1980 Australian Senate election
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The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1980 federal election. Senators total 31 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 27 Labor, two non-coalition National, five Democrats, and one Independent.[1] Senator terms are six years (three for territories). Senators elected at this election began their terms on 1 July 1981, except for the territorial senators who took their seats at the election.
Australia
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Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Total seats | Change | ||
Liberal–NCP coalition | 3,352,521 | 43.58 | –1.98 | 15 | 31 | –3 | ||
Liberal–NCP joint ticket | 1,971,528 | 25.63 | −8.63 | 4 | * | * | ||
Liberal | 1,011,289 | 13.15 | +2.55 | 9 | 27 | 0 | ||
National Country | 341,978 | 4.45 | +3.95 | 1 | 3 | –3 | ||
Country Liberal | 19,129 | 0.25 | +0.04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Labor | 3,250,187 | 42.25 | +5.49 | 15 | 27 | 0 | ||
Democrats | 711,805 | 9.25 | −1.88 | 3 | 5 | +3 | ||
Call to Australia | 118,535 | 1.54 | +0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Democratic Labor | 31,766 | 0.41 | –1.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marijuana | 28,337 | 0.37 | –0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Australia | 27,404 | 0.36 | +0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Socialist | 15,412 | 0.20 | –0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Progress | 8,252 | 0.11 | –1.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NPWA | 7,597 | 0.10 | +0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Progressive Conservative | 6,247 | 0.07 | +0.07 | 0 | 0 | |||
National Front of Australia | 1,467 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | 0 | |||
Other | 56,128 | 0.73 | +0.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent | 86,770 | 1.13 | –0.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 7,692,364 | 34 | 64 |
New South Wales
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1981 | ||||
1981 | 1 | Doug McClelland | Labor | |
1981 | 2 | John Carrick | Liberal | |
1981 | 3 | Bruce Childs | Labor | |
1981 | 4 | Douglas Scott | NCP | |
1981 | 5 | Kerry Sibraa | Labor | |
1978 | ||||
1978 | 1 | Peter Baume | Liberal | |
1978 | 2 | Tony Mulvihill | Labor | |
1978 | 3 | Misha Lajovic | Liberal | |
1978 | 4 | Arthur Gietzelt | Labor | |
1978 | 5 | Colin Mason | Democrat |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 452,977 | ||||
Labor | 1. Doug McClelland (elected 1) 2. Bruce Childs (elected 3) 3. Kerry Sibraa (elected 5) |
1,215,796 | 44.7 | +4.6 | |
Coalition | 1. John Carrick (Lib) (elected 2) 2. Douglas Scott (NCP) (elected 4) 3. Chris Puplick (Lib) |
1,139,825 | 41.9 | -1.4 | |
Democrats | 1. Paul McLean 2. Elisabeth Kirkby 3. Laurence Bourke |
187,507 | 6.9 | -1.4 | |
Call to Australia | 1. Fred Nile 2. John Whitehall 3. Joan Loew |
118,535 | 4.4 | +2.5 | |
Marijuana | 1. James Billington 2. Anne Parsons |
13,476 | 0.5 | -0.4 | |
National Colonialist Party | 1. Nicholas Jones 2. Ian MacRae |
11,038 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Socialist | 1. Peter Symon 2. Harry Black 3. Raymond Ferguson 4. Edgar Woodbury |
8,760 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |
Group C | 1. John E Champion 2. Julie A Champion 3. John D Champion |
6,785 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Estelle Myers | 4,469 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Joylene Hairmouth | 4,334 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Josephine Chisholm-Mallett | 2,855 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Progress | 1. Fernand Eyschen 2. Nicholas Hudson |
2,260 | 0.1 | -2.4 | |
Independent | Terence Griffiths | 921 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Berard O'Grady | 489 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Rudolph Dezelin | 305 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Norman Eather | 262 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Gene Salvestrin | 241 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,717,858 | 90.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 281,338 | 9.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,999,186 | 94.2 | −0.8 |
Victoria
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1981 | ||||
1981 | 1 | Cyril Primmer | Labor | |
1981 | 2 | Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | |
1981 | 3 | Robert Ray | Labor | |
1981 | 4 | Austin Lewis | Liberal | |
1981 | 5 | John Siddons | Democrat | |
1978 | ||||
1978 | 1 | Alan Missen | Liberal | |
1978 | 2 | Gareth Evans | Labor | |
1978 | 3 | David Hamer | Liberal | |
1978 | 4 | John Button | Labor | |
1978 | 5 | Don Chipp | Democrat |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 339,953 | ||||
Labor | 1. Cyril Primmer (elected 1) 2. Robert Ray (elected 3) 3. Jean Melzer |
877,468 | 43.0 | +8.8 | |
Coalition | 1. Margaret Guilfoyle (Lib) (elected 2) 2. Austin Lewis (Lib) (elected 4) 3. Laurence Neal (NCP) |
831,703 | 40.8 | -1.0 | |
Democrats | 1. John Siddons (elected 5) 2. Janet Powell 3. Ian Price |
231,113 | 11.3 | -4.9 | |
Democratic Labour | 1. Paul McManus 2. John Flint 3. Robert Semmel |
31,766 | 1.6 | -4.6 | |
Australia | 1. Gail Farrell 2. Frederick Funnell |
25,734 | 1.3 | +1.2 | |
Marijuana | 1. Margaret Fraser 2. James Billington |
11,684 | 0.6 | -0.1 | |
Group B | 1. John Jess 2. John Davies 3. Donald Moyes |
10,402 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Group K | 1. Francis Petering 2. Jean McPherson 3. Louis Cook |
9,081 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Socialist | 1. Georgina Lialios 2. Trevor McCandless 3. Raymond Berbling |
2,791 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
Group E | 1. Shane Watson 2. Ernest Langmaid |
1,765 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group D | 1. George Samargis 2. Daniel Smargis |
1,538 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Pamela Moore | 1,498 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Anthony Palmer | 1,470 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Augustus Titter | 1,157 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Maurice Smith | 329 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Wilhelm Kapphan | 217 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,039,716 | 90.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 256,060 | 9.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,295,776 | 95.0 | −0.7 |
Queensland
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1981 | ||||
1981 | 1 | Jim Keeffe | Labor | |
1981 | 2 | Flo Bjelke-Petersen | NCP | |
1981 | 3 | Neville Bonner | Liberal | |
1981 | 4 | Gerry Jones | Labor | |
1981 | 5 | Michael Macklin | Democrat | |
1978 | ||||
1978 | 1 | Kathy Sullivan | Liberal | |
1978 | 2 | George Georges | Labor | |
1978 | 3 | Stan Collard | NCP | |
1978 | 4 | Mal Colston | Labor | |
1978 | 5 | David MacGibbon | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 192,889 | ||||
Labor | 1. Jim Keeffe (elected 1) 2. Gerry Jones (elected 4) 3. Robert Gleeson |
445,277 | 38.5 | +3.9 | |
National Country | 1. Flo Bjelke-Petersen (elected 2) 2. Glen Sheil 3. Ron Maunsell |
309,622 | 26.8 | +26.8* | |
Liberal | 1. Neville Bonner (elected 3) 2. Yvonne McComb 3. Franz Born |
266,407 | 23.0 | +23.0* | |
Democrats | 1. Michael Macklin (elected 5) 2. William Elson-Green 3. Gilruth Rees |
115,429 | 10.0 | +1.0 | |
Progress | 1. Vivian Forbes 2. Frank Paull |
3,399 | 0.3 | -0.5 | |
Group J | 1. Lionel Fifield 2. Robert McClintock |
3,256 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Group F | 1. John Butler 2. Anne Glew |
3,022 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Socialist | 1. David Ryan 2. Stephen Bulloch 3. Ivan Ivanoff |
2,514 | 0.2 | -2.6 | |
Independent | Norman Eather | 2,191 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Group G | 1. Sydney Shawcross 2. Cyril McKenzie 3. Michael Dendle |
2,102 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
National Front | 1. Rosemary Sisson 2. Victor Robb |
1,467 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Carlemo Wacando | 1,326 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Group H | 1. James Drabsch 2. Vivien Botterill |
513 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Neil McKay | 369 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Anthony Catip | 241 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Frederick Phillips | 195 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 1,157,330 | 90.8 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 117,884 | 9.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,275,214 | 94.0 | −0.8 |
- The Liberal and Country parties contested the previous election as a Coalition, where they obtained 51.3% of the vote. In this election, they contested the election as separate parties.
South Australia
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1981 | ||||
1981 | 1 | Don Jessop | Liberal | |
1981 | 2 | Dominic Foreman | Labor | |
1981 | 3 | Robert Hill | Liberal | |
1981 | 4 | Nick Bolkus | Labor | |
1981 | 5 | Janine Haines | Democrat | |
1978 | ||||
1978 | 1 | Tony Messner | Liberal | |
1978 | 2 | Geoff McLaren | Labor | |
1978 | 3 | Harold Young | Liberal | |
1978 | 4 | Ron Elstob | Labor | |
1978 | 5 | Baden Teague | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 122,723 | ||||
Liberal | 1. Don Jessop (elected 1) 2. Robert Hill (elected 3) 3. Craig Spiel |
319,088 | 43.3 | -5.8 | |
Labor | 1. Dominic Foreman (elected 2) 2. Nick Bolkus (elected 4) 3. Graham Maguire |
300,420 | 40.8 | +4.0 | |
Democrats | 1. Janine Haines (elected 5) 2. Ian Gilfillan 3. David Vigor |
96,662 | 13.1 | +1.9 | |
National Country | 1. Geoffrey Clothier 2. Sylvia Schulz 3. Peter McBride |
7,419 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Concerned Christian Candidates | 1. Betty Luks 2. James Cronin 3. Gordon Kroschel |
4,189 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Marijuana | 1. Craig Cocks 2. Gwenda Woods |
2,373 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Australia | 1. Ian Modistach 2. Alan Jamieson |
1,670 | 0.2 | -0.2 | |
Socialist | 1. Brian Rooney 2. Ida Goss 3. Laurence Kiek |
1,347 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |
Progressive Conservative | 1. David Kitto 2. Mary McKenzie-Huish |
1,248 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Valentine Furner | 879 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | William Forster | 820 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Raymond Bradtke | 221 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 736,336 | 91.3 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 70,359 | 8.7 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 806,695 | 94.9 | −0.2 |
Western Australia
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1981 | ||||
1981 | 1 | Reg Withers | Liberal | |
1981 | 2 | Gordon McIntosh | Labor | |
1981 | 3 | Peter Durack | Liberal | |
1981 | 4 | Patricia Giles | Labor | |
1981 | 5 | Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal | |
1978 | ||||
1978 | 1 | Fred Chaney | Liberal | |
1978 | 2 | Peter Walsh | Labor | |
1978 | 3 | Andrew Thomas | Liberal | |
1978 | 4 | Ruth Coleman | Labor | |
1978 | 5 | Allan Rocher | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 105,085 | ||||
Liberal | 1. Reg Withers (elected 1) 2. Peter Durack (elected 3) 3. Noel Crichton-Browne (elected 5) |
283,429 | 45.0 | -1.4 | |
Labor | 1. Gordon McIntosh (elected 2) 2. Patricia Giles (elected 4) 3. Brian Conway |
244,729 | 38.8 | +6.0 | |
Democrats | 1. Jack Evans 2. Geoffrey Taylor 3. Shirley de la Hunty |
58,538 | 9.3 | -3.2 | |
National Country | 1. John Patterson 2. John McIntyre 3. Leonard Newing |
25,937 | 4.1 | -2.0 | |
National | 1. Anthony Overheu 2. Edna Adams 3. Murray Anderson |
7,597 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Progressive Conservative | 1. Syd Negus 2. Peter Harwood |
4,999 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Progress | 1. John Trewick 2. James Jamieson 3. Kenneth Law |
2,593 | 0.4 | -1.3 | |
Group D | 1. Francesco Nesci 2. Nellie Stuart |
1,570 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Douglas Thorp | 1,112 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 630,504 | 90.1 | −1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 69,453 | 9.9 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 699,957 | 93.2 | −0.8 |
Tasmania
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1981 | ||||
1981 | 1 | Peter Rae | Liberal | |
1981 | 2 | Jean Hearn | Labor | |
1981 | 3 | Brian Harradine | Independent | |
1981 | 4 | Michael Townley | Liberal | |
1981 | 5 | John Coates | Labor | |
1978 | ||||
1978 | 1 | Shirley Walters | Liberal | |
1978 | 2 | Don Grimes | Labor | |
1978 | 3 | Brian Archer | Liberal | |
1978 | 4 | Michael Tate | Labor | |
1978 | 5 | John Watson | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 40,640 | ||||
Liberal | 1. Peter Rae (elected 1) 2. Michael Townley (elected 4) 3. Peter Jones |
96,098 | 39.4 | -10.4 | |
Labor | 1. Jean Hearn (elected 2) 2. John Coates (elected 5) 3. John White |
86,833 | 35.6 | -2.1 | |
Group B | 1. Brian Harradine (elected 3) 2. Harry Upston |
52,247 | 21.4 | +21.4 | |
Democrats | 1. Norman Siberry 2. Rae Saxon 3. Brian Austen |
7,780 | 3.2 | -2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 243,838 | 92.5 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 19,651 | 7.5 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 263,489 | 96.3 | −0.4 |
Australian Capital Territory
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1980 | ||||
1980 | 1 | Susan Ryan | Labor | |
1980 | 2 | John Knight | Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 41,569 | ||||
Labor | 1. Susan Ryan (elected 1) 2. John Langmore |
63,280 | 50.8 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | 2. John Knight (elected 2) 2. David Adams |
46,267 | 37.1 | -1.3 | |
Democrats | 1. John Filler 2. John Morgan |
10,663 | 8.5 | -4.3 | |
Jobless Action Community Campaign | 1. Neville Curtis 2. Jacqueline Flitcroft |
4,001 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Joseph Marks | 493 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 124,704 | 97.2 | +6.9 | ||
Informal votes | 3,558 | 2.8 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 128,262 | 94.3 | −1.3 |
Northern Territory
[edit]Elected | # | Senator | Party | |
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1980 | ||||
1980 | 1 | Bernie Kilgariff | Country Liberal | |
1980 | 2 | Ted Robertson | Labor |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 14,027 | ||||
Country Liberal | 1. Bernard Kilgariff (elected 1) 2. Graeme Lewis |
19,129 | 45.5 | -0.5 | |
Labor | 1. Ted Robertson (elected 2) 2. Hunter Harrison |
16,384 | 38.9 | -1.5 | |
Democrats | 1. Jack Hunt 2. William Evans |
4,113 | 9.8 | +1.6 | |
Christian Democrat | 1. Ronald Mann 2. Charles Coombs |
1,648 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Marijuana | 1. Jennifer Smether 2. Lance Lawrence |
804 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 42,078 | 92.7 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 3,325 | 7.3 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,403 | 82.3 | +1.1 |
See also
[edit]- 1980 Australian federal election
- Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1980
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983
References
[edit]- ^ "Federal Election Results 1949-1993" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2018.