Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1987

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1987 Australian federal election. The election was held on 11 July 1987.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National

Country Liberal

Democrats

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 Democrats candidate NDP candidate Other candidates
 
CanberraLaborRos KellyJohn LouttitFrances EnglishChris WarrenBev Cains (AFM)
John Farrell (Ind)
FraserLaborJohn LangmoreIan FarrowPeter HayesGareth SmithEmile Brunoro (Ind)
Dawn Casley-Smith (AFM)
Larry O'Sullivan (Ind)
Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Democrats candidate Other candidates
 
BanksLaborJohn MountfordMax Parker (Lib)Monty Green
BartonLaborGary PunchBob Gemmell (Lib)Charles Bellchambers (Ind)
Jim McLean (Ind)
BennelongLiberalBeverley SharpeJohn Howard (Lib)Paul TaylorStephen Davidson (Ind)
John Dawson (Ind)
BerowraLiberalSue DeaneHarry Edwards (Lib)Peter Markham
BlaxlandLaborPaul KeatingAndrew Thorn (Lib)John YoungPhilip Black (Ind)
Paul Keating (Ind)
Tony Leitao (Ind)
Frank Rayner (Ind)
Kaye Tucker (Ind)
BradfieldLiberalMichael FryDavid Connolly (Lib)Fiona Richardson
CalareLaborDavid SimmonsMick English (Lib)
Stewart Hespe (Nat)
Bob DoltonEve Buscombe (Ind)
CharltonLaborBob BrownMollie Blake (Lib)Lyn GodfreyVishnu Chaudhary (Ind)
ChifleyLaborRoger PricePaul Conlon (Lib)Philip GoldhagenCheryl Crisp (Ind)
CookLiberalMichael AddisonDon Dobie (Lib)Mark Freeman
CowperNationalJohn MurphyGarry Nehl (Nat)Dorothy ThompsonMax Austin (Ind)
David Rees (Ind)
CunninghamLaborStewart WestJeff Thomson (Lib)Ray DargavelRudy Pasara (Ind)
DobellLaborMichael LeeLes Nunn (Lib)Graeme Ward
DundasLiberalVeronica HustedPhilip Ruddock (Lib)Robert Springett
Eden-MonaroLaborJim SnowPeter Cochran (Nat)
David Evans (Lib)
Horst Kirchner (UAP)
John McGlynn (Ind)
FarrerNationalBarry MarksTim Fischer (Nat)Ray Brooks (Ind)
FowlerLaborTed GraceJeff Fishlock (Lib)Robert Neesam
GilmoreNationalJohn WrightJohn Sharp (Nat)Alan BlackshawReen Dixon (Ind)
GrayndlerLaborLeo McLeayKarl Tartak (Lib)Peter HennessyNick Papanikitas (Ind)
Jack Shanahan (Ind)
GreenwayLaborRuss GormanWarren Musgrave (Lib)
GwydirNationalTrevor ElksRalph Hunt (Nat)Lloyd Fleming (Ind)
HughesLaborRobert TicknerCliff Mason (Lib)Paul Terrett
HumeLiberalRod MillikenWal Fife (Lib)Scott MilneJim Eldridge (Ind)
David Herald (Ind)
Duncan Marshall (NDP)
HunterLaborEric FitzgibbonGraham Dunkley (Lib)
John Turner (Nat)
Maureen Simpson
Kingsford-SmithLaborLionel BowenCarolyn O'Connor (Lib)Philippa Leehy
LindsayLaborRoss FreeGlynis Hayne (Lib)Michael GregoryIan Perry (Ind)
LoweLaborMichael MaherBob Woods (Lib)Tony Farrell (UAP)
George Turner (Ind)
LyneNationalGarry WorthBruce Cowan (Nat)John Aitken
MacarthurLaborStephen MartinRon Forrester (Lib)Meg Sampson
MackellarLiberalEileen BlackmoreJim Carlton (Lib)Graeme MaclennanMaurice Foley (Ind)
MacquarieLiberalDavid MarchAlasdair Webster (Lib)Bruce Forbes
MitchellLiberalGeoff RobinsonAlan Cadman (Lib)
NewcastleLaborAllan MorrisAlan Taggart (Lib)Rae RendleGeorge Keegan (Ind)
New EnglandNationalJoe HoranIan Sinclair (Nat)Eunice MoodyLance Baldwin (Ind)
Bevan O'Regan (Ind)
North SydneyLiberalEddie BrittJohn Spender (Lib)Rod Dominish
PageNationalTrevor EllemIan Robinson (Nat)Ivor BrownWilliam Egerton (Ind)
ParkesNationalGraham LundMichael Cobb (Nat)Gloria CollisonMax Murford (Ind)
Bill O'Donnell (Ind)
ParramattaLaborJohn BrownPaul Hamer (Lib)Rodney Levett
PhillipLaborJeannette McHughRay Collins (Lib)Karin SowadaFred Brinkman (Ind)
ProspectLaborDick KlugmanRobert Ingram (Lib)William UttersonSam Barone (Ind)
ReidLaborTom UrenLynne McDowell (Lib)John Roveen
RichmondNationalKlaas WoldringCharles Blunt (Nat)Anne BrownMac Nicolson (Ind)
Riverina-DarlingNationalPeter BlackNoel Hicks (Nat)
RobertsonLaborBarry CohenPaul St Clair (Lib)Glenice Griffiths
ShortlandLaborPeter MorrisMilton Caine (Lib)Derek McCabe
St GeorgeLaborStephen DuboisGary Rush (Lib)Garry DalrympleBrian Compton (Ind)
SydneyLaborPeter BaldwinLes Morka (Lib)William ColeJack Mundey (Ind)
Vito Radice (Ind)
ThrosbyLaborColin HollisNeville Fredericks (Lib)
David Wood (Nat)
Greg Butler
WarringahLiberalIan DouglasMichael MacKellar (Lib)Christian Widmair
WentworthLiberalAnne-Marie WhittakerJohn Hewson (Lib)Yvonne Jayawardena
WerriwaLaborJohn KerinDavid Brock (Lib)

Northern Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate CLP candidate NT Nationals candidates
 
Northern TerritoryCLPWarren SnowdonPeter ParoulakisBob Liddle

Queensland

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate National candidate Democrats candidate Other candidates
 
BowmanLaborCon SciaccaAndrew CroweBill Barry-CotterDiana TaylorBarry Cullen (Ind)
BrisbaneLaborManfred CrossDavid DrakeCliff NewmanMichael van ProoyenWilliam Kenney (Ind)
CapricorniaLaborKeith WrightTom YoungTed PriceJ. S. Page (NDP)
DawsonNationalBill WelchPaul PottingerRay Braithwaite
FaddenLiberalPeter WilsonDavid JullPeter RobinsonKenneth Davies
FairfaxNationalAlison SmithJoy BrannellyEvan AdermannBrian Stockwell
FisherNationalMichael LavarchIan MutchPeter SlipperGlen Spicer
FordeLiberalMary CrawfordDavid WatsonTony PhilbrickSheila Rieff
GriffithLaborBen HumphreysWayne BlackSean CousinsLance Winter
GroomNationalLinda DwyerAlexander MunroTom McVeighMark Carew
HerbertLaborTed LindsayRosemary PaveyJose GoicoecheaPaul Swanton
HinklerNationalBrian CourticeJohn WilliamsBryan ConquestGeoff Boshell
KennedyNationalJames ByrneRoss CooperBob Katter
LeichhardtLaborJohn GaylerRonald BarryKevin ByrneWilfred Tapau
LilleyLaborElaine DarlingJohn GatesAndrew Brown
McPhersonLiberalPat SternPeter WhiteMax McMahonYvonne Stoelhorst
MaranoaNationalRaymond ParozBruce ChristieIan CameronRichard McCarthy
MoncrieffLiberalRobert BoyceKathy SullivanLester HughesGeorge Spencer
MoretonLiberalGarrie GibsonDon CameronPeter FreckletonManfred Willinger
OxleyLaborBill HaydenJanice AkroydBarry HoffensetzJohn Loughney
PetrieLiberalGary JohnsJohn HodgesGerard CrossIsobel Robinson
RankinLaborDavid BeddallJohn PattersonPeter Jorgenson
Gerard Walsh
Miriam CopeTerri Cavanagh (Ind)
Michael Dunne (Ind)
RyanLiberalFleur YuileJohn MooreSteve WaltersDaphne Woodhouse
Wide BayNationalAndrew FoleyCan PrimaveraClarrie MillarRay Barry

South Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Democrats candidate National candidate UAP candidate Other candidates
 
AdelaideLaborChris HurfordPeter PanagarisChris WurmBryan StokesCharles ShahinGraham Smith (CPA)
BarkerLiberalBill HenderJames PorterGlenn TaylorMax VawserTom GiannouklasAllan Bannister (Ind)
Harry Pfeuffer (Ind)
BonythonLaborNeal BlewettBernard BuechnerColin MaasCathryn LinedaleJohn Longhurst
BoothbyLiberalJayne TaylorSteele HallMargaret-Ann WilliamsClarrie DietmanKevin Angove
GreyLaborLloyd O'NeilRussell ReidChris JamesRobin Dixon-ThompsonLeonce Kealy
HawkerLaborElizabeth HarveyKim JacobsGraham PamountDavid DwyerKeith Draper
HindmarshLaborJohn ScottBarry LewisJim MitchellGlenn JarvisStewart ClarkeSofia Mavrogeorgis (Ind)
KingstonLaborGordon BilneyRichard NobleColin MillerGerald LarkinMichael Prowse
MakinLaborPeter DuncanNeville JoyceSandra KanckNatalie RichardsonKenneth TaplinA. Wunderlich (Ind)
MayoLiberalDelia SkorinAlexander DownerMerilyn PedrickWesley GlanvilleDorothy McGregor-DayGeorge Gater (Ind)
Port AdelaideLaborMick YoungBarry BlundellDerek BallRod ScarboroughBob ManhireJohn Buik (Ind)
Brian Rooney (Ind)
SturtLiberalPhil RobinsIan WilsonKaren ColemanLoma SilsburyGraeme Matthews
WakefieldLiberalSusan StephensNeil AndrewBarbara BarlowBill AdamsAnne Hausler

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Democrats candidate
 
BassLiberalRichard TaylorWarwick SmithMichael Preece
BraddonLiberalDavid CurrieChris Miles
DenisonLiberalDuncan KerrMichael HodgmanRobert Bell
FranklinLiberalNick SherryBruce GoodluckPatsy Harmsen
LyonsLiberalDick AdamsMax BurrLiz Holloway

Victoria

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate National candidate Democrats candidate Other candidate
 
AstonLaborJohn SaundersonGordon AshleyHugh GurneyJan Bricknell
BallaratLaborJohn MildrenJohn RonanJohn BolandPhil HenseleitMartin Greany (Ind)
BatmanLaborBrian HoweRon DunnJan RobertsDarren Chapman (Ind)
Sue Phillips (Ind)
BendigoLaborJohn BrumbyJohn RadfordRon BestKaye SwantonSharyne O'Grady (Ind)
John Somerville (Ind)
BruceLiberalPatrick RobinsonKen AldredKate CarrTerence Pooley (UAP)
BurkeLaborNeil O'KeefePeter DaleBarry McLeodSusan Mullington
CalwellLaborAndrew TheophanousChris DimitrijevicIvan Pavlekovich-SmithLouise Stewart
CaseyLiberalDavid McKenzieBob HalversonRoy HaffendenChris MarFlo Madden (PPA)
ChisholmLaborHelen MayerMichael WooldridgeEdward WajsbremFran RobbinsBarry Gration (Ind)
Ernest Rodeck (UAP)
CorangamiteLiberalIan CaldwellStewart McArthurJohn McDonaldRob Mann
CorioLaborGordon ScholesPatrick ConheadyGreta PearceTom Davies (Ind)
Danielle Dixon (Ind)
DeakinLiberalMadelyn MyattJulian BealeMarcus BoschGil Speirs (Ind)
Rick Wright (UAP)
DunkleyLaborBob ChynowethTom WarwickRobyn KirbyLes Johnson (Ind)
Andrew Murray (PPA)
Chris van Lieshout (Ind)
FlindersLiberalTony LackPeter ReithAndrew SuttieNoel Maud (Ind)
Jonathan Miln (PPA)
GellibrandLaborRalph WillisTim WarnerSusan HolmesJames Doughney (SWP)
Rosalba Vicari (Ind)
GippslandNationalZona ChildGrant PearcePeter McGauranPierre FourcierRod Anderson (Ind)
GoldsteinLiberalMurray McInnesIan MacpheeMaureen BoalerTiger Casley (Ind)
Michael Rowe (DLP)
HentyLaborJoan ChildRudi MichelsonPaul Hegarty
HigginsLiberalBarbara HigginsRoger ShiptonClive Jackson
HoltLaborMichael DuffyJanice BatemanGeoff Herbert
HothamLaborLewis KentPeter McCallLen de Koning
IndiLiberalDanny WalshEwen CameronPhilip PullarBrian Lumsden (PPA)
Rob Taylor (Ind)
IsaacsLaborDavid CharlesRod AtkinsonBill BuchananMaxine AspinallLinda Ely (Ind)
JagajagaLaborPeter StaplesJohn PasquarelliLaurie KirwanHoward McCallumLynette Manning (Ind)
KooyongLiberalLindsay WoodsAndrew PeacockPeter TaftMargaret Cole (UAP)
LalorLaborBarry JonesDarren FarquharHeather Jeffcoat
La TrobeLaborPeter MiltonBob CharlesJohn Benton
MalleeNationalLinda FreedmanAdrian KiddPeter FisherNeil Lehmann (Ind)
MaribyrnongLaborAlan GriffithsVictor RudewychDavid MackayMark Beshara (DLP)
McEwenLaborPeter CleelandDavid MillieAndrew CollerDoug LormanRobert Wilson (Ind)
McMillanLaborBarry CunninghamJohn KielyPat O'BrienRoss OllquistAnne Lorraine (Ind)
Thomas Walsh (Ind)
MelbourneLaborGerry HandFrank RandlePeter La FranchiJames Ferrari (Ind)
Melbourne PortsLaborClyde HoldingAllan PaullDi BrethertonAlan Brown (Ind)
MenziesLiberalIvana CsarNeil BrownMarjorie WhiteBruce Plain (UAP)
MurrayNationalMark AndersonBrendan NordenBruce LloydRalph LinfordJohn Hargreaves (Ind)
ScullinLaborHarry JenkinsMike KabosJohn Privitelli
StreetonLaborTony LambRussell BroadbentKen TrembathRika MasonTessa Cunningham (UAP)
WannonLiberalKevin WattDavid HawkerJulie Jennings
WillsLaborBob HawkeOlga VenablesKen EleyFast Bucks (Ind)
Ian Sykes (Ind)
Lyn Teather (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate National candidate Democrats candidate Independent candidate
 
BrandLaborWendy FatinBernie MastersPeter BassJohn Willis
CanningLaborGeorge GearRicky JohnstonBob ChapmanMark Beadle
CowanLaborCarolyn JakobsenPaul FilingNeil Baker
CurtinLiberalPhilip LaskarisAllan RocherJohn GilmourJoe Blake
ForrestLiberalGerry ThompsonGeoff ProsserJoe ChambersDavid Churches
FremantleLaborJohn DawkinsJenny van den HoekJack Clarke
KalgoorlieLaborGraeme CampbellDavid JohnstonRon SmalesFrank Chulung
MooreLaborAllen BlanchardJim CrawleyGeoff Gill
O'ConnorLiberalKim ChanceWilson TuckeyTrevor FluggeShyama Peebles
PerthLaborRic CharlesworthBob CampbellTed Lisle
StirlingLaborRon EdwardsBill BrownMalcolm BeveridgeHarvard BarclayAlf Bussell
SwanLaborKim BeazleyHarry KlappAdelia BernardGeorgina Motion
TangneyLiberalRay MastertonPeter ShackWilliam WithamRichard Jeffreys

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, each state elected twelve senators. The first six successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, the remaining six 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 Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Susan Ryan*
  2. Barry Reid
  1. Margaret Reid*
  2. Bill Stefaniak
  1. Andrew Freeman
  2. Geoff Quayle
  1. Michael Denborough
  2. Margaret Matthew

Leonard Munday
David Ash
John Murray

New South Wales

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates CTA candidates Greens candidates
 
  1. Kerry Sibraa*
  2. Arthur Gietzelt*
  3. Graham Richardson*
  4. Bruce Childs*
  5. John Morris*
  6. Sue West
  7. Michael Sexton
  1. Michael Baume* (Lib)
  2. Peter Baume* (Lib)
  3. David Brownhill* (Nat)
  4. Chris Puplick* (Lib)
  5. Bronwyn Bishop* (Lib)
  6. Ralph Schulze (Nat)
  7. June McPhie (Lib)
  1. Paul McLean*
  2. Jenny Macleod
  3. Richard Jones
  4. Gary Chestnut
  1. Robert Wood*
  2. Irina Dunn
  1. Elaine Nile
  2. Kevin Hume
  1. Ian Cohen
  2. Daphne Gollan
UAP candidates Defence candidates Group A candidates Group B candidates Group F candidates Group I candidates
 
  1. Alan Smith
  2. Edna Fabb
  1. Leslie Edwards
  2. David Herd
  3. William Tuohy
  4. Rowley McMahon
  1. Ruth Phillips
  2. Walter Brun
  1. Patricia Poulos
  2. John Holley
  3. John Beasley
  1. Leon Bringolf
  2. Habib Fares
  3. Jim Donovan
  1. Peter Consandine
  2. Brian Buckley
Ungrouped candidates
 

John Higginbotham
John Murphy
James Goody
Phil Murray

Nick Jones
Bob Spanswick
Ivor F

Kevin Larkings
Jane Smith-New
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans

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 NT Nationals candidates Group C candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Bob Collins*
  2. Lyn Reid
  1. Grant Tambling*
  2. Ian Towns
  1. Jim Petrich
  2. Joan Small
  1. Lyn Allen
  2. Catherin Paul

Yuri Juriev

Queensland

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats (although Senator George Georges was contesting the election as an independent). The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Party was defending four seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Democrats candidates NDP candidates UAP candidates
 
  1. Margaret Reynolds*
  2. Mal Colston*
  3. Gerry Jones*
  4. John Black*
  5. Bryant Burns*
  6. Jack Camp
  7. Glenevie Jensen
  1. David MacGibbon*
  2. Warwick Parer*
  3. Gary Neat
  4. Cassie Solomon
  5. Brian Taylor
  6. Jane Williamson
  1. Florence Bjelke-Petersen*
  2. John Stone*
  3. Ron Boswell*
  4. Glen Sheil*
  5. George Cowan
  6. Vicky Kippin
  7. Ann Garms
  8. Bruce Laming
  1. Michael Macklin*
  2. Cheryl Kernot
  3. Norman Johnson
  4. Anthony Walters
  1. John Jones
  2. Brian Dunsford
  1. Ron Alford
  2. Geoff Fawthrop
Group A candidates Group C candidates Group E candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Barry Weedon
  2. Kathleen Wacker
  1. Ray Ferguson
  2. Jake Haub
  1. George Georges

John Bolt
Ron Smith

South Australia

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats (although Senator Don Jessop contested the election as an independent). The Australian Democrats were defending two seats (although Senator David Vigor contested the election for the Unite Australia Party).

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Democrats candidates Unite Australia candidates Green Party candidates
 
  1. Dominic Foreman*
  2. Nick Bolkus*
  3. Graham Maguire*
  4. Rosemary Crowley*
  5. Chris Schacht*
  6. Vic Heron
  7. Rosalie McDonald
  1. Tony Messner*
  2. Amanda Vanstone*
  3. Robert Hill*
  4. Grant Chapman*
  5. Baden Teague*
  6. Michele Mercurio
  7. Ivan Venning
  1. Bill Wright
  2. Neville Agars
  3. Mike Rogers
  4. Jessie Taylor
  5. Bob Brown
  6. Clifford Boyd
  1. Janine Haines*
  2. John Coulter*
  3. Meg Lees
  4. Ian McLiesh
  5. Peter Vervoorn
  1. David Vigor
  2. Nick Theologou
  3. Patricia Prowse
  4. Maxwell Elphick
  1. Ally Fricker
  2. Jules Davison
Communist candidates Group A candidates Group C candidates Group F candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. John Wishart
  2. Linda Gale
  1. Creston Magasdi
  2. Reg McColl
  1. Don Jessop
  1. Tom Towle
  2. Ellen Towle

Robert Worth
Rob Robertson
Helen Launer
Syd Plenty

Stephen Bailey
John Out
Bill Forster

Tasmania

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Democrats candidates Harradine candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Michael Tate*
  2. John Coates*
  3. Terry Aulich*
  4. Ray Devlin*
  5. John Devereux*
  6. Janet Cooper
  7. John Green
  1. Brian Archer*
  2. Shirley Walters*
  3. John Watson*
  4. Jocelyn Newman*
  5. Paul Calvert*
  6. Vince Smith
  7. Peter Aldridge
  1. Norm Sanders*
  2. Nick Goldie
  3. Isla Macgregor
  1. Brian Harradine*
  2. Colin Sacco

Michael Mansell
Laurie Heathorn

Victoria

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending two seats (although Senator John Siddons contested the election for the Unite Australia Party).

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Democrats candidates Unite Australia candidates DLP candidates
 
  1. John Button*
  2. Gareth Evans*
  3. Olive Zakharov*
  4. Robert Ray*
  5. Barney Cooney*
  6. John Halfpenny
  7. Carole Taylor
  1. Austin Lewis*
  2. Jim Short*
  3. Richard Alston*
  4. David Hamer*
  5. Kay Patterson*
  6. John Wyld
  7. John Goodfellow
  8. John Riggall
  9. Severn Clarke
  1. Julian McGauran*
  2. Noel Maughan
  3. Les Flintoff
  1. Janet Powell*
  2. Sid Spindler
  3. Ken Peak
  4. Harold Fraser
  5. Peter Allen
  1. John Siddons
  2. Ian Price
  3. Lisa Harris
  1. John Mulholland
  2. Gloria Brook
NDP candidates CTA candidates Pensioner candidates Group B candidates Group F candidates Group J candidates
 
  1. Aldo Penbrook
  2. Nik Dow
  1. Al Watson
  2. Loretto Brennan
  3. John Easton
  1. Neil McKay
  2. Rosamond Ewan
  1. Bill Hartley
  2. Laurene Dietrich
  3. David Kerin
  4. Rola Haidar
  1. David Caccianiga
  2. Bill Thiele
  1. Lisa King
  2. Kevin O'Connell
Group K candidates Group L candidates Group O candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Alan Miller
  2. Maria Bennett
  1. Laurie Dunlop
  2. Simon Hood
  1. Dino de Marchi
  2. Ineke Black

Kym Roylance
Abraham Abdalla

Western Australia

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. Independent Senator Jo Vallentine, elected for the Nuclear Disarmament Party but now running under the "Vallentine Peace Group" banner, was defending one seat.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates National candidates Democrats candidates VPG candidates UAP candidates
 
  1. Peter Walsh*
  2. Patricia Giles*
  3. Peter Cook*
  4. Jim McKiernan*
  5. Michael Beahan*
  6. Chris Evans
  7. Ed Dermer
  1. Fred Chaney*
  2. Peter Durack*
  3. Susan Knowles*
  4. Noel Crichton-Browne*
  5. John Panizza*
  6. Alan Eggleston
  7. Cam Tinley
  1. James MacDonald
  2. Glenice Sanders
  3. Ron Aitkenhead
  4. Beverley Poor
  1. Jean Jenkins*
  2. Jack Evans
  1. Jo Vallentine*
  2. Louise Duxbury
  1. Allan McMullen
  2. Norm Heslington
OAM candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Cedric Jacobs
  2. Don Jackson
  3. Ed Robertson

Frank Nesci
Jack Flanigan

Mark Pallister
Gordon McColl

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 41 * 39 * 24 * 13 * 13 * 5 * 2 * 132 7
National Party of Australia 14 * 17 * 24 * 13 * 13 * 81 5
Country Liberal Party 1 * 1 1
Australian Democrats 42 * 37 * 20 * 8 * 13 * 4 * 2 * 126 7
Unite Australia Party 2 * 6 * * * 13 * 21 5
Nuclear Disarmament Party 1 * * 1 * 2 * 4 4
Pensioner Party of Australia 4 * 4 1
Democratic Labor Party 2 * 2 1
Australian Family Movement 2 2
Communist Party of Australia 1 * 1 1
Northern Territory Nationals 1 * 1 1
Socialist Workers Party 1 1
Call to Australia * * 2
Green Alliance * * 2
Defence and Ex-Services Party * 1
Vallentine Peace Group * 1
One Australia Movement * 1
Independent and other 38 28 4 2 7 4 83

See also

References

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