This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1983 Australian federal election. The election was held on 5 March 1983.
Retiring Members and Senators
Labor John Armitage MP (Chifley, NSW) Moss Cass MP (Maribyrnong, Vic) Ted Innes MP (Melbourne, Vic) Charles Jones MP (Newcastle, NSW) Les McMahon MP (Sydney, NSW) Laurie Wallis MP (Grey, SA) Senator Jim Keeffe (Qld) Senator Geoff McLaren (SA) Senator Tony Mulvihill (NSW)
Liberal Geoffrey Giles MP (Wakefield, SA)
National Peter Nixon MP (Gippsland, 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 candidateOther candidates Canberra Labor Ros Kelly Gerard Brennan Joanne Hansen (DSPA)Fraser Labor Ken Fry Liz Grant Rohan Greenland (DSPA)Kevin Wise (Ind)
New South Wales
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates Banks Labor John Mountford Andrew Fairbairn (Lib) Montague Greene David Holmes (SWP)Barton Liberal Gary Punch Jim Bradfield (Lib) Ronald George Bruce Barton (Ind)Charles Bellchambers (Ind)Jean Lindsay (Ind)Peter Wright (Prog)Bennelong Liberal Donald Vickers John Howard (Lib) Milo Dunphy (NSWC)Steve Gabell (Ind)Berowra Liberal Maurice Marshan Harry Edwards (Lib) Pamela Tuckwell Blaxland Labor Paul Keating David Brown (Lib) Phillip Grattan Siong Hoe Goh (SWP)Bradfield Liberal Peter Donovan David Connolly (Lib) Anthony Dunne Calare National David Simmons Sandy Mackenzie (Nat) Ann Ritter George Simpson (Prog)Chifley Labor Russ Gorman Edna Mitchell (Lib) Frances Jones Christine Broi (SWP)Jonathan Cooper (Ind)Jane Smith/New (Ind)Cook Liberal Michael Addison Don Dobie (Lib) Henry Soper (Prog)Cowper National Joseph Moran Ian Robinson (Nat) Peter Brown Cunningham Labor Stewart West Gary Fisher (Lib) George Jones Diana Covell (SWP)Rudolf Pasara (SLL)Romaine Rutnam (CPA)Dundas Liberal Margaret Blaxell Philip Ruddock (Lib) John Tumminello Eden-Monaro Liberal Jim Snow Murray Sainsbury (Lib) Russell Witt Miriam Naughton (Ind)Ronald Sarina (True Ind)Farrer Liberal Noel Diffey Wal Fife (Lib) Scott Milne Maureen Nathan (Prog)Grayndler Labor Leo McLeay Edward James (Lib) Albert Jarman David Gibson (SPA)Michael Karadjis (SWP)Joseph Owens (CPA)Gwydir National Robert Hamilton Ralph Hunt (Nat) Gloria Collison Hughes Labor Les Johnson Peter Somerville (Lib) Ronald Hellyer Stephen Painter (SWP)Hume National Marie McCormick Stephen Lusher (Nat) Gregory Butler Hunter Labor Bob Brown James White (Lib) Edwina Wilson Kingsford-Smith Labor Lionel Bowen Collin O'Neil (Lib) Anthony Larkings Geoffrey Channells (SWP)Lowe Labor Michael Maher Philip Taylor (Lib) Ralph Rogers Helen Jarvis (SWP)Lyne National Francis Murray Bruce Cowan (Nat) Stephen Jeffries John Bryant (Ind)Alfred Cannings (Ind)John Veenstra (Prog)Macarthur Liberal Colin Hollis Michael Baume (Lib) Frederic Goodfellow Martin Essenberg (Ind)Mackellar Liberal Keith Jackson Jim Carlton (Lib) Robert Williams Maurice Foley (Ind)Macquarie Labor Ross Free Stephen Screech (Lib) Richard Jackson-Hope Mitchell Liberal Arthur Llewellyn Alan Cadman (Lib) Rona Samuels Newcastle Labor Allan Morris Stan Hayward (Lib) Wayne Jarman Frank Blefari (Ind)Darrell Dawson (CPA)Brian McDermott (Ind)Geoffrey Payne (SWP)New England National Lawrence Daly Ian Sinclair (Nat) Ian Dutton North Sydney Liberal Kirk McKenzie John Spender (Lib) Rodney Dominish Parramatta Labor John Brown James Harker-Mortlock (Lib) Patricia Lamey Mark Carey (SWP)Paterson National Michael Williams Frank O'Keefe (Nat) Darrel Woodhouse Phillip Liberal Jeannette McHugh Jack Birney (Lib) Karin Sowada Timothy Daly (Prog)Julien Droulers (Grn)Lawrence Hogan (EAPP)Prospect Labor Dick Klugman Alan Byers (Lib) Richard Nichols (SWP)Eric Viitala (Ind)Reid Labor Tom Uren Yvonne Maio (Lib) Stephen Bastian Lynda Boland (SWP)Michael Gluyas (Ind)Neville Gray (Ind)Richmond National Terence McGee Doug Anthony (Nat) Kenneth Nicholson Riverina National Ronald Adams Noel Hicks (Nat) Lesley Holschier Robertson Labor Barry Cohen Bev Austin (Lib) Trevor Willsher Shortland Labor Peter Morris Peter Wilson (Lib) Lyn Godfrey Peter Abrahamson (SWP)Robert Buhler (SLL)St George Labor Bill Morrison George James (Lib) Ronald Kirkwood Brian Compton (Ind)Dorothy Tumney (SWP)Sydney Labor Peter Baldwin Ron Cibas (Lib) Jennifer Macleod Aileen Beaver (CPA)James Percy (SWP)Warringah Liberal John Coombs Michael MacKellar (Lib) Annique Duc Stephen Markey (Prog)Wentworth Liberal Max Pearce Peter Coleman (Lib) Brian Hillman Robert McCarthy (Ind)Neil Roberts (Ind)George Warnecke (Ind)Katherine Wentworth (Ind)Werriwa Labor John Kerin Marie Rutledge (Lib) David Brandon (Ind)Dorothea Brocksop (SLL)Gail Cumming (SWP)
Northern Territory
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCLP candidateDemocrats candidateIndependent candidate Northern Territory CLP John Reeves Grant Tambling Joy King Bill CainPamela GardinerStrider
Queensland
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidate Bowman Liberal Len Keogh Craig Brown (Nat)David Jull (Lib) Ronald Heindorff Brisbane Labor Manfred Cross Bradley Garrett (Nat)Richard Magnus (Lib) Lance Winter Susanne Bolton (SWP)Capricornia Labor Doug Everingham Alan Agnew (Lib)Helen Reeves (Nat)Robert Simpson (Nat) Gregory Read David Ryan (SPA)Darling Downs National Ronald Cullin Tom McVeigh (Nat) David Groves Dawson National Barbara Hill Ray Braithwaite (Nat) Kelly Crombie (Prog)Eric Geissmann (Ind)Raymond Jensen (Ind)Fadden Liberal David Beddall Don Cameron (Lib)Howard Edmunds (Nat) Murray Hallam Raymond Ferguson (SPA)Dallas Graham (Prog)Fisher National Sol Theo Evan Adermann* (Nat)Dennis Caswell (Lib) Garry Somerville Griffith Labor Ben Humphreys Graham Young (Lib) Carole Ames Michael Fulton (SLL)Julie Walkington (SWP)Herbert Liberal Ted Lindsay John Aubrey (Nat)Gordon Dean (Lib) John Lamb Kennedy National Brigid Walsh Bob Katter (Nat) George Hannaford Leichhardt National John Gayler David Thomson (Nat) Lilley Labor Elaine Darling Jim Anderson (Lib) Gael Paul Anthony Catip (Ind)Maranoa National Warren Keats Ian Cameron (Nat) Austin Brannigan McPherson Liberal Darryl McArthur Trevor Watt (Nat)Peter White* (Lib) Kenneth Peterson Peter Courtney (NHP)Moreton Liberal Barbara Robson Sir James Killen (Lib) Leonard Fitzgerald Helen Jones (SWP)Oxley Labor Bill Hayden Les Woodforth (Lib) Wayne Martin Juanita Keig (SWP)Petrie Liberal Deane Wells John Hodges (Lib) Ray Hollis Christopher Caldwell (Ind)Phillip Grimison (Prog)Ryan Liberal Michael Foley John Moore (Lib) John Elfick Anthony Crooks (Ind)Patrick Cusack (Ind)Wide Bay National James Finemore Clarrie Millar (Nat) Mervyn Worth Raymond Bird (Prog)
South Australia
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates Adelaide Labor Chris Hurford Barry James Eileen Farmer John Buik (Ind)Paul Petit (SWP)Barker Liberal Valerie Young James Porter Meg Lees Anthony Beck (Nat)Bonython Labor Neal Blewett Neville Joyce John Longhurst Boothby Liberal Bruce Whyatt Steele Hall John Coulter Grey Labor Lloyd O'Neil Joy Baluch Jack Babbage James Cronin (Ind)Anthony Haskett (Nat)Kerry Hawkes (LP)Hawker Labor Ralph Jacobi Bruce Harry Graham Pamount John Garcia (SWP)Hindmarsh Labor John Scott Barry Lewis Jim Mitchell Lotus Cavagnino (SWP)Kingston Liberal Gordon Bilney Grant Chapman Robert Ralph Port Adelaide Labor Mick Young Robin Rickards Benjamin Michael Robert Fisher (SWP)Donald Sutherland (CPA)Sturt Liberal Sergio Ubaldi Ian Wilson Alison Dolling Wakefield Liberal Suzanne Owens Neil Andrew Donald Chisholm Roger Cavanagh (Nat)
Tasmania
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateLiberal candidateDemocrats candidateOther candidates Bass Liberal John McDonald Kevin Newman Nick Goldie Richard Hutchison (Ind)Braddon Liberal Lance Fee Ray Groom Greg Sargent Denison Liberal Kathy Smith Michael Hodgman Harvey Wallace-Williams Leica Wagner (SWP)Franklin Liberal Fran Bladel Bruce Goodluck John Thompson David Mazengarb (SWP)Wilmot Liberal David Llewellyn Max Burr Liz Holloway Bill Chugg (Ind)
Victoria
ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateDemocrats candidateDLP candidateOther candidates Balaclava Liberal Chris Kennedy Ian Macphee (Lib) Zelma Furey Timothy Warner (CNP)Ballarat Labor John Mildren John Ronan (Lib) Graham Gough John Blower (Ind)Albert Ireland (Ind)Batman Labor Brian Howe Maxwell Playford (Lib) Gwendoline Naug Philip L'Huillier John Percy (SWP)Bendigo Liberal John Brumby John Bourchier (Lib) Neil Jewell Robert Denahy Bruce Liberal Heather O'Connor Sir Billy Snedden (Lib) Michael Johnson Burke Labor Andrew Theophanous Bernie Finn (Lib) George Hunter Evelyn Robson (SWP)Casey Liberal Peter Steedman Peter Falconer (Lib) Michael Nardella John Garratt Martin Hetherich (ACP)Chisholm Liberal Helen Mayer Graham Harris (Lib) Alan Swindon Kevin Cooper Corangamite Liberal Gavan O'Connor Tony Street (Lib) Corio Labor Gordon Scholes Kent Henderson (Lib) Guenter Sahr Deakin Liberal John Saunderson Alan Jarman (Lib) Jeffrey McAlpine Peter Ferwerda Wilfrid Thiele (Ind)Diamond Valley Liberal Peter Staples Neil Brown (Lib) Lynden Kenyon Anne-Marie Petrucco Flinders Liberal Bob Chynoweth Peter Reith (Lib) Harold Fraser Kenneth Payne Gellibrand Labor Ralph Willis Peter Goudge (Lib) Barry McLeod James Doughney (SWP)Augustus Titter (ANP)Gippsland National Anthony Peterson Philip Davis (Lib)Peter McGauran* (Nat) Pierre Forcier Stewart Taig Pearce Buckley (Ind)Bruce Ingle (Ind)Henty Labor Joan Child Craig Baxter (Lib) Harry Eichler Paul Carroll Higgins Liberal Jennifer Bundy Roger Shipton (Lib) Antony Siddons Maureen Holmes (IBCP)Holt Labor Michael Duffy Joseph Moldrich (Lib) Jean Yule Hotham Labor Lewis Kent Peter Bolitho (Lib) Erwin Frenkel Indi Liberal Carole Marple Ewen Cameron* (Lib)Kevin Sanderson (Nat) Geoffrey le Couteur Isaacs Labor David Charles Ann Dunkley (Lib) Terence Gough Kooyong Liberal Avis Meddings Andrew Peacock (Lib) Keith Bruckner David Greagg (IBCP)Lalor Labor Barry Jones John Fahey (Lib) Ivan Pollock Helen Said (SWP)La Trobe Labor Peter Milton Peter Nugent (Lib) Milton Blake Cornelis Hellema (ACP)Mallee National Graeme Jarry Peter Fisher* (Nat)Ross Owen (Lib) Colin Kavanagh Maribyrnong Labor Alan Griffiths Geoffrey Ireland (Lib) Henrik Jersic Peter Beharell (SWP)Richard Wright (AP)McMillan Labor Barry Cunningham Stewart Robertson (Nat)Greg Ross (Lib) Gloria Auchterlonie John Sellens Melbourne Labor Gerry Hand Robert Fallshaw (Lib) Chris Carter James Ferrari (IBCP)James McIlroy (SWP)Melbourne Ports Labor Clyde Holding Ronald Flood (Lib) John Sutcliffe Brett Trenery (SWP)Murray National Mark Anderson Anne Adams (Lib)Bruce Lloyd* (Nat) John Weir Diane Teasdale (Ind)Scullin Labor Harry Jenkins Katheryne Savage (Lib) Kenneth Peak Joan Barker (SWP)Wannon Liberal Nancy Genardini Malcolm Fraser (Lib) Harold Jeffrey Wills Labor Bob Hawke Mark Hoysted (Lib) John Hallam Michael Verberne Martin Mantell (SLL)Cecil G. Murgatroyd (IBCP)Solomon Salby (SWP)
Western Australia