This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 1990. It consisted of twelve senators for each of the six states of Australia and two senators representing each of the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. All members were elected at the 1987 election following a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, rather than the normal case of only half of the state senators facing election.
In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution, Rotation of senators. following a double dissolution of Parliament, the terms for senators commence on 1 July preceding the election – i.e., on 1 July 1987. The Senate decides which senators were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1993 and which senators were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1990. In 1983 the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 had been amended to include provision for a recount of ballot papers to determine the senators to get the long term vacancies. Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances. This was the result of a unanimous recommendation from the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform. Despite the unanimous recommendation for reform, and the maintained the previous system where the first six senators elected in each state were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1993 while the other half were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1990. The effect of this system was that Democrat Senators Paul McLean and Janet Powell got a long term instead of National Senators David Brownhill and Julian McGauran. There was no net effect on Labor and Liberal in that in South Australia, Labor Senator Graham Maguire got a long term instead of Liberal Senator Robert Hill, while in Queensland, Liberal Senator Warwick Parer got a long term instead of Labor Senator Gerry Jones. Senators took their seats immediately following the election on 11 July 1987. The four territory senators were elected in July 1987 and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was March 1990.
Senator Party State Term ending Years in office Victoria 1990 1986–2004 Tasmania 1993 1975–1994 Tasmania 1993 1984–1993 New South Wales 1993 1984–1996 New South Wales 1993 1974–1991 Western Australia 1990 1987–1996 Tasmania 1990 1990–1996 New South Wales 1990 1987–1994 Queensland 1993 1980–1993 Queensland 1990 1984–1990 South Australia 1993 1981–2005 Queensland 1990 1983–2014 New South Wales 1990 1984–2000 Queensland 1990 1987–1996 Victoria 1993 1974–1993 Tasmania 1990 1987–2007 Western Australia 1993 1990–2007 Western Australia 1993 1974–1990 South Australia 1990 1987–2008 New South Wales 1990 1980–1997 Tasmania 1993 1980–1996 Northern Territory 1990 1987–1998 Queensland 1993 1975–1999 Western Australia 1993 1983–2005 Victoria 1990 1984–2002 South Australia 1990 1987–1995 Western Australia 1990 1980–1996 South Australia 1990 1983–2002 Tasmania 1990 1987–1996 Tasmania 1990 1984–1990 / New South Wales 1990 1988–1990 Western Australia 1993 1970–1993 Victoria 1993 1977–1996 New South Wales 1993 1989–2015 South Australia 1993 1980–1997 New South Wales 1993 1970–1989 Western Australia 1993 1980–1993 South Australia 1993 1977–1978, 1980–1990 Victoria 1990 1977–1990 Tasmania 1993 1975–2005 South Australia 1990 1981–2006 Western Australia 1990 1987–1990 Queensland 1990 1980–1996 Western Australia 1993 1984–2005 South Australia 1993 1990–2005 Victoria 1993 1976–1993 Queensland 1993 1977–1999 Queensland 1990 1980–1990 South Australia 1993 1983–1993 Victoria 1990 1987–1990, 1993–2011 Western Australia 1990 1984–2002 New South Wales 1993 1987–1991 Australian Capital Territory 1990 1988–1996 South Australia 1993 1975–1990 New South Wales 1990 1984–1990 Tasmania 1990 1986–2002 Queensland 1993 1990–1999 South Australia 1993 1990–1992 Western Australia 1990 1987–1997 Queensland 1993 1984–2000 Victoria 1990 1987–2008 Victoria 1993 1986–1993 New South Wales 1990 1978–1980, 1984–1990 Victoria 1990 1981–2008 Australian Capital Territory 1990 1981–2003 Queensland 1993 1983–1999 New South Wales 1993 1983–1994 Australian Capital Territory 1990 1975–1988 Tasmania 1990 1984–1990 South Australia 1990 1987–2002 Queensland 1990 1974–1981, 1984–1990 Victoria 1993 1984–1997 New South Wales 1993 1975–1978, 1978–1994 Queensland 1993 1987–1990 Northern Territory 1990 1987–2001 Tasmania 1993 1977–1993 South Australia 1990 1977–1996 Western Australia 1990 1984–1992 South Australia 1993 1984–2007 Western Australia 1993 1974–1993 Tasmania 1993 1975–1993 Tasmania 1990 1978–2008 New South Wales 1990 1987–1988 Victoria 1993 1983–1995
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