Candidates of the 1984 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1984 Australian federal election. The election was held on 1 December 1984.

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National

House of Representatives

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Australian Capital Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Democrats candidate Other candidates
CanberraLaborRos KellyGary HumphriesFiona RichardsonRobyn Hancock (NDP)
Joanne Hansen (DSPA)
FraserLaborJohn LangmoreJohn McLarenAndrew FreemanEmile Brunoro (Ind)
Arthur Burns (Ind)
Rozalyn Daniell (DSPA)
Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Democrats candidate Other candidates
BanksLaborJohn MountfordMax Parker (Lib)Montague Green
BartonLaborGary PunchJim Bradfield (Lib)Ron George
BennelongLiberalMargaret DuckettJohn Howard (Lib)Steve Gabell
BerowraLiberalRodney BerryHarry Edwards (Lib)Chris Rogers
BlaxlandLaborPaul KeatingBob Young (Lib)Samuel Adams
BradfieldLiberalMatthew StrassbergDavid Connolly (Lib)Emma Veitch
CalareLaborDavid SimmonsIan Byrne (Lib)
Russ Turner (Nat)
Gregory HamiltonMargaret Stevenson (Ind)
CharltonLaborBob BrownDon Harris (Lib)Lyn Godfrey
ChifleyLaborRoger PriceKen Jessup (Lib)Dominic Fanning
CookLiberalPeter McIlwaineDon Dobie (Lib)Brett Gooley
CowperNationalJoe MoranGarry Nehl* (Nat)
Peter Simpson (Lib)
Alfred TozerKeith Jervis (Ind)
David Rees (Ind)
CunninghamLaborStewart WestGayle Mitchell (Lib)Greg ButlerNeil Cleary (Ind)
Rudolph Dezelin (Ind)
John Garcia (SWP)
DobellLaborMichael LeeIsaac Shields (Lib)Lynn Sawyer
DundasLiberalMargaret BlaxellPhilip Ruddock (Lib)John Tuminello
Eden-MonaroLaborJim SnowAlexander Black (Nat)
Murray Sainsbury (Lib)
Bob Shumack (NDP)
FarrerLiberalEric ThomasTim Fischer* (Nat)
John Roach (Lib)
FowlerLaborTed GraceKen Wills (Lib)David Bransdon (Ind)
GilmoreLaborBob StephensNoel Anderson (Lib)
John Sharp* (Nat)
John SandersRodney Lander (NDP)
Ronald Sarina (Ind)
GrayndlerLaborLeo McLeayJohn Marsden-Lynch (Lib)Peter HennessyChristine Broi (SWP)
GreenwayLaborRuss GormanEdna Mitchell (Lib)Michael Corbin (Ind)
Ray Eade (Ind)
GwydirNationalPamela SmithRalph Hunt (Nat)Lyall Munro JnrJohn Brazier (Ind)
HughesLaborRobert TicknerCliff Mason (Lib)Harold JeffreyMarjorie Wisby (Ind)
HumeNationalRodney MillikenWal Fife* (Lib)
Stephen Lusher (Nat)
HunterLaborEric FitzgibbonRon Dolton (Lib)
John Turner (Nat)
Warren Reid
Kingsford-SmithLaborLionel BowenCollin O'Neill (Lib)Peter LongfieldHelen Boyle (Ind)
LindsayLaborRoss FreeStuart Coppock (Lib)Kevin Crameri
LoweLaborMichael MaherGeoffrey Howe (Lib)Kent Buncombe
LyneNationalFred MayBruce Cowan (Nat)Roland InmanStewart Cooper (Ind)
MacarthurLaborStephen MartinMark Stanham (Lib)Meg Sampson
MackellarLiberalTim CusackJim Carlton (Lib)Graeme MaclennanMaurice Foley (Ind)
MacquarieLaborGarry CronanPaul McGirr (Nat)
Alasdair Webster* (Lib)
Dick Jackson-HopePeter Quirk (Ind)
MitchellLiberalEdward MasonAlan Cadman (Lib)Alan Page
NewcastleLaborAllan MorrisAshley Saunders (Lib)Steve JeffriesJim Campbell (Ind)
Don Geddes (Ind)
New EnglandNationalJoe HoranIan Sinclair (Nat)Rod Irvine
North SydneyLiberalPhilip KelsoJohn Spender (Lib)Rod Dominish
PageNationalBrian MorrisIan Robinson (Nat)Anne BrownBrian Stone (Ind)
ParkesNationalJim CurranMichael Cobb* (Nat)
Bruce Rowley (Lib)
Gloria Collison
ParramattaLaborJohn BrownCharles Stanley (Lib)John Butterworth
PhillipLaborJeannette McHughPeter Bardos (Lib)Karin SowadaFred Brinkman (Ind)
Donald Rugless (Ind)
ProspectLaborDick KlugmanAdrian Burke (Lib)Robert NeesamDick Nichols (SWP)
ReidLaborTom UrenMary-Ruth Kain (Lib)John RoveenJim Saleam (Ind)
RichmondNationalKlaas WoldringCharles Blunt (Nat)Ivor BrownJon Axens (Ind)
Jim Saunders (Ind)
Riverina-DarlingLaborRon AdamsNoel Hicks* (Nat)
John Sullivan (Lib)
Peter HainsFrederick Martin (Ind)
RobertsonLaborBarry CohenPeter Jansen (Lib)Trevor Willsher
ShortlandLaborPeter MorrisMilton Caine (Lib)John AitkenJane Power (Ind)
St GeorgeLaborStephen DuboisBob Gemmell (Lib)Paul TerrettBrian Compton (Ind)
Stanley Duncan (Ind)
SydneyLaborPeter BaldwinJames Harker-Mortlock (Lib)Michael WalshAileen Beaver (CPA)
Daphne Gollan (Ind)
Noel Hazard (Ind)
Vito Radice (Ind)
ThrosbyLaborColin HollisDuncan Gair (Nat)
Wendy Stubbs (Lib)
Alan ColeMartin Essenberg (Ind)
Paul Trevardis (Ind)
WarringahLiberalBrian GreenMichael MacKellar (Lib)Richard JonesMargaret Broome (Ind)
WentworthLiberalStephen RothmanPeter Coleman (Lib)Yvonne JayawardenaGeorge Atkinson (Ind)
Kasula Fitzroy-Mendis (Ind)
Ray Oakes (Ind)
George Warnecke (Ind)
WerriwaLaborJohn KerinPeter Swiderski (Lib)Valerie George

Northern Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate CLP candidate Democrats candidate Independent candidates
Northern TerritoryLaborJohn ReevesPaul EveringhamWiyendji RobertsStrider
Phil Ward

Queensland

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate National candidate Democrats candidate Other candidates
BowmanLaborLen KeoghLeo WhiteNoel WillersdorfRonald Heindorff
BrisbaneLaborManfred CrossIan DouglasWilliam OwenGeorge Leigh
CapricorniaLaborKeith WrightAlan AgnewColin WebberPeter KnackEric Geissmann (Ind)
DawsonNationalJohn BirdRay BraithwaiteAntony Lucas
FaddenLiberalPeter WilsonDavid JullAlun PreeceJanice Barber
FairfaxNationalPeter ShooterTerry WelchEvan AdermannBob Borsellino
FisherNationalGarth HeadLionel KilnerPeter SlipperKent Farrell
FordeLaborHamish LinacreDavid WatsonFrancis GaffyMichael Coogan
GriffithLaborBen HumphreysKaylene LowSean CousinsDaniel RothHelen Jones (SWP)
GroomNationalRonald CullinAlexander MunroTom McVeighRaymond Dow
HerbertLaborTed LindsayTheo TheofanesVicky KippinAna Bristowe-Lamb
HinklerLaborBrian CourticeRonald OwenBryan ConquestFrank CoulthardMarcus Platen (Ind)
KennedyNationalBrigid WalshGerald PorterBob KatterLance Winter
LeichhardtLaborJohn GaylerHugh AnthonyEda CelledoniCliff TrueloveDaas Saba (Ind)
LilleyLaborElaine DarlingIan ParminterJohn FrewAnthony Catip (Ind)
MaranoaNationalDave SummersIan CameronMick Brannigan
McPhersonLiberalRupe GranrottPeter WhiteWarren TappKen PetersonMaria Parer (Ind)
MoncrieffLiberalAthol PatersonKathy MartinJudy GaminSusan MulleyWill Aabraham-Steer (Ind)
Peter Courtney (Ind)
MoretonLiberalMichael KinnaneDon CameronHoward BaskervilleGeoffrey Fawthrop
OxleyLaborBill HaydenLes WoodforthCharles GrovesGeorge Hannaford
PetrieLaborDeane WellsJohn HodgesDon MunroGarry Somerville
RankinLaborDavid BeddallBruce Mackenzie-ForbesCec JamiesonBev Peereboom
RyanLiberalMike FoleyJohn MooreMaxwell CroftsJohn Peeters
Wide BayNationalFred HobergClarrie MillarGlen Spicer

South Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Democrats candidate National candidate Other candidates
AdelaideLaborChris HurfordJenni LondonAndrew SickerdickBryan StokesJohn Buik (Ind)
Mark Thiel (Ind)
BarkerLiberalJeremy MooreJames PorterMeg LeesRichard Jacka
BonythonLaborNeal BlewettGraham SaraJohn Longhurst
BoothbyLiberalBruce WhyattSteele HallMargaret-Ann WilliamsDouglas Lindley
GreyLaborLloyd O'NeilRussell ReidHarm FolkersRobin Dixon-Thompson
HawkerLaborRalph JacobiCharles CampbellGraham PamountThomas Correll
HindmarshLaborJohn ScottBarry LewisIan HainesPaul Petit (SWP)
KingstonLaborGordon BilneyRichard NobleRobert RalphNeville AgarsPaul Breakwell (NDP)
MakinLaborPeter DuncanNeville JoyceAndrew CoventryJohn HendersonBernhard Buechner (Ind)
MayoLiberalJohn QuirkeAlexander DownerDonald ChisholmBob Shearer
Port AdelaideLaborMick YoungThomas IrelandRobert ManhireDeborah Gordon (SWP)
SturtLiberalJim GaleIan WilsonAlison Dolling
WakefieldLiberalSuzanne OwensNeil AndrewAnne HauslerTerry Halford

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Democrats candidate Independent candidate
BassLiberalVicki BuchananWarwick SmithMichael Preece
BraddonLiberalGreg PeartChris MilesGavin Bugg
DenisonLiberalKay SpurrMichael HodgmanMary Willey
FranklinLiberalJohn DevereuxBruce GoodluckJohn Thomson
LyonsLiberalDavid LlewellynMax BurrLiz Holloway

Victoria

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Democrats candidate DLP candidate Other candidates
AstonLaborJohn SaundersonRob Llewellyn (Lib)Harry EichlerRobert Garratt
BallaratLaborJohn MildrenJohn Ronan (Lib)
Douglas Stewart (Nat)
Graham GoughJohn Ferwerda
BatmanLaborBrian HoweMary Hoysted (Lib)James CockellPhilip L'Huillier
BendigoLaborJohn BrumbyReginald Holt (Nat)
Daryl McClure (Lib)
Nola RixonVincent Jordan
BruceLiberalJoan GraystoneKen Aldred (Lib)Michael JohnsonMary Mulholland
BurkeLaborNeil O'KeefeMarisa d'Agostino (Lib)
Leslie Vidler (Nat)
George HunterGenevieve Cormick
CalwellLaborAndrew TheophanousGraham Anderson (Lib)Lesley EllenMartin Mulholland
CaseyLiberalPeter SteedmanRobert Gray (Nat)
Bob Halverson* (Lib)
Michael NardellaJohn GarrattRosamund Ewan (PPA)
ChisholmLaborHelen MayerGraham Harris (Lib)
Ray Murphy (Nat)
Colin RochfordKevin Carroll
CorangamiteLiberalGavan O'ConnorStewart McArthur* (Lib)
Bruce Webster (Nat)
Robert MannJames JordanRoy Charles (PPA)
CorioLaborGordon ScholesJames King (Nat)
Roger Phipps (Lib)
Greta PearceLouise SharahIan Green (Ind)
DeakinLiberalRichard JohnsJulian Beale (Lib)Jeffrey McAlpinePeter Ferwerda
DunkleyLaborBob ChynowethLeonie Clark (Lib)
Judy Hale (Nat)
Grenville CharlesJohn Cass
FlindersLaborRussell JoinerPeter Reith* (Lib)
Paul van Staveren (Nat)
Murray GillJohn McNamaraJohn Miln (PPA)
GellibrandLaborRalph WillisChristopher Gowing (Lib)Shirley BoldMargaret ReedJames Doughney (SWP)
GippslandNationalBill de VinkRod Conley (Lib)
Peter McGauran* (Nat)
Wilma WesternMargaret HandleyBen Buckley (Ind)
Peter Gardner (NDP)
GoldsteinLiberalGarry MoorePat Brown (Nat)
Ian Macphee* (Lib)
Maureen BoalerPatrick Keelan
HentyLaborJoan ChildRudi Michelson (Lib)
Peter Ryan (Nat)
Margaret MooreMartin Callanan
HigginsLiberalKenneth PenalunaBabette Francis (Nat)
Roger Shipton* (Lib)
Laurence LevyRobert Semmel
HoltLaborMichael DuffyJohn Ferwerda (Lib)Louise StewartBrian McDonald
HothamLaborLewis KentMichael Heffernan (Lib)Greg ChippEdwards Woods
IndiLiberalJoe MurphyBill Baxter (Nat)
Ewen Cameron* (Lib)
Geoffrey le CouteurPaul Carroll
IsaacsLaborDavid CharlesCharles Lacey (Nat)
Peter Zablud (Lib)
Peter LindemannDudley de Rozario
JagajagaLaborPeter StaplesFrederick Garratt (Lib)Peter LovellLen MooreNino de Tress (Ind)
KooyongLiberalKate NashAndrew Peacock (Lib)Russell WhiteJohn MulhollandDavid Greagg (Ind)
LalorLaborBarry JonesMark Pallett (Lib)Barry McLeodGail de Rozario
La TrobeLaborPeter MiltonTed French (Lib)Andrew McCannJulie Garratt
MalleeNationalLindsay LeakePeter Fisher* (Nat)
M. Treseder (Lib)
Colin CavanaghRobert HogarthAlbertus Stoutjesdijk (Ind)
MaribyrnongLaborAlan GriffithsSally Gooch (Lib)Kathie GizyckiRosemary MaurusHelen Said (SWP)
Richard Wright (Ind)
McEwenLaborPeter CleelandJohn Brewster (Nat)
Brian Dixon (Lib)
Julie StaynerDaniel Mason
McMillanLaborBarry CunninghamJohn Dwyer (Lib)
Heather Ronald (Nat)
James RichardsAnne Barrett
MelbourneLaborGerry HandIan Davis (Lib)Chris CarterMichael HammetJames Ferrari (Ind)
Melbourne PortsLaborClyde HoldingAllan Paull (Lib)
Dorothy Turner (Nat)
Sue McDougallMichael RoweRussell Morse (Ind)
Denice Stephens (Ind)
MenziesLiberalDavid McKenzieNeil Brown (Lib)Lynden KenyonVin Considine
MurrayNationalMark AndersonAnne Adams (Lib)
Bruce Lloyd* (Nat)
John WeirDesmond Semmel
ScullinLaborHarry JenkinsPamela Philpot (Lib)Jane GreenHelen Walsh
StreetonLaborTony LambRussell Broadbent (Lib)
John Clifford (Nat)
Tessa CunninghamDavid Grulke
WannonLiberalNancy GenardiniBetty Gee (Nat)
David Hawker* (Lib)
Kathleen MayBill Verhoef
WillsLaborBob HawkeVictor Perton (Lib)Peter AllanGloria BrookMark Ferguson (Ind)
Lance Hutchinson (Ind)
Glen Mann (Ind)
Martin Mantell (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Democrats candidate Other candidates
BrandLaborWendy FatinChristopher BoyleThomas Renfrey (Ind)
CanningLaborGeorge GearRicky JohnstonElizabeth Capill
CowanLaborCarolyn JakobsenJeff RobertsAlan Needham
CurtinLiberalBeth SchultzAllan RocherMarjorie McKercher
ForrestLiberalPeter HollandPeter DrummondAnne FussellAlfred Bessell (Ind)
FremantleLaborJohn DawkinsMax AdamsShirley de la HuntyTimothy Peach (Ind)
KalgoorlieLaborGraeme CampbellDouglas KreppWilliam MasonDavid Nourish (NDP)
MooreLaborAllen BlanchardRita Waters
O'ConnorLiberalKim ChanceWilson TuckeyDenis KidbyJames Ferguson (Nat)
PerthLaborRic CharlesworthJoan WaltersCatherine Brown (SWP)
StirlingLaborRon EdwardsGreg HancockTerence BarrettEric Martin (Ind)
SwanLaborKim BeazleyFrank HayesLinda Mottram
TangneyLiberalDavid DalePeter ShackRon Murray

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. The Senate was expanded at this election so that each state was represented by twelve senators instead of ten. As such, each state elected seven senators, six to serve a six-year term and one to serve a three-year term. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Australian Capital Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates Referendum First candidates
  1. Susan Ryan*
  2. Hugh Saddler
  1. Margaret Reid*
  2. David Walters
  1. John Hatton
  2. Julia Knyvett
  1. John Conway
  2. Jan Barratt
  1. Allan Nelson
  2. Tony Spagnolo

New South Wales

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Peter Baume (Liberal), Sir John Carrick (Liberal), Arthur Gietzelt (Labor), Doug McClelland (Labor) and Graham Richardson (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates CTA candidates Group D candidates
  1. Kerry Sibraa*
  2. Bruce Childs*
  3. John Morris*
  4. Sue West
  1. Chris Puplick* (Lib)
  2. David Brownhill* (Nat)
  3. Michael Baume* (Lib)
  4. Bronwyn Bishop (Lib)
  5. Doug Moppett (Nat)
  1. Colin Mason*
  2. Paul McLean
  3. Jenny MacLeod
  4. Garry Chestnut
  1. Peter Garrett
  2. Gillian Fisher
  3. Marie-Anne Hockings
  4. Russel Ward
  1. Graham McLennan
  2. Tom Toogood
  3. Patricia Judge
  4. Kevin Hume
  5. John Everingham
  6. Clair Isbister
  7. Elaine Nile
  1. Henry Soper
  2. Maureen Nathan
  3. Peter Wright
  4. Archibald Brown
  5. William More
  6. John Veenstra
Group F candidates Group G candidates Group H candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Bill Wentworth
  2. Robert Clark
  3. Raymond King
  4. Myfanwy Young
  1. Peter Consandine
  2. Brian Buckley
  1. Burnum Burnum
  2. Rocky Thomas

Helen Hibbard
Helen Richards

Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates CLP candidates Democrats candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Ted Robertson*
  2. Warren Snowdon
  1. Bernie Kilgariff*
  2. Patricia Davies
  1. Betty Pearce
  2. Fay Lawrence

Vincent Forrester

Queensland

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The National Party was defending one seat. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Florence Bjelke-Petersen (National), Stan Collard (National), Mal Colston (Labor), George Georges (Labor) and Warwick Parer (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates Conservative candidates
  1. Margaret Reynolds*
  2. Gerry Jones*
  3. John Black*
  4. Bryant Burns
  1. David MacGibbon*
  2. William Everingham
  3. Olive-Orme Scott-Young
  4. Christopher Gilbert
  5. Maurice Thomson
  1. Ron Boswell*
  2. Glen Sheil*
  3. Patrick Behan
  4. Alan Metcalfe
  1. Michael Macklin*
  2. Ray Hollis
  3. John Elfick
  4. Cheryl Kernot
  1. Patsy Goodwin
  2. Bernard Hockings
  1. Fast Bucks
  2. Peter Livesey
Group B candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Hugh Bruce
  2. Michael Carr

Frank Bologna
Dieter Soegemeier
Cyril McKenzie

Norman Eather
Raymond Medwin

South Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators Ron Elstob (Labor), Dominic Foreman (Labor), Janine Haines (Democrats), Robert Hill (Liberal) and Tony Messner (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates National candidates NDP candidates CTA candidates
  1. Nick Bolkus*
  2. Graham Maguire*
  3. Rosemary Crowley*
  4. Vic Heron
  1. Baden Teague*
  2. Don Jessop*
  3. Amanda Vanstone*
  4. Robert Giles
  1. David Vigor*
  2. John Coulter
  3. Mike Elliott
  4. Sandra Kanck
  1. John Bannon
  2. Judith Jackson
  3. Ray Rothe
  4. Helen Scott
  5. Audrey Pobke
  1. Frances Mowling
  2. Ian Modistach
  3. Douglas Peers
  1. Bob Brown
  2. Dean Davis
  3. William Pomery
Pensioner candidates AFM candidates Group D candidates Group F candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Wilfred Scott
  2. Kenneth Perry
  1. Bob Boyd
  2. Fred Tanner
  1. Joe Rossi
  2. Warwick Stallard
  3. Giovanni Melino
  4. Gizella Farkas
  1. Judy Gillett
  2. Brian Sones
  3. Eugene Sibelle

Peter Gagliardi
Herman Bersee
Edward Dyer

Tasmania

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators Don Grimes (Labor), Brian Harradine (Independent), Peter Rae (Liberal), Michael Tate (Labor) and Shirley Walters (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates Harradine candidates
  1. Terry Aulich*
  2. Ray Devlin*
  3. John Coates*
  4. John White
  1. Brian Archer*
  2. John Watson*
  3. Michael Townley*
  4. Eric Abetz
  5. Des Cooper
  6. Michael Chabrel
  1. Norm Sanders*
  2. Lyn Newitt
  1. Ian Paulin
  2. Anne Parker
  1. Kath Venn
  2. Colin Sacco

Victoria

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators John Button (Labor), Don Chipp (Democrats), Gareth Evans (Labor), Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (Liberal) and Austin Lewis (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates National candidates DLP candidates
  1. Olive Zakharov*
  2. Robert Ray*
  3. Barney Cooney*
  4. Carole Marple
  1. Alan Missen*
  2. David Hamer*
  3. Jim Short*
  4. Richard Alston
  5. Zirka Yaskewych
  1. John Siddons*
  2. Janet Powell
  3. Ian Price
  4. Sid Spindler
  5. Kenneth Peak
  1. Jean Melzer
  2. Venturino Venturini
  1. Shirley McKerrow
  2. John Cromarty
  3. Louise Jenkins
  4. John Keating
  5. Murray Buzza
  1. Brian Handley
  2. Maria Handley
  3. William Mahony
  4. Lois Mahony
CTA candidates Pensioner candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Barry Tattersall
  2. Valerie Renkema
  3. Edna Hall
  4. John Easton
  1. Neil McKay
  2. Margaret Carter

Maurice Smith
Tiger Casley
Michael Krape
Augustus Titter
Bill Kapphan

Western Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal), Ruth Coleman (Labor), Peter Durack (Liberal), Gordon McIntosh (Labor) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates National candidates AFM candidates
  1. Patricia Giles*
  2. Peter Cook*
  3. Jim McKiernan*
  4. John Crouch
  1. Noel Crichton-Browne*
  2. Reg Withers*
  3. Sue Knowles*
  4. Murray Nixon
  1. Jack Evans
  2. Richard Jeffreys
  3. Jean Jenkins
  1. Jo Vallentine*
  2. Lindsay Matthews
  1. Bruce Currie
  2. Eric Blight
  3. Mort Schell
  4. Graham Barrett-Lennard
  1. Brian Peachey
  2. Beryl Van Luyn
  3. Nellie Clark
  4. John Gilmour
  5. Kenneth Wright
  6. Ronald Bott
Group E candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Frank Nesci
  2. Nellie Stuart

Jack van Tongeren
Martin Suter
Frank Ash

Summary by party

Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested the Senate election in the respective state.

Party NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Total
HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S
Australian Labor Party 51 * 39 * 24 * 13 * 13 * 5 * 2 * 1 * 148 8
Liberal Party of Australia 46 * 39 * 21 * 13 * 13 * 5 * 2 * 139 7
National Party of Australia 16 * 22 * 24 * 1 * 9 * 72 5
Country Liberal Party 1 * 1 1
Australian Democrats 46 * 39 * 23 * 10 * 13 * 4 * 2 * 1 * 138 8
Democratic Labor Party 39 * 39 1
Socialist Workers Party 3 2 1 1 2 9
Nuclear Disarmament Party 2 * 1 * * 1 * 1 * * 1 * 6 7
Pensioner Party of Australia 3 * * 3 2
Deadly Serious Party 2 2
Communist Party of Australia 1 1
Call to Australia * * * 3
Australian Family Movement * * 2
Conservative Party of Australia * 1
Referendum First Group * 1
Independent and other 37 13 7 4 3 1 3 2 70

See also

References

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