This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1949 Australian federal election. The election was held on 10 December 1949.
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate were expanded at this election. All seats are designated as held by the party that held the notional majority after the redistribution.
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.
| Electorate | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Independent candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | Sidney Rhodes | Malcolm Moir | Jessie Ashton Lewis Nott* |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Independent candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Territory | Independent | Jock Nelson | Adair Blain Victor Webster |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Labor | Cyril Chambers | Basil Harford | Christopher Doherty (Ind) Elsie Watt (CPA) |
| Angas | Liberal | Albert Strachan | Alick Downer | Ralph Whittle (Ind) |
| Barker | Liberal | John Klar | Archie Cameron | John Gartner (Ind) |
| Boothby | Liberal | Ralph Wells | John McLeay | |
| Grey | Labor | Edgar Russell | Edward Andrews | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | Albert Turnbull | |
| Kingston | Labor | Thomas Sheehy | Jim Handby | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | Albert Thompson | Frederick Boscombe | Peter Symon (CPA) |
| Sturt | Labor | Leslie McMullin | Keith Wilson | Leonard Smith (Ind) |
| Wakefield | Liberal | Cyril Hasse | Philip McBride |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | Labor | Claude Barnard | Bruce Kekwick |
| Darwin | Liberal | Harold Kirkpatrick | Dame Enid Lyons |
| Denison | Labor | Henry Cosgrove | Athol Townley |
| Franklin | Liberal | Jack Frost | Bill Falkinder |
| Wilmot | Labor | Gil Duthie | Rickman Furmage |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canning | Country | Thomas Scaddan | William Gillespie (Lib) Len Hamilton * (CP) | Arthur Neville (Ind CP) |
| Curtin | Labor | William Lonnie | Paul Hasluck (Lib) | |
| Forrest | Labor | Nelson Lemmon | Gordon Freeth* (Lib) Arnold Potts (CP) | James Bolitho (Ind) |
| Fremantle | Labor | Kim Beazley | Billy Snedden (Lib) | Paddy Troy (CPA) |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Herbert Johnson | John Porteus (Lib) | |
| Moore | Country | Kevin Byrne | Ken Jones (Lib) Hugh Leslie* (CP) | |
| Perth | Labor | Tom Burke | Gordon Hack (Lib) | James Collins (Ind) James Kelly (CPA) |
| Swan | Labor | Harry Webb | Bill Grayden (Lib) |
Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. The Senate was expanded at this election, with each state now allocated ten senators instead of six. Each state elected seven senators, two of whom were elected to short-term vacancies. This was also the first occasion where the Senate was elected using proportional representation. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators James Arnold, Bill Ashley and William Large were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | Freedom candidates | FDP candidates | PPP candidates |
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| Frederick Roberts |
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Liberal Senators Neil O'Sullivan and Annabelle Rankin and Country Party Senator Walter Cooper were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | PPP candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
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| James Julin |
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Fred Beerworth, Jack Critchley and Frederick Ward were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Communist candidates | PPP candidates | ESWD candidates | Group D candidates |
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Charles Armbruster |
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Bill Morrow, Reg Murray and Justin O'Byrne were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Communist candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
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Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Bert Hendrickson, Fred Katz and Charles Sandford were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | PPP candidates | HGL candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
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| Charles Webber |
Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Four seats were newly created. Labor Senators Joe Cooke, John Harris and Dorothy Tangney were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
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| Robert Salter (IBI) |
Beside each party is the candidates put forward by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested Senate elections in each state.
| Party | NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | |||||||
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| HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | S | |
| Australian Labor Party | 46 | * | 33 | * | 18 | * | 8 | * | 10 | * | 5 | * | 1 | 1 | 122 | 6 |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 39 | * | 30 | * | 10 | * | 8 | * | 10 | * | 5 | * | 1 | 103 | 6 | |
| Australian Country Party | 18 | * | 7 | * | 9 | * | 3 | * | 37 | 4 | ||||||
| Communist Party of Australia | 14 | * | 6 | * | 11 | * | 2 | * | 2 | * | * | 35 | 6 | |||
| Lang Labor | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Republican Party | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Protestant People's Party | * | * | * | * | * | 5 | ||||||||||
| Freedom Party | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fair Deal Party | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| People's Social Justice Party | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry George League | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Independent British Israel | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Individualist | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| All Parties Administration | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ex-Servicemen and Women and Dependents | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Independent and other | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 48 | ||||||||
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