1998 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1998 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (31 Liberal, two coalition National, one CLP), 29 Labor, one Green, one non-coalition National, nine Democrats, one Independent and one One Nation.^[1][2][3] Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1999, except the territories who took their seats immediately.

1998 Australian Senate elections

← 1996 3 October 1998 2001 →
40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Robert Hill John Faulkner Meg Lees Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Democrats Leader since 3 April 1990 19 March 1996 15 October 1997 Leader's seat South Australia New South Wales South Australia Seats before 37 29 7 Seats after 34 29 9 Seat change 3 0 2 Popular vote 4,189,673 4,182,963 947,940 Percentage 37.36% 37.31% 8.45% Swing 6.24% 1.16% 2.37%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Heather Hill None Party One Nation Greens Leader's seat Queensland None Seats before 0 2 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,007,439 305,058 Percentage 8.99% 2.72% Swing 8.99% 0.45%
Senators elected in the 1998 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition Elected Leader of the Senate Robert Hill Liberal/National coalition

Australia

Senate (STV GV) — 1999–2002—Turnout 95.34% (CV) — Informal 3.24%

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats	Change
	Labor		4,182,963	37.31	+1.16	17	29
		Liberal/National (Joint Ticket)	2,452,407	21.87	−2.62	5
		Liberal	1,528,730	13.63	−2.61	11	31
		National	208,536	1.86	−1.01	0	3	2
		Country Liberal	36,063	0.32	−0.05	1	1
	Liberal–National coalition		4,225,673	37.70	−6.27	17	35	2
	One Nation		1,007,439	8.99	*	1	1	1
	Democrats		947,940	8.45	−2.37	4	9	2
	Greens		305,058	2.72	−0.45	0	1	1
	Harradine Group		24,254	0.22	−0.08	1	1
Total			11,211,903			40	76
Invalid/blank votes			375,181	3.2
Turnout			11,584,909	95.3
Registered voters			12,154,050
Source: AEC Election 2001

New South Wales

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Steve Hutchins		Labor
1998	2	Bill Heffernan		Liberal
1998	3	John Faulkner		Labor
1998	4	John Tierney		Liberal
1998	5	Aden Ridgeway		Democrats
1998	6	Michael Forshaw		Labor
1996
1996	1	Marise Payne		Liberal
1996	2	Suzanne West		Labor
1996	3	David Brownhill		National
1996	4	George Campbell		Labor
1996	5	Helen Coonan		Liberal
1996	6	Vicki Bourne		Democrats

1998 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			536,533
	Labor	1. Steve Hutchins (elected 1) 2. John Faulkner (elected 3) 3. Michael Forshaw (elected 6) 4. Ursula Stephens	1,452,560	38.7	+1.5
	Coalition	1. Bill Heffernan (Lib) (elected 2) 2. John Tierney (Lib) (elected 4) 3. Sandy Macdonald (Nat) 4. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib)	1,375,563	36.6	−4.8
	One Nation	1. David Oldfield 2. Brian Burston 3. Bevan O'Regan	361,009	9.6	+9.6
	Democrats	1. Aden Ridgeway (elected 5) 2. Matthew Baird 3. Suzzanne Reddy 4. David Mendelssohn	275,910	7.4	−2.1
	Greens	1. John Sutton 2. Catherine Moore 3. Lee Rhiannon 4. Suzie Russell	81,612	2.2	−0.1
	Unity	1. Jason Yat-Sen Li 2. Sonja Stockreiter 3. Sam McGuid 4. Kieran Ginges 5. Nicholas Hassapis	61,607	1.6	+1.6
	Christian Democrats	1. Graham McLennan 2. Janne Petersen 3. Tom Allanson 4. Rex Morgan 5. Michael McLennan	58,079	1.5	−0.5
	Australia First	1. Victor Shen 2. Greg Willson	29,660	0.8	+0.8
	Democratic Socialist	1. Marina Carman 2. Peter Boyle	8,221	0.2	+0.2
	Reclaim Australia	1. Rodney Smith 2. Edwin Woodger	8,019	0.2	−1.0
	Nuclear Disarmament	1. Michael Denborough 2. Yvonne Francis	6,489	0.2	+0.2
	Abolish Child Support	1. Justice Abolish 2. Richard Mezinec	5,810	0.2	+0.2
	Group G	1. Malcolm Lees 2. Warwick Rankin	5,745	0.2	+0.2
	No Aircraft Noise	1. Chris Nash 2. Jane Waddell	5,035	0.1	−0.4
	Natural Law	1. Richard Nolan 2. Bev Seymour	4,602	0.1	0.0
	Citizens Electoral Council	1. Robert Butler 2. Glenys Collins 3. Lindsay Cosgrove	4,403	0.1	+0.1
	Group J	1. David Mouldfield 2. Paul-Ian Handsome	2,786	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Pauline Pantsdown	2,295	0.1	+0.1
	Socialist Equality	1. Nick Beams 2. Carol Divjak	1,808	0.1	+0.1
	Group D	1. Mick Gallagher 2. John Mawson	1,690	0.1	+0.1
	Group S	1. Graeme Melville 2. Philip Broadbridge	808	0.0	0.0
	Group P	1. Patricia Poulos 2. John Holley	708	0.0	0.0
	Group R	1. Robert Schollbach 2. Amanda Stirling	415	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Mehmet Yaglipinar	256	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Paul Sarks	165	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Richard Ross	133	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Ron Poulsen	117	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Adrian Vaughan	72	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Party Parslow	59	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Stani Joseph	54	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Tom Kumar	35	0.0	0.0
Total formal votes			3,755,725	96.7	+0.5
Informal votes			128,608	3.3	−0.5
Turnout			3,884,333	96.3	−0.4

Victoria

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Stephen Conroy		Labor
1998	2	Judith Troeth		Liberal
1998	3	Kim Carr		Labor
1998	4	Julian McGauran		National
1998	5	Jacinta Collins		Labor
1998	6	Tsebin Tchen		Liberal
1996
1996	1	Richard Alston		Liberal
1996	2	Robert Ray		Labor
1996	3	Rod Kemp		Liberal
1996	4	Barney Cooney		Labor
1996	5	Kay Patterson		Liberal
1996	6	Lyn Allison		Democrats

1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			406,175
	Labor	1. Stephen Conroy (elected 1) 2. Kim Carr (elected 3) 3. Jacinta Collins (elected 5) 4. Wendy Boyle	1,153,161	40.6	+0.8
	Coalition	1. Judith Troeth (Lib) (elected 2) 2. Julian McGauran (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Tsebin Tchen (Lib) (elected 6) 4. Karen Synon (Lib) 5. Dino de Marchi (Lib) 6. Anna Macgowan (Lib)	1,076,841	37.9	−3.5
	Democrats	1. Jim Downey 2. Matthew Townsend 3. Ken Saunders 4. Alison Harcourt	279,788	9.8	−1.1
	One Nation	1. Robyn Spencer 2. Ben Buckley	117,048	4.1	+4.1
	Greens	1. Charmaine Clarke 2. David Risstrom 3. Liz Conor	70,872	2.5	−0.4
	Shooters	1. Graham Eames 2. Neville Sayers 3. Alan Hutchison 4. Graeme Forbes	34,434	1.2	+0.5
	Democratic Labor	1. John Mulholland 2. Pat Crea	29,894	1.1	−0.2
	Unity	1. Bill Cope 2. Phong Nguyen 3. Wellington Lee 4. Ricci Stewart 5. Markham Rose 6. Vivien Cerolini 7. Naji Imam 8. Mary Kalantzis	20,603	0.7	+0.7
	Christian Democrats	1. Graham Murray 2. Ken Cook	13,881	0.5	−0.1
	Women's Party	1. Deb Nicholson 2. Pat O'Brien	9,711	0.3	+0.3
	Australian Bill of Rights	1. Eric Bullmore 2. David Sydenham	9,314	0.3	+0.3
	Australia First	1. Denis McCormack 2. Colin Godfrey	6,081	0.2	+0.2
	Reform	1. Ray Matheson 2. Ted Drane	5,208	0.2	+0.2
	Nuclear Disarmament	1. Gareth Smith 2. Jacob Grech	3,196	0.1	+0.1
	Abolish Child Support	1. Abboud Haidar 2. John Abbotto	3,094	0.1	+0.1
	Natural Law	1. Byron Rigby 2. Raymond Schlager 3. Lorna Scurfield	2,607	0.1	+0.1
	Democratic Socialist	1. Jo Williams 2. Vannessa Hearman	2,294	0.1	0.1
	Group B	1. Joe Toscano 2. Steve Roper	2,205	0.1	0.0
	Socialist Equality	1. Sue Phillips 2. Wil Marshall	1,392	0.0	0.0
	Citizens Electoral Council	1. Craig Isherwood 2. Robert Barwick	821	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Cecil G. Murgatroyd	389	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Malcolm McClure	168	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Graham Smith	82	0.0	0.0
	Independent	M H Pech	67	0.0	0.0
	Independent	David Heffron	54	0.0	0.0
Total formal votes			2,843,218	96.2	−0.2
Informal votes			111,486	3.8	+0.2
Turnout			2,952,735	96.5	0.0

Queensland

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Jan McLucas		Labor
1998	2	Warwick Parer		Liberal
1998	3	Heather Hill		One Nation
1998	4	Joe Ludwig		Labor
1998	5	Brett Mason		Liberal
1998	6	John Woodley		Democrats
1996
1996	1	Ian Macdonald		Liberal
1996	2	John Hogg		Labor
1996	3	Ron Boswell		National
1996	4	John Herron		Liberal
1996	5	Brenda Gibbs		Labor
1996	6	Andrew Bartlett		Democrats

1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			286,245
	Labor	1. Jan McLucas (elected 1) 2. Joe Ludwig (elected 4) 3. Jann Piasecki	654,623	32.7	+2.3
	Liberal	1. Warwick Parer (elected 2) 2. Brett Mason (elected 5) 3. David MacGibbon 4. Deborah Kember	570,692	28.5	−6.9
	One Nation	1. Heather Hill (elected 3) 2. Len Harris 3. Sue Gordon 4. David Anning 5. Barry Evans	297,245	14.9	+14.9
	National	1. Bill O'Chee 2. Thomas Bradley 3. Teresa Cobb	190,662	9.5	−5.5
	Democrats	1. John Woodley (elected 6) 2. John Cherry 3. Megan Bathurst	156,451	7.8	−5.4
	Greens	1. Drew Hutton 2. Desiree Mahoney 3. Chris Gwin	42,264	2.1	−0.3
	Christian Democrats	1. John Bradford 2. Kerry Blackman 3. Judy McKenzie	28,826	1.4	+0.9
	Queensland First	1. David Colston 2. Dawn Colston	11,554	0.6	+0.6
	Unity	1. Harry Fong 2. Chris Toogood	9,487	0.5	+0.5
	Women's Party	1. Mary Kelly 2. Jenny Hughey	9,103	0.5	−0.2
	One Australia	1. Mario Zocchi 2. Ray Buckley	7,572	0.4	+0.2
	Abolish Child Support	1. Bruce the Family 2. Steve Southall	4,905	0.2	+0.2
	Australia First	1. Eric Nagle 2. Klaus Duke	4,897	0.2	+0.2
	Democratic Socialist	1. Andy Gianniotis 2. Coral Wynter	4,394	0.2	+0.2
	Family Law Reform	1. Barry Weedon 2. Robyn Somers	2,326	0.1	+0.1
	Reform	1. Brenda Moloney 2. Terry Fleming	2,011	0.1	+0.1
	Citizens Electoral Council	1. Maurice Hetherington 2. Ray Gillham	1,785	0.1	+0.1
	Natural Law	1. Geoff Wilson 2. Dorothy McKenzie	1,782	0.1	+0.1
	Group B	1. Jan Linsley 2. Percy Meredith	941	0.0	0.0
	Group C	1. Noel Payne 2. Jim Pavier	685	0.0	0.0
	Group S	1. Selwyn Johnston 2. Aaron Johnston	661	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Michelle MacNevin	484	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Kenny Dalton	147	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Bryan Peach	141	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Terry Sharples	51	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Doug Hodgetts	21	0.0	0.0
Total formal votes			2,003,710	97.0	+0.3
Informal votes			62,754	3.0	−0.3
Turnout			2,066,464	94.9	−0.2

Western Australia

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Chris Ellison		Liberal
1998	2	Peter Cook		Labor
1998	3	Ian Campbell		Liberal
1998	4	Chris Evans		Labor
1998	5	Brian Greig		Democrats
1998	6	Sue Knowles		Liberal
1996
1996	1	Winston Crane		Liberal
1996	2	Jim McKiernan		Labor
1996	3	Ross Lightfoot		Liberal
1996	4	Mark Bishop		Labor
1996	5	Alan Eggleston		Liberal
1996	6	Andrew Murray		Democrats

1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			151,974
	Liberal	1. Chris Ellison (elected 1) 2. Ian Campbell (elected 3) 3. Sue Knowles (elected 6) 4. Ivan Ivankovic	408,696	38.2	−7.6
	Labor	1. Peter Cook (elected 2) 2. Chris Evans (elected 4) 3. Rhonda Griffiths 4. Sue Ellery 5. Lois Anderson 6. Chilip Foo	368,821	34.7	+0.7
	One Nation	1. John Fischer 2. Colin Tincknell 3. Martin Suter	110,231	10.4	+10.4
	Democrats	1. Brian Greig (elected 5) 2. Stephen Crabbe 3. Margot Clifford	68,057	6.4	−3.0
	Greens	1. Dee Margetts 2. Kayt Davies 3. Alison Xamon	61,029	5.7	0.0
	National	1. Beryle Morgan 2. Dudley Maslen	13,428	1.3	−0.8
	Christian Democrats	1. Justin Moseley 2. Peter Johnson	10,258	1.0	+0.3
	Group N	1. Kate Hobbs 2. Morris Bessant	4,274	0.4	+0.4
	Democratic Socialist	1. Sarah Stephen 2. Roberto Jorquera	4,237	0.4	+0.4
	Shooters	1. Raymond Motteram 2. Ken Taylor	3,751	0.3	+0.3
	Unity	1. Ted Wilkes 2. Mai-Yie Leung 3. Michael Carey	2,270	0.2	+0.2
	Abolish Child Support	1. Brendan Griffin 2. Sam Johnson	1,940	0.2	+0.2
	Citizens Electoral Council	1. Tony Drake 2. Jean Robinson	1,496	0.1	+0.1
	Group O	1. Joan Torr 2. Roger Pratt	1,206	0.1	+0.1
	Republican	1. Michael O'Donnell 2. Kerry McNally	1,023	0.1	+0.1
	Taxi Operators	1. Alan Bateson 2. Rick Finney	549	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Rod Garcia	385	0.0	0.0
Total formal votes			1,063,811	97.3	+0.8
Informal votes			29,352	2.7	−0.8
Turnout			1,093,163	95.8	+0.2

South Australia

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Amanda Vanstone		Liberal
1998	2	Nick Bolkus		Labor
1998	3	Nick Minchin		Liberal
1998	4	John Quirke		Labor
1998	5	Meg Lees		Democrats
1998	6	Alan Ferguson		Liberal
1996
1996	1	Robert Hill		Liberal
1996	2	Rosemary Crowley		Labor
1996	3	Natasha Stott Despoja		Democrats
1996	4	Grant Chapman		Liberal
1996	5	Chris Schacht		Labor
1996	6	Jeannie Ferris		Liberal

1998 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			135,260
	Liberal	1. Amanda Vanstone (elected 1) 2. Nick Minchin (elected 3) 3. Alan Ferguson (elected 6) 4. Joy De Leo	383,637	40.5	−5.3
	Labor	1. Nick Bolkus (elected 2) 2. John Quirke (elected 4) 3. Bill Hender	303,299	32.0	−0.2
	Democrats	1. Meg Lees (elected 5) 2. Michael Pilling 3. Alex Bowie 4. Natalija Apponyi	117,619	12.4	−2.1
	One Nation	1. Len Spencer 2. Malcolm Rumbelow 3. Monica Reimann	91,911	9.7	+9.7
	Greens	1. Craig Wilkins 2. Michelle Drummond	20,895	2.2	+0.2
	Christian Democrats	1. Bob Randall 2. Colin Sinclair	9,598	1.0	+0.3
	Australia First	1. Peter Davis 2. Bill Fradd	6,127	0.6	+0.6
	National	1. Ellis Wayland Robin Dixon-Thompson	4,445	0.5	+0.5
	Democratic Socialist	1. Melanie Sjoberg 2. Kathy Newnam	4,256	0.4	+0.4
	Group E	1. Chris Harms 2. Kirsti Harms	1,487	0.1	+0.1
	Group L	1. Bernice Pfitzner 2. Erik Eriksen 3. Sean Heylen	1,466	0.1	+0.1
	Citizens Electoral Council	1. Tommy Tonkin 2. Pompeo Feleppa	898	0.1	+0.1
	Group D	1. Lindsay Simmons 2. Pat Brown	625	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Neil Russell-Taylor	309	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Graham Neave	245	0.0	0.0
Total formal votes			946,816	97.2	+0.5
Informal votes			27,424	2.8	−0.5
Turnout			974,240	96.8	+0.4

Tasmania

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Kerry O'Brien		Labor
1998	2	Eric Abetz		Liberal
1998	3	Shayne Murphy		Labor
1998	4	Brian Gibson		Liberal
1998	5	Brian Harradine		Independent
1998	6	Kay Denman		Labor
1996
1996	1	Jocelyn Newman		Liberal
1996	2	Sue Mackay		Labor
1996	3	Paul Calvert		Liberal
1996	4	Nick Sherry		Labor
1996	5	John Watson		Liberal
1996	6	Bob Brown		Greens

1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			44,054
	Labor	1. Kerry O'Brien (elected 1) 2. Shayne Murphy (elected 3) 3. Kay Denman (elected 6)	128,377	41.6	+2.5
	Liberal	1. Eric Abetz (elected 2) 2. Brian Gibson (elected 4) 3. Guy Barnett 4. Peter Collenette	104,268	33.8	−8.4
	Independent	Brian Harradine (elected 5)	24,254	7.9	+7.9
	Greens	1. Louise Crossley 2. Simon Baptist	17,905	5.8	−2.9
	Democrats	1. Robert Bell 2. Debbie Butler 3. Chris Ivory	12,107	3.9	−3.2
	One Nation	1. Peter Stokes 2. Michael Cartwright 3. Leigh Spicer	11,655	3.7	+3.7
	Tasmania First	1. David Pickford 2. David Jackson 3. Petita Abblitt	4,548	1.5	+1.5
	Abolish Child Support	1. Ian Hickman 2. Fred Lombardi	1,750	0.5	+0.5
	Christian Democrats	1. Don Rogers 2. Beryl Rogers	945	0.3	−0.2
	Women's Party	1. Lin MacQueen 2. Carolyn Bindon	804	0.2	−0.4
	Democratic Socialist	1. Kamala Emanuel 2. Ian Jamieson	754	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Norma Jamieson	659	0.2	+0.2
	Republican	1. Jenny Sheridan 2. Rena Dare	249	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Laurie Heathorn	75	0.0	0.0
	Independent	Steven Suli	27	0.0	0.0
Total formal votes			308,377	97.0	+0.2
Informal votes			9,704	3.0	−0.2
Turnout			318,081	96.5	−0.4

Australian Capital Territory

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Kate Lundy		Labor
1998	2	Margaret Reid		Liberal

1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			65,679
	Labor	1. Kate Lundy (elected 1) 2. Peter Conway	83,867	42.6	0.0
	Liberal	1. Margaret Reid (elected 2) 2. Gayle Richards	61,385	31.2	−7.8
	Democrats	1. Rick Farley 2. Wayne Sievers	32,833	16.9	+6.7
	One Nation	1. Estelle O'Brien 2. Jeremy Leyland	9,621	4.8	+4.8
	Greens	1. Deb Foskey 2. Lesley Christian	6,385	3.2	−2.6
	Independent	John Miller	923	0.5	+0.5
	Women's Party	1. Annette Haridan 2. Susanne Edwards	876	0.4	+0.4
	Abolish Child Support	1. Peter Rogers 2. Anthony Hardy	868	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Cec Harris	170	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Andrew Edgar	107	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			197,035	98.0	+0.5
Informal votes			3,952	2.0	−0.5
Turnout			200,987	96.3	+0.1

Northern Territory

Elected	#	Senator	Party
1998
1998	1	Trish Crossin		Labor
1998	2	Grant Tambling		CLP

1998 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			31,001
	Labor	1. Trish Crossin (elected 1) 2. Charlie Phillips	38,259	41.2	−3.9
	Country Liberal	1. Grant Tambling (elected 2) 2. Maisie Austin	36,063	38.8	−7.9
	One Nation	1. Ted Hagger 2. Dee Mills	8,657	9.3	+9.3
	Democrats	1. Victor Edwards 2. Peter Clements	5,119	5.5	+3.7
	Greens	1. Lex Martin 2. Andy Gough	4,232	4.5	−1.9
	Independent	Jonathan Polke	672	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			93,002	98.0	+0.8
Informal votes			1,901	2.0	−0.8
Turnout			94,903	90.6	+1.4

See also

• Candidates of the 1998 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1999–2002

References

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3. 1996 Senators elected - AEC