# Candidates of the 1980 Queensland state election

The 1980 Queensland state election was held on 29 November 1980.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Jack Houston MLA (Bulimba)

### National

* Roy Armstrong MLA (Mulgrave)
* Ron Camm MLA (Whitsunday)
* Nev Hewitt MLA (Auburn)
* Tom Newbery MLA (Mirani)

### Liberal

* Fred Campbell MLA (Aspley)
* Charles Porter MLA (Toowong)

## Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | National candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Albert | National | Harry Zaphir | Ivan Gibbs | John Juett | Reginald Campbell (Ind) Peter Woolley (Dem) |
| Archerfield | Labor | Kevin Hooper | Allen Muir | Alan Bavister | Miriam Cope (PPA) Norman Eather (Ind) Mary Simmons (SPA) |
| Ashgrove | Liberal | Pat Comben | | John Greenwood | Cheryl Paton (Dem) Owen Pershouse (Prog) |
| Aspley | Liberal | John Duncan | Leonard Brydges | Beryce Nelson | Gregory Curry (Prog) Leslie Mundt (Dem) |
| Auburn | National | Ray Barker | Neville Harper | | David Trevilyan (Prog) |
| Balonne | National | John Barrett | Don Neal | | |
| Barambah | National | Brian Hawkes | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | | Henry Collins (Ind) |
| Barron River | National | Keith De Lacy | Martin Tenni | Lionel Van Dorssen | Bruce Alexander (Dem) |
| Brisbane Central | Labor | Brian Davis | | Robert Wright | Murray Broad (CPA) |
| Bulimba | Labor | Ron McLean | | Brian Kirkham | |
| Bundaberg | Labor | Jim Blake | Bryan Conquest | Graham Quirk | Lola Lomax (Dem) |
| Burdekin | National | Peter Rehbein | Val Bird | | |
| Burnett | National | Edgar Roberts | Claude Wharton | | |
| Caboolture | National | Frank Hill John McLoughlin | Des Frawley | Virginia Day | John Ferguson (Ind) |
| Cairns | Labor | Ray Jones | Nigel Ette | Francis Hoyal | John Stamp (Ind) Melvin Stewart (Ind) |
| Callide | National | Alan Morris | Lindsay Hartwig | | |
| Carnarvon | National | Johannes De Roo | Peter McKechnie | | |
| Chatsworth | Labor | Terry Mackenroth | | Annette Dunstan | |
| Condamine | National | Allan Clancey | Vic Sullivan | | Lindsay Sturgess (Prog) |
| Cook | Labor | Bob Scott | Justin Smith D. A. Young | Evelyn Scott | |
| Cooroora | National | Sydney Appleby | Gordon Simpson | John Barbeler | Donald Sime (Ind) |
| Cunningham | National | Robert Ball | Tony Elliott | Richard Barnard | |
| Everton | Labor | Glen Milliner | Donald Munro | Brian Burke | Mark Taylor (Dem) |
| Fassifern | National | Ray Parker | Selwyn Muller | Thomas O'Toole | |
| Flinders | National | Thomas Greenwood | Bob Katter | | |
| Greenslopes | Liberal | Graeme Kinnear | | Bill Hewitt | |
| Gregory | National | Gordon Saunders | Bill Glasson | | |
| Gympie | National | Reginald Lawler | Len Stephan | Minas Venardos | William Runge (Prog) |
| Hinchinbrook | National | Norman Hart | Ted Row | | Des Bredhauer (Ind) John Williams (Ind) |
| Ipswich | Liberal | Joseph Sciacca | | Llewellyn Edwards | James Hayden (Ind) Ian Rintoul (ISP) Victor Robb (NF) |
| Ipswich West | Labor | David Underwood | Neil Russell | Lawrence Pointing | |
| Isis | National | Michael Edgar | Lin Powell | David Cooper | Ronald Cullen (Dem) Mervyn Worth (Dem) |
| Ithaca | Liberal | Peter Venning | | Col Miller | |
| Kurilpa | Liberal | Maurice Dwyer | | Sam Doumany | Alvan Hawkes (Prog) |
| Landsborough | National | Peter Byrne | Mike Ahern | Paul Kingsford | Barbara Cansdell (Ind) |
| Lockyer | Liberal | Michael Forde | Terence Day Tony FitzGerald* | Tony Bourke | Michael Berry (Prog) Rae Capon (Dem) |
| Lytton | Labor | Tom Burns | | Moyra Bidstrup | |
| Mackay | Labor | Ed Casey | Lionel Bevis | Kevin Dray | |
| Mansfield | Liberal | John Fraser | | Bill Kaus | Des McKay (Prog) |
| Maryborough | Labor | Brendan Hansen | | Gilbert Alison | Arthur Townsend (Dem) |
| Merthyr | Liberal | Barbara Dawson | | Don Lane | |
| Mirani | National | Conrad Nicolai | Jim Randell | Leonard Goode | John Comerford (Ind) |
| Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Graham Kevin | | Bill Lickiss | David Dalgarno (Dem) |
| Mount Gravatt | Liberal | Marion McInnes | Ian Henderson | Guelfi Scassola | |
| Mount Isa | National | Tony McGrady | Angelo Bertoni | Joyce Boyd | Ray Oldman (Dem) |
| Mourilyan | National | Bill Eaton | Vicky Kippin | | |
| Mulgrave | National | James Moses | Max Menzel | Jean Huxley | |
| Murrumba | Labor | Joe Kruger | Yvonne Chapman | Alfred Shaw | |
| Nudgee | Labor | Ken Vaughan | | Gerald Connor | |
| Nundah | Liberal | Owen Gazzard | | William Knox | |
| Peak Downs | National | William Coffey | Vince Lester | | Anthony Whitfield (Ind) Robin Wright (Prog) |
| Pine Rivers | Liberal | June Willmot | | Rob Akers | |
| Port Curtis | Labor | Bill Prest | Michael Crowley | John Mawer Georgina Pickers | |
| Redcliffe | Liberal | Roderick Lugton | | Terry White | |
| Redlands | National | Con Sciacca | John Goleby | Peter Hunter | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | Keith Wright | Garnet Lincoln | Douglas Cuddy | |
| Rockhampton North | Labor | Les Yewdale | Robert Simpson | Keith Harris | Patrick Carroll (Ind) Jeffrey Jones (SPA) |
| Roma | National | David Bowden | Ken Tomkins | | |
| Salisbury | Liberal | Bill Wilcox | | Rosemary Kyburz | Mary Ellwood (Ind) |
| Sandgate | Labor | Nev Warburton | | David Preston | Anthony Catip (Ind) Peter Jackman (Coal) |
| Sherwood | Liberal | Peter Doyle | Terrence Mahoney | Angus Innes | Judith Forbes (Prog) |
| Somerset | National | Ron Hazelden | Bill Gunn | Owen Nugent | |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Jim Fouras | | Colin Lamont | Edward Grevsmuhl (Ind) |
| South Coast | National | Philip Button | Russ Hinze | Elizabeth Diamond Ross Woods | Michael Carey (Coal) James Drabsch (Ind) Julia Freebury (Ind) Robert Neumann (Ind) |
| Southport | Liberal | Ian Rogers | Doug Jennings | Peter White | Kevin Chaffey (Prog) Peter Courtney (Ind) Grace Plunkett (Ind) |
| Stafford | Liberal | Brian Mellifont | | Terry Gygar | |
| Surfers Paradise | Liberal | Khalil Salem | Rob Borbidge | Bruce Bishop | Eileen Peters (Ind) |
| Toowong | Liberal | Gailene Harrison | Peter Forrest | Ian Prentice | Michael West (Dem) |
| Toowoomba North | Liberal | Lindsay Jones | | John Lockwood | |
| Toowoomba South | National | Ron Fraser | John Warner | Colin Brimblecombe | Michael Clifford (Dem) |
| Townsville | Liberal | Brian Dobinson | Phillip Morton | Norman Scott-Young | |
| Townsville South | Labor | Alex Wilson | Alan Metcalfe | Hector Garrick | Francis Rossiter (Ind) |
| Townsville West | National | Geoff Smith | Max Hooper | | Frank Bishop (CPA) |
| Warrego | National | Michael Gordon | Neil Turner | | |
| Warwick | National | Stephen Fazackerley | Des Booth | | Maria Heyboer (Dem) |
| Wavell | Liberal | Jack Geran | | Brian Austin | |
| Whitsunday | National | Stanley Yardley | Geoff Muntz | | |
| Windsor | Liberal | Frank Melit | | Bob Moore | Louis McKenzie (Ind) |
| Wolston | Labor | Bob Gibbs | Roy Buchanan | Bob Harper | |
| Woodridge | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | | Douglas Dagleish | Robert Bartlett (Ind) Jack Davis (Ind) Anne Glew (Ind) Robert Webb (Dem) |
| Wynnum | Labor | Eric Shaw | Merven Hoppner | Vanessa Gregory | |
| Yeronga | Liberal | Kitchener Farrell | | Norm Lee | |