Members of the Australian Senate, 1983–1985 explained

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1983 to 1985.^[1] It consisted of ten 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 1983 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, following a double dissolution of Parliament, the terms for senators commence on 1 July preceding the election – i.e., on 1 July 1982. The first five senators elected in each state were allocated the full six-year terms ending on 30 June 1988 while the other half were allocated three-year terms ending on 30 June 1985.^[2] Senators took their seats immediately following the election on 5 March 1983. The four territory senators were elected in March 1983 and their terms ended at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was December 1984.

Term ending	Years in office
	1985	1975–1994
	1988	1974–1991
	1988	1980–1993
	1985	1981–2005
Queensland	1985	1983–2014
	1988	1974–1993
New South Wales	1988	1970–1987
	1988	1974–1990
New South Wales	1985	1980–1997
Victoria	1988	1977–1986
Tasmania	1985	1980–1996
Western Australia	1988	1974–1987
Queensland	1988	1975–1987
Queensland	1988	1975–1999
Western Australia	1985	1983–2005
Western Australia	1985	1980–1996
	1985	1983–2002
Western Australia	1988	1970–1993
South Australia	1988	1977–1987
Victoria	1988	1977–1996
Western Australia	1985	1983–1985
South Australia	1988	1980–1997
Queensland	1988	1967–1987
New South Wales	1988	1970–1989
Western Australia	1985	1980–1993
Tasmania	1988	1974–1987
Victoria	1988	1970–1987
South Australia	1988	1977–1978, 1980–1990
Victoria	1985	1977–1990
Tasmania	1988	1975–2005
Tasmania	1985	1980–1985
South Australia	1988	1981–2006
South Australia	1985	1970–1991
Queensland	1985	1980–1996
	1984, 1987	1975–1987
New South Wales	1985	1975–1985
Victoria	1988	1976–1993
Queensland	1985	1977–1999
Queensland	1985	1980–1990
South Australia	1985	1983–1993
Queensland	1988	1974–1984
New South Wales	1985	1977–1987
New South Wales	1988	1961–1987
Western Australia	1988	1974–1987
South Australia	1988	1975–1990
Victoria	1985	1974–1986
Queensland	1988	1984–1999
Victoria	1985	1971–1985
Tasmania	1988	1967–1986
Victoria	1985	1981–2008
	1984, 1987	1981–2003
Queensland	1985	1983–1999
New South Wales	1988	1983–1994
Northern Territory	1984, 1987	1975–1987
Australian Capital Territory	1984, 1987	1975–1988
New South Wales	1985	1970, 1974–1985
New South Wales	1985	1975–1978, 1978–1994
Tasmania	1988	1977–1993
South Australia	1985	1977–1996
Tasmania	1985	1970–1987
Western Australia	1988	1974–1993
Tasmania	1988	1975–1993
Tasmania	1985	1978–2008
Western Australia	1985	1966, 1967–1987
Victoria	1985	1983–1995

Notes and References

Web site: The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate 1983 . . 25 March 2017.
Commonwealth of Australia . Senate . Rotation of Senators . 22 April 1983 . .