This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1949 Australian federal election. The election was held on 10 December 1949.

Both the House of Representatives and the Senate were expanded at this election. All seats are designated as held by the party that held the notional majority after the redistribution.

By-elections, appointments and defections

Defections

  • In 1949, Labor MP Max Falstein (Watson) lost endorsement for the election. He was expelled from the Labor Party and sat as an Independent.
  • At the previous election, Charles Davidson had been jointly endorsed by the Liberal and Country parties to contest the seat of Capricornia, and had caucused with the Liberals in parliament. In 1949, he was endorsed instead by the Country Party to contest the new seat of Dawson, and subsequently sat as a Country Party member.

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

Country

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 Labor candidate Liberal candidate Independent candidates
Australian Capital TerritorySidney RhodesMalcolm MoirJessie Ashton
Lewis Nott*

New South Wales

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
BanksLaborEric CostaHoward Fletcher (Lib)Francis Foy (LL)
BartonLaborH. V. EvattNancy Wake (Lib)
BennelongLiberalRaymond WattJohn Cramer (Lib)
BlaxlandLang LaborJim HarrisonThomas Handran-Smith (Lib)Roy Kirby (CPA)
Jack Lang (LL)
BradfieldLiberalKen GeeBilly Hughes (Lib)Edward Price (Ind)
CalareLiberalGeorge GibbonsJohn Howse (Lib)
CookLaborTom SheehanGerald Davis (Lib)John Eldridge (LL)
Mervyn Pidcock (CPA)
CowperCountryLouis JabourSir Earle Page (CP)
CunninghamLaborBilly DaviesAlan Thomson (Lib)Eric Aarons (CPA)
DalleyLaborSol RosevearCharles Shields (Lib)
DarlingLaborJoe ClarkElson Whyte (CP)Cecil Connors (CPA)
Madge Roberts (Ind)
East SydneyLaborEddie WardJohn Mant (Lib)William Dalton (Ind)
Eden-MonaroLaborAllan FraserDenzil Macarthur-Onslow (Lib)
EvansLaborRonald NichollsFrederick Osborne (Lib)
FarrerCountryThomas McGrathDavid Fairbairn* (Lib)
John Mackay (CP)
Bill Gollan (CPA)
GrayndlerLaborFred DalyDonald Clark (Lib)William McCristal (RP)
Henry McPhillips (CPA)
GwydirLaborWilliam ScullyThomas Treloar (CP)
HumeLaborArthur FullerCharles Anderson (CP)
HunterLaborRowley JamesTed Fletcher (Lib)Evan Phillips (CPA)
Kingsford-SmithLaborGordon AndersonCharles de Monchaux (Lib)Henry Crittenden (Ind)
Clare Peters (Ind)
LangLaborDan MulcahyEric Willis (Lib)Roy Boyd (CPA)
LawsonLaborAlan ManningElwyn Croft (Lib)
Laurie Failes* (CP)
William Ferguson (Ind)
LoweLaborHector McDonaldWilliam McMahon (Lib)Edith Shortland (Ind Lib)
LyneCountryEdward HayesJim Eggins* (CP)
Francis Hain (CP)
Philip Lucock (CP)
Eric Mackay (CP)
Joe Cordner (Ind)
MacarthurLiberalWilliam McDonnellJeff Bate (Lib)
MackellarLiberalJames MitchellBill Wentworth (Lib)
MacquarieLaborBen ChifleyBob Cotton (Lib)John King (CPA)
MartinLaborWilliam O'ConnorFrederick Mann (Lib)Tom Dowling (CPA)
Malinda Ivey (Ind)
Frank Moss (LL)
MitchellLaborJoseph WhiteRoy Wheeler (Lib)
New EnglandCountryWilliam WilsonDavid Drummond* (CP)
Donald Shand (CP)
NewcastleLaborDavid WatkinsHarry Quinlan (Lib)Laurie Aarons (CPA)
Grahame Bland (Ind)
North SydneyLaborLeo HaylenWilliam Jack (Lib)Norman Ferguson (LL)
Patrick Williams (Ind)
ParkesLaborLes HaylenDick Dein (Lib)
ParramattaLiberalClement JacksonHoward Beale (Lib)
PatersonLaborCecil RobinsonRobert Clendinning (CP)
Arie Dorsman (CP)
Allen Fairhall* (Lib)
Greg McGirr (CP)
Ernest Slater (CP)
PhillipLaborJoe FitzgeraldWilliam Latimer (Lib)Jessie Street (Ind)
ReidLaborCharles MorganJim Clough (Lib)Rupert Sheldon (LL)
RichmondCountryAlexander BryenLarry Anthony (CP)
RiverinaLaborJoe LangtryHugh Roberton (CP)William Mitchell (CPA)
RobertsonLaborThomas WilliamsRoger Dean (Lib)
ShortlandLaborCharles GriffithsHarold Daisley (Lib)Alfred Boa (Ind)
Isabel Longworth (Ind)
Eugene Marshall (CPA)
St GeorgeLaborJoseph NicholsonBill Graham (Lib)
WarringahLiberalPercy Spender (Lib)Norman Chadwick (Ind Lab)
Bill Fisher (Ind Lab)
WatsonLaborDan CurtinStanley Card (Lib)Max Falstein (Ind Lab)
Harold O'Reilly (LL)
WentworthLiberalWilliam McKellEric Harrison (Lib)
WerriwaLaborBert LazzariniRay Watson (Lib)
West SydneyLaborDan MinogueBasil Mottershead (Lib)Horace Foley (LL)
Stan Moran (CPA)

Northern Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Independent candidates
Northern TerritoryIndependentJock NelsonAdair Blain
Victor Webster

Queensland

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Communist candidate Independent candidates
BowmanLaborWilfred CouttsMalcolm McColm (Lib)Mabel Hanson
BrisbaneLaborGeorge LawsonJames Long (Lib)Alby Graham
CapricorniaLiberalMick GardnerGeorge Pearce (Lib)Ted Robertson
Darling DownsCountryJames KaneReginald Swartz (Lib)Raymond MullalyCharles Farquharson
Charles Lacaze
DawsonLaborGeorge BurnsCharles Davidson (CP)Richard Andrew
FisherCountryEdmund RobertsCharles Adermann (CP)Norman Logan
GriffithLiberalWilliam ConelanDoug Berry (Lib)Anna Slater
HerbertLaborBill EdmondsDoug Jeffrey (CP)Jim Henderson
KennedyLaborBill RiordanUlick Browne (CP)Eric Wyper
LeichhardtLaborCecil HoldcroftTom Gilmore (CP)Ralph LeinsterLeslie Keough
Thomas Mackey
LilleyLiberalJim HadleyBruce Wight (Lib)
MaranoaCountryMartin LaracyCharles Russell (CP)
McPhersonLiberalJohn HiltonArthur Fadden (CP)
MoretonLiberalWilliam ThiemeJosiah Francis (Lib)Bill Yarrow
OxleyLiberalEvan MarginsonDonald Cameron* (Lib)
John Martin (CP)
Edmund Crisp
PetrieLiberalSamuel MartinAlan Hulme (Lib)James Ryan
RyanLiberalLeonard EastmentNigel Drury (Lib)
Wide BayCountrySamuel RoundBernard Corser (CP)Robert McDowell

South Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
AdelaideLaborCyril ChambersBasil HarfordChristopher Doherty (Ind)
Elsie Watt (CPA)
AngasLiberalAlbert StrachanAlick DownerRalph Whittle (Ind)
BarkerLiberalJohn KlarArchie CameronJohn Gartner (Ind)
BoothbyLiberalRalph WellsJohn McLeay
GreyLaborEdgar RussellEdward Andrews
HindmarshLaborClyde CameronAlbert Turnbull
KingstonLaborThomas SheehyJim Handby
Port AdelaideLaborAlbert ThompsonFrederick BoscombePeter Symon (CPA)
SturtLaborLeslie McMullinKeith WilsonLeonard Smith (Ind)
WakefieldLiberalCyril HassePhilip McBride

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate
BassLaborClaude BarnardBruce Kekwick
DarwinLiberalHarold KirkpatrickDame Enid Lyons
DenisonLaborHenry CosgroveAthol Townley
FranklinLiberalJack FrostBill Falkinder
WilmotLaborGil DuthieRickman Furmage

Victoria

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
BalaclavaLiberalMartin DunneThomas White (Lib)
BallaaratLaborRaymond HyattAlan Pittard (Lib)
BatmanLaborAlan BirdNeil McKay (Lib)
BendigoLaborPercy ClareyThomas Grigg (Lib)Allan Goodman (Ind)
BurkeLaborTed PetersAlfred Wall (Lib)Henry Hodges (Ind)
James Whitworth (Ind)
ChisholmLiberalLeo FennessyWilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib)Bill Tregear (CPA)
CorangamiteLiberalHenry StacpooleAllan McDonald (Lib)Elsie Brushfield (Ind)
CorioLaborJohn DedmanHubert Opperman (Lib)
DarebinLaborTom AndrewsJack McColl (Lib)
DeakinLiberalRod LeesonFrank Davis (Lib)
FawknerLaborBill BourkeMagnus Cormack (Lib)
FlindersLiberalRobert WilsonRupert Ryan (Lib)Andrew Hughes (Ind Lab)
GellibrandLaborJack MullensWilliam Massey (Lib)William Anderson (Ind)
John Arrowsmith (CPA)
Angus Macdonald (Ind Lab)
GippslandCountryHorace HawkinsGeorge Bowden (CP)
HentyLiberalVal DoubeJo Gullett (Lib)Charles Dicker (LL)
HigginsLiberalJules MeltzerHarold Holt (Lib)
HiginbothamLiberalFrank FieldFrank Timson (Lib)
HoddleLaborJack CremeanTerence Kirby (Lib)Leslie Loye (CPA)
Albert Wallace (Ind)
IndiCountryCharles EdmondsonWilliam Bostock* (Lib)
Clive Nason (CP)
IsaacsLiberalJohn BourkeWilliam Haworth (Lib)
KooyongLiberalKeith EwertRobert Menzies (Lib)
La TrobeLiberalRobert BalcombeRichard Casey (Lib)
LalorLaborReg PollardJohn Bellair (Lib)
MalleeCountryAlfred O'ConnorWinton Turnbull (CP)
MaribyrnongLaborArthur DrakefordGeorge Hannan (Lib)Colin Neyland (Ind)
McMillanCountryAdam KeltieGeoffrey Brown* (Lib)
Bob May (CP)
Bob Hamilton (CPA)
MelbourneLaborArthur CalwellDesmond McGinnes (Lib)Charles McLaren (Ind)
Niven Neyland (PCD)
Gerry O'Day (CPA)
Philip Wilson (ALPN)
Melbourne PortsLaborJack HollowayFrank Block (Lib)
MurrayCountryDesmond DevlinJohn McEwen (CP)
WannonLaborDon McLeodDan Mackinnon* (Lib)
Helena Marfell (CP)
WillsLaborBill BrysonAllan Tyrer (Lib)Doris Blackburn (Ind Lab)
WimmeraCountryCyril SudholzWilliam Lawrence* (Lib)
Harrie Wade (CP)
YarraLaborStan KeonCharles Barrington (Lib)John Prescott (CPA)
Wenham Vines (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
CanningCountryThomas ScaddanWilliam Gillespie (Lib)
Len Hamilton* (CP)
Arthur Neville (Ind CP)
CurtinLaborWilliam LonniePaul Hasluck (Lib)
ForrestLaborNelson LemmonGordon Freeth* (Lib)
Arnold Potts (CP)
James Bolitho (Ind)
FremantleLaborKim BeazleyBilly Snedden (Lib)Paddy Troy (CPA)
KalgoorlieLaborHerbert JohnsonJohn Porteus (Lib)
MooreCountryKevin ByrneKen Jones (Lib)
Hugh Leslie* (CP)
PerthLaborTom BurkeGordon Hack (Lib)James Collins (Ind)
James Kelly (CPA)
SwanLaborHarry WebbBill Grayden (Lib)

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. The Senate was expanded at this election, with each state now allocated ten senators instead of six. Each state elected seven senators, two of whom were elected to short-term vacancies. This was also the first occasion where the Senate was elected using proportional representation. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

New South Wales

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators James Arnold, Bill Ashley and William Large were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Communist candidates Freedom candidates FDP candidates PPP candidates
  1. John Armstrong*
  2. Donald Grant*
  3. Stan Amour*
  4. Patrick Grace
  1. Bill Spooner* (Lib)
  2. Albert Reid* (CP)
  3. John McCallum* (Lib)
  4. John Tate* (Lib)
  1. Edgar Ross
  2. Adam Ogston
  3. Joe Bailes
  4. Freda Brown
  1. Alexander Huie
  2. John Owen
  3. Lionel Willis
  1. George McDonald
  2. Clem Turnbull
  1. Ronald Sarina
  2. Jonno Hodgson
PSJP candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Peter Pollack
  2. George Jameson

Frederick Roberts
Edward Harding

Queensland

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Liberal Senators Neil O'Sullivan and Annabelle Rankin and Country Party Senator Walter Cooper were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Communist candidates PPP candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Ben Courtice*
  2. Archie Benn*
  3. Gordon Brown*
  4. Austin Elliott
  5. Martin Hanson
  6. John Quinlan
  1. Ted Maher* (CP)
  2. Ian Wood* (Lib)
  3. Roy Kendall* (Lib)
  4. Wilfrid Simmonds* (Lib)
  1. Max Julius
  2. Alex Macdonald
  3. Gloria Phelan
  4. Bert Field
  1. James Fowler
  2. Arthur Sainsbury

James Julin

South Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Fred Beerworth, Jack Critchley and Frederick Ward were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Communist candidates PPP candidates ESWD candidates Group D candidates
  1. Sid O'Flaherty*
  2. Theo Nicholls*
  3. Alex Finlay*
  4. John Ryan*
  1. Ted Mattner*
  2. George McLeay*
  3. Clive Hannaford*
  4. Frank Chapman
  1. Alan Finger
  2. Alf Watt
  3. John Sendy
  1. Hector Mackay
  2. James McNicoll
  1. Charles Johnson
  2. Lawrence McKenzie
  3. George Reval
  1. Albert Smith
  2. Charles Lloyd
  3. John Williams
Ungrouped candidates

Charles Armbruster
Edmund Craig
Frank Halleday
Frank Rieck
Mary Smith
George Edwin Yates

Tasmania

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Bill Morrow, Reg Murray and Justin O'Byrne were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates Communist candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Nick McKenna*
  2. Bill Aylett*
  3. Charles Lamp
  4. George Cole*
  5. Howard D'Alton
  1. Allan Guy*
  2. Denham Henty*
  3. Robert Wordsworth*
  4. Reg Wright*
  1. George Walliss
  2. Jack Lynch

Burford Sampson

Victoria

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Bert Hendrickson, Fred Katz and Charles Sandford were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Communist candidates PPP candidates HGL candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Don Cameron*
  2. Jack Devlin*
  3. Jim Sheehan*
  4. Arthur Clarey
  1. John Spicer* (Lib)
  2. George Rankin* (CP)
  3. John Gorton* (Lib)
  4. Ivy Wedgwood* (Lib)
  1. Ralph Gibson
  2. Ted Laurie
  3. Thelma Lees
  4. Leslie Sampson
  1. Gordon Stead
  2. Mervyn Ray
  1. John Atkinson
  2. Leslie Bawden
  3. Eileen Serpell

Charles Webber
John Dale
Edmund Evans
Ada Bromham

Western Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Joe Cooke, John Harris and Dorothy Tangney were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Communist candidates Ungrouped candidates
  1. Richard Nash*
  2. James Fraser*
  3. Don Willesee*
  4. Robert Clothier
  1. Agnes Robertson* (Lib)
  2. Edmund Piesse* (CP)
  3. Seddon Vincent* (Lib)
  4. Malcolm Scott* (Lib)
  5. Hubert Malcolm (Lib)
  1. Alex Jolly
  2. Kevin Healy
  3. Joan Williams

Robert Salter (IBI)
William Fitzgerald (PPP)
Claude Swaine (Indiv.)
Mary McKinlay (Ind)
Carlyle Ferguson (APA)

Summary by party

Beside each party is the candidates put forward 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 Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Total
HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR S HR HR HR S
Australian Labor Party 46 * 33 * 18 * 8 * 10 * 5 * 1 1 122 6
Liberal Party of Australia 39 * 30 * 10 * 8 * 10 * 5 * 1 103 6
Australian Country Party 18 * 7 * 9 * 3 * 37 4
Communist Party of Australia 14 * 6 * 11 * 2 * 2 * * 35 6
Lang Labor 8 2 10
Republican Party 1 1
Protestant People's Party * * * * * 5
Freedom Party * 1
Fair Deal Party * 1
People's Social Justice Party * 1
Henry George League * 1
Independent British Israel * 1
Individualist * 1
All Parties Administration * 1
Ex-Servicemen and Women and Dependents * 1
Independent and other 17 13 7 3 4 2 2 48

See also

References

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