# Candidates of the 1963 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1963 Australian federal election. The election was held on 30 November 1963.

## By-elections, appointments and defections
### By-elections and appointments

* On 1 September 1962, Sam Benson (Labor) was elected to replace Alan Bird (Labor) as the member for Batman.
* On 9 October 1962, George Whiteside (Labor) was appointed a Queensland Senator to replace Max Poulter (Labor).
* On 1 June 1963, Jack Mortimer (Labor) was elected to replace Edgar Russell (Labor) as the member for Grey.
* On 28 September 1963, Len Devine (Labor) was elected to replace Eddie Ward (Labor) as the member for East Sydney.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Norman Makin MP (Bonython, SA)
* Victor Kearney MP (Cunningham, NSW)
* Albert Thompson MP (Port Adelaide, SA)

### Country

* Charles Davidson MP (Dawson, Qld)
* David Drummond MP (New England, NSW)
* Hugh Leslie MP (Moore, WA)

## 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 |
| Australian Capital Territory | Labor | Jim Fraser | Elizabeth Calvert |

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Banks | Labor | Eric Costa | Milovan Kovjanic (Lib) | | Pat Clancy (CPA) |
| Barton | Labor | Len Reynolds | Jack Manning (Lib) | Norma Boyle | |
| Bennelong | Liberal | William Baird | John Cramer (Lib) | Allan Dwyer | Joseph Woodhouse (NGP) |
| Blaxland | Labor | Jim Harrison | Terence Morrish (Lib) | Kevin Davis | |
| Bradfield | Liberal | Lawrence McCulloch | Harry Turner (Lib) | Dominique Droulers | |
| Calare | Country | Leroy Serisier | John England (CP) | George Boland | |
| Cowper | Labor | Frank McGuren | Ian Robinson (CP) | | |
| Cunningham | Labor | Rex Connor | Jack Hough (Lib) | | Bill McDougall (CPA) |
| Dalley | Labor | William O'Connor | | Peter Keogh | |
| Darling | Labor | Joe Clark | Frederick Harding (CP) | | |
| East Sydney | Labor | Len Devine | William Foster (Lib) | | Bill Brown (CPA) |
| Eden-Monaro | Labor | Allan Fraser | Dugald Munro (Lib) | John Donohue | |
| Evans | Labor | James Monaghan | Malcolm Mackay (Lib) | Jack Kane | Stanislaus Kelly (Ind) Harold O'Reilly (Ind) |
| Farrer | Liberal | Herb McPherson | David Fairbairn (Lib) | Lawrence Esler | |
| Grayndler | Labor | Fred Daly | Robert Leech (Lib) | | Joyce Stevens (CPA) |
| Gwydir | Country | Kenneth Green | Ian Allan (CP) | | |
| Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | William Cover (Lib) | George Apap | John Mantova (Ind) John Phillips (NGP) |
| Hume | Labor | Arthur Fuller | Geoffrey Ashton (Lib) Ian Pettitt* (CP) | Charles Rowe | |
| Hunter | Labor | Bert James | John Wassell (Lib) | Aubrey Barr | Evan Phillips (CPA) |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Dan Curtin | Sidney Pitkethly (Lib) | | Jim Baird (CPA) |
| Lang | Labor | Frank Stewart | Russell Carter (Lib) | | Frank Ball (Ind) |
| Lawson | Country | John Canobi | Laurie Failes (CP) | Mario Morandini | |
| Lowe | Liberal | John Holland | William McMahon (Lib) | Reginald Lawson | |
| Lyne | Country | John Allan | Philip Lucock (CP) | | Joe Cordner (Ind) |
| Macarthur | Liberal | Don Nilon | Jeff Bate (Lib) | Albert Perish | Ronald Sarina (Ind) |
| Mackellar | Liberal | Mabel Elliott | Bill Wentworth (Lib) | Philip Cohen | Hugh Begg (CPA) |
| Macquarie | Labor | Tony Luchetti | John Heesh (Lib) | | |
| Mitchell | Labor | John Armitage | Les Irwin (Lib) | Malcolm Towner | Albert Ackerman (NGP) John Ashe (Ind) |
| New England | Country | Donald White | Ian Sinclair (CP) | | James Gordon (Ind) Andrew Monley (Ind) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Charles Jones | Eric Cupit (Lib) | Jack Collins | |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Maurice Isaacs | William Jack (Lib) | Michael Fitzpatrick | |
| Parkes | Labor | Les Haylen | Tom Hughes (Lib) | Vincent Couch | |
| Parramatta | Liberal | Maxwell McLaren | Sir Garfield Barwick (Lib) | Edward Beck | |
| Paterson | Liberal | Archibald Jones | Allen Fairhall (Lib) | | |
| Phillip | Labor | Syd Einfeld | William Aston (Lib) | John Antill | |
| Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | Thomas Reeves (Lib) | Mick Carroll | |
| Richmond | Country | Matthew Walsh | Doug Anthony (CP) | | Peter Bray (Ind) |
| Riverina | Country | Jack Ward | Hugh Roberton (CP) | Victor Groutsch | |
| Robertson | Liberal | Bob Brown | Roger Dean (Lib) | George Britton | |
| Shortland | Labor | Charles Griffiths | William Gilchrist (Lib) | Robert Burke | Barbara Curthoys (CPA) |
| St George | Labor | Lionel Clay | Len Bosman (Lib) | John Vandergriff | |
| Warringah | Liberal | John Lancaster | John Cockle (Lib) | John Plunkett | |
| Watson | Labor | Jim Cope | Louis Mamo (Lib) | Bernard Atkinson | Harry Hatfield (CPA) |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Nell Simpson | Les Bury (Lib) | | Arthur Bergman (Ind) |
| Werriwa | Labor | Gough Whitlam | Kevin Byrne (Lib) | Harry Cole | |
| West Sydney | Labor | Dan Minogue | | William Doherty | Charles Kilduff (NGP) Maurice Law (Ind) |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate |
| Northern Territory | Labor | Jock Nelson |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Bowman | Labor | Jack Comber | Wylie Gibbs (Lib) | Harry Wright | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Manfred Cross | Leith Sinclair (Lib) | John O'Connell | Warren Bowden (CPA) |
| Capricornia | Labor | George Gray | Maurice South (Lib) | Alphonsus Schleger | |
| Darling Downs | Liberal | Cyril Mitchell | Reginald Swartz (Lib) | Kenneth Rawle | |
| Dawson | Country | Doug Everingham | George Shaw (CP) | Edwin Eshmann | |
| Fisher | Country | William Weir | Charles Adermann (CP) | Geoffrey Traill | |
| Griffith | Labor | Wilfred Coutts | Keith Grant (Lib) | Paul Tucker | |
| Herbert | Labor | Ted Harding | Roy Pope (Lib) | Kiernan Dorney | Frank Bishop (CPA) |
| Kennedy | Labor | Bill Riordan | Keith Siemon (CP) | John Judge | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Bill Fulton | Robert Norman (CP) | Arthur Trembath | |
| Lilley | Labor | Don Cameron | Kevin Cairns (Lib) | Frank Andrews | |
| Maranoa | Country | Trevor Alexander | Wilfred Brimblecombe (CP) | Mervyn Eunson | |
| McPherson | Country | Gerry Jones | Charles Barnes (CP) | Michael O'Connor | |
| Moreton | Liberal | John O'Donnell | James Killen (Lib) | Eric Allingham | |
| Oxley | Labor | Bill Hayden | Arthur Chresby (Lib) | Terence Burns | |
| Petrie | Labor | Reginald O'Brien | Alan Hulme (Lib) | Brian Balaam | Francis O'Mara (Ind) |
| Ryan | Liberal | Raymond McCreath | Nigel Drury (Lib) | Brian O'Brien | Robert Hooker (SCP) |
| Wide Bay | Labor | Brendan Hansen | Albert White (CP) | Rogers Judge | Geoffrey Nichols (SCP) |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Labor | Joe Sexton | Karl-Juergen Liebetrau | Patrick Coffey | |
| Angas | Liberal | Robert Nielsen | Alick Downer | | Elliott Johnston (CPA) |
| Barker | Liberal | Norman Alcock | Jim Forbes | | Harvey Burns (Ind) |
| Bonython | Labor | Martin Nicholls | | Edward Timlin | Alan Miller (CPA) |
| Boothby | Liberal | Ronald Basten | Sir John McLeay | Ted Farrell | |
| Grey | Labor | Jack Mortimer | Vern Dyason | William Ahern | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | | Richard Mills | |
| Kingston | Labor | Pat Galvin | Kay Brownbill | Brian Crowe | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Fred Birrell | | George Basisovs | Jim Moss (CPA) |
| Sturt | Liberal | Norm Foster | Keith Wilson | Walter Doran | |
| Wakefield | Liberal | John Penrose | Bert Kelly | | |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Bass | Labor | Lance Barnard | James Wardlaw | Frederick Kaye | |
| Braddon | Labor | Ron Davies | Paul Fenton | Frances Lane | |
| Denison | Liberal | Donald Finlay | Athol Townley | Brian Bresnehan | Max Bound (CPA) Bruce Brown (Ind) |
| Franklin | Liberal | John Parsons | Bill Falkinder | Andrew Defendini | |
| Wilmot | Labor | Gil Duthie | Donald Paterson | Alastair Davidson | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Balaclava | Liberal | Ephraim Briskman | Ray Whittorn (Lib) | John Ryan | Edith Jewell (Ind) |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | Allan Williams | Dudley Erwin (Lib) | Bob Joshua | |
| Batman | Labor | Sam Benson | Bruce Skeggs (Lib) | Jack Little | |
| Bendigo | Labor | Noel Beaton | Fred Grimwade (Lib) | Bill Drechsler | |
| Bruce | Liberal | Barry Jones | Billy Snedden (Lib) | Henri de Sachau | Brian Crossley (Ind) Tom Gilhoooley (Ind) |
| Chisholm | Liberal | John Button | Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib) | John Duffy | |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Fred Black | Dan Mackinnon (Lib) | Francis O'Brien | |
| Corio | Liberal | Bob Hawke | Hubert Opperman (Lib) | James Mahoney | |
| Darebin | Labor | Frank Courtnay | Peter Coupe (Lib) | Tom Andrews | |
| Deakin | Liberal | Pat Hubbard | Frank Davis (Lib) | Maurice Weston | |
| Fawkner | Liberal | Gwendolyn Noad | Peter Howson (Lib) | John Speed | George Gabriel (Ind) |
| Flinders | Liberal | Nola Barber | Robert Lindsay (Lib) | Martin Curry | |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Hector McIvor | Harley Price (Lib) | Jan Roszkowski | David Davies (CPA) |
| Gippsland | Country | Sydney Evans | Peter Nixon (CP) | John Hansen | |
| Henty | Liberal | George Taylor | Max Fox (Lib) | Joseph McHugh | Herbert Viney (Ind Lab) |
| Higgins | Liberal | Roger Kirby | Harold Holt (Lib) | Celia Laird | |
| Higinbotham | Liberal | Reginald Butler | Don Chipp (Lib) | William Cameron | |
| Indi | Country | Mervyn Huggins | Ian Foyster (Lib) Mac Holten* (CP) | Christopher Cody | |
| Isaacs | Liberal | Paul Court | William Haworth (Lib) | John Hughes | |
| Kooyong | Liberal | Robert White | Sir Robert Menzies (Lib) | Charles Murphy | Ralph Gibson (CPA) |
| Lalor | Labor | Reg Pollard | Bernard Treseder (Lib) | Jim Marmion | |
| La Trobe | Liberal | Moss Cass | John Jess (Lib) | Kevin Adamson | |
| Mallee | Country | Maurice Hinton | Winton Turnbull (CP) | Michael Howley | |
| Maribyrnong | Liberal | Neil Armour | Philip Stokes (Lib) | Frank McManus | John Murray (ARP) Edwin Ryan (Ind) |
| McMillan | Liberal | Eric Kent | Alex Buchanan (Lib) | Les Hilton | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Calwell | Charles Hider (Lib) | Thomas Brennan | |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | Frank Crean | James Pond (Lib) | George O'Dwyer | Roger Wilson (CPA) |
| Murray | Country | Neil Frankland | John McEwen (CP) | Brian Lacey | |
| Scullin | Labor | Ted Peters | John Harrison (Lib) | James Abikhair | Ron Hearn (CPA) |
| Wannon | Liberal | Cyril Primmer | Malcolm Fraser (Lib) | Terence Callander | |
| Wills | Labor | Gordon Bryant | James Muntz (Lib) | John Hardy | |
| Wimmera | Country | Thomas Windsor | Robert King* (CP) Howard Rodda (Lib) | Adrian Cahill | |
| Yarra | Labor | Jim Cairns | Anthony Hearder (Lib) | Stan Keon | |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Canning | Liberal | Charles Edwards | John Hallett* (CP) Neil McNeill (Lib) | | Ronald Batey (Ind) |
| Curtin | Liberal | | Paul Hasluck (Lib) | Francis Dwyer | John Gandini (CPA) |
| Forrest | Liberal | Robert Smithson | Gordon Freeth (Lib) | | Frank Oates (Ind CP) |
| Fremantle | Labor | Kim Beazley | John Waghorne (Lib) | | James Collins (Ind) Paddy Troy (CPA) |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Fred Collard | Peter Browne (Lib) | James Ardagh Antonius Berkhout | |
| Moore | Country | Wilbur Bennett | Hugh Halbert (Lib) Don Maisey* (CP) | | |
| Perth | Liberal | Edward Halse | Fred Chaney (Lib) | Arthur White | |
| Stirling | Labor | Harry Webb | Doug Cash (Lib) | Brian Peachey | |
| Swan | Liberal | Joe Berinson | Richard Cleaver (Lib) | Gerardus Sappelli | Warwick Hill (Ind) |

## 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 (*).

### Queensland

A special election was held in Queensland to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Labor Senator Max Poulter. George Whiteside, also of the Labor Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.
| Labor candidates | DLP candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| George Whiteside Bert Turner | Oliver Andersen Anne Wenck | Reginald Leigh (Ind) Kenneth Morris* (Lib) Bruce Tannock (Ind) James Drabsch (Ind) |

## 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 special Senate election in Queensland.
| Party | NSW | Vic | Qld | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | Total |
| Party | HR | HR | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | S |
| Australian Labor Party | 47 | 33 | 18 | * | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 124 | 1 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 36 | 30 | 11 | * | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 100 | 1 |
| Australian Country Party | 10 | 5 | 7 | | 2 | | | | | 24 | |
| Democratic Labor Party | 32 | 33 | 18 | * | 6 | 8 | 5 | | | 102 | 1 |
| Communist Party of Australia | 9 | 4 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | 21 | |
| New Guinea Party | 4 | | | | | | | | | 4 | |
| Social Credit Party | | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | |
| Australian Republican Party | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Independent and other | 12 | 6 | 1 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | 25 | |