Members of the Australian Senate, 1987–1990 explained

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 1990.^[1] It consisted of twelve senators for each of the six states of Australia and two senators representing each of the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. All members were elected at the 1987 election following a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, rather than the normal case of only half of the state senators facing election.

In accordance with section 13 of the Constitution,^[2] following a double dissolution of Parliament, the terms for senators commence on 1 July preceding the election – i.e., on 1 July 1987. The Senate decides which senators were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1993 and which senators were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1990. In 1983 the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 had been amended to include provision for a recount of ballot papers to determine the senators to get the long term vacancies.^[3] This was the result of a unanimous recommendation from the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform.^[4] Despite the unanimous recommendation for reform, and the maintained the previous system where the first six senators elected in each state were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1993 while the other half were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1990. The effect of this system was that Democrat Senators Paul McLean and Janet Powell got a long term instead of National Senators David Brownhill and Julian McGauran. There was no net effect on Labor and Liberal in that in South Australia, Labor Senator Graham Maguire got a long term instead of Liberal Senator Robert Hill, while in Queensland, Liberal Senator Warwick Parer got a long term instead of Labor Senator Gerry Jones.^[5] ^[6] Senators took their seats immediately following the election on 11 July 1987. The four territory senators were elected in July 1987 and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was March 1990.

State	Term ending	Years in office
		1990	1986–2004
		1993	1975–1994
	Tasmania	1993	1984–1993
		1993	1984–1996
	New South Wales	1993	1974–1991
		1990	1987–1996
	Tasmania	1990	1990–1996
	New South Wales	1990	1987–1994
		1993	1980–1993
	Queensland	1990	1984–1990
		1993	1981–2005
	Queensland	1990	1983–2014
	New South Wales	1990	1984–2000
	Queensland	1990	1987–1996
	Victoria	1993	1974–1993
	Tasmania	1990	1987–2007
	Western Australia	1993	1990–2007
	Western Australia	1993	1974–1990
	South Australia	1990	1987–2008
	New South Wales	1990	1980–1997
	Tasmania	1993	1980–1996
		1990	1987–1998
	Queensland	1993	1975–1999
	Western Australia	1993	1983–2005
	Victoria	1990	1984–2002
	South Australia	1990	1987–1995
	Western Australia	1990	1980–1996
	South Australia	1990	1983–2002
	Tasmania	1990	1987–1996
	Tasmania	1990	1984–1990
/	New South Wales	1990	1988–1990
	Western Australia	1993	1970–1993
	Victoria	1993	1977–1996
	New South Wales	1993	1989–2015
	South Australia	1993	1980–1997
	New South Wales	1993	1970–1989
	Western Australia	1993	1980–1993
	South Australia	1993	1977–1978, 1980–1990
	Victoria	1990	1977–1990
	Tasmania	1993	1975–2005
	South Australia	1990	1981–2006
	Western Australia	1990	1987–1990
	Queensland	1990	1980–1996
	Western Australia	1993	1984–2005
	South Australia	1993	1990–2005
	Victoria	1993	1976–1993
	Queensland	1993	1977–1999
	Queensland	1990	1980–1990
	South Australia	1993	1983–1993
	Victoria	1990	1987–1990, 1993–2011
	Western Australia	1990	1984–2002
	New South Wales	1993	1987–1991
		1990	1988–1996
	South Australia	1993	1975–1990
	New South Wales	1990	1984–1990
	Tasmania	1990	1986–2002
	Queensland	1993	1990–1999
	South Australia	1993	1990–1992
	Western Australia	1990	1987–1997
	Queensland	1993	1984–2000
	Victoria	1990	1987–2008
	Victoria	1993	1986–1993
	New South Wales	1990	1978–1980, 1984–1990
	Victoria	1990	1981–2008
	Australian Capital Territory	1990	1981–2003
	Queensland	1993	1983–1999
	New South Wales	1993	1983–1994
	Australian Capital Territory	1990	1975–1988
	Tasmania	1990	1984–1990
	South Australia	1990	1987–2002
	Queensland	1990	1974–1981, 1984–1990
	Victoria	1993	1984–1997
	New South Wales	1993	1975–1978, 1978–1994
	Queensland	1993	1987–1990
	Northern Territory	1990	1987–2001
	Tasmania	1993	1977–1993
	South Australia	1990	1977–1996
	Western Australia	1990	1984–1992
	South Australia	1993	1984–2007
	Western Australia	1993	1974–1993
	Tasmania	1993	1975–1993
	Tasmania	1990	1978–2008
	New South Wales	1990	1987–1988
	Victoria	1993	1983–1995

Notes and References

Web site: The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1987 . . 27 March 2017.
Rotation of senators.
Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances.
Web site: First report – electoral reform . Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform . 66–7 . . 13 September 1983.
Commonwealth of Australia . Senate . Rotation of Senators . 17 September 1987 . 194 . 213.
Web site: Division of the Senate following simultaneous general elections . Odgers' Australian Senate Practice . 14th . . 28 March 2017.