This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 1993. Half of the state senators had been allocated a long term following the double dissolution election in 1987 and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1993; the other half of the state senators were elected at the March 1990 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1996. The territory senators were elected at the March 1990 election and their terms ended at the next federal election, which was March 1993.
The composition of the Senate was affected by the decision in 1987 as to which senators received a long term, with Labor and the Democrats voting to reject the alternate "recount" method that had been unanimously recommended by the Joint Select Committee on Electoral Reform in 1983, and facilitated by the Commonwealth Electoral Act. Re-count of Senate votes to determine order of election in other circumstances. Thus the Labor government, with only 32 seats, needed 7 additional votes to achieve the majority necessary to pass legislation.The President of the Senate votes and if the votes are equal, the motion is defeated: Voting in the Senate. Because the Democrats had got 2 additional long vacancies in 1987, in South Australia and New South Wales, the Democrats had a total of 8 seats from 1990 and thus continued to hold the balance of power, even after Janet Powell resigned from the Democrats in 1992.
Senator Party State Term ending Years in office Victoria 1996 1986–2004 Tasmania 1993 1975–1994 Tasmania 1993 1984–1993 New South Wales 1993 1984–1996 New South Wales 1993 1974–1991 Western Australia 1996 1987–1996 Tasmania 1996 1990–1996 New South Wales 1996 1987–1994 Queensland 1993 1980–1993 South Australia 1993 1981–2005 Queensland 1996 1983–2014 New South Wales 1996 1990–2002 New South Wales 1996 1984–2000 Queensland 1996 1987–1996 Victoria 1993 1974–1993 Tasmania 1996 1987–2007 Western Australia 1993 1990–2007 Victoria 1993 1993–2022 WA Greens Western Australia 1996 1992–1996 South Australia 1996 1987–2008 New South Wales 1996 1980–1997 Tasmania 1993 1980–1996 Northern Territory 1993, 1996 1987–1998 Queensland 1993 1975–1999 Western Australia 1993 1983–2005 Victoria 1996 1984–2002 South Australia 1996 1987–1995 Western Australia 1996 1990–2002 Western Australia 1996 1980–1996 South Australia 1996 1983–2002 Tasmania 1996 1987–1996 Western Australia 1993 1970–1993 Victoria 1993 1977–1996 New South Wales 1993 1989–2015 South Australia 1993 1992–2011 South Australia 1993 1980–1997 Western Australia 1993 1980–1993 Tasmania 1993 1975–2005 Queensland 1996 1990–2002 South Australia 1996 1981–2006 Queensland 1996 1980–1996 Victoria 1996 1990–2008 Queensland 1996 1990–1997 Western Australia 1993 1984–2005 South Australia 1993 1990–2005 Victoria 1993 1976–1993 New South Wales 1996 1990–1995 Queensland 1996 1990–2019 Queensland 1993 1977–1999 South Australia 1993 1983–1993 Western Australia 1996 1984–2002 New South Wales 1993 1987–1991 Australian Capital Territory 1993, 1996 1988–1996 Tasmania 1996 1986–2002 Queensland 1993 1990–1999 South Australia 1993 1990–1992 Western Australia 1996 1987–1997 Queensland 1993 1984–2000 Victoria 1996 1987–2008 /Ind Victoria 1993 1986–1993 Victoria 1996 1981–2008 Australian Capital Territory 1993, 1996 1981–2003 Queensland 1993 1983–1999 New South Wales 1993 1983–1994 South Australia 1996 1987–2002 Tasmania 1996 1990–2012 Victoria 1993 1984–1997 New South Wales 1993 1975–1978, 1978–1994 New South Wales 1993 1991–1993 Victoria 1996 1990–1996 Northern Territory 1993, 1996 1987–2001 Tasmania 1993 1977–1993 South Australia 1996 1977–1996 New South Wales 1993 1991–2005 WA Greens Western Australia 1996 1984–1992 South Australia 1993 1984–2007 Western Australia 1993 1974–1993 Tasmania 1993 1975–1993 Tasmania 1996 1978–2008 New South Wales 1996 1987, 1990–2002 Victoria 1993 1983–1995
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