1987 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Quota | 189,970 | | | | Labor | 1. John Button (elected 1) 2. Gareth Evans (elected 4) 3. Olive Zakharov (elected 6) 4. Robert Ray (elected 8) 5. Barney Cooney (elected 10) 6. John Halfpenny 7. Carole Taylor | 1,086,513 | 44.0 | -0.1 | | Liberal | 1. Austin Lewis (elected 2) 2. Jim Short (elected 5) 3. Richard Alston (elected 7) 4. David Hamer (elected 9) 5. Kay Patterson (elected 12) 6. John Wyld 7. John Goodfellow 8. John Riggall 9. Severn Clarke | 878,899 | 35.6 | +1.4 | | Democrats | 1. Janet Powell (elected 3) 2. Sid Spindler 3. Ken Peak 4. Harold Fraser 5. Peter Allen | 211,043 | 8.5 | +1.6 | | National | 1. Julian McGauran (elected 11) 2. Noel Maughan 3. Les Flintoff | 140,143 | 5.7 | +1.7 | | Democratic Labor | 1. John Mulholland 2. Gloria Brook | 50,894 | 2.0 | +0.6 | | Call to Australia | 1. Al Watson 2. Loretto Brennan 3. John Easton | 28,966 | 1.2 | -0.1 | | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Aldo Penbrook 2. Nik Dow | 28,352 | 1.1 | -6.2 | | Pensioner | 1. Neil McKay 2. Rosamond Ewan | 17,265 | 0.7 | -0.1 | | Unite Australia | 1. John Siddons 2. Ian Price 3. Lisa Harris | 11,213 | 0.5 | +0.5 | | Group B | 1. Bill Hartley 2. Laurene Dietrich 3. David Kerin 4. Rola Haidar | 4,243 | 0.2 | +0.2 | | Group L | 1. Laurie Dunlop 2. Simon Hood | 4,113 | 0.2 | +0.2 | | Group F | 1. David Caccianiga 2. Bill Thiele | 2,145 | 0.1 | +0.1 | | Group O | 1. Dino de Marchi 2. Ineke Black | 2,086 | 0.1 | +0.1 | | Group J | 1. Lisa King 2. Kevin O'Connell | 1,729 | 0.1 | +0.1 | | Group K | 1. Alan Miller 2. Maria Bennett | 1,320 | 0.1 | +0.1 | | Independent | Kym Roylance | 510 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Independent | Abraham Abdalla | 172 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Total formal votes | 2,469,606 | 96.0 | +0.2 | Informal votes | 102,382 | 4.0 | -0.2 | Turnout | 2,571,988 | 95.3 | -0.1 | | |