This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1958 Australian federal election. The election was held on 22 November 1958.
By-elections, appointments and defections
By-elections and appointments On 11 April 1956, Victor Kearney (Labor) was elected unopposed to replace Billy Davies (Labor) as the member for Cunningham. On 28 August 1956, George Hannan (Liberal) was appointed a Victorian Senator to replace John Spicer (Liberal). On 13 October 1956, Jim Forbes (Liberal) was elected to replace Archie Cameron (Liberal) as the member for Barker. On 8 December 1956, Les Bury (Liberal) was elected to replace Sir Eric Harrison (Liberal) as the member for Wentworth. On 6 June 1957, Charles Sandford (Labor) was appointed a Victorian Senator to replace Jack Devlin (Labor). On 15 September 1957, Doug Anthony (Country) was elected to replace Larry Anthony (Country) as the member for Richmond. On 8 March 1958, Sir Garfield Barwick (Liberal) was elected to replace Howard Beale (Liberal) as the member for Parramatta. On 30 July 1958, James Ormonde (Labor) was appointed a New South Wales Senator to replace Bill Ashley (Labor). On 12 August 1958, Tom Drake-Brockman (Country) was appointed a Western Australian Senator to replace Harrie Seward (Country). On 11 October 1958, Harry Bruce (Labor), the member for Leichhardt, died. Due to the proximity of the election, no by-election was held.
Defections In 1957, Queensland Labor Senator Condon Byrne switched to the Queensland Labor Party. In 1958, Labor MP Charles Morgan (Reid) lost preselection. He contested the election as an independent.
Retiring Members and Senators
Labor Cyril Chambers MP (Adelaide, SA) Robert Holt MP (Darebin, Vic) Rowley James MP (Hunter, NSW) Herbert Johnson MP (Kalgoorlie, WA) David Watkins MP (Newcastle, NSW) Senator Jack Critchley (SA) Senator James Fraser (WA) Senator Donald Grant (NSW) Senator John Harris (WA) Senator John Ryan (SA)
Liberal Sir Philip McBride MP (Wakefield, SA)
Country William Brand MP (Wide Bay, Qld) Sir Arthur Fadden MP (McPherson, 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 by Labor candidateLiberal candidateIndependent candidate Australian Capital Territory Labor Jim Fraser Anne Dalgarno Phil Day
New South Wales
ElectorateHeld by Labor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Banks Labor Eric Costa Edgar Booth (Lib) John Lloyd Pat Clancy (CPA)Barton Labor Len Reynolds Bill Arthur (Lib) Reginald Lawson Bennelong Liberal Harold Coates John Cramer (Lib) Roderick Gray Patrick Rossiter (Ind)Blaxland Labor Jim Harrison Winston Pickering (Lib) Carlyle Dalgleish Bradfield Liberal Percy Staines Harry Turner (Lib) Dominique Droulers Calare Liberal Robert Rygate John Howse (Lib) Cowper Country Frank McGuren Sir Earle Page (CP) John Kellett Cunningham Labor Victor Kearney Jack Hough (Lib) Harold Woods Bill McDougall (CPA)Dalley Labor William O'Connor Elton Lewis (Lib) Darling Labor Joe Clark Elson Whyte (CP) Francis O'Donnell (Ind)East Sydney Labor Eddie Ward Derek Montefiore-Castle (Lib) Mervyn Reid Eddie Maher (CPA)Eden-Monaro Labor Allan Fraser Douglas Thomson (Lib) John Donohue Evans Liberal James Monaghan Frederick Osborne (Lib) Lawrence Pedemont Farrer Liberal Robert Garland David Fairbairn (Lib) William Brennan Grayndler Labor Fred Daly Evan MacLaurin (Lib) Charles McCafferty Hal Alexander (CPA)William McCristal (Ind)Gwydir Country Austin Heffernan Ian Allan (CP) Hughes Labor Les Johnson John Dwyer (Lib) Kevin O'Connor Hume Country Arthur Fuller Charles Anderson (CP) Raymond Nolan Hunter Labor H. V. Evatt John Marsden (Lib) William Burke Kingsford-Smith Labor Dan Curtin George Dan (Lib) Bernard McOrrie Lang Labor Frank Stewart Hugh Bygott (Lib) Kevin Davis Lawson Country Jack Tully Laurie Failes (CP) Edward English Lowe Liberal Joseph Sloss William McMahon (Lib) Mollie Dolan Lyne Country John Allan Philip Lucock (CP) William Gleeson Joe Cordner (Ind)Murray Hooke (Ind)Macarthur Liberal Eric Ryan Jeff Bate (Lib) Mackellar Liberal Mabel Elliott Bill Wentworth (Lib) Ann Macken Hugh Begg (CPA)Macquarie Labor Tony Luchetti Norman Leven (Lib) Hugh Dougherty Mitchell Liberal Reginald Byrne Roy Wheeler (Lib) Francis Moffitt New England Country Donald White David Drummond (CP) John Burless Newcastle Labor Charles Jones Alwyn Watkins (Lib) Jack Collins Sidney Monroe (Ind)Mary Pepperall (Ind)North Sydney Liberal Jack Stephens William Jack (Lib) Gregory McGirr Edward McGregor (Ind)Parkes Labor Les Haylen George Chambers (Lib) Maurice Colreavy Parramatta Liberal Ray Jones Sir Garfield Barwick (Lib) William Kildea Paterson Liberal Alan Lloyd Allen Fairhall (Lib) Douglas Drinkwater Phillip Liberal Joe Fitzgerald William Aston (Lib) Peter Daly Sidney Doubleday (Ind)Reid Labor Tom Uren Derek Bryden (Lib) Andrew Murphy Charles Morgan (Ind)Richmond Country William Smith Doug Anthony (CP) Timothy Donnelly (Ind)Riverina Country Jack Ward Hugh Roberton (CP) Peter Rolfe Robertson Liberal Joseph McCaig Roger Dean (Lib) Neil Mackerras Shortland Labor Charles Griffiths Hilary Fallins (Lib) Robert Burke William Quinn (CPA)St George Liberal Lionel Clay Bill Graham (Lib) Mary Nappa Warringah Liberal Norman Braviner Francis Bland (Lib) Peter Keogh Watson Labor Jim Cope John Bampton (Lib) Kenneth Collins Wentworth Liberal Sydney Davis Les Bury (Lib) John Gillian Werriwa Labor Gough Whitlam John Shannon (Lib) Les Hale West Sydney Labor Dan Minogue Adrian Cook (Lib) Allan Charlesworth Lance Sharkey (CPA)
Northern Territory
ElectorateHeld by Labor candidateIndependent candidate Northern Territory Labor Jock Nelson James Martin
Queensland
ElectorateHeld by Labor candidateCoalition candidateQLP candidateOther candidates Bowman Liberal Hector Chalmers Malcolm McColm (Lib) Terence Burns Noel Condie (ANP)Brisbane Labor George Lawson Kevin Cairns (Lib) Geoffrey Maule Jim Henderson (CPA)John Morgan (ANP)Capricornia Liberal Colin Maxwell George Pearce (Lib) James Verney Darling Downs Liberal Jack McCafferty Reginald Swartz (Lib) Margaret Walsh Dawson Country Selwyn Ferguson Charles Davidson (CP) Waller O'Grady Fisher Country William Weir Charles Adermann (CP) James Humphries Griffith Labor Wilfred Coutts Arthur Chresby (Lib) Greg Kehoe Herbert Labor Bill Edmonds John Murray (Lib) Victor Bodero Hugh Fay (CPA)Kennedy Labor Bill Riordan Alexander Hindson (CP) Bob Katter Leichhardt Labor Bill Fulton George Turner (CP) James Bidner Lilley Liberal Jack Melloy Bruce Wight (Lib) Walter Barnes Mervyn Goldstiver (ANP)Maranoa Country Leslie Beaumont Wilfred Brimblecombe (CP) Alfred Dohring McPherson Country Harold Evans Charles Barnes (CP) John Hilton Moreton Liberal Bernard Ouston James Killen (Lib) Ted Mansfield Max Julius (CPA)Oxley Liberal Robert Warren Donald Cameron (Lib) Wallace Dawson (CPA)Petrie Liberal John Claffey Alan Hulme (Lib) Maxwell McCurdie Horace Burge (ANP)Ryan Liberal Bernard McDonnell Nigel Drury (Lib) Bryan Hurley Ronald Edmonds (ANP)Wide Bay Country Brendan Hansen Henry Bandidt (CP) Edward McDonnell
South Australia
ElectorateHeld by Labor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Adelaide Labor Joe Sexton Ian Wilson Baylon Ryan Angas Liberal Darcy Nielsen Alick Downer Susan Critchley Sydney Edwards (Ind)Barker Liberal Norman Alcock Jim Forbes Frank Marshall Bonython Labor Norman Makin Thomas Foale Edward Timlin Joseph Buchanan (CPA)Boothby Liberal Ralph Dettman John McLeay George Hodgson Grey Labor Edgar Russell David Gunn Richard Mills Frank Rieck (Ind)Hindmarsh Labor Clyde Cameron Alan Smith Francis Moran Kingston Labor Pat Galvin Cecil Anderson Brian Crowe Port Adelaide Labor Albert Thompson David Garvie Gerald Shinnick Peter Symon (CPA)Sturt Liberal Siegfried Hausler Keith Wilson Norman Vowles Wakefield Liberal Leonard Krieg Bert Kelly Leo Redden Hector Henstridge (Ind)
Tasmania
ElectorateHeld by Labor candidateLiberal candidateDLP candidateCommunist candidate Bass Labor Lance Barnard Max Bushby Leslie Arnold Braddon Liberal Ron Davies Aubrey Luck Frances Lane Denison Liberal Bert Lacey Athol Townley Harold Senior Max BoundFranklin Liberal Lynda Heaven Bill Falkinder Henry Scoles Wilmot Labor Gil Duthie Ralph Cameron Francis Lillis
Victoria
ElectorateHeld by Labor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Balaclava Liberal Norman Rothfield Percy Joske (Lib) Rex Keane Grace Stratton (Ind)Ballaarat Liberal Donald Drummond Dudley Erwin (Lib) Bob Joshua Batman Labor Alan Bird Fred Capp (Lib) Tom Walsh Bendigo Labor Percy Clarey Henry Snell (Lib) Bill Drechsler Bruce Liberal Keith Ewert Billy Snedden (Lib) Henri de Sachau Chisholm Liberal Leo Bartley Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib) John Hoare Corangamite Liberal Edwin Morris Dan Mackinnon (Lib) Patrick Bourke Elsie Brushfield (Ind)Corio Liberal Bernard O'Leary Hubert Opperman (Lib) James Mahoney Darebin Labor Frank Courtnay Gordon Duncan (Lib) Tom Andrews Deakin Liberal Norm Griffiths Frank Davis (Lib) Terence Collins Fawkner Liberal George Smart Peter Howson (Lib) Bill Bourke Flinders Liberal Nola Barber Robert Lindsay (Lib) Thomas Flanagan Gellibrand Labor Hector McIvor Barry Maddern (Lib) James Eudey Frank Johnson (CPA)Gippsland Country Clement Little George Bowden (CP) John Hansen Henty Liberal Tom Gilhooley Max Fox (Lib) Henry Moore Higgins Liberal Alfred Shiff Harold Holt (Lib) Celia Laird Higinbotham Lib Edwin Lamb Frank Timson (Lib) Desmond Ward Indi Liberal John McLaren William Bostock (Lib)Mac Holten* (CP) Henry Richards James Ellis (Ind)Isaacs Liberal Barry Jones William Haworth (Lib) John Hughes Elias Cowan (Ind)Kooyong Liberal Dolph Eddy Robert Menzies (Lib) John Buchanan Gerry O'Day (CPA)La Trobe Liberal Sam Goldbloom Richard Casey (Lib) Terence Kirley Lalor Labor Reg Pollard Peter Kemp (Lib) John Donnellon Mallee Country George Xeros Winton Turnbull (CP) John Cotter Maribyrnong Liberal Doug Elliot Philip Stokes (Lib) Paul Gunn McMillan Liberal George Brown Alex Buchanan* (Lib)Francis Hawtin (CP) Kevin Scanlon Wattie Doig (CPA)Decima Mayne (Ind)Melbourne Labor Arthur Calwell James Moloney (Lib) John Ryan Melbourne Ports Labor Frank Crean Norman Loader (Lib) John Fitzgerald Roger Wilson (CPA)Murray Country Neil Frankland John McEwen (CP) Brian Lacey Scullin Labor Ted Peters Bill Burns (Lib) Thomas Brennan Wannon Liberal Jack Stanford Malcolm Fraser (Lib) Terence Callander Wills Labor Gordon Bryant Alfred Wall (Lib) Bill Bryson Wimmera Liberal Thomas Windsor Robert King* (CP)William Lawrence (Lib) James McCaffrey Yarra Labor Jim Cairns Cecil Lanyon (Lib) Stan Keon Ken Miller (CPA)
Western Australia
ElectorateHeld by Labor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Canning Country Len Hamilton (CP) Patrick Cranley Curtin Liberal Frederick Traine Paul Hasluck (Lib) John Antill Forrest Liberal Ernest Stapleton Gordon Freeth (Lib) Arthur Addis Fremantle Labor Kim Beazley Peter Goode (Lib) Paddy Troy (CPA)Kalgoorlie Labor Fred Collard Peter Browne (Lib) Antonius Berkhout Harold Illingworth (Ind)Moore Country Wilbur Bennett Hugh Halbert* (Lib)Hugh Leslie (CP) Perth Liberal Laurie Wilkinson Fred Chaney (Lib) Terence Merchant Claude Swaine (Ind)Stirling Labor Harry Webb Doug Cash (Lib) Brian Peachey James Collins (Ind)Swan Liberal Keith Dowding Richard Cleaver (Lib) Charles Noonan
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