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1980

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Australian Capital Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates JACC candidates Ungrouped candidates




 
  1. Susan Ryan*
  2. John Langmore
  1. John Knight*
  2. David Adams
  1. John Filler
  2. John Morgan
  1. Neville Curtis
  2. Jacqueline Flitcroft

Joseph Marks

New South Wales

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Peter Baume (Liberal), Arthur Gietzelt (Labor), Misha Lajovic (Liberal), Colin Mason (Democrats) and Tony Mulvihill (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Democrats candidates CTA candidates Marijuana candidates Colonialist candidates





 
  1. Doug McClelland*
  2. Bruce Childs*
  3. Kerry Sibraa*
  1. John Carrick* (Lib)
  2. Douglas Scott* (NCP)
  3. Chris Puplick (Lib)
  1. Paul McLean
  2. Elisabeth Kirkby
  3. Laurence Bourke
  1. Fred Nile
  2. John Whitehall
  3. Joan Loew
  1. James Billington
  2. Anne Parsons
  1. Nicholas Jones
  2. Ian MacRae
Socialist candidates Progress candidates Group C candidates Ungrouped candidates





 
  1. Peter Symon
  2. Harry Black
  3. Raymond Ferguson
  4. Edgar Woodbury
  1. Fernand Eyschen
  2. Nicholas Hudson
  1. John E. Champion
  2. Julie A. Champion
  3. John D. Champion

Estelle Myers
Rudolph Dezelin
Norman Eather
Bernard O'Grady

Gene Salvestrin
Joylene Hairmouth
Terence Griffiths
Josephine Chisholm-Mallett

Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates CLP candidates Democrats candidates CDP candidates Marijuana candidates




 
  1. Ted Robertson*
  2. Hunter Harrison
  1. Bernie Kilgariff*
  2. Graeme Lewis
  1. Jack Hunt
  2. William Evans
  1. Ronald Mann
  2. Charles Coombs
  1. Jennifer Smether
  2. Lance Lawrence

Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The National Country Party was defending two seats. Senators Stan Collard (National Country), Mal Colston (Labor), George Georges (Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal) and Kathy Martin (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates NCP candidates Democrats candidates Progress candidates National Front candidates





 
  1. Jim Keeffe*
  2. Gerry Jones*
  3. Robert Gleeson
  1. Neville Bonner*
  2. Yvonne McComb
  3. Franz Born
  1. Florence Bjelke-Petersen*
  2. Glen Sheil
  3. Ron Maunsell
  1. Michael Macklin*
  2. William Elson-Green
  3. Gilruth Rees
  1. Vivian Forbes
  2. Frank Paull
  1. Rosemary Sisson
  2. Victor Robb
Socialist candidates Group F candidates Group G candidates Group H candidates Group J candidates Ungrouped candidates





 
  1. David Ryan
  2. Stephen Bulloch
  3. Ivan Ivanoff
  1. John Butler
  2. Anne Glew
  1. Sydney Shawcross
  2. Cyril McKenzie
  3. Michael Dendle
  1. James Drabsch
  2. Vivien Botterill
  1. Lionel Fifield
  2. Robert McClintock

Norman Eather
Neil McKay
Anthony Catip
Frederick Phillips
Carlemo Wacando

South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Ron Elstob (Labor), Geoff McLaren (Labor), Tony Messner (Liberal), Baden Teague (Liberal) and Harold Young (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates NCP candidates Australia candidates Socialist candidates





 
  1. Dominic Foreman*
  2. Nick Bolkus*
  3. Graham Maguire
  1. Don Jessop*
  2. Robert Hill*
  3. Craig Spiel
  1. Janine Haines*
  2. Ian Gilfillan
  3. David Vigor
  1. Geoffrey Clothier
  2. Sylvia Schultz
  3. Peter McBride
  1. Ian Modistach
  2. Alan Jamieson
  1. Brian Rooney
  2. Ida Goss
  3. Laurence Kiek
Marijuana candidates CCC candidates PCP candidates Ungrouped candidates






 
  1. Craig Cocks
  2. Gwenda Woods
  1. Betty Luks
  2. James Cronin
  3. Gordon Kroschel
  1. David Kitto
  2. Mary McKenzie-Huish

Valentine Furner
Raymond Bradtke
William Forster

Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat. Senators Brian Archer (Liberal), Don Grimes (Labor), Michael Tate (Labor), Shirley Walters (Liberal) and John Watson (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Harradine candidates Democrats candidates



 
  1. Jean Hearn*
  2. John Coates*
  3. John White
  1. Peter Rae*
  2. Michael Townley*
  3. Peter Jones
  1. Brian Harradine*
  2. Harry Upston
  1. Norman Siberry
  2. Rae Saxon
  3. Brian Austen

Victoria

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators John Button (Labor), Don Chipp (Democrats), Gareth Evans (Labor), David Hamer (Liberal) and Alan Missen (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates DLP candidates Australia candidates Socialist candidates





 
  1. Cyril Primmer*
  2. Robert Ray*
  3. Jean Melzer
  1. Dame Margaret Guilfoyle* (Lib)
  2. Austin Lewis* (Lib)
  3. Laurence Neal (NCP)
  1. John Siddons*
  2. Janet Powell
  3. Ian Price
  1. Richard McManus
  2. John Flint
  3. Robert Semmel
  1. Gail Farrell
  2. Frederick Funnell
  1. Georgina Lialios
  2. Trevor McCandless
  3. Raymond Berbling
Marijuana candidates Group B candidates Group D candidates Group E candidates Group K candidates Ungrouped candidates





 
  1. Margaret Fraser
  2. James Billington
  1. John Jess
  2. John Davies
  3. Donald Moyes
  1. George Samargis
  2. Daniel Samargis
  1. Shane Watson
  2. Ernest Langmaid
  1. Francis Petering
  2. Jean McPherson
  3. Louis Cook

Augustus Titter
Wilhelm Kapphan
Maurice Smith
Pamela Moore
Anthony Palmer

Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal), Ruth Coleman (Labor), Allan Rocher (Liberal), Andrew Thomas (Liberal) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates NCP candidates NPW candidates Progress candidates





 
  1. Gordon McIntosh*
  2. Patricia Giles*
  3. Brian Conway
  1. Reg Withers*
  2. Peter Durack*
  3. Noel Crichton-Browne*
  1. Jack Evans
  2. Geoffrey Taylor
  3. Shirley de la Hunty
  1. John Patterson
  2. John McIntyre
  3. Leonard Newing
  1. Anthony Overheu
  2. Edna Adams
  3. Murray Anderson
  1. John Trewick
  2. James Jamieson
  3. Kenneth Law
PCP candidates Group D candidates Ungrouped candidates







 
  1. Syd Negus
  2. Peter Harwood
  1. Francesco Nesci
  2. Nellie Stuart

Douglas Thorp