Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1951

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1951 Australian federal election. The election was held on 28 April 1951.

By-elections, appointments and defections

Defections

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

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 Independent candidates
 
Australian Capital TerritoryIndependentJim FraserClyde GreenwoodJessie Ashton
Lewis Nott

New South Wales

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
 
BanksLaborDominic CostaGeorge Roffey (Lib)
BartonLaborH. V. EvattNancy Wake (Lib)
BennelongLiberalWilliam FitzgibbonJohn Cramer (Lib)
BlaxlandLaborJim HarrisonJim Dennison (Lib)
BradfieldLiberalHugh MilneBilly Hughes (Lib)
CalareLiberalJohn HowellJohn Howse (Lib)Archibald Gardiner (Ind)
CookLaborTom SheehanRoy Hatfield (Lib)Harry Hatfield (CPA)
CowperCountryWilliam BaileySir Earle Page (CP)William Tomlinson (Ind)
CunninghamLaborBilly DaviesAlan Thomson (Lib)Eric Aarons (CPA)
DalleyLaborSol RosevearJohn Laffin (Lib)
DarlingLaborJoe ClarkElson Whyte (CP)
East SydneyLaborEddie WardAllan Stewart (Lib)
Eden-MonaroLaborAllan FraserBill Keys (Lib)
EvansLiberalRobert BaileyFrederick Osborne (Lib)
FarrerLiberalDaniel ByrnesDavid Fairbairn (Lib)
GrayndlerLaborFred DalyRoy Squire (Lib)William McCristal (ARP)
GwydirCountryNorman FergusonThomas Treloar (CP)
HumeCountryArthur FullerCharles Anderson (CP)
HunterLaborRowley JamesTed Fletcher (Lib)Arthur English (Ind)
Evan Phillips (CPA)
Kingsford-SmithLaborGordon AndersonArthur Butterell (Lib)
LangLaborDan MulcahyRobert Bruce (Lib)Roy Boyd (CPA)
LawsonCountryAlan ManningLaurie Failes (CP)
LoweLiberalJohn BurtonWilliam McMahon (Lib)
LyneCountryEdward HayesJim Eggins (CP)Joe Cordner (Ind)
MacarthurLiberalWilliam McDonnellJeff Bate (Lib)
MackellarLiberalThomas SherleyBill Wentworth (Lib)
MacquarieLaborBen ChifleyBob Cotton (Lib)
MartinLaborWilliam O'ConnorGeorge Read (Lib)Terry Gordon (CPA)
Malinda Ivey (Ind)
MitchellLiberalJoseph WhiteRoy Wheeler (Lib)Mel McCalman (CPA)
New EnglandCountryWilliam WilsonDavid Drummond (CP)
NewcastleLaborDavid WatkinsRoy Stewart (Lib)Laurie Aarons (CPA)
North SydneyLiberalEileen PowellWilliam Jack (Lib)
ParkesLaborLes HaylenDick Dein (Lib)
ParramattaLiberalJohn HolmesHoward Beale (Lib)
PatersonLiberalCecil RobinsonAllen Fairhall (Lib)
PhillipLaborJoe FitzgeraldLes Fingleton (Lib)
ReidLaborCharles MorganJim Clough (Lib)Rupert Sheldon (Ind)
RichmondCountryAlexander BryenLarry Anthony (CP)
RiverinaCountryMichael SheehanHugh Roberton (CP)Les Kelton (CPA)
RobertsonLiberalWalter GeraghtyRoger Dean (Lib)
ShortlandLaborCharles GriffithsArthur Downey (Lib)
St GeorgeLiberalNelson LemmonBill Graham (Lib)
WarringahLiberalFrank McCullumFrancis Bland (Lib)
WatsonLaborDan CurtinDonald Clark (Lib)
WentworthLiberalCecil TrevelyanEric Harrison (Lib)
WerriwaLaborBert LazzariniIan Griffith (Lib)
West SydneyLaborDan MinogueBasil Mottershead (Lib)Jack Miles (CPA)
Clare Peters (Ind Lab)

Northern Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Country candidate Independent candidates
 
Northern TerritoryLaborJock NelsonRalph EdwardsJessie Litchfield

Queensland

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
 
BowmanLiberalMichael LyonsMalcolm McColm (Lib)Mabel Hanson (CPA)
BrisbaneLaborGeorge LawsonDonagh McDonagh (Lib)Alby Graham (CPA)
CapricorniaLiberalMick GardnerHenry Pearce (Lib)
Darling DownsLiberalReginald Swartz (Lib)
DawsonCountryGeorge HydeCharles Davidson (CP)
FisherCountryGeoffrey ArnellCharles Adermann (CP)
GriffithLiberalWilliam ThiemeDoug Berry (Lib)
HerbertLaborBill EdmondsDoug Jeffrey (CP)Gloria Phelan (CPA)
KennedyLaborBill RiordanUlick Browne (CP)
LeichhardtCountryHarry BruceTom Gilmore (CP)Richard Anear (CPA)
LilleyLiberalJim HadleyBruce Wight (Lib)Walter Collings (Ind)
McPhersonCountryArthur Fadden (CP)John Rosser (Ind)
MaranoaCountryAlfred DohringWilfred Brimblecombe (CP)Charles Russell (Ind)
MoretonLiberalTed MansfieldJosiah Francis (Lib)Bill Yarrow (CPA)
OxleyLiberalAndrew CrillyDonald Cameron (Lib)Frank O'Connor (CPA)
PetrieLiberalPatrick BredhauerAlan Hulme (Lib)
RyanLiberalFrank LutonNigel Drury (Lib)
Wide BayCountryThomas WallaceBernard Corser (CP)

South Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
 
AdelaideLaborCyril ChambersThomas PhillipsEdward Robertson (CPA)
AngasLiberalJohn EdwardsAlec Downer
BarkerLiberalJim CorcoranArchie CameronCharles Lloyd (Ind)
Frank Rieck (Ind)
BoothbyLiberalLen WrightJohn McLeay
GreyLaborEdgar RussellEdward Andrews
HindmarshLaborClyde Cameron
KingstonLiberalPat GalvinJim HandbyEric Stead (CPA)
Port AdelaideLaborAlbert ThompsonJohn CaskeyAlan Finger (CPA)
SturtLiberalLeslie McMullinKeith Wilson
WakefieldLiberalCyril HassePhilip McBride

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate
 
BassLiberalColman O'ByrneBruce Kekwick
DarwinLiberalClem Foster
Max Poulter		Aubrey Luck
DenisonLiberalMervyn McNeairAthol Townley
FranklinLiberalJack FrostBill Falkinder
WilmotLaborGil DuthieLionel Browning

Victoria

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
 
BalaclavaLiberalArthur LewisThomas White (Lib)
BallaaratLiberalBob JoshuaAlan Pittard (Lib)
BatmanLaborAlan BirdFred Capp (Lib)
BendigoLaborPercy ClareyCharles Carty-Salmon (Lib)
BurkeLaborTed PetersAlfred Wall (Lib)
ChisholmLiberalRonald WhitingWilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib)
CorangamiteLiberalAngus McLeanAllan McDonald (Lib)
CorioLiberalJohn DedmanHubert Opperman (Lib)
DarebinLaborTom AndrewsGordon Savage (Lib)
DeakinLiberalGordon BryantFrank Davis (Lib)Eric Butler (Ind)
FawknerLaborBill BourkePeter Howson (Lib)Colin Kennedy (Ind)
FlindersLiberalKeith EwertRupert Ryan (Lib)Robert Hipwell (Ind)
GellibrandLaborJack MullensGordon Trewin (Lib)Alex Dobbin (CPA)
GippslandCountryVictor FitzgeraldGeorge Bowden (CP)
HentyLiberalPercy TreyvaudJo Gullett (Lib)Doris McRae (CPA)
HigginsLiberalBenjamin NicholasHarold Holt (Lib)Mary Kent Hughes (Ind)
HiginbothamLiberalGeoffrey SowerbuttsFrank Timson (Lib)
HoddleLaborJack CremeanJack Easton (Lib)Leslie Loye (CPA)
IndiLiberalCharles EdmondsonWilliam Bostock (Lib)
IsaacsLiberalJohn BourkeWilliam Haworth (Lib)Sam Goldbloom (Ind Lab)
KooyongLiberalMaurice SheehyRobert Menzies (Lib)Ted Laurie (CPA)
La TrobeLiberalBernard ReesRichard Casey (Lib)
LalorLaborReg PollardAllen Bateman (Lib)
MalleeCountryAlfred O'ConnorWinton Turnbull (CP)
MaribyrnongLaborArthur DrakefordStuart Collie (Lib)
McMillanLiberalHorace HawkinsGeoffrey Brown (Lib)Fred Charlesworth (CPA)
MelbourneLaborArthur CalwellDesmond Byrne (Lib)Gerry O'Day (CPA)
Melbourne PortsLaborFrank CreanMichael Prowse (Lib)
MurrayCountryGordon AndersonJohn McEwen (CP)
WannonLiberalDon McLeodDan Mackinnon (Lib)
WillsLaborBill BrysonBaden Grafen (Lib)Doris Blackburn (Prog Lab)
WimmeraLiberalCyril SudholzWilliam Lawrence (Lib)
YarraLaborStan KeonKenneth Bisney (Lib)Ken Miller (CPA)

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Communist candidate
 
CanningCountryPercy MundayLen Hamilton (CP)
CurtinLiberalJohn HenshawPaul Hasluck (Lib)
ForrestLiberalFrederick O'ConnorGordon Freeth (Lib)
FremantleLaborKim BeazleyLen Seaton (Lib)
KalgoorlieLaborHerbert Johnson
MooreCountryArthur HunterHugh Leslie (CP)
PerthLaborTom BurkeBilly Snedden (Lib)James Kelly
SwanLiberalHarry WebbBill Grayden (Lib)Alex Jolly

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution, all senators were up for re-election, with the first five from each state elected to six-year terms and 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 (*).

New South Wales

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Communist candidates PPP candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Bill Ashley*
  2. John Armstrong*
  3. James Arnold*
  4. Donald Grant*
  5. Stan Amour*
  6. William Large
  1. Bill Spooner* (Lib)
  2. Albert Reid* (CP)
  3. John McCallum* (Lib)
  4. John Tate* (Lib)
  5. Alister McMullin* (Lib)
  6. Thelma Kirkby (CP)
  1. Richard Dixon
  2. Jim Healy
  3. Joe Bailes
  4. Edgar Ross
  5. Nellie Simm
  6. Cecil Connors
  1. Ronald Sarina
  2. James Fowler

Edward Spensley (Ind)
Robert Anstee (Ind)
Jack Lang (LL)
William Webb (Ind)

Queensland

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending seven seats.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Communist candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Ben Courtice*
  2. Archie Benn*
  3. Gordon Brown*
  4. Condon Byrne*
  5. Samuel Martin
  6. Austin Elliott
  1. Walter Cooper* (CP)
  2. Neil O'Sullivan* (Lib)
  3. Annabelle Rankin* (Lib)
  4. Ted Maher* (CP)
  5. Ian Wood* (Lib)
  6. Roy Kendall* (Lib)
  1. Fred Paterson
  2. Max Julius
  3. Alex Macdonald
  4. Frank Falls
  5. Tom Millar
  6. Jim Peterson

Frank Barnes
Clifford Banks

South Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending seven seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Sid O'Flaherty*
  2. Theo Nicholls*
  3. Jack Critchley*
  4. Alex Finlay*
  5. John Ryan*
  6. Frederick Ward
  1. Ted Mattner*
  2. George McLeay*
  3. Clive Hannaford*
  4. Rex Pearson*
  5. Keith Laught*
  6. Basil Proctor

Henry Schneider
John Sendy (CPA)
John Gartner

Tasmania

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Communist candidates
 
  1. Bill Morrow*
  2. Nick McKenna*
  3. Charles Lamp
  4. Justin O'Byrne*
  5. Bill Aylett*
  6. George Cole*
  7. Reg Murray
  1. Jack Chamberlain*
  2. Allan Guy*
  3. Denham Henty*
  4. John Marriott
  5. Robert Wordsworth*
  6. Reg Wright*
  1. Jack Lynch
  2. Max Bound

Victoria

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Communist candidates HGJP candidates
 
  1. Don Cameron*
  2. Charles Sandford*
  3. Jim Sheehan*
  4. Jack Devlin*
  5. Bert Hendrickson*
  6. Fred Katz
  1. John Spicer* (Lib)
  2. George Rankin* (CP)
  3. John Gorton* (Lib)
  4. Ivy Wedgwood* (Lib)
  5. Magnus Cormack* (Lib)
  6. William Moss (CP)
  1. Ralph Gibson
  2. Bill Bird
  3. Bill Tregear
  4. Agnes Doig
  5. Ted Bull
  6. Paddy O'Donoghue
  1. Leslie Bawden
  2. Lance Hutchinson
  3. Walter Tindall

Western Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Communist candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Dorothy Tangney*
  2. Don Willesee*
  3. James Fraser*
  4. Richard Nash*
  5. Joe Cooke
  6. John Harris
  1. Agnes Robertson* (Lib)
  2. Seddon Vincent* (Lib)
  3. Edmund Piesse* (CP)
  4. Malcolm Scott* (Lib)
  5. Harrie Seward* (CP)
  6. Shane Paltridge* (Lib)
  1. Kevin Healy
  2. Pat Hurd
  3. Jack Coleman

Carlyle Ferguson (APA)
Robert Salter

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 Senate elections in each state.

Party NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Total
HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR HR HR S
Australian Labor Party 47 * 33 * 17 * 8 * 10 * 6 * 1 1 123 6
Liberal Party of Australia 39 * 30 * 10 * 5 * 9 * 5 * 1 99 6
Australian Country Party 8 * 3 * 8 * 2 * 1 22 4
Communist Party of Australia 9 * 7 * 6 * 2 * 3 * * 27 6
Australian Republican Party 1 1
Protestant People's Party * 1
Lang Labor * 1
Henry George Justice Party * 1
All Parties Administration * 1
Independent and other 7 5 2 2 2 1 19

See also

References

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