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1991

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 1993.[1] Half of the state senators had been allocated a long term following the double dissolution election in 1987 and had terms due to 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 dissolution of the House of Representatives, 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,[2] and facilitated by the Commonwealth Electoral Act.[3] Thus the Labor government, with only 32 seats, needed 7 additional votes to achieve the majority necessary to pass legislation.[4] Because the Democrats had got 2 additional long vacancies in 1987, in South Australia and New South Wales,[5][6] 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 End term Years in Office
Richard Alston   Liberal Victoria 1996 1986–2004
Brian Archer   Liberal Tasmania 1993 1975–1994
Terry Aulich   Labor Tasmania 1993 1984–1993
Michael Baume   Liberal New South Wales 1993 1984–1996
Hon. Peter Baume [a]   Liberal New South Wales 1993 1974–1991
Michael Beahan   Labor Western Australia 1996 1987–1996
Robert Bell   Democrat Tasmania 1996 1990–1996
Bronwyn Bishop   Liberal New South Wales 1996 1987–1994
Flo Bjelke-Petersen   National Queensland 1993 1980–1993
Hon. Nick Bolkus   Labor South Australia 1993 1981–2005
Ron Boswell   National Queensland 1996 1983–2014
Vicki Bourne   Democrat New South Wales 1996 1990–2002
David Brownhill   National New South Wales 1996 1984–2000
Bryant Burns   Labor Queensland 1996 1987–1996
Hon. John Button [b]   Labor Victoria 1993 1974–1993
Paul Calvert   Liberal Tasmania 1996 1987–2007
Ian Campbell   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1990–2007
Kim Carr [b]   Labor Victoria 1993 1993–present
Christabel Chamarette [c]   WA Greens Western Australia 1996 1992–1996
Grant Chapman   Liberal South Australia 1996 1987–2008
Bruce Childs   Labor New South Wales 1996 1980–1997
John Coates   Labor Tasmania 1993 1980–1996
Hon. Bob Collins   Labor Northern Territory 1993, 1996 [d] 1987–1998
Mal Colston   Labor Queensland 1993 1975–1999
Hon. Peter Cook   Labor Western Australia 1993 1983–2005
Barney Cooney   Labor Victoria 1996 1984–2002
John Coulter   Democrat South Australia 1996 1987–1995
Winston Crane   Liberal Western Australia 1996 1990–2002
Noel Crichton-Browne   Liberal Western Australia 1996 1980–1996
Rosemary Crowley   Labor South Australia 1996 1983–2002
John Devereux   Labor Tasmania 1996 1987–1996
Hon. Peter Durack [e]   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1970–1993
Hon. Gareth Evans   Labor Victoria 1993 1977–1996
John Faulkner   Labor New South Wales 1993 1989–2015
Alan Ferguson [f]   Liberal South Australia 1993 1992–2011
Dominic Foreman   Labor South Australia 1993 1980–1997
Patricia Giles   Labor Western Australia 1993 1980–1993
Brian Harradine   Independent Tasmania 1993 1975–2005
John Herron   Liberal Queensland 1996 1990–2002
Robert Hill   Liberal South Australia 1996 1981–2006
Gerry Jones   Labor Queensland 1996 1980–1996
Rod Kemp   Liberal Victoria 1996 1990–2008
Cheryl Kernot   Democrat Queensland 1996 1990–1997
Susan Knowles   Liberal Western Australia 1993 1984–2005
Meg Lees   Democrat South Australia 1993 1990–2005
Austin Lewis   Liberal Victoria 1993 1976–1993
Stephen Loosely   Labor New South Wales 1996 1990–1995
Ian Macdonald   Liberal Queensland 1996 1990–present
David MacGibbon   Liberal Queensland 1993 1977–1999
Jim McKiernan   Labor Western Australia 1996 1984–2002
Paul McLean [g]   Democrat New South Wales 1993 1987–1991
Hon. Bob McMullan   Labor Australian Capital Territory 1993, 1996 [d] 1988–1996
Graham Maguire   Labor South Australia 1993 1983–1993
Jocelyn Newman   Liberal Tasmania 1996 1986–2002
Bill O'Chee   National Queensland 1993 1990–1999
John Olsen [f]   Liberal South Australia 1993 1990–1992
John Panizza   Liberal Western Australia 1996 1987–1997
Warwick Parer   Liberal Queensland 1993 1984–2000
Kay Patterson   Liberal Victoria 1996 1987–2008
Janet Powell   Democrat/Ind [h] Victoria 1993 1986–1993
Hon. Robert Ray   Labor Victoria 1996 1981–2008
Margaret Reid   Liberal Australian Capital Territory 1993, 1996 [d] 1981–2003
Hon. Margaret Reynolds   Labor Queensland 1993 1983–1999
Hon. Graham Richardson   Labor New South Wales 1993 1983–1994
Chris Schacht   Labor South Australia 1996 1987–2002
Nick Sherry   Labor Tasmania 1996 1990–2012
Jim Short   Liberal Victoria 1993 1984–1997
Hon. Kerry Sibraa   Labor New South Wales 1993 1975–1978, 1978–1994
Karin Sowada [g]   Democrat New South Wales 1993 1991–1993
Sid Spindler   Democrat Victoria 1996 1990–1996
Grant Tambling   CLP Northern Territory 1993, 1996 [d] 1987–2001
Hon. Michael Tate   Labor Tasmania 1993 1977–1993
Baden Teague   Liberal South Australia 1996 1977–1996
John Tierney [a]   Liberal New South Wales 1993 1991–2005
Jo Vallentine [c]   WA Greens Western Australia 1996 1984–1992
Amanda Vanstone   Liberal South Australia 1993 1984–2007
Hon. Peter Walsh   Labor Western Australia 1993 1974–1993
Shirley Walters   Liberal Tasmania 1993 1975–1993
John Watson   Liberal Tasmania 1996 1978–2008
Suzanne West   Labor New South Wales 1996 1987, 1990–2002
Olive Zakharov   Labor Victoria 1993 1983–1995


  1. ^ Jump up to:a b New South Wales Liberal Senator Dr Peter Baume resigned on 28 January 1991. John Tierney was appointed as his replacement on the same day.
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b Victorian Labor Senator John Button resigned on 31 March 1993. Kim Carr was appointed as his replacement on 28 April.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b Western Australian Green Senator Jo Vallentine resigned on 31 January 1992. Christabel Chamarette was appointed as her replacement on 12 March.
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b c d The term of a territory senator ends at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was March 1993.
  5. Jump up^ Father of the Senate
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b South Australian Liberal Senator John Olsen resigned on 4 May 1992. Alan Ferguson was appointed as his replacement on 26 May.
  7. ^ Jump up to:a b New South Wales Democrat Senator Paul McLean resigned on 23 August 1991. Karin Sowada was appointed as his replacement on 29 August.
  8. Jump up^ Victorian Senator Janet Powell resigned from the Australian Democrats on 31 July 1992. She served out the remainder of her term as an independent.