# Candidates of the 1974 Queensland state election

The 1974 Queensland state election was held on 7 December 1974.

## Retiring Members

* Note: Cooroora National MLA David Low and Flinders National MLA Bill Longeran resigned shortly before the election; no by-elections were held.

### Labor

* Pat Hanlon MLA (Baroona)
* Alec Inch MLA (Mount Isa)
* Eugene O'Donnell MLA (Belyando)
* Doug Sherrington MLA (Salisbury)
* Edwin Wallis-Smith MLA (Cook)

### National

* Sir Alan Fletcher MLA (Cunningham)
* Henry McKechnie MLA (Carnarvon)
* Wally Rae MLA (Gregory)

### Liberal

* Clive Hughes MLA (Kurilpa)
* Douglas Tooth MLA (Ashgrove)

## Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Albert | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | Keith Brough (Lib) Ivan Gibbs* (Nat) | Harold Trigger | John Black (Ind) |
| Archerfield | Labor | Kevin Hooper | Garry Hansen (Lib) | Barry Weedon | Ivan Ivanoff (SPA) |
| Ashgrove | Liberal | John Rees | Hilda Brooks (Nat) John Greenwood* (Lib) | John Fox | |
| Aspley | Liberal | John Steensen | Fred Campbell (Lib) | | |
| Auburn | National | Roden Carter | Nev Hewitt (Nat) | | |
| Balonne | National | Robert Drenan | Don Neal (Nat) | | |
| Barambah | National | Donald Gordon-Brown | Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Nat) | | |
| Baroona | Labor | John Camp | Dennis Young (Lib) | Denis Cochran | |
| Barron River | Labor | Bill Wood | Martin Tenni (Nat) | Douglas McClarty | John Lamb (AP) |
| Belmont | Labor | Fred Newton | David Byrne (Lib) | | |
| Belyando | Labor | James Turner | Fred Cowdray (Lib) Vince Lester* (Nat) | | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Brian Davis | Harold Lowes (Lib) | Viliam Simek | |
| Bulimba | Labor | Jack Houston | Megan Wilding (Lib) | | |
| Bundaberg | Labor | Lou Jensen | David Jenkin (Nat) Keith Powell (Lib) | Alan Birchley | |
| Burdekin | National | Clyde Ferris | Val Bird (Nat) | Emil Liebrecht | |
| Burnett | National | Ken Green | Claude Wharton (Nat) | | |
| Cairns | Labor | Ray Jones | Robert Duncan (Nat) | | Robert Ellwood (AP) William Whelan (Ind) |
| Callide | National | Mabel Edmund Wilfred Mutton | Lindsay Hartwig (Nat) | Lindsay Sharpe | |
| Carnarvon | National | John Saunders | Peter McKechnie* (Nat) Fred Rogers (Lib) | Raymond Macnamara | |
| Chatsworth | Liberal | Terry Mackenroth | Bill Hewitt (Lib) | Mary Scragg | |
| Clayfield | Liberal | John Stephens | John Murray (Lib) | Francis Andrews | |
| Condamine | National | Gladys Krause | Vic Sullivan (Nat) | | James Drabsch (Ind) |
| Cook | Labor | Bob Scott | Eric Deeral* (Nat) Keith Hollands (Lib) Terrence Mahoney (Nat) | | Graham Gordon (Ind) Patrick O'Shane (AAP) Percy Trezise (Ind) |
| Cooroora | National | Anthony Dames | Gordon Simpson* (Nat) Henry Williams (Lib) | Alexander Browne | |
| Cunningham | National | Ronald Whittington | Patrick Coonan (Lib) Tony Elliott* (Nat) | Robert Barron | |
| Everton | Labor | Gerry Jones | Brian Lindsay (Lib) | James Doherty | Theoron Toon (Ind) |
| Fassifern | National | Clifford Cherry | Selwyn Muller (Nat) | | |
| Flinders | National | Albert Sorohan | Bob Katter* (Nat) James McGucken (Lib) | | |
| Greenslopes | Liberal | Joseph Sciacca | Keith Hooper (Lib) | Harry Wright | |
| Gregory | National | Gordon Harding | Bill Glasson (Nat) | | |
| Gympie | National | N Box | Max Hodges (Nat) | | |
| Hinchinbrook | National | Desley Clinton | Ted Row (Nat) | John Williams | Evelyn Scott (AAP) |
| Ipswich | Liberal | John Kinnane | Llewellyn Edwards (Lib) | Francis Carroll | Gregory Welsby (SPA) |
| Ipswich West | Labor | Vi Jordan | Albert Hales* (Nat) Ronda Herrmann (Lib) | John Dredge | |
| Isis | Labor | Jim Blake | Lin Powell* (Nat) Barry Wright (Nat) | | |
| Ithaca | Liberal | Robert Coutts | Col Miller (Lib) | | |
| Kurilpa | Liberal | Frank Gardiner | Col Bennett (Nat) Brendan Clark-Coolee (Nat) Sam Doumany* (Lib) | Damien White | |
| Landsborough | National | Ivan Guy | Mike Ahern (Nat) | | Paul Cowan (Ind) |
| Lockyer | Liberal | Lindesay Jones | Sir Gordon Chalk (Lib) | | Kenneth Hooper (Ind) |
| Lytton | Labor | Tom Burns | John Ivers (Lib) | | |
| Mackay | Independent | John Hill | Lionel Bevis (Nat) | | Ed Casey (Ind) |
| Mansfield | Liberal | Desmond Rowland | Bill Kaus (Lib) | Lionel Lane | |
| Maryborough | Liberal | John Anderson | Gilbert Alison (Lib) | Matthews Minnegal | |
| Merthyr | Liberal | Terence Dawson | Don Lane (Lib) | | |
| Mirani | National | Leslie Dwyer | Tom Newbery (Nat) | | |
| Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Ian De Lacy | Bill Lickiss (Lib) | Ross Domrow | |
| Mount Gravatt | Liberal | Bill Avery | Geoff Chinchen (Lib) | Therese Sheil | |
| Mount Isa | Labor | John Shepherd | Angelo Bertoni* (Nat) Kevin Coughlan (Lib) | | |
| Mourilyan | Labor | Peter Moore | Vicky Kippin (Nat) | Salvatore Nucifora | |
| Mulgrave | National | Louie Tognola | Roy Armstrong (Nat) | | |
| Murrumba | National | Neville Lines | Des Frawley (Nat) | | |
| Nudgee | Labor | Jack Melloy | Denis Simonyi (Lib) | | |
| Nundah | Liberal | Leonard Hingley | William Knox (Lib) | | |
| Pine Rivers | Labor | Ken Leese | Rob Akers* (Lib) Donald Hawkins (Nat) | | |
| Port Curtis | Labor | Martin Hanson | Douglas Cuddy (Lib) Francis Waterson (Nat) | | |
| Redcliffe | National | Jack Trueman | Jim Houghton (Nat) | Paul Maguire | George Wise (Ind) |
| Redlands | Labor | Ted Baldwin | Brian Dee (Lib) John Goleby* (Nat) | Peter McMahon | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | Keith Wright | Alan Agnew (Lib) Michael Bleines (Nat) | Robert Bom | |
| Rockhampton North | Labor | Les Yewdale | T R Young (Lib) | John Dunn | |
| Roma | National | Ben Ward | Ken Tomkins (Nat) | | |
| Salisbury | Labor | Bill Wilcox | Rosemary Kyburz* (Lib) Leonard Spies (Nat) | Miroslav Jansky | |
| Sandgate | Labor | Harry Dean | Malcolm Thompson (Lib) | | |
| Sherwood | Liberal | Kerry Keating | John Herbert (Lib) | Clarice Weedon | |
| Somerset | National | Gordon Abbott | Bill Gunn (Nat) | | Keith Hughes (Ind) |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Fred Bromley | Colin Lamont (Lib) | | |
| South Coast | National | Marion Reid | Russ Hinze (Nat) | | |
| Stafford | Labor | Roy Harvey | Terry Gygar (Lib) | Edward Doherty | Laurence Gormley (Ind) |
| Surfers Paradise | National | Maurice Marsden | Bruce Small (Nat) | John Perrett | John Duncan (Ind) |
| Toowong | Liberal | Donald Dignam | Charles Porter (Lib) | Brian O'Brien | |
| Toowoomba North | Labor | Ray Bousen | John Lockwood (Lib) | | |
| Toowoomba South | Labor | Peter Wood | John Warner* (Nat) Leslie Whykes (Lib) | Mary Ryan | |
| Townsville | Liberal | Richard Lindsay | Norman Scott-Young (Lib) | Brian Hurney | Betty Malkin (AP) |
| Townsville South | Independent | Alex Wilson | | John Judge | Tom Aikens* (Ind) Leonard Weber (AP) |
| Townsville West | Labor | Perc Tucker | Max Hooper* (Nat) Bryan Newell (Nat) Keith Rundle (Lib) | Kiernan Dorney | |
| Warrego | Labor | Jack Aiken | Neil Turner (Nat) | | |
| Warwick | National | Raymond Lyons | David Cory (Nat) | | |
| Wavell | Liberal | Jack Geran | Arthur Crawford (Lib) | Mervyn Eunson | |
| Whitsunday | National | Stanley Yardley | Ron Camm (Nat) | | |
| Windsor | Liberal | Gloria Markland | Bob Moore (Lib) | Anne Wenck | Mervyn Chambers (Ind) |
| Wolston | Labor | Evan Marginson | Dirk Plooy (Lib) | Leonard Maguire | Albert Blaine (Ind) |
| Wynnum | Labor | Ted Harris | Bill Lamond* (Nat) William Vaughan (Lib) | Gordon Randall | |
| Yeronga | Liberal | Spencer Higgins | Norm Lee (Lib) | Andrew Jackson | |