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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateAustralia candidateIndependent candidate Australian Capital Territory Labor Kep Enderby Peter Hughes Terence Christie Alan Fitzgerald Barry BlairArthur BurnsPat EatockHarry MarshMichael Salvador

New South Wales

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateAustralia candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCountry candidateAustralia candidateIndependent candidate Northern Territory Country Ted Robertson Sam Calder Gordon BriscoeCharles Moffatt Alexander Allan-StewartWilliam Walsh

Queensland

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateAustralia candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateAustralia candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateOther 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)

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