COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (Two senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 162,717 +08.2 Votes cast: 153,810 94.5 +00.6 Informal votes: 3,672 02.3 -01.1 Formal votes: 150,138 97.7 +01.1 Quota for election: 50,047 33.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Susan RYAN * ALP 72,294 48.2 ELECTED 1 Barry Reid ALP 2,582 01.7 Group A > Q:1.496 Andrew Freeman AD 14,936 09.9 Group B Geoff Quayle AD 417 00.3 Q:0.307 Margaret REID * Lib 50,071 33.3 ELECTED 2 Bill Stefaniak Lib 1,019 00.7 Group C Total Q:1.021 Dr Michael Denborough NDP 7,203 04.8 Group D Margaret Matthews NDP 516 00.3 Q:0.154 Leonard Munday 433 00.3 Q:0.009 David Ash 433 00.3 Q:0.009 John Murray 234 00.2 Q:0.005 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 150,138 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefaniak was an ACT MLA 1988-92. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 12 July 1987. Reid and Ryan elected for a term ending at the the dissolution of the House of Representatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Margaret Elizabeth Reid (born 1935): Appointed 1981. Elected 1983, 1984, 1987 > Susan Maree Ryan (1942-2020): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 Minister for Education to 24 July 1987 Special Minister of State 24 July 1987 to 19 January 1988 Resigned place 29 January 1988 (see Appointments) Died 27 September 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------