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1984 Australian federal election The 1984 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 1 December 1984. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives (24 of them newly created) and 46 of 76 seats in the Senate (12 of them newly created) were up for election. The incum ...

. The election was held on 1 December 1984.

Redistributions and seat changes

*Due to the expansion of the House, redistributions occurred in all states. **In New South Wales, the National-held seat of

Paterson Paterson may refer to: People * Paterson (surname) * Paterson (given name) Places Australia *Paterson, New South Wales *Paterson River, New South Wales * Division of Paterson, an electoral district in New South Wales *Paterson, Queensland, a lo ...

was abolished and the National-held seat of Riverina was renamed Riverina-Darling. Nine new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of

Charlton Charlton may refer to: People * Charlton (surname) * Charlton (given name) Places Australia * Charlton, Queensland * Charlton, Victoria * Division of Charlton, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wale ...

Dobell Dobell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include * Bertram Dobell (1842–1914), English bookseller, literary scholar, editor and author * Charles Macpherson Dobell (1869–1954), Canadian soldier *Clifford Dobell (1886–1949), British ...

, Fowler,

Gilmore Gilmore or Gillmore may refer to: *Gilmore (surname) Places Australia *Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Tuggeranong *Gilmore Avenue, a road in southern Perth, Western Australia *Division of Gilmore, an ...

, Greenway, Lindsay and Throsby; and the notionally National seats of Page and Parkes. ***The member for Chifley,

Russ Gorman Russell Neville Joseph Gorman (20 July 1926 – 3 January 2017) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1996, representing the electorate of Chifley. Gorman ...

( Labor), contested Greenway. ***The member for Cowper, Ian Robinson (

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), contested Page. ***The member for

Farrer Farrer may refer to People * Alisha Farrer (born 1943), Australian actress and model * Austin Farrer (1904–1968), English theologian, philosopher, and friend of C. S. Lewis * Buster Farrer (1936-), South African cricketer * Claude Farrer (1862� ...

Wal Fife Wallace Clyde Fife (2 October 1929 – 16 November 2017) was an Australian politician and minister in the New South Wales Government and Federal Government. Early life Fife was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and was educated at Wagga Wag ...

( Liberal), contested

Hume Hume most commonly refers to: * David Hume (1711–1776), Scottish philosopher Hume may also refer to: People * Hume (surname) * Hume (given name) * James Hume Nisbet (1849–1923), Scottish-born novelist and artist In fiction * Hume, the ...

. ***The member for

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, Bob Brown ( Labor), contested

. ***The member for Macarthur,

Colin Hollis Colin Hollis (born 30 May 1938) is a retired Australian federal politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001. Hollis was born in Wauchope, New South Wales, and received a BSc ( ...

( Labor), contested Throsby. ***The member for

Macquarie Macquarie may refer to: People * Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of the British colony of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. * Elizabeth Macquarie Campbell, Lachlan Macquarie's second wife Locations * Division of Macquarie, an electoral district in th ...

Ross Free Ross Vincent Free (born 7 March 1943) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the seat of Macquarie from 1980 until 1984, then Lindsay from 1984 until 1996. He serv ...

( Labor), contested Lindsay. ***The member for Riverina,

Noel Hicks Noel Jeffrey Hicks (born 4 November 1940) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 1998, representing the New South Wales seats of Riverina and Riverina-Darling for the National Party. He ...

(

), contested Riverina-Darling. **In Victoria, the Liberal-held seat of Balaclava was renamed Goldstein and the Labor-held Diamond Valley was abolished. Seven new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of

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, Calwell, Dunkley,

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, McEwen and Streeton; and the notionally Liberal seat of Menzies. The Labor-held seat of Casey became notionally Liberal. ***The member for Balaclava, Ian Macphee ( Liberal), contested Goldstein. ***The member for

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Andrew Theophanous Andrew Charles Theophanous (born 24 March 1946) is a Cypriot-born Australian former politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 2000, and an independent member from 2000 to 2001. He is the au ...

( Labor), contested Calwell. ***The member for Deakin,

John Saunderson John Saunderson (born 31 May 1948) is a former Australian politician and trade unionist. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990, representing the electorates of Division of Deakin, De ...

( Labor), contested

. ***The member for Diamond Valley, Peter Staples ( Labor), contested

. ***The member for

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Bob Chynoweth Robert Leslie Chynoweth (born 7 June 1941) is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. Chynoweth was born in Richmond, an inner s ...

( Labor), contested Dunkley. **In Queensland, the National-held seat of Darling Downs was renamed

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. Five new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Forde, Hinkler and Rankin; the notionally Liberal seat of Moncrieff; and the notionally National seat of

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. The Labor-held seat of Fadden became notionally Liberal. ***The member for Darling Downs,

Tom McVeigh Daniel Thomas McVeigh (born 7 May 1930) is a former Australian politician. He served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1988, representing the National Party (previously the National Country Party). He held ministerial office in the ...

(

), contested

. ***The member for Fadden,

David Beddall David Peter Beddall (born 27 November 1948) is a former Australian politician. Beddall was born in Manchester, England and was employed by the Commonwealth Bank and was a self-employed commercial finance consultant before he entered parliament. ...

( Labor), contested Rankin. ***The member for

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Evan Adermann Albert Evan Adermann AO (10 March 1927 – 3 November 2001) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the National (Country) Party and succeeded his father Sir Charles Adermann in federal parliament. He held ministerial office in the ...

(

), contested

. ***Queensland Senator Kathy Martin ( Liberal) contested Moncrieff. **In Western Australia, the notionally Labor seats of Brand and

Cowan Cowan or Cowans may refer to: Places Australia * Cowan, New South Wales * Cowan Creek, a waterway to the north of Sydney, Australia * Division of Cowan, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia * Hundr ...

were created. The Labor-held seat of

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became notionally Liberal. ***The member for

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Wendy Fatin Wendy Frances Fatin (born 10 April 1941) is a retired Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was the first woman from Western Australia elected to the House of Representatives, representing the division ...

( Labor), contested Brand. ***The member for

George Gear George Gear (born 8 March 1947) is a former Australian politician. , he is the mayor of the City of Melville in Western Australia, and had previously served from 1983 to 1996 in Federal Parliament including as Assistant Treasurer under the ...

( Labor), contested

. **In South Australia, the notionally Labor seat of Makin and the notionally Liberal seat of Mayo were created. **In Tasmania, the Liberal-held seat of Wilmot was renamed

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. The sitting member,

Max Burr Maxwell Arthur Burr, (born 9 January 1939) is an Australian retired politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Business College before becoming an accountant and Secretary of the Tasmanian Farmers' Federation. In 1 ...

, contested Lyons.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

* Doug Everingham MP ( Capricornia, Qld) * Ken Fry MP ( Fraser, ACT) * Bill Morrison MP (

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, NSW) *Senator Jean Hearn (Tas) *Senator Cyril Primmer (Vic)

Liberal

Ray Groom Raymond John Groom (born 3 September 1944) is an Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician, representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state min ...

MP ( Braddon, Tas) * Kevin Newman MP (

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, Tas) *Senator

Misha Lajovic Milivoj Emil "Misha" Lajovic (23 July 1921 – 5 June 2008) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales from 1975 to 1985, as well as the first migrant from a non-English ...

(NSW)

National

Frank O'Keefe Frank Lionel O'Keefe, AM (6 October 1912 – 21 April 1989) was an Australian politician. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, he attended state schools before becoming a farm machinery distributor and oil merchant. He was mayor of Gunnedah Sh ...

MP (

, NSW) *Senator Douglas Scott (NSW)

House of Representatives

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. The Senate was expanded at this election so that each state was represented by twelve senators instead of ten. As such, each state elected seven senators, six to serve a six-year term and one to serve a three-year term. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Australian Capital Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

New South Wales

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-

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was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Peter Baume (Liberal), Sir John Carrick (Liberal), Arthur Gietzelt (Labor), Doug McClelland (Labor) and

Graham Richardson Graham Frederick Richardson (born 27 September 1949) is an Australian former Australian Labor Party, Labor Party politician who was a Australian Senate, Senator for New South Wales from 1983 to 1994 and served as a Cabinet Minister in both the ...

(Labor) were not up for re-election.

Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Queensland

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The National Party was defending one seat. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators

Florence Bjelke-Petersen Florence Isabel Bjelke-Petersen (née Gilmour; 11 August 1920 – 20 December 2017) was an Australian politician and writer. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1981 to 1993, and was the wife of the longest-serving Premier of Queensl ...

(National),

Stan Collard Stanley James Collard (born 25 March 1936) is an Australian retired politician. Born at Maleny, Queensland, he was a locomotive engine driver before entering politics. In 1975, he was elected to the Australian Senate The Senate is the uppe ...

(National), Mal Colston (Labor), George Georges (Labor) and Warwick Parer (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators Ron Elstob (Labor),

Dominic Foreman Dominic John Foreman (6 August 1933 – 17 July 2020) was an Australian politician. He was a union official and South Australian Secretary of the Vehicle Builders' Employees' Union before entering politics. From 1979-1980 he was President of the ...

(Labor),

Janine Haines Janine Winton Haines, AM (née Carter; 8 May 1945 – 20 November 2004) was an Australian politician who was a Senator for South Australia from 1977 to 1978 and again from 1981 to 1990. She represented the Australian Democrats, and served as t ...

( Democrats), Robert Hill (Liberal) and

Tony Messner Anthony John Messner (born 24 September 1939) is a former Australian politician and government minister. Messner was born in Melbourne and educated at a state primary school in Queensland, Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide and the South Aust ...

(Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators Don Grimes (Labor), Brian Harradine (Independent), Peter Rae (Liberal), Michael Tate (Labor) and Shirley Walters (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators John Button (Labor),

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( Democrats), Gareth Evans (Labor), Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (Liberal) and Austin Lewis (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal),

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(Labor),

Peter Durack Peter Drew Durack, QC (20 October 1926– 13 July 2008) was an Australian politician, representing the Liberal Party. He rose to become Attorney-General of Australia. He served in the Senate from 1 July 1971 to 30 June 1993. From 1987 to 19 ...

(Liberal),

Gordon McIntosh Gordon Douglas McIntosh (29 May 1925 – 10 March 2019) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Early life Born in Glasgow, he was a toolmaker and served in the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1948. Having moved to Australia, he was preside ...

(Labor) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Summary by party

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References

Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1984Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1984
1984 elections in Australia Candidates for Australian federal elections

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National

House of Representatives

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Senate

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Summary by party

See also

References