This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1966 Australian federal election. The election was held on 26 November 1966.
Retiring Members
Labor Jock Nelson MP (Northern Territory, NT) Bill Riordan MP (Kennedy, Qld)
Liberal Frank Davis MP (Deakin, Vic) Bill Falkinder MP (Franklin, Tas) William Jack MP (North Sydney, NSW) Robert Lindsay MP (Flinders, Vic) Dan Mackinnon MP (Corangamite, Vic) Sir John McLeay MP (Boothby, SA) Sir Keith Wilson MP (Sturt, SA)
Country Wilfred Brimblecombe MP (Maranoa, Qld)
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
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateIndependent candidate Australian Capital Territory Labor Jim Fraser Robert Rowell John Donohue Anne DalgarnoRobert Greenish
New South Wales
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Banks Labor Eric Costa Herman Tibben (Lib) Norma Boyle Harry Hatfield (CPA)Barton Labor Len Reynolds Bill Arthur (Lib) Phillip Kennedy Charles Bellchambers (Ind)Bennelong Liberal Geoffrey O'Donnell Sir John Cramer (Lib) Edward Connolly Robert Turner (LRG)Blaxland Labor Jim Harrison Robert Lovell (Lib) Terence Keenan Bradfield Liberal William Bramwell Harry Turner (Lib) Allan Dwyer Calare Country William Stavert John England (CP) John Grant Cowper Country Burwood Gillett Ian Robinson (CP) William Tredinnick (LRG)Cunningham Labor Rex Connor John Poel (Lib) Jeffrey Fenton (Ind)Victor Kearney (Ind)Reg Wilding (CPA)Dalley Labor William O'Connor Elton Lewis (Lib) John Kavanagh Darling Labor Joe Clark Allan Connell (Lib) East Sydney Labor Len Devine William Berman (Lib) Mel Antcliff Bill Brown (CPA)Eden-Monaro Labor Allan Fraser Dugald Munro* (Lib)Tony Pratten (CP) John Mills Evans Liberal James Monaghan Malcolm Mackay (Lib) Francis Collins John Gunn (LRG)Farrer Liberal Alan Thomson David Fairbairn (Lib) James Keogh Grayndler Labor Fred Daly Basil Mottershead (Lib) Lyle Antcliff Gwydir Country Reginald Lang Ian Allan (CP) Hughes Labor Les Johnson Don Dobie (Lib) William Goslett Hume Country John Menadue Ian Pettitt (CP) John Hogan Hunter Labor Bert James William Gilchrist (Lib) Donald Richards Kingsford-Smith Labor Dan Curtin Nancy Wake (Lib) Cornelius Woodbury Lang Labor Frank Stewart Graham Crawford (Lib) Bernard Atkinson Lawson Country John Canobi Laurie Failes (CP) Mario Morandini Lowe Liberal Peter Dunn William McMahon (Lib) Anthony Rooney Francis James (LRG)Lyne Country John Allan Philip Lucock (CP) Joe Cordner (Ind)William Power (Ind)Macarthur Liberal Patrick O'Halloran Jeff Bate (Lib) Albert Perish Ronald Sarina (Ind)John Souter (Ind)Mackellar Liberal Kenneth McLean Bill Wentworth (Lib) Philip Cohen Peter Allison (LRG)Macquarie Labor Tony Luchetti John Heesh (Lib) Richard Ambrose Allan Fuary (Ind)Mitchell Liberal Peter McLoughlin Les Irwin (Lib) Andrew Diehm Francis Bonnor (Ind)Michael Deecke (Ind)Alan Jones (Ind)Kevin Martin (Ind)William Murray (Ind)Dennis Rees (Ind)New England Country John Affleck Ian Sinclair (CP) Newcastle Labor Charles Jones Frances Clack (Lib) Jack Collins Warren Bridge (Ind)North Sydney Liberal Jack Grahame Bill Graham (Lib) Edmund Bateman Joyce Duncan (Ind)Nicholas Gorshenin (Ind)Romualds Kemps (Ind)Frederick Simpson (LRG)David Wall (Ind)Parkes Liberal Doug Sutherland Tom Hughes (Lib) Kevin Davis John Crew (LRG)Parramatta Liberal Barry Wilde Nigel Bowen (Lib) Edward Beck Kenneth Cook (LRG)Paul Nolan (Ind)Paterson Liberal Francis Murray Allen Fairhall (Lib) Aubrey Barr Phillip Liberal Brian O'Kane William Aston (Lib) Dominique Droulers John Hannan (Ind)Reid Labor Tom Uren Stanislaus Kelly (Lib) Mick Carroll Richmond Country Ernest Jones Doug Anthony (CP) Keith Compton (Ind)Riverina Country Patrick NewmanArthur Solly Bill Armstrong (CP) Leslie Kennedy Robertson Liberal William Smith William Bridges-Maxwell (Lib) Michael Dwyer Percival McPherson (LRG)St George Liberal Malcolm Cameron Len Bosman (Lib) Hans Andreasson John Mant (LRG)Shortland Labor Charles Griffiths Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib) Robert Burke Geoff Curthoys (CPA)Stanley Millington (Ind)Warringah Liberal Jim McClelland Edward St John (Lib) Francis Hicks Keith Chambers (Ind)Eric Riches (Ind)Watson Labor Jim Cope Peter Lowe (Lib) Thomas Colman Wentworth Liberal Kerry Sibraa Les Bury (Lib) Doris Brown Brian King (Ind)Jack Mundey (CPA)Werriwa Labor Gough Whitlam Elga Rodze (Lib) Andrew Murphy Les Kelton (CPA)West Sydney Labor Dan Minogue Albert Curtin (Lib) Denise Clancy Ron Maxwell (CPA)
Northern Territory
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCountry candidate Northern Territory Labor Richard Ward Sam Calder
Queensland
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Bowman Liberal Jack Comber Wylie Gibbs (Lib) Paul Tucker Brisbane Labor Manfred Cross Brian Perkins (Lib) Patrick Hallinan Capricornia Labor George Gray Neil McKendry (Lib) Peter Boyle Darling Downs Liberal Desmond Hare Reginald Swartz (Lib) Francis Mullins Dawson Labor Rex Patterson John Fordyce (CP) Bernard Lewis Fisher Country Alfred Walker Charles Adermann (CP) Robert Barron Griffith Labor Wilfred Coutts Don Cameron (Lib) John Fitz-Gibbon Vic Slater (CPA)Herbert Labor Ted Harding Robert Bonnett (Lib) Kiernan Dorney Kennedy Labor Barry Dittmer Bob Katter (CP) Edward Bennett John Donaldson (Ind)Leichhardt Labor Bill Fulton Michael Turner (CP) Geoffrey Higham Lilley Liberal Frank Melit Kevin Cairns (Lib) Reginald Lincoln Sarah Ross (Ind)McPherson Country Allan Swinton Charles Barnes (CP) Frederick Burges Harold Brennan (Ind)Maranoa Country Jack Tonkin James Corbett (CP) Bryan Hurley Moreton Liberal Len Keogh James Killen (Lib) Miroslav Jansky Oxley Labor Bill Hayden Stewart Fletcher (CP)Colin Logan (Lib) Thomas Dalton Petrie Liberal Reginald O'Brien Alan Hulme (Lib) Thomas Grundy Francis O'Mara (Ind)Ryan Liberal Donald Jeffries Nigel Drury (Lib) Brian O'Brien John Thurwall (Ind)Wide Bay Labor Brendan Hansen Albert White (CP) William Hutchinson
South Australia
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Adelaide Labor Joe Sexton Andrew Jones George Basisovs Angas Liberal Robert Nielsen Geoffrey Giles Barker Liberal Norman Alcock Jim Forbes Don Jarrett (CPA)Bonython Labor Martin Nicholls John Kershaw Edward Timlin Luke Horan (SCP)Boothby Liberal Thomas Sheehy John McLeay Ted Farrell Grey Labor Jack Mortimer Don Jessop Douglas Barnes Hindmarsh Labor Clyde Cameron Ross Stanford Cyril Holasek Kingston Labor Pat Galvin Kay Brownbill Allan Anderson Port Adelaide Labor Fred Birrell Peter Balnaves Michael Bowler Denis McEvoy (SCP)Jim Moss (CPA)Sturt Liberal Keith Le Page Ian Wilson Walter Doran Wakefield Liberal John Phelan Bert Kelly
Tasmania
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateCommunist candidate Bass Labor Lance Barnard Timothy Barrenger Richard Delany Braddon Labor Ron Davies Paul Fenton John Chapman-Mortimer Denison Liberal Neil Batt Adrian Gibson Harold Grace Max BoundFranklin Liberal John Parsons Thomas Pearsall John Lynch Wilmot Labor Gil Duthie Donald Paterson Robert Wright
Victoria
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateLRG candidateOther candidates Balaclava Liberal Leo Richards Ray Whittorn (Lib) Ralph James Brian McLure Ballaarat Liberal David Pollock Dudley Erwin (Lib) Bob Joshua Batman Labor John Andersen Bruce Skeggs (Lib) Henry Darroch Robert Desailly Sam Benson (Ind)Bendigo Labor Noel Beaton Frank Dunphy (Lib) Bill Drechsler Bruce Liberal Leslie Donnelly Billy Snedden (Lib) Henri de Sachau Herbert Wessley Ralph Gibson (CPA)John Saunderson (Ind)Chisholm Liberal Kenneth Grigg Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib) Mary Stanley Clive Malseed (Ind)Corangamite Liberal Lindsay Romey Gilbert Anderson (CP)Tony Street* (Lib) Brian Cronin Corio Liberal Gordon Scholes Hubert Opperman (Lib) James Mahoney William Dobell Elsie Brushfield (Ind)Darebin Labor Frank Courtnay Noel Stubbs (Lib) Tom Andrews Deakin Liberal David McKenzie Alan Jarman (Lib) Maurice Weston Michael Degendorfer Fawkner Liberal Robert Vernon Peter Howson (Lib) Yvonne Abolins George Gabriel Anthony Sanders (Ind)Flinders Liberal Ian Boraston Phillip Lynch (Lib) John Cass George Brunning (Ind)Gellibrand Labor Hector McIvor John McArthur (Lib) Robin Thomas Ian Daykin (CPA)Gippsland Country Thomas Powell Peter Nixon (CP) John Hansen Henty Liberal Maureen Campbell-Teich Max Fox (Lib) Henry Moore Higgins Liberal Bruce Phayer Harold Holt (Lib) Frederick Skinner Higinbotham Liberal Reginald Butler Don Chipp (Lib) William Cameron John Little John A'Murray (ARP)Indi Country William O'Neill Mac Holten* (CP)James Stewart (Lib) Christopher Cody Isaacs Liberal Peter Wilkinson William Haworth (Lib) John Hughes Kooyong Liberal William Cooper Andrew Peacock (Lib) Bernie Gaynor La Trobe Liberal Don Pritchard John Jess (Lib) Kevin Adamson Leonard Weber Lalor Labor Reg Pollard Mervyn Lee (Lib) Jim Marmion Victor Parsons Paul de Tert (Ind)Peter Spencer (Ind)Michael Wood (Ind)Mallee Country Hibbe Draaisma Winton Turnbull (CP) John Carty Maribyrnong Liberal John O'Brien Philip Stokes (Lib) Barry O'Brien Lance Hutchinson (Ind)McMillan Liberal Eric Kent Alex Buchanan (Lib) Les Hilton Thomas Yates (Ind)Melbourne Labor Arthur Calwell Donald Gibson (Lib) James Whitehead Ronald Batey (Ind)Melbourne Ports Labor Frank Crean Richard Thomas (Lib) George O'Dwyer David Clark (CPA)Murray Country Mervyn Huggins John McEwen (CP) Brian Lacey Scullin Labor Ted Peters Ronald Hay (Lib) Peter McCabe John Daley (Ind)Wannon Liberal Cyril Primmer Malcolm Fraser (Lib) Terence Callander Wills Labor Gordon Bryant David Hutchinson (Lib) John Flint Wimmera Country George Jeffs Wilson Bolton (Lib)Robert King* (CP) Bruno d'Elia Yarra Labor Jim Cairns Lionel Hawkins (Lib) Stan Keon Bruno Bonomo (Ind)
Western Australia
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateCommunist candidate Canning Country Charles Edwards John Hallett* (CP)Norman Snow (Lib) Bryan Finlay Curtin Labor John Brind Paul Hasluck (Lib) Francis Dwyer Forrest Liberal Frank Kirwan Gordon Freeth (Lib) Maurice Bailey Fremantle Labor Kim Beazley John Waghorne (Lib) John Martyr Paddy TroyKalgoorlie Labor Fred Collard Grahame Jonas (Lib) Geoffrey Sands Moore Country Mal Bryce Harold Lundy (Lib)Don Maisey* (CP) Gavin O'Connor Perth Liberal Alan Bate Fred Chaney (Lib) George Mazak Annette AaronsStirling Labor Harry Webb Doug Cash (Lib) Frank Pownall Swan Liberal Edward Gillett Richard Cleaver (Lib) Alan Crofts
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 (*).
New South Wales A special election was held in New South Wales to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator Sir William Spooner. Bob Cotton, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.
Labor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidate Clive EvattBob Cotton*Gwynydd Meredith
Queensland A special election was held in Queensland to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington. Bill Heatley, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.
Labor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateIndependent candidate Bertie MillinerBill Heatley*Rogers JudgeIan Kent
Victoria Two special elections were held in Victoria to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Labor Senator Charles Sandford and Country Party Senator Harrie Wade. George Poyser, also of the Labor Party, and James Webster, of the Country Party, had been appointed to these vacancies in the interim period.
Labor candidatesCountry candidatesDLP candidatesGroup D candidatesUngrouped candidates George Poyser*