Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1974

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1974 Australian federal election. The election was held on 18 May 1974.

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

Democratic Labor

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 Coalition candidate Australia candidate Other candidates
 
CanberraLaborKep EnderbyPeter Hughes (Lib)
Dorothy Mattress (CP)		Mary ThomasDoreen Story (ARP)
FraserLaborKen FryStephen Lamb (CP)
Larry Pickering (Lib)		John FillerAnthony Emerson-Elliott (Ind)
Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Australia candidate Other candidates
 
BanksLaborVince MartinPeter Kintominas (Lib)Garry Bennett
BartonLaborLen ReynoldsJim Bradfield (Lib)Charles Margetson
BennelongLiberalDick HallJohn Howard (Lib)Gillian SuttonJohn Anlezark (Ind)
BerowraLiberalGeorge WilliamsHarry Edwards (Lib)Patricia Wallace
BlaxlandLaborPaul KeatingWallace Smallwood (Lib)Kenneth Higgs
BradfieldLiberalBruce AbrahamsDavid Connolly (Lib)Colvin Johnston
CalareCountryNeville Bowers
Francis Hall		John England (CP)Douglas Bray
ChifleyLaborJohn ArmitagePatricia Robinson (Lib)Phillip Lambert
CookLaborRay ThorburnDon Dobie (Lib)Milo DunphyRonald Gallagher (Ind)
CowperCountryThomas CroninIan Robinson (CP)James DaviesRaymond Hardy (Ind)
CunninghamLaborRex ConnorWarren Hough (Lib)Susan Healy
DarlingLaborJohn FitzPatrickMax Overton (CP)
William Thornton (Lib)		Peter Farry
Eden-MonaroLaborBob WhanJonathan Bell (Lib)
Ron Brewer (CP)		Keith Hughes
EvansLaborAllan MulderJohn Abel (Lib)Paul FlottmannJohn McGarity (Ind)
FarrerLiberalKevin EslerDavid Fairbairn (Lib)Peter Benton
GrayndlerLaborFred DalyJonathan Fowler (Lib)Gregory Berry
GwydirCountryFrancis BourkeRalph Hunt (CP)James Thompson
HughesLaborLes JohnsonPhilip Benwell (Lib)Walter Skarschewski
HumeLaborFrank OlleyStephen Lusher* (CP)
Graham Thompson (Lib)		John Gedye
HunterLaborBert JamesAlex Bevan (Lib)Des Kynaston
Kingsford-SmithLaborLionel BowenGary McCready (Lib)Anthony Green
LangLaborFrank StewartBarry Peffer (Lib)George Edgell
LoweLiberalDoug SutherlandWilliam McMahon (Lib)Bent PoulsenBronte Douglas (Ind)
LyneCountryKen ReedPhilip Lucock (CP)David Haig
MacarthurLaborJohn KerinDavid Wood (Lib)Jill Kerr
MackellarLiberalEvan DaviesBill Wentworth (Lib)Noel Gash
MacquarieLaborTony LuchettiMichael Hunt (CP)
Malcolm Mackay (Lib)
Steven Parrott (CP)		Gregory Woodward
MitchellLaborAlfred Ashley-BrownAlan Cadman (Lib)John Butterworth
New EnglandCountryWilliam BischoffIan Sinclair (CP)Brian Edwards
NewcastleLaborCharles JonesArthur Thomas (Lib)Ellen Rose
North SydneyLiberalPatrick HealyBill Graham (Lib)James FerosRomualds Kemps (Ind)
ParramattaLiberalBarry WildePhilip Ruddock (Lib)Robert MacKenzieDerek Barker (Ind)
PatersonCountryNoel UnicombFrank O'Keefe (CP)Robert Fowler
PhillipLaborJoe RiordanJack Cunningham (Lib)Virginia WalkerDavid Taylor (Ind)
ProspectLaborDick KlugmanDonald MacDonald (Lib)Geoffrey Thomas
ReidLaborTom UrenThomas Faulkner (Lib)Astrid O'Neill
RichmondCountryFrederick BraidDoug Anthony (CP)Bernard Walrut
RiverinaLaborAl GrassbyDonald Mackay (Lib)
John Sullivan* (CP)		John Thomson
RobertsonLaborBarry CohenHugh Chalmers (Lib)Jennifer Baker
St GeorgeLaborBill MorrisonBrian Booth (Lib)Harry Jagers
ShortlandLaborPeter MorrisDavid Morris (Lib)John SteeleLionel Lambkin (Ind)
SydneyLaborJim CopeJanis Wallace (Lib)Julia BovardPat Clancy (SPA)
WarringahLiberalAllan HughesMichael MacKellar (Lib)Allan MannEdwin Mayne (Ind)
Eric Riches (Ind)
WentworthLiberalPaul HawcroftBob Ellicott (Lib)Julia Featherstone
WerriwaLaborGough WhitlamMichael Darby (Lib)Robert TuckwellRobert Demkiw (Ind)
Steve Dodd (Ind)
Eileen Eason (Ind)
Ross May (NSP)
Veljko Prlja (Ind)
Ian Robertson (Ind)
Leslie Shaw (Ind)
Margaret Tomkins (Ind)
Arthur Wiles (Ind)

Northern Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Country candidate Independent candidate
 
Northern TerritoryCountryJohn WatersSam CalderAlexander Allan-Stewart

Queensland

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Australia candidate Independent candidate
 
BowmanLaborLen KeoghDavid Jull (Lib)
Gerry Langevad (CP)		Winifred Sharkey
BrisbaneLaborManfred CrossJim Anderson (Lib)
Bill Siller (CP)		Jeffrey Malyon
CapricorniaLaborDoug EveringhamKevin Connor (CP)
Noel Kenny (Lib)		Therese Warner
Darling DownsCountryRonald MaddenTom McVeigh (CP)William Nobes
DawsonLaborRex PattersonRay Braithwaite (CP)
FisherCountryHamish LinacreEvan Adermann (CP)
GriffithLiberalClem JonesDon Cameron (Lib)Beth SmithCecil Birchley
HerbertLiberalJohn RockettRobert Bonnett (Lib)Leonard Weber
KennedyCountryTony McGradyBob Katter (CP)
LeichhardtLaborBill FultonHerbert Marsh (CP)Robert Ellwood
LilleyLaborFrank DoyleKevin Cairns* (Lib)
Albert Postle (CP)		James Webb
McPhersonLiberalTom VeiversEric Robinson (Lib)Robert Richardson
MaranoaCountryJanice SaltauJames Corbett (CP)
MoretonLiberalWilliam Forgan-SmithJames Killen (Lib)Robert McClintock
OxleyLaborBill HaydenAllan Whybird (Lib)Arthur Smith
PetrieLiberalDenis MurphyPeter Addison (CP)
John Hodges* (Lib)		Jill Ritchie
RyanLiberalJames HerlihyNigel Drury (Lib)Ruth Chenoweth
Wide BayLaborBrendan HansenClarrie Millar* (CP)
Ian Theodore (Lib)

South Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate LM candidate Australia candidate Independent candidate
 
AdelaideLaborChris HurfordHarold Steele (Lib)Ray ButteryJohn Davies
AngasLiberalAdolf ThielGeoffrey Giles* (Lib)
Sam Pfeiffer (CP)		Henry NichollsKate Hannaford
BarkerLiberalJim HennessyMalcolm Adams (CP)
Jim Forbes* (Lib)		Dick ClampettColyn van ReenenArthur Strachan
BonythonLaborMartin NichollsAlan Irving (CP)
Rudolph Masopust (Lib)		Jan StaskaDerek Ball
BoothbyLiberalJohn TrainerJohn McLeay (Lib)Peter BermanColin Miller
GreyLaborLaurie WallisDennis Burman (Lib)
George Heading (CP)		Nigel ClarkeBill McMahon
HawkerLaborRalph JacobiHenry Winter (Lib)Peter HolderPhillip Vickery
HindmarshLaborClyde CameronIris MacDonald (Lib)Kelvin SchultzWayne Kelly
KingstonLaborRichard GunPeter Tonkin (Lib)Peter HeysenJanet Veilands
Port AdelaideLaborMick YoungClarence Hinson (Lib)Jean LawrieAlan JamiesonJames Mitchell
SturtLiberalGraham MaguireIan Wilson (Lib)Betty HallRoger MarshmanAnthony Figallo
WakefieldLiberalPeter DewhurstRonald Crosby (CP)
Bert Kelly* (Lib)		John FreebairnIan Swan

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
 
BassLaborLance BarnardJohn Beswick
BraddonLaborRon DaviesRay GroomJohn Chapman-Mortimer (Ind)
Walter Roach (AP)
DenisonLaborJohn CoatesMichael Hodgman
FranklinLaborRay SherryLeo Jarvis
WilmotLaborGil DuthieMax Burr

Victoria

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate DLP candidate Australia candidate Independent candidate
 
BalaclavaLiberalIrene DunsmuirIan Macphee (Lib)Peter LawlorMichael Muschamp
BallaaratLiberalDavid WilliamsDudley Erwin (Lib)Bryan HanrahanPamela Clifford
BatmanLaborHorrie GarrickKeith Smith (Lib)Kevin BarryGeoffrey Loftus-Hills
BendigoLiberalDavid KennedyJohn Bourchier (Lib)Paul BrennanRobert StentonJoe Pearce (Ind)
BruceLiberalRussell OakleyBilly Snedden (Lib)Rex HarperIris PederickGlen Mann (Ind)
Diana Martin (Ind)
John Ryan (Ind)
BurkeLaborKeith JohnsonClaus Salger (Lib)Colin WalshAlexander Gerocs
CaseyLaborRace MathewsPeter Falconer (Lib)John McKennaClive ChampionJoe Schillani (ARP)
ChisholmLiberalAlastair NicholsonTony Staley (Lib)Joe StanleyFrank Penhalluriack
CorangamiteLiberalEdwin MorrisTony Street (Lib)Francis O'BrienIan Slater
CorioLaborGordon ScholesGordon Hall (Lib)John TimberlakeGuenter Sahr
DeakinLiberalGavan OakleyAlan Jarman (Lib)Jim BrosnanHarold JeffreyBill French (Ind)
Stanley Lyden (Ind)
Diamond ValleyLaborDavid McKenzieGeoffrey Waite (Lib)Christopher CurtisHarold TaskisVictor Gibson (Ind)
FlindersLiberalColin BednallPhillip Lynch (Lib)John GlynnDavid HeathBeatrice Faust (Ind)
GellibrandLaborRalph WillisCecile Storey (Lib)Bert BaileyVeronica Schwarz
GippslandCountryHugh OakesPeter Nixon (CP)John CondonJohn Bowron
HentyLiberalJoan ChildMax Fox (Lib)Terry FarrellMichael Hughes
HigginsLiberalWilhelm KapphanJohn Gorton (Lib)Thomas MagreeRafe Slaney
HoltLaborMax OldmeadowLen Reid (Lib)Robert FidlerJoseph Busuttil
HothamLiberalTony RossDon Chipp (Lib)Frank GaffyRichard FranklinJohn Murray (ARP)
IndiCountryAlan BellMac Holten (CP)Christopher CodyJim Dimo
IsaacsLiberalGareth ClaytonDavid Hamer (Lib)William LeechElizabeth ChesterfieldJames Bernard (Ind)
Janus Fawke (Ind)
KooyongLiberalWellington LeeAndrew Peacock (Lib)Francis DuffyFrances VorrathIan Channell (Ind)
La TrobeLaborTony LambMarshall Baillieu (Lib)Daniel MasonDon WaltersWilliam Bryant (Ind)
LalorLaborJim CairnsFrancis Purnell (Lib)John BaconWilliam Inglis
MalleeCountryBrian SmithPeter Fisher (CP)Stanley CroughanJohn Grigg
MaribyrnongLaborMoss CassRex Webb (Lib)Paul McManusJohn Watson
McMillanCountryBarry MurphyRonald Dent (Lib)
Arthur Hewson* (CP)		Les HiltonRonald Broadhurst
MelbourneLaborTed InnesHaset Sali (Lib)Anna LinardMartin KerrPhilip Scott (Ind)
Melbourne PortsLaborFrank CreanJohn Walsh (Lib)John JohnstonBeverley Broadbent
MurrayCountryDennis DoddBill Hunter (Lib)
Bruce Lloyd* (CP)		Patrick PaynePeter SchoeffelHugh Dunn (Ind)
ScullinLaborHarry JenkinsAlan Stanley (Lib)Bernard McGrathJohn Kotre
WannonLiberalTed GarthMalcolm Fraser (Lib)John CasanovaPeter Hopgood
WillsLaborGordon BryantJohn Bales (Lib)John FlintStanley BellBruce Drinkwater (ARP)
WimmeraCountryBrian BrookeRobert King* (CP)
Heather Mitchell (Lib)		Kevin DunnKeith Sullivan

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate NA candidate Australia candidate Other candidates
 
CanningCountryJames LafferMel BungeyJohn HallettJohn Duncan
CurtinLiberalJohn CrouchVictor GarlandTerry McDonnellDennis FyfeJeannette Forsyth (Ind)
ForrestLiberalAlbert NewmanPeter DrummondTerence BestLawrence Gibson
FremantleLaborKim BeazleyDouglas FernihoughPeter MoorehouseCharles Pierce
KalgoorlieLaborFred CollardMick CotterGeorge KyrosIan KellyJames Jackson (Ind)
MooreCountryRodney BolandJohn HydeDon MaiseySyd Hickman
PerthLaborJoe BerinsonDerrick TomlinsonDorothy CranleyWilfred CampinPaul Marsh (CPA)
StirlingLiberalGraham ReeceIan VinerMarie ClarkCarolyn Tonge
SwanLaborAdrian BennettGeoffrey HalePietro BendottiArchelaus Marshall
TangneyLaborJohn DawkinsPeter WhyteJune BunceWendy Russell-Brown

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 a six-year term, the remaining five to a three-year term. 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 three seats. The Democratic Labor Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates DLP candidates Australia candidates Communist candidates NSP candidates
 
  1. Lionel Murphy*
  2. Doug McClelland*
  3. Tony Mulvihill*
  4. Jim McClelland*
  5. Arthur Gietzelt*
  6. Peter Westerway
  1. Bob Cotton* (Lib)
  2. John Carrick* (Lib)
  3. Douglas Scott* (CP)
  4. Sir Kenneth Anderson* (Lib)
  5. Peter Baume* (Lib)
  6. Doug Moppett (CP)
  1. Jack Kane
  2. Peter Keogh
  3. William Casey
  1. Bridget Gilling
  2. Gordon Barton
  3. Mike Donelan
  1. Jack Mundey
  2. Patricia Miller
  3. Brian McGahen
  1. John Stewart
  2. Robert Cameron
Republican candidates Social Credit candidates Group A candidates Group B candidates Group D candidates Group E candidates
 
  1. Brian Buckley
  2. Kieran O'Grady
  1. Alan Pagett
  2. Allan Boulton
  1. James Malcolm
  2. James Hampson
  1. Ronald Sarina
  2. John Thomas
  1. Frieda Brown
  2. Fred Nile
  3. Kenneth Harrison
  1. Keith Roser
  2. Peter Lawrence
Group J candidates Group K candidates Group L candidates Group N candidates Group P candidates Group R candidates
 
  1. Sandor Torzsok
  2. Elizabeth Collins
  1. Noel Macdonald
  2. Nicholas Maina
  3. Albert Clappeton
  4. Barry Clancy
  1. Bruce Taber
  2. Trevor Williams
  1. Alfred Stoney
  2. Daniel Neville
  3. George Alexander
  1. Alexander Gillman
  2. Reginald King
  3. William Whiston
  1. Helen Stables
  2. Patricia Taylor
  3. Lorraine O'Callaghan
  4. Patricia Alcorn
  5. Lorraine Parkinson
  6. Robyn Swan
  7. Frances Fleeton
Ungrouped candidates
 

Frances Hancock
Cecil Carter
Frank Browne

Brian Howard
Marcus Aussie-Stone
Tiiu Kroll

Douglas Fahey
Arthur Renforth
Leopold Heimburger

Roger Pedley
Charles Bellchambers
James McClelland

Dianne Allen
Catherine Dalton
Ivor F

Joseph Gelbar

Queensland

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

Labor candidates Coalition candidates DLP candidates Australia candidates Group C candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Bertie Milliner*
  2. George Georges*
  3. Jim Keeffe*
  4. Ron McAuliffe*
  5. Mal Colston
  6. Brian Kilmartin
  1. Ian Wood* (Lib)
  2. Ron Maunsell* (CP)
  3. Neville Bonner* (Lib)
  4. Ellis Lawrie* (CP)
  5. Kathy Martin* (Lib)
  6. Glen Sheil* (CP)
  1. Condon Byrne
  2. Geoffrey Maule
  3. Jack Williams
  1. Robert Wensley
  2. Joan Wright
  3. Patrick Callioni
  1. Torstein Hundloe
  2. Janet McNicol

Alan Russell
Pamela Woods
William Steer
Edward Farmer
Hubert Giesberts

South Australia

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

Labor candidates Liberal candidates LM candidates Country candidates DLP candidates Australia candidates
 
  1. Reg Bishop*
  2. Jim Cavanagh*
  3. Don Cameron*
  4. Arnold Drury*
  5. Geoff McLaren*
  6. Neal Blewett
  1. Condor Laucke*
  2. Harold Young*
  3. Gordon Davidson*
  4. Don Jessop*
  5. Tony Messner
  6. Grant Chapman
  1. Steele Hall*
  2. Allen Perryman
  3. Dolek Thiele
  4. Stewart Leggett
  5. Heather Southcott
  6. Ronald Moulds
  1. John Ryan
  2. Henry Young
  3. Dennis Edwards
  1. Mark Posa
  2. Leon Dalle-Nogare
  3. David le Cornu
  1. Ian Gilfillan
  2. David Hester
  3. Kathy Dancer
Communist candidates UCP candidates Group H candidates Group I candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Yuri Joakamidis
  2. Elliott Johnston
  3. Robert Durbridge
  1. John Steele
  2. Violet Nash
  1. George Romeyko
  2. William Rooney
  1. Barrie Tornquist
  2. Ian Drummond

Brian McCarthy
H-Berrill

Tasmania

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. Independent Senator Michael Townley was defending one seat. One seat had been held by Independent Senator Reg Turnbull.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Country candidates DLP candidates UTG candidates Group B candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Ken Wriedt*
  2. Justin O'Byrne*
  3. Don Devitt*
  4. Merv Everett*
  5. Don Grimes*
  6. Geoffrey Lincoln
  1. Peter Rae*
  2. Reg Wright*
  3. John Marriott*
  4. Eric Bessell*
  5. Neil Robson
  6. William Craig
  1. Bill Casimaty
  2. Kenneth Finney
  3. Rosalie Hine
  1. Jindrich Nermut
  2. Cornelius McShane
  1. Richard Jones
  2. Bill Mollison
  3. Michael Dell
  1. Eric Wilson
  2. Leslie Coleman

Michael Townley*
Maxwell Heathcote
Rosemary Everett
Richard Mulcahy
Nigel Abbott
Neil Mickleborough
Peter Cooper
Marilyn Rose
Ronald Excell
Laurence Ford

Victoria

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending five seats (although Liberal Senator George Hannan was contesting the election for the National Liberal Party). The Democratic Labor Party was defending two seats.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates DLP candidates Australia candidates NLP candidates Communist candidates
 
  1. Bill Brown*
  2. Cyril Primmer*
  3. John Button*
  4. George Poyser*
  5. Jean Melzer*
  6. Geoffrey Cox
  1. Sir Magnus Cormack* (Lib)
  2. Ivor Greenwood* (Lib)
  3. James Webster* (CP)
  4. Margaret Guilfoyle* (Lib)
  5. Alan Missen* (Lib)
  6. Tom Tehan (CP)
  1. Frank McManus
  2. Jack Little
  3. Frank Dowling
  4. James Marmion
  5. Marianne Crowe
  6. Michael Houlihan
  1. John Siddons
  2. Jack Hammond
  3. Murray Deerbon
  4. Brian Zouch
  1. George Hannan
  2. Reginald Hollow
  3. Luke Cuni
  1. Bernard Taft
  2. Lynette Hovey
  3. Max Ogden
Group E candidates Group H candidates Group I candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Bruce McGuinness
  2. Elizabeth Hoffman
  1. John Howson
  2. Patricia Stoll
  1. Keith Tarrant
  2. Paul Palmos

Leslie Rubinstein
John Teare
Ronald Batten
Joseph Rudnicki
Charles Campagnac

Edwin Ditchfield
George Samargis
Alfredos Kouris
Cecil Beaton
Marko Bagaric

Dulcie Bethune
John Roseman
Ian Sykes
Shane Watson

Western Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The National Alliance, an amalgamation of the Country Party and the Democratic Labor Party, was defending two seats. Independent Senator Syd Negus was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates NA candidates Australia candidates Negus candidates Secession candidates
 
  1. Don Willesee*
  2. John Wheeldon*
  3. Gordon McIntosh*
  4. Peter Walsh*
  5. Ruth Coleman*
  6. Bob Hetherington
  1. Reg Withers*
  2. Peter Sim*
  3. Peter Durack*
  4. Fred Chaney*
  5. Pauline Iles
  6. Andrew Thomas
  1. Tom Drake-Brockman*
  2. David Reid
  3. William Sullivan
  4. Rosemary Taboni
  5. Arnold Bilney
  1. Diana Hislop
  2. Ian Kelly
  1. Syd Negus
  2. Wayne Negus
  1. Donald Thomas
  2. Harlan Mullins
  3. Brian Saunders
  4. Neil Scrimgeour
Group G candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Derk Brocx
  2. William Webse

Duncan Hordacre
Francesco Nesci

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 HR HR S
Australian Labor Party 45 * 34 * 18 * 10 * 12 * 5 * 2 1 127 6
Liberal Party of Australia 38 * 31 * 12 * 10 * 12 * 5 * 2 110 6
Australian Country Party 13 * 6 * 12 * 5 * * 2 1 39 5
National Alliance 10 * 10 1
Australia Party 45 * 34 * 12 * 10 * 12 * 1 2 116 5
Democratic Labor Party * 34 * * * * 34 5
Liberal Movement 12 * 12 1
Australian Republican Party * 3 1 4 1
Communist Party of Australia * * 1 * 1 3
National Socialist Party of Australia 1 * 1 1
Socialist Party of Australia 1 1
Social Credit Party * 1
National Liberal Party * 1
Westralian Secession Movement * 1
United Christian Party * 1
United Tasmania Group * 1
Independent and other 19 14 2 2 3 1 2 1 44

See also

References

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