Candidates of the 1972 Australian federal election

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.

Australian Capital Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Australia candidate	Independent candidate
Australian Capital Territory	Labor	Kep Enderby	Peter Hughes	Terence Christie	Alan Fitzgerald	Barry Blair Arthur Burns Pat Eatock Harry Marsh Michael Salvador

New South Wales

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

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Country candidate	Australia candidate	Independent candidate
Northern Territory	Country	Ted Robertson	Sam Calder	Gordon Briscoe Charles Moffatt	Alexander Allan-Stewart William Walsh

Queensland

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

South Australia

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

Tasmania

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

Victoria

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

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Canning	Country	Allan Scott	John Hallett* (CP) Ian Pratt (Lib)	Patrick Hickey	Brian Burns (Ind) Thomas Hartigan (AP)
Curtin	Liberal	Sue Neacy	Victor Garland (Lib)	Peter McGowan	Maurene Locke (AP)
Forrest	Labor	Frank Kirwan	Peter Drummond* (Lib) David Reid (CP)	John Fleeton	Russell Moffet (AP)
Fremantle	Labor	Kim Beazley	Erica Lawton (Lib)	Rosemary Taboni	Jack Marks (CPA)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Fred Collard	Gerald Gloster (Lib)	Geoffrey Sands
Moore	Country	Peter Walsh	John Hyde (Lib) Don Maisey* (CP)	Benjamin Ballantyne
Perth	Labor	Joe Berinson	Derrick Tomlinson (Lib)	Dorothy Cranley
Stirling	Labor	Harry Webb	Ian Viner (Lib)	Brian Peachey
Swan	Labor	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.

Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Independent candidates
Fred Nicol	Neville Bonner*	Geoffrey Maule	Jerry Zaphir Col Bennett Harold Asmith William Kenney

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