1977 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1977 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (27 Liberal, six coalition National, one CLP), 27 Labor, two Democrats and one Independent. Senator terms are six years (three for territories). Senators elected at this election began their terms on 1 July 1978, except for the territorial senators who took their seats at the election. This election marked the effective parliamentary debut of the Australian Democrats.

Australia + Senate (STV) — 1977–80—Turnout 95.08% (CV) — Informal 9.00% Party Votes % Swing Seats won Seats held Change   Liberal–NCP Coalition (total) 3,369,843 45.56 –5.18 18 34 –1   Liberal–NCP joint ticket 2,533,882 34.26 −5.60 7 * *   Liberal 783,878 10.60 −0.48 10 27 +1   National Country 36,619 0.50 −0.04 0 6 –2   Country Liberal 15,463 0.21 −0.01 1 1 0   Labor 2,718,876 36.76 −4.15 14 27 0   Democrats 823,550 11.13 +11.13 2 2 +2   Democratic Labor 123,192 1.67 –1.00 0 0 0   Progress 88,203 1.19 +0.32 0 0 0   Call to Australia 49,395 1.12 +1.12 0 0 0   Marijuana 44,276 0.60 +0.60 0 0 0   Socialist 42,740 0.58 +0.57 0 0 0   Australia 8,283 0.11 –0.37 0 0 0   Independents 127,850 1.73 +0.13 0 1 0   Total 7,396,207     34 64 Independent: Brian Harradine (Tasmania) The Progress Party was the renamed "Workers Party" from the 1975 election.

New South Wales Elected # Senator Party1978 1978 1 Peter Baume  Liberal 1978 2 Tony Mulvihill  Labor 1978 3 Misha Lajovic  Liberal 1978 4 Arthur Gietzelt  Labor 1978 5 Colin Mason  Democrat1976 1976 1 Bob Cotton  Liberal 1976 2 Doug McClelland  Labor 1976 3 John Carrick  Liberal 1976 4 Jim McClelland  Labor 1976 5 Douglas Scott  NCP

Victoria Elected # Senator Party1978 1978 1 Alan Missen  Liberal 1978 2 Gareth Evans  Labor 1978 3 David Hamer  Liberal 1978 4 John Button  Labor 1978 5 Don Chipp  Democrat1976 1976 1 Ivor Greenwood  Liberal 1976 2 Jean Melzer  Labor 1976 3 Margaret Guilfoyle  Liberal 1976 4 Cyril Primmer  Labor 1976 5 James Webster  NCP

Queensland Elected # Senator Party1978 1978 1 Kathy Sullivan  Liberal 1978 2 George Georges  Labor 1978 3 Stan Collard  NCP 1978 4 Mal Colston  Labor 1978 5 David MacGibbon  Liberal1976 1976 1 Neville Bonner  Liberal 1976 2 Jim Keeffe  Labor 1976 3 Ron Maunsell  NCP 1976 4 Ron McAuliffe  Labor 1976 5 Glen Sheil  NCP

South Australia Elected # Senator Party1978 1978 1 Tony Messner  Liberal 1978 2 Geoff McLaren  Labor 1978 3 Harold Young  Liberal 1978 4 Ron Elstob  Labor 1978 5 Baden Teague  Liberal1976 1976 1 Gordon Davidson  Liberal 1976 2 Reg Bishop  Labor 1976 3 Don Jessop  Liberal 1976 4 Jim Cavanagh  Labor 1976 5 Condor Laucke  Liberal

Western Australia Elected # Senator Party1978 1978 1 Fred Chaney  Liberal 1978 2 Peter Walsh  Labor 1978 3 Andrew Thomas  Liberal 1978 4 Ruth Coleman  Labor 1978 5 Allan Rocher  Liberal1976 1976 1 Reg Withers  Liberal 1976 2 John Wheeldon  Labor 1976 3 Peter Durack  Liberal 1976 4 Gordon McIntosh  Labor 1976 5 Peter Sim  Liberal

Tasmania Elected # Senator Party1978 1978 1 Shirley Walters  Liberal 1978 2 Don Grimes  Labor 1978 3 Brian Archer  Liberal 1978 4 Michael Tate  Labor 1978 5 John Watson  Liberal1976 1976 1 Peter Rae  Liberal 1976 2 Ken Wriedt  Labor 1976 3 Brian Harradine  Independent 1976 4 Michael Townley  Liberal 1976 5 Justin O'Byrne  Labor

Australian Capital Territory Elected # Senator Party1977 1977 1 Susan Ryan  Labor 1977 2 John Knight  Liberal

Northern Territory Elected # Senator Party1977 1977 1 Bernie Kilgariff  Country Liberal 1977 2 Ted Robertson  Labor

See also 1977 Australian federal election Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1977 Members of the Australian Senate, 1978–1981

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