Candidates of the 1975 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1975 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 December 1975.

Seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National Country

Independent

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 LM candidate Other candidates
CanberraLaborKep EnderbyJohn HaslemTony HarrisOleg Kavunenko (WP)
John Moloney (Ind)
Kevin Wise (Ind)
FraserLaborKen FryGeorge MailathClaude Hammond

New South Wales
Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
BanksLaborVince MartinMaxwell Gibson (Lib)Denise Arrow (Ind)
Ralph Skelton (WP)
BartonLaborMurray GainsfordJim Bradfield (Lib)Maxwell Shean (WP)
Clifford Willard (AP)
BennelongLiberalNoel WelsmanJohn Howard (Lib)John Anlezark (Ind)
Brian Johnson (AP)
BerowraLiberalMichael RossHarry Edwards (Lib)Robert Howard (WP)
BlaxlandLaborPaul KeatingJoseph Touma (Lib)Robert Symes (WP)
BradfieldLiberalJohn CarmodyDavid Connolly (Lib)Christopher Brown (WP)
CalareNCPFrancis HallJames Ashton (Lib)
Sandy Mackenzie* (NCP)
ChifleyLaborJohn ArmitageShirley Sookee (Lib)
CookLaborRay ThorburnDon Dobie (Lib)Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
Marjorie Gray (AP)
Philip O'Neill (Ind)
Robert Schollbach (WP)
CowperNCPColin ClagueIan Robinson (NCP)John Holcombe (Ind)
John McLachlan (Ind)
CunninghamLaborRex ConnorPeter Swan (Lib)Bernard Groben (Ind)
Peter Robertson (WP)
DarlingLaborJohn FitzPatrickWalter Mitchell (NCP)Walter Miller (Ind)
Eden-MonaroLaborBob WhanJohn Moore (NCP)
Murray Sainsbury* (Lib)		Frederick Dawson (Ind)
EvansLaborAllan MulderJohn Abel (Lib)Frederick Keoghan (Ind)
Graham Roll (AP)
Warren Wilson (Ind)
FarrerLiberalPatrick BrassilKevin Bowtell (NCP)
Wal Fife* (Lib)		Mike Donelan (AP)
Anthony Quinn (DLP)
Arthur Robinson (WP)
GrayndlerLaborTony WhitlamJonathan Fowler (Lib)Peter Dowd (Ind)
Graeme Shortland (Ind)
Douglas Spedding (Ind)
GwydirNCPFrancis BourkeRalph Hunt (NCP)Norbert Hennessy (Ind)
William O'Donnell (Ind)
HughesLaborLes JohnsonRobert Law (Lib)
HumeNCPGeorge BrennerStephen Lusher (NCP)
HunterLaborBert JamesStephen Walker (Lib)
Kingsford-SmithLaborLionel BowenDesmond Connors (Lib)Nicholas Confos (Ind)
LangLaborFrank StewartDonald Carruthers (Lib)Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
Douglas Morgan (Ind)
John Stewart (Ind)
LoweLiberalRobert HydeWilliam McMahon (Lib)Clifford Bros (AP)
Ben Doig (Ind)
Andris Kichno (WP)
Bent Poulsen (Ind)
LyneNCPBruce LangfordPhilip Lucock (NCP)Peter Simpson (Ind)
MacarthurLaborJohn KerinMichael Baume (Lib)Ramon Barros (WP)
Susan Healy (AP)
Barry Watkinson (Ind)
MackellarLiberalKevin MasonBill Wentworth (Lib)Barry Bracken (WP)
Jennifer Sheehan (Ind)
MacquarieLaborRoss FreeReg Gillard (Lib)Murray Busch (WP)
Norman Lee (Ind)
Ian Perry (Ind)
MitchellLiberalDavid SavageAlan Cadman (Lib)Ivor F (Ind)
Dimitar Mikusalev (Ind)
Alexander Munro (AP)
Duncan Yuille (WP)
New EnglandNCPJohn ShanahanIan Sinclair (NCP)Geoffrey Anderson (Ind)
NewcastleLaborCharles JonesArthur Thomas (Lib)David Ross (CPA)
North SydneyLiberalPatrick HealyBill Graham (Lib)Romualds Kemps (Ind)
Peter Sawyer (WP)
ParramattaLiberalJohn BrownPhilip Ruddock (Lib)Malcolm McKinnon (WP)
Astrid O'Neill (AP)
PatersonNCPNoel UnicombFrank O'Keefe (NCP)Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
Barnard Hassett (Ind)
PhillipLaborJoe RiordanJack Birney (Lib)Michael Clarke (WP)
Marie Morris (AP)
ProspectLaborDick KlugmanDonald MacDonald (Lib)Geoffrey Thomas (AP)
ReidLaborTom UrenTerence Shanahan (Lib)Kevin McKenna (WP)
RichmondNCPArchibald JohnstonDoug Anthony (NCP)Ethel Adams (Ind)
Bernard Walrut (AP)
RiverinaNCPJohn PollardJohn Sullivan (NCP)
RobertsonLaborBarry CohenHugh Chalmers (Lib)Raymond Louis (WP)
Phillip Smith (Ind)
St GeorgeLaborBill MorrisonMaurice Neil (Lib)Keith Gleeson (WP)
ShortlandLaborPeter MorrisRichard Bevan (Lib)Lionel Lambkin (Ind)
Barbara Timmins (Ind)
SydneyLaborLes McMahonJanis Wallace (Lib)Laurie Aarons (CPA)
Merilyn Giesekam (WP)
Roderick MacNeil (Ind)
WarringahLiberalAllan HughesMichael MacKellar (Lib)Eric Riches (Ind)
WentworthLiberalMairi PetersenBob Ellicott (Lib)John Curvers (WP)
Joseph Zingarelli (AP)
WerriwaLaborGough WhitlamWilliam Sadler (Lib)Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
Frederick Keep (Ind)
Ross May (Ind)
Maurice Sharp (Ind)
Ronald Watson (WP)

Northern Territory
Electorate Held by Labor candidate CLP candidate Australia candidate
Northern TerritoryNCPJock NelsonSam CalderJames Forbes

Queensland
Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
BowmanLaborLen KeoghJames Dean (NCP)
David Jull* (Lib)		Donald Wright (WP)
BrisbaneLaborManfred CrossPeter Johnson* (Lib)
Harold Porter (NCP)		Rodney Jeanneret (WP)
CapricorniaLaborDoug EveringhamColin Carige* (NCP)
Alfred Millroy (Lib)
Darling DownsNCPPeter WoodTom McVeigh (NCP)
DawsonLaborRex PattersonRay Braithwaite* (NCP)
Noel McFarlane (NCP)		Colin Bailey (Ind)
FisherNCPIvan GuyEvan Adermann (NCP)Dennis Marshall (WP)
GriffithLiberalBen HumphreysDon Cameron (Lib)Wallace Younger (WP)
HerbertLiberalJohn RockettRobert Bonnett (Lib)
KennedyNCPRobert GleesonBob Katter (NCP)Charles Rendall (WP)
LeichhardtLaborBill WoodLaurence Hoins (Lib)
David Thomson* (NCP)		Clarence Grogan (Ind)
Bernard Marsh (DLP)
LilleyLiberalFrank DoylePeter Addison (NCP)
Kevin Cairns* (Lib)
McPhersonLiberalBrian PatersonEric Robinson (Lib)Coral Finlay (WP)
MaranoaNCPReuben CoupeJames Corbett (NCP)Lindsay Sturgess (WP)
MoretonLiberalLewin BlazevichJames Killen (Lib)William Appleton (Ind)
John Fitzgerald (Ind)
OxleyLaborBill HaydenCornelis Frederiks (Lib)
James Shapcott (NCP)		Neil Russell (WP)
PetrieLiberalJohn HungerfordJohn Hodges (Lib)
RyanLiberalColin TaylorDouglas MacTaggart (NCP)
John Moore* (Lib)		David Boughen (WP)
Wide BayNCPBrendan HansenClarrie Millar (NCP)Gerrit Alberts (WP)

South Australia
Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate LM candidate Other candidates
AdelaideLaborChris HurfordHarold SteeleRobert HercusDavid Middleton (AP)
AngasLiberalAdolf ThielGeoffrey GilesGiordano GrazianiRichard Philippe (WP)
BarkerLiberalGraham BathJames PorterRodney RobertsLily Bayly (Ind)
Kenneth Williams (NCP)
BonythonLaborMartin NichollsAlan IrvingJohn LonghurstRobert Durbridge (CPA)
BoothbyLiberalMark PickhaverJohn McLeayPeter BermanAlexander Hunter (Ind)
GreyLaborLaurie WallisDennis BurmanArnold Eckersley
HawkerLaborRalph JacobiCraig SpeilStewart Leggett
HindmarshLaborClyde CameronValentine DignumIan McGowanRoss Stanford (Ind)
KingstonLaborRichard GunGrant ChapmanRodney AdamVerna Oakley (WP)
Port AdelaideLaborMick YoungTerence HansonJean Lawrie
SturtLiberalGraham MaguireIan WilsonBarry LakeWilliam Forster (WP)
WakefieldLiberalIrene KrastevBert KellyJohn Lienert

Tasmania
Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate NCP candidate Workers candidate
BassLiberalMichael McLaughlinKevin NewmanKevin Chaffey
BraddonLaborRon DaviesRay GroomBarry WhileyLance Buckingham
DenisonLaborJohn CoatesMichael HodgmanJohn HayCathryn Stanton
FranklinLaborRay SherryBruce GoodluckMargaret Franklin
Joseph Hand		Peter Mollon
WilmotLaborGil DuthieMax BurrRobert GriffinWilliam Woods

Victoria
Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate DLP candidate Australia candidate Other candidates
BalaclavaLiberalMartin RyanIan Macphee (Lib)Peter LawlorJohn Howe
BallaaratLiberalDavid WilliamsJim Short (Lib)Bryan HanrahanGlendon Ludbrook (Ind)
BatmanLaborHorrie GarrickMichael Galli (Lib)Eileen Doyle
BendigoLiberalStewart AndersonJohn Bourchier* (Lib)
Henry O'Halloran (NCP)		Paul BrennanLeslie Irlam (Ind)
BruceLiberalGraeme BondBilly Snedden (Lib)John LloydIris PederickDiana Martin (Ind)
BurkeLaborKeith JohnsonClaus Salger (Lib)Colin WalshMichael Dupla (Ind)
CaseyLaborRace MathewsPeter Falconer (Lib)John McKennaMurray DeerbonMarc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
ChisholmLiberalRichard CampbellTony Staley (Lib)Joe StanleyRichard Franklin
CorangamiteLiberalShirley AmbroseTony Street (Lib)Francis O'BrienIan SlaterBrian Costin (Ind)
CorioLaborGordon ScholesGordon Hall (Lib)John TimberlakeGuenter Sahr
DeakinLiberalGavan OakleyAlan Jarman (Lib)Jim BrosnanWilliam InglisWalter Williams (Ind)
Diamond ValleyLaborDavid McKenzieNeil Brown (Lib)Christopher CurtisJohn FranceschiniMarc Aussie-Steone (Ind)
John Duncan (Ind)
FlindersLiberalGeoffrey EastwoodPhillip Lynch (Lib)John GlynnPeter DaltonStanley Hillman (Ind)
GellibrandLaborRalph WillisIris Williams (Lib)Bert Bailey
GippslandNCPPeter TurnerPeter Nixon (NCP)Robert McMahon
HentyLaborJoan ChildKen Aldred (Lib)Terence FarrellMichael HughesMarc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
HigginsLiberalAndrew HomerRoger Shipton (Lib)John CotterRafe Slaney
HoltLaborMax OldmeadowWilliam Yates (Lib)Robert Fidler
HothamLiberalTony RossDon Chipp (Lib)Frank GaffyJohn Murray (Ind)
IndiNCPAlan BellMac Holten (NCP)Christopher Cody
IsaacsLaborGareth ClaytonDavid Hamer (Lib)Ralph ClearyEldon SimmonsMarc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
KooyongLiberalJohn WilkinsonAndrew Peacock (Lib)Francis DuffyJohn Gare
La TrobeLaborTony LambMarshall Baillieu (Lib)James PennaDon WaltersCornelus Helleman (Ind)
Ronald Neilsen (Ind)
LalorLaborJim CairnsFrancis Purcell (Lib)Denis Bilston
MalleeNCPRonald DaviesPeter Fisher (NCP)Stanley Croughan
MaribyrnongLaborMoss CassJohn Gray (Lib)Lucia HaywardThomas Archay
McMillanNCPWilliam RutherfordArthur Hewson (NCP)
Barry Simon* (Lib)		Les HiltonDavid Little (Ind)
MelbourneLaborTed InnesRobert Fallshaw (Lib)Desmond BurkeVeronica SchwarzIan Fehring (CPA)
Melbourne PortsLaborFrank CreanFrederick Gray (NCP)
Roger Johnston (Lib)		Gordon HabermanBeverley BroadbentHenry Sanders (Ind)
MurrayNCPMarjorie GilliesBruce Lloyd (NCP)Patrick Payne
ScullinLaborHarry JenkinsGerard Clarke (Lib)Bernard McGrathBernard Irving (Ind)
WannonLiberalKeith WilsonMalcolm Fraser (Lib)John Casanova
WillsLaborGordon BryantHoward Kiel (Lib)John Flint
WimmeraNCPBrian BrookeRobert King (NCP)Marjorie McOwanFrancis Petering (Ind)

Western Australia
Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate NCP candidate Other candidates
CanningLiberalMarilyn AnthonyMel BungeyJohn Hallett
CurtinLiberalJohn CrouchVictor Garland
ForrestLiberalGeoffrey DavyPeter DrummondNoel KlopperNoel Duggan (Ind)
Duncan Hordacre (Ind)
FremantleLaborKim BeazleyLeon Lapinski
KalgoorlieLaborFred CollardMick CotterGraham Mills (WP)
MooreLiberalAllen BlanchardJohn HydeGraham Anderson
PerthLaborJoe BerinsonRoss McLeanVic Slater (CPA)
StirlingLiberalGraham ReeceIan VinerBrian Butterworth (WP)
SwanLaborAdrian BennettJohn MartyrPeter Masson
TangneyLaborJohn DawkinsPeter RichardsonWarwick Agnew (WP)

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, all senators were up for re-election. The first five successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, the remaining five to three-year terms. 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 first time the ACT had voted for the Senate.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Gorton candidates Workers candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Susan Ryan*
  2. Peter Ellyard
  1. John Knight*
  2. Trevor Crouch
  1. John Gorton
  2. Harold Hird
  1. Leslie Shaw
  2. Gerald O'Shaughnessy

Ian Black
Tony Spagnolo
Roderick Quinn
Michael Cavanough

New South Wales

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats (although Lionel Murphy's vacancy had been filled by independent Cleaver Bunton, who did not contest in 1975). The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending five seats.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates DLP candidates Australia candidates LM candidates Workers candidates
  1. Doug McClelland*
  2. Jim McClelland*
  3. Tony Mulvihill*
  4. Arthur Gietzelt*
  5. Kerry Sibraa*
  6. Emily Renshaw
  1. Bob Cotton* (Lib)
  2. John Carrick* (Lib)
  3. Douglas Scott* (NCP)
  4. Peter Baume* (Lib)
  5. Misha Lajovic* (Lib)
  6. Dorothy Ross (NCP)
  1. Jack Kane
  2. Peter Daly
  3. Anne McCosker
  4. Bill Casey
  5. James Keogh
  6. Peter Westmore
  1. Colin Mason
  2. Robert Newman
  3. Mavis McMillan
  1. Terence Morgan
  2. Bill Payne
  1. John Hill
  2. Mark Tier
  3. Susan O'Sullivan
  4. Neville Kennard
  5. John Grant
  6. John Edmonds
AFAM candidates Group A candidates Group D candidates Group F candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Frieda Brown
  2. Fred Nile
  3. Ken Harrison
  1. Helen Jarvis
  2. Gordon Adler
  1. Ron Kelly
  2. Robert Khoury
  1. Ross Green
  2. Lyn Wilson

Athol Martin
Adrian Alle
Noel Howard
Darius Pourshasb
Lawrence Woods
Kenneth Burke
Luciano Becher
David McPherson

Bruce Taber
Thomas Guy
Reginald Appleby
Andrew Boyton
Michael Steuart
Michael Wojeszlovszky
John Breen-Hemingway

Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election, the first time the Northern Territory had voted for the Senate.

Labor candidates CLP candidates Australia candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Ted Robertson*
  2. Kevin Frazer
  1. Bernie Kilgariff*
  2. Martyn Finger
  1. Edward Giblin
  2. Joan Breen

David Fisher (WP)
Alexander Allan-Stewart
Kenneth Day (WP)
Charles Perkins

Queensland

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending six seats. Independent Senator Albert Field, who had been appointed to Labor Senator Bertie Milliner's seat after the latter's death, was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates DLP candidates Australia candidates LM candidates Workers candidates
  1. Jim Keeffe*
  2. Ron McAuliffe*
  3. George Georges*
  4. Mal Colston*
  5. Colleen Freeman
  6. Ken Vaughan
  1. Neville Bonner* (Lib)
  2. Ron Maunsell* (NCP)
  3. Glen Sheil* (NCP)
  4. Kathy Martin* (Lib)
  5. Ian Wood* (Lib)
  6. Stan Collard* (NCP)
  7. Richard Austin (Lib)
  1. Condon Byrne
  2. Jack Williams
  3. John Fox
  4. Therese Sheil
  5. Edgar Lanigan
  6. Andrew Jackson
  1. John Lamb
  2. Arthur Smith
  1. Desmond Breen
  2. Michael Hartwig
  3. Alan Williams
  1. David Russell
  2. Roger Wickham
  3. Susan Benfer
Group G candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. James Drabsch
  2. Philip de Felice

Leonard Grasishchuk
Grace Plunkett
Renfrey Clarke
Albert Field
John McRae
Douglas Gillespie

Anthony Catip
Malcolm Just
Anne Glew
George Allard
Hubert Giesberts

South Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Movement was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates LM candidates DLP candidates Socialist candidates Workers candidates
  1. Reg Bishop*
  2. Jim Cavanagh*
  3. Don Cameron*
  4. Geoff McLaren*
  5. Neal Blewett
  6. Arnold Drury
  1. Gordon Davidson*
  2. Don Jessop*
  3. Condor Laucke*
  4. Harold Young*
  5. Tony Messner*
  6. Jennifer Adamson
  1. Steele Hall*
  2. Michael Wilson
  3. Janine Haines
  4. Ronald Moulds
  5. Stewart McLeod
  6. Heather Southcott
  1. Ted Farrell
  2. Leonie Farrell
  1. Bobbie Pointer
  2. Muriel Goss
  3. Alan Miller
  1. John Whiting
  2. Andrew Buttfield
  3. Antony Hayden-Smith
  4. Beverly Borg
  5. Leslie Huxley
  6. Nelson Cartney
Group B candidates Group D candidates Group E candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Frank Darlington
  2. John Knight
  1. Brett Trenery
  2. Peter Abrahamson
  1. John Henderson
  2. Charles Groves

John Steele
James Pedley

Tasmania

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats, but independent Senator Michael Townley had also joined the party.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates NCP candidates Workers candidates Harradine candidates UTG candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Ken Wriedt*
  2. Justin O'Byrne*
  3. Don Devitt*
  4. Don Grimes*
  5. Merv Everett
  6. Graham Malley
  1. Peter Rae*
  2. Michael Townley*
  3. Brian Archer*
  4. Reg Wright*
  5. Shirley Walters*
  6. Eric Bessell
  1. Bill Casimaty
  2. Donald Hazell
  3. Margaret Rockliff
  1. Mike Stanton
  2. Denis Mackey
  3. Frederick Auld
  4. Warren Scott
  5. Peter Chaplin
  1. Brian Harradine*
  2. John Jones
  1. Richard Jones
  2. Bob Brown

John Tully
Eric Wilson
Enid Shea
Albert Mansell

Victoria

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending five seats.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates DLP candidates LM candidates Australia candidates Group B candidates
  1. Jean Melzer*
  2. Cyril Primmer*
  3. John Button*
  4. Bill Brown*
  5. Bill Hartley
  6. Gareth Evans
  1. Ivor Greenwood* (Lib)
  2. Margaret Guilfoyle* (Lib)
  3. James Webster* (NCP)
  4. Sir Magnus Cormack* (Lib)
  5. Alan Missen* (Lib)
  6. Tom Tehan* (NCP)
  1. Frank McManus
  2. Jack Little
  3. Paul McManus
  4. Marianne Crowe
  5. Michael Houlihan
  1. Andrew Farran
  2. Robert Laing
  3. Ian Robertson
  4. Philip Martyn
  1. John Siddons
  2. Trevor Cooke
  3. Harold Jeffrey
  1. John Roseman
  2. Alan Anderson
Group C candidates Group H candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Peter Conrick
  2. Diane Ewin
  1. Bruce McGuinness
  2. Elizabeth Hoffman
  3. Alma Thorpe

Shane Watson
Maurice Smith
Chris Tsolos
Ian Dunne

Neil Leicht
George Alexander
Donald Maggs

Western Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. The National Country Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates NCP candidates DLP candidates LM candidates Australia candidates
  1. John Wheeldon*
  2. Gordon McIntosh*
  3. Peter Walsh*
  4. Ruth Coleman*
  5. Bob Hetherington
  6. Duncan Graham
  1. Reg Withers*
  2. Peter Durack*
  3. Peter Sim*
  4. Fred Chaney*
  5. Andrew Thomas*
  6. Cynthia Smart
  1. Tom Drake-Brockman*
  2. David Reid
  3. Winifred Piesse
  4. Lloyd Nelson
  5. Kevin Critch
  6. Jennifer Lewis
  1. William Sullivan
  2. Rosemary Taboni
  3. Peter Moorehouse
  4. Alan Crofts
  5. John Poole
  6. Paul Daly
  1. Jack Evans
  2. Diana Downs
  3. Bruce Thomson
  1. Robert Russell-Brown
  2. John Stuart
  3. John Kernot
Workers candidates Group B candidates Group F candidates Group H candidates Group K candidates Group L candidates
  1. James MacDonald
  2. Geoffrey McNeil
  3. Valda Harris
  4. Kenneth Bellemore
  5. Roy Morien
  1. Donald Galloway
  2. Albert Prince
  1. James Mazza
  2. Sydney Greenacre
  3. George Gaunt
  1. Syd Negus
  2. Lorraine Negus
  1. Francesco Nesci
  2. Nellie Stuart
  1. Robert Townsend
  2. Eric Woodard
  3. Kenneth Baines
Ungrouped candidates

George Abdullah
Keith Lockhart
Frederick Bourke
Arthur Wight
John Furey
Mervyn Lambert

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 45 * 34 * 18 * 10 * 12 * 5 * 2 * 1 * 127 8
Liberal Party of Australia 36 * 29 * 12 * 10 * 12 * 5 * 2 * 106 7
National Country Party 12 * 8 * 14 * 4 * 1 5 * 44 5
Country Liberal Party 1 * 1 1
Workers Party 22 * 9 * 3 * 2 * 5 * 1 * * 42 7
Democratic Labor Party 1 * 34 * 1 * * * 36 5
Australia Party 13 * 17 * * * 1 1 * 32 5
Liberal Movement * * * * 12 * 2 14 5
Communist Party of Australia 2 1 1 1 5
Australian Family Action Movement * 1
Socialist Party of Australia * 1
United Tasmania Group * 1
Independent and other 43 19 5 2 5 2 74

See also

References
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