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1998 Australian Senate election

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1998 Australian Senate elections

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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 Decrease 3 Steady 0 Increase 2
Popular vote 4,189,673 4,182,963 947,940
Percentage 37.36% 37.31% 8.45%
Swing Decrease 6.24% Increase 1.16% Decrease 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 Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,007,439 305,058
Percentage 8.99% 2.72%
Swing Increase 8.99% Decrease 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

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.

Australia

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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 Steady
    Liberal/National (Joint Ticket) 2,452,407 21.87 −2.62 5  
  Liberal 1,528,730 13.63 −2.61 11 31 Steady
  National 208,536 1.86 −1.01 0 3 Decrease 2
  Country Liberal 36,063 0.32 −0.05 1 1 Steady
Liberal–National coalition 4,225,673 37.70 −6.27 17 35 Decrease 2
  One Nation 1,007,439 8.99 * 1 1 Increase 1
  Democrats 947,940 8.45 −2.37 4 9 Increase 2
  Greens 305,058 2.72 −0.45 0 1 Decrease 1
  Christian Democrats 122,516 1.09 +0.01
  Unity 93,968 0.83 *
  Australia First 46,765 0.41 *
  Shooters 38,188 0.34 −0.71
  Democratic Labor 29,893 0.27 −0.06
  Harradine Group 24,254 0.22 −0.08 1 1 Steady
  Democratic Socialist 24,158 0.22 *
  Women's Party 20,495 0.18 −0.27
  Abolish Child Support/Family Court Party 15,276 0.14 *
  Queensland First 11,554 0.10 *
  Natural Law 11,152 0.10 −0.06
  Nuclear Disarmament 9,685 0.09 *
  Citizens Electoral Council 9,403 0.08 *
  Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration 8,019 0.07 −0.34
  One Australia 7,572 0.07 −0.34
  Other 58,577 0.5 ≤0
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Bennett, S; Newman, G; Kopras, A (16 February 1999). "Federal Elections 1998" (PDF). Research Paper 9 1998-99. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN 1328-7478. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  2. ^ "1998 Senate". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  3. ^ 1996 Senators elected - AEC