# Candidates of the 1972 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1972 Australian federal election. The election was held on 2 December 1972.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Arthur Calwell MP (Melbourne, Vic)
* Allan Fraser MP (Eden-Monaro, NSW)
* Charles Griffiths MP (Shortland, NSW)
* Hector McIvor MP (Gellibrand, Vic)

### Liberal

* Tom Hughes MP (Berowra, NSW)
* Sir Alan Hulme MP (Petrie, Qld)
* Sir Reginald Swartz MP (Darling Downs, Qld)

### Country

* Sir Charles Adermann MP (Fisher, Qld)
* Charles Barnes MP (McPherson, Qld)
* Sir Winton Turnbull MP (Mallee, Vic)

## 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 | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Independent candidate |
| Australian Capital Territory | Labor | Kep Enderby | Peter Hughes | Terence Christie | Alan Fitzgerald | Barry Blair Arthur Burns Pat Eatock Harry Marsh Michael Salvador |

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Other candidates |
| Banks | Labor | Vince Martin | Randall Green (Lib) | John Anderson | Charles Nasmyth | |
| Barton | Labor | Len Reynolds | Vince Bruce (Lib) | Bruce Stafford | Rhonda Howse | Brian Howard (Ind) |
| Bennelong | Liberal | Norman Russell | Sir John Cramer (Lib) | Gwen Fitzpatrick | Claudia Leach | Jean Sulima (DOGS) |
| Berowra | Liberal | George Williams | Harry Edwards (Lib) | Michael Strenger | David Haig | |
| Blaxland | Labor | Paul Keating | John Ghent (Lib) | Anthony Young | | |
| Bradfield | Liberal | John Pomeroy | Harry Turner (Lib) | Allan Dwyer | Mavis McMillan | Helen Berrill (Ind) |
| Calare | Country | Francis Hall | John England (CP) | John Grant | | |
| Chifley | Labor | John Armitage | Alan Calaby (Lib) | Francesco Rea | | |
| Cook | Liberal | Ray Thorburn | Don Dobie (Lib) | Bernard Forshaw | Marjorie Gray | Ronald Gallagher (Ind) Judith Sainsbury (DOGS) |
| Cowper | Country | Thomas Cronin | Ian Robinson (CP) | David Cumming | John Maynes | |
| Cunningham | Labor | Rex Connor | John Poel (Lib) | Peter Daly | John Sladek | Reg Wilding (CPA) |
| Darling | Labor | John FitzPatrick | James Donohoe (Lib) Max Overton (CP) | John Darcy | | |
| Eden-Monaro | Labor | Bob Whan | Roy Howard (CP) Doug Otton (Lib) | Anthony Abbey | Hugh Watson | |
| Evans | Liberal | Allan Mulder | Malcolm Mackay (Lib) | Gary Doherty | John Dease | Noel MacDonald (Ind) |
| Farrer | Liberal | Kevin Esler | David Fairbairn (Lib) | Anthony Quinn | Mike Donelan | |
| Grayndler | Labor | Fred Daly | Jonathan Fowler (Lib) | Anthony Kiely | | |
| Gwydir | Country | Robert Downing | Ralph Hunt (CP) | John Gough | Kevin Mapperson | William O'Donnell (Ind) |
| Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | Eric Blain (Lib) | William Goslett | | |
| Hume | Country | Frank Olley | Ian Pettitt (CP) | John Hogan | | |
| Hunter | Labor | Bert James | Stanley Gumbleton (Lib) | | | |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Ronald Scott (Lib) | Graham Bennett | | |
| Lang | Labor | Frank Stewart | Stanley Duncan (Lib) | Robert Burke | | |
| Lowe | Liberal | Bill Fisher | William McMahon (Lib) | Agnes Bannon | John Steele | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) John Morgan (Ind) Kathleen Taylor (DOGS) Sandor Torzsok (Ind) David Widdup (Ind) |
| Lyne | Country | Peter Carney | Philip Lucock (CP) | Jack Collins | Stephanie Thew | Joe Cordner (Ind) |
| Macarthur | Liberal | John Kerin | Max Dunbier (Lib) | Everardus Himmelreich | | Dianne Allen (Ind) Jeff Bate (Ind) Stephen Quilkey (Ind) |
| Mackellar | Liberal | Evan Davies | Bill Wentworth (Lib) | Thomas Colman | Richard Jones | Norman Ward (Ind) |
| Macquarie | Labor | Tony Luchetti | Basil Genders (Lib) Frank Wolstenholme (CP) | Leslie Clarke | | |
| Mitchell | Liberal | Alfred Ashley-Brown | Les Irwin (Lib) | David Sanson | Patricia Berzin | Ivor F (Ind) David McArthur (Ind) |
| New England | Country | Justin Rowe | Ian Sinclair (CP) | Edwin Taber | Brian Edwards | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Charles Jones | Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib) | Robert Godfrey | | Harry Anderson (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Brian Maguire | Bill Graham (Lib) | Michael Fitzpatrick | James Feros | Romualds Kemps (Ind) |
| Parramatta | Liberal | Michael Whelan | Nigel Bowen (Lib) | Doris Brauer | James Mulheron | Derek Barker (DOGS) Graham Courtney (Ind) |
| Paterson | Country | Noel Unicomb | Frank O'Keefe (CP) | Aubrey Barr | Alan Capp | |
| Phillip | Liberal | Joe Riordan | Sir William Aston (Lib) | Dennis Anderson | Virginia Walker | Thomas Conway (Ind) Colette Tucker (DOGS) Neville Yeomans (Ind) |
| Prospect | Labor | Dick Klugman | Stanislaus Kelly (Lib) | William Dunbar | | |
| Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | William Pardy (Lib) | Joseph Sanders | | |
| Richmond | Country | Frederick Braid | Doug Anthony (CP) | | Lawrence Alderman | |
| Riverina | Labor | Al Grassby | Eric Kronborg (CP) Peter Long (Lib) | Patrick Barry | | |
| Robertson | Labor | Barry Cohen | Malcolm Brooks (Lib) | Edmund Dearn | | |
| St George | Labor | Bill Morrison | Len Bosman (Lib) | Doris Allison | Christopher Owens | Charles Bellchambers (Ind) |
| Shortland | Labor | Peter Morris | Paul Clarkson (Lib) | Hugh Ansell | Charles Hockings | Geoff Curthoys (CPA) Leo Gately (Ind) Lionel Lambkin (Ind) |
| Sydney | Labor | Jim Cope | Graham Robertson (Lib) | | Allan Sorrensen | Laurie Aarons (CPA) Pat Clancy (SPA) |
| Warringah | Liberal | John Oakley | Michael MacKellar (Lib) | Peter Keogh | Bridget Gilling | Eric Riches (Ind) |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Percy Allan | Les Bury (Lib) | Dominique Droulers | Helen Arbib | |
| Werriwa | Labor | Gough Whitlam | Ron Dunbier (Lib) | Andrew Murphy | | Maurice Sharp (Ind) Walter Turner (Ind) |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Country candidate | Australia candidate | Independent candidate |
| Northern Territory | Country | Ted Robertson | Sam Calder | Gordon Briscoe Charles Moffatt | Alexander Allan-Stewart William Walsh |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Other candidates |
| Bowman | Labor | Len Keogh | Kerry Chiconi (Lib) | Denis Cochran | | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Manfred Cross | Jim Anderson (Lib) Glen Sheil (CP) | Andrew Aitken | | Charlie Gifford (CPA) |
| Capricornia | Labor | Doug Everingham | Kevin Connor (CP) Brian Palmer (Lib) | Brian Besley | | |
| Darling Downs | Liberal | James Thomas | Colin Brimblecombe (Lib) Tom McVeigh* (CP) | Eugene Connolly | | Ronald Alford (Ind) |
| Dawson | Labor | Rex Patterson | Lionel Bevis (CP) | John Judge | | |
| Fisher | Country | Hamish Linacre | Evan Adermann* (CP) John Plowman (Lib) | Robert Barron | | |
| Griffith | Liberal | Eddie Foat | Don Cameron (Lib) | Cecil Birchley | Beth Smith | |
| Herbert | Liberal | Fabian Sweeney | Robert Bonnett (Lib) | Kiernan Dorney | Leonard Weber | |
| Kennedy | Country | Tony McGrady | Bob Katter (CP) | Paul Rutherford | | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Bill Fulton | Walter Schulz (CP) | Bernard Marsh | Patrick Kelly | |
| Lilley | Liberal | Frank Doyle | Kevin Cairns (Lib) | James Morrissey | David Proud | Ralph Williams (Ind) |
| Maranoa | Country | Timothy Walker | James Corbett (CP) | Harry Green | | James Dwyer (Ind) |
| McPherson | Country | Tom Veivers | Howard Richter (CP) Eric Robinson* (Lib) | Victor Kearney | Robert Richardson | John Black (Ind) James Drabsch (Ind) |
| Moreton | Liberal | Joe McDonald | James Killen (Lib) | Andrew Jackson | Arthur Smith | |
| Oxley | Labor | Bill Hayden | Peter Williams (Lib) | Miroslav Jansky | | |
| Petrie | Liberal | Denis Murphy | Marshall Cooke* (Lib) Gordon Olive (CP) | Frank Andrews | Alex Dewar | |
| Ryan | Liberal | John Conn | Nigel Drury (Lib) | Bert Vann | Robert Wensley | Alan Jones (Ind) |
| Wide Bay | Labor | Brendan Hansen | George Crawford (CP) | Alan Birchley | | Les Leisemann (NSP) |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Labor | Chris Hurford | Keith Ashdown | George Basisovs | Elliott Johnston (CPA) |
| Angas | Liberal | Adolf Thiel | Geoffrey Giles | Terence Critchley | John Petch (CP) |
| Barker | Liberal | John Cornwall | Jim Forbes | David Le Cornu | |
| Bonython | Labor | Martin Nicholls | Rudolph Masopust | Peter Meredith | Frank Lawrence (Ind) |
| Boothby | Liberal | Anne Levy | John McLeay | Ted Farrell | Richard Llewellyn (AP) |
| Grey | Labor | Laurie Wallis | Pat Rehn | David Gray | Derek Ball (AP) |
| Hawker | Labor | Ralph Jacobi | Phyllis Rogers | James Kiley | John Steele (Ind) |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | Ivan Denchev | Paul Hubert | |
| Kingston | Labor | Richard Gun | Peter Tonkin | Mark Posa | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Fred Birrell | Ian Fotheringham | Leon Dalle-Nogare | James Mitchell (Ind) |
| Sturt | Labor | Norm Foster | Ian Wilson | Walter Doran | Peter Wilkinson (NSP) |
| Wakefield | Liberal | Terence de Lacy | Bert Kelly | John McMahon | James Shannon (CP) |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Bass | Labor | Lance Barnard | John Beswick | Jindrich Nermut | |
| Braddon | Labor | Ron Davies | William Luck | Dudley McNamara | |
| Denison | Liberal | John Coates | Robert Solomon | Michael Delaney | Brian Broadby (Ind) Bill Scetrine (AP) |
| Franklin | Labor | Ray Sherry | William Craig | Keith Kelly | |
| Wilmot | Labor | Gil Duthie | Ian Hardy | Ronald Butterworth | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Other candidates |
| Balaclava | Liberal | Irene Dunsmuir | Ray Whittorn (Lib) | Ralph James | | Leslie Rubinstein (Ind) |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | David Williams | Dudley Erwin (Lib) | Anthony Balkin | | |
| Batman | Labor | Horrie Garrick | Leon Bram (Lib) | Henry Darroch | | |
| Bendigo | Labor | David Kennedy | John Bourchier* (Lib) Joe Pearce (CP) | Paul Brennan | | |
| Bruce | Liberal | Russell Oakley | Billy Snedden (Lib) | Rex Harper | Peter Moore | |
| Burke | Labor | Keith Johnson | Howard Thain (Lib) | Colin Walsh | | |
| Casey | Liberal | Race Mathews | Peter Howson (Lib) | Kevin Adamson | Clive Champion | Alfred Andrews (DOGS) Margaret Briggs (Ind) Roderick Matthews (Ind) |
| Chisholm | Liberal | Alastair Nicholson | Tony Staley (Lib) | William Hoyne | Robert Cowley | |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Edwin Morris | Tony Street (Lib) | Francis O'Brien | | |
| Corio | Labor | Gordon Scholes | John Pawson (Lib) | John Timberlake | | |
| Deakin | Liberal | William French | Alan Jarman (Lib) | Maurice Weston | Gavan Burn | Harold Jeffrey (Ind) |
| Diamond Valley | Liberal | David McKenzie | Neil Brown (Lib) | Jim Marmion | John Siddons | Douglas Alexander (DOGS) Shaun Redmond (Ind) |
| Flinders | Liberal | Colin Bednall | Phillip Lynch (Lib) | John Glynn | David Heath | |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Ralph Willis | David Munro (Lib) | Robin Thomas | | |
| Gippsland | Country | Peter Turner | Peter Nixon (CP) | John Condon | John Bowron | |
| Henty | Liberal | Joan Child | Max Fox (Lib) | Terence Farrell | Michael Hughes | |
| Higgins | Liberal | David Hardy | John Gorton (Lib) | Peter Grant | Jack Hammond | |
| Holt | Liberal | Max Oldmeadow | Len Reid (Lib) | Henri de Sachau | Brenda Elliott | Ian Black (DOGS) |
| Hotham | Liberal | Barry Johnston | Don Chipp (Lib) | Henry Beven | | Ian Kenner (Ind) John Murray (Ind) |
| Indi | Country | John Hodgson | Mac Holten (CP) | Christopher Cody | | Ronald Gray (Ind) Geoffrey Ryan (Ind) |
| Isaacs | Liberal | Gareth Clayton | David Hamer (Lib) | Frederick Skinner | Peter Harrie | |
| Kooyong | Liberal | Clive Lipshut | Andrew Peacock (Lib) | Francis Duffy | Pamela Thornley | Ian Channell (Ind) |
| La Trobe | Liberal | Tony Lamb | John Jess (Lib) | George Noone | Don Walters | Eileen Fowler (DOGS) Jeffrey Gill (Ind) |
| Lalor | Labor | Jim Cairns | Joseph Sheen (Lib) | John Bacon | | Cass Young (NSP) |
| Mallee | Country | Ronald Davies | Peter Fisher (CP) | Stanley Croughnan | | |
| Maribyrnong | Labor | Moss Cass | Rex Webb (Lib) | Paul McManus | Gary Scholes | Lance Hutchinson (DOGS) Katrina Young (NSP) |
| McMillan | Liberal | Frank Mountford | Barrie Armitage (Lib) Arthur Hewson* (CP) | Michael Houlihan | | Alex Buchanan (Ind) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Ted Innes | Patricia Clark (Lib) | Anna Linard | Wendy Nicholson | Max Ogden (CPA) George Samargis (Ind) Shane Watson (Ind) |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | Frank Crean | Paul Fenton (Lib) | John Johnston | | |
| Murray | Country | John Riordan | Bill Hunter (Lib) Bruce Lloyd* (CP) | Patrick Payne | | |
| Scullin | Labor | Harry Jenkins | Graeme McEwen (Lib) | Tom Andrews | | |
| Wannon | Liberal | Ted Garth | Malcolm Fraser (Lib) | Adrian McInerney | | Linden Cameron (Ind) |
| Wills | Labor | Gordon Bryant | John Gray (Lib) | John Flint | | |
| Wimmera | Country | Brian Brooke | Robert King* (CP) | Robert Hawks | | Ray Buckley (Ind) |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Canning | Country | Allan Scott | John Hallett* (CP) Ian Pratt (Lib) | Patrick Hickey | Brian Burns (Ind) Thomas Hartigan (AP) |
| Curtin | Liberal | Sue Neacy | Victor Garland (Lib) | Peter McGowan | Maurene Locke (AP) |
| Forrest | Labor | Frank Kirwan | Peter Drummond* (Lib) David Reid (CP) | John Fleeton | Russell Moffet (AP) |
| Fremantle | Labor | Kim Beazley | Erica Lawton (Lib) | Rosemary Taboni | Jack Marks (CPA) |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Fred Collard | Gerald Gloster (Lib) | Geoffrey Sands | |
| Moore | Country | Peter Walsh | John Hyde (Lib) Don Maisey* (CP) | Benjamin Ballantyne | |
| Perth | Labor | Joe Berinson | Derrick Tomlinson (Lib) | Dorothy Cranley | |
| Stirling | Labor | Harry Webb | Ian Viner (Lib) | Brian Peachey | |
| Swan | Labor | Adrian Bennett | Richard Cleaver (Lib) | David Milne | Archelaus Marshall (AP) David Smith (Ind) |

## 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 (*).

### Queensland

A special election was held in Queensland to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin. Neville Bonner, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to the vacancy in the interim period.
| Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Independent candidates |
| Fred Nicol | Neville Bonner* | Geoffrey Maule | Jerry Zaphir Col Bennett Harold Asmith William Kenney |

## 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 special Queensland Senate election.
| Party | NSW | Vic | Qld | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | Total |
| Party | HR | HR | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | S |
| Australian Labor Party | 45 | 34 | 18 | * | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 1 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 37 | 30 | 13 | * | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | | 107 | 1 |
| Australian Country Party | 12 | 7 | 11 | | 3 | 2 | | | 1 | 36 | |
| Democratic Labor Party | 42 | 34 | 18 | * | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | | 121 | 1 |
| Australia Party | 27 | 15 | 8 | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 60 | |
| Defence of Government Schools | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | 9 | |
| Communist Party of Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | | 8 | |
| National Socialist Party of Australia | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 4 | |
| Socialist Party of Australia | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Independent and other | 26 | 16 | 6 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 62 | |