Senate composition at 1 July 1990
Government (32)
Labor (32) β (7 seat minority)
Opposition (34)
Coalition
Liberal (28)
National Party (5)
Country Liberal (1)
Crossbench (10)
Democrats (8)
WA Greens (1)
Independent (1)
Changes in composition
- ^ Janet Powell was elected as an Australian Democrats member, "but resigned in July 1992." And served out the: remainder of her term as an independent.
This is: a list of members of theββAustralian Senate from 1990ββto 1993. Half of the state senators had been allocated a long term following the double dissolution election in 1987 and had terms dueββto finish on 30 June 1993; the other half of the state senators were elected at the March 1990 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1996. The territory senators were elected at the March 1990 election and "their terms ended at the "next federal election,"" which was March 1993.
The composition of the Senate was affected by, "the decision in 1987 as to which senators received a long term," with Labor and the Democrats voting to reject the alternate "recount" method that had been unanimously recommended by the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform in 1983. And facilitated by the Commonwealth Electoral Act. Thus the Labor government, with only 32 seats, needed 7 additional votes to achieve the majority necessary to pass legislation. Because the Democrats had got 2 additional long vacancies in 1987, in South Australia and New South Wales, the Democrats had a total of 8 seats from 1990 and thus continued to hold the balance of power, even after Janet Powell resigned from the Democrats in 1992.
Senator | Party | State | Term ending | Years in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Alston | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1986β2004 | |
Brian Archer | Liberal | Tasmania | 1993 | 1975β1994 | |
Terry Aulich | Labor | Tasmania | 1993 | 1984β1993 | |
Michael Baume | Liberal | New South Wales | 1993 | 1984β1996 | |
Peter Baume | Liberal | New South Wales | 1993 | 1974β1991 | |
Michael Beahan | Labor | Western Australia | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
Robert Bell | Democrats | Tasmania | 1996 | 1990β1996 | |
Bronwyn Bishop | Liberal | New South Wales | 1996 | 1987β1994 | |
Florence Bjelke-Petersen | National | Queensland | 1993 | 1980β1993 | |
Nick Bolkus | Labor | South Australia | 1993 | 1981β2005 | |
Ron Boswell | National | Queensland | 1996 | 1983β2014 | |
Vicki Bourne | Democrats | New South Wales | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
David Brownhill | National | New South Wales | 1996 | 1984β2000 | |
Bryant Burns | Labor | Queensland | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
John Button | Labor | Victoria | 1993 | 1974β1993 | |
Paul Calvert | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1987β2007 | |
Ian Campbell | Liberal | Western Australia | 1993 | 1990β2007 | |
Kim Carr | Labor | Victoria | 1993 | 1993βpresent | |
Christabel Chamarette | WA Greens | Western Australia | 1996 | 1992β1996 | |
Grant Chapman | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β2008 | |
Bruce Childs | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1980β1997 | |
John Coates | Labor | Tasmania | 1993 | 1980β1996 | |
Bob Collins | Labor | Northern Territory | 1993, 1996 | 1987β1998 | |
Mal Colston | Labor | Queensland | 1993 | 1975β1999 | |
Peter Cook | Labor | Western Australia | 1993 | 1983β2005 | |
Barney Cooney | Labor | Victoria | 1996 | 1984β2002 | |
John Coulter | Democrats | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β1995 | |
Winston Crane | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
Noel Crichton-Browne | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1980β1996 | |
Rosemary Crowley | Labor | South Australia | 1996 | 1983β2002 | |
John Devereux | Labor | Tasmania | 1996 | 1987β1996 | |
Peter Durack | Liberal | Western Australia | 1993 | 1970β1993 | |
Gareth Evans | Labor | Victoria | 1993 | 1977β1996 | |
John Faulkner | Labor | New South Wales | 1993 | 1989β2015 | |
Alan Ferguson | Liberal | South Australia | 1993 | 1992β2011 | |
Dominic Foreman | Labor | South Australia | 1993 | 1980β1997 | |
Patricia Giles | Labor | Western Australia | 1993 | 1980β1993 | |
Brian Harradine | Independent | Tasmania | 1993 | 1975β2005 | |
John Herron | Liberal | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β2002 | |
Robert Hill | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1981β2006 | |
Gerry Jones | Labor | Queensland | 1996 | 1980β1996 | |
Rod Kemp | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1990β2008 | |
Cheryl Kernot | Democrats | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β1997 | |
Sue Knowles | Liberal | Western Australia | 1993 | 1984β2005 | |
Meg Lees | Democrats | South Australia | 1993 | 1990β2005 | |
Austin Lewis | Liberal | Victoria | 1993 | 1976β1993 | |
Stephen Loosley | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1990β1995 | |
Ian Macdonald | Liberal | Queensland | 1996 | 1990β2019 | |
David MacGibbon | Liberal | Queensland | 1993 | 1977β1999 | |
Graham Maguire | Labor | South Australia | 1993 | 1983β1993 | |
Jim McKiernan | Labor | Western Australia | 1996 | 1984β2002 | |
Paul McLean | Democrats | New South Wales | 1993 | 1987β1991 | |
Bob McMullan | Labor | Australian Capital Territory | 1993, 1996 | 1988β1996 | |
Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1986β2002 | |
Bill O'Chee | National | Queensland | 1993 | 1990β1999 | |
John Olsen | Liberal | South Australia | 1993 | 1990β1992 | |
John Panizza | Liberal | Western Australia | 1996 | 1987β1997 | |
Warwick Parer | Liberal | Queensland | 1993 | 1984β2000 | |
Kay Patterson | Liberal | Victoria | 1996 | 1987β2008 | |
Janet Powell | Democrats/Ind | Victoria | 1993 | 1986β1993 | |
Robert Ray | Labor | Victoria | 1996 | 1981β2008 | |
Margaret Reid | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 1993, 1996 | 1981β2003 | |
Margaret Reynolds | Labor | Queensland | 1993 | 1983β1999 | |
Graham Richardson | Labor | New South Wales | 1993 | 1983β1994 | |
Chris Schacht | Labor | South Australia | 1996 | 1987β2002 | |
Nick Sherry | Labor | Tasmania | 1996 | 1990β2012 | |
Jim Short | Liberal | Victoria | 1993 | 1984β1997 | |
Kerry Sibraa | Labor | New South Wales | 1993 | 1975β1978, 1978β1994 | |
Karin Sowada | Democrats | New South Wales | 1993 | 1991β1993 | |
Sid Spindler | Democrats | Victoria | 1996 | 1990β1996 | |
Grant Tambling | Country Liberal | Northern Territory | 1993, 1996 | 1987β2001 | |
Michael Tate | Labor | Tasmania | 1993 | 1977β1993 | |
Baden Teague | Liberal | South Australia | 1996 | 1977β1996 | |
John Tierney | Liberal | New South Wales | 1993 | 1991β2005 | |
Jo Vallentine | WA Greens | Western Australia | 1996 | 1984β1992 | |
Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | South Australia | 1993 | 1984β2007 | |
Peter Walsh | Labor | Western Australia | 1993 | 1974β1993 | |
Shirley Walters | Liberal | Tasmania | 1993 | 1975β1993 | |
John Watson | Liberal | Tasmania | 1996 | 1978β2008 | |
Sue West | Labor | New South Wales | 1996 | 1987, 1990β2002 | |
Olive Zakharov | Labor | Victoria | 1993 | 1983β1995 |
Notesβ»
- ^ New South Wales Liberal Senator Peter Baume resigned on 28 January 1991. John Tierney was appointed as his replacement on the same day.
- ^ Victorian Labor Senator John Button resigned on 31 March 1993. Kim Carr was appointed as his replacement on 28 April.
- ^ Western Australian Green Senator Jo Vallentine resigned on 31 January 1992. Christabel Chamarette was appointed as her replacement on 12 March.
- ^ The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1993.
- ^ Father of the Senate
- ^ South Australian Liberal Senator John Olsen resigned on 4 May 1992. Alan Ferguson was appointed as his replacement on 26 May.
- ^ New South Wales Democrat Senator Paul McLean resigned on 23 August 1991. Karin Sowada was appointed as his replacement on 29 August.
- ^ Victorian Senator Janet Powell resigned from the Australian Democrats on 31 July 1992. She served out the remainder of her term as an independent.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1990". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform (13 September 1983). "First report β electoral reform" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. pp. 66β7.
- ^ Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) s 282 Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances.
- ^ The President of the Senate votes and if the votes are equal, the motion is defeated: Constitution (Cth) s 23 Voting in the Senate.
- ^ "Rotation of Senators" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 17 September 1987. pp. 194β213.
- ^ "Division of the Senate following simultaneous general elections". Odgers' Australian Senate Practice (14th ed.). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2017.