# 1983 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1983 Australian federal election. Senators total 25 coalition (23 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 30 Labor, three non-coalition National, five Democrats, and one Independent. Senate terms are six years (three for territories). As the election was the result of a double dissolution, all 64 senate seats were vacant. All elected senators took their seats immediately with a backdated starting date of 1 July 1982, except for the territorial senators who took their seats at the election. Half of the senators elected in each state were allocated 3-year terms (from 1 July 1982) to restore the rotation. It is the most recent federal Senate election won by the Labor Party.

## Australia

Senate (STV) — 1983–84—Turnout 94.64% (CV) — Informal 9.87% :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Total seats | Change |
| Labor | Labor | 3,637,316 | 45.49 | +3.24 | 30 | 30 | +3 |
| Liberal–National coalition | Liberal–National coalition | 3,195,397 | 39.97 | –3.51 | 28 | 28 | –3 |
| | Liberal–National joint ticket | 1,861,618 | 23.28 | −2.35 | 8 | * | * |
| | Liberal (separate ticket) | 923,571 | 11.55 | −1.59 | 16 | 23 | –4 |
| | National (separate ticket) | 388,802 | 4.86 | +0.41 | 3 | 4 | +1 |
| | Country Liberal | 21,406 | 0.27 | +0.02 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Democrats | Democrats | 764,911 | 9.57 | +0.31 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Call to Australia | Call to Australia | 96,065 | | | | | 0 |
| Progress Party | Progress Party | 1,905 | | | | | 0 |
| White Australia | White Australia | 1,025 | | | | | 0 |
| Independents | Independents | 193,454 | 2.42 | +1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Other | Other | 203,967 | 2.55 | −1.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 7,995,045 | | | 64 | 64 | |

## New South Wales

1983 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 249,207 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Doug McClelland (elected 1) 2. Arthur Gietzelt (elected 3) 3. Graham Richardson (elected 5) 4. Kerry Sibraa (elected 7) 5. Bruce Childs (elected 9) 6. Sue West | 1,298,672 | 47.4 | +2.6 |
| | Coalition | 1. John Carrick (Lib) (elected 2) 2. Peter Baume (Lib) (elected 4) 3. Douglas Scott (Nat) (elected 6) 4. Misha Lajovic (Lib) (elected 8) 5. Chris Puplick (Lib) 6. Doug Moppett (Nat) | 1,045,502 | 38.1 | –3.9 |
| | Democrats | 1. Colin Mason (elected 10) 2. Paul McLean 3. Christine Townend 4. Megan Sampson 5. Peter Hains 6. Rodney Irvine | 235,712 | 8.6 | +1.7 |
| | Call to Australia | 1. Clair Isbister 2. John Whitehall 3. Graham McLennan 4. Kevin Hume 5. Thomas Toogood 6. Elaine Nile | 96,065 | 3.5 | –0.9 |
| | Group A | 1. Ronald Weatherall 2. Keith Gleeson | 32,385 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Independent | Burnum Burnum | 10,524 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Socialist | 1. Peter Symon 2. Harry Black 3. Stratos Mavrantonis | 3,656 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | John Comyns | 2,596 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Peace on Earth | 1. Dudley Leggett 2. Michelle Sheather | 2,502 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Engineered Australia | 1. James Firbank 2. Valerianne Hill 3. William Lewis | 2,434 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Progress | 1. Marjorie Wisby 2. Archibald Brown 3. William More | 1,905 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Workers | 1. Amanda Orr 2. Andres Garin | 1,694 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Integrity Team | 1. Kenneth Aylward 2. Antony Maurice 3. Geoffrey Holt | 1,492 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Social Democrats | 1. Walter Roach 2. Edward de Bouter 3. Johann Liszikam | 1,089 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Stephen Starkey | 1,074 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | White Australia | 1. Robert Cameron 2. Russell Scrivener | 1,025 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | The New Party | 1. Vincent Murphy 2. Stephen Tsousis | 956 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Republican | 1. Peter Consandine 2. David Maroney | 582 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | New Australian | 1. Rudolph Dezelin 2. Milan Riznic | 391 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Australian Family Movement | 1. Jon Axtens 2. Joseph Fusco | 326 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Ross Baldwin | 277 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Glen Davis | 188 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Raymond Butcher | 134 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Kaine Aalto | 87 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,741,268 | 88.9 | −1.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 341,787 | 11.1 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,083,055 | 94.9 | +0.7 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Doug McClelland | Labor |
| 2 | John Carrick | Liberal |
| 3 | Arthur Gietzelt | Labor |
| 4 | Peter Baume | Liberal |
| 5 | Graham Richardson | Labor |
| 6 | Douglas Scott | National |
| 7 | Kerry Sibraa | Labor |
| 8 | Misha Lajovic | Liberal |
| 9 | Bruce Childs | Labor |
| 10 | Colin Mason | Democrat |

## Victoria

1983 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 194,358 | | |
| | Labor | 1. John Button (elected 1) 2. Gareth Evans (elected 4) 3. Cyril Primmer (elected 6) 4. Robert Ray (elected 8) 5. Olive Zakharov (elected 10) 6. Geoffrey Fary | 994,471 | 46.5 | +3.5 |
| | Coalition | 1. Margaret Guilfoyle (Lib) (elected 2) 2. Austin Lewis (Lib) (elected 5) 3. Alan Missen (Lib) (elected 7) 4. David Hamer (Lib) (elected 9) 5. Shirley McKerrow (Nat) 6. Murray Buzza (Nat) | 816,116 | 38.2 | −2.6 |
| | Democrats | 1. Don Chipp (elected 3) 2. John Siddons 3. Janet Powell 4. Ian Price | 256,402 | 12.0 | +0.7 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Brian Handley 2. Edna Hall 3. John Easton 4. James Jordan | 47,206 | 2.2 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | Jim Cairns | 11,226 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Integrity Team | 1. Robert J. Steer 2. Louis Cook 3. Robert B. Steer 4. Beverley Meacher 5. Miliano Mele | 3,753 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Pensioner | 1. Neil McKay 2. Joseph Radcliffe 3. George Cole | 2,755 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Advance Victoria | 1. Thomas Kelly 2. Ellen Kelly 3. Stephen Kelly 4. Nicholas Kelly | 1,346 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist | 1. Trevor McCandless 2. Mark Treloar | 1,142 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Workers | 1. Maree Walk 2. Andrew Jamieson | 877 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Proud to be Australian | 1. Athol Kelly 2. Graham Todd | 625 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Patrick Flanagan | 493 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Social Democrats | 1. Joseph Johnson 2. Brian Coe | 366 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Progress | 1. Ian Mackechnie 2. David Miller | 290 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Andrew Kaspariunas | 229 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Ethnic | Nikolaus Millios | 205 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Louis Constant | 132 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Earl Mignon | 108 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Umberto Mammarella | 103 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Leonard Stubbs | 89 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,137,934 | 89.3 | −1.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 255,797 | 10.7 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,393,731 | 95.9 | +0.9 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | John Button | Labor |
| 2 | Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal |
| 3 | Don Chipp | Democrat |
| 4 | Gareth Evans | Labor |
| 5 | Austin Lewis | Liberal |
| 6 | Cyril Primmer | Labor |
| 7 | Alan Missen | Liberal |
| 8 | Robert Ray | Labor |
| 9 | David Hamer | Liberal |
| 10 | Olive Zakharov | Labor |

## Queensland

1983 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 113,393 | | |
| | Labor | 1. George Georges (elected 1) 2. Mal Colston (elected 4) 3. Gerry Jones (elected 6) 4. Margaret Reynolds (elected 8) 5. Robert Gleeson 6. Susan Yarrow | 493,424 | 39.6 | +1.1 |
| | National | 1. Flo Bjelke-Petersen (elected 2) 2. Stan Collard (elected 5) 3. Ron Boswell (elected 7) 4. Patrick Behan | 363,462 | 29.1 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal | 1. Kathy Martin (elected 3) 2. David MacGibbon (elected 10) 3. Edi Solari 4. David Watson | 187,495 | 15.0 | −8.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Michael Macklin (elected 9) 2. Stanley Stanley 3. Gilruth Rees 4. Anthony Walters 5. Allan Holz | 98,997 | 7.9 | −2.1 |
| | Group I | 1. Neville Bonner 2. Audrey Pengelis | 83,502 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| | Progress | 1. Vivian Forbes 2. Jill Weil | 10,787 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Christian Voice | 1. John Herzog 2. Tass Augustakis 3. John Carlisle | 3,113 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Integrity Team | 1. Victor Bridger 2. Michael Comerford 3. Alan Ellis | 1,963 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | John Fitzgerald | 1,517 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Party to Expose the Petrov Conspiracy | 1. Cyril McKenzie 2. Vynette McKenzie | 775 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Milan Lorman | 599 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Humanitarian | 1. Derek Gillmore 2. Marcus Platen | 569 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Socialist Workers | 1. Jonathan West 2. John Coleman | 534 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Francis Ross | 161 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Norman Eather | 94 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Ivan Harris | 80 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Estelle Cattoni | 56 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,247,321 | 91.4 | +0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 116,858 | 8.6 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,364,179 | 92.6 | −1.4 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | George Georges | Labor |
| 2 | Flo Bjelke-Petersen | National |
| 3 | Kathy Martin | Liberal |
| 4 | Mal Colston | Labor |
| 5 | Stan Collard | National |
| 6 | Gerry Jones | Labor |
| 7 | Ron Boswell | National |
| 8 | Margaret Reynolds | Labor |
| 9 | Michael Macklin | Democrat |
| 10 | David MacGibbon | Liberal |

## Western Australia

1983 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 62,279 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Peter Walsh (elected 1) 2. Ruth Coleman (elected 3) 3. Gordon McIntosh (elected 5) 4. Patricia Giles (elected 7) 5. Peter Cook (elected 9) 6. Jim McKiernan | 337,417 | 49.4 | +10.6 |
| | Liberal | 1. Fred Chaney (elected 2) 2. Peter Durack (elected 4) 3. Noel Crichton-Browne (elected 6) 4. Reg Withers (elected 8) 5. Andrew Thomas 6. John Martyr | 280,878 | 41.2 | −4.7 |
| | Democrats | 1. Jack Evans (elected 10) 2. Shirley de la Hunty 3. Richard Jeffreys 4. James Anderson | 46,626 | 6.8 | −2.5 |
| | National | 1. Albert Llewellyn 2. John Sattler 3. Rodney Frost | 7,689 | 1.1 | −3.0 |
| | Socialist Workers | 1. Anthony Forward 2. Peter Holloway | 5,452 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | National | 1. Murray Anderson 2. Edna Adams 3. Donald Bannister | 3,894 | 0.6 | −0.6 |
| | Group H | 1. Robin Linke 2. Charles Lee | 1,779 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Group I | 1. Francesco Nesci 2. Nellie Stuart | 725 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Social Democrats | 1. Richard Savage 2. Kerry Stevens | 598 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 685,058 | 92.2 | +2.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 58,257 | 7.8 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 743,315 | 93.0 | −0.2 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Peter Walsh | Labor |
| 2 | Fred Chaney | Liberal |
| 3 | Ruth Coleman | Labor |
| 4 | Peter Durack | Liberal |
| 5 | Gordon McIntosh | Labor |
| 6 | Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal |
| 7 | Patricia Giles | Labor |
| 8 | Reg Withers | Liberal |
| 9 | Peter Cook | Labor |
| 10 | Jack Evans | Democrat |

## South Australia

1983 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 69,396 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Ron Elstob (elected 1) 2. Dominic Foreman (elected 4) 3. Nick Bolkus (elected 6) 4. Graham Maguire (elected 8) 5. Rosemary Crowley (elected 10) 6. Brian Keneally | 340,089 | 44.6 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal | 1. Tony Messner (elected 2) 2. Robert Hill (elected 5) 3. Don Jessop (elected 7) 4. Baden Teague (elected 9) 5. Harold Young 6. Graham Ingerson | 308,138 | 40.4 | −2.9 |
| | Democrats | 1. Janine Haines (elected 3) 2. Ted Radoslovich 3. Margaret-Ann Williams 4. David Vigor 5. John Beech 6. Patricia Shortridge | 96,662 | 13.1 | +1.9 |
| | National | 1. Kevin Schulz 2. William Nosworthy 3. Stanley Draganoff | 13,757 | 1.8 | +0.8 |
| | Integrity Team | 1. Betty Luks 2. Barry Lindner 3. Belle Harris 4. John Wadey | 4,026 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Communist | 1. Anne McMenamin 2. John Humphrys | 1,058 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Libertarian | William Forster | 959 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist | 1. Brian Rooney 2. Laurence Kiek | 864 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Workers | 1. Douglas Lorimer 2. Jennifer Fisher | 795 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Colin George | 777 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Social Democrats | 1. Roger Ormsby 2. John Parker | 301 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 763,349 | 91.2 | −0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 73,350 | 8.8 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 836,699 | 95.0 | +0.1 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Ron Elstob | Labor |
| 2 | Tony Messner | Liberal |
| 3 | Janine Haines | Democrat |
| 4 | Dominic Foreman | Labor |
| 5 | Robert Hill | Liberal |
| 6 | Nick Bolkus | Labor |
| 7 | Don Jessop | Liberal |
| 8 | Graham Maguire | Labor |
| 9 | Baden Teague | Liberal |
| 10 | Rosemary Crowley | Labor |

## Tasmania

1983 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 22,809 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Peter Rae (elected 1) 2. Shirley Walters (elected 4) 3. Brian Archer (elected 6) 4. Michael Townley (elected 8) 5. John Watson (elected 10) 6. Gordon Ibbett | 106,768 | 42.6 | +3.2 |
| | Labor | 1. Don Grimes (elected 2) 2. Michael Tate (elected 5) 3. Jean Hearn (elected 7) 4. John Coates (elected 9) 5. John White 6. Vicki Buchanan | 82,343 | 32.8 | −2.8 |
| | Group D | 1. Brian Harradine (elected 3) 2. John Jones | 44,696 | 17.8 | −4.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Norm Sanders 2. Peter Creet 3. Margaret Duthoit | 17,089 | 6.8 | +3.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 250,896 | 92.6 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 20,104 | 7.4 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 271,000 | 96.0 | −0.3 |
| # | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Peter Rae | Liberal |
| 2 | Don Grimes | Labor |
| 3 | Brian Harradine | Independent |
| 4 | Shirley Walters | Liberal |
| 5 | Michael Tate | Labor |
| 6 | Brian Archer | Liberal |
| 7 | Jean Hearn | Labor |
| 8 | Michael Townley | Liberal |
| 9 | John Coates | Labor |
| 10 | John Watson | Liberal |

## Australian Capital Territory

1983 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 42,416 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Susan Ryan (elected 1) 2. Marc Robinson | 70,433 | 55.4 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal | 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. John Munro | 40,292 | 31.7 | −5.4 |
| | Democrats | 1. Charles Price 2. Dimmen de Graaff | 15,141 | 11.9 | +3.3 |
| | Deadly Serious | Ian Rout | 955 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | Independent | Brian Scott | 425 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 127,246 | 96.7 | −0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,287 | 3.3 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,533 | 95.7 | +1.4 |
| # | Senator | Party | Party |
| 1 | Susan Ryan | | Labor |
| 2 | Margaret Reid | | Liberal |

## Northern Territory

1983 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 14,826 | | |
| | Country Liberal | 1. Bernie Kilgariff (elected 1) 2. Dallas Drake | 21,406 | 48.1 | +2.6 |
| | Labor | 1. Ted Robertson (elected 2) 2. Denise Fincham | 20,467 | 46.0 | +7.1 |
| | Democrats | Fay Lawrence | 2,359 | 5.3 | −4.5 |
| | Independent | Harold Brown | 245 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 44,477 | 95.3 | +2.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,186 | 4.7 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,663 | 81.4 | −0.9 |
| # | Senator | Party | Party |
| 1 | Bernie Kilgariff | | Country Liberal |
| 2 | Ted Robertson | | Labor |