Candidates of the 1975 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1975 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 December 1975.

Seat changes

• Two Senate seats each were created for the Australian Capital and Northern Territories.
• The member for Higgins, John Gorton (Independent), contested the Senate in the ACT.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Jim Cope MP (Sydney, NSW)
• Fred Daly MP (Grayndler, NSW)
• Bill Fulton MP (Leichhardt, Qld)
• Tony Luchetti MP (Macquarie, NSW)
• Len Reynolds MP (Barton, NSW)
• Senator George Poyser (Vic)
• Senator Don Willesee (WA)

Liberal

• Nigel Drury MP (Ryan, Qld)
• Dudley Erwin MP (Ballaarat, Vic)
• David Fairbairn MP (Farrer, NSW)
• Jim Forbes MP (Barker, SA)
• Senator Sir Kenneth Anderson (NSW)
• Senator John Marriott (Tas)

National Country

• John England MP (Calare, NSW)
• Senator Ellis Lawrie (Qld)

Independent

• Senator Cleaver Bunton (NSW)

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	LM candidate	Other candidates
Canberra	Labor	Kep Enderby	John Haslem	Tony Harris	Oleg Kavunenko (WP) John Moloney (Ind) Kevin Wise (Ind)
Fraser	Labor	Ken Fry	George Mailath	Claude Hammond

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	Vince Martin	Maxwell Gibson (Lib)	Denise Arrow (Ind) Ralph Skelton (WP)
Barton	Labor	Murray Gainsford	Jim Bradfield (Lib)	Maxwell Shean (WP) Clifford Willard (AP)
Bennelong	Liberal	Noel Welsman	John Howard (Lib)	John Anlezark (Ind) Brian Johnson (AP)
Berowra	Liberal	Michael Ross	Harry Edwards (Lib)	Robert Howard (WP)
Blaxland	Labor	Paul Keating	Joseph Touma (Lib)	Robert Symes (WP)
Bradfield	Liberal	John Carmody	David Connolly (Lib)	Christopher Brown (WP)
Calare	NCP	Francis Hall	James Ashton (Lib) Sandy Mackenzie* (NCP)
Chifley	Labor	John Armitage	Shirley Sookee (Lib)
Cook	Labor	Ray Thorburn	Don Dobie (Lib)	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Marjorie Gray (AP) Philip O'Neill (Ind) Robert Schollbach (WP)
Cowper	NCP	Colin Clague	Ian Robinson (NCP)	John Holcombe (Ind) John McLachlan (Ind)
Cunningham	Labor	Rex Connor	Peter Swan (Lib)	Bernard Groben (Ind) Peter Robertson (WP)
Darling	Labor	John FitzPatrick	Walter Mitchell (NCP)	Walter Miller (Ind)
Eden-Monaro	Labor	Bob Whan	John Moore (NCP) Murray Sainsbury* (Lib)	Frederick Dawson (Ind)
Evans	Labor	Allan Mulder	John Abel (Lib)	Frederick Keoghan (Ind) Graham Roll (AP) Warren Wilson (Ind)
Farrer	Liberal	Patrick Brassil	Kevin Bowtell (NCP) Wal Fife* (Lib)	Mike Donelan (AP) Anthony Quinn (DLP) Arthur Robinson (WP)
Grayndler	Labor	Tony Whitlam	Jonathan Fowler (Lib)	Peter Dowd (Ind) Graeme Shortland (Ind) Douglas Spedding (Ind)
Gwydir	NCP	Francis Bourke	Ralph Hunt (NCP)	Norbert Hennessy (Ind) William O'Donnell (Ind)
Hughes	Labor	Les Johnson	Robert Law (Lib)
Hume	NCP	George Brenner	Stephen Lusher (NCP)
Hunter	Labor	Bert James	Stephen Walker (Lib)
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Lionel Bowen	Desmond Connors (Lib)	Nicholas Confos (Ind)
Lang	Labor	Frank Stewart	Donald Carruthers (Lib)	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Douglas Morgan (Ind) John Stewart (Ind)
Lowe	Liberal	Robert Hyde	William McMahon (Lib)	Clifford Bros (AP) Ben Doig (Ind) Andris Kichno (WP) Bent Poulsen (Ind)
Lyne	NCP	Bruce Langford	Philip Lucock (NCP)	Peter Simpson (Ind)
Macarthur	Labor	John Kerin	Michael Baume (Lib)	Ramon Barros (WP) Susan Healy (AP) Barry Watkinson (Ind)
Mackellar	Liberal	Kevin Mason	Bill Wentworth (Lib)	Barry Bracken (WP) Jennifer Sheehan (Ind)
Macquarie	Labor	Ross Free	Reg Gillard (Lib)	Murray Busch (WP) Norman Lee (Ind) Ian Perry (Ind)
Mitchell	Liberal	David Savage	Alan Cadman (Lib)	Ivor F (Ind) Dimitar Mikusalev (Ind) Alexander Munro (AP) Duncan Yuille (WP)
New England	NCP	John Shanahan	Ian Sinclair (NCP)	Geoffrey Anderson (Ind)
Newcastle	Labor	Charles Jones	Arthur Thomas (Lib)	David Ross (CPA)
North Sydney	Liberal	Patrick Healy	Bill Graham (Lib)	Romualds Kemps (Ind) Peter Sawyer (WP)
Parramatta	Liberal	John Brown	Philip Ruddock (Lib)	Malcolm McKinnon (WP) Astrid O'Neill (AP)
Paterson	NCP	Noel Unicomb	Frank O'Keefe (NCP)	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Barnard Hassett (Ind)
Phillip	Labor	Joe Riordan	Jack Birney (Lib)	Michael Clarke (WP) Marie Morris (AP)
Prospect	Labor	Dick Klugman	Donald MacDonald (Lib)	Geoffrey Thomas (AP)
Reid	Labor	Tom Uren	Terence Shanahan (Lib)	Kevin McKenna (WP)
Richmond	NCP	Archibald Johnston	Doug Anthony (NCP)	Ethel Adams (Ind) Bernard Walrut (AP)
Riverina	NCP	John Pollard	John Sullivan (NCP)
Robertson	Labor	Barry Cohen	Hugh Chalmers (Lib)	Raymond Louis (WP) Phillip Smith (Ind)
St George	Labor	Bill Morrison	Maurice Neil (Lib)	Keith Gleeson (WP)
Shortland	Labor	Peter Morris	Richard Bevan (Lib)	Lionel Lambkin (Ind) Barbara Timmins (Ind)
Sydney	Labor	Les McMahon	Janis Wallace (Lib)	Laurie Aarons (CPA) Merilyn Giesekam (WP) Roderick MacNeil (Ind)
Warringah	Liberal	Allan Hughes	Michael MacKellar (Lib)	Eric Riches (Ind)
Wentworth	Liberal	Mairi Petersen	Bob Ellicott (Lib)	John Curvers (WP) Joseph Zingarelli (AP)
Werriwa	Labor	Gough Whitlam	William Sadler (Lib)	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Frederick Keep (Ind) Ross May (Ind) Maurice Sharp (Ind) Ronald Watson (WP)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	Australia candidate
Northern Territory	NCP	Jock Nelson	Sam Calder	James Forbes

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Labor	Len Keogh	James Dean (NCP) David Jull* (Lib)	Donald Wright (WP)
Brisbane	Labor	Manfred Cross	Peter Johnson* (Lib) Harold Porter (NCP)	Rodney Jeanneret (WP)
Capricornia	Labor	Doug Everingham	Colin Carige* (NCP) Alfred Millroy (Lib)
Darling Downs	NCP	Peter Wood	Tom McVeigh (NCP)
Dawson	Labor	Rex Patterson	Ray Braithwaite* (NCP) Noel McFarlane (NCP)	Colin Bailey (Ind)
Fisher	NCP	Ivan Guy	Evan Adermann (NCP)	Dennis Marshall (WP)
Griffith	Liberal	Ben Humphreys	Don Cameron (Lib)	Wallace Younger (WP)
Herbert	Liberal	John Rockett	Robert Bonnett (Lib)
Kennedy	NCP	Robert Gleeson	Bob Katter (NCP)	Charles Rendall (WP)
Leichhardt	Labor	Bill Wood	Laurence Hoins (Lib) David Thomson* (NCP)	Clarence Grogan (Ind) Bernard Marsh (DLP)
Lilley	Liberal	Frank Doyle	Peter Addison (NCP) Kevin Cairns * (Lib)
McPherson	Liberal	Brian Paterson	Eric Robinson (Lib)	Coral Finlay (WP)
Maranoa	NCP	Reuben Coupe	James Corbett (NCP)	Lindsay Sturgess (WP)
Moreton	Liberal	Lewin Blazevich	James Killen (Lib)	William Appleton (Ind) John Fitzgerald (Ind)
Oxley	Labor	Bill Hayden	Cornelis Frederiks (Lib) James Shapcott (NCP)	Neil Russell (WP)
Petrie	Liberal	John Hungerford	John Hodges (Lib)
Ryan	Liberal	Colin Taylor	Douglas MacTaggart (NCP) John Moore* (Lib)	David Boughen (WP)
Wide Bay	NCP	Brendan Hansen	Clarrie Millar (NCP)	Gerrit Alberts (WP)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	LM candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Chris Hurford	Harold Steele	Robert Hercus	David Middleton (AP)
Angas	Liberal	Adolf Thiel	Geoffrey Giles	Giordano Graziani	Richard Philippe (WP)
Barker	Liberal	Graham Bath	James Porter	Rodney Roberts	Lily Bayly (Ind) Kenneth Williams (NCP)
Bonython	Labor	Martin Nicholls	Alan Irving	John Longhurst	Robert Durbridge (CPA)
Boothby	Liberal	Mark Pickhaver	John McLeay	Peter Berman	Alexander Hunter (Ind)
Grey	Labor	Laurie Wallis	Dennis Burman	Arnold Eckersley
Hawker	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	Craig Speil	Stewart Leggett
Hindmarsh	Labor	Clyde Cameron	Valentine Dignum	Ian McGowan	Ross Stanford (Ind)
Kingston	Labor	Richard Gun	Grant Chapman	Rodney Adam	Verna Oakley (WP)
Port Adelaide	Labor	Mick Young	Terence Hanson	Jean Lawrie
Sturt	Liberal	Graham Maguire	Ian Wilson	Barry Lake	William Forster (WP)
Wakefield	Liberal	Irene Krastev	Bert Kelly	John Lienert

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	NCP candidate	Workers candidate
Bass	Liberal	Michael McLaughlin	Kevin Newman		Kevin Chaffey
Braddon	Labor	Ron Davies	Ray Groom	Barry Whiley	Lance Buckingham
Denison	Labor	John Coates	Michael Hodgman	John Hay	Cathryn Stanton
Franklin	Labor	Ray Sherry	Bruce Goodluck	Margaret Franklin Joseph Hand	Peter Mollon
Wilmot	Labor	Gil Duthie	Max Burr	Robert Griffin	William Woods

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Australia candidate	Other candidates
Balaclava	Liberal	Martin Ryan	Ian Macphee (Lib)	Peter Lawlor	John Howe
Ballaarat	Liberal	David Williams	Jim Short (Lib)	Bryan Hanrahan		Glendon Ludbrook (Ind)
Batman	Labor	Horrie Garrick	Michael Galli (Lib)	Eileen Doyle
Bendigo	Liberal	Stewart Anderson	John Bourchier * (Lib) Henry O'Halloran (NCP)	Paul Brennan		Leslie Irlam (Ind)
Bruce	Liberal	Graeme Bond	Billy Snedden (Lib)	John Lloyd	Iris Pederick	Diana Martin (Ind)
Burke	Labor	Keith Johnson	Claus Salger (Lib)	Colin Walsh		Michael Dupla (Ind)
Casey	Labor	Race Mathews	Peter Falconer (Lib)	John McKenna	Murray Deerbon	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
Chisholm	Liberal	Richard Campbell	Tony Staley (Lib)	Joe Stanley	Richard Franklin
Corangamite	Liberal	Shirley Ambrose	Tony Street (Lib)	Francis O'Brien	Ian Slater	Brian Costin (Ind)
Corio	Labor	Gordon Scholes	Gordon Hall (Lib)	John Timberlake	Guenter Sahr
Deakin	Liberal	Gavan Oakley	Alan Jarman (Lib)	Jim Brosnan	William Inglis	Walter Williams (Ind)
Diamond Valley	Labor	David McKenzie	Neil Brown (Lib)	Christopher Curtis	John Franceschini	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) John Duncan (Ind)
Flinders	Liberal	Geoffrey Eastwood	Phillip Lynch (Lib)	John Glynn	Peter Dalton	Stanley Hillman (Ind)
Gellibrand	Labor	Ralph Willis	Iris Williams (Lib)	Bert Bailey
Gippsland	NCP	Peter Turner	Peter Nixon (NCP)	Robert McMahon
Henty	Labor	Joan Child	Ken Aldred (Lib)	Terence Farrell	Michael Hughes	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
Higgins	Liberal	Andrew Homer	Roger Shipton (Lib)	John Cotter	Rafe Slaney
Holt	Labor	Max Oldmeadow	William Yates (Lib)	Robert Fidler
Hotham	Liberal	Tony Ross	Don Chipp (Lib)	Frank Gaffy		John Murray (Ind)
Indi	NCP	Alan Bell	Mac Holten (NCP)	Christopher Cody
Isaacs	Labor	Gareth Clayton	David Hamer (Lib)	Ralph Cleary	Eldon Simmons	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind)
Kooyong	Liberal	John Wilkinson	Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Francis Duffy	John Gare
La Trobe	Labor	Tony Lamb	Marshall Baillieu (Lib)	James Penna	Don Walters	Cornelus Helleman (Ind) Ronald Neilsen (Ind)
Lalor	Labor	Jim Cairns	Francis Purcell (Lib)	Denis Bilston
Mallee	NCP	Ronald Davies	Peter Fisher (NCP)	Stanley Croughan
Maribyrnong	Labor	Moss Cass	John Gray (Lib)	Lucia Hayward	Thomas Archay
McMillan	NCP	William Rutherford	Arthur Hewson (NCP) Barry Simon* (Lib)	Les Hilton		David Little (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Ted Innes	Robert Fallshaw (Lib)	Desmond Burke	Veronica Schwarz	Ian Fehring (CPA)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Frank Crean	Frederick Gray (NCP) Roger Johnston (Lib)	Gordon Haberman	Beverley Broadbent	Henry Sanders (Ind)
Murray	NCP	Marjorie Gillies	Bruce Lloyd (NCP)	Patrick Payne
Scullin	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Gerard Clarke (Lib)	Bernard McGrath		Bernard Irving (Ind)
Wannon	Liberal	Keith Wilson	Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	John Casanova
Wills	Labor	Gordon Bryant	Howard Kiel (Lib)	John Flint
Wimmera	NCP	Brian Brooke	Robert King (NCP)	Marjorie McOwan		Francis Petering (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	NCP candidate	Other candidates
Canning	Liberal	Marilyn Anthony	Mel Bungey	John Hallett
Curtin	Liberal	John Crouch	Victor Garland
Forrest	Liberal	Geoffrey Davy	Peter Drummond	Noel Klopper	Noel Duggan (Ind) Duncan Hordacre (Ind)
Fremantle	Labor	Kim Beazley	Leon Lapinski
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Fred Collard	Mick Cotter		Graham Mills (WP)
Moore	Liberal	Allen Blanchard	John Hyde	Graham Anderson
Perth	Labor	Joe Berinson	Ross McLean		Vic Slater (CPA)
Stirling	Liberal	Graham Reece	Ian Viner		Brian Butterworth (WP)
Swan	Labor	Adrian Bennett	John Martyr	Peter Masson
Tangney	Labor	John Dawkins	Peter Richardson		Warwick Agnew (WP)

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, all senators were up for re-election. The first five successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, the remaining five to three-year terms. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Australian Capital Territory

Two seats were up for election, the first time the ACT had voted for the Senate.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Gorton candidates	Workers candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Susan Ryan* Peter Ellyard	John Knight* Trevor Crouch	John Gorton Harold Hird	Leslie Shaw Gerald O'Shaughnessy	Ian Black Tony Spagnolo Roderick Quinn Michael Cavanough

New South Wales

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats (although Lionel Murphy's vacancy had been filled by independent Cleaver Bunton, who did not contest in 1975). The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending five seats.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	DLP candidates	Australia candidates	LM candidates	Workers candidates
Doug McClelland * Jim McClelland * Tony Mulvihill * Arthur Gietzelt * Kerry Sibraa* Emily Renshaw	Bob Cotton * (Lib) John Carrick * (Lib) Douglas Scott * (NCP) Peter Baume * (Lib) Misha Lajovic* (Lib) Dorothy Ross (NCP)	Jack Kane Peter Daly Anne McCosker Bill Casey James Keogh Peter Westmore	Colin Mason Robert Newman Mavis McMillan	Terence Morgan Bill Payne	John Hill Mark Tier Susan O'Sullivan Neville Kennard John Grant John Edmonds
AFAM candidates	Group A candidates	Group D candidates	Group F candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Frieda Brown Fred Nile Ken Harrison	Helen Jarvis Gordon Adler	Ron Kelly Robert Khoury	Ross Green Lyn Wilson	Athol Martin Adrian Alle Noel Howard Darius Pourshasb Lawrence Woods Kenneth Burke Luciano Becher David McPherson	Bruce Taber Thomas Guy Reginald Appleby Andrew Boyton Michael Steuart Michael Wojeszlovszky John Breen-Hemingway

Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election, the first time the Northern Territory had voted for the Senate.

Labor candidates	CLP candidates	Australia candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Ted Robertson* Kevin Frazer	Bernie Kilgariff* Martyn Finger	Edward Giblin Joan Breen	David Fisher (WP) Alexander Allan-Stewart Kenneth Day (WP) Charles Perkins

Queensland

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending six seats. Independent Senator Albert Field, who had been appointed to Labor Senator Bertie Milliner's seat after the latter's death, was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	DLP candidates	Australia candidates	LM candidates	Workers candidates
Jim Keeffe * Ron McAuliffe * George Georges * Mal Colston* Colleen Freeman Ken Vaughan	Neville Bonner * (Lib) Ron Maunsell * (NCP) Glen Sheil * (NCP) Kathy Martin * (Lib) Ian Wood * (Lib) Stan Collard* (NCP) Richard Austin (Lib)	Condon Byrne Jack Williams John Fox Therese Sheil Edgar Lanigan Andrew Jackson	John Lamb Arthur Smith	Desmond Breen Michael Hartwig Alan Williams	David Russell Roger Wickham Susan Benfer
Group G candidates	Ungrouped candidates
James Drabsch Philip de Felice	Leonard Grasishchuk Grace Plunkett Renfrey Clarke Albert Field John McRae Douglas Gillespie	Anthony Catip Malcolm Just Anne Glew George Allard Hubert Giesberts

South Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. The Liberal Movement was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	LM candidates	DLP candidates	Socialist candidates	Workers candidates
Reg Bishop * Jim Cavanagh * Don Cameron * Geoff McLaren * Neal Blewett Arnold Drury	Gordon Davidson * Don Jessop * Condor Laucke * Harold Young * Tony Messner* Jennifer Adamson	Steele Hall * Michael Wilson Janine Haines Ronald Moulds Stewart McLeod Heather Southcott	Ted Farrell Leonie Farrell	Bobbie Pointer Muriel Goss Alan Miller	John Whiting Andrew Buttfield Antony Hayden-Smith Beverly Borg Leslie Huxley Nelson Cartney
Group B candidates	Group D candidates	Group E candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Frank Darlington John Knight	Brett Trenery Peter Abrahamson	John Henderson Charles Groves	John Steele James Pedley

Tasmania

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats, but independent Senator Michael Townley had also joined the party.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	NCP candidates	Workers candidates	Harradine candidates	UTG candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Ken Wriedt * Justin O'Byrne * Don Devitt * Don Grimes * Merv Everett Graham Malley	Peter Rae * Michael Townley * Brian Archer* Reg Wright * Shirley Walters* Eric Bessell	Bill Casimaty Donald Hazell Margaret Rockliff	Mike Stanton Denis Mackey Frederick Auld Warren Scott Peter Chaplin	Brian Harradine* John Jones	Richard Jones Bob Brown	John Tully Eric Wilson Enid Shea Albert Mansell

Victoria

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending five seats.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	DLP candidates	LM candidates	Australia candidates	Group B candidates
Jean Melzer * Cyril Primmer * John Button * Bill Brown * Bill Hartley Gareth Evans	Ivor Greenwood * (Lib) Margaret Guilfoyle * (Lib) James Webster * (NCP) Sir Magnus Cormack * (Lib) Alan Missen * (Lib) Tom Tehan* (NCP)	Frank McManus Jack Little Paul McManus Marianne Crowe Michael Houlihan	Andrew Farran Robert Laing Ian Robertson Philip Martyn	John Siddons Trevor Cooke Harold Jeffrey	John Roseman Alan Anderson
Group C candidates	Group H candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Peter Conrick Diane Ewin	Bruce McGuinness Elizabeth Hoffman Alma Thorpe	Shane Watson Maurice Smith Chris Tsolos Ian Dunne	Neil Leicht George Alexander Donald Maggs

Western Australia

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. The National Country Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	NCP candidates	DLP candidates	LM candidates	Australia candidates
John Wheeldon * Gordon McIntosh * Peter Walsh * Ruth Coleman * Bob Hetherington Duncan Graham	Reg Withers * Peter Durack * Peter Sim * Fred Chaney * Andrew Thomas* Cynthia Smart	Tom Drake-Brockman * David Reid Winifred Piesse Lloyd Nelson Kevin Critch Jennifer Lewis	William Sullivan Rosemary Taboni Peter Moorehouse Alan Crofts John Poole Paul Daly	Jack Evans Diana Downs Bruce Thomson	Robert Russell-Brown John Stuart John Kernot
Workers candidates	Group B candidates	Group F candidates	Group H candidates	Group K candidates	Group L candidates
James MacDonald Geoffrey McNeil Valda Harris Kenneth Bellemore Roy Morien	Donald Galloway Albert Prince	James Mazza Sydney Greenacre George Gaunt	Syd Negus Lorraine Negus	Francesco Nesci Nellie Stuart	Robert Townsend Eric Woodard Kenneth Baines
Ungrouped candidates
George Abdullah Keith Lockhart Frederick Bourke Arthur Wight John Furey Mervyn Lambert

Summary by party

Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested the Senate election in the respective state.

Party	NSW		Vic		Qld		WA		SA		Tas		ACT		NT		Total
	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S
Australian Labor Party	45	*	34	*	18	*	10	*	12	*	5	*	2	*	1	*	127	8
Liberal Party of Australia	36	*	29	*	12	*	10	*	12	*	5	*	2	*			106	7
National Country Party	12	*	8	*	14	*	4	*	1		5	*					44	5
Country Liberal Party															1	*	1	1
Workers Party	22	*			9	*	3	*	2	*	5	*	1	*		*	42	7
Democratic Labor Party	1	*	34	*	1	*		*		*							36	5
Australia Party	13	*	17	*		*		*	1						1	*	32	5
Liberal Movement		*		*		*		*	12	*			2				14	5
Communist Party of Australia	2		1				1		1								5
Australian Family Action Movement		*																1
Socialist Party of Australia										*								1
United Tasmania Group												*						1
Independent and other	43		19		5		2		5				2				74

See also

• 1975 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1974–1975
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1975–1977
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1974–1975
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1975–1978
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1975
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1975