Candidates of the 1983 Australian federal election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1983 Australian federal election. The election was held on 5 March 1983.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• John Armitage MP (Chifley, NSW)
• Moss Cass MP (Maribyrnong, Vic)
• Ted Innes MP (Melbourne, Vic)
• Charles Jones MP (Newcastle, NSW)
• Les McMahon MP (Sydney, NSW)
• Laurie Wallis MP (Grey, SA)
• Senator Jim Keeffe (Qld)
• Senator Geoff McLaren (SA)
• Senator Tony Mulvihill (NSW)

Liberal

• Geoffrey Giles MP (Wakefield, SA)

National

• Peter Nixon MP (Gippsland, Vic)

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	Other candidates
			Ros Kelly	Gerard Brennan	Joanne Hansen (DSPA)
			Ken Fry		Rohan Greenland (DSPA) Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
			John Mountford	Andrew Fairbairn (Lib)	Montague Greene	David Holmes (SWP)
				Jim Bradfield (Lib)	Ronald George	Bruce Barton (Ind) Charles Bellchambers (Ind) Jean Lindsay (Ind) Peter Wright (Prog)
		Donald Vickers		John Howard (Lib)		Milo Dunphy (NSWC) Steve Gabell (Ind)
		Maurice Marshan		Harry Edwards (Lib)	Pamela Tuckwell
			Paul Keating	David Brown (Lib)	Phillip Grattan	Siong Hoe Goh (SWP)
		Peter Donovan		David Connolly (Lib)	Anthony Dunne
				Sandy Mackenzie (Nat)	Ann Ritter	George Simpson (Prog)
				Edna Mitchell (Lib)	Frances Jones	Christine Broi (SWP) Jonathan Cooper (Ind) Jane Smith/New (Ind)
		Michael Addison		Don Dobie (Lib)		Henry Soper (Prog)
		Joseph Moran		Ian Robinson (Nat)	Peter Brown
			Stewart West	Gary Fisher (Lib)	George Jones	Diana Covell (SWP) Rudolf Pasara (SLL) Romaine Rutnam (CPA)
		Margaret Blaxell		Philip Ruddock (Lib)	John Tumminello
				Murray Sainsbury (Lib)	Russell Witt	Miriam Naughton (Ind) Ronald Sarina (True Ind)
		Noel Diffey		Wal Fife (Lib)	Scott Milne	Maureen Nathan (Prog)
			Leo McLeay	Edward James (Lib)	Albert Jarman	David Gibson (SPA) Michael Karadjis (SWP) Joseph Owens (CPA)
		Robert Hamilton		Ralph Hunt (Nat)	Gloria Collison
			Les Johnson	Peter Somerville (Lib)	Ronald Hellyer	Stephen Painter (SWP)
		Marie McCormick		Stephen Lusher (Nat)	Gregory Butler
			Bob Brown	James White (Lib)	Edwina Wilson
			Lionel Bowen	Collin O'Neil (Lib)	Anthony Larkings	Geoffrey Channells (SWP)
			Michael Maher	Philip Taylor (Lib)	Ralph Rogers	Helen Jarvis (SWP)
		Francis Murray		Bruce Cowan (Nat)	Stephen Jeffries	John Bryant (Ind) Alfred Cannings (Ind) John Veenstra (Prog)
				Michael Baume (Lib)	Frederic Goodfellow	Martin Essenberg (Ind)
		Keith Jackson		Jim Carlton (Lib)	Robert Williams	Maurice Foley (Ind)
			Ross Free	Stephen Screech (Lib)	Richard Jackson-Hope
		Arthur Llewellyn		Alan Cadman (Lib)	Rona Samuels
				Stan Hayward (Lib)	Wayne Jarman	Frank Blefari (Ind) Darrell Dawson (CPA) Brian McDermott (Ind) Geoffrey Payne (SWP)
		Lawrence Daly		Ian Sinclair (Nat)	Ian Dutton
		Kirk McKenzie		John Spender (Lib)	Rodney Dominish
			John Brown	James Harker-Mortlock (Lib)	Patricia Lamey	Mark Carey (SWP)
		Michael Williams		Frank O'Keefe (Nat)	Darrel Woodhouse
				Jack Birney (Lib)		Timothy Daly (Prog) Julien Droulers (Grn) Lawrence Hogan (EAPP)
			Dick Klugman	Alan Byers (Lib)		Richard Nichols (SWP) Eric Viitala (Ind)
			Tom Uren	Yvonne Maio (Lib)	Stephen Bastian	Lynda Boland (SWP) Michael Gluyas (Ind) Neville Gray (Ind)
		Terence McGee		Doug Anthony (Nat)	Kenneth Nicholson
		Ronald Adams		Noel Hicks (Nat)	Lesley Holschier
			Barry Cohen	Bev Austin (Lib)	Trevor Willsher
			Peter Morris	Peter Wilson (Lib)	Lyn Godfrey	Peter Abrahamson (SWP) Robert Buhler (SLL)
			Bill Morrison	George James (Lib)	Ronald Kirkwood	Brian Compton (Ind) Dorothy Tumney (SWP)
				Ron Cibas (Lib)	Jennifer Macleod	Aileen Beaver (CPA) James Percy (SWP)
		John Coombs		Michael MacKellar (Lib)	Annique Duc	Stephen Markey (Prog)
		Max Pearce		Peter Coleman (Lib)	Brian Hillman	Robert McCarthy (Ind) Neil Roberts (Ind) George Warnecke (Ind) Katherine Wentworth (Ind)
			John Kerin	Marie Rutledge (Lib)		David Brandon (Ind) Dorothea Brocksop (SLL) Gail Cumming (SWP)

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidate
				Craig Brown (Nat) David Jull (Lib)	Ronald Heindorff
			Manfred Cross	Bradley Garrett (Nat) Richard Magnus (Lib)	Lance Winter	Susanne Bolton (SWP)
			Doug Everingham	Alan Agnew (Lib) Helen Reeves (Nat) Robert Simpson (Nat)	Gregory Read	David Ryan (SPA)
		Ronald Cullin		Tom McVeigh (Nat)	David Groves
		Barbara Hill		Ray Braithwaite (Nat)		Kelly Crombie (Prog) Eric Geissmann (Ind) Raymond Jensen (Ind)
				Don Cameron (Lib) Howard Edmunds (Nat)	Murray Hallam	Raymond Ferguson (SPA) Dallas Graham (Prog)
		Sol Theo		Evan Adermann (Nat) Dennis Caswell (Lib)	Garry Somerville
			Ben Humphreys	Graham Young (Lib)	Carole Ames	Michael Fulton (SLL) Julie Walkington (SWP)
				John Aubrey (Nat) Gordon Dean (Lib)	John Lamb
		Brigid Walsh		Bob Katter (Nat)	George Hannaford
				David Thomson (Nat)
			Elaine Darling	Jim Anderson (Lib)	Gael Paul	Anthony Catip (Ind)
		Warren Keats		Ian Cameron (Nat)	Austin Brannigan
		Darryl McArthur		Trevor Watt (Nat) Peter White* (Lib)	Kenneth Peterson	Peter Courtney (NHP)
		Barbara Robson		Sir James Killen (Lib)	Leonard Fitzgerald	Helen Jones (SWP)
			Bill Hayden	Les Woodforth (Lib)	Wayne Martin	Juanita Keig (SWP)
				John Hodges (Lib)		Christopher Caldwell (Ind) Phillip Grimison (Prog)
		Michael Foley		John Moore (Lib)	John Elfick	Anthony Crooks (Ind) Patrick Cusack (Ind)
		James Finemore		Clarrie Millar (Nat)	Mervyn Worth	Raymond Bird (Prog)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
			Chris Hurford	Barry James	Eileen Farmer	John Buik (Ind) Paul Petit (SWP)
		Valerie Young		James Porter		Anthony Beck (Nat)
			Neal Blewett	Neville Joyce	John Longhurst
		Bruce Whyatt		Steele Hall
					Jack Babbage	James Cronin (Ind) Anthony Haskett (Nat) Kerry Hawkes (LP)
			Ralph Jacobi	Bruce Harry	Graham Pamount	John Garcia (SWP)
			John Scott	Barry Lewis	Jim Mitchell	Lotus Cavagnino (SWP)
				Grant Chapman	Robert Ralph
			Mick Young	Robin Rickards	Benjamin Michael	Robert Fisher (SWP) Donald Sutherland (CPA)
		Sergio Ubaldi		Ian Wilson
		Suzanne Owens			Donald Chisholm	Roger Cavanagh (Nat)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
		John McDonald		Kevin Newman	Nick Goldie	Richard Hutchison (Ind)
		Lance Fee		Ray Groom	Greg Sargent
		Kathy Smith		Michael Hodgman	Harvey Wallace-Williams	Leica Wagner (SWP)
				Bruce Goodluck	John Thompson	David Mazengarb (SWP)
				Max Burr	Liz Holloway	Bill Chugg (Ind)

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
		Chris Kennedy		Ian Macphee (Lib)	Zelma Furey		Timothy Warner (CNP)
			John Mildren	John Ronan (Lib)	Graham Gough		John Blower (Ind) Albert Ireland (Ind)
			Brian Howe	Maxwell Playford (Lib)	Gwendoline Naug	Philip L'Huillier	John Percy (SWP)
				John Bourchier (Lib)	Neil Jewell	Robert Denahy
		Heather O'Connor		Sir Billy Snedden (Lib)	Michael Johnson
			Andrew Theophanous	Bernie Finn (Lib)	George Hunter		Evelyn Robson (SWP)
				Peter Falconer (Lib)	Michael Nardella	John Garratt	Martin Hetherich (ACP)
				Graham Harris (Lib)	Alan Swindon	Kevin Cooper
				Tony Street (Lib)
			Gordon Scholes	Kent Henderson (Lib)	Guenter Sahr
				Alan Jarman (Lib)	Jeffrey McAlpine	Peter Ferwerda	Wilfrid Thiele (Ind)
				Neil Brown (Lib)	Lynden Kenyon	Anne-Marie Petrucco
				Peter Reith (Lib)	Harold Fraser	Kenneth Payne
			Ralph Willis	Peter Goudge (Lib)	Barry McLeod		James Doughney (SWP) Augustus Titter (ANP)
		Anthony Peterson		Philip Davis (Lib) Peter McGauran* (Nat)	Pierre Forcier	Stewart Taig	Pearce Buckley (Ind) Bruce Ingle (Ind)
			Joan Child	Craig Baxter (Lib)	Harry Eichler	Paul Carroll
		Jennifer Bundy		Roger Shipton (Lib)	Antony Siddons		Maureen Holmes (IBCP)
			Michael Duffy	Joseph Moldrich (Lib)	Jean Yule
			Lewis Kent	Peter Bolitho (Lib)	Erwin Frenkel
				Ewen Cameron (Lib) Kevin Sanderson (Nat)	Geoffrey le Couteur
			David Charles	Ann Dunkley (Lib)	Terence Gough
		Avis Meddings		Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Keith Bruckner		David Greagg (IBCP)
			Barry Jones	John Fahey (Lib)	Ivan Pollock		Helen Said (SWP)
			Peter Milton	Peter Nugent (Lib)	Milton Blake		Cornelis Hellema (ACP)
		Graeme Jarry		Peter Fisher (Nat) Ross Owen (Lib)	Colin Kavanagh
				Geoffrey Ireland (Lib)	Henrik Jersic		Peter Beharell (SWP) Richard Wright (AP)
			Barry Cunningham	Stewart Robertson (Nat) Greg Ross (Lib)	Gloria Auchterlonie	John Sellens
				Robert Fallshaw (Lib)	Chris Carter		James Ferrari (IBCP) James McIlroy (SWP)
			Clyde Holding	Ronald Flood (Lib)	John Sutcliffe		Brett Trenery (SWP)
		Mark Anderson		Anne Adams (Lib) Bruce Lloyd* (Nat)	John Weir		Diane Teasdale (Ind)
			Harry Jenkins	Katheryne Savage (Lib)	Kenneth Peak		Joan Barker (SWP)
		Nancy Genardini		Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	Harold Jeffrey
			Bob Hawke	Mark Hoysted (Lib)	John Hallam	Michael Verberne	Martin Mantell (SLL) Cecil G. Murgatroyd (IBCP) Solomon Salby (SWP)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
				Mel Bungey	Jean Ritter
		Clive Kittson		Allan Rocher	Marjorie McKercher
		David Churches		Peter Drummond	Donald Stewart	Alfred Bussell (Ind)
			John Dawkins	Maxwell Adams	Colin Hull	Margo Condoleon (SWP) Timothy Peach (SLL)
			Graeme Campbell	Douglas Krepp	Blair Nancarrow	Joseph Boschetti (Ind)
				John Hyde	Alan Needham
				Wilson Tuckey	Denis Kidby	James Ferguson (NPW) Brian Pearce (Nat)
				Ross McLean	Geoffrey Syme
				Ian Viner	Maria Phillips
			Kim Beazley	Jeffrey Roberts	Kevin Trent	Linda Mere (SWP)
				Peter Shack	Ronald Murray	Bronwen Beachey (SWP)

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, all senators were up for re-election. The first five successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, 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 (*).

Australian Capital Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

New South Wales

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending four seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	CTA candidates	EAPP candidates	Peace on Earth candidates
valign=top	Doug McClelland Arthur Gietzelt Graham Richardson Kerry Sibraa Bruce Childs Sue West	valign=top	Sir John Carrick (Lib) Peter Baume (Lib) Douglas Scott (Nat) Misha Lajovic (Lib) Chris Puplick (Lib) Doug Moppett (Nat)	valign=top	Colin Mason Paul McLean Christine Townend Megan Sampson Peter Hains Rodney Irvine	valign=top	Clair Isbister John Whitehall Graham McLennan Kevin Hume Thomas Toogood Elaine Nile	valign=top	James Firbank Valerianne Hill William Lewis	valign=top	Dudley Leggett Michelle Sheather
Progress candidates	New Party candidates	SWP candidates	Socialist candidates	Integrity candidates	New Australian candidates
valign=top	Marjorie Wisby Archibald Brown William More	valign=top	Vincent Murphy Stephen Tsousis	valign=top	Amanda Orr Andres Garin	valign=top	Peter Symon Harry Black Stratos Mavrantonis	valign=top	Kenneth Aylward Antony Maurice Geoffrey Holt	valign=top	Rudolph Dezelin Milan Riznic
AFM candidates	Republican candidates	SDP candidates	White Australia candidates	Group A candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Jon Axtens Joseph Fusco	valign=top	Peter Consandine Peter Maroney	valign=top	Walter Roach Edward de Bouter Johann Liszikam	valign=top	Robert Cameron Russell Scrivener	valign=top	Ronald Weatherall Keith Gleeson	valign=top	John Comyns Glen Davis Kaine Aalto Ross Baldwin Raymond Butcher Burnum Burnum Stephen Starkey

Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Queensland

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats (although Liberal Senator Neville Bonner was contesting the election as an independent). The National Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	Bonner candidates	Progress candidates
valign=top	George Georges Mal Colston Gerry Jones Margaret Reynolds Robert Gleeson Susan Yarrow	valign=top	Kathy Martin David MacGibbon Edi Solari David Watson	valign=top	Florence Bjelke-Petersen Stan Collard Ron Boswell Patrick Behan	valign=top	Michael Macklin Stanley Stanley Gilruth Rees Anthony Walters Allan Holz	valign=top	Neville Bonner Audrey Pengelis	valign=top	Vivian Forbes Jill Weil
Petrov candidates	Integrity candidates	Humanitarian candidates	SWP candidates	Christian Voice candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Cyril McKenzie Vynette McKenzie	valign=top	Victor Bridger Michael Comerford Alan Ellis	valign=top	Derek Gillmore Marcus Platen	valign=top	Jonathan West John Coleman	valign=top	John Herzog Tass Augustakis John Carlisle	valign=top	John Fitzgerald Norman Eather Anthony Catip Ivan Harris Estelle Cattoni Francis Ross Milan Lorman

South Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	National candidates	Communist candidates	Integrity candidates
valign=top	Ron Elstob Dominic Foreman Nick Bolkus Graham Maguire Rosemary Crowley Brian Keneally	valign=top	Tony Messner Robert Hill Don Jessop Baden Teague Sir Harold Young Graham Ingerson	valign=top	Janine Haines Ted Radoslovich Margaret-Ann Williams David Vigor John Beech Patricia Shortridge	valign=top	Kevin Schulz William Nosworthy Stanley Draganoff	valign=top	Anne McMenamin John Humphrys	valign=top	Betty Luks Barry Lindner Belle Harris John Wadey
SWP candidates	SDP candidates	Socialist candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Douglas Lorimer Jennifer Fisher	valign=top	Roger Orsmby John Parker	valign=top	Brian Rooney Laurence Kiek	valign=top	William Forster (Libertarian) Colin George (Ind)

Tasmania

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat.

Victoria

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending four seats. The Australian Democrats were defending two seats.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	DLP candidates	Integrity candidates	Advance Victoria candidates
valign=top	John Button Gareth Evans Cyril Primmer Robert Ray Olive Zakharov Geoffrey Fary	valign=top	Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (Lib) Austin Lewis (Lib) Alan Missen (Lib) David Hamer (Lib) Shirley McKerrow (Nat) Murray Buzza (Nat)	valign=top	Don Chipp John Siddons Janet Powell Ian Price	valign=top	Brian Handley Edna Hall John Easton James Jordan	valign=top	Robert J. Steer Louis Cook Robert B. Steer Beverley Meagher Miliano Mele	valign=top	Thomas Kelly Ellen Kelly Stephen Kelly Nicholas Kelly
Socialist candidates	PTBA candidates	SWP candidates	Pensioner candidates	Progress candidates	SDP candidates
valign=top	Trevor McCandless Mark Treloar	valign=top	Athol Kelly Graham Todd	valign=top	Maree Walk Andrew Jamieson	valign=top	Neil McKay Joseph Radcliffe George Cole	valign=top	Ian Mackechnie David Miller	valign=top	Joseph Johnson Brian Coe
Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Jim Cairns (Ind) Andrew Kaspariunas (Ind) Louis Constant (Ind) Nikolaos Millios (Eth)	valign=top	Earl Mignon (Ind) Leonard Stubbs (Ind) Umberto Mammarella (Ind) Patrick Flanagan (Ind)	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

Western Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending six seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	National candidates	NPW candidates	SWP candidates
valign=top	Peter Walsh Ruth Coleman Gordon McIntosh Patricia Giles Peter Cook Jim McKiernan	valign=top	Fred Chaney Peter Durack Noel Crichton-Browne Reg Withers Andrew Thomas John Martyr	valign=top	Jack Evans Shirley de la Hunty Richard Jeffreys James Anderson	valign=top	Albert Llewellyn John Sattler Rodney Frost	valign=top	Murray Anderson Edna Adams Donald Bannister	valign=top	Anthony Forward Peter Holloway
SDP candidates	Group H candidates	Group I candidates
valign=top	Richard Savage Kerry Stevens	valign=top	Robin Linke Charles Lee	valign=top	Francesco Nesci Nellie Stuart	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

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 Senate election in the respective state.

Party	NSW		Vic		Qld		WA		SA		Tas		ACT		NT		Total
	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S
Australian Labor Party	43		33		19		11		11		5		2		1		125	8
Liberal Party of Australia	34		33		13		11		11		5		2				109	7
National Party of Australia	9		5		14		1		3								32	5
Country Liberal Party															1		1	1
Australian Democrats	39		32		17		11		11		5				1		116	8
Socialist Workers Party	15		9		4		3		4		2						37	5
Progress Party	7				4												11	3
Democratic Labor Party			11														11	1
Socialist Labour League	3		1		1		1										6
Communist Party of Australia	4								1								5	1
Imperial British Conservative Party			4														4
Socialist Party of Australia	1				2												3	3
Deadly Serious Party													2				2	1
Conservative Nationalist Party			2														2
Australian Christian Party			2														2
Engineered Australia Plan Party	1																1	1
National Humanitarian Party					1												1	1
National Party of Western Australia							1										1	1
Libertarian Party of Australia									1								1	1
National South West Coalition	1																1
True Independent	1																1
New South Wales Green Party	1																1
Australia Party			1														1
Social Democratic Party																		4
Integrity Team																		4
Call to Australia																		1
Peace on Earth																		1
The New Party																		1
New Australian Party																		1
Australian Family Movement																		1
Republican Party of Australia																		1
White Australia Movement																		1
Advance Victoria																		1
Proud to be Australian																		1
Pensioner Party of Australia																		1
Ethnic Party of Australia																		1
Party to Expose the Petrov Conspiracy																		1
Christian Voice																		1
Independent and other	23		6		6		2		2		2		1		3		45

See also

• 1983 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1980–1983
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1983–1984
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1983–1985
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1983
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1983