Results of the 1980 Australian federal election (Senate)

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.

See also: Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983
1980 Australian Senate elections
18 October 1980
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 3 0 3
Popular vote 3,352,521 3,250,187 711,805
Percentage 43.58% 42.25% 9.25%
Swing 1.98% 5.49% 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

Australia
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
  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
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
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
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
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
Prog. 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
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
Prog. 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
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
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
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 (NT) 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

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