# Candidates of the 1977 Queensland state election

The 1977 Queensland state election was held on 12 November 1977.

## Retiring Members

* Note: Clayfield Liberal MLA Ivan Brown and Greenslopes Liberal MLA Keith Hooper had both died prior to the election; no by-elections were held.

### Labor

* Harry Dean MLA (Sandgate)
* Evan Marginson MLA (Wolston)
* Jack Melloy MLA (Nudgee)

### National

* David Cory MLA (Warwick)

### Liberal

* Geoff Chinchen MLA (Mount Gravatt)
* Arthur Crawford MLA (Wavell)
* Harold Lowes MLA (Brisbane)

## Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| Albert | National | Cecil Clark Denis O'Connell | Ivan Gibbs (Nat) | Ace Drabsch (Ind) Alex McMillan (Ind) |
| Archerfield | Labor | Kevin Hooper | John Armstrong (Nat) Bevan Fleming (Lib) George Kalaja (Nat) | |
| Ashgrove | Liberal | Pat Comben | John Greenwood (Lib) | Gary Sturgess (Prog) |
| Aspley | Liberal | Philip Gray | Fred Campbell (Lib) | |
| Auburn | National | Jeffrey Lenz | Nev Hewitt (Nat) | David Trevilyan (Prog) |
| Balonne | National | Robert Saltau | Don Neal (Nat) | |
| Barambah | National | John Hunt | Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Nat) | |
| Barron River | National | Keith De Lacy | Martin Tenni (Nat) | |
| Brisbane Central | Liberal | Brian Davis | Dennis Young (Lib) | Dennis Bailey (SPA) |
| Bulimba | Labor | Jack Houston | John Leggoe (Lib) | |
| Bundaberg | Labor | Jim Blake | Bryan Conquest (Nat) John Heaps (Lib) | Lou Jensen (Ind) |
| Burdekin | National | Alex Brown | Val Bird (Nat) | |
| Burnett | National | Andrew Jackson | Claude Wharton (Nat) | |
| Caboolture | National | Francis Freemantle John McLoughlin | Des Frawley (Nat) | |
| Cairns | Labor | Ray Jones | Charles Bellairs (Lib) Victor Piccone (Nat) | Neville Modystack (Dem) |
| Callide | National | John O'Sullivan | Lindsay Hartwig (Nat) | |
| Carnarvon | National | Colin Batterham | Peter McKechnie (Nat) | |
| Chatsworth | Liberal | Terry Mackenroth | David Byrne (Lib) | |
| Condamine | National | Noel Wormald | Vic Sullivan (Nat) | Lloyd Drabsch (Ind) Lindsay Sturgess (Prog) |
| Cook | National | Bob Scott | Eric Deeral (Nat) | Ted Loban (AAP) |
| Cooroora | National | Donald Sime | Gordon Simpson* (Nat) John Williams (Lib) |
| Cunningham | National | Trevor Peacock | Tony Elliott (Nat) | Valerie O'Phee (Dem) |
| Everton | Liberal | Glen Milliner | Brian Lindsay (Lib) | Owen C. Pershouse (Prog) |
| Fassifern | National | Stephen Limbach | Selwyn Muller (Nat) | |
| Flinders | National | Edward Schunemann | Bob Katter (Nat) | Owen H. Pershouse (Prog) |
| Greenslopes | Liberal | Lewin Blazevich | Noel Cannon (Nat) Bill Hewitt* (Lib) | David Anning (Dem) |
| Gregory | National | Gordon Saunders | Bill Glasson (Nat) | |
| Gympie | National | Reginald Lawler | Max Hodges (Nat) | William Runge (Prog) |
| Hinchinbrook | National | James Byrne | Ted Row (Nat) | |
| Ipswich | Liberal | Joseph Sciacca | Llewellyn Edwards (Lib) | |
| Ipswich West | National | David Underwood | Albert Hales (Nat) Barry Spark (Lib) | |
| Isis | National | Phillip Barnsley | Lin Powell* (Nat) Mary Spurway (Lib) | James Dobson (Ind) |
| Ithaca | Liberal | Francis Gilbert | Col Miller (Lib) | Paul Rackemann (Prog) |
| Kurilpa | Liberal | John Saunders | Sam Doumany (Lib) | Fred Drake (Prog) Stanley Stanley (Dem) |
| Landsborough | National | Joan Kiely | Mike Ahern (Nat) | |
| Lockyer | Liberal | Norma Jones | Tony Bourke (Lib) | Brian Otto (Dem) William Pechey (Ind) |
| Lytton | Labor | Tom Burns | Rodney Bristow (Lib) | |
| Mackay | Independent | Ed Casey | Jeanette Bevan (Lib) Fitzroy McLean (Nat) | Sebastian Torrisi (Ind) |
| Mansfield | Liberal | Harry Zaphir | Bill Kaus (Lib) | John McKay (Prog) |
| Maryborough | Liberal | Brendan Hansen | Gilbert Alison (Lib) | |
| Merthyr | Liberal | Barbara Dawson | Don Lane (Lib) | Harold Scruton (Prog) |
| Mirani | National | Conrad Nicolai | Tom Newbery (Nat) | |
| Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Jon Stanford | Bill Lickiss (Lib) | Wallace Younger (Prog) |
| Mount Gravatt | Liberal | George Harvey | Ian Henderson (Nat) Guelfi Scassola* (Lib) | Desmond McKay (Prog) |
| Mount Isa | National | Alex Pavusa | Angelo Bertoni (Nat) | Anthony Assan (Ind) Nelson Gavenor (Ind) Keith Spanner (Prog) |
| Mourilyan | National | Peter Moore | Vicky Kippin (Nat) | John Jones (Ind) |
| Mulgrave | National | Bill Eaton | Roy Armstrong (Nat) | |
| Murrumba | National | Joe Kruger | Agnes Campbell (Nat) Brian Frawley (Nat) Stephen Thomason (Lib) | |
| Nudgee | Labor | Ken Vaughan | Denis Simonyi (Lib) | |
| Nundah | Liberal | Leonard Hingley | William Knox (Lib) | |
| Peak Downs | National | Leonard Nicholson | Vince Lester (Nat) | |
| Pine Rivers | Liberal | Ken Leese | Rob Akers (Lib) | Rodney Jeanneret (Prog) |
| Port Curtis | Labor | Bill Prest | Barry Johnson (Nat) John Mawer (Lib) | Michael Berry (Prog) |
| Redcliffe | National | Roderick Lugton | Jim Houghton* (Nat) Terry White (Lib) | Gregory Gaffney (Prog) |
| Redlands | National | Con Sciacca | John Goleby* (Nat) Peter Hunter (Lib) | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | Keith Wright | Douglas Cuddy (Lib) Charles Doblo (Nat) | Graham James (Prog) |
| Rockhampton North | Labor | Les Yewdale | Donald King (Nat) James Rundle (Lib) | |
| Roma | National | Ronald Saltau | Ken Tomkins (Nat) | James Tomlinson (Prog) |
| Salisbury | Liberal | William Wilcox | Rosemary Kyburz (Lib) | |
| Sandgate | Labor | Nev Warburton | Donald Connolly (Lib) Peter Jackman (Nat) | |
| Sherwood | Liberal | Michael Kinnane | John Herbert (Lib) | Judith Forbes (Prog) |
| Somerset | National | Ronald Hazelden | Bill Gunn (Nat) | Thomas Flynn-O'Connor (Dem) |
| South Brisbane | Liberal | Jim Fouras | David Smith (Lib) | William Everaarps (Prog) |
| South Coast | National | Ennis Groom | Russ Hinze (Nat) | James Drabsch (Ind) |
| Southport | National | Reginald Carter | Norman Rix (Nat) Peter White* (Lib) | William Aabraham-Steer (Ind) |
| Stafford | Liberal | Roy Harvey | Terry Gygar (Lib) | |
| Surfers Paradise | National | Philip Button | Bruce Bishop* (Lib) Sir Bruce Small (Nat) | Ronald Holland (Dem) Donald Wright (Prog) |
| Toowong | Liberal | Athol Kennedy | Charles Porter (Lib) | Gordon Oulsnam (Prog) Michael West (Dem) |
| Toowoomba North | Liberal | Ray Bousen | John Lockwood (Lib) | Michael Farrell (Prog) Clifford Knight (Dem) |
| Toowoomba South | National | Peter Wood | John Warner (Nat) | Michael Clifford (Dem) |
| Townsville | Liberal | Helen Jeffrey | Norman Scott-Young (Lib) | Kelly Crombie (Prog) Robert Murray (Ind) |
| Townsville South | Independent | Alex Wilson | | Tom Aikens (Ind) Eric Milne (Ind) |
| Townsville West | National | Geoff Smith | Fred Greensill (Lib) Max Hooper* (Nat) | Lilian Malcolm (Ind) |
| Warrego | National | Michael Gordon | Neil Turner (Nat) | Colin Drake (Prog) |
| Warwick | National | Graham Dorman | Des Booth* (Nat) Raymond McNamara (Lib) | |
| Wavell | Liberal | Jack Geran | Brian Austin* (Lib) Charles Mortensen (Nat) | Barry Smith (Prog) |
| Whitsunday | National | Stanley Yardley | Ron Camm (Nat) | Robert Fordham (Dem) |
| Windsor | Liberal | Louis McKenzie | Bob Moore (Lib) | |
| Wolston | Labor | Bob Gibbs | Ruth Buchanan (Nat) Owen Nugent (Lib) | |
| Woodridge | Liberal | Bill D'Arcy | Colin Lamont (Lib) Douglas Ralston (Nat) | Albert Guest (Ind) |
| Wynnum | National | Eric Shaw | Douglas Graeme-Clark (Lib) Bill Lamond (Nat) | Graham Shuker (Dem) |
| Yeronga | Liberal | Lance Maguire | Norm Lee (Lib) | Peter Stevenson (Prog) |