1980 Australian Senate election

{{Election box begin

|title = 1980 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales

}}

{{Election box quota

|quota = 452,977

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Doug McClelland (elected 1)}}
{{nowrap| 2. Bruce Childs (elected 3)}}
{{nowrap|3. Kerry Sibraa (elected 5)}}

|votes = 1,215,796

|percentage = 44.7

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. John Carrick (Lib) (elected 2)}}
{{nowrap|2. Douglas Scott (NCP) (elected 4)}}
3. Chris Puplick (Lib)

|votes = 1,139,825

|percentage = 41.9

|change = -1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = 1. Paul McLean
2. Elisabeth Kirkby
3. Laurence Bourke

|votes = 187,507

|percentage = 6.9

|change = -1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Call to Australia

|candidate = 1. Fred Nile
2. John Whitehall
3. Joan Loew

|votes = 118,535

|percentage = 4.4

|change = +2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Marijuana

|candidate = 1. James Billington
2. Anne Parsons

|votes = 13,476

|percentage = 0.5

|change = -0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = National Colonialist Party

|candidate = 1. Nicholas Jones
2. Ian MacRae

|votes = 11,038

|percentage = 0.4

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Socialist (1971)

|candidate = 1. Peter Symon
2. Harry Black
3. Raymond Ferguson
4. Edgar Woodbury

|votes = 8,760

|percentage = 0.3

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group C

|candidate = 1. John E Champion
2. Julie A Champion
3. John D Champion

|votes = 6,785

|percentage = 0.3

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Estelle Myers

|votes = 4,469

|percentage = 0.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Joylene Hairmouth

|votes = 4,334

|percentage = 0.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Josephine Chisholm-Mallett

|votes = 2,855

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Progress

|candidate = 1. Fernand Eyschen
2. Nicholas Hudson

|votes = 2,260

|percentage = 0.1

|change = -2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Terence Griffiths

|votes = 921

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Berard O'Grady

|votes = 489

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Rudolph Dezelin

|votes = 305

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Norman Eather

|votes = 262

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Gene Salvestrin

|votes = 241

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 2,717,858

|percentage = 90.6

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 281,338

|percentage = 9.4

|change = -0.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,999,186

|percentage = 94.2

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title = 1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria

}}

{{Election box quota

|quota = 339,953

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Cyril Primmer (elected 1)}}
{{nowrap|2. Robert Ray (elected 3)}}
3. Jean Melzer

|votes = 877,468

|percentage = 43.0

|change = +8.8

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Coalition

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Margaret Guilfoyle (Lib) (elected 2)}}
{{nowrap|2. Austin Lewis (Lib) (elected 4)}}
3. Laurence Neal (NCP)

|votes = 831,703

|percentage = 40.8

|change = -1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. John Siddons (elected 5)}}
2. Janet Powell
3. Ian Price

|votes = 231,113

|percentage = 11.3

|change = -4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democratic Labour

|candidate = 1. Paul McManus
2. John Flint
3. Robert Semmel

|votes = 31,766

|percentage = 1.6

|change = -4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Australia

|candidate = 1. Gail Farrell
2. Frederick Funnell

|votes = 25,734

|percentage = 1.3

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Marijuana

|candidate = 1. Margaret Fraser
2. James Billington

|votes = 11,684

|percentage = 0.6

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group B

|candidate = 1. John Jess
2. John Davies
3. Donald Moyes

|votes = 10,402

|percentage = 0.5

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group K

|candidate = 1. Francis Petering
2. Jean McPherson
3. Louis Cook

|votes = 9,081

|percentage = 0.4

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Socialist (1971)

|candidate = 1. Georgina Lialios
2. Trevor McCandless
3. Raymond Berbling

|votes = 2,791

|percentage = 0.1

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group E

|candidate = 1. Shane Watson
2. Ernest Langmaid

|votes = 1,765

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group D

|candidate = 1. George Samargis
2. Daniel Smargis

|votes = 1,538

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Pamela Moore

|votes = 1,498

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Anthony Palmer

|votes = 1,470

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Augustus Titter

|votes = 1,157

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Maurice Smith

|votes = 329

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Wilhelm Kapphan

|votes = 217

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 2,039,716

|percentage = 90.9

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 256,060

|percentage = 9.1

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,295,776

|percentage = 95.0

|change = -0.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title = 1980 Australian federal election: Senate: Queensland

}}

{{Election box quota

|quota = 192,889

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Jim Keeffe (elected 1)}}
{{nowrap|2. Gerry Jones (elected 4)}}
3. Robert Gleeson

|votes = 445,277

|percentage = 38.5

|change = +3.9

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = National Country

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Flo Bjelke-Petersen (elected 2)}}
2. Glen Sheil
3. Ron Maunsell

|votes = 309,622

|percentage = 26.8

|change = +26.8*

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Liberal

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Neville Bonner (elected 3)}}
2. Yvonne McComb
3. Franz Born

|votes = 266,407

|percentage = 23.0

|change = +23.0*

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Michael Macklin (elected 5)}}
2. William Elson-Green
3. Gilruth Rees

|votes = 115,429

|percentage = 10.0

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Progress

|candidate = 1. Vivian Forbes
2. Frank Paull

|votes = 3,399

|percentage = 0.3

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group J

|candidate = 1. Lionel Fifield
2. Robert McClintock

|votes = 3,256

|percentage = 0.3

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group F

|candidate = 1. John Butler
2. Anne Glew

|votes = 3,022

|percentage = 0.3

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Socialist (1971)

|candidate = 1. David Ryan
2. Stephen Bulloch
3. Ivan Ivanoff

|votes = 2,514

|percentage = 0.2

|change = -2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Norman Eather

|votes = 2,191

|percentage = 0.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group G

|candidate = 1. Sydney Shawcross
2. Cyril McKenzie
3. Michael Dendle

|votes = 2,102

|percentage = 0.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = National Front

|candidate = 1. Rosemary Sisson
2. Victor Robb

|votes = 1,467

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Carlemo Wacando

|votes = 1,326

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group H

|candidate = 1. James Drabsch
2. Vivien Botterill

|votes = 513

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Neil McKay

|votes = 369

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Anthony Catip

|votes = 241

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Frederick Phillips

|votes = 195

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 1,157,330

|percentage = 90.8

|change = -1.2

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 117,884

|percentage = 9.2

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,275,214

|percentage = 94.0

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

• 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.

{{Election box begin

|title = 1980 Australian federal election, Senate, South Australia

}}

{{Election box quota

|quota = 122,723

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Liberal

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Don Jessop (elected 1)}}
{{nowrap|2. Robert Hill (elected 3)}}
3. Craig Spiel

|votes = 319,088

|percentage = 43.3

|change = -5.8

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Dominic Foreman (elected 2)}}
{{nowrap|2. Nick Bolkus (elected 4)}}
3. Graham Maguire

|votes = 300,420

|percentage = 40.8

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Janine Haines (elected 5)}}
2. Ian Gilfillan
3. David Vigor

|votes = 96,662

|percentage = 13.1

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = National Country

|candidate = 1. Geoffrey Clothier
2. Sylvia Schulz
3. Peter McBride

|votes = 7,419

|percentage = 1.0

|change = +1.0

}}

|-

| {{Australian party style|Christians|width:1px}} |  

| style="text-align:left;"| Concerned Christian Candidates

| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Betty Luks
2. James Cronin
3. Gordon Kroschel

| style="text-align:right;"| 4,189

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.6

| style="text-align:right;"| +0.6

|-

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Marijuana

|candidate = 1. Craig Cocks
2. Gwenda Woods

|votes = 2,373

|percentage = 0.3

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Australia

|candidate = 1. Ian Modistach
2. Alan Jamieson

|votes = 1,670

|percentage = 0.2

|change = -0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Socialist (1971)

|candidate = 1. Brian Rooney
2. Ida Goss
3. Laurence Kiek

|votes = 1,347

|percentage = 0.2

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Progressive Conservative

|candidate = 1. David Kitto
2. Mary McKenzie-Huish

|votes = 1,248

|percentage = 0.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Valentine Furner

|votes = 879

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = William Forster

|votes = 820

|percentage = 0.1

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Raymond Bradtke

|votes = 221

|percentage = 0.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 736,336

|percentage = 91.3

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 70,359

|percentage = 8.7

|change = -1.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 806,695

|percentage = 94.9

|change = -0.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title = 1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia

}}

{{Election box quota

|quota = 105,085

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Liberal

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Reg Withers (elected 1)}}
{{nowrap|2. Peter Durack (elected 3)}}
{{nowrap|3. Noel Crichton-Browne (elected 5)}}

|votes = 283,429

|percentage = 45.0

|change = -1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Gordon McIntosh (elected 2)}}
{{nowrap|2. Patricia Giles (elected 4)}}
3. Brian Conway

|votes = 244,729

|percentage = 38.8

|change = +6.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = 1. Jack Evans
2. Geoffrey Taylor
3. Shirley de la Hunty

|votes = 58,538

|percentage = 9.3

|change = -3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = National Country

|candidate = 1. John Patterson
2. John McIntyre
3. Leonard Newing

|votes = 25,937

|percentage = 4.1

|change = -2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = WA Nationals

|candidate = 1. Anthony Overheu
2. Edna Adams
3. Murray Anderson

|votes = 7,597

|percentage = 1.2

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Progressive Conservative

|candidate = 1. Syd Negus
2. Peter Harwood

|votes = 4,999

|percentage = 0.8

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Progress

|candidate = 1. John Trewick
2. James Jamieson
3. Kenneth Law

|votes = 2,593

|percentage = 0.4

|change = -1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group D

|candidate = 1. Francesco Nesci
2. Nellie Stuart

|votes = 1,570

|percentage = 0.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Douglas Thorp

|votes = 1,112

|percentage = 0.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 630,504

|percentage = 90.1

|change = -1.7

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 69,453

|percentage = 9.9

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 699,957

|percentage = 93.2

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title = 1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania

}}

{{Election box quota

|quota = 40,640

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Liberal

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Peter Rae (elected 1)}}
{{nowrap|2. Michael Townley (elected 4)}}
3. Peter Jones

|votes = 96,098

|percentage = 39.4

|change = -10.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Jean Hearn (elected 2)}}
{{nowrap|2. John Coates (elected 5)}}
3. John White

|votes = 86,833

|percentage = 35.6

|change = -2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Group B

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Brian Harradine (elected 3)}}
2. Harry Upston

|votes = 52,247

|percentage = 21.4

|change = +21.4

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = 1. Norman Siberry
2. Rae Saxon
3. Brian Austen

|votes = 7,780

|percentage = 3.2

|change = -2.7

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 243,838

|percentage = 92.5

|change = -0.4

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 19,651

|percentage = 7.5

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 263,489

|percentage = 96.3

|change = -0.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title = 1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory

}}

{{Election box quota

|quota = 41,569

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Susan Ryan (elected 1)}}
2. John Langmore

|votes = 63,280

|percentage = 50.8

|change = +7.6

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Liberal

|candidate = {{nowrap|2. John Knight (elected 2)}}
2. David Adams

|votes = 46,267

|percentage = 37.1

|change = -1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = 1. John Filler
2. John Morgan

|votes = 10,663

|percentage = 8.5

|change = -4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Jobless Action Community Campaign

|candidate = 1. Neville Curtis
2. Jacqueline Flitcroft

|votes = 4,001

|percentage = 3.2

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Independent

|candidate = Joseph Marks

|votes = 493

|percentage = 0.4

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 124,704

|percentage = 97.2

|change = +6.9

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 3,558

|percentage = 2.8

|change = -6.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 128,262

|percentage = 94.3

|change = -1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title = 1980 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory

}}

{{Election box quota

|quota = 14,027

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = CLP

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Bernard Kilgariff (elected 1)}}
2. Graeme Lewis

|votes = 19,129

|percentage = 45.5

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Labor

|candidate = {{nowrap|1. Ted Robertson (elected 2)}}
2. Hunter Harrison

|votes = 16,384

|percentage = 38.9

|change = -1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Democrats

|candidate = 1. Jack Hunt
2. William Evans

|votes = 4,113

|percentage = 9.8

|change = +1.6

}}

|-

| {{Australian party style|christian democrats|width:1px}} |  

| style="text-align:left;"| Christian Democrat

| style="text-align:left;"| 1. Ronald Mann
2. Charles Coombs

| style="text-align:right;"| 1,648

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.9

| style="text-align:right;"| +3.9

|-

{{Election box candidate AU party

|party = Marijuana

|candidate = 1. Jennifer Smether
2. Lance Lawrence

|votes = 804

|percentage = 1.9

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box formal

|votes = 42,078

|percentage = 92.7

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box informal

|votes = 3,325

|percentage = 7.3

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 45,403

|percentage = 82.3

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

• 1980 Australian federal election
• Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1980
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983

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{{Results of Australian federal elections}}

• [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1980/1980senate.shtml Adam Carr's Election Archive]

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