Members of the Australian Senate, 1985–1987

Senate composition at 21 February 1985
Government (34)

     Labor (34) - (5 seat minority)

Opposition (33)
     Liberal (27)
     National Party (5)
     CLP (1)

Crossbench (9)
     Democrat (7)
     Nuclear Disarmament Party (1) [lower-roman 1]
     Independent (Harradine) (1)
 
Changes in composition

  1. ↑ Jo Vallentine was elected as a Nuclear Disarmament Party member, but resigned in 1985 and served out the remainder of her term as an independent.

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1985 to 1987.[1] The number of senators was increased from ten to twelve senators for each of the six States of Australia. The representation of the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory remained at two senators each. 30 Senators were elected at the 1983 double dissolution election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1988. 46 Senators were elected at the 1984 election, rather than the normal case of only half of the state senators being elected.

With the increase in numbers, the first two non-sitting senators were chosen for a term from the first sitting date 21 February 1985 until 30 June 1991. The last senator was elected for a term from 1 July 1985 until 30 June 1988.[2] However, in fact, the Senate was dissolved on 5 June 1987 for another double dissolution election on 11 July 1987. The four territory senators were elected in December 1984 and their terms ended at the dissolution of the House of Representatives in June 1987.

Senator Party State End term Years in Office
Richard Alston [lower-alpha 1] LiberalVictoria19911986–2004
Brian Archer LiberalTasmania19911975–1994
Terry Aulich LaborTasmania19911984–1993
Michael Baume LiberalNew South Wales1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–1996
Hon. Peter Baume LiberalNew South Wales19881974–1991
Flo Bjelke-Petersen NationalQueensland19881980–1993
John Black LaborQueensland1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–1990
Nick Bolkus LaborSouth Australia19911981–2005
Ron Boswell NationalQueensland19911983–2014
David Brownhill NationalNew South Wales1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–2000
Hon. John Button LaborVictoria19881974–1993
Hon. Sir John Carrick LiberalNew South Wales19881970–1987
Hon. Fred Chaney LiberalWestern Australia19881974–1990
Bruce Childs LaborNew South Wales19911980–1997
Hon. Don Chipp [lower-alpha 3] DemocratVictoria19881977–1986
John Coates LaborTasmania19911980–1996
Ruth Coleman LaborWestern Australia19881974–1987
Stan Collard NationalQueensland19881975–1987
Mal Colston LaborQueensland19881975–1999
Barney Cooney LaborVictoria1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–2002
Peter Cook LaborWestern Australia19911983–2005
Noel Crichton-Browne LiberalWestern Australia19911980–1996
Rosemary Crowley LaborSouth Australia19911983–2002
Ray Devlin LaborTasmania1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–1990
Hon. Peter Durack LiberalWestern Australia19881970–1993
Ron Elstob LaborSouth Australia19881977–1987
Hon. Gareth Evans LaborVictoria19881977–1996
Dominic Foreman LaborSouth Australia19881980–1997
George Georges LaborQueensland19881967–1987
Hon. Arthur Gietzelt LaborNew South Wales19881970–1989
Patricia Giles LaborWestern Australia19911980–1993
Hon. Don Grimes [lower-alpha 4] LaborTasmania19881974–1987
Hon. Dame Margaret Guilfoyle LiberalVictoria19881970–1987
Janine Haines DemocratSouth Australia19881977–1978, 1980–1990
David Hamer LiberalVictoria19911977–1990
Brian Harradine IndependentTasmania19881975–2005
Robert Hill LiberalSouth Australia19881981–2006
Don Jessop LiberalSouth Australia19911970–1991
Gerry Jones LaborQueensland19911980–1996
Bernie Kilgariff CLPNorthern Territory1987 [lower-alpha 5]1975–1987
Susan Knowles LiberalWestern Australia1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–2005
Austin Lewis LiberalVictoria19881976–1993
David MacGibbon LiberalQueensland19911977–1999
Michael Macklin DemocratQueensland1988 [lower-alpha 6]1980–1990
Graham Maguire LaborSouth Australia19911983–1993
Colin Mason DemocratNew South Wales1988 [lower-alpha 6]1977–1987
Hon. Doug McClelland [lower-alpha 7][lower-alpha 8] LaborNew South Wales19881961–1987
Gordon McIntosh LaborWestern Australia19881974–1987
Jim McKiernan LaborWestern Australia1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–2002
Hon. Tony Messner LiberalSouth Australia19881975–1990
Alan Missen [lower-alpha 1] LiberalVictoria19911974–1986
John Morris LaborNew South Wales19911985–1990
Jocelyn Newman [lower-alpha 9] LiberalTasmania19881986–2002
Warwick Parer LiberalQueensland19881985–2000
Janet Powell [lower-alpha 3] DemocratVictoria19881986–1993
Chris Puplick LiberalNew South Wales1991 [lower-alpha 2]1978–1980, 1985–1990
Peter Rae [lower-alpha 9] LiberalTasmania19881967–1986
Robert Ray LaborVictoria19911981–2008
Margaret Reid LiberalAustralian Capital Territory1987 [lower-alpha 5]1981–2003
Margaret Reynolds LaborQueensland19911983–1999
Graham Richardson LaborNew South Wales19881983–1994
Ted Robertson LaborNorthern Territory1987 [lower-alpha 5]1975–1987
Hon. Susan Ryan LaborAustralian Capital Territory1987 [lower-alpha 5]1975–1988
Norm Sanders DemocratTasmania1988 [lower-alpha 6]1985–1990
Glen Sheil NationalQueensland1991 [lower-alpha 2]1974–1981, 1985–1990
Jim Short LiberalVictoria1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–1997
Kerry Sibraa LaborNew South Wales19911975–1978, 1978–1994
John Siddons DemocratVictoria1988 [lower-alpha 6]1980–1983, 1985–1987
Michael Tate LaborTasmania19881977–1993
Baden Teague LiberalSouth Australia19911977–1996
Michael Townley LiberalTasmania19911970–1987
Jo Vallentine NDP/Independent [lower-alpha 10]Western Australia1988 [lower-alpha 6]1984–1992
Amanda Vanstone LiberalSouth Australia1991 [lower-alpha 2]1985–2007
David Vigor DemocratSouth Australia1988 [lower-alpha 11]1985–1987
Peter Walsh LaborWestern Australia19881974–1993
Shirley Walters LiberalTasmania19881975–1993
John Watson LiberalTasmania19911978–2008
Suzanne West [lower-alpha 8] LaborNew South Wales19881987, 1990–2002
Rt. Hon. Reg Withers LiberalWestern Australia19911966, 1967–1987
Olive Zakharov LaborVictoria19911983–1995

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Victorian Liberal Senator Alan Missen died on 30 March 1986. Richard Alston was appointed as his replacement on 7 May.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 New senator elected for a term from 21 February 1985 until 30 June 1991.
  3. 1 2 Victorian Democrat Senator Don Chipp resigned on 18 August 1986. Janet Powell was appointed as his replacement on 28 August.
  4. ↑ Tasmanian Labor Senator Don Grimes resigned on 2 April 1987 however he was not replaced by the Tasmanian Parliament as a result of a tied vote.[3]
  5. 1 2 3 4 The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was July 1987.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 The 7th senator elected, for a term from 1 July 1985 until 30 June 1988.
  7. ↑ Father of the Senate
  8. 1 2 New South Wales Labor Senator Douglas McClelland resigned on 23 January 1987. Suzanne West was appointed as his replacement on 11 February.
  9. 1 2 Tasmanian Liberal Senator Peter Rae resigned on 16 January 1986. Jocelyn Newman was appointed as his replacement on 13 March.
  10. ↑ Jo Vallentine was elected as a Nuclear Disarmament Party member, but resigned in 1985 as the party collapsed amidst allegations of Socialist Workers Party entryism. She served out the remainder of her term as an independent, though she registered the Vallentine Peace Group as an electoral vehicle for her supporters.
  11. ↑ The 2nd non-sitting senator elected so term started on 21 February 1985 but 7th senator elected so term ended on 30 June 1988.

References

  1. ↑ "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1985". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Representation Act 1983 (Cth).
  3. ↑ "Choice of a Senator" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Tasmania: Joint Sitting. 8 May 1987. p. 1224.
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