# 1984 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1984 federal election. Seven Senators were elected in each state in this election, plus two in each Territory.
Following this election, the Senate was composed of 29 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 34 Labor, one Nuclear Disarmament Party, four non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent. Senator terms were six years (three for territories), and all took their seats immediately due to the expansion of the senate from 64 to 76 members.
As the previous election was a double dissolution, half of the senators elected at that election had their terms backdated to 1 July 1982, to end on 30 June 1988. Senator terms for those contesting this election would have been for 6 year intervals starting from 1 July 1985, but the Double dissolution election of 1987 removed this necessity.
This election was the last time that Labor won more seats than the Coalition, despite receiving more votes than them in subsequent Senate elections and winning several victories in the House of Representatives since then.

## Australia

Senate (STV GV) — 1984–87 – Turnout 94.55% (CV) — Informal 4.68% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Total seats | Change |
| | Australian Labor Party | Australian Labor Party | 3,750,789 | 42.17 | −3.32 | 20 | 34 | 4 |
| | | Liberal/National joint ticket | 1,130,601 | 12.71 | −11.49 | 3 | * | * |
| | | Liberal Party of Australia | 1,831,006 | 20.59 | +8.58 | 14 | 27 | 4 |
| | | National Party of Australia | 527,278 | 5.93 | +0.87 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| | | Country Liberal Party | 27,972 | 0.31 | +0.04 | 1 | 1 | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | 3,516,857 | 39.54 | –0.41 | 20 | 33 | 5 |
| | Australian Democrats | Australian Democrats | 677,970 | 7.62 | −2.32 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament Party | Nuclear Disarmament Party | 643,061 | 7.23 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Call to Australia Party | Call to Australia Party | 162,272 | 1.82 | +0.62 | | | |
| | Democratic Labor | Democratic Labor | 32,472 | 0.37 | +0.37 | | | |
| | Pensioner | Pensioner | 23,974 | 0.27 | +0.27 | | | |
| | Harradine Group | Harradine Group | 22,992 | 0.26 | −0.32 | | 1 | |
| | Family Movement | Family Movement | 18,841 | 0.21 | +0.21 | | | |
| | Referendum First | Referendum First | 5,808 | 0.07 | +0.07 | | | |
| | Conservative | Conservative | 4,731 | 0.05 | +0.05 | | | |
| | Independent | Independent | 34,333 | 0.39 | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,894,100 | | | 46 | 76 | 12 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 437,065 | 4.7 | –5.2 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,331,165 | 94.5 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 9,869,217 | | | | | |
| Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993 ||||||||

## New South Wales

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1985 |||||
| 1985 | 1 | Kerry Sibraa | Labor |
| 1985 | 2 | Chris Puplick | Liberal |
| 1985 | 3 | Bruce Childs | Labor |
| 1985 | 4 | David Brownhill | National |
| 1985 | 5 | John Morris | Labor |
| 1985 | 6 | Michael Baume | Liberal |
| 1985 | 7 | Colin Mason | Democrats |
| 1982 |||||
| 1982 | 1 | Arthur Gietzelt | Labor |
| 1982 | 2 | John Carrick | Liberal |
| 1982 | 3 | Graham Richardson | Labor |
| 1982 | 4 | Peter Baume | Liberal |
| 1982 | 5 | Doug McClelland | Labor |
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 381,462 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Kerry Sibraa (elected 1) 2. Bruce Childs (elected 3) 3. John Morris (elected 5) 4. Sue West | 1,268,489 | 41.6 | −5.7 |
| | Coalition | 1. Chris Puplick (Lib) (elected 2) 2. David Brownhill (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Michael Baume (Lib) (elected 6) 4. Bronwyn Bishop (Lib) 5. Doug Moppett (Nat) | 1,130,601 | 37.0 | −1.1 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Peter Garrett 2. Gillian Fisher 3. Marie-Anne Hockings 4. Russel Ward | 294,772 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| | Democrats | 1. Colin Mason (elected 7) 2. Paul McLean 3. Jenny MacLeod 4. Garry Chestnut | 223,095 | 7.3 | −1.3 |
| | Call to Australia | 1. Graham McLennan 2. Tom Toogood 3. Patricia Judge 4. Kevin Hume 5. John Everingham 6. Clair Isbister 7. Elaine Nile | 109,046 | 3.6 | +0.2 |
| | Group F | 1. Bill Wentworth 2. Robert Clark 3. Raymond King 4. Myfanwy Young | 17,530 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Group H | 1. Burnum Burnum 2. Rocky Thomas | 4,331 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Helen Hibbard | 1,671 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Group D | 1. Henry Soper 2. Maureen Nathan 3. Peter Wright 4. Archibald Brown 5. William More 6. John Veenstra | 966 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Helen Richards | 634 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Group G | 1. Peter Consandine 2. Brian Buckley | 557 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,051,692 | 94.4 | +5.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 181,272 | 5.6 | −5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,232,964 | 94.4 | −0.5 |

## Victoria

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1985 |||||
| 1985 | 1 | Olive Zakharov | Labor |
| 1985 | 2 | Alan Missen | Liberal |
| 1985 | 3 | Robert Ray | Labor |
| 1985 | 4 | David Hamer | Liberal |
| 1985 | 5 | Barney Cooney | Labor |
| 1985 | 6 | Jim Short | Liberal |
| 1985 | 7 | John Siddons | Democrats |
| 1982 |||||
| 1982 | 1 | John Button | Labor |
| 1982 | 2 | Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal |
| 1982 | 3 | Gareth Evans | Labor |
| 1982 | 4 | Austin Lewis | Liberal |
| 1982 | 5 | Don Chipp | Democrats |
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 298,787 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Olive Zakharov (elected 1) 2. Robert Ray (elected 3) 3. Barney Cooney (elected 5) 4. Carole Marple | 1,053,488 | 44.0 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal | 1. Alan Missen (elected 2) 2. David Hamer (elected 4) 3. Jim Short (elected 6) 4. Richard Alston 5. Zirka Yaskewych | 816,362 | 34.2 | +34.2 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Jean Melzer 2. Venturino Venturini | 174,389 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| | Democrats | 1. John Siddons (elected 7) 2. Janet Powell 3. Ian Price 4. Sid Spindler 5. Kenneth Peak | 165,624 | 6.9 | −5.1 |
| | National | 1. Shirley McKerrow 2. John Cromarty 3. Louise Jenkins 4. John Keating 5. Murray Buzza | 95,954 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| | Democratic Labour | 1. Brian Handley 2. Maria Handley 3. William Mahony 4. Lois Mahony | 32,472 | 1.3 | −0.9 |
| | Call to Australia | 1. Barry Tattersall 2. Valerie Renkema 3. Edna Hall 4. John Easton | 30,797 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| | Pensioner | 1. Neil McKay 2. Margaret Carter | 19,922 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | Independent | Maurice Smith | 615 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Tiger Casley | 249 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Bill Kapphan | 168 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Michael Krape | 155 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Augustus Titter | 93 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,390,288 | 95.8 | +6.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 104,906 | 4.2 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,495,194 | 95.4 | −0.5 |
* The Liberals and Nationals contested the previous election as a Coalition in the previous election, and did not do so in this election. The Coalition vote of 1983 of 38.2% was unchanged from the combined Liberal and National vote of this election.

## Queensland

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1985 |||||
| 1985 | 1 | Margaret Reynolds | Labor |
| 1985 | 2 | Ron Boswell | National |
| 1985 | 3 | David MacGibbon | Liberal |
| 1985 | 4 | Gerry Jones | Labor |
| 1985 | 5 | Glen Sheil | National |
| 1985 | 6 | John Black | Labor |
| 1985 | 7 | Michael Macklin | Democrats |
| 1982 |||||
| 1982 | 1 | George Georges | Labor |
| 1982 | 2 | Flo Bjelke-Petersen | National |
| 1982 | 3 | Warwick Parer | Liberal |
| 1982 | 4 | Mal Colston | Labor |
| 1982 | 5 | Stan Collard | National |
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 176,095 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Margaret Reynolds (elected 1) 2. Gerry Jones (elected 4) 3. John Black (elected 6) 4. Bryant Burns | 558,623 | 39.7 | +0.1 |
| | National | 1. Ron Boswell (elected 2) 2. Glen Sheil (elected 5) 3. Patrick Behan 4. Alan Metcalfe | 406,829 | 28.9 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal | 1. David MacGibbon (elected 3) 2. William Everingham 3. Olive-Orme Scott-Young 4. Christopher Gilbert 5. Maurice Thomson | 244,753 | 17.4 | +2.5 |
| | Democrats | 1. Michael Macklin (elected 7) 2. Ray Hollis 3. John Elfick 4. Cheryl Kernot | 129,636 | 9.2 | +1.3 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Patsy Goodwin 2. Bernard Hockings | 62,102 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | 1. Fast Bucks 2. Peter Livesey | 4,731 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Group B | 1. Hugh Bruce 2. Michael Carr | 1,317 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Frank Bologna | 335 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Raymond Medwin | 207 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Norman Eather | 94 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Cyril McKenzie | 86 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Dietar Soegemeier | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,408,752 | 97.0 | +5.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 43,919 | 3.0 | −5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,452,671 | 93.4 | +0.8 |

## Western Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1985 |||||
| 1985 | 1 | Patricia Giles | Labor |
| 1985 | 2 | Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal |
| 1985 | 3 | Peter Cook | Labor |
| 1985 | 4 | Reg Withers | Liberal |
| 1985 | 5 | Jim McKiernan | Labor |
| 1985 | 6 | Sue Knowles | Liberal |
| 1985 | 7 | Jo Vallentine | NDP |
| 1982 |||||
| 1982 | 1 | Peter Walsh | Labor |
| 1982 | 2 | Fred Chaney | Liberal |
| 1982 | 3 | Ruth Coleman | Labor |
| 1982 | 4 | Peter Durack | Liberal |
| 1982 | 5 | Gordon McIntosh | Labor |
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 96,467 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Patricia Giles (elected 1) 2. Peter Cook (elected 3) 3. Jim McKiernan (elected 5) 4. John Crouch | 334,371 | 43.3 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal | 1. Noel Crichton-Browne (elected 2) 2. Reg Withers (elected 4) 3. Sue Knowles (elected 6) 4. Murray Nixon | 313,738 | 40.7 | −0.3 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Jo Vallentine (elected 7) 2. Lindsay Matthews | 52,365 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | Democrats | 1. Jack Evans 2. Richard Jeffreys 3. Jean Jenkins | 37,369 | 4.8 | −2.0 |
| | Family Movement | 1. Brian Peachey 2. Beryl Van Lyn 3. Nellie Clark 4. John Gilmour 5. Kenneth Wright 6. Roland Bott | 18,041 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | National | 1. Bruce Currie 2. Eric Blight 3. Mort Schell 4. Graham Barrett-Lennard | 13,739 | 1.7 | +0.6 |
| | Group E | 1. Frank Nesci 2. Nellie Stuart | 1,033 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Peter van Tongeren | 861 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Frank Ash | 154 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Martin Suter | 62 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 771,733 | 95.3 | +3.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 37,739 | 4.7 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 809,472 | 94.2 | +1.2 |

## South Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1985 |||||
| 1985 | 1 | Nick Bolkus | Labor |
| 1985 | 2 | Baden Teague | Liberal |
| 1985 | 3 | Graham Maguire | Labor |
| 1985 | 4 | Don Jessop | Liberal |
| 1985 | 5 | Rosemary Crowley | Labor |
| 1985 | 6 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal |
| 1985 | 7 | David Vigor | Democrats |
| 1982 |||||
| 1982 | 1 | Ron Elstob | Labor |
| 1982 | 2 | Tony Messner | Liberal |
| 1982 | 3 | Janine Haines | Democrats |
| 1982 | 4 | Dominic Foreman | Labor |
| 1982 | 5 | Robert Hill | Liberal |
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 101,997 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Nick Bolkus (elected 1) 2. Graham Maguire (elected 3) 3. Rosemary Crowley (elected 5) 4. Vic Heron | 340,115 | 41.7 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal | 1. Baden Teague (elected 2) 2. Don Jessop (elected 4) 3. Amanda Vanstone (elected 6) 4. Robert Giles | 306,027 | 37.5 | −2.9 |
| | Democrats | 1. David Vigor (elected 7) 2. John Coulter 3. Mike Elliott 4. Sandra Kanck | 91,329 | 11.2 | −0.9 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Frances Mowling 2. Ian Modistach 3. Douglas Peers | 37,834 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| | Call to Australia | 1. Bob Brown 2. Dean Davis 3. William Pomery | 22,429 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| | National | 1. John Bannon 2. Judith Jackson 3. Ray Rothe 4. Helen Scott 5. Audrey Pobke | 10,756 | 1.3 | −0.4 |
| | Pensioner | 1. Wilfred Scott 2. Kenneth Perry | 4,052 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Group F | 1. Judy Gillett 2. Brian Sones 3. Eugene Sibelle | 1,328 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| | Group D | 1. Joe Rossi 2. Warwick Stallard 3. Giovanni Melino 4. Gizella Farkas | 840 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Family Movement | 1. Bob Boyd 2. Fred Tanner | 800 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | Herman Bersee | 199 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Peter Gagliardi | 169 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| | Independent | Edward Dyer | 92 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 815,970 | 94.6 | +3.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 46,399 | 5.4 | −3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 862,369 | 95.2 | +0.2 |

## Tasmania

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1985 |||||
| 1985 | 1 | Terry Aulich | Labor |
| 1985 | 2 | Brian Archer | Liberal |
| 1985 | 3 | Ray Devlin | Labor |
| 1985 | 4 | John Watson | Liberal |
| 1985 | 5 | John Coates | Labor |
| 1985 | 6 | Michael Townley | Liberal |
| 1985 | 7 | Norm Sanders | Democrats |
| 1982 |||||
| 1982 | 1 | Peter Rae | Liberal |
| 1982 | 2 | Don Grimes | Labor |
| 1982 | 3 | Brian Harradine | Independent |
| 1982 | 4 | Shirley Walters | Liberal |
| 1982 | 5 | Michael Tate | Labor |
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 32,724 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Terry Aulich (elected 1) 2. Ray Devlin (elected 3) 3. John Coates (elected 5) 4. John White | 108,900 | 41.6 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal | 1. Brian Archer (elected 2) 2. John Watson (elected 4) 3. Michael Townley (elected 6) 4. Eric Abetz 5. Des Cooper 6. Michael Chabrel | 106,427 | 40.6 | −2.0 |
| | Group C (Harradine Group) | 1. Kath Venn 2. Colin Sacco | 22,992 | 8.8 | −9.0 |
| | Democrats | 1. Norm Sanders (elected 7} 2. Lyn Hewitt | 15,897 | 6.1 | −0.7 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Ian Paulin 2. Anne Parker | 7,574 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 261,790 | 94.2 | +1.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 16,155 | 5.8 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 277,945 | 95.8 | −0.2 |

## Australian Capital Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1984 |||||
| 1984 | 1 | Susan Ryan | Labor |
| 1984 | 2 | Margaret Reid | Liberal |
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 45,608 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Susan Ryan (elected 1) 2. Hugh Saddler | 60,763 | 44.4 | −10.9 |
| | Liberal | 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. David Walters | 43,699 | 31.9 | +0.2 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. John Conway 2. Jan Barratt | 14,025 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| | Democrats | 1. John Hatton 2. Julia Knyvett | 12,571 | 9.2 | −2.7 |
| | Referendum First | 1. Allan Nelson 2. Tony Spagnolo | 5,808 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 136,866 | 96.6 | −0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,813 | 3.4 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,679 | 94.2 | −1.8 |

## Northern Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 1984 |||||
| 1984 | 1 | Bernie Kilgariff | CLP |
| 1984 | 2 | Ted Robertson | Labor |
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 19,004 | | |
| | Country Liberal | 1. Bernie Kilgariff (elected 1) 2. Patricia Davies | 27,972 | 48.9 | +0.8 |
| | Labor | 1. Ted Robertson (elected 2) 2. Warren Snowdon | 26,040 | 45.4 | −0.6 |
| | Democrats | 1. Betty Pearce 2. Fay Lawrence | 2,449 | 4.2 | −1.1 |
| | Independent | Vincent Forrester | 548 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 57,009 | 96.8 | +1.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,862 | 3.2 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,871 | 85.5 | +4.1 |