This article lists candidates for the 2016 Australian federal election . There were 1,625 candidates in total (994 for the House of Representatives and 631 for the Senate).[ 1]
Retiring members
Labor
Liberal
Bob Baldwin MP (Paterson , NSW) – announced retirement 16 April 2016[ 14] Bruce Billson MP (Dunkley , Vic) – announced retirement 24 November 2015[ 15] Bronwyn Bishop MP (Mackellar , NSW) – lost preselection 16 April 2016,[ 16] [ 17] Mal Brough MP (Fisher , Qld) – announced retirement 26 February 2016[ 18] Teresa Gambaro MP (Brisbane , Qld) – announced retirement 9 March 2016[ 19] Ian Macfarlane MP (Groom , Qld) – announced retirement 15 February 2016Andrew Robb MP (Goldstein , Vic) – announced retirement 10 February 2016[ 20] Philip Ruddock MP (Berowra , NSW) – announced retirement 8 February 2016[ 21] Bruce Scott MP (Maranoa , Qld) – announced retirement 3 August 2015[ 22] Andrew Southcott MP (Boothby , SA) – announced retirement 4 September 2015[ 23] Sharman Stone MP (Murray , Vic) – announced retirement 26 March 2016[ 24] Senator Bill Heffernan (NSW) – announced retirement 19 February 2016[ 25]
National
Palmer United
House of Representatives
Sitting members are listed in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Senate
Sitting senators are listed in bold. Since this was a double dissolution election, each state elected twelve senators. Typically, the first six successful candidates from each state are elected to six-year terms, the remaining six to three-year terms, although this can create distorted results in the single transferable vote system.[ 33]
Ultimately, the power to determine terms is given under the Constitution to the Senate. Following the 1987 double dissolution, the Senate chose to ignore the alternative count and instead use the traditional method based on order of election.
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
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal /National Coalition was defending six seats. The Australian Greens were defending one seat. The Liberal Democratic Party was defending one seat.
Northern Territory
Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.
Queensland
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal National Party was defending six seats. The Australian Greens were defending one seat. The Palmer United Party was defending one seat, although Senator Glenn Lazarus had left the party and was contesting for his Glenn Lazarus Team .
South Australia
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Greens were defending two seats. The Family First Party was defending one seat. The Nick Xenophon Team was defending one seat.
Tasmania
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. The Australian Greens were defending two seats. The Palmer United Party was defending one seat, although Senator Jacqui Lambie had left the party and contested for her Jacqui Lambie Network .
Victoria
The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal /National Coalition was defending four seats. The Australian Greens were defending two seats. The Motoring Enthusiast Party was defending one seat. The Democratic Labour Party was defending one seat, although Senator John Madigan had left the party and was running for his own Manufacturing and Farming Party .
Western Australia
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending six seats. The Australian Greens were defending two seats. The Palmer United Party was defending one seat.
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.
Notes
References
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