Candidates of the 1966 Australian federal election explained

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.

New South Wales

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

Queensland

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

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
		Joe Sexton			George Basisovs
		Robert Nielsen		Geoffrey Giles
		Norman Alcock		Jim Forbes		Don Jarrett (CPA)
			Martin Nicholls	John Kershaw	Edward Timlin	Luke Horan (SCP)
					Ted Farrell
		Jack Mortimer			Douglas Barnes
			Clyde Cameron		Cyril Holasek
		Pat Galvin			Allan Anderson
			Fred Birrell	Peter Balnaves	Michael Bowler	Denis McEvoy (SCP) Jim Moss (CPA)
		Keith Le Page			Walter Doran
		John Phelan		Bert Kelly

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Communist candidate
			Lance Barnard		Richard Delany
			Ron Davies	Paul Fenton	John Chapman-Mortimer
				Adrian Gibson	Harold Grace	Max Bound
		John Parsons			John Lynch
			Gil Duthie	Donald Paterson	Robert Wright

Victoria

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

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Communist candidate
		Charles Edwards		John Hallett (CP) Norman Snow (Lib)	Bryan Finlay
		John Brind		Paul Hasluck (Lib)	Francis Dwyer
				Gordon Freeth (Lib)	Maurice Bailey
			Kim Beazley	John Waghorne (Lib)		Paddy Troy
			Fred Collard	Grahame Jonas (Lib)	Geoffrey Sands
				Harold Lundy (Lib) Don Maisey* (CP)	Gavin O'Connor
		Alan Bate		Fred Chaney (Lib)	George Mazak	Annette Aarons
			Harry Webb	Doug Cash (Lib)	Frank Pownall
		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.

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.

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.

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.

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		Vic		Qld		WA		SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Total
	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

See also

• 1966 Australian federal election
• 1966 Australian Senate election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1963–1966
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1966–1969
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1966
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1966