1996 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1996 federal election. Senators total 35 coalition (31 Liberal, three coalition National, one CLP), 29 Labor, two Green, two non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1996, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

Australia +Senate (STV GV) — 1996–99 – Turnout 95.20% (CV) — Informal 3.89% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change Liberal–National joint ticket 2,669,377 24.49 +0.09 6 N/A 1,770,486 16.24 +0.65 12 31 2 312,769 2.87 +0.15 1 5 1 40,050 0.37 +0.04 1 1 Liberal–National coalition 4,792,682 43.97 +0.92 20 37 1 3,940,150 36.15 −7.35 14 29 1 1,179,357 10.82 +5.51 5 7 Greens 345,513 3.17 +0.67 1 2 Total 10,899,037 40 76 Invalid/blank votes 395,442 3.5 Turnout 11,294,479 96.2 Registered voters 11,740,568Source: Federal Elections 1996

New South Wales Elected # Senator Party1996 1996 1 Bob Woods Liberal 1996 2 Sue West Labor 1996 3 David Brownhill National 1996 4 Bruce Childs Labor 1996 5 Helen Coonan Liberal 1996 6 Vicki Bourne Democrats1993 1993 1 Michael Forshaw Labor 1993 2 Michael Baume Liberal 1993 3 John Faulkner Labor 1993 4 John Tierney Liberal 1993 5 Belinda Neal Labor 1993 6 Sandy Macdonald National

Victoria Elected # Senator Party1996 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 Democrats1993 1993 1 Stephen Conroy Labor 1993 2 Jim Short Liberal 1993 3 Kim Carr Labor 1993 4 Julian McGauran National 1993 5 Jacinta Collins Labor 1993 6 Judith Troeth Liberal

Queensland

Elected # Senator Party1996 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 Cheryl Kernot Democrats1993 1993 1 Margaret Reynolds Labor 1993 2 David MacGibbon Liberal 1993 3 Bill O'Chee National 1993 4 Mal Colston Labor 1993 5 John Herron Liberal 1993 6 John Woodley Democrats

Western Australia Elected # Senator Party1996 1996 1 Winston Crane Liberal 1996 2 Jim McKiernan Labor 1996 3 John Panizza Liberal 1996 4 Mark Bishop Labor 1996 5 Alan Eggleston Liberal 1996 6 Andrew Murray Democrats1993 1993 1 Sue Knowles Liberal 1993 2 Peter Cook Labor 1993 3 Ian Campbell Liberal 1993 4 Chris Evans Labor 1993 5 Chris Ellison Liberal 1993 6 Dee Margetts Greens

South Australia Elected # Senator Party1996 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 Liberal1993 1993 1 Amanda Vanstone Liberal 1993 2 Nick Bolkus Labor 1993 3 Nick Minchin Liberal 1993 4 Dominic Foreman Labor 1993 5 Alan Ferguson Liberal 1993 6 Meg Lees Democrats

Tasmania Elected # Senator Party1996 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 Greens1993 1993 1 Kay Denman Labor 1993 2 Eric Abetz Liberal 1993 3 John Coates Labor 1993 4 Brian Gibson Liberal 1993 5 Brian Harradine Independent 1993 6 Shayne Murphy Labor

Australian Capital Territory Elected # Senator Party1996 1996 1 Kate Lundy Labor 1996 2 Margaret Reid Liberal

Northern Territory Elected # Senator Party1996 1996 1 Grant Tambling Liberal 1996 2 Bob Collins Labor

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