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.
- Two Senate seats each were created for the Australian Capital and Northern Territories.
- The member for Higgins, John Gorton (Independent), contested the Senate in the ACT.
Labor
- Jim Cope MP (Sydney, NSW)
- Fred Daly MP (Grayndler, NSW)
- Bill Fulton MP (Leichhardt, Qld)
- Tony Luchetti MP (Macquarie, NSW)
- Len Reynolds MP (Barton, NSW)
- Senator George Poyser (Vic)
- Senator Don Willesee (WA)
Liberal
- Nigel Drury MP (Ryan, Qld)
- Dudley Erwin MP (Ballaarat, Vic)
- David Fairbairn MP (Farrer, NSW)
- Jim Forbes MP (Barker, SA)
- Senator Sir Kenneth Anderson (NSW)
- Senator John Marriott (Tas)
National Country
- John England MP (Calare, NSW)
- Senator Ellis Lawrie (Qld)
Independent
- Senator Cleaver Bunton (NSW)
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
New South Wales
More information Electorate, Held by ...
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
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| Banks | Labor | Vince Martin | Maxwell Gibson (Lib) | Denise Arrow (Ind) Ralph Skelton (WP) |
| Barton | Labor | Murray Gainsford | Jim Bradfield (Lib) | Maxwell Shean (WP) Clifford Willard (AP) |
| Bennelong | Liberal | Noel Welsman | John Howard (Lib) | John Anlezark (Ind) Brian Johnson (AP) |
| Berowra | Liberal | Michael Ross | Harry Edwards (Lib) | Robert Howard (WP) |
| Blaxland | Labor | Paul Keating | Joseph Touma (Lib) | Robert Symes (WP) |
| Bradfield | Liberal | John Carmody | David Connolly (Lib) | Christopher Brown (WP) |
| Calare | NCP | Francis Hall | James Ashton (Lib) Sandy Mackenzie* (NCP) | |
| Chifley | Labor | John Armitage | Shirley Sookee (Lib) | |
| Cook | Labor | Ray Thorburn | Don Dobie (Lib) | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Marjorie Gray (AP) Philip O'Neill (Ind) Robert Schollbach (WP) |
| Cowper | NCP | Colin Clague | Ian Robinson (NCP) | John Holcombe (Ind) John McLachlan (Ind) |
| Cunningham | Labor | Rex Connor | Peter Swan (Lib) | Bernard Groben (Ind) Peter Robertson (WP) |
| Darling | Labor | John FitzPatrick | Walter Mitchell (NCP) | Walter Miller (Ind) |
| Eden-Monaro | Labor | Bob Whan | John Moore (NCP) Murray Sainsbury* (Lib) | Frederick Dawson (Ind) |
| Evans | Labor | Allan Mulder | John Abel (Lib) | Frederick Keoghan (Ind) Graham Roll (AP) Warren Wilson (Ind) |
| Farrer | Liberal | Patrick Brassil | Kevin Bowtell (NCP) Wal Fife* (Lib) | Mike Donelan (AP) Anthony Quinn (DLP) Arthur Robinson (WP) |
| Grayndler | Labor | Tony Whitlam | Jonathan Fowler (Lib) | Peter Dowd (Ind) Graeme Shortland (Ind) Douglas Spedding (Ind) |
| Gwydir | NCP | Francis Bourke | Ralph Hunt (NCP) | Norbert Hennessy (Ind) William O'Donnell (Ind) |
| Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | Robert Law (Lib) | |
| Hume | NCP | George Brenner | Stephen Lusher (NCP) | |
| Hunter | Labor | Bert James | Stephen Walker (Lib) | |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Desmond Connors (Lib) | Nicholas Confos (Ind) |
| Lang | Labor | Frank Stewart | Donald Carruthers (Lib) | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Douglas Morgan (Ind) John Stewart (Ind) |
| Lowe | Liberal | Robert Hyde | William McMahon (Lib) | Clifford Bros (AP) Ben Doig (Ind) Andris Kichno (WP) Bent Poulsen (Ind) |
| Lyne | NCP | Bruce Langford | Philip Lucock (NCP) | Peter Simpson (Ind) |
| Macarthur | Labor | John Kerin | Michael Baume (Lib) | Ramon Barros (WP) Susan Healy (AP) Barry Watkinson (Ind) |
| Mackellar | Liberal | Kevin Mason | Bill Wentworth (Lib) | Barry Bracken (WP) Jennifer Sheehan (Ind) |
| Macquarie | Labor | Ross Free | Reg Gillard (Lib) | Murray Busch (WP) Norman Lee (Ind) Ian Perry (Ind) |
| Mitchell | Liberal | David Savage | Alan Cadman (Lib) | Ivor F (Ind) Dimitar Mikusalev (Ind) Alexander Munro (AP) Duncan Yuille (WP) |
| New England | NCP | John Shanahan | Ian Sinclair (NCP) | Geoffrey Anderson (Ind) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Charles Jones | Arthur Thomas (Lib) | David Ross (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Patrick Healy | Bill Graham (Lib) | Romualds Kemps (Ind) Peter Sawyer (WP) |
| Parramatta | Liberal | John Brown | Philip Ruddock (Lib) | Malcolm McKinnon (WP) Astrid O'Neill (AP) |
| Paterson | NCP | Noel Unicomb | Frank O'Keefe (NCP) | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Barnard Hassett (Ind) |
| Phillip | Labor | Joe Riordan | Jack Birney (Lib) | Michael Clarke (WP) Marie Morris (AP) |
| Prospect | Labor | Dick Klugman | Donald MacDonald (Lib) | Geoffrey Thomas (AP) |
| Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | Terence Shanahan (Lib) | Kevin McKenna (WP) |
| Richmond | NCP | Archibald Johnston | Doug Anthony (NCP) | Ethel Adams (Ind) Bernard Walrut (AP) |
| Riverina | NCP | John Pollard | John Sullivan (NCP) | |
| Robertson | Labor | Barry Cohen | Hugh Chalmers (Lib) | Raymond Louis (WP) Phillip Smith (Ind) |
| St George | Labor | Bill Morrison | Maurice Neil (Lib) | Keith Gleeson (WP) |
| Shortland | Labor | Peter Morris | Richard Bevan (Lib) | Lionel Lambkin (Ind) Barbara Timmins (Ind) |
| Sydney | Labor | Les McMahon | Janis Wallace (Lib) | Laurie Aarons (CPA) Merilyn Giesekam (WP) Roderick MacNeil (Ind) |
| Warringah | Liberal | Allan Hughes | Michael MacKellar (Lib) | Eric Riches (Ind) |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Mairi Petersen | Bob Ellicott (Lib) | John Curvers (WP) Joseph Zingarelli (AP) |
| Werriwa | Labor | Gough Whitlam | William Sadler (Lib) | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Frederick Keep (Ind) Ross May (Ind) Maurice Sharp (Ind) Ronald Watson (WP) |
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Northern Territory
More information Electorate, Held by ...
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CLP candidate | Australia candidate |
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| Northern Territory | NCP | Jock Nelson | Sam Calder | James Forbes |
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Queensland
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South Australia
More information Electorate, Held by ...
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | LM candidate | Other candidates |
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| Adelaide | Labor | Chris Hurford | Harold Steele | Robert Hercus | David Middleton (AP) |
| Angas | Liberal | Adolf Thiel | Geoffrey Giles | Giordano Graziani | Richard Philippe (WP) |
| Barker | Liberal | Graham Bath | James Porter | Rodney Roberts | Lily Bayly (Ind) Kenneth Williams (NCP) |
| Bonython | Labor | Martin Nicholls | Alan Irving | John Longhurst | Robert Durbridge (CPA) |
| Boothby | Liberal | Mark Pickhaver | John McLeay | Peter Berman | Alexander Hunter (Ind) |
| Grey | Labor | Laurie Wallis | Dennis Burman | Arnold Eckersley | |
| Hawker | Labor | Ralph Jacobi | Craig Speil | Stewart Leggett | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | Valentine Dignum | Ian McGowan | Ross Stanford (Ind) |
| Kingston | Labor | Richard Gun | Grant Chapman | Rodney Adam | Verna Oakley (WP) |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Mick Young | Terence Hanson | Jean Lawrie | |
| Sturt | Liberal | Graham Maguire | Ian Wilson | Barry Lake | William Forster (WP) |
| Wakefield | Liberal | Irene Krastev | Bert Kelly | John Lienert |
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Tasmania
More information Electorate, Held by ...
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | NCP candidate | Workers candidate |
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| Bass | Liberal | Michael McLaughlin | Kevin Newman | Kevin Chaffey | |
| Braddon | Labor | Ron Davies | Ray Groom | Barry Whiley | Lance Buckingham |
| Denison | Labor | John Coates | Michael Hodgman | John Hay | Cathryn Stanton |
| Franklin | Labor | Ray Sherry | Bruce Goodluck | Margaret Franklin Joseph Hand | Peter Mollon |
| Wilmot | Labor | Gil Duthie | Max Burr | Robert Griffin | William Woods |
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Victoria
More information Electorate, Held by ...
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Other candidates |
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| Balaclava | Liberal | Martin Ryan | Ian Macphee (Lib) | Peter Lawlor | John Howe | |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | David Williams | Jim Short (Lib) | Bryan Hanrahan | Glendon Ludbrook (Ind) | |
| Batman | Labor | Horrie Garrick | Michael Galli (Lib) | Eileen Doyle | ||
| Bendigo | Liberal | Stewart Anderson | John Bourchier* (Lib) Henry O'Halloran (NCP) | Paul Brennan | Leslie Irlam (Ind) | |
| Bruce | Liberal | Graeme Bond | Billy Snedden (Lib) | John Lloyd | Iris Pederick | Diana Martin (Ind) |
| Burke | Labor | Keith Johnson | Claus Salger (Lib) | Colin Walsh | Michael Dupla (Ind) | |
| Casey | Labor | Race Mathews | Peter Falconer (Lib) | John McKenna | Murray Deerbon | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) |
| Chisholm | Liberal | Richard Campbell | Tony Staley (Lib) | Joe Stanley | Richard Franklin | |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Shirley Ambrose | Tony Street (Lib) | Francis O'Brien | Ian Slater | Brian Costin (Ind) |
| Corio | Labor | Gordon Scholes | Gordon Hall (Lib) | John Timberlake | Guenter Sahr | |
| Deakin | Liberal | Gavan Oakley | Alan Jarman (Lib) | Jim Brosnan | William Inglis | Walter Williams (Ind) |
| Diamond Valley | Labor | David McKenzie | Neil Brown (Lib) | Christopher Curtis | John Franceschini | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) John Duncan (Ind) |
| Flinders | Liberal | Geoffrey Eastwood | Phillip Lynch (Lib) | John Glynn | Peter Dalton | Stanley Hillman (Ind) |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Ralph Willis | Iris Williams (Lib) | Bert Bailey | ||
| Gippsland | NCP | Peter Turner | Peter Nixon (NCP) | Robert McMahon | ||
| Henty | Labor | Joan Child | Ken Aldred (Lib) | Terence Farrell | Michael Hughes | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) |
| Higgins | Liberal | Andrew Homer | Roger Shipton (Lib) | John Cotter | Rafe Slaney | |
| Holt | Labor | Max Oldmeadow | William Yates (Lib) | Robert Fidler | ||
| Hotham | Liberal | Tony Ross | Don Chipp (Lib) | Frank Gaffy | John Murray (Ind) | |
| Indi | NCP | Alan Bell | Mac Holten (NCP) | Christopher Cody | ||
| Isaacs | Labor | Gareth Clayton | David Hamer (Lib) | Ralph Cleary | Eldon Simmons | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) |
| Kooyong | Liberal | John Wilkinson | Andrew Peacock (Lib) | Francis Duffy | John Gare | |
| La Trobe | Labor | Tony Lamb | Marshall Baillieu (Lib) | James Penna | Don Walters | Cornelus Helleman (Ind) Ronald Neilsen (Ind) |
| Lalor | Labor | Jim Cairns | Francis Purcell (Lib) | Denis Bilston | ||
| Mallee | NCP | Ronald Davies | Peter Fisher (NCP) | Stanley Croughan | ||
| Maribyrnong | Labor | Moss Cass | John Gray (Lib) | Lucia Hayward | Thomas Archay | |
| McMillan | NCP | William Rutherford | Arthur Hewson (NCP) Barry Simon* (Lib) | Les Hilton | David Little (Ind) | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Ted Innes | Robert Fallshaw (Lib) | Desmond Burke | Veronica Schwarz | Ian Fehring (CPA) |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | Frank Crean | Frederick Gray (NCP) Roger Johnston (Lib) | Gordon Haberman | Beverley Broadbent | Henry Sanders (Ind) |
| Murray | NCP | Marjorie Gillies | Bruce Lloyd (NCP) | Patrick Payne | ||
| Scullin | Labor | Harry Jenkins | Gerard Clarke (Lib) | Bernard McGrath | Bernard Irving (Ind) | |
| Wannon | Liberal | Keith Wilson | Malcolm Fraser (Lib) | John Casanova | ||
| Wills | Labor | Gordon Bryant | Howard Kiel (Lib) | John Flint | ||
| Wimmera | NCP | Brian Brooke | Robert King (NCP) | Marjorie McOwan | Francis Petering (Ind) |
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Western Australia
More information Electorate, Held by ...
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | NCP candidate | Other candidates |
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| Canning | Liberal | Marilyn Anthony | Mel Bungey | John Hallett | |
| Curtin | Liberal | John Crouch | Victor Garland | ||
| Forrest | Liberal | Geoffrey Davy | Peter Drummond | Noel Klopper | Noel Duggan (Ind) Duncan Hordacre (Ind) |
| Fremantle | Labor | Kim Beazley | Leon Lapinski | ||
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Fred Collard | Mick Cotter | Graham Mills (WP) | |
| Moore | Liberal | Allen Blanchard | John Hyde | Graham Anderson | |
| Perth | Labor | Joe Berinson | Ross McLean | Vic Slater (CPA) | |
| Stirling | Liberal | Graham Reece | Ian Viner | Brian Butterworth (WP) | |
| Swan | Labor | Adrian Bennett | John Martyr | Peter Masson | |
| Tangney | Labor | John Dawkins | Peter Richardson | Warwick Agnew (WP) |
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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.
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.
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Northern Territory
Two seats were up for election, the first time the Northern Territory had voted for the Senate.
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David Fisher (WP) |
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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.
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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.
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John Steele |
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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.
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John Tully |
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Victoria
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending five seats.
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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.
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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.
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| Party | NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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