen | 1,466 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Tommy Tonkin 2. Pompeo Feleppa | 898 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group D | 1. Lindsay Simmons 2. Pat Brown | 625 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Neil Russell-Taylor | 309 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Graham Neave | 245 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 946,816 | 97.2 | +0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 27,424 | 2.8 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 974,240 | 96.8 | +0.4 |

## Tasmania

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Kerry O'Brien | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Eric Abetz | Liberal |
| 1998 | 3 | Shayne Murphy | Labor |
| 1998 | 4 | Brian Gibson | Liberal |
| 1998 | 5 | Brian Harradine | Independent |
| 1998 | 6 | Kay Denman | Labor |
| 1996 |||||
| 1996 | 1 | Jocelyn Newman | Liberal |
| 1996 | 2 | Sue Mackay | Labor |
| 1996 | 3 | Paul Calvert | Liberal |
| 1996 | 4 | Nick Sherry | Labor |
| 1996 | 5 | John Watson | Liberal |
| 1996 | 6 | Bob Brown | Greens |
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 44,054 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Kerry O'Brien (elected 1) 2. Shayne Murphy (elected 3) 3. Kay Denman (elected 6) | 128,377 | 41.6 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal | 1. Eric Abetz (elected 2) 2. Brian Gibson (elected 4) 3. Guy Barnett 4. Peter Collenette | 104,268 | 33.8 | −8.4 |
| | Independent | Brian Harradine (elected 5) | 24,254 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | Greens | 1. Louise Crossley 2. Simon Baptist | 17,905 | 5.8 | −2.9 |
| | Democrats | 1. Robert Bell 2. Debbie Butler 3. Chris Ivory | 12,107 | 3.9 | −3.2 |
| | One Nation | 1. Peter Stokes 2. Michael Cartwright 3. Leigh Spicer | 11,655 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| | Tasmania First | 1. David Pickford 2. David Jackson 3. Petita Abblitt | 4,548 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Abolish Child Support | 1. Ian Hickman 2. Fred Lombardi | 1,750 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Don Rogers 2. Beryl Rogers | 945 | 0.3 | −0.2 |
| | Women's Party | 1. Lin MacQueen 2. Carolyn Bindon | 804 | 0.2 | −0.4 |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1. Kamala Emanuel 2. Ian Jamieson | 754 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Norma Jamieson | 659 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Republican | 1. Jenny Sheridan 2. Rena Dare | 249 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Laurie Heathorn | 75 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Steven Suli | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 308,377 | 97.0 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9,704 | 3.0 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 318,081 | 96.5 | −0.4 |

## Australian Capital Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Kate Lundy | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Margaret Reid | Liberal |
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 65,679 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Kate Lundy (elected 1) 2. Peter Conway | 83,867 | 42.6 | 0.0 |
| | Liberal | 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. Gayle Richards | 61,385 | 31.2 | −7.8 |
| | Democrats | 1. Rick Farley 2. Wayne Sievers | 32,833 | 16.9 | +6.7 |
| | One Nation | 1. Estelle O'Brien 2. Jeremy Leyland | 9,621 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| | Greens | 1. Deb Foskey 2. Lesley Christian | 6,385 | 3.2 | −2.6 |
| | Independent | John Miller | 923 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Women's Party | 1. Annette Haridan 2. Susanne Edwards | 876 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Abolish Child Support | 1. Peter Rogers 2. Anthony Hardy | 868 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Cec Harris | 170 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Andrew Edgar | 107 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 197,035 | 98.0 | +0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,952 | 2.0 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 200,987 | 96.3 | +0.1 |

## Northern Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1998 |||||
| 1998 | 1 | Trish Crossin | Labor |
| 1998 | 2 | Grant Tambling | CLP |
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 31,001 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Trish Crossin (elected 1) 2. Charlie Phillips | 38,259 | 41.2 | −3.9 |
| | Country Liberal | 1. Grant Tambling (elected 2) 2. Maisie Austin | 36,063 | 38.8 | −7.9 |
| | One Nation | 1. Ted Hagger 2. Dee Mills | 8,657 | 9.3 | +9.3 |
| | Democrats | 1. Victor Edwards 2. Peter Clements | 5,119 | 5.5 | +3.7 |
| | Greens | 1. Lex Martin 2. Andy Gough | 4,232 | 4.5 | −1.9 |
| | Independent | Jonathan Polke | 672 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 93,002 | 98.0 | +0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,901 | 2.0 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,903 | 90.6 | +1.4 |