# Candidates of the 1980 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1980 Australian federal election. The election was held on 18 October 1980.

## Redistributions and seat changes

* A redistribution of electoral boundaries occurred in Western Australia.
** A new seat, the notionally Liberal O'Connor, was created.
* Tasmanian Senator Ken Wriedt (Labor) resigned from the Senate to contest Denison.

## Retiring Members and Senators
### Labor

* Gordon Bryant MP (Wills, Vic)
* Clyde Cameron MP (Hindmarsh, SA)
* John FitzPatrick MP (Riverina, NSW)
* Bert James MP (Hunter, NSW)
* Keith Johnson MP (Burke, Vic)
* Vince Martin MP (Banks, NSW)
* Senator Reg Bishop (SA)
* Senator Jim Cavanagh (SA)
* Senator Ron McAuliffe (Qld)
* Senator Justin O'Byrne (Tas)
* Senator John Wheeldon (WA)

### Liberal

* Bill Graham MP (North Sydney, NSW)
* Tony Staley MP (Chisholm, Vic)
* Senator Gordon Davidson (SA)
* Senator Sir Condor Laucke (SA)
* Senator Peter Sim (WA)

### National Country

* James Corbett MP (Maranoa, Qld)
* Philip Lucock MP (Lyne, NSW)

### Country Liberal

* Sam Calder MP (Northern Territory, NT)

## 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 | Ros Kelly | John Haslem | Leo Nesic | Kevin Wise |
| Fraser | Labor | Ken Fry | Michael Yabsley | Dimmen de Graaff | Kevin Wise Basil Yakimov |

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| Banks | Labor | John Mountford | Donald McConnell (Lib) | Montague Greene | |
| Barton | Liberal | Rodney Madgwick | Jim Bradfield (Lib) | Beverley Eley | Charles Bellchambers (Ind) |
| Bennelong | Liberal | John Guthrie | John Howard (Lib) | Pamela Tuckwell | James Darby (Prog) |
| Berowra | Liberal | George Bennett | Harry Edwards (Lib) | James Boow | |
| Blaxland | Labor | Paul Keating | Salvatore Napoli (Lib) | Phillip Grattan | James Doughney (SWP) Craig Marley (SLL) |
| Bradfield | Liberal | Keith McKeen | David Connolly (Lib) | Ilse Robey | |
| Calare | NCP | David Simmons | Sandy Mackenzie (NCP) | Anne Ritter | |
| Chifley | Labor | John Armitage | Philip Daly (Lib) | Keith Watson | Terence Cook (SLL) Geoffrey Evans (CPA) |
| Cook | Liberal | Ray Thorburn | Don Dobie (Lib) | Alexander Kiss | Henry Soper (Prog) |
| Cowper | NCP | Valma Melville | Ian Robinson (NCP) | John Pierce | |
| Cunningham | Labor | Stewart West | Thomas Griffin (Lib) | Megan Sampson | Peter Cockcroft (CPA) Andrew Jamieson (SWP) Richard Moore (SLL) |
| Dundas | Liberal | Margery Hourihan | Philip Ruddock (Lib) | Stephen Bastian | Archibald Brown (Prog) |
| Eden-Monaro | Liberal | Jim Snow | Murray Sainsbury (Lib) | Norma Helmers | |
| Farrer | Liberal | Lloyd Elliott | Wal Fife (Lib) | Rodney Dominish | Maureen Nathan (Prog) |
| Grayndler | Labor | Leo McLeay | George Dryden (Lib) | Albert Jarman | Derek Mortimer (SLL) Justin Walsh (SPA) |
| Gwydir | NCP | Robert Hamilton | Ralph Hunt (NCP) | Gloria Collison | |
| Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | Chris Downy (Lib) | Questa Gill | Marjorie Wisby (Prog) |
| Hume | NCP | Sue West | Stephen Lusher (NCP) | Gwendoline Wilson | |
| Hunter | Labor | Bob Brown | Ashley Saunders (Lib) | Edwina Wilson | |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Collin O'Neill (Lib) | Oliver Nekula | |
| Lowe | Liberal | Jan Burnswoods | Sir William McMahon (Lib) | Bradley Mulligan | Anthony Reasha (Ind) |
| Lyne | NCP | Leslie Brown | Bruce Cowan* (NCP) Milton Morris (Lib) | Edwin Poppleton | |
| Macarthur | Liberal | Jim Groves | Michael Baume (Lib) | Warren Steele | Ronald Sarina (Ind) |
| Mackellar | Liberal | Kevin Mason | Jim Carlton (Lib) | Robert Williams | |
| Macquarie | Liberal | Ross Free | Reg Gillard (Lib) | Richard Jackson-Hope | Raymond Butcher (Ind) Ian Perry (Ind) Ronald Stanton (Ind) |
| Mitchell | Liberal | Patrick McArdle | Alan Cadman (Lib) | Rosemary Mason | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Charles Jones | Richard Bevan (Lib) | John Cleverly | Darrell Dawson (CPA) Geoffrey Payne (SWP) |
| New England | NCP | Selby Dean | Ian Sinclair (NCP) | Fiona Richardson | |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Maxine Broughton | John Spender (Lib) | Anita Stiller | Josephine Chisholm-Mallett (Ind) Peter Corrie (Prog) |
| Parramatta | Labor | John Brown | Lance Shaw (Lib) | Warwick Barber | Jim Saleam (Ind) |
| Paterson | NCP | Francis Murray | Frank O'Keefe (NCP) | Denis Driver | William Reeve-Parker (Ind) |
| Phillip | Liberal | Jeannette McHugh | Jack Birney (Lib) | Leslie Reiss | Russell Deiley (Ind) |
| Prospect | Labor | Dick Klugman | Alan Byers (Lib) | Robert Goodere | |
| Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | Yvonne Maio (Lib) | Paul Terrett | Neville Gray (Ind) |
| Richmond | NCP | Terence McGee | Doug Anthony (NCP) | Ashley Albanese | |
| Riverina | Labor | Frederick Smith | Noel Hicks* (NCP) Brian Thornton (Lib) | John Newman | Frederick Martin (Ind) |
| Robertson | Labor | Barry Cohen | Brian Gill (Lib) | Trevor Willsher | Paul Baker (Ind) |
| Shortland | Labor | Peter Morris | Eddie Namir (Lib) | Lionel Lambkin | Robert Buhler (SLL) |
| St George | Liberal | Bill Morrison | Maurice Neil (Lib) | Beverley Davis | |
| Sydney | Labor | Les McMahon | Cliff Reece (Lib) | Maxwell Adams | Juanita Keig (SWP) Judy Mundey (CPA) |
| Warringah | Liberal | Desmond Murphy | Michael MacKellar (Lib) | Arthur Bishop | John McGrath (PCP) David Rennie (Prog) |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Stephen McGoldrick | Bob Ellicott (Lib) | Joan Kersey | |
| Werriwa | Labor | John Kerin | Marie Rutledge (Lib) | Keith Olson | Edward Bell (Ind) |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CLP candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| Northern Territory | CLP | John Waters | Grant Tambling | Max Stewart | Pamela Gardiner (Ind) Graham Gillian (MAR) John McElroy (CDP) Malcolm Womersley (Ind) Galarrwuy Yunupingu (Ind) |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| Bowman | Liberal | Len Keogh | David Jull (Lib) | Thomas Martin | |
| Brisbane | Liberal | Manfred Cross | Peter Johnson (Lib) | Anthony Walters | William Kenney (Ind) |
| Capricornia | Labor | Doug Everingham | Colin Carige (NCP) William Park (Lib) | Lloyd Webber | Paul Rackemann (Prog) |
| Darling Downs | NCP | Janet Hunt | Tom McVeigh (NCP) | Maria Hayboer | David Proud (Prog) |
| Dawson | NCP | Barbara Hill | Ray Braithwaite (NCP) | Brian Caldwell | Kelly Crombie (Prog) Robert Oakes (Ind) |
| Fadden | Liberal | David Beddall | Don Cameron (Lib) | Janice Barber | Dallas Graham (Prog) |
| Fisher | NCP | Fay Price | Evan Adermann (NCP) | Gavin Black | Rodney Jeanneret (Prog) Gail Perry (Ind) |
| Griffith | Labor | Ben Humphreys | Noel Willersdorf (NCP) Dennis Young (Lib) | Gillian Newman | Mark Carey (SWP) |
| Herbert | Liberal | Ted Lindsay | Gordon Dean (Lib) | John Lamb | |
| Kennedy | NCP | Susan Hadlow | Bob Katter (NCP) | | James Fryar (Prog) |
| Leichhardt | NCP | Anthony Mijo | David Thomson (NCP) | Ian Paul | |
| Lilley | Liberal | Elaine Darling | Kevin Cairns (Lib) | Joan Hadley | |
| Maranoa | NCP | Kenneth Abbey | Ian Cameron* (NCP) Reginald Kerslake (Lib) | Austin Brannigan | |
| McPherson | Liberal | Walter Ehrich | Eric Robinson (Lib) | Ian Crick | William Aabraham-Steer (Ind) Louis Rowan (Ind) |
| Moreton | Liberal | Barbara Robson | James Killen (Lib) | Betty Whitworth | Graham Bell (Ind) Patrick Dixon (Prog) |
| Oxley | Labor | Bill Hayden | Ronda Herrmann (Lib) | Wayne Martin | Miriam Cope (Ind) Robert Voysey (SLL) |
| Petrie | Liberal | Deane Wells | John Hodges (Lib) | Pauline Moylan | Phillip Grimson (Prog) |
| Ryan | Liberal | Peter Beattie | John Moore (Lib) | Geoffrey Rees | Philip Sturgess (Prog) |
| Wide Bay | NCP | James Finemore | Clarrie Millar (NCP) | Geoffrey Schuh | Raymond Bird (Prog) |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Labor | Chris Hurford | Peter Camm | Peter Adamson | |
| Barker | Liberal | Norman Napper | James Porter | Ivor Childs | Anthony Beck (NCP) Kim Ross (NCP) |
| Bonython | Labor | Neal Blewett | Mark Mau | John Longhurst | Donald Keitel (PCP) John Villain (SLL) |
| Boothby | Liberal | Bruce Whyatt | John McLeay | Martin Holt | James Russell (PCP) |
| Grey | Labor | Laurie Wallis | Brian Fitzgerald | Mary Good | Anthony Haskett (NCP) |
| Hawker | Labor | Ralph Jacobi | Mark Hanckel | Kenneth Johnson | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | John Scott | George Basisovs | Peter Gagliardi | Therese Doyle (SWP) Alf Gard (Ind) |
| Kingston | Liberal | Richard Gun | Grant Chapman | Judith Jenkins | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Mick Young | Shirley de Garis | Robert Manhire | Elliott Johnston (CPA) |
| Sturt | Liberal | Andrew Dunstan | Ian Wilson | David d'Angelo | Colin Wuttke (PCP) |
| Wakefield | Liberal | Alan Reid | Geoffrey Giles | Rowland Beech | Duncan Rose (NCP) |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Independent candidate |
| Bass | Liberal | Patti Warn | Kevin Newman | | Olga Scully |
| Braddon | Liberal | Lance Fee | Ray Groom | | |
| Denison | Liberal | Ken Wriedt | Michael Hodgman | Peter Creet | |
| Franklin | Liberal | Fran Bladel | Bruce Goodluck | John Thomson | |
| Wilmot | Liberal | David Llewellyn | Max Burr | | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Balaclava | Liberal | Christopher Kennedy | Ian Macphee (Lib) | Zelma Furey | | |
| Ballarat | Liberal | John Mildren | Jim Short (Lib) | Graham Gough | John Cotter | |
| Batman | Labor | Brian Howe | Rosemary Kemp (Lib) | Jeffrey McAlpine | Allen Doyle | |
| Bendigo | Liberal | Victor Dolby | John Bourchier (Lib) | George Hunter | |
| Bruce | Liberal | Gayle Whyte | Sir Billy Snedden (Lib) | Fraser Hercus | Elaine Mulholland | Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind) |
| Burke | Labor | Andrew Theophanous | Greg Ross (Lib) | Eric Spencer | | |
| Casey | Liberal | Peter Watson | Peter Falconer (Lib) | Basil Smith | | Martin Hetherich (UCP) Wilfrid Thiele (Ind) Bertram Wainer (Ind) |
| Chisholm | Liberal | Helen Mayer | Graham Harris (Lib) | Alan Swindon | | Terence Pooley (AP) |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Neil Gedge | Tony Street (Lib) | Kathleen May | Bernie Finn | |
| Corio | Labor | Gordon Scholes | Mieczyslaw Parks (Lib) | Reginald Sweeten | James Jordan | |
| Deakin | Liberal | John Madden | Alan Jarman (Lib) | Edwin Adamson | Peter Ferwerda | |
| Diamond Valley | Liberal | John Scomparin | Neil Brown (Lib) | Geoffrey Loftus-Hills | | |
| Flinders | Liberal | Jean McLean | Phillip Lynch (Lib) | William Towers | | |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Ralph Willis | John Kelly (Lib) | Shirley Bold | | Lynne Bryer (SWP) |
| Gippsland | NCP | Graeme McIntyre | Peter Nixon (NCP) | Pierre Forcier | | Bruce Ingle (Ind) |
| Henty | Liberal | Joan Child | Ken Aldred (Lib) | Jonathan Melland | John Mulholland | |
| Higgins | Liberal | Jennifer Bundy | Roger Shipton (Lib) | James Thornley | | Maureen Holmes (IBCP) Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind) |
| Holt | Liberal | Michael Duffy | William Yates (Lib) | Brian Stockton | Michael Rowe | |
| Hotham | Liberal | Lewis Kent | Roger Johnston (Lib) | Robyn Groves | Edward Woods | |
| Indi | Liberal | Carole Marple | Ewen Cameron* (Lib) Allan Garrett (NCP) | Ralph Fleming | | Patrick Flanagan (Ind) Brian Lumsden (Ind) |
| Isaacs | Liberal | David Charles | Bill Burns (Lib) | Michael Bakos | | Sydney Balhorn (Ind) |
| Kooyong | Liberal | Wesley Blackmore | Andrew Peacock (Lib) | James Lysaght | | |
| Lalor | Labor | Barry Jones | Thomas Meskos (Lib) | Ivan Pollock | | |
| La Trobe | Liberal | Peter Milton | Marshall Baillieu (Lib) | James Leicester | Desmond Burke | Cornelus Hellema (UCP) Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind) |
| Mallee | NCP | Geoffrey Ferns | Peter Fisher* (NCP) Neville Goodwin (Lib) | Colin Kavanagh | | Leslie Connolly (Ind) Ronald Nicholson (Ind) |
| Maribyrnong | Labor | Moss Cass | Geoffrey Ireland (Lib) | Henrik Jersic | | |
| McMillan | Liberal | Barry Cunningham | Barry Simon (Lib) | Sandra Burke | Brian Handley | Robert McCracken (Ind) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Ted Innes | Robert Fallshaw (Lib) | Alan Hughes | | James Ferrari (IBCP) Max Ogden (CPA) |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | Clyde Holding | Colin Bell (Lib) | Stephen Duthy | | Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind) Gordon Moffatt (Ind) |
| Murray | NCP | Joan Groves | Bill Hunter (Lib) Bruce Lloyd* (NCP) | Douglas Linford | | Diane Teasdale (Ind) |
| Scullin | Labor | Harry Jenkins | Geoffrey Lutz (Lib) | Brian Kidd | | |
| Wannon | Liberal | Keith Wilson | Malcolm Fraser (Lib) | Bernhard Kruger | | Joseph Young (Ind) |
| Wills | Labor | Bob Hawke | Vincenzo d'Aquino (Lib) | Kenneth Goss | Thomas Stewart | Michael Head (SLL) Philip Herington (CPA) Martin Newell (Ind) Solomon Salby (SWP) |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| Canning | Liberal | James Hansen | Mel Bungey | Theresa Cunningham | Pamela Wells (Ind) |
| Curtin | Liberal | Richard Grounds | Victor Garland | Gary Payne | |
| Forrest | Liberal | Walter MacMillan | Peter Drummond | Alfred Bussell | Francis Timms (NCP) |
| Fremantle | Labor | John Dawkins | Donald McLeod | Graham Hull | Angelo Lopez (SWP) |
| Kalgoorlie | Liberal | Graeme Campbell | Mick Cotter | Trevor Butler | |
| Moore | Liberal | Allen Blanchard | John Hyde | Donald McComish | Gladwin Wood (NCP) |
| O'Connor | Liberal | Robert Duncannon | Wilson Tuckey | Guy Wroth | Eric Charlton (NPW) Anthony Hassell (NCP) |
| Perth | Liberal | William Delaney | Ross McLean | Robert Foster | June Steen-Olsen (PCP) |
| Stirling | Liberal | Richard Pitts | Ian Viner | Jean Jenkins | Roger Broinowski (Ind) |
| Swan | Liberal | Kim Beazley | John Martyr | Jean Ritter | Stephen Painter (SWP) |
| Tangney | Liberal | Maureen Wong | Peter Shack | Robert McCormack | |

## 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 | Democrats candidates | JACC candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Susan Ryan* John Langmore | John Knight* David Adams | John Filler John Morgan | Neville Curtis Jacqueline Flitcroft | Joseph Marks |

### New South Wales

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Peter Baume (Liberal), Arthur Gietzelt (Labor), Misha Lajovic (Liberal), Colin Mason (Democrats) and Tony Mulvihill (Labor) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Democrats candidates | CTA candidates | Marijuana candidates | Colonialist candidates |
| Doug McClelland* Bruce Childs* Kerry Sibraa* | John Carrick* (Lib) Douglas Scott* (NCP) Chris Puplick (Lib) | Paul McLean Elisabeth Kirkby Laurence Bourke | Fred Nile John Whitehall Joan Loew | James Billington Anne Parsons | Nicholas Jones Ian MacRae |
| Socialist candidates | Progress candidates | Group C candidates | Ungrouped candidates | Ungrouped candidates | |
| Peter Symon Harry Black Raymond Ferguson Edgar Woodbury | Fernand Eyschen Nicholas Hudson | John E. Champion Julie A. Champion John D. Champion | Estelle Myers Rudolph Dezelin Norman Eather Bernard O'Grady | Gene Salvestrin Joylene Hairmouth Terence Griffiths Josephine Chisholm-Mallett | |

### 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 | CDP candidates | Marijuana candidates |
| Ted Robertson* Hunter Harrison | Bernie Kilgariff* Graeme Lewis | Jack Hunt William Evans | Ronald Mann Charles Coombs | Jennifer Smether Lance Lawrence |

### Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The National Party of Australia was defending two seats. Senators Stan Collard (National Country), Mal Colston (Labor), George Georges (Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal) and Kathy Martin (Liberal) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | NCP candidates | Democrats candidates | Progress candidates | National Front candidates |
| Jim Keeffe* Gerry Jones* Robert Gleeson | Neville Bonner* Yvonne McComb Franz Born | Florence Bjelke-Petersen* Glen Sheil Ron Maunsell | Michael Macklin* William Elson-Green Gilruth Rees | Vivian Forbes Frank Paull | Rosemary Sisson Victor Robb |
| Socialist candidates | Group F candidates | Group G candidates | Group H candidates | Group J candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| David Ryan Stephen Bulloch Ivan Ivanoff | John Butler Anne Glew | Sydney Shawcross Cyril McKenzie Michael Dendle | James Drabsch Vivien Botterill | Lionel Fifield Robert McClintock | Norman Eather Neil McKay Anthony Catip Frederick Phillips Carlemo Wacando |

### South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Ron Elstob (Labor), Geoff McLaren (Labor), Tony Messner (Liberal), Baden Teague (Liberal) and Harold Young (Liberal) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | NCP candidates | Australia candidates | Socialist candidates |
| Dominic Foreman* Nick Bolkus* Graham Maguire | Don Jessop* Robert Hill* Craig Spiel | Janine Haines* Ian Gilfillan David Vigor | Geoffrey Clothier Sylvia Schultz Peter McBride | Ian Modistach Alan Jamieson | Brian Rooney Ida Goss Laurence Kiek |
| Marijuana candidates | CCC candidates | PCP candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | |
| Craig Cocks Gwenda Woods | Betty Luks James Cronin Gordon Kroschel | David Kitto Mary McKenzie-Huish | Valentine Furner Raymond Bradtke William Forster | | |

### Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat. Senators Brian Archer (Liberal), Don Grimes (Labor), Michael Tate (Labor), Shirley Walters (Liberal) and John Watson (Liberal) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Harradine candidates | Democrats candidates |
| Jean Hearn* John Coates* John White | Peter Rae* Michael Townley* Peter Jones | Brian Harradine* Harry Upston | Norman Siberry Rae Saxon Brian Austen |

### Victoria

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators John Button (Labor), Don Chipp (Democrats), Gareth Evans (Labor), David Hamer (Liberal) and Alan Missen (Liberal) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | DLP candidates | Australia candidates | Socialist candidates |
| Cyril Primmer* Robert Ray* Jean Melzer | Dame Margaret Guilfoyle* (Lib) Austin Lewis* (Lib) Laurence Neal (NCP) | John Siddons* Janet Powell Ian Price | Paul McManus John Flint Robert Semmel | Gail Farrell Frederick Funnell | Georgina Lialios Trevor McCandless Raymond Berbling |
| Marijuana candidates | Group B candidates | Group D candidates | Group E candidates | Group K candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Margaret Fraser James Billington | John Jess John Davies Donald Moyes | George Samargis Daniel Samargis | Shane Watson Ernest Langmaid | Francis Petering Jean McPherson Louis Cook | Augustus Titter Wilhelm Kapphan Maurice Smith Pamela Moore Anthony Palmer |

### Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal), Ruth Coleman (Labor), Allan Rocher (Liberal), Andrew Thomas (Liberal) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | NCP candidates | NPW candidates | Progress candidates |
| Gordon McIntosh* Patricia Giles* Brian Conway | Reg Withers* Peter Durack* Noel Crichton-Browne* | Jack Evans Geoffrey Taylor Shirley de la Hunty | John Patterson John McIntyre Leonard Newing | Anthony Overheu Edna Adams Murray Anderson | John Trewick James Jamieson Kenneth Law |
| PCP candidates | Group D candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | | |
| Syd Negus Peter Harwood | Francesco Nesci Nellie Stuart | Douglas Thorp | | | |

## 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 | * | 11 | * | 11 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | 1 | * | 125 | 8 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 36 | * | 32 | * | 13 | * | 11 | * | 11 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | | | 110 | 7 |
| National Country Party | 9 | * | 4 | * | 9 | * | 3 | * | 4 | * | | | | | | | 29 | 5 |
| Country Liberal Party | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | * | 1 | 1 |
| Australian Democrats | 43 | * | 33 | * | 18 | * | 11 | * | 11 | * | 2 | * | 2 | * | 1 | * | 121 | 8 |
| Progress Party | 6 | * | | | 10 | * | | * | | | | | | | | | 16 | 3 |
| Democratic Labor Party | | | 12 | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 1 |
| Socialist Workers Party | 4 | | 2 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 10 | |
| Socialist Labour League | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 8 | |
| Communist Party of Australia | 4 | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 7 | |
| Progressive Conservative Party | 1 | | | | | | 1 | * | 3 | * | | | | | | | 5 | 2 |
| United Christian Party | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
| Imperial British Conservative Party | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
| Socialist Party of Australia | 1 | * | | * | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | 1 | 4 |
| Australian Marijuana Party | | * | | * | | | | | | * | | | | | 1 | * | 1 | 4 |
| Australia Party | | | 1 | * | | | | | | * | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| National Party of Western Australia | | | | | | | 1 | * | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Democrat Party | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | * | 1 | 1 |
| Call to Australia | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| National Colonialist Party | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| National Front | | | | | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Concerned Christian Candidates | | | | | | | | | | * | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Jobless Action Community Campaign | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * | | | | 1 |
| Independent and other | 15 | | 17 | | 7 | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 3 | | 3 | | 49 | |