Candidates of the 1998 Australian federal election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1998 Australian federal election. The election was held on 3 October 1998.

Redistributions and seat changes

• Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • In Queensland, the notionally Liberal seat of Blair was created.
    • The member for McPherson, John Bradford (Christian Democrats), contested the Senate.
    • The member for Oxley, Pauline Hanson (One Nation), contested Blair.
  • In the Australian Capital Territory, the Labor-held seat of Namadgi was abolished.
    • The member for Canberra, Bob McMullan (Labor), contested Fraser.
    • The member for Namadgi, Annette Ellis (Labor), contested Canberra.
• The member for Chisholm, Michael Wooldridge (Liberal), contested Casey.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Peter Baldwin MP (Sydney, NSW)
• David Beddall MP (Rankin, Qld)
• Bob Brown MP (Charlton, NSW)
• Steve Dargavel MP (Fraser, ACT)
• Ted Grace MP (Fowler, NSW)
• Clyde Holding MP (Melbourne Ports, Vic)
• Barry Jones MP (Lalor, Vic)
• Peter Morris MP (Shortland, NSW)
• Ralph Willis MP (Gellibrand, Vic)
• Senator Margaret Reynolds (Qld)

Liberal

• Bob Halverson MP (Casey, Vic)
• Ian McLachlan MP (Barker, SA)
• Stephen Mutch MP (Cook, NSW) - lost preselection
• Bruce Reid MP (Bendigo, Vic)
• Bill Taylor MP (Groom, Qld)

National

• Michael Cobb MP (Parkes, NSW)
• Noel Hicks MP (Riverina, NSW)
• John Sharp MP (Hume, NSW)
• Ian Sinclair MP (New England, NSW)

Other

• Senator Mal Colston (Qld)  - Queensland First, elected as Labor

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	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	One Nation candidate	Other candidates
			Annette Ellis	Ian Morison	Yulia Onsman	Sue Ellerman	Burl Doble	Maryan England (NLP) Nikki Ulasowski (DSL)
			Bob McMullan	Peter Smith	Jason Wood	Gordon McAllister		Sue Bull (DSL) Joanne Clarke (Ind) David Seaton (NLP)

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	One Nation candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
			Daryl Melham	Stephen Iacono (Lib)	Alison Bailey	Philip Maddison	Greg Archer	Bin Chen (Unity) Brian Grigg (CDP)
			Robert McClelland	James Jordan (Lib)	Craig Chung	Neil Baird	Adam Nelson	Lin Tang (Unity)
		Wendy Mahon		John Howard (Lib)	Bob Springett	Gordon King		Marcus Aussie-Stone (Ind) Tim Carr (NLP) John Dawson (Ind) Julien Droulers (Ind) William Gollan (NAN) Sarah Kemp (Unity) David Lung (Ind) Prime Piss (ACS)
		Nola McCarroll		Philip Ruddock (Lib)	Bernard Teuben	Wayne Stewart	Andrew Burke	Owen Nannelli (CDP)
			Michael Hatton	Maureen Shelley (Lib)	Matthew Hua	Hussein Abou-Ghaida	Benjamin Donnelly	Harold Hassapis (Unity) Kylie Laurence (CDP)
		Nadesu Kailainathan		Brendan Nelson (Lib)	Carmel Morris	Robert Webeck	Marc Allas	Alexandra Kiely (NLP) Margaret Ratcliffe (CDP)
		Terence Corkin	Rod Blume (Nat) Garry Sloan (Lib)		Martin Gleeson	Joan Lambert		Peter Andren (Ind) Nelle Edwards (Unity) David Simpson (CEC)
				Bruce Gatgens (Lib)	Stephen Bisgrove	Pamela Young	Nathan Ross	Ralph Gourlay (CDP)
			Roger Price	John Coles (Lib)	Andrew Owen	Joe Damjanovic	Robert Nolan	Aooe Boyd Pio (Unity) Zahra Razavikashan (NLP) Dave Vincent (Ind) Joseph Wyness (CDP)
		Peri Young		Bruce Baird (Lib)	Terri Richardson	Gareth Kimberley		Zanthe Abdurahman (Unity) Darren Boehm (Ind) Malcolm Smith (CDP)
		Paul Sekfy		Garry Nehl (Nat)	Paul Corben	John Willey	Jillian Cranny	Mark Spencer (Ind)
			Stephen Martin	Alan Akhurst (Lib)	Stephen Ivaneza	John Curtis	Les Robinson	Frank Coluccio (Ind) Robert O'Neill (CDP) Margaret Perrott (DSL) Jennifer van der Horn (Unity)
			Michael Lee	David Parker (Lib)	David Mott	June Beckett	Philip Dwyer	Karen Russell (CDP)
				Gary Nairn (Lib)	Dan McMillan	Adam Miller	Rosemary Beaumont	Gordon Harriott (CEC)
		Vivien Voss		Tim Fischer (Nat)	Rohan Sharp	Don McKinnon		Alan Boyd (CEC) Cliff Broderick (AFP) Amanda Duncan-Strelec (Ind) Maurice Furlan (ACS)
				Lorna Doona (Lib)	Mark Stevens	Rodney Smith		Andrew Su (Unity)
		Sandra McCarthy		Joanna Gash (Lib)	Peter Fraser	Tom Dell	Jane Bange	Steve Ryan (CDP)
			Anthony Albanese	Michael Armani (Lib)	Katherine Cummings	Warren Webb	Sean Roberts	Ning Gao (Unity) Sylvia Hale (NAN) Michael Karadjis (DSL) Michael Robinson (CDP) John Ryder (NLP)
			Frank Mossfield	Mathew Cross (Lib)	Peter Reddy	Bill Nixon	Jocelyn Howden	Bob Bawden (CDP) Reynolds Bonuedi (Unity) Salvinder Dhillon (Ind)
		Anne Murnain		John Anderson (Nat)	Ken Graham	Bob Johns		Gary Edwards (Ind) Derrick Paxton (CDP) Jim Perrett (Ind)
				Danna Vale (Lib)	Adrian Blackburn	Reginald Lowder	Jo-Anne Lentern	Jim Bowen (ACS) Martin Heald (RPA) Suthep Kunathai (Unity) Jim McGoldrick (Ind)
				Christine Ferguson (Nat) Alby Schultz* (Lib)	Greg Butler	Wayne Hickson	Jan Green	Dave Cox (Ind) Philip Fowler (Ind) Jean McClung (CEC)
			Joel Fitzgibbon	Rob Macaulay (Nat) Cherrilyn McLean (Lib)	Rod Bennison	Darren Culley	James Ryan	Terry Cook (SEP) Ann Lawler (CEC) Peter Meddows (AFP)
			Laurie Brereton	Tio Faulkner (Lib)	Allan Caswell	Jack McEwen	Murray Matson	Vladimir Goryachev (Ind) Tatiana Haralambous (Unity)
		Cathy O'Toole		Jackie Kelly (Lib)	Stephen Lear	Rick Putra	Lesley Edwards	Sidney Acker (Unity) Dion Bailey (Ind) Jean Eykamp (CDP) Steve Grim-Reaper (Ind) F Ivor (Ind) David Lipman (Ind)
				Robert Lee (Lib)	Jeff Meikle	John Wright	Natasha Verco	Owen Davies (CDP) Giancarlo Maisano (Ind) Vince Sicari (NAN) Gary Wilkinson (NLP) Chris Wong (Unity) Paul Zammit (Ind)
		Vicki Grieves		Mark Vaile (Nat)	Allan Quartly	Ray Danton	Carrie Jacobi	Graeme Muldoon (CEC) Terrence Simms (Ind) Barry Watts (CDP)
		Michael Banasik		John Fahey (Lib)	Anthony Kaufmann	Damian Alm	Michelle Wood
		Nick Lorentzen		Bronwyn Bishop (Lib)	Vicki Dimond	John Webeck	Trevor Ockenden	Stephen Doric (NLP) Bob Ellis (Ind)
				Kerry Bartlett (Lib)	Jon Rickard	Les Sheather	Adele Doust	Shirley Grigg (CTA) Michael Penny (NLP)
		Anthony Ellard		Alan Cadman (Lib)	Helen McAuliffe	Stephen Burke	Cindy Taylor	Ken Gregory (CDP) Michael Lyons (NLP) Ilo Uzonoski (Unity)
Newcastle (deferred)		Allan Morris	Clive Jensen (Lib)	Kaye Westbury [died]	Kate Taylor	Liz Rene	Greg Bludworth (CDP) Andrew Brown (Ind) Geoff Payne (DSL)
Newcastle (supplementary)				Stephen Bisgrove		Carrie Jacobi	Peter Boyd (Ind) Greg Budworth (CDP) Harry Criticos (Ind) Tony King (CEC) Geoff Payne (DSL) Ivan Welsh (Ind) Harry Williams (PLP)
		Pat Dixon		Peter Monley (Lib) Stuart St. Clair* (Nat)	Rebekah Grindlay	Victor Weare	James Cronin	Frances Letters (NLP) David Morton (Ind) Graham Nuttall (Ind) Oriel Pearce (CDP)
				Joe Hockey (Lib)	Anthony Spain	John Hockley	Andrew Woodroffe	Roger Bourne (CDP) Henry Pong (Unity) Glenn Russell (NLP)
		Joy Mathews		Ian Causley (Nat)	Peter Wrightson	Warren Wenban	Nicole Rogers	Doug Behn (Ind) Graham Clausen (CDP) Kath O'Driscoll (DSL)
		Barry Brebner		Tony Lawler (Nat) Scott MacDougall (Lib)	David Burton	Donald McNaught		Robert Wilson (Ind)
				Ross Cameron (Lib)	Peter Mulligan	Ian Hale	Peter Wright	John Cogger (NLP) Peter Consandine (RPA) Dee Jonsson (CDP) Tina Schembri (Ind) Matthew Wong (Unity)
				Bob Baldwin (Lib)	Geoffrey Rutledge	Paul Fuller	Jan Davis	Andrew Buchan (Ind) Alison Dellit (DSL) Anthony King (CEC) Michelle Moffat (Ind) David Murray (CDP) Paul Unger (Ind)
			Janice Crosio	Nahid Aziz (Lib)	Manny Poularas	John Hutchinson		Linda Cogger (NLP) Somchai Tongsumrith (Unity)
			Laurie Ferguson	Alma Freame (Lib)	David Poularas	Shane O'Connor	Jamie Thompson	John Ananin (CDP) Rupen Savoulian (DSL) Penny Tongsumrith (Unity)
				Larry Anthony (Nat)	Peter Cullen	John Penhaligon	Tom Tabart	Alan DeVendra (Ind) Helen Patterson (NLP) Leo Piek (Ind)
		Peter Hargreaves		Kay Hull (Nat) David Kibbey (Lib)	Rosemary Gillies	David Barton		Denis Collins (Ind)
				Jim Lloyd (Lib)	Andrew Penfold	Kevin Glancy	Ian McKenzie	Marie Ashburn (Unity)
				Peter Craig (Lib)	Aysha Pollnitz	Ron Gardnir	Rebecca Moroney	Ivan Welsh (Ind)
				Bruce Morrow (Lib)	Ben Hanson	Warren Hensley	Jenny Ryde	Flavia Abdurahman (Unity) Denis Doherty (Ind) Michael Lippmann (NLP) Anna Lunsmann (NAN) Jenny Munro (Ind) John Percy (DSL)
			Colin Hollis	Charlie Mifsud (Lib)	Ann Barry	Dan Orr	Karla Sperling	Brian Hughes (CDP) Peter Stavropoulos (SEP)
		Julie Heraghty		Tony Abbott (Lib)	Brett Paterson	Janne Lindrum	Keelah Lam	Tony Allen (ACS) Heath Johnstone (CDP) Ines Judd (NLP)
			Leo McLeay	Joe Rafferty (Lib)	Amelia Gavagnin Newman	Claire Wright	Caroline Toomey	Zahir Abdurahman (Unity) Murray Peterson (CDP)
				Andrew Thomson (Lib)	Margaret Collings	Waverney Ford	Tom McLoughlin	Alan Jacobs (Unity) Dezi Koster (NLP)
			Mark Latham	Andrew Thorn (Lib)	James Cockayne	John Hyslop	Vicki Kearney	Sharynne Freeman (Ind) Ibrahim Peck (Unity)

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	One Nation candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
		Virginia Clarke		Cameron Thompson (Lib) Brett White (Nat)	Neal McKenzie	Pauline Hanson	Libby Connors	Owen Bassingthwaighte (CEC) Lee Roberts (Ind) Mark Sloan (ACS)
				Andrea West (Lib)	Jenny van Rooyen	Barry Myatt	Deeane Moorhead
			Arch Bevis	Marion Feros (Lib)	Darryl Holbrook	Samuel Tornatore	Brenda Mason	Graham Matthews (DSL) Duncan Spender (Ind)
				Paul Marek (Nat)	Fay Lawrence	Len Timms	Joan Furness	Andrew Purvis (CEC) Peter Schuback (Ind)
		Mark Stroppiana		De-Anne Kelly (Nat)	Darin Preston	Barbara Eggers	Helen King	Kevin McLean (Ind)
				Rod Henshaw (Lib)	Lis Manktelow	Bruce Camfield	Kim Pantano	Eddie Dunne (FLR) Robert Halliday (Ind) Mark Kelly (Ind) Tony Smith (Ind)
		Mike Smith		David Jull (Lib)	Neil Cotter	Neil Pitt	Fay Smith	John McGuigan (CDP)
		John Henderson		Lindsay Horswood (Nat) Alex Somlyay* (Lib)	John Ryan		Peter Bakhash	Harry Cook (CDP) Mike Harper (Ind)
		Ray O'Donnell		Peter Slipper (Lib)	Jenny Henman	Tim Jenkins	Les Shotton	Trevor Mumford (Ind) Alexander Taylor (Ind) Peter Urquhart (CDP)
		Peter Keech		Kay Elson (Lib)	Alan Dickson	Adrian Dean	Daniel Habermann	Geoff Daniels (FLR) Danny Hope (CEC)
				Graeme McDougall (Lib)	Iain Renton	Neil Jorgensen	Greg George	Jeni Eastwood (AWP)
		Geoff Brown		Bruce Green (Nat) Ian Macfarlane* (Lib)	Glenn Polson	Avril Baynes	Sarah Moles	Paul Harry (CDP) Cynthia Mayne (Ind)
				Peter Lindsay (Lib)	Althea Smith	Mark Swain	Rebecca Smith	Bob Bradley (Ind) John Edmiston (CDP) Elaine Steley (Ind) Pauline Woodbridge (AWP)
		Cheryl Dorron		Paul Neville (Nat)	Lance Hall	Marcus Ringuet	Ray Pearce	Cindy Rolls (CEC)
		Kenneth Stark		Bob Katter (Nat)	Alan Isherwood	Jayson Dalton	Ken Parker	Judy Harris (CEC) Greg Pohlmann (Ind) Steve Theodore (Ind)
		Chris Lewis		Warren Entsch (Lib)	Harold Salier	Beth Hudson	Steven Nowakowski	Trudy Alberts (Ind) Steve Dimitriou (Ind) Rob Kenyon (Ind) Rata Hami Pugh (Ind)
				Elizabeth Grace (Lib)	Kirsty Fraser	Warren Bray	Sue Meehan	Gerard O'Keeffe (CDP)
		Ian Burgett		Mal Brough (Lib)	Paul Barnes	Gavin Badke	John Langford
				Margaret May (Lib) Ted Shepherd (Nat)	Lynne Grimsey	Peter Murphy	John Palmer	Kevin Goodwin (Ind)
		Elizabeth Pommer		Bruce Scott (Nat)	Regina Gleeson	Robyn Cadzow	Kim Olsen	Peter Miller (CEC) Lorraine Wheeldon (Ind)
		Anne Bennett		Kathy Sullivan (Lib)	Colin O'Brien	Warren Fenton	Sally Spain	Julie Falcke (CDP)
		Kathleen Brookes		Gary Hardgrave (Lib)	Anthony Lee	Vanessa Stewart	Lenore Taylor	Jim Vote (CDP)
				Maria Forbes (Lib)	Kate Kunzelmann	Colene Hughes	John McKeon	Xuan Thu Nguyen (Ind) Dele Rule (Ind) Anne Scott (Ind) Simon Trencher (FLR)
		Rosemary Hume		Teresa Gambaro (Lib)	Pamela Stowell	Raymond Bower	Peter Burgoyne
				Cuong Bui (Lib)	Robert Hernandez	Ron Frood	Sara van Tinteren	Lorraine Barnes (Ind) Ann Hage (CDP) Brian Norton (Ind)
		Teresa Farruggio		John Moore (Lib)	Lyn Dengate	Alan Smith	Brian Hoepper	John Barker (AFP) Peter Mackenzie (Ind) Alan Skyring (Ind)
		Russ Tremlin		Desley Fraser (Lib) Warren Truss* (Nat)	Phil Rodhouse	Graeme Wicks	Richard Nielsen	Bob Postle (Ind)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	One Nation candidate	Other candidates
		Karen Hannon		Trish Worth	Tyron Beard	Suzanne Ramsey	Rita Hunt (Ind) Vladimir Lorenzon (NLP) Mark Moran (Grn)
		David Detchon			John Lavers	Dona Wright	Tony Beck (Ind) Philip Cornish (CDP) Tom Haig (Nat) Bill Jerram (Ind) Judith Ludwig (AFP)
			Martyn Evans	Phil Newton	Robert Fisher	Ted Shaw	Dave Carter (AFP)
		Jo Chesson		Andrew Southcott	Don Gilbert	Trevor Whittaker	Bevan Morris (NLP)
				Barry Wakelin	Nick Weetman	Noel Dickson	Paul Brown (NLP) Ian Gray (Nat) Martin Jackson (Ind)
				Chris Gallus	Neil Raw	Colin Gibson	Deb Cashel (Grn) Sandra Dunning (NLP)
				Susan Jeanes	Graham Pratt	Charlie McCormack	Hugh Dickson (NLP) Ralph Hahnheuser (Ind) Chris Planeta (EFF) Olive Weston (Ind)
				Trish Draper	Christine Posta	Rodney Kowald	Geoffrey Wells (NLP) Mike Wohltmann (Ind)
		Jade Evans		Alexander Downer		Lee Peacock	Anthony Coombe (NLP) Howie Coombe (Ind) Ian Wynn (CDP)
			Rod Sawford	Romeo Cavuoto	Matilda Bawden	John Powell	Rick Hill (Ind) Michael Perth (Ind)
		Lance Worrall		Christopher Pyne	Jackie Dearing	Paul Sissons	Michal Kinasz (Ind) Lyndal Vincent (NLP)
		Carla Leversedge		Neil Andrew	Karrie Lannstrom	Merv Hartwig	Jeremy Challacombe (Nat) Pam Kelly (Ind)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Greens candidate	One Nation candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
				Warwick Smith	Stuart Baird	Allan Lockhart	Brian Muir	Harvey Smith (TFP)
				Chris Miles	Clare Thompson	John Thomson	Peter Morgan	Gavin Thompson (TFP)
			Duncan Kerr	Andrew Gregson	Mat Hines		Brent Blackburn	Gregory Broszczyk (NLP)
			Harry Quick	Jane Goodluck	Kay McFarlane		Irene Fisher
			Dick Adams		Annie Willock	Andrew Wilson	Bob Bensemann	Darryl Gerrity (TFP)

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	One Nation candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
				Peter Nugent (Lib)	Darrell Stosegan	Ian Cameron		Guosheng Chen (Unity) Paul Rigoni (ARP)
		Marg Card		Michael Ronaldson (Lib)	Peta Price	John Blanchard	Malcolm Campbell	Frank Colosimo (CDP) Alex Graham (Ind) Ian Harrison (Ind) Margaret Taylor (Unity) John Wiley (ASP)
			Martin Ferguson	Lauri Rowe (Lib)	Marc Nicholls		Helen Rosenbaum	Wayne Barwick (CEC) Sami Mazloum (Unity) Martin Richardson (NLP) Matt Wilson (Ind)
				Scott Mitchell (Nat) Max Turner (Lib)	Alan Tilley	Karel Zegers	David Jones	Peter Biggs (AFP) Alan McDonald (NLP) Gayle Maddigan (Unity) Peter Morley (Ind) Lyn Speirs (CEC) Alfred Thorpe (ARP)
			Alan Griffin	Jim Wood (Lib)	Adam McBeth	Laurence Lowe	Colin Smith	Dikran Chabdjian (ACS) Toan Huynh (Unity) Michael Soos (NLP)
			Neil O'Keefe	Serge Petrovich (Lib)	Vaughan Williams	Frank Preston	Paul Fyffe	Rod Hardy (Ind) Ngaire Mason (NLP)
			Andrew Theophanous	Trevor Blake (Lib)	Robert Livesay			Michael Harris (NLP) Benal Keceli (Unity)
		Frank Armenio		Michael Wooldridge (Lib)	John McLaren	Stephen Beck	Chris James	Robert Kendi (NLP) John Mackellar (Ind) Steve Raskovy (Ind) Gary Smart (Unity) Basil Smidt (CDP) Judy Warwick (ASP)
				Peter Vlahos (Lib)	Bernie Millane	Douglas Hesse	Julian Guess	Ka-Sing Chua (Unity) Nicholas Fell (RPA) Mark Toomey (NLP)
		Michael Bjork-Billings		Stewart McArthur (Lib)	Jeffrey Paull	Duncan Maclean	Adrian Whitehead	Simon Arundell (Ind) Robert Harwood (Unity)
			Gavan O'Connor	Dennis Jensen (Lib)	Andre Czausov	Robert Grant		Michael Garbutcheon Singh (Unity) Therese Self (PLP)
		Peter Bertolus		Phil Barresi (Lib)		Paul Coelli	Robyn Evans	Linda Keath (NLP) Tim Petherbridge (Ind) Geoffrey Teng (Unity)
		Michael Quayle		Bruce Billson (Lib)	Tony Seals	Robyn Brown	Henry Kelsall	Jan Chapman Davis (Unity) Ben Mason (NLP)
		John Armitage		Peter Reith (Lib)	David Allison	Robert Langley	Mervyn Vogt	Jan Charlwood (NLP) Tony Kamps (Unity)
				Anthony Cursio (Lib)	David Wark	Nikolas Kavalenka	Liz Ingham	Michael Pollock (NLP) Adrian Shorland (Unity)
		Judith Stone		Peter McGauran (Nat)	Jo McCubbin	Tony Peters		Leonie Cameron (Ind) Frances Clarke (NLP) Les Horsfield (Ind) Robert Thorpe (Unity) Doug Treasure (Ind) Jack Vanderland (Ind) John Weatherhead (AFP)
		Margaret Khouri		David Kemp (Lib)	Diane Barry	Peter Crawford	Nick Brunton	Joan Dickins (NLP) Meret Field (ACS) Arkady Shtrambrandt (Unity)
		Jude Wallace		Peter Costello (Lib)	Craig Shaw	Rod Spencer	Robert Trafficante	Michael Dickins (NLP) Russell Dwyer (Ind) Ian Lawson (Ind) President Torney (ACS) David Zyngier (Unity)
			Gareth Evans	Margaret Nicholls (Lib)	Daniel Berk			Heath Allison (NLP) Robert Bisset (Ind) Lynne Dickson (CDP) Kunwar Raj Singh (Unity)
			Simon Crean	John Pesutto (Lib)	Polly Morgan	Alan Salter	Susan Walters	John Cordon (NLP) Stan Rosenthal (Unity)
		Zuvele Leschen		Lou Lieberman (Lib)	Kevin Smith	John Anderson	Tim Bardsley	Susan Griffith (NLP) David Maroney (Ind) Jurek Paz (Ind) Brian Robson (AFP) Norm Ryan (Ind)
			Greg Wilton	Mike Rawlinson (Lib)	Robert Ryan	Denis Reed-Smith	Daniel Tirawa	Patricia Brook (AFP) Mija Carkeek (Unity) Amanda McIntosh (NLP)
			Jenny Macklin	Tony Raunic (Lib)	John McPherson	Ray Mason	Robyn Roberts	Steve Griffith (NLP) Grant Walters (Unity)
				Petro Georgiou (Lib)	Brad Starkie	Ron McKean	Wendy Salter	Milton Nomikoudis (Unity)
				Cameron O'Sullivan (Lib)	Anthony Shaw	John Brodel	Cynthia Manson	George Papaellinas (Unity)
				Bob Charles (Lib)	Amanda Leeper	Jeff Thomas	Robyn Holtham	Frank Dean (Ind) Assyl Haidar (Unity) Andrew Stenberg (NLP) Wolf Voigt (CDP) Graham Woolley (ACS)
		Graeme McEwen		Fran Bailey (Lib)	Sean Carter	Dennis Lacey	Pam Lawson	Stephen Bowden (Ind) Susan Brown (NLP) Elizabeth Savage Kooroonya (Ind) Vicki Treble (ASP)
				Russell Broadbent (Lib)	David Wall	Bryan Atkin	Jenny Farrar	Barry Cunningham (Ind) Anthony Geoghegan (Ind) Peter Jackson (NLP) Peter Kelly (ASP) Colin Milne (Unity) Peter Wells (AFP)
		John Zigouras		John Forrest (Nat)	Tom Joyce	Bill Croft		Lee Cubit (CEC) Lionel McKenzie (Ind)
			Bob Sercombe	Will Charlton (Lib)	Helen Martin		Tony Camilleri	Paul Gallagher (CEC) Diana Kalantzis (Unity) Paul Treacy (NLP)
			Lindsay Tanner (Lib)	Paul Nettelbeck (Lib)	Brent McKenna		Nolan Tyrrell	Lawrence Clarke (NLP) James Ferrari (Ind) Ivan Horvat (CEC) Sherridan Maxwell (Unity) Maurice Sibelle (DSL)
				Fiona Snedden (Lib)	Julie Peters	Arthur Hawley	Dinesh Mathew	Tom Haynes (NLP) Diana Wolowski (Unity)
		Peter Allan		Kevin Andrews (Lib)	Damian Wise	John Casley		Mark Bunn (NLP) Mohamed Morsy (Unity) Philip Nitschke (Ind) Marcia Riordan (Ind)
		John Stuart		Sharman Stone (Lib)	Ray Cadmore	Robert Hellemons	Eleisha Mullane	Nino Marcucci (Ind) Diane Teasdale (AFP) Geoff Wilson (ASP)
			Harry Jenkins	Peter Pratt (Lib)	Hussein Tahiri			Robert Brown (NLP) M. Kheirallah (Unity)
		Mia Vitue		David Hawker (Lib)	Maggie Lindop	Simon Edge		Leigh McDonald (ARP) Robert O'Brien (Ind)
			Kelvin Thomson	David Curry (Lib)	Robert Stone			Randa Abdel-Fattah (Unity) Bill Deller (PLP) Andrew Fox (CEC)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	One Nation candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
			Kim Beazley	Rick Palmer	Collin Mullane	Lee Dawson	Nick Dunlop	Kate Dorrington (Ind) Carolyn Gent (AFP) Ron Higgins (ACS) Graham Lawn (CDP) Anne Leishman (NLP) Kent Reynolds (Ind) Paul Roth (Ind)
				Ricky Johnston	Dean Craig	Colin Taylor	Margo Beilby	Brian McCarthy (CEC) Patti Roberts (NLP) Lance Scott (Ind) Michelle Shave (CDP)
				Richard Evans	Craig Wakeford	Ron Holt	Miguel Castillo	Phillip Hayes (CDP)
					Stephen Lipple	Ian Trinder	Phillip Farren	Allan Rocher (Ind)
				Geoff Prosser	Alf Denman			Jim Cummins (CDP) Jon Doust (Ind) Ted Stone (AFP) Steve Thomas (Nat) John Watson (CEC)
			Carmen Lawrence	Mick Tiller	Jakica Zaknic	Tony Hill	Leonie Deegan	Lawrence Shave (Ind)
		Clark Butson			Dean Richter	Neville Smith		Ian Burt (CEC) Graeme Campbell (AFP) Kathy Finlayson (Nat) Laurie Sugg (CDP)
		Christine Power			Patti Lock	Allison Walker	Steve Magyar	Paul Filing (Ind)
		Frank Marciano		Wilson Tuckey			Mark Douglas	Mac Forsyth (CDP) Jenny Fowler (Nat) Stuart Smith (CEC) Ian Stiles (AFP)
				Judi Moylan	Barbara Moxham	David Gunnyon	Keith Schekkerman	John Burt (CEC) Roger Cooper (Nat)
			Stephen Smith	David Montani	Brendon Entrekin	Kerry Mills	Gemma Carter	Kim Iggy (DSL)
				Eoin Cameron	Peter Markham	John Evans	Mark Lockett	Leanne Hillel (NLP) Elaine McNeill (AFP) Bronislaw Tabaczynski (Unity)
				Don Randall	Tim Fraser	Richard Birchall	Juanita Miller	Elspeth Clairs (NLP) Brett Crook (CDP) Malcolm Talbot (CEC)
				Daryl Williams	Geoff Taylor	Raymond O'Dwyer	Joshua Byrne	Suryan Chandrasegaran (CDP) Manny Goldberg (ACS)

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 (*).

Australian Capital Territory

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

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	One Nation candidates
valign=top	Kate Lundy Peter Conway	valign=top	Margaret Reid Gayle Richards	valign=top	Rick Farley Wayne Sievers	valign=top	Estelle O'Brien Jeremy Leyland
Greens candidates	Women's candidates	ACS candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Deb Foskey Lesley Christian	valign=top	Annette Haridan Susanne Edwards	valign=top	Peter Rogers Anthony Hardy	valign=top	Cec Harris (Ind) Andrew Edgar (Ind) John Miller (CDP)

New South Wales

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Vicki Bourne (Democrats), George Campbell (Labor), David Brownhill (National), Helen Coonan (Liberal), Marise Payne (Liberal) and Sue West (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	One Nation candidates	Greens candidates
valign=top	Steve Hutchins John Faulkner Michael Forshaw Ursula Stephens	valign=top	Bill Heffernan (Lib) John Tierney (Lib) Sandy Macdonald (Nat) Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib)	valign=top	Aden Ridgeway Matthew Baird Suzanne Reddy David Mendelssohn	valign=top	David Oldfield Brian Burston Bevan O'Regan	valign=top	John Sutton Catherine Moore Lee Rhiannon Susie Russell
CDP candidates	Unity candidates	NDP candidates	NAN candidates	AFP candidates
valign=top	Graham McLennan Janne Peterson Tom Allanson Rex Morgan Michael McLennan	valign=top	Jason Yat-Sen Li Sonja Stockreiter Sam McGuid Kieran Ginges Nicholas Hassapis	valign=top	Michael Denborough Yvonne Francis	valign=top	Chris Nash Jane Waddell	valign=top	Victor Shen Greg Willson
NLP candidates	ACS candidates	CEC candidates	DSL candidates	RARI candidates
valign=top	Richard Nolan Bev Seymour	valign=top	Justice Abolish Richard Mezinec	valign=top	Robert Butler Glenys Collins Lindsay Cosgrove	valign=top	Marina Carman Peter Boyle	valign=top	Rodney Smith Edwin Woodger
SEP candidates	Group D candidates	Group G candidates	Group J candidates	Group P candidates
valign=top	Nick Beams Carol Divjak	valign=top	Mick Gallagher John Mawson	valign=top	Malcolm Lees Warwick Rankin	valign=top	David Mouldfield Paul-Ian Handsome	valign=top	Patricia Poulos John Holley
Group R candidates	Group S candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Robert Schollbach Amanda Stirling	valign=top	Graeme Melville Philip Broadbridge	valign=top	Mehmet Yaglipinar Paul Sarks Adrian Vaughan	valign=top	Pauline Pantsdown Tom Kumar Richard Ross	valign=top	Stani Joseph Party Parslow Ron Poulsen

Northern Territory

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

Queensland

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Party was defending one seat. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Andrew Bartlett (Democrats), Ron Boswell (National), Brenda Gibbs (Labor), John Herron (Liberal), John Hogg (Labor) and Ian Macdonald (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	One Nation candidates
valign=top	Jan McLucas Joe Ludwig Jann Piasecki	valign=top	Warwick Parer Brett Mason David MacGibbon Deborah Kember	valign=top	Bill O'Chee Thomas Bradley Teresa Cobb	valign=top	John Woodley John Cherry Megan Bathurst	valign=top	Heather Hill Len Harris Sue Gordon David Anning Barry Evans
Greens candidates	CDP candidates	Unity candidates	CEC candidates	AFP candidates
valign=top	Drew Hutton Desiree Mahoney Chris Gwin	valign=top	John Bradford Kerry Blackman Judy MacKenzie	valign=top	Henry Fong Chris Toogood	valign=top	Maurice Hetherington Ray Gillham	valign=top	Eric Nagle Klaus Duke
Queensland First candidates	FLR candidates	OAP candidates	NLP candidates	Reform candidates
valign=top	David Colston Dawn Colston	valign=top	Barry Weedon Robyn Somers	valign=top	Mario Zocchi Ray Buckley	valign=top	Geoff Wilson Dorothy McKenzie	valign=top	Brenda Moloney Terry Fleming
ACS candidates	Women's candidates	DSL candidates	Group B candidates	Group C candidates
valign=top	Bruce The Family Steve Southall	valign=top	Mary Kelly Jenny Hughey	valign=top	Andy Gianniotis Coral Wynter	valign=top	Jan Linsley Percy Meredith	valign=top	Noel Payne Jim Pavier
Group S candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Selwyn Johnston Aaron Johnston	valign=top	Michele MacNevin Terry Sharples Kenny Dalton Doug Hodgetts Bryan Peach	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

South Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Grant Chapman (Liberal), Rosemary Crowley (Labor), Jeannie Ferris (Liberal), Robert Hill (Liberal), Chris Schacht (Labor) and Natasha Stott Despoja (Democrats) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	One Nation candidates	Greens candidates
valign=top	Nick Bolkus John Quirke Bill Hender	valign=top	Amanda Vanstone Nick Minchin Alan Ferguson Joy de Leo	valign=top	Meg Lees Michael Pilling Alex Bowie Natalija Apponyi	valign=top	Len Spencer Malcolm Rumbelow Monica Reimann	valign=top	Craig Wilkins Michelle Drummond
National candidates	CDP candidates	AFP candidates	CEC candidates	DSL candidates
valign=top	Ellis Wayland Robin Dixon-Thompson	valign=top	Bob Randall Colin Sinclair	valign=top	Peter Davis Bill Fradd	valign=top	Tommy Tonkin Pompeo Feleppa	valign=top	Melanie Sjoberg Kathy Newman
Group D candidates	Group E candidates	Group L candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Lindsay Simmons Pat Brown	valign=top	Chris Harms Kirsti Harms	valign=top	Bernice Pfitzner-Eu Erik Eriksen Sean Heylen	valign=top	Neil Russell-Taylor Graham Neave	valign=top

Tasmania

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat. Senators Bob Brown (Greens), Paul Calvert (Liberal), Sue Mackay (Labor), Jocelyn Newman (Liberal), Nick Sherry (Labor) and John Watson (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Harradine candidates	Greens candidates	Democrats candidates
valign=top	Kerry O'Brien Shayne Murphy Kay Denman	valign=top	Eric Abetz Brian Gibson Guy Barnett Peter Collenette	valign=top	Brian Harradine	valign=top	Louise Crossley Simon Baptist	valign=top	Robert Bell Debbie Butler Chris Ivory
One Nation candidates	CDP candidates	TFP candidates	Women's candidates	Republican candidates
valign=top	Peter Stokes Michael Cartwright Leigh Spicer	valign=top	Don Rogers Beryl Rogers	valign=top	David Pickford David Jackson Petita Abblitt	valign=top	Lin MacQueen Carolyn Bindon	valign=top	Jenny Sheridan Rena Dare
ACS candidates	DSL candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Ian Hickman Fred Lombardi	valign=top	Kamala Emanuel Ian Jamieson	valign=top	Norma Jamieson Laurie Heathorn Steven Suli	valign=top		valign=top

Victoria

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Lyn Allison (Democrats), Richard Alston (Liberal), Barney Cooney (Labor), Rod Kemp (Liberal), Kay Patterson (Liberal) and Robert Ray (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	One Nation candidates	Greens candidates
valign=top	Stephen Conroy Kim Carr Jacinta Collins Wendy Boyle	valign=top	Judith Troeth (Lib) Julian McGauran (Nat) Tsebin Tchen (Lib) Karen Synon (Lib) Dino de Marchi (Lib) Anna MacGowan (Lib)	valign=top	Jim Downey Matthew Townsend Ken Saunders Alison Harcourt	valign=top	Robyn Spencer Ben Buckley	valign=top	Charmaine Clarke David Risstrom Liz Conor
DLP candidates	CDP candidates	Unity candidates	NDP candidates	AFP candidates
valign=top	John Mulholland Pat Crea	valign=top	Murray Graham Ken Cook	valign=top	Bill Cope Phong Nguyen Wellington Lee Ricci Swart Markham Rose Vivien Cerolini Naji Imam Mary Kalantzis	valign=top	Gareth Smith Jacob Grech	valign=top	Denis McCormack Colin Godfrey
ABR candidates	SEP candidates	Reform candidates	Women's candidates	ACS/FLR candidates
valign=top	Eric Bullmore David Sydenham	valign=top	Sue Phillips Will Marshall	valign=top	Ray Mathieson Ted Drane	valign=top	Deb Nicholson Pat O'Brien	valign=top	Abboud Haidar (ACS) John Abbotto (FLR)
NLP candidates	Shooters candidates	DSL candidates	CEC candidates	Group B candidates
valign=top	Byron Rigby Raymond Schlager Lorna Scurfield	valign=top	Graham Eames Neville Sayers Alan Hutchison Graeme Forbes	valign=top	Jo Williams Vannessa Hearman	valign=top	Craig Isherwood Robert Barwick	valign=top	Joe Toscano Steve Roper
Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Cecil G. Murgatroyd M. H. Pech Graham Smith David Heffron Malcolm McClure	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

Western Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens WA were defending one seat. Senators Mark Bishop (Labor), Winston Crane (Liberal), Alan Eggleston (Liberal), Ross Lightfoot (Liberal), Jim McKiernan (Labor) and Andrew Murray (Democrats) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens WA candidates	One Nation candidates	Democrats candidates
valign=top	Peter Cook Chris Evans Rhonda Griffiths Sue Ellery Lois Anderson Chilip Foo	valign=top	Chris Ellison Ian Campbell Sue Knowles Ivan Ivankovic	valign=top	Dee Margetts Kayt Davies Alison Xamon	valign=top	John Fischer Colin Tincknell Martin Suter	valign=top	Brian Greig Stephen Crabbe Margot Clifford
National candidates	CDP candidates	Shooters candidates	NLP candidates	Unity candidates
valign=top	Beryle Morgan Dudley Maslen	valign=top	Justin Moseley Peter Johnson	valign=top	Raymond Motteram Ken Taylor	valign=top	George Kailis Cathryn D'Cruz	valign=top	Ted Wilkes Mai-Yie Leung Michael Carey
TPS candidates	ACS candidates	CEC candidates	DSL candidates	Republican candidates
valign=top	Alan Bateson Rick Finney	valign=top	Brendan Griffin Sam Johnson	valign=top	Tony Drake Jean Robinson	valign=top	Sarah Stephen Roberto Jorquera	valign=top	Michael O'Donnell Kerry McNally
Group N candidates	Group O candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Kate Hobbs Morris Bessant	valign=top	Joan Torr Roger Pratt	valign=top	Rod Garcia	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	50		37		27		14		12		5		2		1		148	8
Liberal Party of Australia	42		35		22		14		12		5		2				132	7
National Party of Australia	12		3		10		4		3								32	5
Country Liberal Party															1		1	1
Australian Democrats	50		37		27		14		12		5		2		1		148	8
One Nation	50		30		27		14		12		3		2		1		139	8
Australian Greens	45		27		27				2		5		2		1		109	7
Natural Law Party	16		27				4		8		1		2				58	4
Unity Party	25		31				1										57	4
Christian Democratic Party	28		4		9		8		2								51	7
Citizens Electoral Council	7		6		6		6										25	5
Australia First Party	2		6		1		5		2								16	4
Greens Western Australia							14										14	1
Democratic Socialist Electoral League	7		1		1		1						2		1		13	6
Abolish Child Support	4		4		1		2										11	6
Australian Shooters Party			5														5	2
No Aircraft Noise	4																4	1
Republican Party of Australia	2		1														3	2
Family Law Reform Party					3												3	2
Australian Reform Party			3														3	2
Tasmania First Party											3						3	1
Australian Women's Party					2												2	4
Socialist Equality Party	2																2	2
Progressive Labour Party			2														2
Independent EFF									1								1
Nuclear Disarmament Party																		2
																		1
Democratic Labor Party																		1
Australian Bill of Rights Group																		1
Queensland First																		1
One Australia Party																		1
Taxi Operators Political Service																		1
Brian Harradine Group																		1
Independent and other	41		30		29		8		12				1		1		122

Candidates for the Newcastle supplementary election are not counted, although the original Newcastle candidates are.

See also

• 1998 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1996–1998
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1998–2001
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1996–1999
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1999–2002
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1998
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1998