# Candidates of the 1972 Queensland state election

The 1972 Queensland state election was held on 27 May 1972.

## Retiring members

* Note: Albert Liberal MLA Bill Heatley, Balonne Country MLA Harold Hungerford and Callide Country MLA Vince Jones had died prior to the election, while Bowen Liberal MLA Peter Delamothe had resigned; no by-elections had been held to replace them.

### Labor

* Eric Lloyd MLA (Kedron)

### Country

* Sir David Nicholson MLA (Murrumba)
* Sir Harold Richter MLA (Somerset)
* John Row MLA (Hinchinbrook)

### Democratic Labor

* Les Diplock MLA (Aubigny)

## Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | DLP candidate | Independent candidates |
| Albert | Liberal | Bill D'Arcy | Robert Allen (Lib) Ivan Gibbs (CP) | Thomas McKenzie | John Black William Wollstein |
| Archerfield | Labor | Kevin Hooper | Cyril Morgan (Lib) | Barry Weedon | |
| Ashgrove | Liberal | Walter Tutt | Douglas Tooth (Lib) | Bert Vann | Ivan Alcorn |
| Aspley | Liberal | John Steensen | Fred Campbell (Lib) | Noel Hutchinson | |
| Auburn | Country | Roden Carter | Nev Hewitt (CP) | Lindsay Sharpe | |
| Balonne | Country | Bob Drenan | Don Neal (CP) | John Donnelly | William Dendle |
| Barambah | Country | Neville Reinke | Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP) | Mary Ryan | Percy Edwards |
| Baroona | Labor | Pat Hanlon | John Andrews (Lib) | Maurice O'Connor | |
| Barron River | Labor | Bill Wood | Micheli Borzi (CP) Rex Silver (Lib) | Thomas White | |
| Belmont | Labor | Fred Newton | Maurice Hughes (Lib) | Thomas Connor | |
| Belyando | Labor | Eugene O'Donnell | Vince Lester (CP) | | |
| Brisbane | Labor | Brian Davis | Harold Lowes (Lib) | Kenneth Walpole | Llewellyn Davies |
| Bulimba | Labor | Jack Houston | Megan Wilding (Lib) | Paul Tucker | |
| Bundaberg | Labor | Lou Jensen | | Alan Birchley | |
| Burdekin | Country | Ronald Nuttall | Val Bird (CP) | Emil Liebrecht | |
| Burnett | Country | Granville Batkines | Claude Wharton (CP) | Leonard Galligan | |
| Cairns | Labor | Ray Jones | Arthur Kalman (CP) David Palmer (Lib) | Bernard Marsh | |
| Callide | Country | Charles Tutt | Lindsay Hartwig (CP) | Edgar Lanigan | |
| Carnarvon | Country | Neil Sullivan | Henry McKechnie (CP) | Raymond Macnamara | |
| Chatsworth | Liberal | H Zehr | Bill Hewitt (Lib) | Maurice Sheehan | |
| Clayfield | Liberal | John Stephens | John Murray (Lib) | Francis Andrews | |
| Condamine | Country | Gladys Krause | Vic Sullivan (CP) | William Hickey | Charles Russell |
| Cook | Labor | Edwin Wallis-Smith | Graham Gordon (CP) | Benjamin Nona | |
| Cooroora | Country | Anthony Dames | David Low (CP) | Alexander Browne | |
| Cunningham | Country | Brian Graham | Alan Fletcher (CP) | Eugene Connolly | |
| Everton | Labor | Gerry Jones | Denver Beanland (Lib) Fred Roberts (CP) | Lyle Jehn | Theoron Toon |
| Fassifern | Country | Murray Freiberg | Selwyn Muller (CP) | Luke O'Reilly | |
| Flinders | Country | Peter Lindenmayer | Bill Longeran (CP) | | |
| Greenslopes | Liberal | Lewis Wyvill | Keith Hooper (Lib) | Denis Cochran | Lynn Aberdeen |
| Gregory | Country | Gordon Harding | Wally Rae (CP) | | |
| Gympie | Country | Alex Pringle | Max Hodges (CP) | Benedict Kehoe | Cecil Rivers |
| Hinchinbrook | Country | James Byrne | Ted Row (CP) | Peter Wood | |
| Ipswich | Labor | Phillip Dwyer | Llewellyn Edwards (Lib) | Francis Carroll | David Laird Victor Robb Douglas Wood |
| Ipswich West | Labor | Vi Jordan | Allan Whybird (Lib) | Ernest Devin | Robert Maxwell |
| Isis | Labor | Jim Blake | Kenneth Murphy (Lib) Alfred Plath (CP) | | Eric Andrew |
| Ithaca | Liberal | Sylvester Martin | Col Miller (Lib) | Mervyn Eunson | |
| Kurilpa | Liberal | Frank Gardiner | Clive Hughes (Lib) | Edward Doherty | Michael Neenan |
| Landsborough | Country | Roger Jeffries | Mike Ahern* (CP) David Barker (Lib) | | |
| Lockyer | Liberal | Lindesay Jones | Sir Gordon Chalk (Lib) | | |
| Lytton | Labor | Tom Burns | John Ottway (Lib) | John O'Connell | |
| Mackay | Labor | John Breen | Robert Gray (Lib) Charles Johnstone (CP) | | Ed Casey |
| Mansfield | Liberal | Raymond Lynch | Bill Kaus (Lib) | John Thompson | William Kenney |
| Maryborough | Liberal | Edward Weber | Gilbert Alison (Lib) | Matthews Minnegal | |
| Merthyr | Liberal | Denis Pie | Don Lane (Lib) | James Moss | |
| Mirani | Country | Bernard Kirwan | Tom Newbery (CP) | | |
| Mount Coot-tha | Liberal | Ian De Lacy | Bill Lickiss (Lib) | Cecilia Edwards | |
| Mount Gravatt | Liberal | Bill Avery | Geoff Chinchen (Lib) | Michael Scragg | |
| Mount Isa | Labor | Alec Inch | Lillian Noakes (CP) | John Turner | |
| Mourilyan | Labor | Peter Moore | Peter Mitchell (CP) | Geoffrey Higham | |
| Mulgrave | Country | Leslie Scheu | Roy Armstrong (CP) | | |
| Murrumba | Country | Alex Barr | Des Frawley* (CP) Kathleen MacAdam (Lib) | Paul Maguire | |
| Nudgee | Labor | Jack Melloy | Alan Camp (Lib) | Gordon Blain | |
| Nundah | Liberal | Ian Brusasco | William Knox (Lib) | Ambrose Shannon | |
| Pine Rivers | Labor | Ken Leese | William Battershill (Lib) Allan Male (CP) | Brian Flynn | |
| Port Curtis | Labor | Martin Hanson | | Marguerita Glen | |
| Redcliffe | Country | Jack Trueman | John Hodges (Lib) Jim Houghton* (CP) | Thomas Grundy | |
| Redlands | Labor | Ted Baldwin | Edward Fitzgerald (Lib) Dick Wood (CP) | Kenneth Bayliss | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | Keith Wright | Terence Molloy (CP) Rex Pilbeam (Lib) | Robert Bom | |
| Rockhampton North | Labor | Les Yewdale | Peter Vamvakaris (Lib) | John McKenna | Merv Thackeray |
| Roma | Country | Marcus Thew | Ken Tomkins (CP) | Patrick Feeney | |
| Salisbury | Labor | Doug Sherrington | Rosemary Kyburz (Lib) | Kenneth Wall | |
| Sandgate | Labor | Harry Dean | Ivan Brown (Lib) | Bernard Beston | |
| Sherwood | Liberal | Kerry Keating | John Herbert (Lib) | Clarice Weedon | |
| Somerset | Country | Henry Riis | Bill Gunn (CP) | Roland Forgan | Robert Wilkie |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Fred Bromley | Joseph Fenton (Lib) | Viliam Simek | Col Bennett Anton Terpstra |
| South Coast | Country | Ronald Todd | Bruce Bishop (Lib) Russ Hinze* (CP) | Victor Kearney | Douglas Roughton |
| Stafford | Labor | Roy Harvey | Percy Smith (Lib) | James Hancock | |
| Surfers Paradise | Country | Keith Hunt | John McIlwain (Lib) Bruce Small* (CP) | Frederick Bassani | William Daniel Eileen Peters |
| Toowong | Liberal | Donald Dignam | Charles Porter (Lib) | Brian O'Brien | |
| Toowoomba North | Labor | Ray Bousen | Nellie Robinson (CP) Athol Zerbst (Lib) | John Davis | |
| Toowoomba South | Labor | Peter Wood | Allison Dickson (Lib) John Peel (CP) | Francis Mullins | |
| Townsville | Liberal | Mike Reynolds | Owen Griffiths (CP) Norman Scott-Young* (Lib) | William Higgins | |
| Townsville South | Independent | Alex Wilson | | Kerry Smith | Tom Aikens |
| Townsville West | Labor | Perc Tucker | Keith Rundle (Lib) Jean Thomas (CP) | Brian Hurney | |
| Warrego | Labor | Jack Aiken | John Nevell (CP) | | |
| Warwick | Country | Raymond Lyons | David Cory (CP) | Daniel Skehan | Norman Stuart |
| Wavell | Liberal | Herbert Bromley | Arthur Crawford (Lib) | Peter Flanagan | |
| Whitsunday | Country | Graeme Bowen | Ron Camm (CP) | Bernard Lewis | |
| Windsor | Liberal | Bryan Walsh | Bob Moore (Lib) | Thomas Heike | |
| Wolston | Labor | Evan Marginson | Dirk Plooy (Lib) | Leonard Maguire | George Whyte |
| Wynnum | Labor | Ted Harris | Brian Cahill (Lib) | Gordon Randall | |
| Yeronga | Liberal | Clem Jones | Norm Lee (Lib) | Harry Wright | |