# Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983

   Senate composition at 1 July 1981
   Government (31) - (2 seat minority) Coalition
    Liberal (27)
    National Country Party (3)
    Country Liberal (1)
   Opposition (27)  Labor (27)
   Crossbench (6)
    Democrats (5)
    Independent (Brian Harradine) (1)
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1981 to 5 February 1983. Half of the state senators were elected at the December 1977 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1984; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 1980 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1987. The territory senators were elected at the October 1980 election and their terms ended at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1983. However, in fact, the Senate was dissolved on 4 February 1983 for a double dissolution election.
| Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office |
| Brian Archer | Liberal | Tasmania | 1984 | 1975–1994 |
| Peter Baume | Liberal | New South Wales | 1984 | 1974–1991 |
| Florence Bjelke-Petersen | National | Queensland | 1987 | 1981–1993 |
| Nick Bolkus | Labor | South Australia | 1987 | 1981–2005 |
| Neville Bonner | Liberal | Queensland | 1987 | 1971–1983 |
| John Button | Labor | Victoria | 1984 | 1974–1993 |
| John Carrick | Liberal | New South Wales | 1987 | 1970–1987 |
| Fred Chaney | Liberal | Western Australia | 1984 | 1974–1990 |
| Bruce Childs | Labor | New South Wales | 1987 | 1981–1997 |
| Don Chipp | Democrats | Victoria | 1984 | 1977–1986 |
| John Coates | Labor | Tasmania | 1987 | 1981–1996 |
| Ruth Coleman | Labor | Western Australia | 1984 | 1974–1987 |
| Stan Collard | National | Queensland | 1984 | 1975–1987 |
| Mal Colston | Labor | Queensland | 1984 | 1975–1999 |
| Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal | Western Australia | 1987 | 1981–1996 |
| Peter Durack | Liberal | Western Australia | 1987 | 1970–1993 |
| Ron Elstob | Labor | South Australia | 1984 | 1977–1987 |
| Gareth Evans | Labor | Victoria | 1984 | 1977–1996 |
| Dominic Foreman | Labor | South Australia | 1987 | 1981–1997 |
| George Georges | Labor | Queensland | 1984 | 1967–1987 |
| Arthur Gietzelt | Labor | New South Wales | 1984 | 1970–1989 |
| Patricia Giles | Labor | Western Australia | 1987 | 1981–1993 |
| Don Grimes | Labor | Tasmania | 1984 | 1974–1987 |
| Dame Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | Victoria | 1987 | 1970–1987 |
| Janine Haines | Democrats | South Australia | 1987 | 1977–1978, 1980–1990 |
| David Hamer | Liberal | Victoria | 1984 | 1977–1990 |
| Brian Harradine | Independent | Tasmania | 1987 | 1975–2005 |
| Jean Hearn | Labor | Tasmania | 1987 | 1981–1985 |
| Robert Hill | Liberal | South Australia | 1987 | 1981–2006 |
| Don Jessop | Liberal | South Australia | 1987 | 1970–1991 |
| Gerry Jones | Labor | Queensland | 1987 | 1981–1996 |
| Jim Keeffe | Labor | Queensland | 1987 | 1964–1983 |
| Bernie Kilgariff | Country Liberal | Northern Territory | 1983 | 1975–1987 |
| Misha Lajovic | Liberal | New South Wales | 1984 | 1975–1985 |
| Austin Lewis | Liberal | Victoria | 1987 | 1976–1993 |
| David MacGibbon | Liberal | Queensland | 1984 | 1977–1999 |
| Michael Macklin | Democrats | Queensland | 1987 | 1981–1990 |
| Kathy Martin | Liberal | Queensland | 1984 | 1974–1984 |
| John Martyr | Liberal | Western Australia | 1984 | 1981–1983 |
| Colin Mason | Democrats | New South Wales | 1984 | 1977–1987 |
| Doug McClelland | Labor | New South Wales | 1987 | 1961–1987 |
| Gordon McIntosh | Labor | Western Australia | 1987 | 1974–1987 |
| Geoff McLaren | Labor | South Australia | 1984 | 1970–1983 |
| Tony Messner | Liberal | South Australia | 1984 | 1975–1990 |
| Alan Missen | Liberal | Victoria | 1984 | 1974–1986 |
| Tony Mulvihill | Labor | New South Wales | 1984 | 1964–1983 |
| Cyril Primmer | Labor | Victoria | 1987 | 1971–1985 |
| Peter Rae | Liberal | Tasmania | 1987 | 1967–1986 |
| Robert Ray | Labor | Victoria | 1987 | 1981–2008 |
| Margaret Reid | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 1983 | 1981–2003 |
| Ted Robertson | Labor | Northern Territory | 1983 | 1975–1987 |
| Susan Ryan | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 1983 | 1975–1988 |
| Douglas Scott | National | New South Wales | 1987 | 1970, 1974–1985 |
| Kerry Sibraa | Labor | New South Wales | 1987 | 1975–78, 1978–94 |
| John Siddons | Democrats | Victoria | 1987 | 1981–1983, 1985–1987 |
| Michael Tate | Labor | Tasmania | 1984 | 1977–1993 |
| Baden Teague | Liberal | South Australia | 1984 | 1977–1996 |
| Andrew Thomas | Liberal | Western Australia | 1984 | 1975–1983 |
| Michael Townley | Liberal | Tasmania | 1987 | 1970–1987 |
| Peter Walsh | Labor | Western Australia | 1984 | 1974–1993 |
| Shirley Walters | Liberal | Tasmania | 1984 | 1975–1993 |
| John Watson | Liberal | Tasmania | 1984 | 1978–2008 |
| Rt. Reg Withers | Liberal | Western Australia | 1987 | 1966, 1967–1987 |
| Harold Young | Liberal | South Australia | 1984 | 1967–1983 |