Candidates of the 1977 Australian federal election
# Candidates of the 1977 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1977 Australian federal election. The election was held on 10 December 1977.

## Redistributions and seat changes

* Redistributions occurred in all states except Tasmania.
   * In New South Wales, the Labor-held seats of Darling and Lang and the Liberal-held seat of Evans were abolished. The new notionally Liberal seat of Dundas was created. The Liberal-held seat of Parramatta and the NCP-held seat of Riverina became notionally Labor, while the Labor-held seat of Robertson became notionally Liberal.
      * The member for Darling, John FitzPatrick (Labor), contested Riverina.
      * The member for Grayndler, Tony Whitlam (Labor), contested St George.
      * The member for Lang, Frank Stewart (Labor), contested Grayndler.
      * The member for Mackellar, Bill Wentworth (Independent Liberal), contested the Senate.
      * The member for Parramatta, Philip Ruddock (Liberal), contested Dundas.
   * In Victoria, the NCP-held seat of Wimmera was abolished.
      * The member for Hotham, Don Chipp (Democrats), contested the Senate.
      * The member for Isaacs, David Hamer (Liberal), contested the Senate.
   * In Queensland, the new notionally Liberal seat of Fadden was created.
      * The member for Griffith, Don Cameron (Liberal), contested Fadden.
   * In Western Australia, the Liberal-held seat of Swan became notionally Labor.
      * The member for Tangney, Peter Richardson (Progress), contested the Senate.
   * In South Australia, the Liberal-held seat of Angas was abolished, and the Labor-held seats of Grey and Hawker became notionally Liberal.
      * The member for Angas, Geoffrey Giles (Liberal), contested Wakefield.
      * South Australian Senator Steele Hall (Liberal) resigned from the Senate to contest Hawker.

## Retiring Members and Senators

### Labor

* Kim Beazley MP (Fremantle, WA)
* Jim Cairns MP (Lalor, Vic)
* Frank Crean MP (Melbourne Ports, Vic)
* Horrie Garrick MP (Batman, Vic)
* Senator Don Cameron (SA)
* Senator Don Devitt (Tas)

### Liberal

* John Abel MP (Evans, NSW)
* Robert Bonnett MP (Herbert, Qld)
* Bert Kelly MP (Wakefield, WA)
* Senator Sir Magnus Cormack (Vic)
* Senator Ian Wood (Qld)
* Senator Reg Wright (Tas) — quit the Liberal Party shortly before his term concluded in June 1978.

### National Country

* Robert King MP (Wimmera, Vic)
* Senator Tom Drake-Brockman (WA)

### Democrats

* Senator Janine Haines (SA)

## 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 | Independent candidate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canberra | Liberal | Henry Lawrence | John Haslem | John Bellhouse | Oleg Kavunenko |
| Fraser | Labor | Ken Fry | George Mailath | | |

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banks | Labor | Vince Martin | Paul Hinton (Lib) | Montague Greene | |
| Barton | Liberal | Ron Cunningham | Jim Bradfield (Lib) | Phil White | Charles Bellchambers (Ind) |
| Bennelong | Liberal | Noel Welsman | John Howard (Lib) | Bruce Irwin | David Rennie (Prog) |
| Berowra | Liberal | Michael Jones | Harry Edwards (Lib) | Johannes van Aggele | George Simpson (Prog) |
| Blaxland | Labor | Paul Keating | Salvatore Napoli (Lib) | Steven Suli | William Haggerty (Ind) |
| Bradfield | Liberal | Pauline Kibble | David Connolly (Lib) | Donald Marrable | Christopher Brown (Prog) |
| Calare | NCP | David Simmons | James Ashton (Lib) | Darvell Baird | |
| Calare | NCP | David Simmons | Sandy Mackenzie* (NCP) | Darvell Baird | |
| Chifley | Labor | John Armitage | Richard Taylor (Lib) | Alfred Tozer | Jack Mundey (CPA) |
| Cook | Liberal | Ray Thorburn | Don Dobie (Lib) | Walter Day | Henry Soper (Prog) |
| Cowper | NCP | Colin Clague | Ian Robinson (NCP) | | |
| Cunningham | Labor | Stewart West | Thomas Griffin (Lib) | Ross Sampson | Noel Dennett (Ind) Rudolph Dezelin (Ind) Mervyn Nixon (CPA) |
| Dundas | Liberal | Russell Rollason | Philip Ruddock (Lib) | Brendan Mohide | Malcolm McKinnon (Prog) |
| Eden-Monaro | Liberal | Brian Maguire | Murray Sainsbury (Lib) | Norma Helmers | Michael Le Grand (Ind) |
| Farrer | Liberal | Donald Fleming | Wal Fife (Lib) | Margaret Healey | Thomas Guy (Ind) Maureen Nathan (Prog) |
| Grayndler | Labor | Frank Stewart | Bill Vasselou (Lib) | Christine Townend | Frank Vouros (SPA) |
| Gwydir | NCP | Francis Fish | Ralph Hunt (NCP) | Heather Howe | Brian Allen (Prog) Lyall Munro (Ind) |
| Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | Henry Halliwell (Lib) | Kenneth Johnson | |
| Hume | NCP | George Brenner | Stephen Lusher (NCP) | Mark Richard | |
| Hunter | Labor | Bert James | Oliver Fennell (Lib) | Elisabeth Kirkby | |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Collin O'Neill (Lib) | Edward Ward | |
| Lowe | Liberal | Dick Hall | Sir William McMahon (Lib) | Frederick Tross | Charles Bingle (Ind) |
| Lyne | NCP | Noel Unicomb | Philip Lucock (NCP) | Allen Edwards | |
| Macarthur | Liberal | John Kerin | Michael Baume (Lib) | William Speirs | Victor Thomas (Prog) |
| Mackellar | Liberal | John Barclay | Jim Carlton (Lib) | Robert Williams | John Booth (Prog) Ronald Davis (Ind) Barry Geyle (Ind) Thomas Mellor (Ind) |
| Macquarie | Liberal | Ross Free | Reg Gillard (Lib) | Peter Monaghan | Michael Barratt (Ind) Alyn Foster (Prog) |
| Mitchell | Liberal | Ellen Thompson | Alan Cadman (Lib) | Michael Hartnell | Ronald Allen (Ind) Dimitar Mikulasev (Prog) |
| New England | NCP | Selby Dean | Ian Sinclair (NCP) | Bradley Mulligan | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Charles Jones | Elaine Samuels (Lib) | Ian Hay | Darrell Dawson (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Maurice May | Bill Graham (Lib) | John Pierce | Peter Corrie (Prog) John Maher (Ind) |
| Parramatta | Labor | John Brown | Douglas Cox (Lib) | Peter Lukunic | |
| Paterson | NCP | Kerry Scott | Frank O'Keefe (NCP) | Paul Baker | William O'Donnell (Ind) |
| Phillip | Liberal | Joe Riordan | Jack Birney (Lib) | Alan Needham | Barry Elliott (Ind) |
| Prospect | Labor | Dick Klugman | Alan Byers (Lib) | Laurence Bourke | |
| Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | Terence Shanahan (Lib) | Frederick Bluck | |
| Richmond | NCP | Josephine Maxwell | Doug Anthony (NCP) | Bernard Walrut | John Mallett (Ind) |
| Riverina | Labor | John FitzPatrick | John Sullivan (NCP) | | Rodney Lawrence (Ind) |
| Robertson | Liberal | Barry Cohen | Malcolm Brooks (Lib) | Trevor Willsher | |
| Shortland | Labor | Peter Morris | Richard Bevan (Lib) | Lionel Lambkin | |
| St George | Liberal | Tony Whitlam | Maurice Neil (Lib) | Ronald Kirwood | David Kriss (Prog) |
| Sydney | Labor | Les McMahon | Andrew Morrison (Lib) | Judith Roberts | Aileen Beaver (CPA) Harry Black (SPA) Naomi Mayers (Ind) |
| Warringah | Liberal | Christopher Osborne | Michael MacKellar (Lib) | Anita Stiller | Stephen Keliher (Prog) |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Michael Winters | Bob Ellicott (Lib) | Joan Kersey | John Curvers (Prog) |
| Werriwa | Labor | Gough Whitlam | Jonas Abromas (Lib) | Keith Olson | Ross May (Ind) |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CLP candidate | Democrats candidate | Progress candidate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Northern Territory | CLP | John Waters | Sam Calder | Josephine Read | Ian Smith |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | Progress candidate | Independent candidate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bowman | Liberal | Len Keogh | David Jull (Lib) | Bryan Grehan | Martin Gant | |
| Brisbane | Liberal | Manfred Cross | Peter Johnson (Lib) | Joan Hadley | John Steele | |
| Capricornia | NCP | Doug Everingham | Colin Carige (NCP) Douglas Cuddy (Lib) | Edward Batey | Ronald Kitching | |
| Darling Downs | NCP | Robert Lingard | Tom McVeigh (NCP) | | David Proud | |
| Dawson | NCP | Michael Goldsborough | Ray Braithwaite (NCP) | | Frank Paull | |
| Fadden | Liberal | Clem Jones | Don Cameron* (Lib) | Janice Barber | Peter Gautrey | Melody Bond |
| Fadden | Liberal | Clem Jones | James Shapcott (NCP) | Janice Barber | Peter Gautrey | Melody Bond |
| Fisher | NCP | Fay Price | Evan Adermann (NCP) | Gillian Newman | Gregory Gaffney | |
| Griffith | Liberal | Ben Humphreys | Stan Fas (NCP) Ronald Palmer (Lib) | Thomas Martin | Barrie Rundle | William Kenney |
| Herbert | Liberal | Ted Lindsay | Charles Arnold (NCP) | Kenneth Kipping | Coral Finlay | Peter Dunn Grahame Wells |
| Herbert | Liberal | Ted Lindsay | Gordon Dean* (Lib) | Kenneth Kipping | Coral Finlay | Peter Dunn Grahame Wells |
| Kennedy | NCP | Robert Gleeson | Bob Katter (NCP) | Marelle Hicks Raymond Oldham | Vrettos Cominos | |
| Leichhardt | NCP | Bill Wood | David Thomson (NCP) | James Foster | | |
| Lilley | Liberal | Elaine Darling | Kevin Cairns (Lib) | Albert Mayne | Gary Sturgess | Frank Andrews |
| Maranoa | NCP | John Kidman | James Corbett (NCP) | Betty Whitworth | Maurice Fountain | Christopher Caldwell |
| McPherson | Liberal | Jon Guerson | Eric Robinson (Lib) | Leonard Fairman | Neva Maxim | William Aabraham-Steer |
| Moreton | Liberal | Barbara Robson | James Killen (Lib) | Dirk Plooy | Frederick Drake | Graham Bell |
| Oxley | Labor | Bill Hayden | Robert Walker (Lib) | Rowlynd Jones | Neil Russell | |
| Petrie | Liberal | Gerard Molloy | John Hodges (Lib) | Leslie Mundt | Rodney Jeanneret | |
| Ryan | Liberal | Gailene Harrison | John Moore (Lib) | | Jili Boughen | |
| Wide Bay | NCP | Frederick Faircloth | Clarrie Millar (NCP) | Douglas Mackenzie | | |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adelaide | Labor | Chris Hurford | George Basisovs | Geoffrey Stewart | |
| Barker | Liberal | Neil Richardson | James Porter | Rodney Roberts | |
| Bonython | Labor | Neal Blewett | Brian Marsden | John Longhurst | |
| Boothby | Liberal | Mark Pickhaver | John McLeay | George Nimmo | |
| Grey | Liberal | Laurie Wallis | John Oswald | Ronald Moulds | John Henderson (NCP) |
| Hawker | Liberal | Ralph Jacobi | Steele Hall | Bruce Miels | Warren Wallace (Ind) |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | Gregory Molfetas | James Evans | |
| Kingston | Liberal | Richard Gun | Grant Chapman | Christopher Harte | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Mick Young | Jean Lawrie | David Wade | Donald Sutherland (CPA) |
| Sturt | Liberal | Ann Pengelly | Ian Wilson | Dean Bendall | |
| Wakefield | Liberal | Denis Crisp | Geoffrey Giles | Kenneth Maguire | |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bass | Liberal | Mary Willey | Kevin Newman | Dennis Cartledge |
| Braddon | Liberal | Duncan Kerr | Ray Groom | |
| Denison | Liberal | John Coates | Michael Hodgman | Robert McFie |
| Franklin | Liberal | Peter Colquhoun | Bruce Goodluck | |
| Wilmot | Liberal | David Llewellyn | Max Burr | Leon Gourlay |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balaclava | Liberal | Robert Steele | Ian Macphee (Lib) | Zelma Furey | Peter Lawlor | |
| Ballarat | Liberal | Norman Baker | Jim Short (Lib) | Graham Gough | William Griffin | |
| Batman | Labor | Brian Howe | Gillford Brown (Lib) | Mario Piraino | Phillip Lorenz | |
| Bendigo | Liberal | Dennis Muldoon | John Bourchier (Lib) | Ian Price | Paul Brennan | |
| Bruce | Liberal | Timothy Burke | Billy Snedden (Lib) | John Sutcliffe | John Mulholland | |
| Burke | Labor | Keith Johnson | Mihaly Lengyel (Lib) | Eric Spencer | Colin Walsh | |
| Casey | Liberal | Peter Watson | Peter Falconer (Lib) | Malcolm Whittle | Francis Feltham | Martin Hetherich (Ind) Stanley Hillman (Ind) Henry Leggett (Ind) |
| Chisholm | Liberal | Helen Mayer | Tony Staley (Lib) | Robert Caulfield | Joe Stanley | |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Shirley Ambrose | Tony Street (Lib) | Kathleen May | Francis O'Brien | Neil McDonald (Ind) |
| Corio | Labor | Gordon Scholes | Clive Bubb (Lib) | Guenter Sahr | James Jordan | |
| Deakin | Liberal | Neville Gay | Alan Jarman (Lib) | Alan Teed | Daniel Condon | |
| Diamond Valley | Liberal | Jean Downing | Neil Brown (Lib) | Ronald Goldman | Christopher Curtis | |
| Flinders | Liberal | Geoffrey Eastwood | Phillip Lynch (Lib) | Harold Fraser | John Cass | Monty Hollow (Ind) |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Ralph Willis | Anton Zajc (Lib) | June Smith | Bert Bailey | |
| Gippsland | NCP | William Switzer | Peter Nixon (NCP) | Thomas Reid | Robert McMahon | Bruce Ingle (Ind) |
| Henty | Liberal | Joan Child | Ken Aldred (Lib) | Fred Ingamells | Terence Farrell | Tony Dear (Ind) |
| Higgins | Liberal | Ann Jackson | Roger Shipton (Lib) | Jim Thornley | Martin Cahill | |
| Holt | Liberal | Michael Duffy | William Yates (Lib) | Brian Stockton | Kevin Leydon | |
| Hotham | Liberal | Tony Ross | Roger Johnston (Lib) | Kenneth Weaver | Edward Woods | |
| Indi | NCP | John Dennis | Ewen Cameron* (Lib) | Neil Savage | Christopher Cody | |
| Indi | NCP | John Dennis | Mac Holten (NCP) | Neil Savage | Christopher Cody | |
| Isaacs | Liberal | Kenneth Williams | Bill Burns (Lib) | Francis McLeod | Ralph Cleary | |
| Kooyong | Liberal | John Wilkinson | Andrew Peacock (Lib) | Michael McBride | Bernie Gaynor | |
| Lalor | Labor | Barry Jones | Harley Dickinson (Lib) | Charles Skidmore | Denis Bilston | Jeffrey Day (Ind) Rosalba Vicari (Ind) |
| La Trobe | Liberal | Tony Lamb | Marshall Baillieu (Lib) | Andrew McCann | James Penna | Cornelus Hellema (Ind) |
| Mallee | NCP | Geoffrey Ferns | Peter Fisher* (NCP) | | John Cotter | |
| Mallee | NCP | Geoffrey Ferns | Warwick Hincksman (Lib) | | John Cotter | |
| Maribyrnong | Labor | Moss Cass | Philip Fitzherbert (Lib) | Alan Brass | Alan Tait | |
| McMillan | Liberal | Richard Elkington | Barry Simon (Lib) | Ronald Dent | Brian Handley | Norman Holyoak (Ind) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Ted Innes | Robert Fallshaw (Lib) | Veronica Schwarz | Desmond Burke | Roger Wilson (CPA) |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | Clyde Holding | Daniel Hill (Lib) | Valina Rainer | Gordon Haberman | |
| Murray | NCP | Graeme Macartney | Bruce Lloyd* (NCP) | George Murray | Patrick Payne | |
| Murray | NCP | Graeme Macartney | Robert Love (Lib) | George Murray | Patrick Payne | |
| Scullin | Labor | Harry Jenkins | Gerard Clarke (Lib) | George Samargis | Bernard McGrath | |
| Wannon | Liberal | Andrew Frost | Malcolm Fraser (Lib) | Thelma Trayling | John Casanova | |
| Wills | Labor | Gordon Bryant | Thomas Burrowes (Lib) | Vernon Weaver | John Flint | |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | NCP candidate | Progress candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canning | Liberal | Charles Savage | Mel Bungey | Velibor Debeljakovic | Marie Dilley | Douglas Joyce | John English (Ind) |
| Curtin | Liberal | Patricia Giles | Victor Garland | Richard Bunting | | James MacDonald | |
| Forrest | Liberal | Allan Drake-Brockman | Peter Drummond | Donald Stewart | John Gardiner | Reginald Crabb | |
| Fremantle | Labor | John Dawkins | Peter Ramshaw | John Kernot | | David Lavater | Vic Slater (CPA) |
| Kalgoorlie | Liberal | Brian Conway | Mick Cotter | Edwin Routley | Squire Fletcher | Graham Mills | |
| Moore | Liberal | James Hansen | John Hyde | Patricia Edward | Roy Clarke | Maurice Brockwell | |
| Perth | Liberal | James Moiler | Ross McLean | Thomas Garrick | | Lawrence Curtis | |
| Stirling | Liberal | Graham Reece | Ian Viner | Scott Christie | | James Jamieson | |
| Swan | Labor | Patricia Fowkes | John Martyr | Hubert Lennerts | | Bryan Scott-Courtland | William Deller (Ind) |
| Tangney | Liberal | Duncan Graham | Peter Shack | Geoffrey Taylor | | Geoffrey McNeil | |

## Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. 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 | Group A candidates | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - |
| Susan Ryan* Robert Smith | John Knight* Stanley Sparrow | Anthony O'Dea Noel McCann | Gerhard Zatschler (MAR) Donald Evans (Dem) |

### New South Wales

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending two seats. Senators John Carrick (Liberal), Bob Cotton (Liberal), Doug McClelland (Labor), Jim McClelland (Labor) and Douglas Scott (National Country) were not up for re-election.

| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Democrats candidates | CTA candidates | Australia candidates | Progress candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tony Mulvihill* Arthur Gietzelt* Kerry Sibraa | Peter Baume* (Lib) Misha Lajovic* (Lib) Dorothy Ross (NCP) | Colin Mason* Paul McLean Malcolm Hilbery Ronald Mallett Patricia Clark | Fred Nile Reuben Scarf Patricia Judge | John Notary Clifford Willard Allan Jones | Barry Bracken Robert Howard Robert Schollbach |
| Marijuana candidates | Socialist candidates | Group C candidates | Group E candidates | Group G candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| James Billington Diana Fuller Peter Livesey | Edgar Woodbury Pat Clancy | Allan Chan Chan Chung Ling | Shirley Smith Bruce Miles Cecil Patten Christos Roumeliotis | Bill Wentworth Leah Young | Henry Harding John Esposito |

### 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 | Democrats candidates | Progress candidates |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ted Robertson* Harry Matschke | Bernie Kilgariff* Barry Wyatt | Dennis Booth Peter Dean | Kenneth Kitto David Cooper |

### Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Neville Bonner (Liberal), Jim Keeffe (Labor), Ron Maunsell (National Country), Ron McAuliffe (Labor) and Glen Sheil (National Country) were not up for re-election.

| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Democrats candidates | Progress candidates | Socialist candidates | Group C candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Georges* Mal Colston* Verona Wake | Kathy Martin* (Lib) Stan Collard* (NCP) David MacGibbon* (Lib) | Paul Griffin Michael Macklin Maureen Burton | Vivian Forbes Owen Pershouse Suzanne Ham Barrie Fulcher | Charles Murphy David Ryan Ivan Ivanoff | Anne Glew Geoffrey Crouch |
| Group D candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | | | |
| James Drabsch Lloyd Drabsch Ace Drabsch | John Jones Bruce Chambers | | | | |

### South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. One seat had been held by the Australian Democrats following its resignation by the Liberal Movement's Steele Hall. Senators Reg Bishop (Labor), Jim Cavanagh (Labor), Gordon Davidson (Liberal), Don Jessop (Liberal) and Condor Laucke (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | Australia candidates | Progress candidates | Socialist candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Geoff McLaren* Ron Elstob* Nick Bolkus | Tony Messner* Harold Young* Baden Teague* | Ian Gilfillan Michael Lee Nicholas Theologou | Colyn van Reenen Kathy Dancer | John Whiting Verna Oakley | Alan Miller Muriel Goss |
| Group F candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | | | |
| George Jukes Jean Jukes | Stephen Dimitriou (MAR) Andrew Jones (Ind) | | | | |

### Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats, although retiring Senator Reg Wright had become an independent at the end of his term. Senators Brian Harradine (Independent), Justin O'Byrne (Labor), Peter Rae (Liberal), Michael Townley (Liberal) and Ken Wriedt (Labor) were not up for re-election.

| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | Group C candidates |
| - | - | - | - |
| Don Grimes* Michael Tate* John White | Shirley Walters* Brian Archer* John Watson* | Norman Siberry Liz Holloway | Rudge Townley Ann Waterhouse |

### Victoria

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Ivor Greenwood (Liberal), Margaret Guilfoyle (Liberal), Jean Melzer (Labor), Cyril Primmer (Labor) and James Webster (National Country) were not up for re-election.

| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Democrats candidates | DLP candidates | Australia candidates | Socialist candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gareth Evans* John Button* Bill Brown | Alan Missen* (Lib) David Hamer* (Lib) Tom Tehan (NCP) | Don Chipp* John Siddons Janice Bateman Harold Jeffrey Neil Sleep | Jim Brosnan Les Hilton Paul McManus | Derek Kruse David Heath Gail Farrell | Ron Hearn Trevor McCandless Hariklia Kokkinos |
| Marijuana candidates | Group B candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | | |
| Jay McRoach Peter McKenzie | Carolyn Ingvarson Elizabeth Morton Marie Quinn | Shane Watson Ronald Batey Peter Kavanagh Terence Vine | | | |

### Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Country Party was defending one seat. Senators Peter Durack (Liberal), Gordon McIntosh (Labor), Peter Sim (Liberal), John Wheeldon (Labor) and Reg Withers (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Democrats candidates | NCP candidates | Progress candidates | Group E candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Walsh* Ruth Coleman* Howard Olney | Fred Chaney* Andrew Thomas* Allan Rocher* | Jack Evans Uri Themal Shirley de la Hunty | Donald Eckersley Donald Thomas Moira Jones | Peter Richardson Robert Scott Janet Beeck | Francesco Nesci Nellie Stuart | Geoffrey Gray John Cowley |

## 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 | NSW | Vic | Vic | Qld | Qld | WA | WA | SA | SA | Tas | Tas | ACT | ACT | NT | NT | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S |
| Australian Labor Party | 43 | * | 33 | * | 19 | * | 10 | * | 11 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | 1 | * | 124 | 8 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 35 | * | 32 | * | 12 | * | 10 | * | 11 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | | | 107 | 7 |
| National Country Party | 9 | * | 4 | * | 11 | * | 4 | * | 1 | | | | | | | | 29 | 4 |
| Country Liberal Party | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | * | 1 | 1 |
| Australian Democrats | 41 | * | 32 | * | 17 | * | 10 | * | 11 | * | 3 | * | 1 | * | 1 | * | 116 | 8 |
| Progress Party | 15 | * | | | 16 | * | 10 | * | | * | | | | | 1 | * | 42 | 5 |
| Democratic Labor Party | | | 33 | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | 33 | 1 |
| Communist Party of Australia | 4 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 7 | |
| Socialist Party of Australia | 2 | * | | * | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | 2 | 4 |
| Australian Marijuana Party | | * | | * | | | | | | * | | | | * | | | | 4 |
| Australia Party | | * | | * | | | | | | * | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Call to Australia | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Independent and other | 20 | | 11 | | 8 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 43 | |
