# Candidates of the 1969 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1969 Australian federal election. The election was held on 25 October 1969.

## Redistributions and seat changes

* Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in all states.
** In New South Wales, six seats were abolished: the Labor-held seats of Dalley, East Sydney, Watson and West Sydney; the Liberal-held seat of Parkes; and the Country-held seat of Lawson. Five new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Chifley, Prospect and Sydney; and the notionally Liberal seats of Berowra and Cook. The Liberal-held seat of Hughes became notionally Labor.
*** The member for Hughes, Don Dobie (Liberal), contested Cook.
*** The member for Parkes, Tom Hughes (Liberal), contested Berowra.
*** The member for Watson, Jim Cope (Labor), contested Sydney.
** In Victoria, the Labor-held seat of Darebin was renamed Scullin and the Liberal-held seat of Higinbotham was renamed Hotham. The Liberal-held seats of Fawkner and Isaacs and the Labor-held seats of (the pre-existing) Scullin and Yarra were abolished. A new, Liberal-held seat of Isaacs, unconnected to the previous one, was created. Four other new seats were also created: the Labor-held seats of Burke and Holt and the Liberal-held seats of Casey and Diamond Valley. The Liberal-held seat of Lalor and the Independent-held seat of Batman became notionally Labor, and the Labor-held seat of Melbourne Ports became notionally Liberal.
*** The member for Fawkner, Peter Howson (Liberal), contested Casey.
*** The member for Higinbotham, Don Chipp (Liberal), contested Hotham.
*** The member for Lalor, Mervyn Lee (Liberal), contested Bendigo.
*** The member for Yarra, Jim Cairns (Labor), contested Lalor.
** In Queensland, the Labor-held seat of Brisbane became notionally Liberal, the Liberal-held seat of Herbert became notionally Labor, and the Labor-held seat of Wide Bay became notionally Country.
** In Western Australia, the Labor-held seat of Stirling became notionally Liberal.
** In South Australia, the notionally Liberal seat of Hawker was created.
** There were minimal changes in Tasmania.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Joe Clark MP (Darling, NSW)
* Eric Costa MP (Banks, NSW)
* Frank Courtnay MP (Darebin, Vic)
* Dan Curtin MP (Kingsford-Smith, NSW)
* Len Devine MP (East Sydney, NSW)
* Jim Harrison MP (Blaxland, NSW)
* Dan Minogue MP (West Sydney, NSW)
* William O'Connor MP (Dalley, NSW)
* Ted Peters MP (Scullin, Vic)

### Liberal

* Allen Fairhall MP (Paterson, NSW)
* Adrian Gibson MP (Denison, Tas)
* Sir William Haworth MP (Isaacs, Vic)

### Country

* Laurie Failes MP (Lawson, NSW)

### Independent

* Sam Benson MP (Batman, 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 | Australia candidate | Communist candidate |
| Australian Capital Territory | Labor | Jim Fraser | Robert Maher | Thomas McDermott | Don McHugh |

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Other candidates |
| Banks | Labor | Vince Martin | Herman Tibben (Lib) | Annette Andrew | | Peter Allen (Ind) Reginald Jones (Ind) Kevin Watt (Ind) |
| Barton | Liberal | Len Reynolds | Bill Arthur (Lib) | Charles Chapman | | Charles Bellchambers (Ind) Ray Emmerson (Ind) Alan Reed (Ind) |
| Bennelong | Liberal | Peter Evatt | Sir John Cramer (Lib) | Ronald Claridge | Kenneth Cook | Allan Horton (Ind) |
| Berowra | Liberal | George Williams | Tom Hughes (Lib) | Neil Mackerras | David Haig | Edith Parrish (Ind) |
| Blaxland | Labor | Paul Keating | John Ghent (Lib) | Joseph Conroy | | |
| Bradfield | Liberal | Keith Crook | Harry Turner (Lib) | Anthony Felton | Barbara Wilson | Betty Loneragan (Ind) |
| Calare | Country | Kerry Scott | John England (CP) | John Grant | | |
| Chifley | Labor | John Armitage | Milovan Kovjanic (Lib) | Stan Aster-Stater | | Victor Corcoran (Ind) |
| Cook | Liberal | Cliff Mallam | Don Dobie (Lib) | | Bernard Walrut | Robin Alleway (Ind) |
| Cowper | Country | | Ian Robinson (CP) | | | Brian Richards (Ind) Neil Royal (Ind) |
| Cunningham | Labor | Rex Connor | John Poel (Lib) | | | Reg Wilding (CPA) |
| Darling | Labor | John FitzPatrick | Jack Bonney (Lib) Max Overton (CP) | | | |
| Eden-Monaro | Liberal | Allan Fraser | Dugald Munro (Lib) | John Donohue | Patrick Starrs | |
| Evans | Liberal | James Monaghan | Malcolm Mackay (Lib) | Kevin Davis | John Fisher | Hal Saunders (Ind) |
| Farrer | Liberal | Noel Murray | David Fairbairn (Lib) | James Keogh | | John Ross (Ind) |
| Grayndler | Labor | Fred Daly | Jonathan Fowler (Lib) | | | |
| Gwydir | Country | Roger Nott | Ralph Hunt (CP) | | Brian Edwards | Halwyn Webster (Ind) |
| Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | Carl Leddy (Lib) | William Goslett | | Marjorie Williams (Ind) |
| Hume | Country | Frank Olley | Ian Pettitt (CP) | James Manwaring | | |
| Hunter | Labor | Bert James | Raymond Hughes (Lib) | | | |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Barry Morrison (Lib) | Graham Bennett | | Beverly Chong (PPA) |
| Lang | Labor | Frank Stewart | Stanley Duncan (Lib) | Dominique Droulers | | Jack Mundey (CPA) Bert Tripet (Ind) |
| Lowe | Liberal | Peter Young | William McMahon (Lib) | Agnes Bannon | | Patricia Bailey (Ind) Bernard MacMahon (Ind) |
| Lyne | Country | John Allan | Philip Lucock (CP) | | Percival McPherson | Joe Cordner (Ind) |
| Macarthur | Liberal | Bob Whan | Jeff Bate (Lib) | | Brian Wyer | Sidney Sheedy (PPA) |
| Mackellar | Liberal | William Bramwell | Bill Wentworth (Lib) | Thomas Colman | | |
| Macquarie | Labor | Tony Luchetti | John MacDonnell (Lib) | Leslie Clarke | Norman Lee | |
| Mitchell | Liberal | Alfred Ashley-Brown | Les Irwin (Lib) | John Maguire | Gordon Waller | Harvey Clift (PPA) |
| New England | Country | Alan Kitson | Ian Sinclair (CP) | | | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Charles Jones | Alfred Appleby (Lib) | | Wlodzimierz Bohakto | |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Mervyn Page | Bill Graham (Lib) | Reginald Lawson | | Romualds Kemps (Ind) |
| Parramatta | Liberal | Barry Wilde | Nigel Bowen (Lib) | Hans Andreasson | | John Keeffe (Ind) Leonard Kiernan (Ind) |
| Paterson | Liberal | Francis Murray | John Jobling (Lib) Frank O'Keefe* (CP) | Jack Collins | Ted Fletcher | Adrian Edwards (Ind) |
| Phillip | Liberal | Joe Riordan | William Aston (Lib) | Lyle Antcliff | Jack Gray | Totti Cohen (Ind) Alex MacDonald (Ind) Ronald Rigby (Ind) William Whitby (PPA) Ken Yeomans (Ind) |
| Prospect | Labor | Dick Klugman | Stanislaus Kelly (Lib) | John Ferguson | | |
| Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | Stanley Hedges (Lib) | Mick Carroll | | Norman Hurst (Ind) |
| Richmond | Country | Joseph Gilmore | Doug Anthony (CP) | | | |
| Riverina | Country | Al Grassby | Bill Armstrong (CP) | Patrick Barry | | |
| Robertson | Liberal | Barry Cohen | William Bridges-Maxwell (Lib) | | | Wallace Cook (Ind) Albert Date (Ind) |
| St George | Liberal | Bill Morrison | Len Bosman (Lib) | Henry Bader | Christopher Owens | Archibald Lawless (Ind) Emanuel Said (Ind) |
| Shortland | Labor | Charles Griffiths | Paul Clarkson (Lib) | Robert Burke | Charles Hockings | Geoff Curthoys (CPA) |
| Sydney | Labor | Jim Cope | Graham Robertson (Lib) | Norma Boyle | | Ian Channell (Ind) Donald Lewis (PPA) Nick Origlass (Ind) Shane Watson (Ind) |
| Warringah | Liberal | Thomas Reynolds | Michael MacKellar (Lib) | Peter Keogh | | Eric Riches (Ind) Edward St John (Ind) Albert Thompson (PPA) |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Frederick Cross | Les Bury (Lib) | Doris Brown | | Geoff Mullen (Ind) Neville Yeomans (PPA) |
| Werriwa | Labor | Gough Whitlam | Christopher May (Lib) | William Arundel | | Fay McCallum (Ind) William Sadler (Ind) Don Syme (CPA) |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Country candidate | Independent candidate |
| Northern Territory | Country | Ted Robertson | Sam Calder | Harold Brennan Alan Gray |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Bowman | Liberal | Len Keogh | Wylie Gibbs (Lib) | Noel Tennison | Harold Asmith (Ind) |
| Brisbane | Liberal | Manfred Cross | Greg O'Dwyer (Lib) | Roger Judge | |
| Capricornia | Labor | Doug Everingham | Brian Palmer (Lib) | Alfred Rose | |
| Darling Downs | Liberal | Eugene Salas | Reginald Swartz (Lib) | Francis Mullins | |
| Dawson | Labor | Rex Patterson | John Hinz (CP) | Bernard Lewis | |
| Fisher | Country | Ian Budge | Charles Adermann (CP) | Robert Barron | |
| Griffith | Liberal | Barry Gorman | Don Cameron (Lib) | Cecil Birchley | Trevor Sturling (Ind) |
| Herbert | Labor | Ted Harding | Robert Bonnett (Lib) | Kiernan Dorney | |
| Kennedy | Country | Gerry Jones | Bob Katter (CP) | Brian Hurney | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Bill Fulton | David Young (CP) | Thomas White | |
| Lilley | Liberal | Frank Doyle | Kevin Cairns (Lib) | Andrew Aitken | |
| McPherson | Country | Wayne Randall | Charles Barnes (CP) | Thomas McKenzie | |
| Maranoa | Country | Edward Bertolotti | James Corbett (CP) | John Davis | |
| Moreton | Liberal | George Harvey | James Killen (Lib) | Clarrissa Weedon | Kitchener Farrell (Ind) |
| Oxley | Labor | Bill Hayden | Cyril Morgan (Lib) | Gavan Duffy | |
| Petrie | Liberal | Kenneth Turbet | Alan Hulme (Lib) | Robert Macklin | Sydney Appleby (AP) |
| Ryan | Liberal | John Conn | Nigel Drury (Lib) | Brian O'Brien | |
| Wide Bay | Labor | Brendan Hansen | Paul Neville (CP) | Laurence Kehoe | |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Liberal | Chris Hurford | Andrew Jones | George Basisovs | Anne McMenamin | Anatolij Onishko (Ind) |
| Angas | Liberal | Harold McLaren | Geoffrey Giles | Terence Critchley | | |
| Barker | Liberal | John Cornwall | Jim Forbes | | | |
| Bonython | Labor | Martin Nicholls | Rudolph Masopust | Peter Meredith | | Frank Lawrence (SCP) |
| Boothby | Liberal | Chris Sumner | John McLeay | Ted Farrell | Frederick Thompson | Valerie Lillington (Ind) |
| Grey | Liberal | Laurie Wallis | Don Jessop | Douglas Barnes | Thomas Manthorpe | |
| Hawker | Liberal | Ralph Jacobi | Alan Hickinbotham | Kathleen Anderson | Malcolm Hawkins | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | Michael Cusack | Helena Hubert | | Steven Gazecimeon (Ind) |
| Kingston | Liberal | Richard Gun | Kay Brownbill | Betty Bishop | | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Fred Birrell | Reginald Appelkamp | | | Denis McEvoy (SCP) Jim Moss (CPA) |
| Sturt | Liberal | Norm Foster | Ian Wilson | Paul Hubert | | |
| Wakefield | Liberal | Brian Chatterton | Bert Kelly | John McMahon | | |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Bass | Labor | Lance Barnard | Neil Pitt | Peter Ferrall | Geoffrey Batten (Ind) John Kent (AP) |
| Braddon | Labor | Ron Davies | Peter Rothwell | Dudley McNamara | |
| Denison | Liberal | Alasdair McBurnie | Robert Solomon | Michael Delaney | Bill Mollison (Ind) Michael Townley (Ind) |
| Franklin | Liberal | Ray Sherry | Thomas Pearsall | Richard Delany | Kenneth Newcombe (Ind) |
| Wilmot | Labor | Gil Duthie | Donald Paterson | Darryl Sulzberger | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Balaclava | Liberal | Irene Dunsmuir | Ray Whittorn (Lib) | Ralph James | Steven Soos (AP) |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | David Pollock | Dudley Erwin (Lib) | Bob Joshua | Graeme Bond (Ind) Hendrik Prins (Ind) David Swinnerton (Ind) |
| Batman | Labor | Horrie Garrick | Peter McGrath (Lib) | Henry Darroch | Ronald Hayles (Ind) |
| Bendigo | Labor | David Kennedy | Mervyn Lee (Lib) | Paul Brennan | |
| Bruce | Liberal | Leon Phillips | Billy Snedden (Lib) | William Hoyne | Douglas McKay (AP) Les Smith (CPA) Herbert Wessley (Ind) |
| Burke | Labor | Keith Johnson | John Williams (Lib) | Terence Scully | Kathleen Laherty (Ind) Richard Smith (AP) |
| Casey | Liberal | Duncan Waterson | Peter Howson (Lib) | Kevin Adamson | Joe Schillani (Ind) Leonard Weber (AP) |
| Chisholm | Liberal | Anthony Dwyer | Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib) | John Rogers | Andrew Morrow (AP) |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Neil Moorfoot | Tony Street (Lib) | Francis O'Brien | |
| Corio | Labor | Gordon Scholes | Charles Malpas (Lib) | John Timberlake | Elsie Brushfield (Ind) Stuart Harris (Ind) |
| Deakin | Liberal | Bernard Mildner | Alan Jarman (Lib) | Maurice Weston | Ray Nilsen (Ind) |
| Diamond Valley | Liberal | David McKenzie | Neil Brown (Lib) | Leo Morison | John Hill (AP) |
| Flinders | Liberal | Fay Nottage | Phillip Lynch (Lib) | Josephus Gobel | Monty Hollow (Ind) |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Hector McIvor | Ian Crouch (Lib) | Robin Thomas | |
| Gippsland | Country | John Wolfe | Peter Nixon (CP) | John Hansen | |
| Henty | Liberal | Robert Ray | Max Fox (Lib) | John Launder | Herman Crowther (Ind) |
| Higgins | Liberal | Wilhelm Kapphan | John Gorton (Lib) | Peter Grant | Walter Pickering (AP) Morris Revelman (Ind) |
| Holt | Liberal | William Wilkinson | Len Reid (Lib) | Henri de Sachau | |
| Hotham | Liberal | Kevin Vaughan | Don Chipp (Lib) | Ian Radnell | Kenneth Nolan (AP) |
| Indi | Country | Robert Cross | Roy Harle (Lib) Mac Holten* (CP) | Christopher Cody | |
| Isaacs | Liberal | Alan Roberts | David Hamer (Lib) | Frederick Skinner | Liane Wessley (Ind) |
| Kooyong | Liberal | Richard Dunstan | Andrew Peacock (Lib) | Francis Duffy | |
| La Trobe | Liberal | Pauline McCarthy | John Jess (Lib) | Peter Tunstall | Brenda Elliott (AP) |
| Lalor | Labor | Jim Cairns | Vaclav Ubl (Lib) | John Bacon | Tom Gilhooley (Ind) |
| Mallee | Country | Ronald Davies | James McFarlane (Lib) Winton Turnbull* (CP) | Peter Lawrence | |
| Maribyrnong | Liberal | Moss Cass | Philip Stokes (Lib) | Jim Marmion | Lance Hutchinson (Ind) Daphne Thorne (Ind) |
| McMillan | Liberal | Frank Mountford | Alex Buchanan* (Lib) John Dwyer (CP) | Les Hilton | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Calwell | Peter Block (Lib) | John Ryan | Murray Thompson (Ind) |
| Melbourne Ports | Liberal | Frank Crean | Kevin Randall (Lib) | Eustace Tracey | George Gabriel (Ind) Stephen Graves (Ind) Reg Macey (Ind) |
| Murray | Country | Neil Frankland | John McEwen (CP) | Brian Lacey | Bill Hunter (Ind) |
| Scullin | Labor | Harry Jenkins | James Spicer (Lib) | Tom Andrews | Brendon Connor (Ind) |
| Wannon | Liberal | Kenneth Ginifer | Malcolm Fraser (Lib) | Maurice Purcell | |
| Wills | Labor | Gordon Bryant | Peter Frankel (Lib) | John Flint | John Bennett (Ind) Milan Breier (Ind) Geraldine Phelan (Ind) |
| Wimmera | Country | Brian Brooke | Miles Bourke (Lib) Robert King* (CP) | Brian Cronin | |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Canning | Country | Allan Scott | John Hallett* (CP) Harry Pennington (Lib) | Maurice Bailey | |
| Curtin | Liberal | John Williamson | Victor Garland (Lib) | Francis Dwyer | Len McEntee (AP) Robert Scoggins (Ind) |
| Forrest | Liberal | Frank Kirwan | Gordon Freeth (Lib) | Henry Sullivan | Anthony Montgomery (AP) |
| Fremantle | Labor | Kim Beazley | Robert French (Lib) | Frank Pownall | |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Fred Collard | Jim Samson (Lib) | Geoffrey Sands | |
| Moore | Country | Peter Walsh | Don Maisey* (CP) Ian Thompson (Lib) | John Deane | |
| Perth | Liberal | Joe Berinson | Fred Chaney (Lib) | John Martyr | Patricia Giles (Ind) |
| Stirling | Liberal | Harry Webb | Ian Viner (Lib) | Brian Peachey | Allan Cooke (AP) |
| Swan | Liberal | Adrian Bennett | Richard Cleaver (Lib) | Alan Crofts | Arthur Williams (AP) |

## 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 (*).

### South Australia

A special election was held in South Australia to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Liberal Senator Keith Laught. Martin Cameron, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim.
| Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Other candidates |
| Don Cameron* | Martin Cameron | Mark Posa | Norman Munn | William Henry (SCP) Steven Gazecimeon (Ind) |

### Victoria

A special election was held in Victoria to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator John Gorton. Ivor Greenwood, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim.
| Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Australia candidate | Independent candidates |
| Bill Brown | Ivor Greenwood* | Frank Dowling | Adrian van Riel | Ray Evans John Murray Edwin Ryan |

## 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 special Senate elections in Victoria and South Australia.
| Party | NSW | Vic | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | Total |
| Party | HR | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | HR | S |
| Australian Labor Party | 44 | 34 | * | 18 | 9 | 12 | * | 5 | 1 | 1 | 124 | 2 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 37 | 32 | * | 11 | 9 | 12 | * | 5 | 1 | | 107 | 2 |
| Australian Country Party | 10 | 6 | | 7 | 2 | | | | | 1 | 26 | |
| Democratic Labor Party | 32 | 34 | * | 18 | 9 | 10 | * | 5 | | | 108 | 2 |
| Australia Party | 16 | 9 | * | 1 | 4 | 4 | * | 1 | 1 | | 36 | 2 |
| Communist Party of Australia | 4 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 7 | |
| Social Credit Party | | | | | | 2 | * | | | | 2 | 1 |
| Independent and other | 49 | 26 | | 3 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | | 2 | 89 | |