This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1972 Australian federal election. The election was held on 2 December 1972.

Retiring Members

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 Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate DLP candidate Australia candidate Independent candidate
Australian Capital TerritoryLaborKep EnderbyPeter HughesTerence ChristieAlan FitzgeraldBarry Blair
Arthur Burns
Pat Eatock
Harry Marsh
Michael Salvador

New South Wales

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate DLP candidate Australia candidate Other candidates
BanksLaborVince MartinRandall Green (Lib)John AndersonCharles Nasmyth
BartonLaborLen ReynoldsVince Bruce (Lib)Bruce StaffordRhonda HowseBrian Howard (Ind)
BennelongLiberalNorman RussellSir John Cramer (Lib)Gwen FitzpatrickClaudia LeachJean Sulima (DOGS)
BerowraLiberalGeorge WilliamsHarry Edwards (Lib)Michael StrengerDavid Haig
BlaxlandLaborPaul KeatingJohn Ghent (Lib)Anthony Young
BradfieldLiberalJohn PomeroyHarry Turner (Lib)Allan DwyerMavis McMillanHelen Berrill (Ind)
CalareCountryFrancis HallJohn England (CP)John Grant
ChifleyLaborJohn ArmitageAlan Calaby (Lib)Francesco Rea
CookLiberalRay ThorburnDon Dobie (Lib)Bernard ForshawMarjorie GrayRonald Gallagher (Ind)
Judith Sainsbury (DOGS)
CowperCountryThomas CroninIan Robinson (CP)David CummingJohn Maynes
CunninghamLaborRex ConnorJohn Poel (Lib)Peter DalyJohn SladekReg Wilding (CPA)
DarlingLaborJohn FitzPatrickJames Donohoe (Lib)
Max Overton (CP)
John Darcy
Eden-MonaroLaborBob WhanRoy Howard (CP)
Doug Otton (Lib)
Anthony AbbeyHugh Watson
EvansLiberalAllan MulderMalcolm Mackay (Lib)Gary DohertyJohn DeaseNoel MacDonald (Ind)
FarrerLiberalKevin EslerDavid Fairbairn (Lib)Anthony QuinnMike Donelan
GrayndlerLaborFred DalyJonathan Fowler (Lib)Anthony Kiely
GwydirCountryRobert DowningRalph Hunt (CP)John GoughKevin MappersonWilliam O'Donnell (Ind)
HughesLaborLes JohnsonEric Blain (Lib)William Goslett
HumeCountryFrank OlleyIan Pettitt (CP)John Hogan
HunterLaborBert JamesStanley Gumbleton (Lib)
Kingsford-SmithLaborLionel BowenRonald Scott (Lib)Graham Bennett
LangLaborFrank StewartStanley Duncan (Lib)Robert Burke
LoweLiberalBill FisherWilliam McMahon (Lib)Agnes BannonJohn SteeleMarc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
John Morgan (Ind)
Kathleen Taylor (DOGS)
Sandor Torzsok (Ind)
David Widdup (Ind)
LyneCountryPeter CarneyPhilip Lucock (CP)Jack CollinsStephanie ThewJoe Cordner (Ind)
MacarthurLiberalJohn KerinMax Dunbier (Lib)Everardus HimmelreichDianne Allen (Ind)
Jeff Bate (Ind)
Stephen Quilkey (Ind)
MackellarLiberalEvan DaviesBill Wentworth (Lib)Thomas ColmanRichard JonesNorman Ward (Ind)
MacquarieLaborTony LuchettiBasil Genders (Lib)
Frank Wolstenholme (CP)
Leslie Clarke
MitchellLiberalAlfred Ashley-BrownLes Irwin (Lib)David SansonPatricia BerzinIvor F (Ind)
David McArthur (Ind)
New EnglandCountryJustin RoweIan Sinclair (CP)Edwin TaberBrian Edwards
NewcastleLaborCharles JonesMalcolm Blackshaw (Lib)Robert GodfreyHarry Anderson (CPA)
North SydneyLiberalBrian MaguireBill Graham (Lib)Michael FitzpatrickJames FerosRomualds Kemps (Ind)
ParramattaLiberalMichael WhelanNigel Bowen (Lib)Doris BrauerJames MulheronDerek Barker (DOGS)
Graham Courtney (Ind)
PatersonCountryNoel UnicombFrank O'Keefe (CP)Aubrey BarrAlan Capp
PhillipLiberalJoe RiordanSir William Aston (Lib)Dennis AndersonVirginia WalkerThomas Conway (Ind)
Colette Tucker (DOGS)
Neville Yeomans (Ind)
ProspectLaborDick KlugmanStanislaus Kelly (Lib)William Dunbar
ReidLaborTom UrenWilliam Pardy (Lib)Joseph Sanders
RichmondCountryFrederick BraidDoug Anthony (CP)Lawrence Alderman
RiverinaLaborAl GrassbyEric Kronborg (CP)
Peter Long (Lib)
Patrick Barry
RobertsonLaborBarry CohenMalcolm Brooks (Lib)Edmund Dearn
St GeorgeLaborBill MorrisonLen Bosman (Lib)Doris AllisonChristopher OwensCharles Bellchambers (Ind)
ShortlandLaborPeter MorrisPaul Clarkson (Lib)Hugh AnsellCharles HockingsGeoff Curthoys (CPA)
Leo Gately (Ind)
Lionel Lambkin (Ind)
SydneyLaborJim CopeGraham Robertson (Lib)Allan SorrensenLaurie Aarons (CPA)
Pat Clancy (SPA)
WarringahLiberalJohn OakleyMichael MacKellar (Lib)Peter KeoghBridget GillingEric Riches (Ind)
WentworthLiberalPercy AllanLes Bury (Lib)Dominique DroulersHelen Arbib
WerriwaLaborGough WhitlamRon Dunbier (Lib)Andrew MurphyMaurice Sharp (Ind)
Walter Turner (Ind)

Northern Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Country candidate Australia candidate Independent candidate
Northern TerritoryCountryTed RobertsonSam CalderGordon Briscoe
Charles Moffatt
Alexander Allan-Stewart
William Walsh

Queensland

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate DLP candidate Australia candidate Other candidates
BowmanLaborLen KeoghKerry Chiconi (Lib)Denis Cochran
BrisbaneLaborManfred CrossJim Anderson (Lib)
Glen Sheil (CP)
Andrew AitkenCharlie Gifford (CPA)
CapricorniaLaborDoug EveringhamKevin Connor (CP)
Brian Palmer (Lib)
Brian Besley
Darling DownsLiberalJames ThomasColin Brimblecombe (Lib)
Tom McVeigh* (CP)
Eugene ConnollyRonald Alford (Ind)
DawsonLaborRex PattersonLionel Bevis (CP)John Judge
FisherCountryHamish LinacreEvan Adermann* (CP)
John Plowman (Lib)
Robert Barron
GriffithLiberalEddie FoatDon Cameron (Lib)Cecil BirchleyBeth Smith
HerbertLiberalFabian SweeneyRobert Bonnett (Lib)Kiernan DorneyLeonard Weber
KennedyCountryTony McGradyBob Katter (CP)Paul Rutherford
LeichhardtLaborBill FultonWalter Schulz (CP)Bernard MarshPatrick Kelly
LilleyLiberalFrank DoyleKevin Cairns (Lib)James MorrisseyDavid ProudRalph Williams (Ind)
MaranoaCountryTimothy WalkerJames Corbett (CP)Harry GreenJames Dwyer (Ind)
McPhersonCountryTom VeiversHoward Richter (CP)
Eric Robinson* (Lib)
Victor KearneyRobert RichardsonJohn Black (Ind)
James Drabsch (Ind)
MoretonLiberalJoe McDonaldJames Killen (Lib)Andrew JacksonArthur Smith
OxleyLaborBill HaydenPeter Williams (Lib)Miroslav Jansky
PetrieLiberalDenis MurphyMarshall Cooke* (Lib)
Gordon Olive (CP)
Frank AndrewsAlex Dewar
RyanLiberalJohn ConnNigel Drury (Lib)Bert VannRobert WensleyAlan Jones (Ind)
Wide BayLaborBrendan HansenGeorge Crawford (CP)Alan BirchleyLes Leisemann (NSP)

South Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate DLP candidate Other candidates
AdelaideLaborChris HurfordKeith AshdownGeorge BasisovsElliott Johnston (CPA)
AngasLiberalAdolf ThielGeoffrey GilesTerence CritchleyJohn Petch (CP)
BarkerLiberalJohn CornwallJim ForbesDavid Le Cornu
BonythonLaborMartin NichollsRudolph MasopustPeter MeredithFrank Lawrence (Ind)
BoothbyLiberalAnne LevyJohn McLeayTed FarrellRichard Llewellyn (AP)
GreyLaborLaurie WallisPat RehnDavid GrayDerek Ball (AP)
HawkerLaborRalph JacobiPhyllis RogersJames KileyJohn Steele (Ind)
HindmarshLaborClyde CameronIvan DenchevPaul Hubert
KingstonLaborRichard GunPeter TonkinMark Posa
Port AdelaideLaborFred BirrellIan FotheringhamLeon Dalle-NogareJames Mitchell (Ind)
SturtLaborNorm FosterIan WilsonWalter DoranPeter Wilkinson (NSP)
WakefieldLiberalTerence de LacyBert KellyJohn McMahonJames Shannon (CP)

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate DLP candidate Other candidates
BassLaborLance BarnardJohn BeswickJindrich Nermut
BraddonLaborRon DaviesWilliam LuckDudley McNamara
DenisonLiberalJohn CoatesRobert SolomonMichael DelaneyBrian Broadby (Ind)
Bill Scetrine (AP)
FranklinLaborRay SherryWilliam CraigKeith Kelly
WilmotLaborGil DuthieIan HardyRonald Butterworth

Victoria

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate DLP candidate Australia candidate Other candidates
BalaclavaLiberalIrene DunsmuirRay Whittorn (Lib)Ralph JamesLeslie Rubinstein (Ind)
BallaaratLiberalDavid WilliamsDudley Erwin (Lib)Anthony Balkin
BatmanLaborHorrie GarrickLeon Bram (Lib)Henry Darroch
BendigoLaborDavid KennedyJohn Bourchier* (Lib)
Joe Pearce (CP)
Paul Brennan
BruceLiberalRussell OakleyBilly Snedden (Lib)Rex HarperPeter Moore
BurkeLaborKeith JohnsonHoward Thain (Lib)Colin Walsh
CaseyLiberalRace MathewsPeter Howson (Lib)Kevin AdamsonClive ChampionAlfred Andrews (DOGS)
Margaret Briggs (Ind)
Roderick Matthews (Ind)
ChisholmLiberalAlastair NicholsonTony Staley (Lib)William HoyneRobert Cowley
CorangamiteLiberalEdwin MorrisTony Street (Lib)Francis O'Brien
CorioLaborGordon ScholesJohn Pawson (Lib)John Timberlake
DeakinLiberalWilliam FrenchAlan Jarman (Lib)Maurice WestonGavan BurnHarold Jeffrey (Ind)
Diamond ValleyLiberalDavid McKenzieNeil Brown (Lib)Jim MarmionJohn SiddonsDouglas Alexander (DOGS)
Shaun Redmond (Ind)
FlindersLiberalColin BednallPhillip Lynch (Lib)John GlynnDavid Heath
GellibrandLaborRalph WillisDavid Munro (Lib)Robin Thomas
GippslandCountryPeter TurnerPeter Nixon (CP)John CondonJohn Bowron
HentyLiberalJoan ChildMax Fox (Lib)Terence FarrellMichael Hughes
HigginsLiberalDavid HardyJohn Gorton (Lib)Peter GrantJack Hammond
HoltLiberalMax OldmeadowLen Reid (Lib)Henri de SachauBrenda ElliottIan Black (DOGS)
HothamLiberalBarry JohnstonDon Chipp (Lib)Henry BevenIan Kenner (Ind)
John Murray (Ind)
IndiCountryJohn HodgsonMac Holten (CP)Christopher CodyRonald Gray (Ind)
Geoffrey Ryan (Ind)
IsaacsLiberalGareth ClaytonDavid Hamer (Lib)Frederick SkinnerPeter Harrie
KooyongLiberalClive LipshutAndrew Peacock (Lib)Francis DuffyPamela ThornleyIan Channell (Ind)
La TrobeLiberalTony LambJohn Jess (Lib)George NooneDon WaltersEileen Fowler (DOGS)
Jeffrey Gill (Ind)
LalorLaborJim CairnsJoseph Sheen (Lib)John BaconCass Young (NSP)
MalleeCountryRonald DaviesPeter Fisher (CP)Stanley Croughnan
MaribyrnongLaborMoss CassRex Webb (Lib)Paul McManusGary ScholesLance Hutchinson (DOGS)
Katrina Young (NSP)
McMillanLiberalFrank MountfordBarrie Armitage (Lib)
Arthur Hewson* (CP)
Michael HoulihanAlex Buchanan (Ind)
MelbourneLaborTed InnesPatricia Clark (Lib)Anna LinardWendy NicholsonMax Ogden (CPA)
George Samargis (Ind)
Shane Watson (Ind)
Melbourne PortsLaborFrank CreanPaul Fenton (Lib)John Johnston
MurrayCountryJohn RiordanBill Hunter (Lib)
Bruce Lloyd* (CP)
Patrick Payne
ScullinLaborHarry JenkinsGraeme McEwen (Lib)Tom Andrews
WannonLiberalTed GarthMalcolm Fraser (Lib)Adrian McInerneyLinden Cameron (Ind)
WillsLaborGordon BryantJohn Gray (Lib)John Flint
WimmeraCountryBrian BrookeRobert King* (CP)Robert HawksRay Buckley (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate DLP candidate Other candidates
CanningCountryAllan ScottJohn Hallett* (CP)
Ian Pratt (Lib)
Patrick HickeyBrian Burns (Ind)
Thomas Hartigan (AP)
CurtinLiberalSue NeacyVictor Garland (Lib)Peter McGowanMaurene Locke (AP)
ForrestLaborFrank KirwanPeter Drummond* (Lib)
David Reid (CP)
John FleetonRussell Moffet (AP)
FremantleLaborKim BeazleyErica Lawton (Lib)Rosemary TaboniJack Marks (CPA)
KalgoorlieLaborFred CollardGerald Gloster (Lib)Geoffrey Sands
MooreCountryPeter WalshJohn Hyde (Lib)
Don Maisey* (CP)
Benjamin Ballantyne
PerthLaborJoe BerinsonDerrick Tomlinson (Lib)Dorothy Cranley
StirlingLaborHarry WebbIan Viner (Lib)Brian Peachey
SwanLaborAdrian BennettRichard Cleaver (Lib)David MilneArchelaus Marshall (AP)
David Smith (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 casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin. Neville Bonner, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to the vacancy in the interim period.

Labor candidate Coalition candidate DLP candidate Independent candidates

Fred Nicol

Neville Bonner*

Geoffrey Maule

Jerry Zaphir
Col Bennett
Harold Asmith
William Kenney

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 Queensland Senate election.

Party NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Total
HR HR HR S HR HR HR HR HR HR S
Australian Labor Party 45 34 18 * 9 12 5 1 1 125 1
Liberal Party of Australia 37 30 13 * 9 12 5 1 107 1
Australian Country Party 12 7 11 3 2 1 36
Democratic Labor Party 42 34 18 * 9 12 5 1 121 1
Australia Party 27 15 8 4 2 1 1 2 60
Defence of Government Schools 5 4 9
Communist Party of Australia 4 1 1 1 1 8
National Socialist Party of Australia 2 1 1 4
Socialist Party of Australia 1 1
Independent and other 26 16 6 2 3 1 5 3 62

See also

References

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