This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1980 Australian federal election. The election was held on 18 October 1980.

Redistributions and seat changes A redistribution of electoral boundaries occurred in Western Australia. A new seat, the notionally Liberal O'Connor, was created. Tasmanian Senator Ken Wriedt (Labor) resigned from the Senate to contest Denison.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor Gordon Bryant MP (Wills, Vic) Clyde Cameron MP (Hindmarsh, SA) John FitzPatrick MP (Riverina, NSW) Bert James MP (Hunter, NSW) Keith Johnson MP (Burke, Vic) Vince Martin MP (Banks, NSW) Senator Reg Bishop (SA) Senator Jim Cavanagh (SA) Senator Ron McAuliffe (Qld) Senator Justin O'Byrne (Tas) Senator John Wheeldon (WA)

Liberal Bill Graham MP (North Sydney, NSW) Tony Staley MP (Chisholm, Vic) Senator Gordon Davidson (SA) Senator Sir Condor Laucke (SA) Senator Peter Sim (WA)

National Country James Corbett MP (Maranoa, Qld) Philip Lucock MP (Lyne, NSW)

Country Liberal Sam Calder MP (Northern Territory, NT)

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 candidateDemocrats candidateIndependent candidate Canberra Liberal Ros Kelly John Haslem Leo Nesic Kevin WiseFraser Labor Ken Fry Michael Yabsley Dimmen de Graaff Kevin WiseBasil Yakimov

New South Wales

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates Banks Labor John Mountford Donald McConnell (Lib) Montague Greene Barton Liberal Rodney Madgwick Jim Bradfield (Lib) Beverley Eley Charles Bellchambers (Ind)Bennelong Liberal John Guthrie John Howard (Lib) Pamela Tuckwell James Darby (Prog)Berowra Liberal George Bennett Harry Edwards (Lib) James Boow Blaxland Labor Paul Keating Salvatore Napoli (Lib) Phillip Grattan James Doughney (SWP)Craig Marley (SLL)Bradfield Liberal Keith McKeen David Connolly (Lib) Ilse Robey Calare NCP David Simmons Sandy Mackenzie (NCP) Anne Ritter Chifley Labor John Armitage Philip Daly (Lib) Keith Watson Terence Cook (SLL)Geoffrey Evans (CPA)Cook Liberal Ray Thorburn Don Dobie (Lib) Alexander Kiss Henry Soper (Prog)Cowper NCP Valma Melville Ian Robinson (NCP) John Pierce Cunningham Labor Stewart West Thomas Griffin (Lib) Megan Sampson Peter Cockcroft (CPA)Andrew Jamieson (SWP)Richard Moore (SLL)Dundas Liberal Margery Hourihan Philip Ruddock (Lib) Stephen Bastian Archibald Brown (Prog)Eden-Monaro Liberal Jim Snow Murray Sainsbury (Lib) Norma Helmers Farrer Liberal Lloyd Elliott Wal Fife (Lib) Rodney Dominish Maureen Nathan (Prog)Grayndler Labor Leo McLeay George Dryden (Lib) Albert Jarman Derek Mortimer (SLL)Justin Walsh (SPA)Gwydir NCP Robert Hamilton Ralph Hunt (NCP) Gloria Collison Hughes Labor Les Johnson Chris Downy (Lib) Questa Gill Marjorie Wisby (Prog)Hume NCP Sue West Stephen Lusher (NCP) Gwendoline Wilson Hunter Labor Bob Brown Ashley Saunders (Lib) Edwina Wilson Kingsford-Smith Labor Lionel Bowen Collin O'Neill (Lib) Oliver Nekula Lowe Liberal Jan Burnswoods Sir William McMahon (Lib) Bradley Mulligan Anthony Reasha (Ind)Lyne NCP Leslie Brown Bruce Cowan* (NCP)Milton Morris (Lib) Edwin Poppleton Macarthur Liberal Jim Groves Michael Baume (Lib) Warren Steele Ronald Sarina (Ind)Mackellar Liberal Kevin Mason Jim Carlton (Lib) Robert Williams Macquarie Liberal Ross Free Reg Gillard (Lib) Richard Jackson-Hope Raymond Butcher (Ind)Ian Perry (Ind)Ronald Stanton (Ind)Mitchell Liberal Patrick McArdle Alan Cadman (Lib) Rosemary Mason Newcastle Labor Charles Jones Richard Bevan (Lib) John Cleverly Darrell Dawson (CPA)Geoffrey Payne (SWP)New England NCP Selby Dean Ian Sinclair (NCP) Fiona Richardson North Sydney Liberal Maxine Broughton John Spender (Lib) Anita Stiller Josephine Chisholm-Mallett (Ind)Peter Corrie (Prog)Parramatta Labor John Brown Lance Shaw (Lib) Warwick Barber Jim Saleam (Ind)Paterson NCP Francis Murray Frank O'Keefe (NCP) Denis Driver William Reeve-Parker (Ind)Phillip Liberal Jeannette McHugh Jack Birney (Lib) Leslie Reiss Russell Deiley (Ind)Prospect Labor Dick Klugman Alan Byers (Lib) Robert Goodere Reid Labor Tom Uren Yvonne Maio (Lib) Paul Terrett Neville Gray (Ind)Richmond NCP Terence McGee Doug Anthony (NCP) Ashley Albanese Riverina Labor Frederick Smith Noel Hicks* (NCP)Brian Thornton (Lib) John Newman Frederick Martin (Ind)Robertson Labor Barry Cohen Brian Gill (Lib) Trevor Willsher Paul Baker (Ind)Shortland Labor Peter Morris Eddie Namir (Lib) Lionel Lambkin Robert Buhler (SLL)St George Liberal Bill Morrison Maurice Neil (Lib) Beverley Davis Sydney Labor Les McMahon Cliff Reece (Lib) Maxwell Adams Juanita Keig (SWP)Judy Mundey (CPA)Warringah Liberal Desmond Murphy Michael MacKellar (Lib) Arthur Bishop John McGrath (PCP)David Rennie (Prog)Wentworth Liberal Stephen McGoldrick Bob Ellicott (Lib) Joan Kersey Werriwa Labor John Kerin Marie Rutledge (Lib) Keith Olson Edward Bell (Ind)

Northern Territory

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCLP candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates Northern Territory CLP John Waters Grant Tambling Max Stewart Pamela Gardiner (Ind)Graham Gillian (MAR)John McElroy (CDP)Malcolm Womersley (Ind)Galarrwuy Yunupingu (Ind)

Queensland

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates Bowman Liberal Len Keogh David Jull (Lib) Thomas Martin Brisbane Liberal Manfred Cross Peter Johnson (Lib) Anthony Walters William Kenney (Ind)Capricornia Labor Doug Everingham Colin Carige (NCP)William Park (Lib) Lloyd Webber Paul Rackemann (Prog)Darling Downs NCP Janet Hunt Tom McVeigh (NCP) Maria Hayboer David Proud (Prog)Dawson NCP Barbara Hill Ray Braithwaite (NCP) Brian Caldwell Kelly Crombie (Prog)Robert Oakes (Ind)Fadden Liberal David Beddall Don Cameron (Lib) Janice Barber Dallas Graham (Prog)Fisher NCP Fay Price Evan Adermann (NCP) Gavin Black Rodney Jeanneret (Prog)Gail Perry (Ind)Griffith Labor Ben Humphreys Noel Willersdorf (NCP)Dennis Young (Lib) Gillian Newman Mark Carey (SWP)Herbert Liberal Ted Lindsay Gordon Dean (Lib) John Lamb Kennedy NCP Susan Hadlow Bob Katter (NCP) James Fryar (Prog)Leichhardt NCP Anthony Mijo David Thomson (NCP) Ian Paul Lilley Liberal Elaine Darling Kevin Cairns (Lib) Joan Hadley Maranoa NCP Kenneth Abbey Ian Cameron* (NCP)Reginald Kerslake (Lib) Austin Brannigan McPherson Liberal Walter Ehrich Eric Robinson (Lib) Ian Crick William Aabraham-Steer (Ind)Louis Rowan (Ind)Moreton Liberal Barbara Robson James Killen (Lib) Betty Whitworth Graham Bell (Ind)Patrick Dixon (Prog)Oxley Labor Bill Hayden Ronda Herrmann (Lib) Wayne Martin Miriam Cope (Ind)Robert Voysey (SLL)Petrie Liberal Deane Wells John Hodges (Lib) Pauline Moylan Phillip Grimson (Prog)Ryan Liberal Peter Beattie John Moore (Lib) Geoffrey Rees Philip Sturgess (Prog)Wide Bay NCP James Finemore Clarrie Millar (NCP) Geoffrey Schuh Raymond Bird (Prog)

South Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates Adelaide Labor Chris Hurford Peter Camm Peter Adamson Barker Liberal Norman Napper James Porter Ivor Childs Anthony Beck (NCP)Kim Ross (NCP)Bonython Labor Neal Blewett Mark Mau John Longhurst Donald Keitel (PCP)John Villain (SLL)Boothby Liberal Bruce Whyatt John McLeay Martin Holt James Russell (PCP)Grey Labor Laurie Wallis Brian Fitzgerald Mary Good Anthony Haskett (NCP)Hawker Labor Ralph Jacobi Mark Hanckel Kenneth Johnson Hindmarsh Labor John Scott George Basisovs Peter Gagliardi Therese Doyle (SWP)Alf Gard (Ind)Kingston Liberal Richard Gun Grant Chapman Judith Jenkins Port Adelaide Labor Mick Young Shirley de Garis Robert Manhire Elliott Johnston (CPA)Sturt Liberal Andrew Dunstan Ian Wilson David d'Angelo Colin Wuttke (PCP)Wakefield Liberal Alan Reid Geoffrey Giles Rowland Beech Duncan Rose (NCP)

Tasmania

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDemocrats candidateIndependent candidate Bass Liberal Patti Warn Kevin Newman Olga ScullyBraddon Liberal Lance Fee Ray Groom Denison Liberal Ken Wriedt Michael Hodgman Peter Creet Franklin Liberal Fran Bladel Bruce Goodluck John Thomson Wilmot Liberal David Llewellyn Max Burr

Victoria

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDemocrats candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Balaclava Liberal Christopher Kennedy Ian Macphee (Lib) Zelma Furey Ballarat Liberal John Mildren Jim Short (Lib) Graham Gough John Cotter Batman Labor Brian Howe Rosemary Kemp (Lib) Jeffrey McAlpine Allen Doyle Bendigo Liberal Victor Dolby John Bourchier (Lib) George Hunter Bruce Liberal Gayle Whyte Sir Billy Snedden (Lib) Fraser Hercus Elaine Mulholland Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind)Burke Labor Andrew Theophanous Greg Ross (Lib) Eric Spencer Casey Liberal Peter Watson Peter Falconer (Lib) Basil Smith Martin Hetherich (UCP)Wilfrid Thiele (Ind)Bertram Wainer (Ind)Chisholm Liberal Helen Mayer Graham Harris (Lib) Alan Swindon Terence Pooley (AP)Corangamite Liberal Neil Gedge Tony Street (Lib) Kathleen May Bernie Finn Corio Labor Gordon Scholes Mieczyslaw Parks (Lib) Reginald Sweeten James Jordan Deakin Liberal John Madden Alan Jarman (Lib) Edwin Adamson Peter Ferwerda Diamond Valley Liberal John Scomparin Neil Brown (Lib) Geoffrey Loftus-Hills Flinders Liberal Jean McLean Phillip Lynch (Lib) William Towers Gellibrand Labor Ralph Willis John Kelly (Lib) Shirley Bold Lynne Bryer (SWP)Gippsland NCP Graeme McIntyre Peter Nixon (NCP) Pierre Forcier Bruce Ingle (Ind)Henty Liberal Joan Child Ken Aldred (Lib) Jonathan Melland John Mulholland Higgins Liberal Jennifer Bundy Roger Shipton (Lib) James Thornley Maureen Holmes (IBCP)Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind)Holt Liberal Michael Duffy William Yates (Lib) Brian Stockton Michael Rowe Hotham Liberal Lewis Kent Roger Johnston (Lib) Robyn Groves Edward Woods Indi Liberal Carole Marple Ewen Cameron* (Lib)Allan Garrett (NCP) Ralph Fleming Patrick Flanagan (Ind)Brian Lumsden (Ind)Isaacs Liberal David Charles Bill Burns (Lib) Michael Bakos Sydney Balhorn (Ind)Kooyong Liberal Wesley Blackmore Andrew Peacock (Lib) James Lysaght Lalor Labor Barry Jones Thomas Meskos (Lib) Ivan Pollock La Trobe Liberal Peter Milton Marshall Baillieu (Lib) James Leicester Desmond Burke Cornelus Hellema (UCP)Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind)Mallee NCP Geoffrey Ferns Peter Fisher* (NCP)Neville Goodwin (Lib) Colin Kavanagh Leslie Connolly (Ind)Ronald Nicholson (Ind)Maribyrnong Labor Moss Cass Geoffrey Ireland (Lib) Henrik Jersic McMillan Liberal Barry Cunningham Barry Simon (Lib) Sandra Burke Brian Handley Robert McCracken (Ind)Melbourne Labor Ted Innes Robert Fallshaw (Lib) Alan Hughes James Ferrari (IBCP)Max Ogden (CPA)Melbourne Ports Labor Clyde Holding Colin Bell (Lib) Stephen Duthy Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind)Gordon Moffatt (Ind)Murray NCP Joan Groves Bill Hunter (Lib)Bruce Lloyd* (NCP) Douglas Linford Diane Teasdale (Ind)Scullin Labor Harry Jenkins Geoffrey Lutz (Lib) Brian Kidd Wannon Liberal Keith Wilson Malcolm Fraser (Lib) Bernhard Kruger Joseph Young (Ind)Wills Labor Bob Hawke Vincenzo d'Aquino (Lib) Kenneth Goss Thomas Stewart Michael Head (SLL)Philip Herington (CPA)Martin Newell (Ind)Solomon Salby (SWP)

Western Australia