# Candidates of the 1990 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1990 Australian federal election. The election was held on 24 March 1990.

## Redistributions and seat changes

* A redistribution occurred in Victoria and Western Australia.
** In Victoria, the Labor-held seats of Henty and Streeton were abolished. The notionally Labor seat of Corinella was created. The Liberal-held seat of Deakin became notionally Labor, and the Labor-held seat of Isaacs became notionally Liberal.
*** The member for Bruce, Ken Aldred (Liberal), contested Deakin.
*** The member for Deakin, Julian Beale (Liberal), contested Bruce.
*** The member for Hotham, Lewis Kent (Labor), contested Corinella.
*** The member for Streeton, Tony Lamb (Labor), contested Deakin.
** In Western Australia, the notionally Liberal seat of Pearce was created. The Labor-held seat of Moore became notionally Liberal.
*** Western Australian Senator Fred Chaney (Liberal) contested Pearce.
* Queensland Senator John Stone (National) contested Fairfax.
* South Australian Senator Janine Haines (Democrats) contested Kingston.
* Tasmanian Senator Norm Sanders (Democrats) resigned from his Tasmanian seat to contest a Senate seat in the Australian Capital Territory.

## Retiring Members and Senators
### Labor

* Lionel Bowen MP (Kingsford-Smith, NSW)
* John Brown MP (Parramatta, NSW)
* David Charles MP (Isaacs, Vic)
* Joan Child MP (Henty, Vic)
* Barry Cohen MP (Robertson, NSW)
* Manfred Cross MP (Brisbane, Qld)
* Dick Klugman MP (Prospect, NSW)
* John Mountford MP (Banks, NSW)
* Tom Uren MP (Reid, NSW)
* Senator Ray Devlin (Tas)
* Senator John Morris (NSW)

### Liberal

* Ian Macphee MP (Goldstein, Vic)
* James Porter MP (Barker, SA)
* Roger Shipton MP (Higgins, Vic)
* Peter White MP (McPherson, Qld)
* Senator David Hamer (Vic)

### National

* Evan Adermann MP (Fairfax, Qld)
* Ian Cameron MP (Maranoa, Qld)
* Bob Katter MP (Kennedy, Qld)
* Clarrie Millar MP (Wide Bay, Qld)

### Democrats

* Senator Michael Macklin (Qld)

## 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 | Greens candidate | Independent candidate |
| Canberra | Labor | Ros Kelly | Bill Mackey | Julie McCarron-Benson | Barbara Meyer | Gina Jeffrey | |
| Fraser | Labor | John Langmore | Sandie Brooke | Heather Jeffcoat | Gareth Smith | Sue Bolton | Emile Brunoro |

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | Greens candidate | CTA candidate | Other candidates |
| Banks | Labor | Daryl Melham | Steve Pratt (Lib) | Paul Terrett | | Ian Clipsham | John Hay (Ind) Brian Meyer (Ind) Graeme Robinson (DSP) |
| Barton | Labor | Gary Punch | David Macauley (Lib) | Ron George | | Cathy Mudie | Joe Hardy (Ind) Max Lindon (Ind) Rosemary McCann (DSP) Noel Said (GP) |
| Bennelong | Liberal | Martin Claridge | John Howard (Lib) | Bob Springett | | Robyn Peebles | John Dawson (Ind) Judy Messer (Ind) Hugh Pitty (NDP) |
| Berowra | Liberal | Sue Deane | Harry Edwards (Lib) | Martyn Yeomans | | Beville Varidel | Mick Gallagher (Ind) Les Paul (Ind) |
| Blaxland | Labor | Paul Keating | David Voight (Lib) | Fiona Richardson | | | Mohamad Arja (Ind) Michael Irsak (CNA) Stephanie Miller (DSP) |
| Bradfield | Liberal | Adam McCarthy | David Connolly (Lib) | Henry Long | | | Anthony Hardwick (Ind) Alan Jacobs (Ind) Giovanna Trenoweth (NDP) |
| Calare | Labor | David Simmons | Joanne Lewis (Nat) John Loneregan (Lib) | Steve Adams | | | Brian Davis (Ind) Mike Phillips (Ind) |
| Charlton | Labor | Bob Brown | Mollie Blake (Lib) | Lyn Godfrey | | | Geoff Pendlebury (Ind) |
| Chifley | Labor | Roger Price | Darren Condon (Lib) | Nigel Lovell | | Bill Bird | |
| Cook | Liberal | Paul Smith | Don Dobie (Lib) | Terri Richardson | | | Patricia Poulos (Ind) Dennis Ralph (Ind) |
| Cowper | National | John Murphy | Garry Nehl (Nat) | Trevor Pike | Angelique Meers | | David Rees (Ind) |
| Cunningham | Labor | Stewart West | Jeff Thomson (Lib) | Meg Sampson | Steve Brigham | | Rex Connor (RCL) Peter Symonds (Ind) |
| Dobell | Labor | Michael Lee | Ian Crook (Lib) | Rod Benninson | Karl Singman | | Gordon Craig (Ind) Neville Malloy (GP) |
| Dundas | Liberal | Richard Talbot | Philip Ruddock (Lib) | Peter Reddy | | Bruce Coleman | Barry Liggins (Ind) Alec Preda (Ind) John Wilson (Ind) |
| Eden-Monaro | Labor | Jim Snow | Rob Pollock (Lib) Gaye White (Nat) | Denise Redmond | | | Jim Collins (Ind) Greg Doyle (RCL) |
| Farrer | National | Bill Higgins | Tim Fischer (Nat) | | | | |
| Fowler | Labor | Ted Grace | Gloria Arora (Lib) | Jon Phillips | Mirjana Ivetic-Elvy | | Pam Branch (Ind) Rose-Mary Logozzo (Ind) |
| Gilmore | National | Mick Shea | John Sharp (Nat) | Susan Nagy | | | |
| Grayndler | Labor | Leo McLeay | Diana Bennett (Lib) | Peter Hennessy | | Clay Wilson | Galeb Adra (Ind) Habib Fares (SPA) George der Mattosian (CNA) Lee Pepper (Ind) Paul Urban (Ind) Bruce Welch (Ind) |
| Greenway | Labor | Russ Gorman | Tony Packard (Lib) | Roger Posgate | | | Remi Biala (CNA) Ivor F (Ind) Gail Lord (DSP) Warren Wormald (Ind) |
| Gwydir | National | Ted Stubbins | John Anderson (Nat) | Anthony Styles | | | Bevan O'Regan (Ind) |
| Hughes | Labor | Robert Tickner | Cliff Mason (Lib) | John Clancy | George Kriflik | | |
| Hume | Liberal | George Martin | Wal Fife (Lib) | Glenn Roberts | | | David Jones (Ind) Doug Kirkwood (Ind) |
| Hunter | Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | Alison Davey (Nat) Ashley Saunders (Lib) | Chris Richards | | | |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Laurie Brereton | Carol Dance (Lib) | Amelia Newman | Mark Berriman | | Kaye Tucke (Ind) |
| Lindsay | Labor | Ross Free | Barry Haylock (Lib) | Paul Moritz | | Brian Grigg | William Gayed (CNA) David Thomas (Ind) |
| Lowe | Liberal | Mary Easson | Bob Woods (Lib) | Andrew Mignot | Bruce Threlfo | Peter Peterson | Corrado Galimberti (Ind) |
| Lyne | National | Garry Worth | Bruce Cowan (Nat) | Peter Cooper | | | |
| Macarthur | Labor | Stephen Martin | Jim Cameron (Lib) | Peter Feltis | Chris Illert | Ken McDonald | Leon Bringolf (SPA) |
| Mackellar | Liberal | Adam Hatcher | Jim Carlton (Lib) | Jonathan King | Brad Hogarth | Muriel O'Neill | Maurice Foley (Ind) |
| Macquarie | Liberal | John Marsh | Alasdair Webster (Lib) | Bruce Forbes | Leslie Newton | | John Baker (Ind) Stuart Douglass (Ind) |
| Mitchell | Liberal | Graeme McIlveen | Alan Cadman (Lib) | Jan Watts | | Harold Morton | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Allan Morris | Mark Hallett (Lib) | Malcolm Martin | | | Frank Blefari (Ind) Col Forster (Ind) Leigh Maughan (Ind) |
| New England | National | Paul Brock | Ian Sinclair (Nat) | Steve Wood | | | Guy Wernhard (Ind) Peter Worthing (Ind) |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Chrissa Loukas | John Spender (Lib) | Graeme MacLennan | | | Ted Mack (Ind) |
| Page | National | Harry Woods | Ian Robinson (Nat) | Charles Lowe | | | Ivor Brown (Ind) Martin Frohlich (Ind) David Kitson (Ind) |
| Parkes | National | Ray Leslie | Michael Cobb (Nat) | Gloria Collison | | | |
| Parramatta | Labor | Paul Elliott | Ross Barwick (Lib) | Michael Antrum | | | Kerry Vernon (DSP) |
| Phillip | Labor | Jeannette McHugh | Charles Copeman (Lib) | Armon Hicks | David Barrington | Kevin Lohan | Toby Marshall (Ind) George Vlazny (GP) Cynthia Wrublewski (Ind) |
| Prospect | Labor | Janice Crosio | Paul Newton (Lib) | Kate Wright | Jenny Zanella | | Nick Beams (Ind) Dick Nichols (DSP) |
| Reid | Labor | Laurie Ferguson | Lynne McDowell (Lib) | Steven Bailey | | Keith Barron | Radwan Elachi (CNA) Margaret Gleeson (DSP) Vincent White (Ind) |
| Richmond | National | Neville Newell | Charles Blunt (Nat) | Stan Gibbs | | Alan Sims | Gavin Baillie (Ind) Helen Caldicott (Ind) Dudley Leggett (Ind) Ian Paterson (Ind) |
| Riverina-Darling | National | Peter Black | Noel Hicks (Nat) | | | | Gordon Dansie (Ind) |
| Robertson | Labor | Frank Walker | Paul St Clair (Lib) | Glenice Griffiths | Bryan Ellis | | John Anderson (Ind) Paul Baker (Ind) Joyce Cook (GP) Martin Ritter (Ind) |
| Shortland | Labor | Peter Morris | Lynne Hall (Lib) | Michael Reckenberg | | | Mark Booth (Ind) Geoff Ellis (Ind) Clay Robinson (Ind) Lorraine Welsh (Ind) |
| St George | Labor | Stephen Dubois | Alan Smith (Lib) | John Mukai | Don Collingridge | | John Brkich (CNA) Colin Hesse (DSP) Brian Howard (GP) |
| Sydney | Labor | Peter Baldwin | Stephen Woodhill (Lib) | Bob Dawson | Tony Harris | John Davern | Ken Henderson (Ind) Nadar Ponnuswamy (Ind) |
| Throsby | Labor | Colin Hollis | Garry Noel-Gough (Lib) | Greg Butler | Lyn Allison | | Ronald Henderson (Ind) David Reilly (Ind) |
| Warringah | Liberal | David de Montfort | Michael MacKellar (Lib) | Marcus Weyland | | | |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Dimitri Tsingris | John Hewson (Lib) | Estelle Myers | Geoff Ash | | James Reid (Ind) |
| Werriwa | Labor | John Kerin | Rick Lewis (Lib) | Eamon Quinn | Robert Tomasiello | | Sue Dobson (EI) |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CLP candidate | Independent candidates |
| Northern Territory | Labor | Warren Snowdon | Helen Galton | Don Beaton Tig Donnellan Bob Liddle Ron Sterry Strider |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | National candidates | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| Bowman | Labor | Con Sciacca | Peter Trounce | Stan Brimson | Phillip Grattan | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Arch Bevis | Keith Schafferius | Andrew Hassall | Leo Talty | Marylou Heath (Ind) William Kenney (Ind) Peter Simmons (DSP) |
| Capricornia | Labor | Keith Wright | | Stan Collard | | Craig Hardy (Grn) |
| Dawson | National | Greg McGarvie | Jim Seymour | Ray Braithwaite | Tom Irelandes | |
| Fadden | Liberal | Marie Wilkinson | David Jull | Peter Freckleton | Eugene Cross | Richard Heymann (Ind) |
| Fairfax | National | Beryl Muspratt | Alex Somlyay | John Stone | Bob Borsellino | Sheila Adams (ACP) |
| Fisher | Labor | Michael Lavarch | Tony Holmes | Brian Sheahan | Glen Spicer | |
| Forde | Labor | Mary Crawford | Brad Bauman | Ross Adams | Jason Neville | John Duggan (Ind) Coral Wynter (Grn) |
| Griffith | Labor | Ben Humphreys | Doug Edwards | Sean Cousins | Steven Lyndon | Russel Norman (DSP) |
| Groom | Liberal | Stewart Scott-Irving | Bill Taylor | Terry Day | Trevor Ives | |
| Herbert | Labor | Ted Lindsay | Peter Hazard | Rick Anderton | Colin Parker | |
| Hinkler | Labor | Brian Courtice | Frank Hibble | John Evans | Ronald Cullen | |
| Kennedy | National | Rob Hulls | Fred Tritton | Ross Shannon | Patricia Banzhaf | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | John Gayler | Bill Cummings | Kevin Byrne | Jim Downey | Jim Waldock (Ind) |
| Lilley | Labor | Elaine Darling | Ronald Nankervis | Steve Purtill | Elizabeth Rowland | Dave Riley (DSP) |
| Maranoa | National | John Adams | John Stone | Bruce Scott | Mary Hopkins | |
| McPherson | Liberal | Pat Stern | John Bradford | Randall Cook | Robert North | Bert Cockerill (Ind) Otto Kuhne (Ind) |
| Moncrieff | Liberal | Col Struthers | Kathy Sullivan | Peter Lyons | Jonathan Cornish | |
| Moreton | Liberal | Garrie Gibson | Don Cameron | Vince Cottrell | Ken Davies | |
| Oxley | Labor | Les Scott | David Cooke | Ray Wilms | Althea Rossmuller | |
| Petrie | Labor | Gary Johns | Bruce Flegg | Peter Bateman | Anthony Bloomer | Natasha Simons (DSP) |
| Rankin | Labor | David Beddall | John Miles | Huan Fraser | John Hoskins | Cheryl Crisp (Ind) Richard Whiteman (Ind) |
| Ryan | Liberal | Denny Campbell | John Moore | Helen McAllister | Adair Ferguson | Alan Skyring (Ind) |
| Wide Bay | National | Andrew Foley | | Warren Truss | Bryan Sandall | John Szchech (Ind) |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | CTA candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Liberal | Bob Catley | Mike Pratt | Peter Mann | Cathryn Linedale | Jean Booth (Ind) Keith Oehme (GA) |
| Barker | Liberal | Bill Hender | Ian McLachlan | Mark Lobban | | Pieter Raams (Ind) |
| Bonython | Labor | Neal Blewett | Natalie Richardson | Colin Maas | Bruce Hannaford | |
| Boothby | Liberal | Michael Keenan | Steele Hall | Margaret-Ann Williams | Bruce Byrne | Colin Banks (Ind) |
| Grey | Labor | Lloyd O'Neil | Jonathan Man | Harm Folkers | Ern Heyne | Peter Clark (Ind) John Fisher (Ind) |
| Hawker | Labor | Elizabeth Harvey | Chris Gallus | Elizabeth Williams | Reg Macey | Glen Bottam (GP) Kathy Ragless (DSP) |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | John Scott | Barry Lewis | Stephen Crabbe | Peter Sparrow | Alan McCarthy (Ind) John Maguire (GP) David Moxham (Ind) |
| Kingston | Labor | Gordon Bilney | Judy Fuller | Janine Haines | Cliff Boyd | Tom Flanagan (DSP) George Gater (Ind) Lyall McDonald (Ind) |
| Makin | Labor | Peter Duncan | Daryl Hicks | Steve Bartholomew | Jeff Penny | David Howard (Ind) Geoff Roberts (Ind) |
| Mayo | Liberal | Delia Skorin | Alexander Downer | Merilyn Pedrick | John Watson | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Rod Sawford | Howard Trotter | Damien Aidon | Peter Thompson | Paul Petit (DSP) |
| Sturt | Liberal | Mark Hough | Ian Wilson | Arlyn Tombleson | Tom Curnow | Elena Bulis (GP) |
| Wakefield | Liberal | George Karzis | Neil Andrew | Kaye Matthews | Ashley Grace | |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
| Bass | Liberal | Silvia Smith | Warwick Smith | Rae Saxon | John Chester (UTG) |
| Braddon | Liberal | Terry Hynes | Chris Miles | James Reilly | Tom Egglestone (Ind) |
| Denison | Labor | Duncan Kerr | Michael Hodgman | Rob Alliston | Ian Hopkins (DSP) Graeme Jones (Ind) Geoff Law (UTG) |
| Franklin | Liberal | Eugene Alexander | Bruce Goodluck | Patsy Harmsen | |
| Lyons | Liberal | Bob Gordon | Max Burr | Mike Hancock | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | CTA candidate | Other candidates |
| Aston | Labor | John Saunderson | Peter Nugent (Lib) | Damian Wise | Michael Ryan | |
| Ballarat | Labor | John Mildren | Michael Ronaldson (Lib) | Bill Scetrine | Jodie Rickard | George Helon (Ind) Greg Mays (Ind) |
| Batman | Labor | Brian Howe | Ray Ellis (Lib) | George Gogas | Alan Watts | Nigel D'Souza (DSP) |
| Bendigo | Labor | John Brumby | Denis English (Nat) Bruce Reid* (Lib) | Ian Keeling | Vic Upson | Joan Ansell (Ind) Russell Castley (Ind) |
| Bruce | Liberal | Philip Cottier | Julian Beale (Lib) | Geoff Herbert | Peter Olney | |
| Burke | Labor | Neil O'Keefe | Ian Lindsay (Lib) | Patrick McCurry | | |
| Calwell | Labor | Andrew Theophanous | Dianne Livett (Lib) | Doug Lorman | Rob Lukanic | Jack Culpin (Ind) |
| Casey | Liberal | Jon Linehan | Bob Halverson (Lib) | Paul Rees | John Dubbeld | Earle Keegel (Ind) Basil Smith (Ind) |
| Chisholm | Liberal | Helen Mayer | Michael Wooldridge (Lib) | Trudi Brunton | Adrian Stagg | |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Ian Caldwell | Stewart McArthur (Lib) | Rob Mann | John Andrews | Bruce Wilson (Ind) |
| Corinella | Labor | Lewis Kent | Russell Broadbent (Lib) | Mike Burns | | George Moran (CEC) |
| Corio | Labor | Gordon Scholes | Adrienne Edgar (Lib) | Donal Storey | Ian Winter | Horst Pfeifer (Ind) Bruce Tanner (Ind) |
| Deakin | Labor | Tony Lamb | Ken Aldred (Lib) | Louise Enders | Rodger Nardi | Bronwen Beechey (DSP) |
| Dunkley | Labor | Bob Chynoweth | Frank Ford (Lib) | Peter Lindemann | Arthur Comer | Len Cosmavich (Ind) Keith Edwards (PPA) Peter Seitanidis (Ind) Mike Toldy (Ind) |
| Flinders | Liberal | Tony Moore | Peter Reith (Lib) | Nance Jaboor | | David Gilbert (Ind) |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Ralph Willis | Tim Warner (Lib) | Frank Fichera | | Richard Phillips (Ind) Don Veitch (Ind) Gary Walters (DSP) |
| Gippsland | National | Merv Bundle | Peter McGauran (Nat) | Grace McCaughey | Robert Watson | Ben Buckley (Ind) |
| Goldstein | Liberal | Michael Danby | David Kemp (Lib) | Di Bretherton | Phillip McGibbony | Adrienne Barrett (DSP) John Casley (Ind) Peter Kormoczy (Ind) Diana Wolowski (Ind) |
| Higgins | Liberal | Laurie Walsh | Peter Costello (Lib) | Clive Jackson | Neil Baluch | |
| Holt | Labor | Michael Duffy | Mario Dodic (Lib) | Irmgard Westphal | Lynne Dickson | |
| Hotham | Labor | Simon Crean | Erdem Aydin (Lib) | Phillip Anderson | Daryl Esmore | Vincent Alfonso (Ind) Peter Stamatopoulos (SPA) |
| Indi | Liberal | John Dennis | Ewen Cameron (Lib) | Ian Deegan | | Barry Tattersall (Ind) |
| Isaacs | Liberal | Jim Ensor | Rod Atkinson (Lib) | Darren Koch | | |
| Jagajaga | Labor | Peter Staples | Fred Garrett (Lib) | Howard McCallum | Colin Arnold | Robert Morris (Ind) |
| Kooyong | Liberal | Eugene O'Sullivan | Andrew Peacock (Lib) | Jill Leisegang | | Arthur Burns (AAFI) Tim Ferguson (Ind) David Greagg (Ind) |
| Lalor | Labor | Barry Jones | Rae Medlock (Lib) | George Demetriou | Ron Moffett | Peter Ryan (Ind) |
| La Trobe | Labor | Peter Milton | Bob Charles (Lib) | Greta Jungwirth | Teresa Kemp | |
| Mallee | National | Peter Mitchell | Peter Fisher (Nat) | Ian McCracken | | |
| Maribyrnong | Labor | Alan Griffiths | Victor Rudewych (Lib) | Frances McKay | | |
| McEwen | Labor | Peter Cleeland | Fran Bailey (Lib) | Russell Dawes | Win Wise | Maurie Smith (Ind) |
| McMillan | Labor | Barry Cunningham | Jillian Petersen (Nat) John Riggall* (Lib) | Ross Ollquist | Michael Slaughter | Glen Mann (Ind) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Gerry Hand | Rodger Gully (Lib) | Geoff Mosley | | Jim Ferrari (Ind) Steve Florin (Ind) Melanie Sjoberg (DSP) |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | Clyde Holding | Allan Paull (Lib) | David Collyer | | Greg Loats (DSP) |
| Menzies | Liberal | Ivana Csar | Neil Brown (Lib) | Elizabeth Piper-Johnson | Ron Suter | |
| Murray | National | Frank Purcell | Bruce Lloyd (Nat) | Barbara Leavesley | | Anne Adams (Ind) |
| Scullin | Labor | Harry Jenkins | Wayne Phillips (Lib) | Malcolm Brown | | Angelo Iacono (Ind) Steve Pollock (Ind) |
| Wannon | Liberal | Phillip Sawyer | David Hawker (Lib) | Allan Thompson | Terry Winter | |
| Wills | Labor | Bob Hawke | John Delacretaz (Lib) | Philip Mendes | | Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Mark Beshara (DLP) Lali Chelliah (DSP) Cecil G. Murgatroyd (Ind) Ian Sykes (Ind) |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Greens candidate | National candidate | Other candidate |
| Brand | Labor | Wendy Fatin | Maureen Healy | Jan Wallace | Luna Gardiner | Errol Tuxworth | Keith Evans (Ind) Clive Galletly (Ind) Blanche Pledge (GP) |
| Canning | Labor | George Gear | Ricky Johnston | Don Bryant | Neil Roper | | Bill Higgins (PPA) Phil Hooper (Ind) Carol Oats (Ind) Arthur Robertson (GP) Geoff Spencer (DSP) |
| Cowan | Labor | Carolyn Jakobsen | Diane Airey | Sarah Gilfillan | Sally Ward | | Brian Guinan (ACP) Robert McLoughlin (Ind) Barry Smith (GP) Deb Thomas (DSP) |
| Curtin | Liberal | Stephen Booth | Allan Rocher | Helen Hodgson | Mary Salter | | Michelle Hovane (DSP) Brett Woodhill (GP) |
| Forrest | Liberal | Simon Keely | Geoff Prosser | David Churches | Giz Watson | Rick Beatty | |
| Fremantle | Labor | John Dawkins | Paul Stevenage | Ray Tilbury | Jennie Cary | | Ian Bolas (Ind) Ronnie Riley (GP) |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Graeme Campbell | Louie Carnicelli | Vin Cooper | Robin Chapple | Dascia Weckert | Josh Sacino (GP) |
| Moore | Liberal | Allen Blanchard | Paul Filing | Alan Lloyd | Brian Steels | | Mark Watson (GP) |
| O'Connor | Liberal | Kim Chance | Wilson Tuckey | Huw Grossmith | Jim Cavill | James Ferguson | Rick Finney (GP) |
| Pearce | Liberal | John Duncan | Fred Chaney | Peter Lambert | Greg Bankoff | | Gina Pintabona (GP) |
| Perth | Labor | Ric Charlesworth | Marylyn Rodgers | Brian Jenkins | Brenda Conochie | William Witham | Richard Cheuk (DSP) Don Gudgeon (GP) |
| Stirling | Labor | Ron Edwards | Jock Barker | Lachlan Irvine | Kim Herbert | | Eugene Hands (GP) Barry Shardlow (Ind) Jonathan Strauss (DSP) |
| Swan | Labor | Kim Beazley | Peter Kirwan | Alan Needham | Dee Margetts | | Paul Auguston (Ind) Patrick Donovan (Ind) Erica Gamble (Ind) Mike Hutton (GP) Frank Noakes (DSP) |
| Tangney | Liberal | Chris Keely | Peter Shack | Hannah Wolfe | Mark Schneider | | Andrew Wade (GP) |

## 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 | Greens candidates | NDP candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Bob McMullan* | Margaret Reid* Roger Dace | Norm Sanders Jenny McLeod | Hedley Rowe Michael Poole | Michael Denborough Jan Grech | Max Minius Ralph Schroder Maggie Kennedy |

### New South Wales

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. The Nuclear Disarmament Party was defending one seat (although Senator Irina Dunn contested the election as an independent). Senators Michael Baume (Liberal), Peter Baume (Liberal), John Faulkner (Labor), Paul McLean (Democrats), Graham Richardson (Labor) and Kerry Sibraa (Labor) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Democrats candidates | Green Alliance candidates | NDP candidates | CTA candidates |
| Stephen Loosley* Bruce Childs* Sue West* John McCarthy | Bronwyn Bishop* (Lib) David Brownhill* (Nat) Chris Puplick (Lib) Geoffrey Anderson (Lib) | Vicki Bourne* Karin Sowada William Cole Dorothy Thompson | Ian Cohen Christopher Kirkbright Sue Arnold Jo Faith Jane Beckmann | Robert Wood Samantha Trenoweth | Kevin Hume John Everingham |
| EFF candidates | New Australia candidates | Grey Power candidates | Green Party candidates | Enviro. Inds candidates | CEC candidates |
| George Turner Alan Gourley Bill Garing Jim Shanks Dallas Clarnette June Smith | Oscar Landicho Onsy Mattar Len Hajjar Sam Ressitis Reginaldo Conti Warren Rogan | Robert Clark Theo Hetterscheid Walter Radimey | Daniela Reverberi Jenys Newton | Irina Dunn Peter Prineas Harry Recher | Lex Stewart Leone Hay John Doran |
| Group C candidates | Group D candidates | Group L candidates | Ungrouped candidates | Ungrouped candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Ian Murphy Anne Murphy | Alan Wilkinson Andrew MacGregor | Colin Wilson Glenn Wilson | Lord Rolo Evalds Erglis Zero-Population Growth Bob Sutherland | John Henshaw Abraham Lincoln Harry Hnoudakis Ian Monk | Peter Consandine Gene Pierson-Salvestrin Reen Dixon Bill Smith |

### 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 | Ungrouped candidates |
| Bob Collins* Di Shanahan | Grant Tambling* Richard Lim | Ilana Eldridge (Ind) Citizen Limbo (NDP) |

### Queensland

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The National Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Florence Bjelke-Petersen (National), Mal Colston (Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal), Warwick Parer (Liberal) and Margaret Reynolds (Labor) were not up for re-election. The seat held by Senator John Stone (National) was also not up for re-election but was vacant due to his resignation to contest the House of Representatives; this seat would be filled in May by Bill O'Chee.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | National candidates | Democrats candidates | CTA candidates | DSP candidates |
| Gerry Jones* Bryant Burns* John Black Greg Vicary | Ian Macdonald* John Herron* Carmel Draper | Ron Boswell* Glen Sheil Beth Honeycombe Jim Mason | Cheryl Kernot* Tony Walters Brian Stockwell John Brown | Rona Joyner Wilfred Blake Bernice King Ross Maclean | Maurice Sibelle Karen Fletcher |
| Enviro. Inds candidates | Conservative candidates | Grey Power candidates | Group F candidates | Ungrouped candidates | |
| Peter James John Jones | Sydney Volker Loraine Morrison | Ron Alford Felix Cernovs | Barry Weedon Margaret Crompton | Vincent Burke Steve Dimitriou Mark Cresswell Clemens Vermeulen | |

### South Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Nick Bolkus (Labor), Dominic Foreman (Labor), Graham Maguire (Labor), Tony Messner (Liberal) and Amanda Vanstone (Liberal) were not up for re-election. The seat held by Senator Janine Haines (Democrats) was also not up for re-election, but was vacant due to her resignation to contest the House of Representatives; it was filled in April by Meg Lees.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | Green Party candidates | National candidates | CTA candidates |
| Rosemary Crowley* Chris Schacht* Gay Thompson Jim Hyde | Robert Hill* Baden Teague* Grant Chapman* Ivan Venning | John Coulter* Graham Pamount Judy Smith Pat Macaskill | Deborah White Philippa Skinner Colin Hunt | Neville Agars Gary Hamdorf | David Squirrell Colin Sinclair |
| Group B candidates | Group F candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | | |
| Tania Mykyta Lizz Higgins | F. Rieck Heather Shephard | Anastasios Giannouklas Jack Holder (GP) Jack King | | | |

### Tasmania

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Brian Archer (Liberal), Terry Aulich (Labor), John Coates (Labor), Brian Harradine (Independent), Michael Tate (Labor) and Shirley Walters (Liberal) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | UTG candidates | DSP candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Nick Sherry* John Devereux* Jacquie Murphy Sue Mackay | Jocelyn Newman* John Watson* Paul Calvert* | Robert Bell* Sarah Hancock | Michael Lynch Juliet Lavers Joan Staples Eva Ruzicka | Kath Gelber Scott Lewington | John Gademski |

### Victoria

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending four seats. Senators John Button (Labor), Gareth Evans (Labor), Austin Lewis (Liberal), Janet Powell (Democrats), Jim Short (Liberal) and Olive Zakharov (Labor) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Democrats candidates | Greens candidates | CTA candidates | DLP candidates |
| Robert Ray* Barney Cooney* Kim Carr Carole Marple Roger Lowrey | Richard Alston* (Lib) Kay Patterson* (Lib) Rod Kemp* (Lib) Julian McGauran (Nat) Peter Coatman (Lib) Severn Clarke (Lib) | Sid Spindler* Jill O'Brien Hans Paas Christine Craik | Ken McGregor Alf Bamblett Pauline Scott | Al Watson George Khoury | Robert Semmel Jean Taylor |
| AAFI candidates | Pensioner candidates | Enviro. Inds candidates | Group F candidates | Ungrouped candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Denis McCormack Robyn Spencer | Neil McKay Fred Grant | Gordon McQuilten Claire McLeod | Peter Robinson John Giltinan | Chris Vassis Edward Fraser Joe Toscano Don Meggs | Deborah Goudappel James Bernard Athol Guy Mabel Cardinal |

### Western Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senator Jo Vallentine, elected as an independent, was contesting the election for the Greens Western Australia. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal), Peter Cook (Labor), Peter Durack (Liberal), Patricia Giles (Labor), Sue Knowles (Liberal) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Democrats candidates | Greens WA candidates | National candidates | DSP candidates |
| Jim McKiernan* Michael Beahan* Mark Bishop John Cowdell | Noel Crichton-Browne* John Panizza* Winston Crane* Bernie Masters | Jean Jenkins Richard Jeffreys Barbara Churchward | Jo Vallentine* Christabel Bridge Gladys Yarran | Michael Jardine Brian English Josephine Walton | Catherine Brown Kylie Budge |
| Conservative candidates | Grey Power candidates | Pensioner candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | |
| Brady Williams Charles Bussell Laurence Molloy | Doug Ratcliffe Jack Webb | Maureen Grierson Gordon Munn | Mitchell Faircloth Ted Quinlan Barbara Stark Philip Achurch | | |

## 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 | 51 | * | 38 | * | 24 | * | 14 | * | 13 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | 1 | * | 148 | 8 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 41 | * | 35 | * | 22 | * | 14 | * | 13 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | | | 132 | 7 |
| National Party of Australia | 13 | * | 4 | * | 24 | * | 5 | * | | * | | | | | | | 46 | 5 |
| Country Liberal Party | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | * | 1 | 1 |
| Australian Democrats | 49 | * | 38 | * | 24 | * | 14 | * | 13 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | | | 145 | 7 |
| Call to Australia | 16 | * | 24 | * | | * | | | 12 | * | | | | | | | 52 | 4 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 8 | | 7 | | 4 | * | 5 | * | 3 | | 1 | * | | | | | 28 | 3 |
| Grey Power | 5 | * | | | | * | 12 | * | 3 | * | | | | | | | 20 | 5 |
| Green Alliance | 18$^1$ | * | | | | | | | 1 | * | | | | | | | 19 | 2 |
| Greens Western Australia | | | | | | | 14 | * | | | | | | | | | 14 | 1 |
| Combined New Australia Party | 6 | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| Nuclear Disarmament Party | 2 | * | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | * | | * | 4 | 3 |
| Socialist Party of Australia | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | |
| Australian Conservative Party | | | | | 1 | * | 1 | * | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Pensioner Party of Australia | | | 1 | * | | | 1 | * | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| United Tasmania Group | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | * | | | | | 2 | 1 |
| ACT Green Democratic Alliance | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | * | | | 2 | 1 |
| Rex Connor Labor Party | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
| Queensland Greens | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
| Irina Dunn's Environment Independents | 1 | * | | * | | * | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 3 |
| Citizens Electoral Council | | * | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Australians Against Further Immigration | | | 1 | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Democratic Labor Party | | | 1 | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Independent EFF | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| New South Wales Green Party | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Independent and other | 69 | | 36 | | 11 | | 12 | | 11 | | 2 | | 1 | | 5 | | 147 | |
$^1$Contested as a group of affiliated parties registered under the names Central Coast Green Party (2 candidates), Cowper Greens (1 candidate), Eastern Suburbs Greens (3 candidates), Greens in Lowe (1 candidate), Illawarra Greens (2 candidates), South Sydney Greens (3 candidates), Sydney Greens (1 candidate) and Western Suburbs Greens (5 candidates), with the Green Alliance Senate - New South Wales as the registered Senate name.