This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1951 Australian federal election. The election was held on 28 April 1951.
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.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Costa | George Roffey (Lib) | |||||
| H. V. Evatt | Nancy Wake (Lib) | |||||
| William Fitzgibbon | John Cramer (Lib) | |||||
| Jim Harrison | Jim Dennison (Lib) | |||||
| Hugh Milne | Billy Hughes (Lib) | |||||
| John Howell | John Howse (Lib) | Archibald Gardiner (Ind) | ||||
| Tom Sheehan | Roy Hatfield (Lib) | Harry Hatfield (CPA) | ||||
| William Bailey | Sir Earle Page (CP) | William Tomlinson (Ind) | ||||
| Billy Davies | Alan Thomson (Lib) | Eric Aarons (CPA) | ||||
| Sol Rosevear | John Laffin (Lib) | |||||
| Joe Clark | Elson Whyte (CP) | |||||
| Eddie Ward | Allan Stewart (Lib) | |||||
| Allan Fraser | Bill Keys (Lib) | |||||
| Robert Bailey | Frederick Osborne (Lib) | |||||
| Daniel Byrnes | David Fairbairn (Lib) | |||||
| Fred Daly | Roy Squire (Lib) | William McCristal (ARP) | ||||
| Norman Ferguson | Thomas Treloar (CP) | |||||
| Charles Anderson (CP) | ||||||
| Rowley James | Ted Fletcher (Lib) | Arthur English (Ind) Evan Phillips (CPA) | ||||
| Gordon Anderson | Arthur Butterell (Lib) | |||||
| Dan Mulcahy | Robert Bruce (Lib) | Roy Boyd (CPA) | ||||
| Alan Manning | Laurie Failes (CP) | |||||
| William McMahon (Lib) | ||||||
| Edward Hayes | Jim Eggins (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind) | ||||
| William McDonnell | Jeff Bate (Lib) | |||||
| Thomas Sherley | Bill Wentworth (Lib) | |||||
| Ben Chifley | Bob Cotton (Lib) | |||||
| William O'Connor | George Read (Lib) | Terry Gordon (CPA) Malinda Ivey (Ind) | ||||
| Joseph White | Roy Wheeler (Lib) | Mel McCalman (CPA) | ||||
| William Wilson | David Drummond (CP) | |||||
| David Watkins | Roy Stewart (Lib) | Laurie Aarons (CPA) | ||||
| William Jack (Lib) | ||||||
| Les Haylen | Dick Dein (Lib) | |||||
| John Holmes | Howard Beale (Lib) | |||||
| Cecil Robinson | Allen Fairhall (Lib) | |||||
| Joe Fitzgerald | Les Fingleton (Lib) | |||||
| Charles Morgan | Jim Clough (Lib) | Rupert Sheldon (Ind) | ||||
| Alexander Bryen | Larry Anthony (CP) | |||||
| Michael Sheehan | Hugh Roberton (CP) | Les Kelton (CPA) | ||||
| Roger Dean (Lib) | ||||||
| Charles Griffiths | Arthur Downey (Lib) | |||||
| Bill Graham (Lib) | ||||||
| Frank McCullum | Francis Bland (Lib) | |||||
| Dan Curtin | Donald Clark (Lib) | |||||
| Cecil Trevelyan | Eric Harrison (Lib) | |||||
| Bert Lazzarini | Ian Griffith (Lib) | |||||
| Dan Minogue | Basil Mottershead (Lib) | Jack Miles (CPA) Clare Peters (Ind Lab) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Lyons | Malcolm McColm (Lib) | Mabel Hanson (CPA) | ||||
| George Lawson | Donagh McDonagh (Lib) | Alby Graham (CPA) | ||||
| George Pearce (Lib) | ||||||
| Reginald Swartz (Lib) | ||||||
| George Hyde | Charles Davidson (CP) | |||||
| Geoffrey Arnell | Charles Adermann (CP) | |||||
| William Thieme | Doug Berry (Lib) | |||||
| Bill Edmonds | Doug Jeffrey (CP) | Gloria Phelan (CPA) | ||||
| Bill Riordan | Ulick Browne (CP) | |||||
| Tom Gilmore (CP) | Richard Anear (CPA) | |||||
| Bruce Wight (Lib) | Walter Collings (Ind) | |||||
| Arthur Fadden (CP) | John Rosser (Ind) | |||||
| Wilfred Brimblecombe (CP) | Charles Russell (Ind) | |||||
| Ted Mansfield | Josiah Francis (Lib) | Bill Yarrow (CPA) | ||||
| Andrew Crilly | Donald Cameron (Lib) | Frank O'Connor (CPA) | ||||
| Patrick Bredhauer | Alan Hulme (Lib) | |||||
| Frank Luton | Nigel Drury (Lib) | |||||
| Thomas Wallace | Bernard Corser (CP) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyril Chambers | Thomas Phillips | Edward Robertson (CPA) | ||||
| John Edwards | Alick Downer | |||||
| Archie Cameron | Charles Lloyd (Ind) Frank Rieck (Ind) | |||||
| Len Wright | John McLeay | |||||
| Edgar Russell | Edward Andrews | |||||
| Clyde Cameron | ||||||
| Jim Handby | Eric Stead (CPA) | |||||
| Albert Thompson | John Caskey | Alan Finger (CPA) | ||||
| Leslie McMullin | Keith Wilson | |||||
| Cyril Hasse | Philip McBride |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colman O'Byrne | Bruce Kekwick | ||||
| Aubrey Luck | |||||
| Mervyn McNeair | Athol Townley | ||||
| Bill Falkinder | |||||
| Gil Duthie | Lionel Browning |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas White (Lib) | ||||||
| Alan Pittard (Lib) | ||||||
| Alan Bird | Fred Capp (Lib) | |||||
| Percy Clarey | Charles Carty-Salmon (Lib) | |||||
| Ted Peters | Alfred Wall (Lib) | |||||
| Ronald Whiting | Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib) | |||||
| Angus McLean | Allan McDonald (Lib) | |||||
| Hubert Opperman (Lib) | ||||||
| Tom Andrews | Gordon Savage (Lib) | |||||
| Frank Davis (Lib) | Eric Butler (Ind) | |||||
| Bill Bourke | Peter Howson (Lib) | Colin Kennedy (Ind) | ||||
| Rupert Ryan (Lib) | Robert Hipwell (Ind) | |||||
| Jack Mullens | Gordon Trewin (Lib) | Alex Dobbin (CPA) | ||||
| Victor Fitzgerald | George Bowden (CP) | |||||
| Percy Treyvaud | Jo Gullett (Lib) | Doris McRae (CPA) | ||||
| Benjamin Nicholas | Harold Holt (Lib) | Mary Kent Hughes (Ind) | ||||
| Geoffrey Sowerbutts | Frank Timson (Lib) | |||||
| Jack Cremean | Jack Easton (Lib) | Leslie Loye (CPA) | ||||
| Charles Edmondson | William Bostock (Lib) | |||||
| William Haworth (Lib) | Sam Goldbloom (Ind Lab) | |||||
| Robert Menzies (Lib) | Ted Laurie (CPA) | |||||
| Bernard Rees | Richard Casey (Lib) | |||||
| Reg Pollard | Allen Bateman (Lib) | |||||
| Alfred O'Connor | Winton Turnbull (CP) | |||||
| Arthur Drakeford | Stuart Collie (Lib) | |||||
| Horace Hawkins | Geoffrey Brown (Lib) | Fred Charlesworth (CPA) | ||||
| Arthur Calwell | Desmond Byrne (Lib) | Gerry O'Day (CPA) | ||||
| Michael Prowse (Lib) | ||||||
| Gordon Anderson | John McEwen (CP) | |||||
| Dan Mackinnon (Lib) | ||||||
| Bill Bryson | Baden Grafen (Lib) | Doris Blackburn (Prog Lab) | ||||
| Cyril Sudholz | William Lawrence (Lib) | |||||
| Stan Keon | Kenneth Bisney (Lib) | Ken Miller (CPA) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Communist candidate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Munday | Len Hamilton (CP) | ||||||
| John Henshaw | Paul Hasluck (Lib) | ||||||
| Frederick O'Connor | Gordon Freeth (Lib) | ||||||
| Kim Beazley | Len Seaton (Lib) | ||||||
| Herbert Johnson | |||||||
| Arthur Hunter | Hugh Leslie (CP) | ||||||
| Tom Burke | Billy Snedden (Lib) | James Kelly | |||||
| Bill Grayden (Lib) | Alex Jolly |
Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution, all senators were up for re-election, with the first five from each state elected to six-year terms and 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 (*).
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending seven seats.
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending seven seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
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 Senate elections in each state.
| Party | NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | S | |
| Australian Labor Party | 47 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 6 | ||||||
| Liberal Party of Australia | 39 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 6 | |||||||
| Australian Country Party | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | |||||||||
| Communist Party of Australia | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 6 | |||||||||
| Australian Republican Party | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Protestant People's Party | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Lang Labor | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Henry George Justice Party | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| All Parties Administration | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent and other | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |||||||||