Candidates of the 1983 Australian federal election
This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1983 Australian federal election. The election was held on 5 March 1983.
Retiring Members and Senators
[edit]Labor
[edit]- John Armitage MP (Chifley, NSW)
- Moss Cass MP (Maribyrnong, Vic)
- Ted Innes MP (Melbourne, Vic)
- Charles Jones MP (Newcastle, NSW)
- Les McMahon MP (Sydney, NSW)
- Laurie Wallis MP (Grey, SA)
- Senator Jim Keeffe (Qld)
- Senator Geoff McLaren (SA)
- Senator Tony Mulvihill (NSW)
Liberal
[edit]- Geoffrey Giles MP (Wakefield, SA)
National
[edit]- Peter Nixon MP (Gippsland, Vic)
House of Representatives
[edit]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
[edit]Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
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Canberra | Labor | Ros Kelly | Gerard Brennan | Joanne Hansen (DSPA) |
Fraser | Labor | Ken Fry | Liz Grant | Rohan Greenland (DSPA) Kevin Wise (Ind) |
New South Wales
[edit]Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
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Banks | Labor | John Mountford | Andrew Fairbairn (Lib) | Montague Greene | David Holmes (SWP) |
Barton | Liberal | Gary Punch | Jim Bradfield (Lib) | Ronald George | Bruce Barton (Ind) Charles Bellchambers (Ind) Jean Lindsay (Ind) Peter Wright (Prog) |
Bennelong | Liberal | Donald Vickers | John Howard (Lib) | Milo Dunphy (NSWC) Steve Gabell (Ind) | |
Berowra | Liberal | Maurice Marshan | Harry Edwards (Lib) | Pamela Tuckwell | |
Blaxland | Labor | Paul Keating | David Brown (Lib) | Phillip Grattan | Siong Hoe Goh (SWP) |
Bradfield | Liberal | Peter Donovan | David Connolly (Lib) | Anthony Dunne | |
Calare | National | David Simmons | Sandy Mackenzie (Nat) | Ann Ritter | George Simpson (Prog) |
Chifley | Labor | Russ Gorman | Edna Mitchell (Lib) | Frances Jones | Christine Broi (SWP) Jonathan Cooper (Ind) Jane Smith/New (Ind) |
Cook | Liberal | Michael Addison | Don Dobie (Lib) | Henry Soper (Prog) | |
Cowper | National | Joseph Moran | Ian Robinson (Nat) | Peter Brown | |
Cunningham | Labor | Stewart West | Gary Fisher (Lib) | George Jones | Diana Covell (SWP) Rudolf Pasara (SLL) Romaine Rutnam (CPA) |
Dundas | Liberal | Margaret Blaxell | Philip Ruddock (Lib) | John Tumminello | |
Eden-Monaro | Liberal | Jim Snow | Murray Sainsbury (Lib) | Russell Witt | Miriam Naughton (Ind) Ronald Sarina (True Ind) |
Farrer | Liberal | Noel Diffey | Wal Fife (Lib) | Scott Milne | Maureen Nathan (Prog) |
Grayndler | Labor | Leo McLeay | Edward James (Lib) | Albert Jarman | David Gibson (SPA) Michael Karadjis (SWP) Joseph Owens (CPA) |
Gwydir | National | Robert Hamilton | Ralph Hunt (Nat) | Gloria Collison | |
Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | Peter Somerville (Lib) | Ronald Hellyer | Stephen Painter (SWP) |
Hume | National | Marie McCormick | Stephen Lusher (Nat) | Gregory Butler | |
Hunter | Labor | Bob Brown | James White (Lib) | Edwina Wilson | |
Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Collin O'Neil (Lib) | Anthony Larkings | Geoffrey Channells (SWP) |
Lowe | Labor | Michael Maher | Philip Taylor (Lib) | Ralph Rogers | Helen Jarvis (SWP) |
Lyne | National | Francis Murray | Bruce Cowan (Nat) | Stephen Jeffries | John Bryant (Ind) Alfred Cannings (Ind) John Veenstra (Prog) |
Macarthur | Liberal | Colin Hollis | Michael Baume (Lib) | Frederic Goodfellow | Martin Essenberg (Ind) |
Mackellar | Liberal | Keith Jackson | Jim Carlton (Lib) | Robert Williams | Maurice Foley (Ind) |
Macquarie | Labor | Ross Free | Stephen Screech (Lib) | Richard Jackson-Hope | |
Mitchell | Liberal | Arthur Llewellyn | Alan Cadman (Lib) | Rona Samuels | |
Newcastle | Labor | Allan Morris | Stan Hayward (Lib) | Wayne Jarman | Frank Blefari (Ind) Darrell Dawson (CPA) Brian McDermott (Ind) Geoffrey Payne (SWP) |
New England | National | Lawrence Daly | Ian Sinclair (Nat) | Ian Dutton | |
North Sydney | Liberal | Kirk McKenzie | John Spender (Lib) | Rodney Dominish | |
Parramatta | Labor | John Brown | James Harker-Mortlock (Lib) | Patricia Lamey | Mark Carey (SWP) |
Paterson | National | Michael Williams | Frank O'Keefe (Nat) | Darrel Woodhouse | |
Phillip | Liberal | Jeannette McHugh | Jack Birney (Lib) | Karin Sowada | Timothy Daly (Prog) Julien Droulers (Grn) Lawrence Hogan (EAPP) |
Prospect | Labor | Dick Klugman | Alan Byers (Lib) | Richard Nichols (SWP) Eric Viitala (Ind) | |
Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | Yvonne Maio (Lib) | Stephen Bastian | Lynda Boland (SWP) Michael Gluyas (Ind) Neville Gray (Ind) |
Richmond | National | Terence McGee | Doug Anthony (Nat) | Kenneth Nicholson | |
Riverina | National | Ronald Adams | Noel Hicks (Nat) | Lesley Holschier | |
Robertson | Labor | Barry Cohen | Bev Austin (Lib) | Trevor Willsher | |
Shortland | Labor | Peter Morris | Peter Wilson (Lib) | Lyn Godfrey | Peter Abrahamson (SWP) Robert Buhler (SLL) |
St George | Labor | Bill Morrison | George James (Lib) | Ronald Kirkwood | Brian Compton (Ind) Dorothy Tumney (SWP) |
Sydney | Labor | Peter Baldwin | Ron Cibas (Lib) | Jennifer Macleod | Aileen Beaver (CPA) James Percy (SWP) |
Warringah | Liberal | John Coombs | Michael MacKellar (Lib) | Annique Duc | Stephen Markey (Prog) |
Wentworth | Liberal | Max Pearce | Peter Coleman (Lib) | Brian Hillman | Robert McCarthy (Ind) Neil Roberts (Ind) George Warnecke (Ind) Katherine Wentworth (Ind) |
Werriwa | Labor | John Kerin | Marie Rutledge (Lib) | David Brandon (Ind) Dorothea Brocksop (SLL) Gail Cumming (SWP) |
Northern Territory
[edit]Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CLP candidate | Democrats candidate | Independent candidate |
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Northern Territory | CLP | John Reeves | Grant Tambling | Joy King | Bill Cain Pamela Gardiner Strider |
Queensland
[edit]Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidate |
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Bowman | Liberal | Len Keogh | Craig Brown (Nat) David Jull (Lib) |
Ronald Heindorff | |
Brisbane | Labor | Manfred Cross | Bradley Garrett (Nat) Richard Magnus (Lib) |
Lance Winter | Susanne Bolton (SWP) |
Capricornia | Labor | Doug Everingham | Alan Agnew (Lib) Helen Reeves (Nat) Robert Simpson (Nat) |
Gregory Read | David Ryan (SPA) |
Darling Downs | National | Ronald Cullin | Tom McVeigh (Nat) | David Groves | |
Dawson | National | Barbara Hill | Ray Braithwaite (Nat) | Kelly Crombie (Prog) Eric Geissmann (Ind) Raymond Jensen (Ind) | |
Fadden | Liberal | David Beddall | Don Cameron (Lib) Howard Edmunds (Nat) |
Murray Hallam | Raymond Ferguson (SPA) Dallas Graham (Prog) |
Fisher | National | Sol Theo | Evan Adermann* (Nat) Dennis Caswell (Lib) |
Garry Somerville | |
Griffith | Labor | Ben Humphreys | Graham Young (Lib) | Carole Ames | Michael Fulton (SLL) Julie Walkington (SWP) |
Herbert | Liberal | Ted Lindsay | John Aubrey (Nat) Gordon Dean (Lib) |
John Lamb | |
Kennedy | National | Brigid Walsh | Bob Katter (Nat) | George Hannaford | |
Leichhardt | National | John Gayler | David Thomson (Nat) | ||
Lilley | Labor | Elaine Darling | Jim Anderson (Lib) | Gael Paul | Anthony Catip (Ind) |
Maranoa | National | Warren Keats | Ian Cameron (Nat) | Austin Brannigan | |
McPherson | Liberal | Darryl McArthur | Trevor Watt (Nat) Peter White* (Lib) |
Kenneth Peterson | Peter Courtney (NHP) |
Moreton | Liberal | Barbara Robson | Sir James Killen (Lib) | Leonard Fitzgerald | Helen Jones (SWP) |
Oxley | Labor | Bill Hayden | Les Woodforth (Lib) | Wayne Martin | Juanita Keig (SWP) |
Petrie | Liberal | Deane Wells | John Hodges (Lib) | Ray Hollis | Christopher Caldwell (Ind) Phillip Grimison (Prog) |
Ryan | Liberal | Michael Foley | John Moore (Lib) | John Elfick | Anthony Crooks (Ind) Patrick Cusack (Ind) |
Wide Bay | National | James Finemore | Clarrie Millar (Nat) | Mervyn Worth | Raymond Bird (Prog) |
South Australia
[edit]Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
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Adelaide | Labor | Chris Hurford | Barry James | Eileen Farmer | John Buik (Ind) Paul Petit (SWP) |
Barker | Liberal | Valerie Young | James Porter | Meg Lees | Anthony Beck (Nat) |
Bonython | Labor | Neal Blewett | Neville Joyce | John Longhurst | |
Boothby | Liberal | Bruce Whyatt | Steele Hall | John Coulter | |
Grey | Labor | Lloyd O'Neil | Joy Baluch | Jack Babbage | James Cronin (Ind) Anthony Haskett (Nat) Kerry Hawkes (LP) |
Hawker | Labor | Ralph Jacobi | Bruce Harry | Graham Pamount | John Garcia (SWP) |
Hindmarsh | Labor | John Scott | Barry Lewis | Jim Mitchell | Lotus Cavagnino (SWP) |
Kingston | Liberal | Gordon Bilney | Grant Chapman | Robert Ralph | |
Port Adelaide | Labor | Mick Young | Robin Rickards | Benjamin Michael | Robert Fisher (SWP) Donald Sutherland (CPA) |
Sturt | Liberal | Sergio Ubaldi | Ian Wilson | Alison Dolling | |
Wakefield | Liberal | Suzanne Owens | Neil Andrew | Donald Chisholm | Roger Cavanagh (Nat) |
Tasmania
[edit]Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
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Bass | Liberal | John McDonald | Kevin Newman | Nick Goldie | Richard Hutchison (Ind) |
Braddon | Liberal | Lance Fee | Ray Groom | Greg Sargent | |
Denison | Liberal | Kathy Smith | Michael Hodgman | Harvey Wallace-Williams | Leica Wagner (SWP) |
Franklin | Liberal | Fran Bladel | Bruce Goodluck | John Thompson | David Mazengarb (SWP) |
Wilmot | Liberal | David Llewellyn | Max Burr | Liz Holloway | Bill Chugg (Ind) |
Victoria
[edit]Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
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Balaclava | Liberal | Chris Kennedy | Ian Macphee (Lib) | Zelma Furey | Timothy Warner (CNP) | |
Ballarat | Labor | John Mildren | John Ronan (Lib) | Graham Gough | John Blower (Ind) Albert Ireland (Ind) | |
Batman | Labor | Brian Howe | Maxwell Playford (Lib) | Gwendoline Naug | Philip L'Huillier | John Percy (SWP) |
Bendigo | Liberal | John Brumby | John Bourchier (Lib) | Neil Jewell | Robert Denahy | |
Bruce | Liberal | Heather O'Connor | Sir Billy Snedden (Lib) | Michael Johnson | ||
Burke | Labor | Andrew Theophanous | Bernie Finn (Lib) | George Hunter | Evelyn Robson (SWP) | |
Casey | Liberal | Peter Steedman | Peter Falconer (Lib) | Michael Nardella | John Garratt | Martin Hetherich (ACP) |
Chisholm | Liberal | Helen Mayer | Graham Harris (Lib) | Alan Swindon | Kevin Cooper | |
Corangamite | Liberal | Gavan O'Connor | Tony Street (Lib) | |||
Corio | Labor | Gordon Scholes | Kent Henderson (Lib) | Guenter Sahr | ||
Deakin | Liberal | John Saunderson | Alan Jarman (Lib) | Jeffrey McAlpine | Peter Ferwerda | Wilfrid Thiele (Ind) |
Diamond Valley | Liberal | Peter Staples | Neil Brown (Lib) | Lynden Kenyon | Anne-Marie Petrucco | |
Flinders | Liberal | Bob Chynoweth | Peter Reith (Lib) | Harold Fraser | Kenneth Payne | |
Gellibrand | Labor | Ralph Willis | Peter Goudge (Lib) | Barry McLeod | James Doughney (SWP) Augustus Titter (ANP) | |
Gippsland | National | Anthony Peterson | Philip Davis (Lib) Peter McGauran* (Nat) |
Pierre Forcier | Stewart Taig | Pearce Buckley (Ind) Bruce Ingle (Ind) |
Henty | Labor | Joan Child | Craig Baxter (Lib) | Harry Eichler | Paul Carroll | |
Higgins | Liberal | Jennifer Bundy | Roger Shipton (Lib) | Antony Siddons | Maureen Holmes (IBCP) | |
Holt | Labor | Michael Duffy | Joseph Moldrich (Lib) | Jean Yule | ||
Hotham | Labor | Lewis Kent | Peter Bolitho (Lib) | Erwin Frenkel | ||
Indi | Liberal | Carole Marple | Ewen Cameron* (Lib) Kevin Sanderson (Nat) |
Geoffrey le Couteur | ||
Isaacs | Labor | David Charles | Ann Dunkley (Lib) | Terence Gough | ||
Kooyong | Liberal | Avis Meddings | Andrew Peacock (Lib) | Keith Bruckner | David Greagg (IBCP) | |
Lalor | Labor | Barry Jones | John Fahey (Lib) | Ivan Pollock | Helen Said (SWP) | |
La Trobe | Labor | Peter Milton | Peter Nugent (Lib) | Milton Blake | Cornelis Hellema (ACP) | |
Mallee | National | Graeme Jarry | Peter Fisher* (Nat) Ross Owen (Lib) |
Colin Kavanagh | ||
Maribyrnong | Labor | Alan Griffiths | Geoffrey Ireland (Lib) | Henrik Jersic | Peter Beharell (SWP) Richard Wright (AP) | |
McMillan | Labor | Barry Cunningham | Stewart Robertson (Nat) Greg Ross (Lib) |
Gloria Auchterlonie | John Sellens | |
Melbourne | Labor | Gerry Hand | Robert Fallshaw (Lib) | Chris Carter | James Ferrari (IBCP) James McIlroy (SWP) | |
Melbourne Ports | Labor | Clyde Holding | Ronald Flood (Lib) | John Sutcliffe | Brett Trenery (SWP) | |
Murray | National | Mark Anderson | Anne Adams (Lib) Bruce Lloyd* (Nat) |
John Weir | Diane Teasdale (Ind) | |
Scullin | Labor | Harry Jenkins | Katheryne Savage (Lib) | Kenneth Peak | Joan Barker (SWP) | |
Wannon | Liberal | Nancy Genardini | Malcolm Fraser (Lib) | Harold Jeffrey | ||
Wills | Labor | Bob Hawke | Mark Hoysted (Lib) | John Hallam | Michael Verberne | Martin Mantell (SLL) Cecil G. Murgatroyd (IBCP) Solomon Salby (SWP) |
Western Australia
[edit]Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
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Canning | Liberal | Wendy Fatin | Mel Bungey | Jean Ritter | |
Curtin | Liberal | Clive Kittson | Allan Rocher | Marjorie McKercher | |
Forrest | Liberal | David Churches | Peter Drummond | Donald Stewart | Alfred Bussell (Ind) |
Fremantle | Labor | John Dawkins | Maxwell Adams | Colin Hull | Margo Condoleon (SWP) Timothy Peach (SLL) |
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Graeme Campbell | Douglas Krepp | Blair Nancarrow | Joseph Boschetti (Ind) |
Moore | Liberal | Allen Blanchard | John Hyde | Alan Needham | |
O'Connor | Liberal | Kim Chance | Wilson Tuckey | Denis Kidby | James Ferguson (NPW) Brian Pearce (Nat) |
Perth | Liberal | Ric Charlesworth | Ross McLean | Geoffrey Syme | |
Stirling | Liberal | Ron Edwards | Ian Viner | Maria Phillips | |
Swan | Labor | Kim Beazley | Jeffrey Roberts | Kevin Trent | Linda Mere (SWP) |
Tangney | Liberal | George Gear | Peter Shack | Ronald Murray | Bronwen Beachey (SWP) |
Senate
[edit]Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, all senators were up for re-election. The first five successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, 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 (*).
Australian Capital Territory
[edit]Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.
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New South Wales
[edit]Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending four seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.
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John Comyns |
Northern Territory
[edit]Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.
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Queensland
[edit]Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats (although Liberal Senator Neville Bonner was contesting the election as an independent). The National Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.
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John Fitzgerald |
South Australia
[edit]Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.
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William Forster (Libertarian) |
Tasmania
[edit]Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat.
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Victoria
[edit]Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending four seats. The Australian Democrats were defending two seats.
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Jim Cairns (Ind) |
Earl Mignon (Ind) |
Western Australia
[edit]Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Party was defending six seats.
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Summary by party
[edit]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.
See also
[edit]- 1983 Australian federal election
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1980–1983
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1983–1984
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1983–1985
- List of political parties in Australia
References
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