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 until 2025, 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 Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change   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 3,516,857 39.54 –0.41 20 33 5   Australian Democrats 677,970 7.62 −2.32 5 7 2   Nuclear Disarmament Party 643,061 7.23 * 1 1 1   Harradine Group 22,992 0.26 −0.32 1 Total 8,894,100 46 76 12Invalid/blank votes 437,065 4.7 –5.2Turnout 9,331,165 94.5Registered voters 9,869,217Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993

New South Wales

Elected # Senator Party1985 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  Democrats1982 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

Victoria

Elected # Senator Party1985 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  Democrats1982 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

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 Party1985 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  Democrats1982 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

Western Australia

Elected # Senator Party1985 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  NDP1982 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

South Australia

Elected # Senator Party1985 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  Democrats1982 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

Tasmania

Elected # Senator Party1985 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  Democrats1982 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

Australian Capital Territory

Elected # Senator Party1984 1984 1 Susan Ryan  Labor 1984 2 Margaret Reid  Liberal

Northern Territory

Elected # Senator Party1984 1984 1 Bernie Kilgariff  CLP 1984 2 Ted Robertson  Labor

See also

1984 Australian federal election Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1984 Members of the Australian Senate, 1985–1987

References

External links Adam Carr's Election Archive