# Candidates of the 1951 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1951 Australian federal election. The election was held on 28 April 1951.

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

* In 1951, Country Party MP Charles Russell (Maranoa) was expelled from the party for advocating the appreciation of the pound. He contested the election as an independent.

## Retiring Members and Senators
### Labor

* Jack Holloway MP (Melbourne Ports, Vic)
* Senator Fred Beerworth (SA)

### Liberal

* Dame Enid Lyons MP (Darwin, Tas)
* Percy Spender MP (Warringah, NSW)
* Senator Wilfrid Simmonds (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 | Independent candidates |
| Australian Capital Territory | Independent | Jim Fraser | Clyde Greenwood | Jessie Ashton Lewis Nott |

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| Banks | Labor | Eric Costa | George Roffey (Lib) | |
| Barton | Labor | H. V. Evatt | Nancy Wake (Lib) | |
| Bennelong | Liberal | William Fitzgibbon | John Cramer (Lib) | |
| Blaxland | Labor | Jim Harrison | Jim Dennison (Lib) | |
| Bradfield | Liberal | Hugh Milne | Billy Hughes (Lib) | |
| Calare | Liberal | John Howell | John Howse (Lib) | Archibald Gardiner (Ind) |
| Cook | Labor | Tom Sheehan | Roy Hatfield (Lib) | Harry Hatfield (CPA) |
| Cowper | Country | William Bailey | Sir Earle Page (CP) | William Tomlinson (Ind) |
| Cunningham | Labor | Billy Davies | Alan Thomson (Lib) | Eric Aarons (CPA) |
| Dalley | Labor | Sol Rosevear | John Laffin (Lib) | |
| Darling | Labor | Joe Clark | Elson Whyte (CP) | |
| East Sydney | Labor | Eddie Ward | Allan Stewart (Lib) | |
| Eden-Monaro | Labor | Allan Fraser | Bill Keys (Lib) | |
| Evans | Liberal | Robert Bailey | Frederick Osborne (Lib) | |
| Farrer | Liberal | Daniel Byrnes | David Fairbairn (Lib) | |
| Grayndler | Labor | Fred Daly | Roy Squire (Lib) | William McCristal (ARP) |
| Gwydir | Country | Norman Ferguson | Thomas Treloar (CP) | |
| Hume | Country | Arthur Fuller | Charles Anderson (CP) | |
| Hunter | Labor | Rowley James | Ted Fletcher (Lib) | Arthur English (Ind) Evan Phillips (CPA) |
| Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Gordon Anderson | Arthur Butterell (Lib) | |
| Lang | Labor | Dan Mulcahy | Robert Bruce (Lib) | Roy Boyd (CPA) |
| Lawson | Country | Alan Manning | Laurie Failes (CP) | |
| Lowe | Liberal | John Burton | William McMahon (Lib) | |
| Lyne | Country | Edward Hayes | Jim Eggins (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind) |
| Macarthur | Liberal | William McDonnell | Jeff Bate (Lib) | |
| Mackellar | Liberal | Thomas Sherley | Bill Wentworth (Lib) | |
| Macquarie | Labor | Ben Chifley | Bob Cotton (Lib) | |
| Martin | Labor | William O'Connor | George Read (Lib) | Terry Gordon (CPA) Malinda Ivey (Ind) |
| Mitchell | Liberal | Joseph White | Roy Wheeler (Lib) | Mel McCalman (CPA) |
| New England | Country | William Wilson | David Drummond (CP) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | David Watkins | Roy Stewart (Lib) | Laurie Aarons (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Eileen Powell | William Jack (Lib) | |
| Parkes | Labor | Les Haylen | Dick Dein (Lib) | |
| Parramatta | Liberal | John Holmes | Howard Beale (Lib) | |
| Paterson | Liberal | Cecil Robinson | Allen Fairhall (Lib) | |
| Phillip | Labor | Joe Fitzgerald | Les Fingleton (Lib) | |
| Reid | Labor | Charles Morgan | Jim Clough (Lib) | Rupert Sheldon (Ind) |
| Richmond | Country | Alexander Bryen | Larry Anthony (CP) | |
| Riverina | Country | Michael Sheehan | Hugh Roberton (CP) | Les Kelton (CPA) |
| Robertson | Liberal | Walter Geraghty | Roger Dean (Lib) | |
| Shortland | Labor | Charles Griffiths | Arthur Downey (Lib) | |
| St George | Liberal | Nelson Lemmon | Bill Graham (Lib) | |
| Warringah | Liberal | Frank McCullum | Francis Bland (Lib) | |
| Watson | Labor | Dan Curtin | Donald Clark (Lib) | |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Cecil Trevelyan | Eric Harrison (Lib) | |
| Werriwa | Labor | Bert Lazzarini | Ian Griffith (Lib) | |
| West Sydney | Labor | Dan Minogue | Basil Mottershead (Lib) | Jack Miles (CPA) Clare Peters (Ind Lab) |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Country candidate | Independent candidates |
| Northern Territory | Labor | Jock Nelson | Ralph Edwards | Jessie Litchfield |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| Bowman | Liberal | Michael Lyons | Malcolm McColm (Lib) | Mabel Hanson (CPA) |
| Brisbane | Labor | George Lawson | Donagh McDonagh (Lib) | Alby Graham (CPA) |
| Capricornia | Liberal | Mick Gardner | George Pearce (Lib) | |
| Darling Downs | Liberal | | Reginald Swartz (Lib) | |
| Dawson | Country | George Hyde | Charles Davidson (CP) | |
| Fisher | Country | Geoffrey Arnell | Charles Adermann (CP) | |
| Griffith | Liberal | William Thieme | Doug Berry (Lib) | |
| Herbert | Labor | Bill Edmonds | Doug Jeffrey (CP) | Gloria Phelan (CPA) |
| Kennedy | Labor | Bill Riordan | Ulick Browne (CP) | |
| Leichhardt | Country | Harry Bruce | Tom Gilmore (CP) | Richard Anear (CPA) |
| Lilley | Liberal | Jim Hadley | Bruce Wight (Lib) | Walter Collings (Ind) |
| McPherson | Country | | Arthur Fadden (CP) | John Rosser (Ind) |
| Maranoa | Country | Alfred Dohring | Wilfred Brimblecombe (CP) | Charles Russell (Ind) |
| Moreton | Liberal | Ted Mansfield | Josiah Francis (Lib) | Bill Yarrow (CPA) |
| Oxley | Liberal | Andrew Crilly | Donald Cameron (Lib) | Frank O'Connor (CPA) |
| Petrie | Liberal | Patrick Bredhauer | Alan Hulme (Lib) | |
| Ryan | Liberal | Frank Luton | Nigel Drury (Lib) | |
| Wide Bay | Country | Thomas Wallace | Bernard Corser (CP) | |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Labor | Cyril Chambers | Thomas Phillips | Edward Robertson (CPA) |
| Angas | Liberal | John Edwards | Alick Downer | |
| Barker | Liberal | Jim Corcoran | Archie Cameron | Charles Lloyd (Ind) Frank Rieck (Ind) |
| Boothby | Liberal | Len Wright | John McLeay | |
| Grey | Labor | Edgar Russell | Edward Andrews | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | | |
| Kingston | Liberal | Pat Galvin | Jim Handby | Eric Stead (CPA) |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Albert Thompson | John Caskey | Alan Finger (CPA) |
| Sturt | Liberal | Leslie McMullin | Keith Wilson | |
| Wakefield | Liberal | Cyril Hasse | Philip McBride | |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate |
| Bass | Liberal | Colman O'Byrne | Bruce Kekwick |
| Darwin | Liberal | Clem Foster Max Poulter | Aubrey Luck |
| Denison | Liberal | Mervyn McNeair | Athol Townley |
| Franklin | Liberal | Jack Frost | Bill Falkinder |
| Wilmot | Labor | Gil Duthie | Lionel Browning |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| Balaclava | Liberal | Arthur Lewis | Thomas White (Lib) | |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | Bob Joshua | Alan Pittard (Lib) | |
| Batman | Labor | Alan Bird | Fred Capp (Lib) | |
| Bendigo | Labor | Percy Clarey | Charles Carty-Salmon (Lib) | |
| Burke | Labor | Ted Peters | Alfred Wall (Lib) | |
| Chisholm | Liberal | Ronald Whiting | Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib) | |
| Corangamite | Liberal | Angus McLean | Allan McDonald (Lib) | |
| Corio | Liberal | John Dedman | Hubert Opperman (Lib) | |
| Darebin | Labor | Tom Andrews | Gordon Savage (Lib) | |
| Deakin | Liberal | Gordon Bryant | Frank Davis (Lib) | Eric Butler (Ind) |
| Fawkner | Labor | Bill Bourke | Peter Howson (Lib) | Colin Kennedy (Ind) |
| Flinders | Liberal | Keith Ewert | Rupert Ryan (Lib) | Robert Hipwell (Ind) |
| Gellibrand | Labor | Jack Mullens | Gordon Trewin (Lib) | Alex Dobbin (CPA) |
| Gippsland | Country | Victor Fitzgerald | George Bowden (CP) |
| Henty | Liberal | Percy Treyvaud | Jo Gullett (Lib) | Doris McRae (CPA) |
| Higgins | Liberal | Benjamin Nicholas | Harold Holt (Lib) | Mary Kent Hughes (Ind) |
| Higinbotham | Liberal | Geoffrey Sowerbutts | Frank Timson (Lib) | |
| Hoddle | Labor | Jack Cremean | Jack Easton (Lib) | Leslie Loye (CPA) |
| Indi | Liberal | Charles Edmondson | William Bostock (Lib) | |
| Isaacs | Liberal | John Bourke | William Haworth (Lib) | Sam Goldbloom (Ind Lab) |
| Kooyong | Liberal | Maurice Sheehy | Robert Menzies (Lib) | Ted Laurie (CPA) |
| La Trobe | Liberal | Bernard Rees | Richard Casey (Lib) | |
| Lalor | Labor | Reg Pollard | Allen Bateman (Lib) | |
| Mallee | Country | Alfred O'Connor | Winton Turnbull (CP) | |
| Maribyrnong | Labor | Arthur Drakeford | Stuart Collie (Lib) | |
| McMillan | Liberal | Horace Hawkins | Geoffrey Brown (Lib) | Fred Charlesworth (CPA) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Arthur Calwell | Desmond Byrne (Lib) | Gerry O'Day (CPA) |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | Frank Crean | Michael Prowse (Lib) | |
| Murray | Country | Gordon Anderson | John McEwen (CP) | |
| Wannon | Liberal | Don McLeod | Dan Mackinnon (Lib) | |
| Wills | Labor | Bill Bryson | Baden Grafen (Lib) | Doris Blackburn (Prog Lab) |
| Wimmera | Liberal | Cyril Sudholz | William Lawrence (Lib) | |
| Yarra | Labor | Stan Keon | Kenneth Bisney (Lib) | Ken Miller (CPA) |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Communist candidate |
| Canning | Country | Percy Munday | Len Hamilton (CP) | |
| Curtin | Liberal | John Henshaw | Paul Hasluck (Lib) | |
| Forrest | Liberal | Frederick O'Connor | Gordon Freeth (Lib) | |
| Fremantle | Labor | Kim Beazley | Len Seaton (Lib) | |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Herbert Johnson | | |
| Moore | Country | Arthur Hunter | Hugh Leslie (CP) | |
| Perth | Labor | Tom Burke | Billy Snedden (Lib) | James Kelly |
| Swan | Liberal | Harry Webb | Bill Grayden (Lib) | Alex Jolly |

## Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution, all senators were up for re-election, with the first five from each state elected to six-year terms and the remaining five to three-year terms. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

### New South Wales

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | PPP candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Bill Ashley* John Armstrong* James Arnold* Donald Grant* Stan Amour* William Large | Bill Spooner* (Lib) Albert Reid* (CP) John McCallum* (Lib) John Tate* (Lib) Alister McMullin* (Lib) Thelma Kirkby (CP) | Richard Dixon Jim Healy Joe Bailes Edgar Ross Nellie Simm Cecil Connors | Ronald Sarina James Fowler | Edward Spensley (Ind) Robert Anstee (Ind) Jack Lang (LL) William Webb (Ind) |

### Queensland

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending seven seats.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Ben Courtice* Archie Benn* Gordon Brown* Condon Byrne* Samuel Martin Austin Elliott | Walter Cooper* (CP) Neil O'Sullivan* (Lib) Annabelle Rankin* (Lib) Ted Maher* (CP) Ian Wood* (Lib) Roy Kendall* (Lib) | Fred Paterson Max Julius Alex Macdonald Frank Falls Tom Millar Jim Peterson | Frank Barnes Clifford Banks |

### South Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending seven seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Sid O'Flaherty* Theo Nicholls* Jack Critchley* Alex Finlay* John Ryan* Frederick Ward | Ted Mattner* George McLeay* Clive Hannaford* Rex Pearson* Keith Laught* Basil Proctor | Henry Schneider John Sendy (CPA) John Gartner |

### Tasmania

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Communist candidates |
| Bill Morrow* Nick McKenna* Charles Lamp Justin O'Byrne* Bill Aylett* George Cole* Reg Murray | Jack Chamberlain* Allan Guy* Denham Henty* John Marriott Robert Wordsworth* Reg Wright* | Jack Lynch Max Bound |

### Victoria

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | HGJP candidates |
| Don Cameron* Charles Sandford* Jim Sheehan* Jack Devlin* Bert Hendrickson* Fred Katz | John Spicer* (Lib) George Rankin* (CP) John Gorton* (Lib) Ivy Wedgwood* (Lib) Magnus Cormack* (Lib) William Moss (CP) | Ralph Gibson Bill Bird Bill Tregear Agnes Doig Ted Bull Paddy O'Donoghue | Leslie Bawden Lance Hutchinson Walter Tindall |

### Western Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| Dorothy Tangney* Don Willesee* James Fraser* Richard Nash* Joe Cooke John Harris | Agnes Robertson* (Lib) Seddon Vincent* (Lib) Edmund Piesse* (CP) Malcolm Scott* (Lib) Harrie Seward* (CP) Shane Paltridge* (Lib) | Kevin Healy Pat Hurd Jack Coleman | Carlyle Ferguson (APA) Robert Salter |

## 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 Senate elections in each state.
| Party | NSW | NSW | Vic | Vic | Qld | Qld | WA | WA | SA | SA | Tas | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | Total |
| Party | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | S |
| Australian Labor Party | 47 | * | 33 | * | 17 | * | 8 | * | 10 | * | 6 | * | 1 | 1 | 123 | 6 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 39 | * | 30 | * | 10 | * | 5 | * | 9 | * | 5 | * | 1 | | 99 | 6 |
| Australian Country Party | 8 | * | 3 | * | 8 | * | 2 | * | | | | | | 1 | 22 | 4 |
| Communist Party of Australia | 9 | * | 7 | * | 6 | * | 2 | * | 3 | * | | * | | | 27 | 6 |
| Australian Republican Party | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Protestant People's Party | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Lang Labor | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Henry George Justice Party | | | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| All Parties Administration | | | | | | | | * | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Independent and other | 7 | | 5 | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | 1 | 19 | |