Members of the Australian Senate, 1990–1993 explained

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 next federal election, 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	Term ending	Years in office
					1996	1986–2004
					1993	1975–1994
				Tasmania	1993	1984–1993
					1993	1984–1996
				New South Wales	1993	1974–1991
					1996	1987–1996
				Tasmania	1996	1990–1996
				New South Wales	1996	1987–1994
					1993	1980–1993
					1993	1981–2005
				Queensland	1996	1983–2014
				New South Wales	1996	1990–2002
				New South Wales	1996	1984–2000
				Queensland	1996	1987–1996
				Victoria	1993	1974–1993
				Tasmania	1996	1987–2007
				Western Australia	1993	1990–2007
				Victoria	1993	1993–present
				Western Australia	1996	1992–1996
				South Australia	1996	1987–2008
				New South Wales	1996	1980–1997
				Tasmania	1993	1980–1996
					1993, 1996	1987–1998
				Queensland	1993	1975–1999
				Western Australia	1993	1983–2005
				Victoria	1996	1984–2002
				South Australia	1996	1987–1995
				Western Australia	1996	1990–2002
				Western Australia	1996	1980–1996
				South Australia	1996	1983–2002
				Tasmania	1996	1987–1996
				Western Australia	1993	1970–1993
				Victoria	1993	1977–1996
				New South Wales	1993	1989–2015
				South Australia	1993	1992–2011
				South Australia	1993	1980–1997
				Western Australia	1993	1980–1993
				Tasmania	1993	1975–2005
				Queensland	1996	1990–2002
				South Australia	1996	1981–2006
				Queensland	1996	1980–1996
				Victoria	1996	1990–2008
				Queensland	1996	1990–1997
				Western Australia	1993	1984–2005
				South Australia	1993	1990–2005
				Victoria	1993	1976–1993
				New South Wales	1996	1990–1995
				Queensland	1996	1990–2019
				Queensland	1993	1977–1999
				South Australia	1993	1983–1993
				Western Australia	1996	1984–2002
				New South Wales	1993	1987–1991
					1993, 1996	1988–1996
				Tasmania	1996	1986–2002
				Queensland	1993	1990–1999
				South Australia	1993	1990–1992
				Western Australia	1996	1987–1997
				Queensland	1993	1984–2000
				Victoria	1996	1987–2008
				Victoria	1993	1986–1993
				Victoria	1996	1981–2008
				Australian Capital Territory	1993, 1996	1981–2003
				Queensland	1993	1983–1999
				New South Wales	1993	1983–1994
				South Australia	1996	1987–2002
				Tasmania	1996	1990–2012
				Victoria	1993	1984–1997
				New South Wales	1993	1975–1978, 1978–1994
				New South Wales	1993	1991–1993
				Victoria	1996	1990–1996
				Northern Territory	1993, 1996	1987–2001
				Tasmania	1993	1977–1993
				South Australia	1996	1977–1996
				New South Wales	1993	1991–2005
				Western Australia	1996	1984–1992
				South Australia	1993	1984–2007
				Western Australia	1993	1974–1993
				Tasmania	1993	1975–1993
				Tasmania	1996	1978–2008
				New South Wales	1996	1987, 1990–2002
				Victoria	1993	1983–1995

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1990 . . 27 March 2017.
2. Web site: First report – electoral reform . Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform . 66–7 . . 13 September 1983.
3. Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances.
4. The President of the Senate votes and if the votes are equal, the motion is defeated: Voting in the Senate.
5. Commonwealth of Australia . Senate . Rotation of Senators . 17 September 1987 . 194 . 213.
6. Web site: Division of the Senate following simultaneous general elections . Odgers' Australian Senate Practice . 14th . . 28 March 2017.