Candidates of the 1987 Australian federal election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1987 Australian federal election. The election was held on 11 July 1987.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National

Country Liberal

Democrats

Independent

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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDemocrats candidateNDP candidateOther candidates
Ros Kelly John Louttit Frances English Chris Warren Bev Cains (AFM)
John Farrell (Ind)
John Langmore Ian Farrow Peter Hayes Gareth Smith Emile Brunoro (Ind)
Dawn Casley-Smith (AFM)
Larry O'Sullivan (Ind)
Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates
John Mountford Max Parker (Lib) Monty Green
Gary Punch Bob Gemmell (Lib) Charles Bellchambers (Ind)
Jim McLean (Ind)
Beverley Sharpe John Howard (Lib) Paul Taylor Stephen Davidson (Ind)
John Dawson (Ind)
Sue Deane Harry Edwards (Lib) Peter Markham
Paul Keating Andrew Thorn (Lib) John Young Philip Black (Ind)
Paul Keating (Ind)
Tony Leitao (Ind)
Frank Rayner (Ind)
Kaye Tucker (Ind)
Michael Fry David Connolly (Lib) Fiona Richardson
David Simmons Mick English (Lib)
Stewart Hespe (Nat)
Bob Dolton Eve Buscombe (Ind)
Bob Brown Mollie Blake (Lib) Lyn Godfrey Vishnu Chaudhary (Ind)
Roger Price Paul Conlon (Lib) Philip Goldhagen Cheryl Crisp (Ind)
Michael Addison Don Dobie (Lib) Mark Freeman
John Murphy Garry Nehl (Nat) Dorothy Thompson Max Austin (Ind)
David Rees (Ind)
Stewart West Jeff Thomson (Lib) Ray Dargavel Rudy Pasara (Ind)
Michael Lee Les Nunn (Lib) Graeme Ward
Veronica Husted Philip Ruddock (Lib) Robert Springett
Jim Snow Peter Cochran (Nat)
David Evans (Lib)
Horst Kirchner (UAP)
John McGlynn (Ind)
Barry Marks Tim Fischer (Nat) Ray Brooks (Ind)
Ted Grace Jeff Fishlock (Lib) Robert Neesam
John Wright John Sharp (Nat) Alan Blackshaw Reen Dixon (Ind)
Leo McLeay Karl Tartak (Lib) Peter Hennessy Nick Papanikitas (Ind)
Jack Shanahan (Ind)
Russ Gorman Warren Musgrave (Lib)
Trevor Elks Ralph Hunt (Nat) Lloyd Fleming (Ind)
Robert Tickner Cliff Mason (Lib) Paul Terrett
Rod Milliken Wal Fife (Lib) Scott Milne Jim Eldridge (Ind)
David Herald (Ind)
Duncan Marshall (NDP)
Eric Fitzgibbon Graham Dunkley (Lib)
John Turner (Nat)
Maureen Simpson
Lionel Bowen Carolyn O'Connor (Lib) Philippa Leehy
Ross Free Glynis Hayne (Lib) Michael Gregory Ian Perry (Ind)
Michael Maher Bob Woods (Lib) Tony Farrell (UAP)
George Turner (Ind)
Garry Worth Bruce Cowan (Nat) John Aitken
Stephen Martin Ron Forrester (Lib) Meg Sampson
Eileen Blackmore Jim Carlton (Lib) Graeme Maclennan Maurice Foley (Ind)
David March Alasdair Webster (Lib) Bruce Forbes
Geoff Robinson Alan Cadman (Lib)
Allan Morris Alan Taggart (Lib) Rae Rendle George Keegan (Ind)
Joe Horan Ian Sinclair (Nat) Eunice Moody Lance Baldwin (Ind)
Bevan O'Regan (Ind)
John Spender (Lib) Rod Dominish
Trevor Ellem Ian Robinson (Nat) Ivor Brown William Egerton (Ind)
Graham Lund Michael Cobb (Nat) Gloria Collison Max Murford (Ind)
Bill O'Donnell (Ind)
John Brown Paul Hamer (Lib) Rodney Levett
Jeannette McHugh Ray Collins (Lib) Fred Brinkman (Ind)
Dick Klugman Robert Ingram (Lib) William Utterson Sam Barone (Ind)
Tom Uren Lynne McDowell (Lib) John Roveen
Klaas Woldring Charles Blunt (Nat) Anne Brown Mac Nicolson (Ind)
Noel Hicks (Nat)
Barry Cohen Paul St Clair (Lib) Glenice Griffiths
Peter Morris Milton Caine (Lib) Derek McCabe
Stephen Dubois Gary Rush (Lib) Garry Dalrymple Brian Compton (Ind)
Peter Baldwin Les Morka (Lib) William Cole Jack Mundey (Ind)
Vito Radice (Ind)
Colin Hollis Neville Fredericks (Lib)
David Wood (Nat)
Greg Butler
Ian Douglas Michael MacKellar (Lib) Christian Widmair
Anne-Maree Whitaker John Hewson (Lib) Yvonne Jayawardena
John Kerin David Brock (Lib)

Queensland

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateNational candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates
Andrew Crowe Bill Barry-Cotter Diana Taylor Barry Cullen (Ind)
Manfred Cross David Drake Cliff Newman Michael van Prooyen William Kenney (Ind)
Keith Wright Tom Young Ted Price J. S. Page (NDP)
Bill Welch Paul Pottinger Ray Braithwaite
Peter Wilson David Jull Peter Robinson Kenneth Davies
Alison Smith Joy Brannelly Evan Adermann Brian Stockwell
Ian Mutch Peter Slipper Glen Spicer
David Watson Tony Philbrick Sheila Rieff
Ben Humphreys Wayne Black Sean Cousins Lance Winter
Linda Dwyer Alexander Munro Tom McVeigh Mark Carew
Ted Lindsay Rosemary Pavey Jose Goicoechea Paul Swanton
John Williams Bryan Conquest Geoff Boshell
James Byrne Ross Cooper Bob Katter
John Gayler Ronald Barry Kevin Byrne Wilfred Tapau
Elaine Darling John Gates Andrew Brown
Pat Stern Peter White Max McMahon Yvonne Stoelhorst
Raymond Paroz Bruce Christie Ian Cameron Richard McCarthy
Robert Boyce Kathy Sullivan Lester Hughes George Spencer
Don Cameron Peter Freckleton Manfred Willinger
Bill Hayden Janice Akroyd Barry Hoffensetz John Loughney
John Hodges Gerard Cross Isobel Robinson
David Beddall John Patterson Peter Jorgenson
Gerard Walsh
Miriam Cope Terri Cavanagh (Ind)
Michael Dunne (Ind)
Fleur Yuile John Moore Steve Walters Daphne Woodhouse
Andrew Foley Can Primavera Clarrie Millar Ray Barry

South Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDemocrats candidateNational candidateUAP candidateOther candidates
Chris Hurford Peter Panagaris Chris Wurm Bryan Stokes Charles Shahin Graham Smith (CPA)
Bill Hender James Porter Glenn Taylor Max Vawser Tom Giannouklas Allan Bannister (Ind)
Harry Pfeuffer (Ind)
Neal Blewett Bernard Buechner Colin Maas Cathryn Linedale John Longhurst
Jayne Taylor Steele Hall Margaret-Ann Williams Clarrie Dietman Kevin Angove
Lloyd O'Neil Russell Reid Chris James Robin Dixon-Thompson Leonce Kealy
Kim Jacobs Graham Pamount David Dwyer Keith Draper
John Scott Barry Lewis Jim Mitchell Glenn Jarvis Stewart Clarke Sofia Mavrogeorgis (Ind)
Gordon Bilney Richard Noble Colin Miller Gerald Larkin Michael Prowse
Peter Duncan Neville Joyce Natalie Richardson Kenneth Taplin A. Wunderlich (Ind)
Delia Skorin Alexander Downer Merilyn Pedrick Wesley Glanville Dorothy McGregor-Day George Gater (Ind)
Mick Young Barry Blundell Derek Ball Rod Scarborough Bob Manhire John Buik (Ind)
Brian Rooney (Ind)
Phil Robins Ian Wilson Karen Coleman Loma Silsbury Graeme Matthews
Susan Stephens Neil Andrew Barbara Barlow Bill Adams Anne Hausler

Tasmania

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDemocrats candidate
Richard Taylor Warwick Smith Michael Preece
David Currie Chris Miles
Michael Hodgman Robert Bell
Bruce Goodluck Patsy Harmsen
Max Burr Liz Holloway

Victoria

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateNational candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidate
John Saunderson Hugh Gurney Jan Bricknell
John Mildren John Ronan John Boland Phil Henseleit Martin Greany (Ind)
Brian Howe Ron Dunn Jan Roberts Darren Chapman (Ind)
Sue Phillips (Ind)
John Brumby Kaye Swanton Sharyne O'Grady (Ind)
John Somerville (Ind)
Patrick Robinson Ken Aldred Kate Carr Terence Pooley (UAP)
Neil O'Keefe Peter Dale Barry McLeod Susan Mullington
Andrew Theophanous Chris Dimitrijevic Ivan Pavlekovich-Smith Louise Stewart
Bob Halverson Roy Haffenden Chris Mar Flo Madden (PPA)
Helen Mayer Edward Wajsbrem Fran Robbins Barry Gration (Ind)
Ernest Rodeck (UAP)
Ian Caldwell Stewart McArthur John McDonald Rob Mann
Gordon Scholes Patrick Conheady Greta Pearce Tom Davies (Ind)
Danielle Dixon (Ind)
Madelyn Myatt Julian Beale Marcus Bosch Gil Speirs (Ind)
Rick Wright (UAP)
Bob Chynoweth Tom Warwick Robyn Kirby Les Johnson (Ind)
Andrew Murray (PPA)
Chris van Lieshout (Ind)
Tony Lack Peter Reith Andrew Suttie Noel Maud (Ind)
Jonathan Miln (PPA)
Ralph Willis Tim Warner Susan Holmes James Doughney (SWP)
Rosalba Vicari (Ind)
Zona Child Grant Pearce Peter McGauran Pierre Fourcier Rod Anderson (Ind)
Murray McInnes Ian Macphee Maureen Boaler Tiger Casley (Ind)
Michael Rowe (DLP)
Joan Child Rudi Michelson Paul Hegarty
Barbara Higgins Roger Shipton Clive Jackson
Michael Duffy Janice Bateman Geoff Herbert
Lewis Kent Peter McCall Len de Koning
Danny Walsh Ewen Cameron Philip Pullar Brian Lumsden (PPA)
Rob Taylor (Ind)
David Charles Bill Buchanan Maxine Aspinall Linda Ely (Ind)
Peter Staples Laurie Kirwan Howard McCallum Lynette Manning (Ind)
Lindsay Woods Andrew Peacock Peter Taft Margaret Cole (UAP)
Barry Jones Darren Farquhar Heather Jeffcoat
Peter Milton John Benton
Linda Freedman Adrian Kidd Peter Fisher Neil Lehmann (Ind)
Alan Griffiths Victor Rudewych David Mackay Mark Beshara (DLP)
Peter Cleeland David Millie Andrew Coller Doug Lorman Robert Wilson (Ind)
Barry Cunningham John Kiely Pat O'Brien Ross Ollquist Anne Lorraine (Ind)
Thomas Walsh (Ind)
Gerry Hand Frank Randle Peter La Franchi James Ferrari (Ind)
Clyde Holding Allan Paull Di Bretherton Alan Brown (Ind)
Ivana Csar Neil Brown Marjorie White Bruce Plain (UAP)
Mark Anderson Brendan Norden Bruce Lloyd Ralph Linford John Hargreaves (Ind)
Harry Jenkins Mike Kabos John Privitelli
Tony Lamb Ken Trembath Rika Mason Tessa Cunningham (UAP)
Kevin Watt David Hawker Julie Jennings
Bob Hawke Olga Venables Ken Eley Fast Bucks (Ind)
Ian Sykes (Ind)
Lyn Teather (Ind)

Western Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateNational candidateDemocrats candidateIndependent candidate
Wendy Fatin Peter Bass John Willis
George Gear Bob Chapman Mark Beadle
Carolyn Jakobsen Neil Baker
Philip Laskaris Allan Rocher John Gilmour Joe Blake
Gerry Thompson Joe Chambers David Churches
John Dawkins Jenny van den Hoek Jack Clarke
Graeme Campbell Ron Smales Frank Chulung
Allen Blanchard Jim Crawley Geoff Gill
Wilson Tuckey Shyama Peebles
Ric Charlesworth Bob Campbell Ted Lisle
Ron Edwards Bill Brown Malcolm Beveridge Harvard Barclay Alf Bussell
Kim Beazley Harry Klapp Adelia Bernard Georgina Motion
Ray Masterton Peter Shack William Witham Richard Jeffreys

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, each state elected twelve senators. The first six successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, the remaining six 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

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

Labor candidatesCoalition candidatesDemocrats candidatesNDP candidatesCTA candidatesGreens candidates
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  1. Kerry Sibraa
  1. Michael Sexton
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  1. Michael Baume
  1. Peter Baume
  1. David Brownhill
  1. Chris Puplick
  1. Bronwyn Bishop
  1. Ralph Schulze (Nat)
  2. June McPhie (Lib)
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  1. Paul McLean
    1. Jenny Macleod
  1. Richard Jones
  2. Gary Chestnut
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  1. Robert Wood
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  1. Elaine Nile
  2. Kevin Hume
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  1. Ian Cohen
  2. Daphne Gollan
UAP candidatesDefence candidatesGroup A candidatesGroup B candidatesGroup F candidatesGroup I candidates
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  1. Alan Smith
  2. Edna Fabb
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  1. Leslie Edwards
  2. David Herd
  3. William Tuohy
  4. Rowley McMahon
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  1. Ruth Phillips
  2. Walter Brun
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  1. Patricia Poulos
  2. John Holley
  3. John Beasley
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  1. Leon Bringolf
  2. Habib Fares
  3. Jim Donovan
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  1. Peter Consandine
  2. Brian Buckley
Ungrouped candidates
valign=top John Higginbotham
John Murphy
James Goody
Phil Murray
valign=top Nick Jones
Bob Spanswick
Ivor F
valign=top Kevin Larkings
Jane Smith-New
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans
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Northern Territory

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

Queensland

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats (although Senator George Georges was contesting the election as an independent). The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Party was defending four seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesNational candidatesDemocrats candidatesNDP candidatesUAP candidates
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  1. Margaret Reynolds
  1. Glenevie Jensen
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  1. David MacGibbon
  1. Cassie Solomon
  2. Brian Taylor
  3. Jane Williamson
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  1. Florence Bjelke-Petersen
  1. Vicky Kippin
  2. Ann Garms
  3. Bruce Laming
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  1. Michael Macklin
  1. Norman Johnson
  2. Anthony Walters
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  1. John Jones
  2. Brian Dunsford
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  1. Ron Alford
  2. Geoff Fawthrop
Group A candidatesGroup C candidatesGroup E candidatesUngrouped candidates
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  1. Barry Weedon
  2. Kathleen Wacker
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  1. Ray Ferguson
  2. Jake Haub
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  1. George Georges
valign=top John Bolt
Ron Smith
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South Australia

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats (although Senator Don Jessop contested the election as an independent). The Australian Democrats were defending two seats (although Senator David Vigor contested the election for the Unite Australia Party).

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesNational candidatesDemocrats candidatesUnite Australia candidatesGreen Party candidates
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  1. Dominic Foreman
  1. Rosalie McDonald
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  1. Tony Messner
  1. Ivan Venning
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  1. Bill Wright
  2. Neville Agars
  3. Mike Rogers
  4. Jessie Taylor
  5. Bob Brown
  6. Clifford Boyd
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  1. Janine Haines
  1. Ian McLiesh
  2. Peter Vervoorn
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  1. David Vigor
  2. Nick Theologou
  3. Patricia Prowse
  4. Maxwell Elphick
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  1. Ally Fricker
  2. Jules Davison
Communist candidatesGroup A candidatesGroup C candidatesGroup F candidatesUngrouped candidates
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  1. John Wishart
  2. Linda Gale
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  1. Creston Magasdi
  2. Reg McColl
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  1. Don Jessop
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  1. Tom Towle
  2. Ellen Towle
valign=top Robert Worth
Rob Robertson
Helen Launer
Syd Plenty
valign=top Stephen Bailey
John Out
Bill Forster

Tasmania

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat.

Victoria

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending two seats (although Senator John Siddons contested the election for the Unite Australia Party).

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesNational candidatesDemocrats candidatesUnite Australia candidatesDLP candidates
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  1. John Button
  1. Carole Taylor
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  1. Austin Lewis
  1. John Goodfellow
  2. John Riggall
  3. Severn Clarke
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  1. Julian McGauran
  1. Les Flintoff
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  1. Janet Powell
  1. Ken Peak
  2. Harold Fraser
  3. Peter Allen
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  1. John Siddons
  2. Ian Price
  3. Lisa Harris
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  1. John Mulholland
  2. Gloria Brook
NDP candidatesCTA candidatesPensioner candidatesGroup B candidatesGroup F candidatesGroup J candidates
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  1. Aldo Penbrook
  2. Nik Dow
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  1. Al Watson
  2. Loretto Brennan
  3. John Easton
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  1. Neil McKay
  2. Rosamond Ewan
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  1. Bill Hartley
  2. Laurene Dietrich
  3. David Kerin
  4. Rola Haidar
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  1. David Caccianiga
  2. Bill Thiele
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  1. Lisa King
  2. Kevin O'Connell
Group K candidatesGroup L candidatesGroup O candidatesUngrouped candidates
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  1. Alan Miller
  2. Maria Bennett
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  1. Laurie Dunlop
  2. Simon Hood
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  1. Dino de Marchi
  2. Ineke Black
valign=top Kym Roylance
Abraham Abdalla
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Western Australia

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. Independent Senator Jo Vallentine, elected for the Nuclear Disarmament Party but now running under the "Vallentine Peace Group" banner, was defending one seat.

Labor candidatesLiberal candidatesNational candidatesDemocrats candidatesVPG candidatesUAP candidates
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  1. Peter Walsh
  1. Ed Dermer
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  1. Fred Chaney
  1. Cam Tinley
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  1. James MacDonald
  2. Glenice Sanders
  3. Ron Aitkenhead
  4. Beverley Poor
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  1. Jean Jenkins
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  1. Jo Vallentine
    1. Louise Duxbury
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  1. Allan McMullen
  2. Norm Heslington
OAM candidatesUngrouped candidates
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  1. Cedric Jacobs
  2. Don Jackson
  3. Ed Robertson
valign=top Frank Nesci
Jack Flanigan
valign=top Mark Pallister
Gordon McColl
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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.

PartyNSWVicQldWASATasACTNTTotal
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Australian Labor Party51392413135211488
Liberal Party of Australia4139241313521327
National Party of Australia1417241313815
Country Liberal Party111
Australian Democrats423720813421267
Unite Australia Party2613215
Nuclear Disarmament Party11244
Pensioner Party of Australia441
Democratic Labor Party221
Australian Family Movement22
Communist Party of Australia111
Northern Territory Nationals111
Socialist Workers Party11
Call to Australia2
Green Alliance2
Defence and Ex-Services Party1
Vallentine Peace Group1
One Australia Movement1
Independent and other 3828427483

Unregistered parties and groups

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. News: A voters' guide to progressive and socialist alternative candidates. 8 July 1987. Tribune.