AuspolDB: Elections

1987 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Australian Labor Party
Incoming Government Party	Australian Labor Party
Government Seats	86
Nongovernment Seats	62
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	24
Date	11/07/1987
House Composition	87 Australian Labor Party 43 Liberal 18 The Nationals/Country Party

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
Geoff Prosser	Liberal	Forrest	27925	-6.40	Incoming
Elizabeth Harvey	Australian Labor Party	Hawker	29560	-3.00	Incoming
Robert Boyce	Australian Labor Party	Moncrieff	23067	-0.10	Incoming
Warren Snowdon	Australian Labor Party	Northern Territory	28195	2.00	Incoming
Con Sciacca	Australian Labor Party	Bowman	31223	-3.30	Incoming
Michael Wooldridge	Liberal	Chisholm	29705	2.10	Incoming
Duncan Kerr	Australian Labor Party	Denison	26732	3.40	Incoming
John Hewson	Liberal	Wentworth	32099	2.70	Incoming
Peter Wilson	Australian Labor Party	Fadden	24481	0.50	Incoming
Bill Welch	Australian Labor Party	Dawson	30232	2.20	Incoming
Garrie Gibson	Australian Labor Party	Moreton	28053	1.60	Incoming
Bob Woods	Liberal	Lowe	29724	3.70	Incoming
Brian Courtice	Australian Labor Party	Hinkler	30814	1.00	Incoming
Mary Crawford	Australian Labor Party	Forde	27441	1.50	Incoming
Gary Johns	Australian Labor Party	Petrie	30537	0.00	Incoming
Michael Lavarch	Australian Labor Party	Fisher	30181	2.30	Incoming
John Hodges	Liberal	Petrie	21780	-0.20	Outgoing
David Watson	Liberal	Forde	20957	3.70	Outgoing
Kathryn Sullivan	Liberal	Moncrieff	22271	3.80	Outgoing
Bryan Conquest	The Nationals/Country Party	Hinkler	27665	-0.40	Outgoing
Michael Maher	Australian Labor Party	Lowe	29644	-2.30	Outgoing
Peter Slipper	The Nationals/Country Party	Fisher	24522	-0.10	Outgoing
David Jull	Liberal	Fadden	21258	-0.40	Outgoing
Ray Braithwaite	The Nationals/Country Party	Dawson	29698	-6.00	Outgoing
Helen Mayer	Australian Labor Party	Chisholm	28094	-1.70	Outgoing
Michael Hodgman	Liberal	Denison	24590	-3.70	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	SA	Division
Aston	VIC	Division
Ballarat	VIC	Division
Banks	NSW	Division
Barker	SA	Division
Barton	NSW	Division
Bass	TAS	Division
Batman	VIC	Division
Bendigo	VIC	Division
Bennelong	NSW	Division
Berowra	NSW	Division
Blaxland	NSW	Division
Bonython	SA	Division
Boothby	SA	Division
Bowman	QLD	Division
Braddon	TAS	Division
Bradfield	NSW	Division
Brand	WA	Division
Brisbane	QLD	Division
Bruce	VIC	Division
Burke	VIC	Division
Calare	NSW	Division
Calwell	VIC	Division
Canberra	ACT	Division
Canning	WA	Division
Capricornia	QLD	Division
Casey	VIC	Division
Charlton	NSW	Division
Chifley	NSW	Division
Chisholm	VIC	Division
Cook	NSW	Division
Corangamite	VIC	Division
Corio	VIC	Division
Cowan	WA	Division
Cowper	NSW	Division
Cunningham	NSW	Division
Curtin	WA	Division
Dawson	QLD	Division
Deakin	VIC	Division
Denison	TAS	Division
Dobell	NSW	Division
Dundas	NSW	Division
Dunkley	VIC	Division
Eden-Monaro	NSW	Division
Fadden	QLD	Division
Fairfax	QLD	Division
Farrer	NSW	Division
Fisher	QLD	Division
Flinders	VIC	Division
Forde	QLD	Division
Forrest	WA	Division
Fowler	NSW	Division
Franklin	TAS	Division
Fraser	VIC	Division
Fremantle	WA	Division
Gellibrand	VIC	Division
Gilmore	NSW	Division
Gippsland	VIC	Division
Goldstein	VIC	Division
Grayndler	NSW	Division
Greenway	NSW	Division
Grey	SA	Division
Griffith	QLD	Division
Groom	QLD	Division
Gwydir	NSW	Division
Hawker	SA	Division
Henty	VIC	Division
Herbert	QLD	Division
Higgins	VIC	Division
Hindmarsh	SA	Division
Hinkler	QLD	Division
Holt	VIC	Division
Hotham	VIC	Division
Hughes	NSW	Division
Hume	NSW	Division
Hunter	NSW	Division
Indi	VIC	Division
Isaacs	VIC	Division
Jagajaga	VIC	Division
Kalgoorlie	WA	Division
Kennedy	QLD	Division
Kingsford Smith	NSW	Division
Kingston	SA	Division
Kooyong	VIC	Division
La Trobe	VIC	Division
Lalor	VIC	Division
Leichhardt	QLD	Division
Lilley	QLD	Division
Lindsay	NSW	Division
Lowe	NSW	Division
Lyne	NSW	Division
Lyons	TAS	Division
Macarthur	NSW	Division
Mackellar	NSW	Division
Macquarie	NSW	Division
Makin	SA	Division
Mallee	VIC	Division
Maranoa	QLD	Division
Maribyrnong	VIC	Division
Mayo	SA	Division
McEwen	VIC	Division
McMillan	VIC	Division
McPherson	QLD	Division
Melbourne	VIC	Division
Melbourne Ports	VIC	Division
Menzies	VIC	Division
Mitchell	NSW	Division
Moncrieff	QLD	Division
Moore	WA	Division
Moreton	QLD	Division
Murray	VIC	Division
New England	NSW	Division
Newcastle	NSW	Division
North Sydney	NSW	Division
Northern Territory	NT	Division
Oxley	QLD	Division
O`Connor	WA	Division
Page	NSW	Division
Parkes	NSW	Division
Parramatta	NSW	Division
Perth	WA	Division
Petrie	QLD	Division
Phillip	NSW	Division
Port Adelaide	SA	Division
Prospect	NSW	Division
Rankin	QLD	Division
Reid	NSW	Division
Richmond	NSW	Division
Riverina-Darling	NSW	Division
Robertson	NSW	Division
Ryan	QLD	Division
Scullin	VIC	Division
Shortland	NSW	Division
St George	NSW	Division
Stirling	WA	Division
Streeton	VIC	Division
Sturt	SA	Division
Swan	WA	Division
Sydney	NSW	Division
Tangney	WA	Division
Throsby	NSW	Division
Wakefield	SA	Division
Wannon	VIC	Division
Warringah	NSW	Division
Wentworth	NSW	Division
Werriwa	NSW	Division
Wide Bay	QLD	Division
Wills	VIC	Division

Candidate	Party	State	Votes	Elected
Ruth Phillips	Independent	NSW	30117	No
Walter Brun	Independent	NSW	387	No
Patricia Poulos	Independent	NSW	3455	No
John Holley	Independent	NSW	134	No
John Beasley	Independent	NSW	160	No
Elaine Nile	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	107210	No
Kevin Hume	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	649	No
Paul Mclean	Australian Democrats	NSW	284997	Yes (3)
Jenny Macleod	Australian Democrats	NSW	3995	No
Richard Jones	Australian Democrats	NSW	463	No
Gary Chestnut	Australian Democrats	NSW	594	No
Robert Wood	Nuclear Disarmament	NSW	48238	Yes (12)
Irina Dunn	Nuclear Disarmament	NSW	760	No
Leon Bringolf	Independent	NSW	4034	No
Habib Fares	Independent	NSW	107	No
Jim Donovan	Independent	NSW	97	No
Michael Baume	Liberal	NSW	1279051	Yes (2)
Peter Baume	Liberal	NSW	2057	Yes (5)
David Brownhill	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	3232	Yes (7)
Christopher Puplick	Liberal	NSW	1014	Yes (9)
Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal	NSW	2144	Yes (11)
Ralph Schulze	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	827	No
June Mcphie	Liberal	NSW	1563	No
Leslie Edwards	Defence Ex-Service Team	NSW	14081	No
David Herd	Defence Ex-Service Team	NSW	115	No
William Tuohy	Defence Ex-Service Team	NSW	39	No
Rowley Mcmahon	Defence Ex-Service Team	NSW	196	No
Peter Consandine	Independent	NSW	4466	No
Brian Buckley	Independent	NSW	53	No
Alan Smith	Unite Australia Party	NSW	5426	No
Edna Fabb	Unite Australia Party	NSW	32	No
Kerry Sibraa	Australian Labor Party	NSW	1348260	Yes (1)
Arthur Gietzelt	Australian Labor Party	NSW	948	Yes (4)
Graham Richardson	Australian Labor Party	NSW	1449	Yes (6)
Bruce Childs	Australian Labor Party	NSW	1080	Yes (8)
John Morris	Australian Labor Party	NSW	1099	Yes (10)
Sue West	Australian Labor Party	NSW	2009	No
Michael Sexton	Australian Labor Party	NSW	947	No
Ian Cohen	The Greens	NSW	31861	No
Daphne Gollan	The Greens	NSW	652	No
John Higginbotham	Independent	NSW	1448	No
Ian Murphy	Independent	NSW	2347	No
James Goody	Independent	NSW	86	No
Phil Murray	Independent	NSW	564	No
Nick Jones	Independent	NSW	270	No
Bob Spanswick	Independent	NSW	968	No
Ivor F	Independent	NSW	765	No
Keith Larkings	Independent	NSW	88	No
Jane Smith-New	Independent	NSW	234	No
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans	Independent	NSW	1706	No
John Mulholland	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	50549	No
Gloria Brook	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	345	No
Bill Hartley	Independent	VIC	4002	No
Laurene Dietrich	Independent	VIC	49	No
David Kerin	Independent	VIC	87	No
Rola Haidar	Independent	VIC	105	No
John Button	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1079328	Yes (1)
Gareth Evans	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1197	Yes (4)
Olive Zakharov	Australian Labor Party	VIC	388	Yes (6)
Robert Ray	Australian Labor Party	VIC	168	Yes (8)
Barney Cooney	Australian Labor Party	VIC	253	Yes (10)
John Halfpenny	Australian Labor Party	VIC	4642	No
Carole Taylor	Australian Labor Party	VIC	537	No
Neil Mckay	Pensioner and Citizen Initiated Referendum Alliance / Pensioner Party of Australia	VIC	17137	No
Rosamond Ewan	Pensioner and Citizen Initiated Referendum Alliance / Pensioner Party of Australia	VIC	128	No
Al Watson	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	VIC	28708	No
Loretto Brennan	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	VIC	100	No
John Easton	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	VIC	158	No
David Caccianiga	Independent	VIC	2110	No
Bill Thiele	Independent	VIC	35	No
Janet Powell	Australian Democrats	VIC	209989	Yes (3)
Sid Spindler	Australian Democrats	VIC	369	No
Ken Peak	Australian Democrats	VIC	190	No
Harold Fraser	Australian Democrats	VIC	116	No
Peter Allen	Australian Democrats	VIC	379	No
Aldo Penbrook	Nuclear Disarmament	VIC	28109	No
Nik Dow	Nuclear Disarmament	VIC	243	No
Julian Mcgauran	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	139768	Yes (11)
Noel Maughan	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	216	No
Les Flintoff	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	159	No
Lisa King	Independent	VIC	1631	No
Kevin O`Connell	Independent	VIC	98	No
Alan Miller	Independent	VIC	1298	No
Maria Bennett	Independent	VIC	22	No
Laurie Dunlop	Independent	VIC	4086	No
Simon Hood	Independent	VIC	27	No
Austin Lewis	Liberal	VIC	875752	Yes (2)
Jim Short	Liberal	VIC	449	Yes (5)
Richard Alston	Liberal	VIC	335	Yes (7)
David Hamer	Liberal	VIC	967	Yes (9)
Kay Patterson	Liberal	VIC	645	Yes (12)
John Wyld	Liberal	VIC	253	No
John Goodfellow	Liberal	VIC	129	No
John Riggall	Liberal	VIC	74	No
Severn Clarke	Liberal	VIC	295	No
John Siddons	Unite Australia Party	VIC	11132	No
Ian Price	Unite Australia Party	VIC	36	No
Lisa Harris	Unite Australia Party	VIC	45	No
Dino De Marchi	Independent	VIC	2073	No
Ineke Black	Independent	VIC	13	No
Kym Roylance	Independent	VIC	510	No
Abraham Abdalla	Independent	VIC	172	No
Jim Petrich	The Nationals/Country Party	NT	8707	No
Joan Small	The Nationals/Country Party	NT	185	No
Bob Collins	Australian Labor Party	NT	30562	Yes (1)
Lyn Reid	Australian Labor Party	NT	310	No
Lyn Allen	Independent	NT	1582	No
Catherin Paul	Independent	NT	50	No
Grant Tambling	Country Liberal Party	NT	19669	Yes (2)
Ian Towns	Country Liberal Party	NT	301	No
Yuri Juriev	Independent	NT	151	No
Barry Weedon	Independent	QLD	6449	No
Kathleen Wacker	Independent	QLD	243	No
Michael Macklin	Australian Democrats	QLD	114050	Yes (11)
Cheryl Kernot	Australian Democrats	QLD	830	No
Norman Johnson	Australian Democrats	QLD	256	No
Anthony Walters	Australian Democrats	QLD	320	No
Ray Ferguson	Independent	QLD	708	No
Jake Haub	Independent	QLD	29	No
Ron Alford	Unite Australia Party	QLD	1607	No
Geoff Fawthrop	Unite Australia Party	QLD	31	No
George Georges	Independent	QLD	26795	No
Margaret Reynolds	Australian Labor Party	QLD	639735	Yes (1)
Malcolm Colston	Australian Labor Party	QLD	1060	Yes (4)
Gerry Jones	Australian Labor Party	QLD	632	Yes (7)
John Black	Australian Labor Party	QLD	415	Yes (9)
Bryant Burns	Australian Labor Party	QLD	585	Yes (10)
Jack Camp	Australian Labor Party	QLD	176	No
Glenevie Jensen	Australian Labor Party	QLD	491	No
Florence Bjelke-Petersen	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	433864	Yes (2)
John Stone	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	4036	Yes (5)
Ron Boswell	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	534	Yes (8)
Glenister Sheil	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	531	Yes (12)
George Cowan	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	98	No
Vicky Kippin	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	209	No
Ann Garms	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	127	No
Bruce Laming	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	219	No
David Macgibbon	Liberal	QLD	272340	Yes (3)
Warwick Parer	Liberal	QLD	705	Yes (6)
Gary Neat	Liberal	QLD	1090	No
Cassie Solomon	Liberal	QLD	162	No
Brian Taylor	Liberal	QLD	162	No
Jane Williamson	Liberal	QLD	626	No
John Jones	Nuclear Disarmament	QLD	17242	No
Brian Dunsford	Nuclear Disarmament	QLD	169	No
John Bolt	Independent	QLD	424	No
Ron Smith	Independent	QLD	3410	No
James Macdonald	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	45218	No
Glenice Sanders	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	224	No
Ron Aitkenhead	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	203	No
Beverley Poor	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	142	No
Cedric Jacobs	One Australia Party	WA	12953	No
Don Jackson	One Australia Party	WA	55	No
Ed Robertson	One Australia Party	WA	55	No
Jean Jenkins	Australian Democrats	WA	46063	Yes (11)
Jack Evans	Australian Democrats	WA	1471	No
Allan Mcmullen	Unite Australia Party	WA	1459	No
Norm Heslington	Unite Australia Party	WA	161	No
Fred Chaney	Liberal	WA	322493	Yes (2)
Peter Durack	Liberal	WA	463	Yes (4)
Sue Knowles	Liberal	WA	328	Yes (6)
Noel Crichton-Browne	Liberal	WA	155	Yes (8)
John Panizza	Liberal	WA	227	Yes (10)
Alan Eggleston	Liberal	WA	186	No
Cam Tinley	Liberal	WA	176	No
Peter Walsh	Australian Labor Party	WA	352261	Yes (1)
Patricia Giles	Australian Labor Party	WA	471	Yes (3)
Peter Cook	Australian Labor Party	WA	669	Yes (5)
Jim Mckiernan	Australian Labor Party	WA	241	Yes (7)
Michael Beahan	Australian Labor Party	WA	230	Yes (9)
Chris Evans	Australian Labor Party	WA	237	No
Ed Dermer	Australian Labor Party	WA	219	No
Jo Vallentine	Independent	WA	39888	Yes (12)
Louise Duxbury	Independent	WA	160	No
Francesco Nesci	Independent	WA	426	No
Jack Flanigan	Independent	WA	333	No
Mark Pallister	Independent	WA	354	No
Gordon Mccoll	Independent	WA	162	No
Creston Magasdi	Independent	SA	5665	No
Reg Mccoll	Independent	SA	50	No
Ally Fricker	The Greens	SA	8003	No
Jules Davison	The Greens	SA	99	No
Don Jessop	Independent	SA	25876	No
Bill Wright	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	29353	No
Neville Agars	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	109	No
Mike Rogers	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	22	No
Jessie Taylor	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	35	No
Bob Brown	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	382	No
Clifford Boyd	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	53	No
John Wishart	Communist	SA	2307	No
Linda Gale	Communist	SA	149	No
Tom Towle	Independent	SA	773	No
Ellen Towle	Independent	SA	15	No
Dominic Foreman	Australian Labor Party	SA	352609	Yes (1)
Nick Bolkus	Australian Labor Party	SA	542	Yes (4)
Graham Maguire	Australian Labor Party	SA	271	Yes (6)
Rosemary Crowley	Australian Labor Party	SA	748	Yes (8)
Chris Schacht	Australian Labor Party	SA	201	Yes (10)
Vic Heron	Australian Labor Party	SA	89	No
Rosalie Mcdonald	Australian Labor Party	SA	287	No

1987 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House