Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1981 to 5 February 1983:

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Brian Archer	Liberal	Tasmania	1975–1994
Hon Dr Peter Baume	Liberal	New South Wales	1974–1991
Flo Bjelke-Petersen	National	Queensland	1981–1993
Nick Bolkus	ALP	South Australia	1981–2005
Neville Bonner	Liberal	Queensland	1971–1983
John Button	ALP	Victoria	1974–1993
Hon John Carrick	Liberal	New South Wales	1970–1987
Fred Chaney	Liberal	Western Australia	1974–1990
Bruce Childs	ALP	New South Wales	1981–1997
Hon Don Chipp	Democrat	Victoria	1977–1986
John Coates	ALP	Tasmania	1981–1996
Ruth Coleman	ALP	Western Australia	1974–1987
Stan Collard	National	Queensland	1975–1987
Dr Mal Colston	ALP	Queensland	1975–1999
Noel Crichton-Browne	Liberal	Western Australia	1981–1996
Hon Peter Durack	Liberal	Western Australia	1970–1993
Ron Elstob	ALP	South Australia	1977–1987
Gareth Evans	ALP	Victoria	1977–1996
Dominic Foreman	ALP	South Australia	1981–1997
George Georges	ALP	Queensland	1967–1987
Arthur Gietzelt	ALP	New South Wales	1970–1989
Patricia Giles	ALP	Western Australia	1981–1993
Dr Don Grimes	ALP	Tasmania	1974–1987
Hon Dame Margaret Guilfoyle	Liberal	Victoria	1970–1987
Janine Haines	Democrat	South Australia	1977–1978, 1980–1990
David Hamer	Liberal	Victoria	1977–1990
Brian Harradine	Independent	Tasmania	1975–2005
Jean Hearn	ALP	Tasmania	1981–1985
Robert Hill	Liberal	South Australia	1981–2006
Don Jessop	Liberal	South Australia	1970–1991
Gerry Jones	ALP	Queensland	1981–1996
Jim Keeffe	ALP	Queensland	1964–1983
Bernie Kilgariff	CLP	Northern Territory	1975–1987
Milivoj Lajovic	Liberal	New South Wales	1975–1985
Austin Lewis	Liberal	Victoria	1976–1993
David MacGibbon	Liberal	Queensland	1977–1999
Dr Michael Macklin	Democrat	Queensland	1981–1990
Kathy Martin	Liberal	Queensland	1974–1984
John Martyr	Liberal	Western Australia	1981–1983
Colin Mason	Democrat	New South Wales	1977–1987
Hon Doug McClelland	ALP	New South Wales	1961–1987
Gordon McIntosh	ALP	Western Australia	1974–1987
Geoff McLaren	ALP	South Australia	1970–1983
Tony Messner	Liberal	South Australia	1975–1990
Alan Missen	Liberal	Victoria	1974–1986
Tony Mulvihill	ALP	New South Wales	1964–1983
Cyril Primmer	ALP	Victoria	1971–1985
Peter Rae	Liberal	Tasmania	1967–1986
Robert Ray	ALP	Victoria	1981–2008
Margaret Reid	Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	1981–2003
Ted Robertson	ALP	Northern Territory	1975–1987
Susan Ryan	ALP	Australian Capital Territory	1975–1988
Hon Douglas Scott	National	New South Wales	1970, 1974–1985
Kerry Sibraa	ALP	New South Wales	1975–78, 1978–94
John Siddons	Democrat	Victoria	1981–1983, 1985–1987
Michael Tate	ALP	Tasmania	1977–1993
Baden Teague	Liberal	South Australia	1977–1996
Andrew Thomas	Liberal	Western Australia	1975–1983
Michael Townley	Liberal	Tasmania	1970–1987
Peter Walsh	ALP	Western Australia	1974–1993
Shirley Walters	Liberal	Tasmania	1975–1993
John Watson	Liberal	Tasmania	1978–2008
Rt Hon Reg Withers	Liberal	Western Australia	1966, 1967–1987
Harold Young	Liberal	South Australia	1967–1983

¹ The National Country Party changed its name to the National Party of Australia during 1982.

Members of the Australian Parliament

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