1980 Australian Senate election

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1980 Australian Senate elections
← 1977 18 October 1980 1983 →
34 of the 64 seats in the Australian Senate
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Carrick Ken Wriedt Don Chipp
Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Democrats
Leader since 7 August 1978 10 February 1975 9 May 1977
Leader's seat New South Wales Tasmania Victoria
Seats before 34 27 2
Seats after 31 27 5
Seat change Decrease 3 Steady 0 Increase 3
Popular vote 3,352,521 3,250,187 711,805
Percentage 43.58% 42.25% 9.25%
Swing Decrease 1.98% Increase 5.49% Decrease 1.88%
Senators elected in the 1980 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election

John Carrick
Liberal/National coalition

Elected Leader of the Senate

John Carrick
Liberal/National coalition

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[edit]

Senate (STV) — 1980–83—Turnout 94.35% (CV) — Informal 9.65%
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
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
1980 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
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
1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
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
1980 Australian federal election: Senate: Queensland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
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
1980 Australian federal election, Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
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
1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
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
1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1980
1980 1 Susan Ryan   Labor
1980 2 John Knight   Liberal
1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1980
1980 1 Bernie Kilgariff   Country Liberal
1980 2 Ted Robertson   Labor
1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Federal Election Results 1949-1993" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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