1980 SENATE WESTERN AUSTRALIA 751,260 enrolled, 699,957 (93.2%) voted ==================================================================== Five senators to be elected: Quota for election 105,085 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Patterson NCP 24,100 03.8 Group A John McIntyre NCP 1,284 00.2 Q:0.247 Leonard Newing NCP 553 00.1 John Trewick PP 1,430 00.2 Group B James Jamieson PP 978 00.2 Q:0.025 Kenneth Law PP 185 00.0 Rt Hon Reginald WITHERS * Lib 277,365 44.0 ELECTED 1 Hon Peter DURACK * Lib 4,264 00.7 ELECTED 3 Noel CRICHTON-BROWNE Lib 1,800 00.3 ELECTED 5 > Group C > Q:2.697 Francesco Nesci 1,231 00.2 Group D Nellie Stuart 339 00.1 Q:0.015 Anthony Overheu NPW 6,842 01.1 Group E Edna Adams NPW 408 00.1 Q:0.072 Murray Anderson NPW 347 00.1 John Evans AD 55,732 08.8 Group F Geoffrey Taylor AD 401 00.1 Q:0.557 Shirley de la Hunty AD 2,405 00.4 Gordon McINTOSH * ALP 242,564 38.5 ELECTED 2 Patricia GILES ALP 1,230 00.2 ELECTED 4 Brian Conway ALP 935 00.1 Group G > Q:2.329 Sydney Negus 4,836 00.8 Group H Peter Harwood 163 00.0 Q:0.048 Douglas Thorp 1,112 00.2 Q:0.011 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 69,453 (09.9%) informal 630,504 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Liberal vote was 2. The combined NCP vote was 3. The combined ALP vote was 4. The combined AD vote was 5. For Evans, see Senate Western Australia 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1981. Crichton-Browne, Durack, Giles, McIntosh and Withers elected for a term ending 30 June 1987. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1984): Hon Fred CHANEY (Lib), Ruth COLEMAN (ALP), Alan ROCHER (Lib), Andrew THOMAS (Lib) and Peter WALSH (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Michael Chaney (born 1941): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977 Minister for Social Security from 3 November 1980 > Ruth Nancy Coleman (born 1931): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977 > Noel Ashley Ccrichton-Browne (born 1944): Elected 1980 Born: 2 February 1944, Wiluna WA Career: Company manager. Marble Bar Shire Council. President WA Liberal Party 1975-79. > Peter Drew Durack (1926-2008): Elected 1970, 1974, 1975, 1980 Attorney-General > Patricia Jessie Giles (born 1928): Elected 1980 Born: 17 November 1928, Minlaton SA. Career: Educated University of WA. Nurse, widwife. Union official. > Gordon Douglas McIntosh (born 1925): Elected 1974, 1975, 1980 > Allan Charles Rocher (born 1936): Elected 1977 > Andrew Murray Thomas (born 1936): Elected 1975, 1977 > Peter Alexander Walsh (born 1935): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977 > Reginald Grieve Withers (born 1924): Appointed 1966. Term expired 1966. Elected 1967, 1974, 1975, 1980 --------------------------------------------------------------------