# Candidates of the 1966 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1966 Australian federal election. The election was held on 26 November 1966.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Jock Nelson MP (Northern Territory, NT)
* Bill Riordan MP (Kennedy, Qld)

### Liberal

* Frank Davis MP (Deakin, Vic)
* Bill Falkinder MP (Franklin, Tas)
* William Jack MP (North Sydney, NSW)
* Robert Lindsay MP (Flinders, Vic)
* Dan Mackinnon MP (Corangamite, Vic)
* Sir John McLeay MP (Boothby, SA)
* Sir Keith Wilson MP (Sturt, SA)

### Country

* Wilfred Brimblecombe MP (Maranoa, 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 | DLP candidate | Independent candidate |
| Australian Capital Territory | Labor | Jim Fraser | Robert Rowell | John Donohue | Anne Dalgarno Robert Greenish |

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Banks | Labor | Eric Costa | Herman Tibben (Lib) | Norma Boyle | Harry Hatfield (CPA) |
| Barton | Labor | Len Reynolds | Bill Arthur (Lib) | Phillip Kennedy | Charles Bellchambers (Ind) |
| Bennelong | Liberal | Geoffrey O'Donnell | Sir John Cramer (Lib) | Edward Connolly | Robert Turner (LRG) |
| Blaxland | Labor | Jim Harrison | Robert Lovell (Lib) | Terence Keenan | |
| Bradfield | Liberal | William Bramwell | Harry Turner (Lib) | Allan Dwyer | |
| Calare | Country | William Stavert | John England (CP) | John Grant | |
| Cowper | Country | Burwood Gillett | Ian Robinson (CP) | | William Tredinnick (LRG) |
| Cunningham | Labor | Rex Connor | John Poel (Lib) | | Jeffrey Fenton (Ind) Victor Kearney (Ind) Reg Wilding (CPA) |
| Dalley | Labor | William O'Connor | Elton Lewis (Lib) | John Kavanagh | |
| Darling | Labor | Joe Clark | Allan Connell (Lib) | | |
| East Sydney | Labor | Len Devine | William Berman (Lib) | Mel Antcliff | Bill Brown (CPA) |
| Eden-Monaro | Labor | Allan Fraser | Dugald Munro* (Lib) Tony Pratten (CP) | John Mills | |
| Evans | Liberal | James Monaghan | Malcolm Mackay (Lib) | Francis Collins | John Gunn (LRG) |
| Farrer | Liberal | Alan Thomson | David Fairbairn (Lib) | James Keogh | |
| Grayndler | Labor | Fred Daly | Basil Mottershead (Lib) | Lyle Antcliff | |
| Gwydir | Country | Reginald Lang | Ian Allan (CP) | | |
| Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | Don Dobie (Lib) | William Goslett | |
| Hume | Country | John Menadue | Ian Pettitt (CP) | John Hogan | |
| Hunter | Labor | Bert James | William Gilchrist (Lib) | Donald Richards | |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Dan Curtin | Nancy Wake (Lib) | Cornelius Woodbury | |
| Lang | Labor | Frank Stewart | Graham Crawford (Lib) | Bernard Atkinson | |
| Lawson | Country | John Canobi | Laurie Failes (CP) | Mario Morandini | |
| Lowe | Liberal | Peter Dunn | William McMahon (Lib) | Anthony Rooney | Francis James (LRG) |
| Lyne | Country | John Allan | Philip Lucock (CP) | | Joe Cordner (Ind) William Power (Ind) |
| Macarthur | Liberal | Patrick O'Halloran | Jeff Bate (Lib) | Albert Perish | Ronald Sarina (Ind) John Souter (Ind) |
| Mackellar | Liberal | Kenneth McLean | Bill Wentworth (Lib) | Philip Cohen | Peter Allison (LRG) |
| Macquarie | Labor | Tony Luchetti | John Heesh (Lib) | Richard Ambrose | Allan Fuary (Ind) |
| Mitchell | Liberal | Peter McLoughlin | Les Irwin (Lib) | Andrew Diehm | Francis Bonnor (Ind) Michael Deecke (Ind) Alan Jones (Ind) Kevin Martin (Ind) William Murray (Ind) Dennis Rees (Ind) |
| New England | Country | John Affleck | Ian Sinclair (CP) | | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Charles Jones | Frances Clack (Lib) | Jack Collins | Warren Bridge (Ind) |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Jack Grahame | Bill Graham (Lib) | Edmund Bateman | Joyce Duncan (Ind) Nicholas Gorshenin (Ind) Romualds Kemps (Ind) Frederick Simpson (LRG) David Wall (Ind) |
| Parkes | Liberal | Doug Sutherland | Tom Hughes (Lib) | Kevin Davis | John Crew (LRG) |
| Parramatta | Liberal | Barry Wilde | Nigel Bowen (Lib) | Edward Beck | Kenneth Cook (LRG) Paul Nolan (Ind) |
| Paterson | Liberal | Francis Murray | Allen Fairhall (Lib) | Aubrey Barr | |
| Phillip | Liberal | Brian O'Kane | William Aston (Lib) | Dominique Droulers | John Hannan (Ind) |
| Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | Stanislaus Kelly (Lib) | Mick Carroll | |
| Richmond | Country | Ernest Jones | Doug Anthony (CP) | | Keith Compton (Ind) |
| Riverina | Country | Patrick Newman Arthur Solly | Bill Armstrong (CP) | Leslie Kennedy | |
| Robertson | Liberal | William Smith | William Bridges-Maxwell (Lib) | Michael Dwyer | Percival McPherson (LRG) |
| St George | Liberal | Malcolm Cameron | Len Bosman (Lib) | Hans Andreasson | John Mant (LRG) |
| Shortland | Labor | Charles Griffiths | Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib) | Robert Burke | Geoff Curthoys (CPA) Stanley Millington (Ind) |
| Warringah | Liberal | Jim McClelland | Edward St John (Lib) | Francis Hicks | Keith Chambers (Ind) Eric Riches (Ind) |
| Watson | Labor | Jim Cope | Peter Lowe (Lib) | Thomas Colman | |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Kerry Sibraa | Les Bury (Lib) | Doris Brown | Brian King (Ind) Jack Mundey (CPA) |
| Werriwa | Labor | Gough Whitlam | Elga Rodze (Lib) | Andrew Murphy | Les Kelton (CPA) |
| West Sydney | Labor | Dan Minogue | Albert Curtin (Lib) | Denise Clancy | Ron Maxwell (CPA) |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Country candidate |
| Northern Territory | Labor | Richard Ward | Sam Calder |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Bowman | Liberal | Jack Comber | Wylie Gibbs (Lib) | Paul Tucker | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Manfred Cross | Brian Perkins (Lib) | Patrick Hallinan | |
| Capricornia | Labor | George Gray | Neil McKendry (Lib) | Peter Boyle | |
| Darling Downs | Liberal | Desmond Hare | Reginald Swartz (Lib) | Francis Mullins | |
| Dawson | Labor | Rex Patterson | John Fordyce (CP) | Bernard Lewis | |
| Fisher | Country | Alfred Walker | Charles Adermann (CP) | Robert Barron | |
| Griffith | Labor | Wilfred Coutts | Don Cameron (Lib) | John Fitz-Gibbon | Vic Slater (CPA) |
| Herbert | Labor | Ted Harding | Robert Bonnett (Lib) | Kiernan Dorney | |
| Kennedy | Labor | Barry Dittmer | Bob Katter (CP) | Edward Bennett | John Donaldson (Ind) |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Bill Fulton | Michael Turner (CP) | Geoffrey Higham | |
| Lilley | Liberal | Frank Melit | Kevin Cairns (Lib) | Reginald Lincoln | Sarah Ross (Ind) |
| McPherson | Country | Allan Swinton | Charles Barnes (CP) | Frederick Burges | Harold Brennan (Ind) |
| Maranoa | Country | Jack Tonkin | James Corbett (CP) | Bryan Hurley | |
| Moreton | Liberal | Len Keogh | James Killen (Lib) | Miroslav Jansky | |
| Oxley | Labor | Bill Hayden | Stewart Fletcher (CP) Colin Logan (Lib) | Thomas Dalton | |
| Petrie | Liberal | Reginald O'Brien | Alan Hulme (Lib) | Thomas Grundy | Francis O'Mara (Ind) |
| Ryan | Liberal | Donald Jeffries | Nigel Drury (Lib) | Brian O'Brien | John Thurwall (Ind) |
| Wide Bay | Labor | Brendan Hansen | Albert White (CP) | William Hutchinson | |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Labor | Joe Sexton | Andrew Jones | George Basisovs | |
| Angas | Liberal | Robert Nielsen | Geoffrey Giles | | |
| Barker | Liberal | Norman Alcock | Jim Forbes | | Don Jarrett (CPA) |
| Bonython | Labor | Martin Nicholls | John Kershaw | Edward Timlin | Luke Horan (SCP) |
| Boothby | Liberal | Thomas Sheehy | John McLeay | Ted Farrell | |
| Grey | Labor | Jack Mortimer | Don Jessop | Douglas Barnes | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | Ross Stanford | Cyril Holasek | |
| Kingston | Labor | Pat Galvin | Kay Brownbill | Allan Anderson | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Fred Birrell | Peter Balnaves | Michael Bowler | Denis McEvoy (SCP) Jim Moss (CPA) |
| Sturt | Liberal | Keith Le Page | Ian Wilson | Walter Doran | |
| Wakefield | Liberal | John Phelan | Bert Kelly | | |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Communist candidate |
| Bass | Labor | Lance Barnard | Timothy Barrenger | Richard Delany | |
| Braddon | Labor | Ron Davies | Paul Fenton | John Chapman-Mortimer | |
| Denison | Liberal | Neil Batt | Adrian Gibson | Harold Grace | Max Bound |
| Franklin | Liberal | John Parsons | Thomas Pearsall | John Lynch | |
| Wilmot | Labor | Gil Duthie | Donald Paterson | Robert Wright | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | LRG candidate | Other candidates |
| Balaclava | Liberal | Leo Richards | Ray Whittorn (Lib) | Ralph James | Brian McLure | |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | David Pollock | Dudley Erwin (Lib) | Bob Joshua | | |
| Batman | Labor | John Andersen | Bruce Skeggs (Lib) | Henry Darroch | Robert Desailly | Sam Benson (Ind) |
| Bendigo | Labor | Noel Beaton | Frank Dunphy (Lib) | Bill Drechsler | | |
| Bruce | Liberal | Leslie Donnelly | Billy Snedden (Lib) | Henri de Sachau | Herbert Wessley | Ralph Gibson (CPA) John Saunderson (Ind) |
| Chisholm | Liberal | Kenneth Grigg | Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib) | Mary Stanley | | Clive Malseed (Ind) |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Lindsay Romey | Gilbert Anderson (CP) Tony Street* (Lib) | Brian Cronin | | |
| Corio | Liberal | Gordon Scholes | Hubert Opperman (Lib) | James Mahoney | William Dobell | Elsie Brushfield (Ind) |
| Darebin | Labor | Frank Courtnay | Noel Stubbs (Lib) | Tom Andrews | | |
| Deakin | Liberal | David McKenzie | Alan Jarman (Lib) | Maurice Weston | Michael Degendorfer | |
| Fawkner | Liberal | Robert Vernon | Peter Howson (Lib) | Yvonne Abolins | George Gabriel | Anthony Sanders (Ind) |
| Flinders | Liberal | Ian Boraston | Phillip Lynch (Lib) | John Cass | | George Brunning (Ind) |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Hector McIvor | John McArthur (Lib) | Robin Thomas | | Ian Daykin (CPA) |
| Gippsland | Country | Thomas Powell | Peter Nixon (CP) | John Hansen | | |
| Henty | Liberal | Maureen Campbell-Teich | Max Fox (Lib) | Henry Moore | | |
| Higgins | Liberal | Bruce Phayer | Harold Holt (Lib) | Frederick Skinner | | |
| Higinbotham | Liberal | Reginald Butler | Don Chipp (Lib) | William Cameron | John Little | John A'Murray (ARP) |
| Indi | Country | William O'Neill | Mac Holten* (CP) James Stewart (Lib) | Christopher Cody | | |
| Isaacs | Liberal | Peter Wilkinson | William Haworth (Lib) | John Hughes | | |
| Kooyong | Liberal | William Cooper | Andrew Peacock (Lib) | Bernie Gaynor | | |
| La Trobe | Liberal | Don Pritchard | John Jess (Lib) | Kevin Adamson | Leonard Weber | |
| Lalor | Labor | Reg Pollard | Mervyn Lee (Lib) | Jim Marmion | Victor Parsons | Paul de Tert (Ind) Peter Spencer (Ind) Michael Wood (Ind) |
| Mallee | Country | Hibbe Draaisma | Winton Turnbull (CP) | John Carty | | |
| Maribyrnong | Liberal | John O'Brien | Philip Stokes (Lib) | Barry O'Brien | | Lance Hutchinson (Ind) |
| McMillan | Liberal | Eric Kent | Alex Buchanan (Lib) | Les Hilton | | Thomas Yates (Ind) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Calwell | Donald Gibson (Lib) | James Whitehead | | Ronald Batey (Ind) |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | Frank Crean | Richard Thomas (Lib) | George O'Dwyer | | David Clark (CPA) |
| Murray | Country | Mervyn Huggins | John McEwen (CP) | Brian Lacey | | |
| Scullin | Labor | Ted Peters | Ronald Hay (Lib) | Peter McCabe | | John Daley (Ind) |
| Wannon | Liberal | Cyril Primmer | Malcolm Fraser (Lib) | Terence Callander | | |
| Wills | Labor | Gordon Bryant | David Hutchinson (Lib) | John Flint | | |
| Wimmera | Country | George Jeffs | Wilson Bolton (Lib) Robert King* (CP) | Bruno d'Elia | | |
| Yarra | Labor | Jim Cairns | Lionel Hawkins (Lib) | Stan Keon | | Bruno Bonomo (Ind) |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Communist candidate |
| Canning | Country | Charles Edwards | John Hallett* (CP) Norman Snow (Lib) | Bryan Finlay | |
| Curtin | Labor | John Brind | Paul Hasluck (Lib) | Francis Dwyer | |
| Forrest | Liberal | Frank Kirwan | Gordon Freeth (Lib) | Maurice Bailey | |
| Fremantle | Labor | Kim Beazley | John Waghorne (Lib) | John Martyr | Paddy Troy |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Fred Collard | Grahame Jonas (Lib) | Geoffrey Sands | |
| Moore | Country | Mal Bryce | Harold Lundy (Lib) Don Maisey* (CP) | Gavin O'Connor | |
| Perth | Liberal | Alan Bate | Fred Chaney (Lib) | George Mazak | Annette Aarons |
| Stirling | Labor | Harry Webb | Doug Cash (Lib) | Frank Pownall | |
| Swan | Liberal | Edward Gillett | Richard Cleaver (Lib) | Alan Crofts | |

## 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 (*).

### New South Wales

A special election was held in New South Wales to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator Sir William Spooner. Bob Cotton, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.
| Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate |
| Clive Evatt | Bob Cotton* | Gwynydd Meredith |

### Queensland

A special election was held in Queensland to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington. Bill Heatley, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.
| Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | DLP candidate | Independent candidate |
| Bertie Milliner | Bill Heatley* | Rogers Judge | Ian Kent |

### Victoria

Two special elections were held in Victoria to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Labor Senator Charles Sandford and Country Party Senator Harrie Wade. George Poyser, also of the Labor Party, and James Webster, of the Country Party, had been appointed to these vacancies in the interim period.
| Labor candidates | Country candidates | DLP candidates | Group D candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| George Poyser* Giuseppe Di Salvo | James Webster* Lloyd Atkin | Jack Little Frank Dowling | Kenneth Nolan Laurence Hoult | Edwin Ryan (LRG) |

### Western Australia

Two special elections were held in Western Australia to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Liberal Senators Sir Shane Paltridge and Seddon Vincent. Peter Sim and Reg Withers, both also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to these vacancies in the interim period.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | DLP candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Laurie Wilkinson* John Henshaw | Peter Sim* Reg Withers Victor Garland | Mark Briffa Lydia Obbes | Frederick Simpson John Huelin |

## 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 New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.
| Party | NSW | NSW | Vic | Vic | Qld | Qld | WA | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | Total |
| Party | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR | S |
| Australian Labor Party | 47 | * | 33 | * | 18 | * | 9 | * | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 4 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 38 | * | 30 | * | 11 | | 9 | * | 11 | 5 | 1 | | 105 | 3 |
| Australian Country Party | 10 | | 6 | | 8 | * | 2 | | | | | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Democratic Labor Party | 39 | * | 33 | * | 18 | * | 9 | * | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 113 | 4 |
| Liberal Reform Group | 10 | | 9 | * | | | | | | | | | 19 | 1 |
| Communist Party of Australia | 7 | | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | | 2 | 1 | | | 16 | |
| Social Credit Party | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | |
| Australian Republican Party | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Independent and other | 26 | | 14 | | 5 | | | | | | 2 | | 47 | |