Candidates of the 1984 Australian federal election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1984 Australian federal election. The election was held on 1 December 1984.

Redistributions and seat changes

• Due to the expansion of the House, redistributions occurred in all states.
  • In New South Wales, the National-held seat of Paterson was abolished and the National-held seat of Riverina was renamed Riverina-Darling. Nine new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Charlton, Dobell, Fowler, Gilmore, Greenway, Lindsay and Throsby; and the notionally National seats of Page and Parkes.
    • The member for Chifley, Russ Gorman (Labor), contested Greenway.
    • The member for Cowper, Ian Robinson (National), contested Page.
    • The member for Farrer, Wal Fife (Liberal), contested Hume.
    • The member for Hunter, Bob Brown (Labor), contested Charlton.
    • The member for Macarthur, Colin Hollis (Labor), contested Throsby.
    • The member for Macquarie, Ross Free (Labor), contested Lindsay.
    • The member for Riverina, Noel Hicks (National), contested Riverina-Darling.
  • In Victoria, the Liberal-held seat of Balaclava was renamed Goldstein and the Labor-held Diamond Valley was abolished. Seven new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Aston, Calwell, Dunkley, Jagajaga, McEwen and Streeton; and the notionally Liberal seat of Menzies. The Labor-held seat of Casey became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Balaclava, Ian Macphee (Liberal), contested Goldstein.
    • The member for Burke, Andrew Theophanous (Labor), contested Calwell.
    • The member for Deakin, John Saunderson (Labor), contested Aston.
    • The member for Diamond Valley, Peter Staples (Labor), contested Jagajaga.
    • The member for Flinders, Bob Chynoweth (Labor), contested Dunkley.
  • In Queensland, the National-held seat of Darling Downs was renamed Groom. Five new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Forde, Hinkler and Rankin; the notionally Liberal seat of Moncrieff; and the notionally National seat of Fairfax. The Labor-held seat of Fadden became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Darling Downs, Tom McVeigh (National), contested Groom.
    • The member for Fadden, David Beddall (Labor), contested Rankin.
    • The member for Fisher, Evan Adermann (National), contested Fairfax.
    • Queensland Senator Kathy Martin (Liberal) contested Moncrieff.
  • In Western Australia, the notionally Labor seats of Brand and Cowan were created. The Labor-held seat of Tangney became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Canning, Wendy Fatin (Labor), contested Brand.
    • The member for Tangney, George Gear (Labor), contested Canning.
  • In South Australia, the notionally Labor seat of Makin and the notionally Liberal seat of Mayo were created.
  • In Tasmania, the Liberal-held seat of Wilmot was renamed Lyons. The sitting member, Max Burr, contested Lyons.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Doug Everingham MP (Capricornia, Qld)
• Ken Fry MP (Fraser, ACT)
• Bill Morrison MP (St George, NSW)
• Senator Jean Hearn (Tas)
• Senator Cyril Primmer (Vic)

Liberal

• Ray Groom MP (Braddon, Tas)
• Kevin Newman MP (Bass, Tas)
• Senator Misha Lajovic (NSW)

National

• Frank O'Keefe MP (Paterson, NSW)
• Senator Douglas Scott (NSW)

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	Other candidates
			Ros Kelly		Fiona Richardson	Robyn Hancock (NDP) Joanne Hansen (DSPA)
				John McLaren	Andrew Freeman	Emile Brunoro (Ind) Arthur Burns (Ind) Rozalyn Daniell (DSPA) Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
			John Mountford	Max Parker (Lib)	Montague Green
			Gary Punch	Jim Bradfield (Lib)	Ron George
		Margaret Duckett		John Howard (Lib)	Steve Gabell
		Rodney Berry		Harry Edwards (Lib)	Chris Rogers
			Paul Keating	Bob Young (Lib)	Samuel Adams
		Matthew Strassberg		David Connolly (Lib)	Emma Veitch
			David Simmons	Ian Byrne (Lib) Russ Turner (Nat)	Gregory Hamilton	Margaret Stevenson (Ind)
			Bob Brown	Don Harris (Lib)	Lyn Godfrey
				Ken Jessup (Lib)	Dominic Fanning
		Peter McIlwaine		Don Dobie (Lib)	Brett Gooley
		Joe Moran		Garry Nehl (Nat) Peter Simpson (Lib)	Alfred Tozer	Keith Jervis (Ind) David Rees (Ind)
			Stewart West	Gayle Mitchell (Lib)	Greg Butler	Neil Cleary (Ind) Rudolph Dezelin (Ind) John Garcia (SWP)
				Isaac Shields (Lib)	Lynn Sawyer
		Margaret Blaxell		Philip Ruddock (Lib)	John Tuminello
			Jim Snow	Alexander Black (Nat) Murray Sainsbury (Lib)		Bob Shumack (NDP)
		Eric Thomas		Tim Fischer (Nat) John Roach (Lib)
				Ken Wills (Lib)		David Bransdon (Ind)
		Bob Stephens		Noel Anderson (Lib) John Sharp* (Nat)	John Sanders	Rodney Lander (NDP) Ronald Sarina (Ind)
			Leo McLeay	John Marsden-Lynch (Lib)	Peter Hennessy	Christine Broi (SWP)
			Russ Gorman	Edna Mitchell (Lib)		Michael Corbin (Ind) Ray Eade (Ind)
		Pamela Smith		Ralph Hunt (Nat)		John Brazier (Ind)
			Robert Tickner	Cliff Mason (Lib)	Harold Jeffrey	Marjorie Wisby (Ind)
		Rodney Milliken		Wal Fife (Lib) Stephen Lusher (Nat)
				Ron Dolton (Lib) John Turner (Nat)	Warren Reid
			Lionel Bowen	Collin O'Neill (Lib)	Peter Longfield	Helen Boyle (Ind)
			Ross Free	Stuart Coppock (Lib)	Kevin Crameri
			Michael Maher	Geoffrey Howe (Lib)	Kent Buncombe
		Fred May		Bruce Cowan (Nat)	Roland Inman	Stewart Cooper (Ind)
				Mark Stanham (Lib)	Meg Sampson
		Tim Cusack		Jim Carlton (Lib)	Graeme Maclennan	Maurice Foley (Ind)
		Garry Cronan		Paul McGirr (Nat) Alasdair Webster* (Lib)	Dick Jackson-Hope	Peter Quirk (Ind)
		Edward Mason		Alan Cadman (Lib)	Alan Page
			Allan Morris	Ashley Saunders (Lib)	Steve Jeffries	Jim Campbell (Ind) Don Geddes (Ind)
		Joe Horan		Ian Sinclair (Nat)	Rod Irvine
		Philip Kelso		John Spender (Lib)	Rod Dominish
		Brian Morris		Ian Robinson (Nat)	Anne Brown	Brian Stone (Ind)
				Michael Cobb (Nat) Bruce Rowley (Lib)	Gloria Collison
			John Brown	Charles Stanley (Lib)	John Butterworth
			Jeannette McHugh	Peter Bardos (Lib)		Fred Brinkman (Ind) Donald Rugless (Ind)
			Dick Klugman	Adrian Burke (Lib)	Robert Neesam	Dick Nichols (SWP)
			Tom Uren	Mary-Ruth Kain (Lib)	John Roveen	Jim Saleam (Ind)
		Klaas Woldring		Charles Blunt (Nat)	Ivor Brown	Jon Axens (Ind) Jim Saunders (Ind)
		Ron Adams		Noel Hicks (Nat) John Sullivan (Lib)	Peter Hains	Frederick Martin (Ind)
			Barry Cohen	Peter Jansen (Lib)	Trevor Willsher
			Peter Morris	Milton Caine (Lib)	John Aitken	Jane Power (Ind)
				Bob Gemmell (Lib)	Paul Terrett	Brian Compton (Ind) Stanley Duncan (Ind)
			Peter Baldwin	James Harker-Mortlock (Lib)	Michael Walsh	Aileen Beaver (CPA) Daphne Gollan (Ind) Noel Hazard (Ind) Vito Radice (Ind)
			Colin Hollis	Duncan Gair (Nat) Wendy Stubbs (Lib)	Alan Cole	Martin Essenberg (Ind) Paul Trevardis (Ind)
		Brian Green		Michael MacKellar (Lib)		Margaret Broome (Ind)
		Stephen Rothman		Peter Coleman (Lib)	Yvonne Jayawardena	George Atkinson (Ind) Kasula Fitzroy-Mendis (Ind) Ray Oakes (Ind) George Warnecke (Ind)
			John Kerin	Peter Swiderski (Lib)	Valerie George

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	National candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
			Len Keogh	Leo White	Noel Willersdorf	Ronald Heindorff
			Manfred Cross	Ian Douglas	William Owen	George Leigh
				Alan Agnew	Colin Webber	Peter Knack	Eric Geissmann (Ind)
		John Bird			Ray Braithwaite	Antony Lucas
		Peter Wilson			Alun Preece	Janice Barber
		Peter Shooter	Terry Welch		Evan Adermann	Bob Borsellino
		Garth Head	Lionel Kilner			Kent Farrell
		Hamish Linacre			Francis Gaffy	Michael Coogan
			Ben Humphreys	Kaylene Low	Sean Cousins	Daniel Roth	Helen Jones (SWP)
		Ronald Cullin	Alexander Munro		Tom McVeigh	Raymond Dow
			Ted Lindsay	Theo Theofanes		Ana Bristowe-Lamb
			Ronald Owen			Frank Coulthard	Marcus Platen (Ind)
		Brigid Walsh	Gerald Porter		Bob Katter	Lance Winter
			John Gayler	Hugh Anthony	Eda Celledoni	Cliff Truelove	Daas Saba (Ind)
			Elaine Darling	Ian Parminter	John Frew		Anthony Catip (Ind)
		Dave Summers			Ian Cameron	Mick Brannigan
		Rupe Granrott		Peter White	Warren Tapp	Ken Peterson	Maria Parer (Ind)
		Athol Paterson				Susan Mulley	Will Aabraham-Steer (Ind) Peter Courtney (Ind)
		Michael Kinnane		Don Cameron	Howard Baskerville	Geoffrey Fawthrop
			Bill Hayden	Les Woodforth	Charles Groves	George Hannaford
		Deane Wells			Don Munro	Garry Somerville
			David Beddall	Bruce Mackenzie-Forbes	Cec Jamieson	Bev Peereboom
		Mike Foley		John Moore	Maxwell Crofts	John Peeters
		Fred Hoberg			Clarrie Millar	Glen Spicer

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	National candidate	Other candidates
			Chris Hurford	Jenni London	Andrew Sickerdick	Bryan Stokes	John Buik (Ind) Mark Thiel (Ind)
		Jeremy Moore		James Porter		Richard Jacka
			Neal Blewett	Graham Sara	John Longhurst
		Bruce Whyatt		Steele Hall	Margaret-Ann Williams	Douglas Lindley
			Lloyd O'Neil	Russell Reid	Harm Folkers	Robin Dixon-Thompson
			Ralph Jacobi	Charles Campbell	Graham Pamount	Thomas Correll
			John Scott	Barry Lewis	Ian Haines		Paul Petit (SWP)
			Gordon Bilney	Richard Noble	Robert Ralph	Neville Agars	Paul Breakwell (NDP)
				Neville Joyce	Andrew Coventry	John Henderson	Bernhard Buechner (Ind)
					Donald Chisholm	Bob Shearer
			Mick Young	Thomas Ireland	Robert Manhire		Deborah Gordon (SWP)
		Jim Gale		Ian Wilson
		Suzanne Owens		Neil Andrew	Anne Hausler	Terry Halford

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Independent candidate
		Vicki Buchanan			Michael Preece
					Gavin Bugg
		Kay Spurr		Michael Hodgman		Mary Willey
				Bruce Goodluck	John Thomson
				Max Burr	Liz Holloway

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
			John Saunderson	Rob Llewellyn (Lib)	Harry Eichler	Robert Garratt
			John Mildren	John Ronan (Lib) Douglas Stewart (Nat)	Graham Gough	John Ferwerda
			Brian Howe	Mary Hoysted (Lib)	James Cockell	Philip L'Huillier
			John Brumby	Reginald Holt (Nat) Daryl McClure (Lib)	Nola Rixon	Vincent Jordan
		Joan Graystone		Ken Aldred (Lib)	Michael Johnson	Mary Mulholland
				Marisa d'Agostino (Lib) Leslie Vidler (Nat)	George Hunter	Genevieve Cormick
			Andrew Theophanous	Graham Anderson (Lib)	Lesley Ellen	Martin Mulholland
		Peter Steedman		Robert Gray (Nat) Bob Halverson* (Lib)	Michael Nardella	John Garratt	Rosamund Ewan (PPA)
			Helen Mayer	Graham Harris (Lib) Ray Murphy (Nat)	Colin Rochford	Kevin Carroll
				Stewart McArthur (Lib) Bruce Webster (Nat)	Robert Mann	James Jordan	Roy Charles (PPA)
			Gordon Scholes	James King (Nat) Roger Phipps (Lib)	Greta Pearce	Louise Sharah	Ian Green (Ind)
		Richard Johns		Julian Beale (Lib)	Jeffrey McAlpine	Peter Ferwerda
			Bob Chynoweth	Leonie Clark (Lib) Judy Hale (Nat)	Grenville Charles	John Cass
		Russell Joiner		Peter Reith (Lib) Paul van Staveren (Nat)	Murray Gill	John McNamara	John Miln (PPA)
			Ralph Willis	Christopher Gowing (Lib)	Shirley Bold	Margaret Reed	James Doughney (SWP)
		Bill de Vink		Rod Conley (Lib) Peter McGauran* (Nat)	Wilma Western	Margaret Handley	Ben Buckley (Ind) Peter Gardner (NDP)
		Garry Moore		Pat Brown (Nat) Ian Macphee* (Lib)	Maureen Boaler	Patrick Keelan
			Joan Child	Rudi Michelson (Lib) Peter Ryan (Nat)	Margaret Moore	Martin Callanan
		Kenneth Penaluna		Babette Francis (Nat) Roger Shipton* (Lib)	Laurence Levy	Robert Semmel
			Michael Duffy	John Ferwerda (Lib)	Louise Stewart	Brian McDonald
			Lewis Kent	Michael Heffernan (Lib)	Greg Chipp	Edwards Woods
		Joe Murphy		Bill Baxter (Nat) Ewen Cameron* (Lib)	Geoffrey le Couteur	Paul Carroll
			David Charles	Charles Lacey (Nat) Peter Zablud (Lib)	Peter Lindemann	Dudley de Rozario
			Peter Staples	Frederick Garratt (Lib)	Peter Lovell	Len Moore	Nino de Tress (Ind)
		Kate Nash		Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Russell White	John Mulholland	David Greagg (Ind)
			Barry Jones	Mark Pallett (Lib)	Barry McLeod	Gail de Rozario
			Peter Milton	Ted French (Lib)	Andrew McCann	Julie Garratt
		Lindsay Leake		Peter Fisher (Nat) M. Treseder (Lib)	Colin Cavanagh	Robert Hogarth	Albertus Stoutjesdijk (Ind)
			Alan Griffiths	Sally Gooch (Lib)	Kathie Gizycki	Rosemary Maurus	Helen Said (SWP) Richard Wright (Ind)
				John Brewster (Nat) Brian Dixon (Lib)	Julie Stayner	Daniel Mason
			Barry Cunningham	John Dwyer (Lib) Heather Ronald (Nat)	James Richards	Anne Barrett
			Gerry Hand	Ian Davis (Lib)	Chris Carter	Michael Hammet	James Ferrari (Ind)
			Clyde Holding	Allan Paull (Lib) Dorothy Turner (Nat)	Sue McDougall	Michael Rowe	Russell Morse (Ind) Denice Stephens (Ind)
				Neil Brown (Lib)	Lynden Kenyon	Vin Considine
		Mark Anderson		Anne Adams (Lib) Bruce Lloyd* (Nat)	John Weir	Desmond Semmel
			Harry Jenkins	Pamela Philpot (Lib)	Jane Green	Helen Walsh
				Russell Broadbent (Lib) John Clifford (Nat)	Tessa Cunningham	David Grulke
		Nancy Genardini		Betty Gee (Nat) David Hawker* (Lib)	Kathleen May	Bill Verhoef
			Bob Hawke	Victor Perton (Lib)	Peter Allan	Gloria Brook	Mark Ferguson (Ind) Lance Hutchinson (Ind) Glen Mann (Ind) Martin Mantell (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
			Wendy Fatin	Christopher Boyle		Thomas Renfrey (Ind)
			George Gear		Elizabeth Capill
				Jeff Roberts	Alan Needham
		Beth Schultz		Allan Rocher	Marjorie McKercher
				Peter Drummond	Anne Fussell	Alfred Bessell (Ind)
			John Dawkins	Max Adams		Timothy Peach (Ind)
			Graeme Campbell	Douglas Krepp	William Mason	David Nourish (NDP)
			Allen Blanchard	Rita Waters
				Wilson Tuckey	Denis Kidby	James Ferguson (Nat)
			Ric Charlesworth	Joan Walters		Catherine Brown (SWP)
			Ron Edwards	Greg Hancock	Terence Barrett	Eric Martin (Ind)
			Kim Beazley	Frank Hayes	Linda Mottram
		David Dale			Ron Murray

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. The Senate was expanded at this election so that each state was represented by twelve senators instead of ten. As such, each state elected seven senators, six to serve a six-year term and one to serve a three-year term. 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

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Peter Baume (Liberal), Sir John Carrick (Liberal), Arthur Gietzelt (Labor), Doug McClelland (Labor) and Graham Richardson (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	CTA candidates	Group D candidates
valign=top	Kerry Sibraa Bruce Childs John Morris Sue West	valign=top	Chris Puplick (Lib) David Brownhill (Nat) Michael Baume (Lib) Bronwyn Bishop (Lib) Doug Moppett (Nat)	valign=top	Colin Mason Paul McLean Jenny MacLeod Garry Chestnut	valign=top	Peter Garrett Gillian Fisher Marie-Anne Hockings Russel Ward	valign=top	Graham McLennan Tom Toogood Patricia Judge Kevin Hume John Everingham Clair Isbister Elaine Nile	valign=top	Henry Soper Maureen Nathan Peter Wright Archibald Brown William More John Veenstra
Group F candidates	Group G candidates	Group H candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Bill Wentworth Robert Clark Raymond King Myfanwy Young	valign=top	Peter Consandine Brian Buckley	valign=top	Burnum Burnum Rocky Thomas	valign=top	Helen Hibbard Helen Richards	valign=top		valign=top

Northern Territory

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

Queensland

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The National Party was defending one seat. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Florence Bjelke-Petersen (National), Stan Collard (National), Mal Colston (Labor), George Georges (Labor) and Warwick Parer (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	Conservative candidates
valign=top	Margaret Reynolds Gerry Jones John Black Bryant Burns	valign=top	David MacGibbon William Everingham Olive-Orme Scott-Young Christopher Gilbert Maurice Thomson	valign=top	Ron Boswell Glen Sheil Patrick Behan Alan Metcalfe	valign=top	Michael Macklin Ray Hollis John Elfick Cheryl Kernot	valign=top	Patsy Goodwin Bernard Hockings	valign=top	Fast Bucks Peter Livesey
Group B candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Hugh Bruce Michael Carr	valign=top	Frank Bologna Dieter Soegemeier Cyril McKenzie	valign=top	Norman Eather Raymond Medwin	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

South Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators Ron Elstob (Labor), Dominic Foreman (Labor), Janine Haines (Democrats), Robert Hill (Liberal) and Tony Messner (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	National candidates	NDP candidates	CTA candidates
valign=top	Nick Bolkus Graham Maguire Rosemary Crowley Vic Heron	valign=top	Baden Teague Don Jessop Amanda Vanstone Robert Giles	valign=top	David Vigor John Coulter Mike Elliott Sandra Kanck	valign=top	John Bannon Judith Jackson Ray Rothe Helen Scott Audrey Pobke	valign=top	Frances Mowling Ian Modistach Douglas Peers	valign=top	Bob Brown Dean Davis William Pomery
Pensioner candidates	AFM candidates	Group D candidates	Group F candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Wilfred Scott Kenneth Perry	valign=top	Bob Boyd Fred Tanner	valign=top	Joe Rossi Warwick Stallard Giovanni Melino Gizella Farkas	valign=top	Judy Gillett Brian Sones Eugene Sibelle	valign=top	Peter Gagliardi Herman Bersee Edward Dyer

Tasmania

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators Don Grimes (Labor), Brian Harradine (Independent), Peter Rae (Liberal), Michael Tate (Labor) and Shirley Walters (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators John Button (Labor), Don Chipp (Democrats), Gareth Evans (Labor), Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (Liberal) and Austin Lewis (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	National candidates	DLP candidates
valign=top	Olive Zakharov Robert Ray Barney Cooney Carole Marple	valign=top	Alan Missen David Hamer Jim Short Richard Alston Zirka Yaskewych	valign=top	John Siddons Janet Powell Ian Price Sid Spindler Kenneth Peak	valign=top	Jean Melzer Venturino Venturini	valign=top	Shirley McKerrow John Cromarty Louise Jenkins John Keating Murray Buzza	valign=top	Brian Handley Maria Handley William Mahony Lois Mahony
CTA candidates	Pensioner candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Barry Tattersall Valerie Renkema Edna Hall John Easton	valign=top	Neil McKay Margaret Carter	valign=top	Maurice Smith Tiger Casley Michael Krape Augustus Titter Bill Kapphan	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

Western Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal), Ruth Coleman (Labor), Peter Durack (Liberal), Gordon McIntosh (Labor) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	National candidates	AFM candidates
valign=top	Patricia Giles Peter Cook Jim McKiernan John Crouch	valign=top	Noel Crichton-Browne Reg Withers Sue Knowles Murray Nixon	valign=top	Jack Evans Richard Jeffreys Jean Jenkins	valign=top	Jo Vallentine Lindsay Matthews	valign=top	Bruce Currie Eric Blight Mort Schell Graham Barrett-Lennard	valign=top	Brian Peachey Beryl Van Luyn Nellie Clark John Gilmour Kenneth Wright Ronald Bott
Group E candidates	Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Frank Nesci Nellie Stuart	valign=top	Jack van Tongeren Martin Suter Frank Ash	valign=top		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	51		39		24		13		13		5		2		1		148	8
Liberal Party of Australia	46		39		21		13		13		5		2				139	7
National Party of Australia	16		22		24		1		9								72	5
Country Liberal Party															1		1	1
Australian Democrats	46		39		23		10		13		4		2		1		138	8
Democratic Labor Party			39														39	1
Socialist Workers Party	3		2		1		1		2								9
Nuclear Disarmament Party	2		1				1		1				1				6	7
Pensioner Party of Australia			3														3	2
Deadly Serious Party													2				2
Communist Party of Australia	1																1
Call to Australia																		3
Australian Family Movement																		2
Conservative Party of Australia																		1
Referendum First Group																		1
Independent and other	37		13		7		4		3		1		3		2		70

See also

• 1984 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1983–1984
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1983–1985
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1985–1987
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1984
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1984