COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Six senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,140,845 +04.8 Votes cast: 1,093,163 95.8 +00.2 Informal votes: 29,352 02.7 -00.8 Formal votes: 1,063,811 97.3 +00.8 Quota for election: 151,974 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Fischer ON 109,599 10.3 Group A Colin Tincknell ON 411 00.0 Q:0.7253 Martin Suter ON 221 00.0 Raymond Motteram 3,725 00.3 Group B Ken Taylor 26 00.0 Q:0.0247 Beryle Morgan NPA 13,304 01.2 Group C Dudley Maslen NPA 124 00.0 Q:0.0883 George Kailis 2,120 00.2 Group D Cathryn D'Cruz 40 00.0 Q:0.0142 Hon Chris ELLISON * Lib 405,617 38.1 ELECTED 1 Hon Ian Campbell * Lib 873 00.1 Group E Susan Knowles * Lib 1,905 00.2 Q:2.6892 Ivan Ivankovic Lib 301 00.0 Alan Bateson 541 00.1 Group F Rick Finney 8 00.0 Q:0.0036 Ted Wilkes 2,211 00.2 Group G Mai-Yie Leung 44 00.0 Q:0.0149 Michael Carey 15 00.0 Brendan Griffin 1,930 00.2 Group H Sam Johnson 10 00.0 Q:0.0128 Tony Drake 1,477 00.1 Group I Jean Robinson 19 00.0 Q:0.0098 Hon Peter COOK * ALP 366,874 34.5 ELECTED 2 Chris Evans * ALP 546 00.1 Group J Rhonda Griffiths ALP 569 00.1 Q:2.4269 Sue Ellery ALP 344 00.0 Lois Anderson ALP 137 00.0 Chilip Foo ALP 351 00.0 Sarah Stephen 4,216 00.4 Group K Roberto Jorquera 21 00.0 Q:0.0279 Justin Moseley CDP 10,165 00.9 Group L Peter Johnson CDP 93 00.0 Q:0.0675 Dee Margetts * Grn 60,643 05.7 Group M Kayt Davies Grn 154 00.0 Q:0.4016 Alison Xamon Grn 232 00.0 Kate Hobbs 4,255 00.4 Group N Morris Bessant 19 00.0 Q:0.0281 Joan Torr 1,169 00.1 Group O Roger Pratt 37 00.0 Q:0.0079 Brian Greig AD 66,617 06.3 Group P Stephen Crabbe AD 202 00.0 Q:0.4478 Margot Clifford AD 1,238 00.1 Michael O'Donnell 1,003 00.1 Group Q Kerry McNally 20 00.0 Q:0.0067 Rod Garcia 385 00.0 Q:0.0025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29,352 02.7%) informal 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ellery was WA MLC for South Metropolitan Region from 2001. 2. Fisher was WA MLC for Mining and Pastoral Region 2001-05. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ellison's 253,643 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 98 00.0 109,697 10.3 Tincknell 2 00.0 413 00.0 Suter 0 221 00.0 Motteram 5 00.0 3,730 00.4 Taylor 0 26 00.0 Morgan 35 00.0 13,339 01.3 Maslen 1 00.0 125 00.0 Kailis 11 00.0 2,131 00.2 D'Cruz 1 00.0 41 00.0 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * 253,227 99.8 214,807 20.2 ELECTED 3 Knowles * 133 00.1 2,038 00.2 Ivankovic 13 00.0 314 00.0 Bateson 3 00.0 544 00.1 Finney 0 8 00.0 Wilkes 1 00.0 2,212 00.2 Leung 0 44 00.0 Carey 0 15 00.0 Griffin 6 00.0 1,936 00.2 S Johnson 1 00.0 11 00.0 Drake 1 00.0 1,478 00.1 Robinson 0 19 00.0 COOK * E 366,874 34.5 ELECTED 2 Evans * 5 00.0 551 00.1 Griffiths 0 569 00.1 Ellery 0 344 00.0 Anderson 1 00.0 138 00.0 Foo 1 00.0 352 00.0 Stephen 10 00.0 4,226 00.4 Jorquera 0 21 00.0 Moseley 7 00.0 10,172 01.0 P Johnson 0 93 00.0 Margetts * 26 00.0 60,669 05.7 Davies 1 00.0 155 00.0 Xamon 0 232 00.0 Hobbs 0 4,255 00.4 Bessant 0 19 00.0 Torr 3 00.0 1,172 00.1 Pratt 0 37 00.0 Greig 24 00.0 66,641 06.3 Crabbe 0 202 00.0 Clifford 1 00.0 1,239 00.1 O'Donnell 0 1,003 00.1 McNally 0 20 00.0 Garcia 0 385 00.0 (exhausted 10 10 ) (lost by fraction 16 16 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 253,643 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cook's 214,900 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 90 00.0 109,787 10.3 Tincknell 2 00.0 415 00.0 Suter 1 00.0 222 00.0 Motteram 10 00.0 3,740 00.4 Taylor 1 00.0 27 00.0 Morgan 4 00.0 13,343 01.3 Maslen 0 125 00.0 Kailis 3 00.0 2,134 00.2 D'Cruz 1 00.0 41 00.0 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * E 254,100 20.2 ELECTED 3 Knowles * 5 00.0 2,043 00.2 Ivankovic 0 314 00.0 Bateson 1 00.0 545 00.1 Finney 0 8 00.0 Wilkes 6 00.0 2,218 00.2 Leung 1 00.0 45 00.0 Carey 0 15 00.0 Griffin 5 00.0 1,941 00.2 S Johnson 1 00.0 12 00.0 Drake 4 00.0 1,482 00.1 Robinson 2 00.0 21 00.0 COOK * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 2 EVANS * 214,256 99.7 214,807 20.2 ELECTED 4 Griffiths 143 00.1 712 00.1 Ellery 53 00.0 397 00.0 Anderson 14 00.0 152 00.0 Foo 39 00.0 391 00.0 Stephen 24 00.0 4,250 00.4 Jorquera 1 00.0 22 00.0 Moseley 8 00.0 10,180 01.0 P Johnson 0 93 00.0 Margetts * 118 00.1 60,787 05.7 Davies 0 155 00.0 Xamon 2 00.0 234 00.0 Hobbs 1 00.0 4,256 00.4 Bessant 0 19 00.0 Torr 4 00.0 1,176 00.1 Pratt 0 37 00.0 Greig 65 00.0 66,706 06.3 Crabbe 1 00.0 203 00.0 Clifford 4 00.0 1,243 00.1 O'Donnell 3 00.0 1,006 00.1 McNally 0 20 00.0 Garcia 1 00.0 386 00.0 (exhausted 11 21 ) (lost by fraction 16 32 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 214,900 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Campbell's 102,126 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 16 00.0 109,803 10.3 Tincknell 2 00.0 417 00.0 Suter 0 222 00.0 Motteram 2 00.0 3,742 00.4 Taylor 0 27 00.0 Morgan 7 00.0 13,350 01.3 Maslen 2 00.0 127 00.0 Kailis 2 00.0 2,136 00.2 D'Cruz 1 00.0 41 00.0 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 3 Knowles * 102,015 99.9 104,058 09.8 Ivankovic 37 00.0 351 00.0 Bateson 1 00.0 546 00.1 Finney 0 8 00.0 Wilkes 0 2,218 00.2 Leung 1 00.0 46 00.0 Carey 0 15 00.0 Griffin 0 1,941 00.2 S Johnson 0 12 00.0 Drake 0 1,482 00.1 Robinson 0 21 00.0 COOK * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 2 EVANS * E 214,807 20.2 ELECTED 4 Griffiths 4 00.0 716 00.1 Ellery 1 00.0 398 00.0 Anderson 0 152 00.0 Foo 0 391 00.0 Stephen 1 00.0 4,251 00.4 Jorquera 0 22 00.0 Moseley 2 00.0 10,182 01.0 P Johnson 0 93 00.0 Margetts * 8 00.0 60,795 05.7 Davies 0 155 00.0 Xamon 0 234 00.0 Hobbs 1 00.0 4,257 00.4 Bessant 0 19 00.0 Torr 0 1,176 00.1 Pratt 0 37 00.0 Greig 7 00.0 66,713 06.3 Crabbe 0 203 00.0 Clifford 1 00.0 1,244 00.1 O'Donnell 0 1,006 00.1 McNally 0 20 00.0 Garcia 0 386 00.0 (exhausted 3 24 ) (lost by fraction 13 45 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 102,126 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Evans's 62,833 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 6 00.0 109,809 10.3 Tincknell 0 417 00.0 Suter 0 222 00.0 Motteram 0 3,742 00.4 Taylor 0 27 00.0 Morgan 0 13,350 01.3 Maslen 0 127 00.0 Kailis 0 2,136 00.2 D'Cruz 0 41 00.0 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 3 Knowles * 2 00.0 104,060 09.8 Ivankovic 0 351 00.0 Bateson 0 546 00.1 Finney 0 8 00.0 Wilkes 0 2,218 00.2 Leung 0 46 00.0 Carey 0 15 00.0 Griffin 1 00.0 1,942 00.2 S Johnson 0 12 00.0 Drake 0 1,482 00.1 Robinson 0 21 00.0 COOK * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 2 EVANS * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 4 Griffiths 62,731 99.9 63,447 06.0 Ellery 31 00.0 429 00.0 Anderson 9 00.0 161 00.0 Foo 12 00.0 403 00.0 Stephen 2 00.0 4,253 00.4 Jorquera 0 22 00.0 Moseley 0 10,182 01.0 P Johnson 0 93 00.0 Margetts * 15 00.0 60,810 05.7 Davies 0 155 00.0 Xamon 0 234 00.0 Hobbs 0 4,257 00.4 Bessant 0 19 00.0 Torr 0 1,176 00.1 Pratt 0 37 00.0 Greig 10 00.0 66,723 06.3 Crabbe 0 203 00.0 Clifford 0 1,244 00.1 O'Donnell 0 1,006 00.1 McNally 0 20 00.0 Garcia 0 386 00.0 (exhausted 1 25 ) (lost by fraction 13 58 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,833 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Finney's 8 votes, S Johnson's 12 votes, Carey's 15 votes, Bessant's 19 votes, McNally's 20 votes, Robinson's 21 votes, Jorquera's 22 votes, Taylor's 27 votes, Pratt's 37 votes, D'Cruz's 41 votes, Leung's 46 votes, P Johnson's 93 votes, Maslen's 127 votes, Davies's 155 votes, Anderson's 161 votes, Crabbe's 203 votes, Suter's 222 votes, Xamon's 234 votes, Ivankovic's 351 votes, Garcia's 386 votes, Foo's 403 votes, Tincknell's 417 votes, Ellery's 429 votes, Bateson's 546 votes, O'Donnell's 1,006 votes, Torr's 1,176 votes, Clifford's 1,244 votes, Drake's 1,482 votes, Griffin's 1,942 votes, Kailis's 2,136 votes, Wilkes's 2,218 votes, Motteram's 3,742 votes, Stephen's 4,253 votes, Hobb's 4,257 votes and Moseley's 10,182 votes (total 37,678) distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 8,022 21.3 117,831 11.1 Morgan 553 01.5 13,903 01.3 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 3 Knowles * 1,818 04.8 105,878 10.0 COOK * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 2 EVANS * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 4 Griffiths 10,542 28.0 73,989 07.0 Margetts * 8,233 21.9 69,043 06.5 Greig 8,420 22.4 75,143 07.1 (exhausted 78 103 ) (lost by fraction -33 25 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,678 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The official return gives the total of these eliminated candidates' votes as 37,666, but this appears to be an error. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Morgan's 13,903 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 311 02.2 118,142 11.1 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 3 Knowles * 13,258 95.4 119,136 11.2 COOK * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 2 EVANS * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 4 Griffiths 55 00.4 74,044 07.0 Margetts * 134 01.0 69,177 06.5 Greig 132 01.0 75,275 07.1 (exhausted 8 111 ) (lost by fraction 5 30 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,903 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Margetts's 69,177 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 826 01.2 118,968 11.2 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 3 Knowles * 949 01.4 120,085 11.3 COOK * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 2 EVANS * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 4 Griffiths 7,210 10.4 81,254 07.6 Greig 60,088 87.0 135,363 12.7 (exhausted 102 213 ) (lost by fraction 2 32 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,177 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Griffiths's 81,254 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 9,404 11.6 128,372 12.1 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 3 Knowles * 686 00.8 120,771 11.4 COOK * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 2 EVANS * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 4 GREIG 71,044 87.6 206,407 19.4 ELECTED 5 (exhausted 121 334 ) (lost by fraction -1 31 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,254 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Greig's 54,433 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fischer 734 01.4 129,106 12.1 ELLISON * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 1 CAMPBELL * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 3 KNOWLES * 53,612 98.6 174,383 16.4 ELECTED 6 COOK * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 2 EVANS * E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 4 GREIG E 151,974 14.3 ELECTED 5 (exhausted 86 420 ) (lost by fraction 1 32 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,433 1,063,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators's terms began 1 July 1999. Campbell, Cook, Ellison, Evans, Greig and Knowles elected for a term ending 30 June 2005. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 2002): Mark BISHOP (ALP), Winston CRANE (Lib), Dr Alan EGGLESTON (Lib), Ross LIGHTFOOT (Lib), Andrew MURRAY (AD), Jim McKIERNAN (ALP) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mark Bishop (born 1954): Elected 1996 > Ian Gordon Campbell (born 1959): Appointed 1990. Elected 1993, 1998 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government to 21 October 1998 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications, Informaion Technology and the Arts from 21 October 1998 > Peter Francis Salmon Cook (1943-2005): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1993, 1998 > Arthur Winston Crane (born 1941): Elected 1990, 1996 > Alan Eggleston (born 1941): Elected 1996 > Christopher Martin Ellison (born 1954): Elected 1993, 1998 Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training to 21 October 1998 Special Minister of State 21 October 1998 to 30 January 2001 Minister for Justice and Customs from 30 January 2001 > Christopher Vaughan Evans (born 1958): Elected 1993, 1998 > Brian Andrew Greig (born 1966): Elected 1998 Born: 22 February 1966, Perth Career: Educated Murdoch University. Research officer, writer. Vincent Town Council > Susan Christine Knowles (born 1951): Elected 1984, 1987, 1993, 1998 > Ross Lightfoot (born 1936): Appointed 1997 > Diane Elizabeth Margetts (born 1955): Elected 1993. Defeated 1998 Later career: WA MLC for Agricultural Region 2001-05. > Andrew James Marshall Murray (born 1947): Elected 1996 > James Philip McKiernan (1944-2018): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------