This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1974 Australian federal election. The election was held on 18 May 1974.

Redistributions and seat changes Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. In Western Australia, a new seat, Tangney (notionally Labor), was created. The division of Australian Capital Territory was split into divisions, Canberra and Fraser, both notionally Labor. The member for the ACT, Kep Enderby (Labor), contested Canberra.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor Fred Birrell MP (Port Adelaide, SA) Senator Harry Cant (WA) Senator Joe Fitzgerald (NSW) Senator Bob Poke (Tas) Senator Laurie Wilkinson (WA)

Liberal Les Bury MP (Wentworth, NSW) Marshall Cooke MP (Petrie, Qld) Sir John Cramer MP (Bennelong, NSW) Harry Turner MP (Bradfield, NSW) Ray Whittorn MP (Balaclava, Vic) Senator Dame Nancy Buttfield (SA) Senator Elliot Lillico (Tas)

Democratic Labor Senator Vince Gair (Qld)

Independent Senator Reg Turnbull (Tas)

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 candidateCoalition candidateAustralia candidateOther candidates Canberra Labor Kep Enderby Peter Hughes (Lib)Dorothy Mattress (CP) Mary Thomas Doreen Story (ARP)Fraser Labor Ken Fry Stephen Lamb (CP)Larry Pickering (Lib) John Filler Anthony Emerson-Elliott (Ind)Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateAustralia candidateOther candidates Banks Labor Vince Martin Peter Kintominas (Lib) Garry Bennett Barton Labor Len Reynolds Jim Bradfield (Lib) Charles Margetson Bennelong Liberal Dick Hall John Howard (Lib) Gillian Sutton John Anlezark (Ind)Berowra Liberal George Williams Harry Edwards (Lib) Patricia Wallace Blaxland Labor Paul Keating Wallace Smallwood (Lib) Kenneth Higgs Bradfield Liberal Bruce Abrahams David Connolly (Lib) Colvin Johnston Calare Country Neville BowersFrancis Hall John England (CP) Douglas Bray Chifley Labor John Armitage Patricia Robinson (Lib) Phillip Lambert Cook Labor Ray Thorburn Don Dobie (Lib) Milo Dunphy Ronald Gallagher (Ind)Cowper Country Thomas Cronin Ian Robinson (CP) James Davies Raymond Hardy (Ind)Cunningham Labor Rex Connor Warren Hough (Lib) Susan Healy Darling Labor John FitzPatrick Max Overton (CP)William Thornton (Lib) Peter Farry Eden-Monaro Labor Bob Whan Jonathan Bell (Lib)Ron Brewer (CP) Keith Hughes Evans Labor Allan Mulder John Abel (Lib) Paul Flottmann John McGarity (Ind)Farrer Liberal Kevin Esler David Fairbairn (Lib) Peter Benton Grayndler Labor Fred Daly Jonathan Fowler (Lib) Gregory Berry Gwydir Country Francis Bourke Ralph Hunt (CP) James Thompson Hughes Labor Les Johnson Philip Benwell (Lib) Walter Skarschewski Hume Labor Frank Olley Stephen Lusher* (CP)Graham Thompson (Lib) John Gedye Hunter Labor Bert James Alex Bevan (Lib) Des Kynaston Kingsford-Smith Labor Lionel Bowen Gary McCready (Lib) Anthony Green Lang Labor Frank Stewart Barry Peffer (Lib) George Edgell Lowe Liberal Doug Sutherland William McMahon (Lib) Bent Poulsen Bronte Douglas (Ind)Lyne Country Ken Reed Philip Lucock (CP) David Haig Macarthur Labor John Kerin David Wood (Lib) Jill Kerr Mackellar Liberal Evan Davies Bill Wentworth (Lib) Noel Gash Macquarie Labor Tony Luchetti Michael Hunt (CP)Malcolm Mackay (Lib)Steven Parrott (CP) Gregory Woodward Mitchell Labor Alfred Ashley-Brown Alan Cadman (Lib) John Butterworth New England Country William Bischoff Ian Sinclair (CP) Brian Edwards Newcastle Labor Charles Jones Arthur Thomas (Lib) Ellen Rose North Sydney Liberal Patrick Healy Bill Graham (Lib) James Feros Romualds Kemps (Ind)Parramatta Liberal Barry Wilde Philip Ruddock (Lib) Robert MacKenzie Derek Barker (Ind)Paterson Country Noel Unicomb Frank O'Keefe (CP) Robert Fowler Phillip Labor Joe Riordan Jack Cunningham (Lib) Virginia Walker David Taylor (Ind)Prospect Labor Dick Klugman Donald MacDonald (Lib) Geoffrey Thomas Reid Labor Tom Uren Thomas Faulkner (Lib) Astrid O'Neill Richmond Country Frederick Braid Doug Anthony (CP) Bernard Walrut Riverina Labor Al Grassby Donald Mackay (Lib)John Sullivan* (CP) John Thomson Robertson Labor Barry Cohen Hugh Chalmers (Lib) Jennifer Baker St George Labor Bill Morrison Brian Booth (Lib) Harry Jagers Shortland Labor Peter Morris David Morris (Lib) John Steele Lionel Lambkin (Ind)Sydney Labor Jim Cope Janis Wallace (Lib) Julia Bovard Pat Clancy (SPA)Warringah Liberal Allan Hughes Michael MacKellar (Lib) Allan Mann Edwin Mayne (Ind)Eric Riches (Ind)Wentworth Liberal Paul Hawcroft Bob Ellicott (Lib) Julia Featherstone Werriwa Labor Gough Whitlam Michael Darby (Lib) Robert Tuckwell Robert Demkiw (Ind)Steve Dodd (Ind)Eileen Eason (Ind)Ross May (NSP)Veljko Prlja (Ind)Ian Robertson (Ind)Leslie Shaw (Ind)Margaret Tomkins (Ind)Arthur Wiles (Ind)

Northern Territory

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCountry candidateIndependent candidate Northern Territory Country John Waters Sam Calder Alexander Allan-Stewart

Queensland

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateAustralia candidateIndependent candidate Bowman Labor Len Keogh David Jull (Lib)Gerry Langevad (CP) Winifred Sharkey Brisbane Labor Manfred Cross Jim Anderson (Lib)Bill Siller (CP) Jeffrey Malyon Capricornia Labor Doug Everingham Kevin Connor (CP)Noel Kenny (Lib) Therese WarnerDarling Downs Country Ronald Madden Tom McVeigh (CP) William Nobes Dawson Labor Rex Patterson Ray Braithwaite (CP) Fisher Country Hamish Linacre Evan Adermann (CP) Griffith Liberal Clem Jones Don Cameron (Lib) Beth Smith Cecil BirchleyHerbert Liberal John Rockett Robert Bonnett (Lib) Leonard Weber Kennedy Country Tony McGrady Bob Katter (CP) Leichhardt Labor Bill Fulton Herbert Marsh (CP) Robert Ellwood Lilley Labor Frank Doyle Kevin Cairns* (Lib)Albert Postle (CP) James Webb McPherson Liberal Tom Veivers Eric Robinson (Lib) Robert Richardson Maranoa Country Janice Saltau James Corbett (CP) Moreton Liberal William Forgan-Smith James Killen (Lib) Robert McClintock Oxley Labor Bill Hayden Allan Whybird (Lib) Arthur Smith Petrie Liberal Denis Murphy Peter Addison (CP)John Hodges* (Lib) Jill Ritchie Ryan Liberal James Herlihy Nigel Drury (Lib) Ruth Chenoweth Wide Bay Labor Brendan Hansen Clarrie Millar* (CP)Ian Theodore (Lib)

South Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateLM candidateAustralia candidateIndependent candidate Adelaide Labor Chris Hurford Harold Steele (Lib) Ray Buttery John Davies Angas Liberal Adolf Thiel Geoffrey Giles* (Lib)Sam Pfeiffer (CP) Henry Nicholls Kate Hannaford Barker Liberal Jim Hennessy Malcolm Adams (CP)Jim Forbes* (Lib) Dick Clampett Colyn van Reenen Arthur StrachanBonython Labor Martin Nicholls Alan Irving (CP)Rudolph Masopust (Lib) Jan Staska Derek Ball Boothby Liberal John Trainer John McLeay (Lib) Peter Berman Colin Miller Grey Labor Laurie Wallis Dennis Burman (Lib)George Heading (CP) Nigel Clarke Bill McMahon Hawker Labor Ralph Jacobi Henry Winter (Lib) Peter Holder Phillip Vickery Hindmarsh Labor Clyde Cameron Iris MacDonald (Lib) Kelvin Schultz Wayne Kelly Kingston Labor Richard Gun Peter Tonkin (Lib) Peter Heysen Janet Veilands Port Adelaide Labor Mick Young Clarence Hinson (Lib) Jean Lawrie Alan Jamieson James MitchellSturt Liberal Graham Maguire Ian Wilson (Lib) Betty Hall Roger Marshman Anthony FigalloWakefield Liberal Peter Dewhurst Ronald Crosby (CP)Bert Kelly* (Lib) John Freebairn Ian Swan

Tasmania

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateOther candidates Bass Labor Lance Barnard John Beswick Braddon Labor Ron Davies Ray Groom John Chapman-Mortimer (Ind)Walter Roach (AP)Denison Labor John Coates Michael Hodgman Franklin Labor Ray Sherry Leo Jarvis Wilmot Labor Gil Duthie Max Burr

Victoria

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDLP candidateAustralia candidateIndependent candidate Balaclava Liberal Irene Dunsmuir Ian Macphee (Lib) Peter Lawlor Michael Muschamp Ballaarat Liberal David Williams Dudley Erwin (Lib) Bryan Hanrahan Pamela Clifford Batman Labor Horrie Garrick Keith Smith (Lib) Kevin Barry Geoffrey Loftus-Hills Bendigo Liberal David Kennedy John Bourchier (Lib) Paul Brennan Robert Stenton Joe Pearce (Ind)Bruce Liberal Russell Oakley Billy Snedden (Lib) Rex Harper Iris Pederick Glen Mann (Ind)Diana Martin (Ind)John Ryan (Ind)Burke Labor Keith Johnson Claus Salger (Lib) Colin Walsh Alexander Gerocs Casey Labor Race Mathews Peter Falconer (Lib) John McKenna Clive Champion Joe Schillani (ARP)Chisholm Liberal Alastair Nicholson Tony Staley (Lib) Joe Stanley Frank Penhalluriack Corangamite Liberal Edwin Morris Tony Street (Lib) Francis O'Brien Ian Slater Corio Labor Gordon Scholes Gordon Hall (Lib) John Timberlake Guenter Sahr Deakin Liberal Gavan Oakley Alan Jarman (Lib) Jim Brosnan Harold Jeffrey Bill French (Ind)Stanley Lyden (Ind)Diamond Valley Labor David McKenzie Geoffrey Waite (Lib) Christopher Curtis Harold Taskis Victor Gibson (Ind)Flinders Liberal Colin Bednall Phillip Lynch (Lib) John Glynn David Heath Beatrice Faust (Ind)Gellibrand Labor Ralph Willis Cecile Storey (Lib) Bert Bailey Veronica Schwarz Gippsland Country Hugh Oakes Peter Nixon (CP) John Condon John Bowron Henty Liberal Joan Child Max Fox (Lib) Terry Farrell Michael Hughes Higgins Liberal Wilhelm Kapphan John Gorton (Lib) Thomas Magree Rafe Slaney Holt Labor Max Oldmeadow Len Reid (Lib) Robert Fidler Joseph Busuttil Hotham Liberal Tony Ross Don Chipp (Lib) Frank Gaffy Richard Franklin John Murray (ARP)Indi Country Alan Bell Mac Holten (CP) Christopher Cody Jim Dimo Isaacs Liberal Gareth Clayton David Hamer (Lib) William Leech Elizabeth Chesterfield James Bernard (Ind)Janus Fawke (Ind)Kooyong Liberal Wellington Lee Andrew Peacock (Lib) Francis Duffy Frances Vorrath Ian Channell (Ind)La Trobe Labor Tony Lamb Marshall Baillieu (Lib) Daniel Mason Don Walters William Bryant (Ind)Lalor Labor Jim Cairns Francis Purnell (Lib) John Bacon William Inglis Mallee Country Brian Smith Peter Fisher (CP) Stanley Croughan John Grigg Maribyrnong Labor Moss Cass Rex Webb (Lib) Paul McManus John Watson McMillan Country Barry Murphy Ronald Dent (Lib)Arthur Hewson* (CP) Les Hilton Ronald Broadhurst Melbourne Labor Ted Innes Haset Sali (Lib) Anna Linard Martin Kerr Philip Scott (Ind)Melbourne Ports Labor Frank Crean John Walsh (Lib) John Johnston Beverley Broadbent Murray Country Dennis Dodd Bill Hunter (Lib)Bruce Lloyd* (CP) Patrick Payne Peter Schoeffel Hugh Dunn (Ind)Scullin Labor Harry Jenkins Alan Stanley (Lib) Bernard McGrath John Kotre Wannon Liberal Ted Garth Malcolm Fraser (Lib) John Casanova Peter Hopgood Wills Labor Gordon Bryant John Bales (Lib) John Flint Stanley Bell Bruce Drinkwater (ARP)Wimmera Country Brian Brooke Robert King* (CP)Heather Mitchell (Lib) Kevin Dunn Keith Sullivan

Western Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateNA candidateAustralia candidateOther candidates Canning Country James Laffer Mel Bungey John Hallett John Duncan Curtin Liberal John Crouch Victor Garland Terry McDonnell Dennis Fyfe Jeannette Forsyth (Ind)Forrest Liberal Albert Newman Peter Drummond Terence Best Lawrence Gibson Fremantle Labor Kim Beazley Douglas Fernihough Peter Moorehouse Charles Pierce Kalgoorlie Labor Fred Collard Mick Cotter George Kyros Ian Kelly James Jackson (Ind)Moore Country Rodney Boland John Hyde Don Maisey Syd Hickman Perth Labor Joe Berinson Derrick Tomlinson Dorothy Cranley Wilfred Campin Paul Marsh (CPA)Stirling Liberal Graham Reece Ian Viner Marie Clark Carolyn Tonge Swan Labor Adrian Bennett Geoffrey Hale Pietro Bendotti Archelaus Marshall Tangney Labor John Dawkins Peter Whyte June Bunce Wendy Russell-Brown

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