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1998 Australian federal election The 1998 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 39th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 3 October 1998. All 148 seats of the House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Senate were up for election. T ...

. The election was held on 3 October 1998.

Redistributions and seat changes

*Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. **In Queensland, the notionally Liberal seat of Blair was created. ***The member for McPherson,

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), contested the

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. ***The member for

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Pauline Hanson Pauline Lee Hanson (''née'' Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation, a right-wing populist political party. Hanson has represented Queensland in the Australian ...

( One Nation), contested Blair. **In the Australian Capital Territory, the Labor-held seat of Namadgi was abolished. ***The member for

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Bob McMullan Robert Francis McMullan (born 10 December 1947) is an Australian former politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. He was the first person to represent the Australian Capital Terr ...

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), contested

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. ***The member for Namadgi,

Annette Ellis Annette Louise Ellis (born 13 October 1946), Australian politician, was a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian Capital Territory, from March 1996 to August 2010, representing the Division of Namadgi ...

(

), contested

. *The member for Chisholm,

Michael Wooldridge Michael Richard Lewis Wooldridge (born 7 November 1956) is an Australian doctor, company director, and former politician. He served as deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1993 to 1994, under John Hewson. In the Howard Government he held mi ...

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), contested Casey.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

* Peter Baldwin MP (

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, NSW) *

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. ...

MP ( Rankin, Qld) *

Bob Brown Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944) is a former Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasman ...

MP ( Charlton, NSW) *

Steve Dargavel Steven John Dargavel (born 10 June 1966) is a former Australian politician. Dargavel was born in Traralgon, Victoria and received an Associate Diploma in Welfare Studies from Monash University. He then worked as a youth refuge worker, youth h ...

MP (

, ACT) *

Ted Grace Edward Laurence Grace (13 March 1931 – 22 August 2020) was an Australian politician. He represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1998, holding the New South Wales seat of Fowler. Early life Gr ...

MP ( Fowler, NSW) *

Clyde Holding Allan Clyde Holding (27 April 193131 July 2011) was an Australian politician who served as Leader of the Opposition in Victoria for ten years, and went on to become a federal minister in the Hawke Government. Early life and education Holdin ...

MP (

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, Vic) * Barry Jones MP (

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, Vic) * Peter Morris MP ( Shortland, NSW) *

Ralph Willis Ralph Willis AO (born 14 April 1938) is a former Australian politician who served as a Cabinet Minister during the entirety of the Hawke-Keating Government from 1983 to 1996, most notably as Treasurer of Australia from 1993 to 1996 and briefl ...

MP ( Gellibrand, Vic) *Senator

Margaret Reynolds Margaret Reynolds (; born 19 July 1941) served as an Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland from 1983 to 1999. Reynolds had two ministerial appointments during her time in the Senate, serving as Minister for Local Government from Sep ...

(Qld)

Liberal

Bob Halverson Robert George Halverson, (22 October 1937 – 9 February 2016) was an Australian politician, air force officer and diplomat. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1998, representing the Liberal Party. He was Speaker of th ...

MP ( Casey, Vic) *

Ian McLachlan Ian Murray McLachlan (born 2 October 1936) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1998, representing the Liberal Party. He was Minister for Defence in the Howard Government from ...

MP ( Barker, SA) *

Stephen Mutch Stephen Bruce Mutch (born 4 February 1956) is an Australian academic, and former politician with an academic interest in cultic organisations. A member of the Liberal Party, he served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1988 to 1996 ...

MP (

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, NSW) - lost preselection *

Bruce Reid Bruce Anthony Reid (born 14 March 1963) is a former Australian international cricketer. A tall left-arm fast-medium bowler, Reid also played domestically for his home state Western Australia. Domestic career Reid played for Western Australi ...

MP (

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...

, Vic) * Bill Taylor MP (

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, Qld)

National

Michael Cobb Michael Roy Cobb (born 16 March 1945) is an Australian politician who represented the electorate of Parkes in the Australian House of Representatives from 1984 to 1998. Before entering politics Cobb worked as a veterinary surgeon and ran a fa ...

MP (

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, NSW) *

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. H ...

MP (

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, NSW) * John Sharp MP ( Hume, NSW) *

Ian Sinclair Ian McCahon Sinclair (born 10 June 1929) is a former Australian politician who served as leader of the National Party from 1984 to 1989. He was a government minister under six prime ministers, and later Speaker of the House of Representative ...

MP (

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, NSW)

Other

*Senator

Mal Colston Malcolm Arthur Colston (5 April 1938 – 23 August 2003) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1975 to 1999. He was a member of the Labor Party until 1996, when he resigned to sit as an independent following ...

(Qld) – Queensland First, elected as Labor

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. 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

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was defending one seat.

New South Wales

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

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was defending three seats. Senators Vicki Bourne ( Democrats), George Campbell (Labor), David Brownhill (National),

Helen Coonan Helen Lloyd Coonan (born 29 October 1947) is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1996 to 2011, representing the Liberal Party. She was a minister in the Howard Government, serving as Minister for Revenue a ...

(Liberal),

Marise Payne Marise Ann Payne (born 29 July 1964) is an Australian politician who served in the Morrison Government as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and as Minister for Women from 2019 to 2022. She has been a Senator for New South Wales sin ...

(Liberal) and

Sue West Suzanne Margaret West (born 21 September 1947) is a former Australian politician and nurse who was the first woman to serve as a Senator for New South Wales. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), she was appointed to the Senate in Februa ...

(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 The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...

was defending one seat.

Queensland

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending two seats. The National Party was defending one seat. The

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were defending one seat. Senators

Andrew Bartlett Andrew John Julian Bartlett (born 4 August 1964) is an Australian politician, social worker, academic, and social campaigner who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1997 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2018. He represented the Australian Democrats ...

(Democrats),

Ron Boswell Ronald Leslie Doyle Boswell (born 9 December 1940) is an Australian former politician. He represented the Nationals in the Australian Senate for Queensland from 1983 to 2014 and led the party in the Senate from 1990 to 2007. He became Father ...

(National),

Brenda Gibbs Brenda Gibbs (; born 3 September 1947) is an Australian politician. Gibbs was elected to the Australian Senate for Queensland in 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party. Her first term began on 1 July 1996, she was not re-elected at the 20 ...

(Labor), John Herron (Liberal), John Hogg (Labor) and

Ian Macdonald Ian MacCormick (known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was a British music critic and author, best known for both ''Revolution in the Head'', his critical history of the Beatles which borrowed techniques from a ...

(Liberal) were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. The

were defending one seat. Senators

Grant Chapman Hedley Grant Pearson Chapman (born 27 April 1949) is an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Chapman was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide and worked as a marketing executive in the oil indust ...

(Liberal),

Rosemary Crowley Rosemary Anne Crowley (; born 30 July 1938) is a former Australian politician. She served as a Senator for South Australia from 1983 to 2002, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). In the Keating Government she held ministerial office ...

(Labor),

Jeannie Ferris Jeannie Margaret Ferris (née Whitlow; 14 March 1941 – 2 April 2007) was an Australian politician, lobbyist, journalist, and Liberal Senator for South Australia. Early life Ferris was born in Auckland, New Zealand. She was educated at Monash ...

(Liberal), Robert Hill (Liberal),

Chris Schacht Christopher Cleland Schacht (born 6 December 1946) is a former Australian politician and member of the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was born in Melbourne and educated at the University of Adelaide and Wattle ...

(Labor) and

Natasha Stott Despoja Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AO (born 9 September 1969) is an Australian politician, diplomat, advocate and author. She is the founding Chair of the Board of Our Watch, the national foundation to prevent violence against women and their childr ...

(Democrats) were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

was defending two seats.

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Senator

Brian Harradine Richard William Brian Harradine (9 January 1935 – 14 April 2014) was an Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Australian Senate, from 1975 to 2005, representing the state of Tasmania. He was the longest-serving indep ...

was defending one seat. Senators

( Greens), Paul Calvert (Liberal), Sue Mackay (Labor),

Jocelyn Newman Jocelyn Margaret Newman (née Mullett; 8 July 1937 – 1 April 2018) was an Australian politician. She was a Senator for Tasmania for 15 years, and a minister in the Howard Government. Political career Jocelyn Margaret Mullett was born in M ...

(Liberal),

Nick Sherry Nicholas John Sherry (born 19 November 1955) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from July 1990 until June 2012, representing the Australian Labor Party. Sherry was sworn ...

(Labor) and John Watson (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

was defending three seats. Senators

Lyn Allison Lynette Fay Allison (born 21 October 1946) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria. she is the national president of the Australian Democrats. Early life an ...

( Democrats), Richard Alston (Liberal),

Barney Cooney Bernard Cornelius Cooney (11 July 1934 – 9 February 2019) was an Australian politician. Cooney was born at Currie on King Island in Tasmania. His family moved to the regional Victorian town of Culgoa in 1937, and subsequently moved through se ...

(Labor),

Rod Kemp Charles Roderick Kemp (born 21 December 1944) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria. Kemp was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was educated at Melbo ...

(Liberal),

Kay Patterson Kay Christine Lesley Patterson (born 21 November 1944) is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria. Background and education Patterson was born in ...

(Liberal) and Robert Ray (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. The

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were defending one seat. Senators

Mark Bishop Thomas Mark Bishop (born 29 June 1954) is a former Australian politician who served as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Western Australia from July 1996 until June 2014. He was born in Adela ...

(Labor), Winston Crane (Liberal), Alan Eggleston (Liberal),

Ross Lightfoot Philip Ross Lightfoot (born 11 August 1936) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1997 to 2008, representing the state of Western Australia. Early life Lightfoot was ...

(Liberal),

Jim McKiernan James Philip McKiernan (11 October 1944 – 10 August 2018) was an Irish-born Australian politician. Born in Cavan, Ireland, he was a fitter and turner before entering politics. In Australia he was a union education officer for the Australian M ...

(Labor) and Andrew Murray ( Democrats) were not up for re-election.

Summary by party

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Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party. It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Au ...

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National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia, also known as The Nationals or The Nats, is an List of political parties in Australia, Australian political party. Traditionally representing graziers, farmers, and regional voters generally, it began as the Au ...

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Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, are a confederation of Green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and th ...

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Natural Law Party The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation", the laws of nature, and their application to all levels of government. At its peak, it was active in up to 74 countries; it con ...

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Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

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Citizens Electoral Council The Australian Citizens Party (ACP), formerly the Citizens Electoral Council of Australia (CEC), is a minor political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement which was led by American political activist and conspir ...

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Australia First Party The Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated, often shortened to the Australia First Party (AFP), is an Australian far-right political party founded in 1996 by Graeme Campbell. The policies of Australia First have been described as ultranat ...

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Democratic Socialist Electoral League The Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP) was an Australian Marxist political group, which operated as the largest component of a broad-left socialist formation, the Socialist Alliance. In 2010, the DSP voted to merge into the Socialist All ...

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Abolish Child Support The No Goods and Services Tax Party (usually called No GST), previously the Abolish Child Support and Family Court Party, was a minor Australian political party registered between 1997 and 2006 which fielded candidates between the 1998 and 2004 f ...

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No Aircraft Noise No Aircraft Noise, or more fully The Common Cause - No Aircraft Noise, was a minor Australian political party. It was dedicated to removing noise pollution for residents of Sydney, which is generated by the city's three airports. The party sugges ...

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Republican Party of Australia The Republican Party of Australia was a minor Australian political party dedicated to ending the country's links with the United Kingdom and establishing a republic. It was formed in 1982 and registered by the Australian Electoral Commission on ...

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Independent EFF Independent EFF (Enterprise, Freedom, Family) was a minor Australian political party that was active between 1987 and 1999. It was unsuccessful in electing candidates. The party was founded in 1987 by Blacktown Deputy Mayor Joe Bryant, and its pos ...

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Nuclear Disarmament Party The Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) was an Australian political party formed in June 1984. It was founded by medical researcher Michael Denborough as the political arm of the Australian anti-nuclear movement, which had been active since the earl ...

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Taxi Operators Political Service The Taxi Operators Political Service (Oceania) was a minor Australian political party that was active from 1997 to 2001. Formally registered on 25 July 1997 with the Australian Electoral Commission, it was deregistered after the 2001 federal elec ...

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References

Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1998Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1998
1998 elections in Australia Candidates for Australian federal elections

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National

Other

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