Candidates of the 1977 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1977 Australian federal election. The election was held on 10 December 1977.

Redistributions and seat changes

• Redistributions occurred in all states except Tasmania.
  • In New South Wales, the Labor-held seats of Darling and Lang and the Liberal-held seat of Evans were abolished. The new notionally Liberal seat of Dundas was created. The Liberal-held seat of Parramatta and the NCP-held seat of Riverina became notionally Labor, while the Labor-held seat of Robertson became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Darling, John FitzPatrick (Labor), contested Riverina.
    • The member for Grayndler, Tony Whitlam (Labor), contested St George.
    • The member for Lang, Frank Stewart (Labor), contested Grayndler.
    • The member for Mackellar, Bill Wentworth (Independent Liberal), contested the Senate.
    • The member for Parramatta, Philip Ruddock (Liberal), contested Dundas.
  • In Victoria, the NCP-held seat of Wimmera was abolished.
    • The member for Hotham, Don Chipp (Democrats), contested the Senate.
    • The member for Isaacs, David Hamer (Liberal), contested the Senate.
  • In Queensland, the new notionally Liberal seat of Fadden was created.
    • The member for Griffith, Don Cameron (Liberal), contested Fadden.
  • In Western Australia, the Liberal-held seat of Swan became notionally Labor.
    • The member for Tangney, Peter Richardson (Progress), contested the Senate.
  • In South Australia, the Liberal-held seat of Angas was abolished, and the Labor-held seats of Grey and Hawker became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Angas, Geoffrey Giles (Liberal), contested Wakefield.
    • South Australian Senator Steele Hall (Liberal) resigned from the Senate to contest Hawker.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Kim Beazley MP (Fremantle, WA)
• Jim Cairns MP (Lalor, Vic)
• Frank Crean MP (Melbourne Ports, Vic)
• Horrie Garrick MP (Batman, Vic)
• Senator Don Cameron (SA)
• Senator Don Devitt (Tas)

Liberal

• John Abel MP (Evans, NSW)
• Robert Bonnett MP (Herbert, Qld)
• Bert Kelly MP (Wakefield, WA)
• Senator Sir Magnus Cormack (Vic)
• Senator Ian Wood (Qld)
• Senator Reg Wright (Tas) — quit the Liberal Party shortly before his term concluded in June 1978.

National Country

• Robert King MP (Wimmera, Vic)
• Senator Tom Drake-Brockman (WA)

Democrats

• Senator Janine Haines (SA)

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	Democrats candidate	Independent candidate
Canberra	Liberal	Henry Lawrence	John Haslem	John Bellhouse	Oleg Kavunenko
Fraser	Labor	Ken Fry	George Mailath

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	Vince Martin	Paul Hinton (Lib)	Montague Greene
Barton	Liberal	Ron Cunningham	Jim Bradfield (Lib)	Phil White	Charles Bellchambers (Ind)
Bennelong	Liberal	Noel Welsman	John Howard (Lib)	Bruce Irwin	David Rennie (Prog)
Berowra	Liberal	Michael Jones	Harry Edwards (Lib)	Johannes van Aggele	George Simpson (Prog)
Blaxland	Labor	Paul Keating	Salvatore Napoli (Lib)	Steven Suli	William Haggerty (Ind)
Bradfield	Liberal	Pauline Kibble	David Connolly (Lib)	Donald Marrable	Christopher Brown (Prog)
Calare	NCP	David Simmons	James Ashton (Lib)	Darvell Baird
			Sandy Mackenzie * (NCP)
Chifley	Labor	John Armitage	Richard Taylor (Lib)	Alfred Tozer	Jack Mundey (CPA)
Cook	Liberal	Ray Thorburn	Don Dobie (Lib)	Walter Day	Henry Soper (Prog)
Cowper	NCP	Colin Clague	Ian Robinson (NCP)
Cunningham	Labor	Stewart West	Thomas Griffin (Lib)	Ross Sampson	Noel Dennett (Ind) Rudolph Dezelin (Ind) Mervyn Nixon (CPA)
Dundas	Liberal	Russell Rollason	Philip Ruddock (Lib)	Brendan Mohide	Malcolm McKinnon (Prog)
Eden-Monaro	Liberal	Brian Maguire	Murray Sainsbury (Lib)	Norma Helmers	Michael Le Grand (Ind)
Farrer	Liberal	Donald Fleming	Wal Fife (Lib)	Margaret Healey	Thomas Guy (Ind) Maureen Nathan (Prog)
Grayndler	Labor	Frank Stewart	Bill Vasselou (Lib)	Christine Townend	Frank Vouros (SPA)
Gwydir	NCP	Francis Fish	Ralph Hunt (NCP)	Heather Howe	Brian Allen (Prog) Lyall Munro (Ind)
Hughes	Labor	Les Johnson	Henry Halliwell (Lib)	Kenneth Johnson
Hume	NCP	George Brenner	Stephen Lusher (NCP)	Mark Richard
Hunter	Labor	Bert James	Oliver Fennell (Lib)	Elisabeth Kirkby
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Lionel Bowen	Collin O'Neill (Lib)	Edward Ward
Lowe	Liberal	Dick Hall	Sir William McMahon (Lib)	Frederick Tross	Charles Bingle (Ind)
Lyne	NCP	Noel Unicomb	Philip Lucock (NCP)	Allen Edwards
Macarthur	Liberal	John Kerin	Michael Baume (Lib)	William Speirs	Victor Thomas (Prog)
Mackellar	Liberal	John Barclay	Jim Carlton (Lib)	Robert Williams	John Booth (Prog) Ronald Davis (Ind) Barry Geyle (Ind) Thomas Mellor (Ind)
Macquarie	Liberal	Ross Free	Reg Gillard (Lib)	Peter Monaghan	Michael Barratt (Ind) Alyn Foster (Prog)
Mitchell	Liberal	Ellen Thompson	Alan Cadman (Lib)	Michael Hartnell	Ronald Allen (Ind) Dimitar Mikulasev (Prog)
New England	NCP	Selby Dean	Ian Sinclair (NCP)	Bradley Mulligan
Newcastle	Labor	Charles Jones	Elaine Samuels (Lib)	Ian Hay	Darrell Dawson (CPA)
North Sydney	Liberal	Maurice May	Bill Graham (Lib)	John Pierce	Peter Corrie (Prog) John Maher (Ind)
Parramatta	Labor	John Brown	Douglas Cox (Lib)	Peter Lukunic
Paterson	NCP	Kerry Scott	Frank O'Keefe (NCP)	Paul Baker	William O'Donnell (Ind)
Phillip	Liberal	Joe Riordan	Jack Birney (Lib)	Alan Needham	Barry Elliott (Ind)
Prospect	Labor	Dick Klugman	Alan Byers (Lib)	Laurence Bourke
Reid	Labor	Tom Uren	Terence Shanahan (Lib)	Frederick Bluck
Richmond	NCP	Josephine Maxwell	Doug Anthony (NCP)	Bernard Walrut	John Mallett (Ind)
Riverina	Labor	John FitzPatrick	John Sullivan (NCP)		Rodney Lawrence (Ind)
Robertson	Liberal	Barry Cohen	Malcolm Brooks (Lib)	Trevor Willsher
Shortland	Labor	Peter Morris	Richard Bevan (Lib)	Lionel Lambkin
St George	Liberal	Tony Whitlam	Maurice Neil (Lib)	Ronald Kirwood	David Kriss (Prog)
Sydney	Labor	Les McMahon	Andrew Morrison (Lib)	Judith Roberts	Aileen Beaver (CPA) Harry Black (SPA) Naomi Mayers (Ind)
Warringah	Liberal	Christopher Osborne	Michael MacKellar (Lib)	Anita Stiller	Stephen Keliher (Prog)
Wentworth	Liberal	Michael Winters	Bob Ellicott (Lib)	Joan Kersey	John Curvers (Prog)
Werriwa	Labor	Gough Whitlam	Jonas Abromas (Lib)	Keith Olson	Ross May (Ind)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	Democrats candidate	Progress candidate
Northern Territory	CLP	John Waters	Sam Calder	Josephine Read	Ian Smith

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Progress candidate	Independent candidate
Bowman	Liberal	Len Keogh	David Jull (Lib)	Bryan Grehan	Martin Gant
Brisbane	Liberal	Manfred Cross	Peter Johnson (Lib)	Joan Hadley	John Steele
Capricornia	NCP	Doug Everingham	Colin Carige (NCP) Douglas Cuddy (Lib)	Edward Batey	Ronald Kitching
Darling Downs	NCP	Robert Lingard	Tom McVeigh (NCP)		David Proud
Dawson	NCP	Michael Goldsborough	Ray Braithwaite (NCP)		Frank Paull
Fadden	Liberal	Clem Jones	Don Cameron * (Lib)	Janice Barber	Peter Gautrey	Melody Bond
			James Shapcott (NCP)
Fisher	NCP	Fay Price	Evan Adermann (NCP)	Gillian Newman	Gregory Gaffney
Griffith	Liberal	Ben Humphreys	Stan Fas (NCP) Ronald Palmer (Lib)	Thomas Martin	Barrie Rundle	William Kenney
Herbert	Liberal	Ted Lindsay	Charles Arnold (NCP)	Kenneth Kipping	Coral Finlay	Peter Dunn Grahame Wells
			Gordon Dean* (Lib)
Kennedy	NCP	Robert Gleeson	Bob Katter (NCP)	Marelle Hicks Raymond Oldham	Vrettos Cominos
Leichhardt	NCP	Bill Wood	David Thomson (NCP)	James Foster
Lilley	Liberal	Elaine Darling	Kevin Cairns (Lib)	Albert Mayne	Gary Sturgess	Frank Andrews
Maranoa	NCP	John Kidman	James Corbett (NCP)	Betty Whitworth	Maurice Fountain	Christopher Caldwell
McPherson	Liberal	Jon Guerson	Eric Robinson (Lib)	Leonard Fairman	Neva Maxim	William Aabraham-Steer
Moreton	Liberal	Barbara Robson	James Killen (Lib)	Dirk Plooy	Frederick Drake	Graham Bell
Oxley	Labor	Bill Hayden	Robert Walker (Lib)	Rowlynd Jones	Neil Russell
Petrie	Liberal	Gerard Molloy	John Hodges (Lib)	Leslie Mundt	Rodney Jeanneret
Ryan	Liberal	Gailene Harrison	John Moore (Lib)		Jili Boughen
Wide Bay	NCP	Frederick Faircloth	Clarrie Millar (NCP)	Douglas Mackenzie

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Chris Hurford	George Basisovs	Geoffrey Stewart
Barker	Liberal	Neil Richardson	James Porter	Rodney Roberts
Bonython	Labor	Neal Blewett	Brian Marsden	John Longhurst
Boothby	Liberal	Mark Pickhaver	John McLeay	George Nimmo
Grey	Liberal	Laurie Wallis	John Oswald	Ronald Moulds	John Henderson (NCP)
Hawker	Liberal	Ralph Jacobi	Steele Hall	Bruce Miels	Warren Wallace (Ind)
Hindmarsh	Labor	Clyde Cameron	Gregory Molfetas	James Evans
Kingston	Liberal	Richard Gun	Grant Chapman	Christopher Harte
Port Adelaide	Labor	Mick Young	Jean Lawrie	David Wade	Donald Sutherland (CPA)
Sturt	Liberal	Ann Pengelly	Ian Wilson	Dean Bendall
Wakefield	Liberal	Denis Crisp	Geoffrey Giles	Kenneth Maguire

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate
Bass	Liberal	Mary Willey	Kevin Newman	Dennis Cartledge
Braddon	Liberal	Duncan Kerr	Ray Groom
Denison	Liberal	John Coates	Michael Hodgman	Robert McFie
Franklin	Liberal	Peter Colquhoun	Bruce Goodluck
Wilmot	Liberal	David Llewellyn	Max Burr	Leon Gourlay

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Balaclava	Liberal	Robert Steele	Ian Macphee (Lib)	Zelma Furey	Peter Lawlor
Ballarat	Liberal	Norman Baker	Jim Short (Lib)	Graham Gough	William Griffin
Batman	Labor	Brian Howe	Gillford Brown (Lib)	Mario Piraino	Phillip Lorenz
Bendigo	Liberal	Dennis Muldoon	John Bourchier (Lib)	Ian Price	Paul Brennan
Bruce	Liberal	Timothy Burke	Billy Snedden (Lib)	John Sutcliffe	John Mulholland
Burke	Labor	Keith Johnson	Mihaly Lengyel (Lib)	Eric Spencer	Colin Walsh
Casey	Liberal	Peter Watson	Peter Falconer (Lib)	Malcolm Whittle	Francis Feltham	Martin Hetherich (Ind) Stanley Hillman (Ind) Henry Leggett (Ind)
Chisholm	Liberal	Helen Mayer	Tony Staley (Lib)	Robert Caulfield	Joe Stanley
Corangamite	Liberal	Shirley Ambrose	Tony Street (Lib)	Kathleen May	Francis O'Brien	Neil McDonald (Ind)
Corio	Labor	Gordon Scholes	Clive Bubb (Lib)	Guenter Sahr	James Jordan
Deakin	Liberal	Neville Gay	Alan Jarman (Lib)	Alan Teed	Daniel Condon
Diamond Valley	Liberal	Jean Downing	Neil Brown (Lib)	Ronald Goldman	Christopher Curtis
Flinders	Liberal	Geoffrey Eastwood	Phillip Lynch (Lib)	Harold Fraser	John Cass	Monty Hollow (Ind)
Gellibrand	Labor	Ralph Willis	Anton Zajc (Lib)	June Smith	Bert Bailey
Gippsland	NCP	William Switzer	Peter Nixon (NCP)	Thomas Reid	Robert McMahon	Bruce Ingle (Ind)
Henty	Liberal	Joan Child	Ken Aldred (Lib)	Fred Ingamells	Terence Farrell	Tony Dear (Ind)
Higgins	Liberal	Ann Jackson	Roger Shipton (Lib)	Jim Thornley	Martin Cahill
Holt	Liberal	Michael Duffy	William Yates (Lib)	Brian Stockton	Kevin Leydon
Hotham	Liberal	Tony Ross	Roger Johnston (Lib)	Kenneth Weaver	Edward Woods
Indi	NCP	John Dennis	Ewen Cameron* (Lib)	Neil Savage	Christopher Cody
			Mac Holten (NCP)
Isaacs	Liberal	Kenneth Williams	Bill Burns (Lib)	Francis McLeod	Ralph Cleary
Kooyong	Liberal	John Wilkinson	Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Michael McBride	Bernie Gaynor
Lalor	Labor	Barry Jones	Harley Dickinson (Lib)	Charles Skidmore	Denis Bilston	Jeffrey Day (Ind) Rosalba Vicari (Ind)
La Trobe	Liberal	Tony Lamb	Marshall Baillieu (Lib)	Andrew McCann	James Penna	Cornelus Hellema (Ind)
Mallee	NCP	Geoffrey Ferns	Peter Fisher * (NCP)		John Cotter
			Warwick Hincksman (Lib)
Maribyrnong	Labor	Moss Cass	Philip Fitzherbert (Lib)	Alan Brass	Alan Tait
McMillan	Liberal	Richard Elkington	Barry Simon (Lib)	Ronald Dent	Brian Handley	Norman Holyoak (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Ted Innes	Robert Fallshaw (Lib)	Veronica Schwarz	Desmond Burke	Roger Wilson (CPA)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Clyde Holding	Daniel Hill (Lib)	Valina Rainer	Gordon Haberman
Murray	NCP	Graeme Macartney	Bruce Lloyd * (NCP)	George Murray	Patrick Payne
			Robert Love (Lib)
Scullin	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Gerard Clarke (Lib)	George Samargis	Bernard McGrath
Wannon	Liberal	Andrew Frost	Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	Thelma Trayling	John Casanova
Wills	Labor	Gordon Bryant	Thomas Burrowes (Lib)	Vernon Weaver	John Flint

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	NCP candidate	Progress candidate	Other candidates
Canning	Liberal	Charles Savage	Mel Bungey	Velibor Debeljakovic	Marie Dilley	Douglas Joyce	John English (Ind)
Curtin	Liberal	Patricia Giles	Victor Garland	Richard Bunting		James MacDonald
Forrest	Liberal	Allan Drake-Brockman	Peter Drummond	Donald Stewart	John Gardiner	Reginald Crabb
Fremantle	Labor	John Dawkins	Peter Ramshaw	John Kernot		David Lavater	Vic Slater (CPA)
Kalgoorlie	Liberal	Brian Conway	Mick Cotter	Edwin Routley	Squire Fletcher	Graham Mills
Moore	Liberal	James Hansen	John Hyde	Patricia Edward	Roy Clarke	Maurice Brockwell
Perth	Liberal	James Moiler	Ross McLean	Thomas Garrick		Lawrence Curtis
Stirling	Liberal	Graham Reece	Ian Viner	Scott Christie		James Jamieson
Swan	Labor	Patricia Fowkes	John Martyr	Hubert Lennerts		Bryan Scott-Courtland	William Deller (Ind)
Tangney	Liberal	Duncan Graham	Peter Shack	Geoffrey Taylor		Geoffrey McNeil

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. 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 Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Group A candidates	Other candidates
Susan Ryan * Robert Smith	John Knight * Stanley Sparrow	Anthony O'Dea Noel McCann	Gerhard Zatschler (MAR) Donald Evans (Dem)

New South Wales

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending two seats. Senators John Carrick (Liberal), Bob Cotton (Liberal), Doug McClelland (Labor), Jim McClelland (Labor) and Douglas Scott (National Country) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	CTA candidates	Australia candidates	Progress candidates
Tony Mulvihill * Arthur Gietzelt * Kerry Sibraa	Peter Baume * (Lib) Misha Lajovic * (Lib) Dorothy Ross (NCP)	Colin Mason* Paul McLean Malcolm Hilbery Ronald Mallett Patricia Clark	Fred Nile Reuben Scarf Patricia Judge	John Notary Clifford Willard Allan Jones	Barry Bracken Robert Howard Robert Schollbach
Marijuana candidates	Socialist candidates	Group C candidates	Group E candidates	Group G candidates	Ungrouped candidates
James Billington Diana Fuller Peter Livesey	Edgar Woodbury Pat Clancy	Allan Chan Chan Chung Ling	Shirley Smith Bruce Miles Cecil Patten Christos Roumeliotis	Bill Wentworth Leah Young	Henry Harding John Esposito

Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	CLP candidates	Democrats candidates	Progress candidates
Ted Robertson * Harry Matschke	Bernie Kilgariff * Barry Wyatt	Dennis Booth Peter Dean	Kenneth Kitto David Cooper

Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Neville Bonner (Liberal), Jim Keeffe (Labor), Ron Maunsell (National Country), Ron McAuliffe (Labor) and Glen Sheil (National Country) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	Progress candidates	Socialist candidates	Group C candidates
George Georges * Mal Colston * Verona Wake	Kathy Martin * (Lib) Stan Collard * (NCP) David MacGibbon* (Lib)	Paul Griffin Michael Macklin Maureen Burton	Vivian Forbes Owen Pershouse Suzanne Ham Barrie Fulcher	Charles Murphy David Ryan Ivan Ivanoff	Anne Glew Geoffrey Crouch
Group D candidates	Ungrouped candidates
James Drabsch Lloyd Drabsch Ace Drabsch	John Jones Bruce Chambers

South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. One seat had been held by the Australian Democrats following its resignation by the Liberal Movement's Steele Hall. Senators Reg Bishop (Labor), Jim Cavanagh (Labor), Gordon Davidson (Liberal), Don Jessop (Liberal) and Condor Laucke (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Australia candidates	Progress candidates	Socialist candidates
Geoff McLaren * Ron Elstob* Nick Bolkus	Tony Messner * Harold Young * Baden Teague*	Ian Gilfillan Michael Lee Nicholas Theologou	Colyn van Reenen Kathy Dancer	John Whiting Verna Oakley	Alan Miller Muriel Goss
Group F candidates	Ungrouped candidates
George Jukes Jean Jukes	Stephen Dimitriou (MAR) Andrew Jones (Ind)

Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats, although retiring Senator Reg Wright had become an independent at the end of his term. Senators Brian Harradine (Independent), Justin O'Byrne (Labor), Peter Rae (Liberal), Michael Townley (Liberal) and Ken Wriedt (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Group C candidates
Don Grimes * Michael Tate* John White	Shirley Walters * Brian Archer * John Watson*	Norman Siberry Liz Holloway	Rudge Townley Ann Waterhouse

Victoria

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Ivor Greenwood (Liberal), Margaret Guilfoyle (Liberal), Jean Melzer (Labor), Cyril Primmer (Labor) and James Webster (National Country) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	DLP candidates	Australia candidates	Socialist candidates
Gareth Evans* John Button * Bill Brown	Alan Missen * (Lib) David Hamer* (Lib) Tom Tehan (NCP)	Don Chipp* John Siddons Janice Bateman Harold Jeffrey Neil Sleep	Jim Brosnan Les Hilton Paul McManus	Derek Kruse David Heath Gail Farrell	Ron Hearn Trevor McCandless Hariklia Kokkinos
Marijuana candidates	Group B candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Jay McRoach Peter McKenzie	Carolyn Ingvarson Elizabeth Morton Marie Quinn	Shane Watson Ronald Batey Peter Kavanagh Terence Vine

Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Country Party was defending one seat. Senators Peter Durack (Liberal), Gordon McIntosh (Labor), Peter Sim (Liberal), John Wheeldon (Labor) and Reg Withers (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	NCP candidates	Progress candidates	Group E candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Peter Walsh * Ruth Coleman * Howard Olney	Fred Chaney * Andrew Thomas * Allan Rocher*	Jack Evans Uri Themal Shirley de la Hunty	Donald Eckersley Donald Thomas Moira Jones	Peter Richardson Robert Scott Janet Beeck	Francesco Nesci Nellie Stuart	Geoffrey Gray John Cowley

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	43	*	33	*	19	*	10	*	11	*	5	*	2	*	1	*	124	8
Liberal Party of Australia	35	*	32	*	12	*	10	*	11	*	5	*	2	*			107	7
National Country Party	9	*	4	*	11	*	4	*	1								29	4
Country Liberal Party															1	*	1	1
Australian Democrats	41	*	32	*	17	*	10	*	11	*	3	*	1	*	1	*	116	8
Progress Party	15	*			16	*	10	*		*					1	*	42	5
Democratic Labor Party			33	*													33	1
Communist Party of Australia	4		1				1		1								7
Socialist Party of Australia	2	*		*		*				*							2	4
Australian Marijuana Party		*		*						*				*				4
Australia Party		*		*						*								3
Call to Australia		*																1
Independent and other	20		11		8		2		1				1				43

See also

• 1977 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1975–1977
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1977–1980
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1975–1978
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1978–1981
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1977
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1977