Candidates of the 1972 Australian federal election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1972 Australian federal election. The election was held on 2 December 1972.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Arthur Calwell MP (Melbourne, Vic)
• Allan Fraser MP (Eden-Monaro, NSW)
• Charles Griffiths MP (Shortland, NSW)
• Hector McIvor MP (Gellibrand, Vic)

Liberal

• Tom Hughes MP (Berowra, NSW)
• Sir Alan Hulme MP (Petrie, Qld)
• Sir Reginald Swartz MP (Darling Downs, Qld)

Country

• Sir Charles Adermann MP (Fisher, Qld)
• Charles Barnes MP (McPherson, Qld)
• Sir Winton Turnbull MP (Mallee, 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.

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Australia candidate	Other candidates
			Vince Martin	Randall Green (Lib)	John Anderson	Charles Nasmyth
			Len Reynolds	Vince Bruce (Lib)	Bruce Stafford	Rhonda Howse	Brian Howard (Ind)
		Norman Russell		Sir John Cramer (Lib)	Gwen Fitzpatrick		Jean Sulima (DOGS)
		George Williams		Harry Edwards (Lib)	Michael Strenger	David Haig
			Paul Keating	John Ghent (Lib)	Anthony Young
		John Pomeroy		Harry Turner (Lib)	Allan Dwyer	Mavis McMillan	Helen Berrill (Ind)
		Francis Hall		John England (CP)	John Grant
			John Armitage	Alan Calaby (Lib)	Francesco Rea
				Don Dobie (Lib)	Bernard Forshaw	Marjorie Gray	Ronald Gallagher (Ind) Judith Sainsbury (DOGS)
		Thomas Cronin		Ian Robinson (CP)	David Cumming	John Maynes
			Rex Connor	John Poel (Lib)	Peter Daly	John Sladek	Reg Wilding (CPA)
			John FitzPatrick	James Donohoe (Lib) Max Overton (CP)	John Darcy
				Roy Howard (CP) Doug Otton (Lib)	Anthony Abbey	Hugh Watson
				Malcolm Mackay (Lib)	Gary Doherty		Noel MacDonald (Ind)
		Kevin Esler		David Fairbairn (Lib)	Anthony Quinn	Mike Donelan
			Fred Daly	Jonathan Fowler (Lib)	Anthony Kiely
		Robert Downing		Ralph Hunt (CP)	John Gough	Kevin Mapperson	William O'Donnell (Ind)
			Les Johnson	Eric Blain (Lib)	William Goslett
				Ian Pettitt (CP)	John Hogan
			Bert James	Stanley Gumbleton (Lib)
			Lionel Bowen	Ronald Scott (Lib)	Graham Bennett
			Frank Stewart	Stanley Duncan (Lib)	Robert Burke
				William McMahon (Lib)	Agnes Bannon	John Steele	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) John Morgan (Ind) Kathleen Taylor (DOGS) Sandor Torzsok (Ind) David Widdup (Ind)
		Peter Carney		Philip Lucock (CP)	Jack Collins	Stephanie Thew	Joe Cordner (Ind)
				Max Dunbier (Lib)	Everardus Himmelreich		Dianne Allen (Ind) Jeff Bate (Ind) Stephen Quilkey (Ind)
		Evan Davies		Bill Wentworth (Lib)	Thomas Colman		Norman Ward (Ind)
			Tony Luchetti	Basil Genders (Lib) Frank Wolstenholme (CP)	Leslie Clarke
				Les Irwin (Lib)	David Sanson	Patricia Berzin	Ivor F (Ind) David McArthur (Ind)
		Justin Rowe		Ian Sinclair (CP)	Edwin Taber	Brian Edwards
			Charles Jones	Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib)	Robert Godfrey		Harry Anderson (CPA)
		Brian Maguire		Bill Graham (Lib)	Michael Fitzpatrick	James Feros	Romualds Kemps (Ind)
		Michael Whelan		Nigel Bowen (Lib)	Doris Brauer	James Mulheron	Derek Barker (DOGS) Graham Courtney (Ind)
		Noel Unicomb		Frank O'Keefe (CP)	Aubrey Barr	Alan Capp
				Sir William Aston (Lib)	Dennis Anderson	Virginia Walker	Thomas Conway (Ind) Colette Tucker (DOGS) Neville Yeomans (Ind)
			Dick Klugman	Stanislaus Kelly (Lib)	William Dunbar
			Tom Uren	William Pardy (Lib)	Joseph Sanders
		Frederick Braid		Doug Anthony (CP)		Lawrence Alderman
			Al Grassby	Eric Kronborg (CP) Peter Long (Lib)	Patrick Barry
			Barry Cohen	Malcolm Brooks (Lib)	Edmund Dearn
			Bill Morrison	Len Bosman (Lib)	Doris Allison	Christopher Owens	Charles Bellchambers (Ind)
				Paul Clarkson (Lib)	Hugh Ansell	Charles Hockings	Geoff Curthoys (CPA) Leo Gately (Ind) Lionel Lambkin (Ind)
			Jim Cope	Graham Robertson (Lib)		Allan Sorrensen	Laurie Aarons (CPA) Pat Clancy (SPA)
		John Oakley		Michael MacKellar (Lib)	Peter Keogh		Eric Riches (Ind)
		Percy Allan		Les Bury (Lib)	Dominique Droulers	Helen Arbib
			Gough Whitlam	Ron Dunbier (Lib)	Andrew Murphy		Maurice Sharp (Ind) Walter Turner (Ind)

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Australia candidate	Other candidates
			Len Keogh	Kerry Chiconi (Lib)	Denis Cochran
			Manfred Cross	Jim Anderson (Lib) Glen Sheil (CP)	Andrew Aitken		Charlie Gifford (CPA)
			Doug Everingham	Kevin Connor (CP) Brian Palmer (Lib)	Brian Besley
		James Thomas		Colin Brimblecombe (Lib) Tom McVeigh* (CP)	Eugene Connolly		Ronald Alford (Ind)
			Rex Patterson	Lionel Bevis (CP)	John Judge
		Hamish Linacre		Evan Adermann (CP) John Plowman (Lib)	Robert Barron
		Eddie Foat		Don Cameron (Lib)	Cecil Birchley	Beth Smith
		Fabian Sweeney		Robert Bonnett (Lib)		Leonard Weber
				Bob Katter (CP)	Paul Rutherford
			Bill Fulton	Walter Schulz (CP)	Bernard Marsh	Patrick Kelly
				Kevin Cairns (Lib)	James Morrissey	David Proud	Ralph Williams (Ind)
		Timothy Walker		James Corbett (CP)	Harry Green		James Dwyer (Ind)
				Howard Richter (CP) Eric Robinson* (Lib)		Robert Richardson	John Black (Ind) James Drabsch (Ind)
		Joe McDonald		James Killen (Lib)	Andrew Jackson	Arthur Smith
			Bill Hayden	Peter Williams (Lib)	Miroslav Jansky
				Marshall Cooke (Lib) Gordon Olive (CP)	Frank Andrews
		John Conn		Nigel Drury (Lib)	Bert Vann	Robert Wensley	Alan Jones (Ind)
			Brendan Hansen	George Crawford (CP)	Alan Birchley		Les Leisemann (NSP)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
			Chris Hurford	Keith Ashdown	George Basisovs	Elliott Johnston (CPA)
		Adolf Thiel		Geoffrey Giles	Terence Critchley	John Petch (CP)
				Jim Forbes	David Le Cornu
			Martin Nicholls	Rudolph Masopust	Peter Meredith	Frank Lawrence (Ind)
				John McLeay	Ted Farrell	Richard Llewellyn (AP)
			Laurie Wallis	Pat Rehn	David Gray	Derek Ball (AP)
			Ralph Jacobi	Phyllis Rogers	James Kiley	John Steele (Ind)
			Clyde Cameron	Ivan Denchev	Paul Hubert
			Richard Gun	Peter Tonkin	Mark Posa
			Fred Birrell	Ian Fotheringham	Leon Dalle-Nogare	James Mitchell (Ind)
		Norm Foster			Walter Doran	Peter Wilkinson (NSP)
		Terence de Lacy		Bert Kelly	John McMahon	James Shannon (CP)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
			Lance Barnard		Jindrich Nermut
			Ron Davies	William Luck	Dudley McNamara
				Robert Solomon	Michael Delaney	Brian Broadby (Ind) Bill Scetrine (AP)
			Ray Sherry	William Craig	Keith Kelly
			Gil Duthie	Ian Hardy	Ronald Butterworth

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Australia candidate	Other candidates
		Irene Dunsmuir		Ray Whittorn (Lib)	Ralph James		Leslie Rubinstein (Ind)
				Dudley Erwin (Lib)	Anthony Balkin
			Horrie Garrick	Leon Bram (Lib)	Henry Darroch
		David Kennedy		John Bourchier (Lib) Joe Pearce (CP)	Paul Brennan
		Russell Oakley		Billy Snedden (Lib)	Rex Harper	Peter Moore
			Keith Johnson	Howard Thain (Lib)	Colin Walsh
				Peter Howson (Lib)	Kevin Adamson	Clive Champion	Alfred Andrews (DOGS) Margaret Briggs (Ind) Roderick Matthews (Ind)
				Tony Staley (Lib)	William Hoyne	Robert Cowley
		Edwin Morris		Tony Street (Lib)	Francis O'Brien
			Gordon Scholes	John Pawson (Lib)	John Timberlake
		William French		Alan Jarman (Lib)	Maurice Weston	Gavan Burn	Harold Jeffrey (Ind)
				Neil Brown (Lib)	Jim Marmion		Douglas Alexander (DOGS) Shaun Redmond (Ind)
				Phillip Lynch (Lib)	John Glynn	David Heath
				David Munro (Lib)	Robin Thomas
		Peter Turner		Peter Nixon (CP)	John Condon	John Bowron
				Max Fox (Lib)	Terence Farrell	Michael Hughes
		David Hardy		John Gorton (Lib)	Peter Grant	Jack Hammond
				Len Reid (Lib)	Henri de Sachau	Brenda Elliott	Ian Black (DOGS)
		Barry Johnston		Don Chipp (Lib)	Henry Beven		Ian Kenner (Ind) John Murray (Ind)
		John Hodgson		Mac Holten (CP)	Christopher Cody		Ronald Gray (Ind) Geoffrey Ryan (Ind)
				David Hamer (Lib)	Frederick Skinner	Peter Harrie
		Clive Lipshut		Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Francis Duffy	Pamela Thornley	Ian Channell (Ind)
				John Jess (Lib)	George Noone	Don Walters	Eileen Fowler (DOGS) Jeffrey Gill (Ind)
			Jim Cairns	Joseph Sheen (Lib)	John Bacon		Cass Young (NSP)
		Ronald Davies		Peter Fisher (CP)	Stanley Croughnan
			Moss Cass	Rex Webb (Lib)	Paul McManus	Gary Scholes	Lance Hutchinson (DOGS) Katrina Young (NSP)
		Frank Mountford		Barrie Armitage (Lib) Arthur Hewson* (CP)	Michael Houlihan		Alex Buchanan (Ind)
				Patricia Clark (Lib)	Anna Linard	Wendy Nicholson	Max Ogden (CPA) George Samargis (Ind) Shane Watson (Ind)
			Frank Crean	Paul Fenton (Lib)	John Johnston
		John Riordan		Bill Hunter (Lib) Bruce Lloyd* (CP)	Patrick Payne
			Harry Jenkins	Graeme McEwen (Lib)
		Ted Garth		Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	Adrian McInerney		Linden Cameron (Ind)
			Gordon Bryant	John Gray (Lib)	John Flint
		Brian Brooke		Robert King (CP)	Robert Hawks		Ray Buckley (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
		Allan Scott		John Hallett (CP) Ian Pratt (Lib)	Patrick Hickey	Brian Burns (Ind) Thomas Hartigan (AP)
		Sue Neacy		Victor Garland (Lib)	Peter McGowan	Maurene Locke (AP)
		Frank Kirwan		Peter Drummond (Lib) David Reid (CP)	John Fleeton	Russell Moffet (AP)
			Kim Beazley	Erica Lawton (Lib)	Rosemary Taboni	Jack Marks (CPA)
			Fred Collard	Gerald Gloster (Lib)	Geoffrey Sands
				John Hyde (Lib) Don Maisey* (CP)	Benjamin Ballantyne
			Joe Berinson	Derrick Tomlinson (Lib)	Dorothy Cranley
		Harry Webb		Ian Viner (Lib)	Brian Peachey
			Adrian Bennett	Richard Cleaver (Lib)	David Milne	Archelaus Marshall (AP) David Smith (Ind)

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 (*).

Queensland

A special election was held in Queensland to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin. Neville Bonner, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to the vacancy 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 the special Queensland Senate election.

Party	NSW	Vic	Qld		WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Total
	HR	HR	HR	S	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	S
Australian Labor Party	45	34	18		9	12	5	1	1	125	1
Liberal Party of Australia	37	30	13		9	12	5	1		107	1
Australian Country Party	12	7	11		3	2			1	36
Democratic Labor Party	42	34	18		9	12	5	1		121	1
Australia Party	27	15	8		4	2	1	1	2	60
Defence of Government Schools	5	4								9
Communist Party of Australia	4	1	1		1	1				8
National Socialist Party of Australia		2	1			1				4
Socialist Party of Australia	1									1
Independent and other	26	16	6		2	3	1	5	3	62

See also

• 1972 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1969–1972
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1972–1974
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1972
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1972