Candidates of the 1984 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1984 Australian federal election. The election was held on 1 December 1984.

Redistributions and seat changes

• Due to the expansion of the House, redistributions occurred in all states.
  • In New South Wales, the National-held seat of Paterson was abolished and the National-held seat of Riverina was renamed Riverina-Darling and became notionally Labor. Nine new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Charlton, Dobell, Fowler, Gilmore, Greenway, Lindsay and Throsby; and the notionally National seats of Page and Parkes.
    • The member for Chifley, Russ Gorman (Labor), contested Greenway.
    • The member for Cowper, Ian Robinson (National), contested Page.
    • The member for Farrer, Wal Fife (Liberal), contested Hume.
    • The member for Hunter, Bob Brown (Labor), contested Charlton.
    • The member for Macarthur, Colin Hollis (Labor), contested Throsby.
    • The member for Macquarie, Ross Free (Labor), contested Lindsay.
    • The member for Riverina, Noel Hicks (National), contested Riverina-Darling.
  • In Queensland, the National-held seat of Darling Downs was renamed Groom. Five new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Forde, Hinkler and Rankin; the notionally Liberal seat of Moncrieff; and the notionally National seat of Fairfax. The Labor-held seat of Fadden became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Darling Downs, Tom McVeigh (National), contested Groom.
    • The member for Fadden, David Beddall (Labor), contested Rankin.
    • The member for Fisher, Evan Adermann (National), contested Fairfax.
    • Queensland Senator Kathy Martin (Liberal) contested Moncrieff.
  • In South Australia, the notionally Labor seat of Makin and the notionally Liberal seat of Mayo were created.
  • In Tasmania, the Liberal-held seat of Wilmot was renamed Lyons. The sitting member, Max Burr, contested Lyons.
  • In Victoria, the Liberal-held seat of Balaclava was renamed Goldstein and the Labor-held Diamond Valley was abolished. Seven new seats were created: the notionally Labor seats of Aston, Calwell, Dunkley, Jagajaga, McEwen and Streeton; and the notionally Liberal seat of Menzies. The Labor-held seats of Casey and Deakin became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Balaclava, Ian Macphee (Liberal), contested Goldstein.
    • The member for Burke, Andrew Theophanous (Labor), contested Calwell.
    • The member for Deakin, John Saunderson (Labor), contested Aston.
    • The member for Diamond Valley, Peter Staples (Labor), contested Jagajaga.
    • The member for Flinders, Bob Chynoweth (Labor), contested Dunkley.
  • In Western Australia, the notionally Labor seats of Brand and Cowan were created. The Labor-held seat of Tangney became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Canning, Wendy Fatin (Labor), contested Brand.
    • The member for Tangney, George Gear (Labor), contested Canning.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Doug Everingham MP (Capricornia, Qld)
• Ken Fry MP (Fraser, ACT)
• Bill Morrison MP (St George, NSW)
• Senator Jean Hearn (Tas)
• Senator Cyril Primmer (Vic)

Liberal

• Ray Groom MP (Braddon, Tas)
• Kevin Newman MP (Bass, Tas)
• Senator Misha Lajovic (NSW)

National

• Frank O'Keefe MP (Paterson, NSW)
• Senator Douglas Scott (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	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Canberra	Labor	Ros Kelly	Gary Humphries	Fiona Richardson	Robyn Hancock (NDP) Joanne Hansen (DSPA)
Fraser	Labor	John Langmore	John McLaren	Andrew Freeman	Emile Brunoro (Ind) Arthur Burns (Ind) Rozalyn Daniell (DSPA) Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	John Mountford	Max Parker (Lib)	Montague Green
Barton	Labor	Gary Punch	Jim Bradfield (Lib)	Ron George
Bennelong	Liberal	Margaret Duckett	John Howard (Lib)	Steve Gabell
Berowra	Liberal	Rodney Berry	Harry Edwards (Lib)	Chris Rogers
Blaxland	Labor	Paul Keating	Bob Young (Lib)	Samuel Adams
Bradfield	Liberal	Matthew Strassberg	David Connolly (Lib)	Emma Veitch
Calare	Labor	David Simmons	Ian Byrne (Lib) Russ Turner (Nat)	Gregory Hamilton	Margaret Stevenson (Ind)
Charlton	Labor	Bob Brown	Don Harris (Lib)	Lyn Godfrey
Chifley	Labor	Roger Price	Ken Jessup (Lib)	Dominic Fanning
Cook	Liberal	Peter McIlwaine	Don Dobie (Lib)	Brett Gooley
Cowper	National	Joe Moran	Garry Nehl* (Nat) Peter Simpson (Lib)	Alfred Tozer	Keith Jervis (Ind) David Rees (Ind)
Cunningham	Labor	Stewart West	Gayle Mitchell (Lib)	Greg Butler	Neil Cleary (Ind) Rudolph Dezelin (Ind) John Garcia (SWP)
Dobell	Labor	Michael Lee	Isaac Shields (Lib)	Lynn Sawyer
Dundas	Liberal	Margaret Blaxell	Philip Ruddock (Lib)	John Tuminello
Eden-Monaro	Labor	Jim Snow	Alexander Black (Nat) Murray Sainsbury (Lib)		Bob Shumack (NDP)
Farrer	Liberal	Eric Thomas	Tim Fischer* (Nat) John Roach (Lib)
Fowler	Labor	Ted Grace	Ken Wills (Lib)		David Bransdon (Ind)
Gilmore	Labor	Bob Stephens	Noel Anderson (Lib) John Sharp* (Nat)	John Sanders	Rodney Lander (NDP) Ronald Sarina (Ind)
Grayndler	Labor	Leo McLeay	John Marsden-Lynch (Lib)	Peter Hennessy	Christine Broi (SWP)
Greenway	Labor	Russ Gorman	Edna Mitchell (Lib)		Michael Corbin (Ind) Ray Eade (Ind)
Gwydir	National	Pamela Smith	Ralph Hunt (Nat)	Lyall Munro Jnr	John Brazier (Ind)
Hughes	Labor	Robert Tickner	Cliff Mason (Lib)	Harold Jeffrey	Marjorie Wisby (Ind)
Hume	National	Rodney Milliken	Wal Fife * (Lib) Stephen Lusher (Nat)
Hunter	Labor	Eric Fitzgibbon	Ron Dolton (Lib) John Turner (Nat)	Warren Reid
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Lionel Bowen	Collin O'Neill (Lib)	Peter Longfield	Helen Boyle (Ind)
Lindsay	Labor	Ross Free	Stuart Coppock (Lib)	Kevin Crameri
Lowe	Labor	Michael Maher	Geoffrey Howe (Lib)	Kent Buncombe
Lyne	National	Fred May	Bruce Cowan (Nat)	Roland Inman	Stewart Cooper (Ind)
Macarthur	Labor	Stephen Martin	Mark Stanham (Lib)	Meg Sampson
Mackellar	Liberal	Tim Cusack	Jim Carlton (Lib)	Graeme Maclennan	Maurice Foley (Ind)
Macquarie	Labor	Garry Cronan	Paul McGirr (Nat) Alasdair Webster* (Lib)	Dick Jackson-Hope	Peter Quirk (Ind)
Mitchell	Liberal	Edward Mason	Alan Cadman (Lib)	Alan Page
Newcastle	Labor	Allan Morris	Ashley Saunders (Lib)	Steve Jeffries	Jim Campbell (Ind) Don Geddes (Ind)
New England	National	Joe Horan	Ian Sinclair (Nat)	Rod Irvine
North Sydney	Liberal	Philip Kelso	John Spender (Lib)	Rod Dominish
Page	National	Brian Morris	Ian Robinson (Nat)	Anne Brown	Brian Stone (Ind)
Parkes	National	Jim Curran	Michael Cobb* (Nat) Bruce Rowley (Lib)	Gloria Collison
Parramatta	Labor	John Brown	Charles Stanley (Lib)	John Butterworth
Phillip	Labor	Jeannette McHugh	Peter Bardos (Lib)	Karin Sowada	Fred Brinkman (Ind) Donald Rugless (Ind)
Prospect	Labor	Dick Klugman	Adrian Burke (Lib)	Robert Neesam	Dick Nichols (SWP)
Reid	Labor	Tom Uren	Mary-Ruth Kain (Lib)	John Roveen	Jim Saleam (Ind)
Richmond	National	Klaas Woldring	Charles Blunt (Nat)	Ivor Brown	Jon Axens (Ind) Jim Saunders (Ind)
Riverina-Darling	Labor	Ron Adams	Noel Hicks * (Nat) John Sullivan (Lib)	Peter Hains	Frederick Martin (Ind)
Robertson	Labor	Barry Cohen	Peter Jansen (Lib)	Trevor Willsher
Shortland	Labor	Peter Morris	Milton Caine (Lib)	John Aitken	Jane Power (Ind)
St George	Labor	Stephen Dubois	Bob Gemmell (Lib)	Paul Terrett	Brian Compton (Ind) Stanley Duncan (Ind)
Sydney	Labor	Peter Baldwin	James Harker-Mortlock (Lib)	Michael Walsh	Aileen Beaver (CPA) Daphne Gollan (Ind) Noel Hazard (Ind) Vito Radice (Ind)
Throsby	Labor	Colin Hollis	Duncan Gair (Nat) Wendy Stubbs (Lib)	Alan Cole	Martin Essenberg (Ind) Paul Trevardis (Ind)
Warringah	Liberal	Brian Green	Michael MacKellar (Lib)	Richard Jones	Margaret Broome (Ind)
Wentworth	Liberal	Stephen Rothman	Peter Coleman (Lib)	Yvonne Jayawardena	George Atkinson (Ind) Kasula Fitzroy-Mendis (Ind) Ray Oakes (Ind) George Warnecke (Ind)
Werriwa	Labor	John Kerin	Peter Swiderski (Lib)	Valerie George

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	Democrats candidate	Independent candidates
Northern Territory	Labor	John Reeves	Paul Everingham	Wiyendji Roberts	Strider Phil Ward

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	National candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Labor	Len Keogh	Leo White	Noel Willersdorf	Ronald Heindorff
Brisbane	Labor	Manfred Cross	Ian Douglas	William Owen	George Leigh
Capricornia	Labor	Keith Wright	Alan Agnew	Colin Webber	Peter Knack	Eric Geissmann (Ind)
Dawson	National	John Bird		Ray Braithwaite	Antony Lucas
Fadden	Liberal	Peter Wilson	David Jull	Alun Preece	Janice Barber
Fairfax	National	Peter Shooter	Terry Welch	Evan Adermann	Bob Borsellino
Fisher	National	Garth Head	Lionel Kilner	Peter Slipper	Kent Farrell
Forde	Labor	Hamish Linacre	David Watson	Francis Gaffy	Michael Coogan
Griffith	Labor	Ben Humphreys	Kaylene Low	Sean Cousins	Daniel Roth	Helen Jones (SWP)
Groom	National	Ronald Cullin	Alexander Munro	Tom McVeigh	Raymond Dow
Herbert	Labor	Ted Lindsay	Theo Theofanes	Vicky Kippin	Ana Bristowe-Lamb
Hinkler	Labor	Brian Courtice	Ronald Owen	Bryan Conquest	Frank Coulthard	Marcus Platen (Ind)
Kennedy	National	Brigid Walsh	Gerald Porter	Bob Katter	Lance Winter
Leichhardt	Labor	John Gayler	Hugh Anthony	Eda Celledoni	Cliff Truelove	Daas Saba (Ind)
Lilley	Labor	Elaine Darling	Ian Parminter	John Frew		Anthony Catip (Ind)
Maranoa	National	Dave Summers		Ian Cameron	Mick Brannigan
McPherson	Liberal	Rupe Granrott	Peter White	Warren Tapp	Ken Peterson	Maria Parer (Ind)
Moncrieff	Liberal	Athol Paterson	Kathy Martin	Judy Gamin	Susan Mulley	Will Aabraham-Steer (Ind) Peter Courtney (Ind)
Moreton	Liberal	Michael Kinnane	Don Cameron	Howard Baskerville	Geoffrey Fawthrop
Oxley	Labor	Bill Hayden	Les Woodforth	Charles Groves	George Hannaford
Petrie	Labor	Deane Wells	John Hodges	Don Munro	Garry Somerville
Rankin	Labor	David Beddall	Bruce Mackenzie-Forbes	Cec Jamieson	Bev Peereboom
Ryan	Liberal	Mike Foley	John Moore	Maxwell Crofts	John Peeters
Wide Bay	National	Fred Hoberg		Clarrie Millar	Glen Spicer

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	National candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Chris Hurford	Jenni London	Andrew Sickerdick	Bryan Stokes	John Buik (Ind) Mark Thiel (Ind)
Barker	Liberal	Jeremy Moore	James Porter	Meg Lees	Richard Jacka
Bonython	Labor	Neal Blewett	Graham Sara	John Longhurst
Boothby	Liberal	Bruce Whyatt	Steele Hall	Margaret-Ann Williams	Douglas Lindley
Grey	Labor	Lloyd O'Neil	Russell Reid	Harm Folkers	Robin Dixon-Thompson
Hawker	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	Charles Campbell	Graham Pamount	Thomas Correll
Hindmarsh	Labor	John Scott	Barry Lewis	Ian Haines		Paul Petit (SWP)
Kingston	Labor	Gordon Bilney	Richard Noble	Robert Ralph	Neville Agars	Paul Breakwell (NDP)
Makin	Labor	Peter Duncan	Neville Joyce	Andrew Coventry	John Henderson	Bernhard Buechner (Ind)
Mayo	Liberal	John Quirke	Alexander Downer	Donald Chisholm	Bob Shearer
Port Adelaide	Labor	Mick Young	Thomas Ireland	Robert Manhire		Deborah Gordon (SWP)
Sturt	Liberal	Jim Gale	Ian Wilson	Alison Dolling
Wakefield	Liberal	Suzanne Owens	Neil Andrew	Anne Hausler	Terry Halford

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Independent candidate
Bass	Liberal	Vicki Buchanan	Warwick Smith	Michael Preece
Braddon	Liberal	Greg Peart	Chris Miles	Gavin Bugg
Denison	Liberal	Kay Spurr	Michael Hodgman		Mary Willey
Franklin	Liberal	John Devereux	Bruce Goodluck	John Thomson
Lyons	Liberal	David Llewellyn	Max Burr	Liz Holloway

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Aston	Labor	John Saunderson	Rob Llewellyn (Lib)	Harry Eichler	Robert Garratt
Ballarat	Labor	John Mildren	John Ronan (Lib) Douglas Stewart (Nat)	Graham Gough	John Ferwerda
Batman	Labor	Brian Howe	Mary Hoysted (Lib)	James Cockell	Philip L'Huillier
Bendigo	Labor	John Brumby	Reginald Holt (Nat) Daryl McClure (Lib)	Nola Rixon	Vincent Jordan
Bruce	Liberal	Joan Graystone	Ken Aldred (Lib)	Michael Johnson	Mary Mulholland
Burke	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	Marisa d'Agostino (Lib) Leslie Vidler (Nat)	George Hunter	Genevieve Cormick
Calwell	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	Graham Anderson (Lib)	Lesley Ellen	Martin Mulholland
Casey	Liberal	Peter Steedman	Robert Gray (Nat) Bob Halverson* (Lib)	Michael Nardella	John Garratt	Rosamund Ewan (PPA)
Chisholm	Labor	Helen Mayer	Graham Harris (Lib) Ray Murphy (Nat)	Colin Rochford	Kevin Carroll
Corangamite	Liberal	Gavan O'Connor	Stewart McArthur * (Lib) Bruce Webster (Nat)	Robert Mann	James Jordan	Roy Charles (PPA)
Corio	Labor	Gordon Scholes	James King (Nat) Roger Phipps (Lib)	Greta Pearce	Louise Sharah	Ian Green (Ind)
Deakin	Liberal	Richard Johns	Julian Beale (Lib)	Jeffrey McAlpine	Peter Ferwerda
Dunkley	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	Leonie Clark (Lib) Judy Hale (Nat)	Grenville Charles	John Cass
Flinders	Labor	Russell Joiner	Peter Reith* (Lib) Paul van Staveren (Nat)	Murray Gill	John McNamara	John Miln (PPA)
Gellibrand	Labor	Ralph Willis	Christopher Gowing (Lib)	Shirley Bold	Margaret Reed	James Doughney (SWP)
Gippsland	National	Bill de Vink	Rod Conley (Lib) Peter McGauran * (Nat)	Wilma Western	Margaret Handley	Ben Buckley (Ind) Peter Gardner (NDP)
Goldstein	Liberal	Garry Moore	Pat Brown (Nat) Ian Macphee * (Lib)	Maureen Boaler	Patrick Keelan
Henty	Labor	Joan Child	Rudi Michelson (Lib) Peter Ryan (Nat)	Margaret Moore	Martin Callanan
Higgins	Liberal	Kenneth Penaluna	Babette Francis (Nat) Roger Shipton * (Lib)	Laurence Levy	Robert Semmel
Holt	Labor	Michael Duffy	John Ferwerda (Lib)	Louise Stewart	Brian McDonald
Hotham	Labor	Lewis Kent	Michael Heffernan (Lib)	Greg Chipp	Edwards Woods
Indi	Liberal	Joe Murphy	Bill Baxter (Nat) Ewen Cameron * (Lib)	Geoffrey le Couteur	Paul Carroll
Isaacs	Labor	David Charles	Charles Lacey (Nat) Peter Zablud (Lib)	Peter Lindemann	Dudley de Rozario
Jagajaga	Labor	Peter Staples	Frederick Garratt (Lib)	Peter Lovell	Len Moore	Nino de Tress (Ind)
Kooyong	Liberal	Kate Nash	Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Russell White	John Mulholland	David Greagg (Ind)
Lalor	Labor	Barry Jones	Mark Pallett (Lib)	Barry McLeod	Gail de Rozario
La Trobe	Labor	Peter Milton	Ted French (Lib)	Andrew McCann	Julie Garratt
Mallee	National	Lindsay Leake	Peter Fisher * (Nat) M. Treseder (Lib)	Colin Cavanagh	Robert Hogarth	Albertus Stoutjesdijk (Ind)
Maribyrnong	Labor	Alan Griffiths	Sally Gooch (Lib)	Kathie Gizycki	Rosemary Maurus	Helen Said (SWP) Richard Wright (Ind)
McEwen	Labor	Peter Cleeland	John Brewster (Nat) Brian Dixon (Lib)	Julie Stayner	Daniel Mason
McMillan	Labor	Barry Cunningham	John Dwyer (Lib) Heather Ronald (Nat)	James Richards	Anne Barrett
Melbourne	Labor	Gerry Hand	Ian Davis (Lib)	Chris Carter	Michael Hammet	James Ferrari (Ind)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Clyde Holding	Allan Paull (Lib) Dorothy Turner (Nat)	Sue McDougall	Michael Rowe	Russell Morse (Ind) Denice Stephens (Ind)
Menzies	Liberal	David McKenzie	Neil Brown (Lib)	Lynden Kenyon	Vin Considine
Murray	National	Mark Anderson	Anne Adams (Lib) Bruce Lloyd * (Nat)	John Weir	Desmond Semmel
Scullin	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Pamela Philpot (Lib)	Jane Green	Helen Walsh
Streeton	Labor	Tony Lamb	Russell Broadbent (Lib) John Clifford (Nat)	Tessa Cunningham	David Grulke
Wannon	Liberal	Nancy Genardini	Betty Gee (Nat) David Hawker * (Lib)	Kathleen May	Bill Verhoef
Wills	Labor	Bob Hawke	Victor Perton (Lib)	Peter Allan	Gloria Brook	Mark Ferguson (Ind) Lance Hutchinson (Ind) Glen Mann (Ind) Martin Mantell (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Brand	Labor	Wendy Fatin	Christopher Boyle		Thomas Renfrey (Ind)
Canning	Labor	George Gear	Ricky Johnston	Elizabeth Capill
Cowan	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	Jeff Roberts	Alan Needham
Curtin	Liberal	Beth Schultz	Allan Rocher	Marjorie McKercher
Forrest	Liberal	Peter Holland	Peter Drummond	Anne Fussell	Alfred Bessell (Ind)
Fremantle	Labor	John Dawkins	Max Adams	Shirley de la Hunty	Timothy Peach (Ind)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Graeme Campbell	Douglas Krepp	William Mason	David Nourish (NDP)
Moore	Labor	Allen Blanchard	Rita Waters
O'Connor	Liberal	Kim Chance	Wilson Tuckey	Denis Kidby	James Ferguson (Nat)
Perth	Labor	Ric Charlesworth	Joan Walters		Catherine Brown (SWP)
Stirling	Labor	Ron Edwards	Greg Hancock	Terence Barrett	Eric Martin (Ind)
Swan	Labor	Kim Beazley	Frank Hayes	Linda Mottram
Tangney	Liberal	David Dale	Peter Shack	Ron Murray

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. The Senate was expanded at this election so that each state was represented by twelve senators instead of ten. As such, each state elected seven senators, six to serve a six-year term and one to serve a three-year term. 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	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	Referendum First candidates
Susan Ryan * Hugh Saddler	Margaret Reid * David Walters	John Hatton Julia Knyvett	John Conway Jan Barratt	Allan Nelson Tony Spagnolo

New South Wales

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Peter Baume (Liberal), Sir John Carrick (Liberal), Arthur Gietzelt (Labor), Doug McClelland (Labor) and Graham Richardson (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	CTA candidates	Group D candidates
Kerry Sibraa * Bruce Childs * John Morris* Sue West	Chris Puplick* (Lib) David Brownhill* (Nat) Michael Baume* (Lib) Bronwyn Bishop (Lib) Doug Moppett (Nat)	Colin Mason * Paul McLean Jenny MacLeod Garry Chestnut	Peter Garrett Gillian Fisher Marie-Anne Hockings Russel Ward	Graham McLennan Tom Toogood Patricia Judge Kevin Hume John Everingham Clair Isbister Elaine Nile	Henry Soper Maureen Nathan Peter Wright Archibald Brown William More John Veenstra
Group F candidates	Group G candidates	Group H candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Bill Wentworth Robert Clark Raymond King Myfanwy Young	Peter Consandine Brian Buckley	Burnum Burnum Rocky Thomas	Helen Hibbard Helen Richards

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	Ungrouped candidates
Ted Robertson * Warren Snowdon	Bernie Kilgariff * Patricia Davies	Betty Pearce Fay Lawrence	Vincent Forrester

Queensland

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The National Party was defending one seat. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Florence Bjelke-Petersen (National), Stan Collard (National), Mal Colston (Labor), George Georges (Labor) and Warwick Parer (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	Conservative candidates
Margaret Reynolds * Gerry Jones * John Black* Bryant Burns	David MacGibbon * William Everingham Olive-Orme Scott-Young Christopher Gilbert Maurice Thomson	Ron Boswell * Glen Sheil* Patrick Behan Alan Metcalfe	Michael Macklin * Ray Hollis John Elfick Cheryl Kernot	Patsy Goodwin Bernard Hockings	Fast Bucks Peter Livesey
Group B candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Hugh Bruce Michael Carr	Frank Bologna Dieter Soegemeier Cyril McKenzie	Norman Eather Raymond Medwin

South Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators Ron Elstob (Labor), Dominic Foreman (Labor), Janine Haines (Democrats), Robert Hill (Liberal) and Tony Messner (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	National candidates	NDP candidates	CTA candidates
Nick Bolkus * Graham Maguire * Rosemary Crowley * Vic Heron	Baden Teague * Don Jessop * Amanda Vanstone* Robert Giles	David Vigor* John Coulter Mike Elliott Sandra Kanck	John Bannon Judith Jackson Ray Rothe Helen Scott Audrey Pobke	Frances Mowling Ian Modistach Douglas Peers	Bob Brown Dean Davis William Pomery
Pensioner candidates	AFM candidates	Group D candidates	Group F candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Wilfred Scott Kenneth Perry	Bob Boyd Fred Tanner	Joe Rossi Warwick Stallard Giovanni Melino Gizella Farkas	Judy Gillett Brian Sones Eugene Sibelle	Peter Gagliardi Herman Bersee Edward Dyer

Tasmania

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators Don Grimes (Labor), Brian Harradine (Independent), Peter Rae (Liberal), Michael Tate (Labor) and Shirley Walters (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	Harradine candidates
Terry Aulich* Ray Devlin* John Coates * John White	Brian Archer * John Watson * Michael Townley * Eric Abetz Des Cooper Michael Chabrel	Norm Sanders* Lyn Newitt	Ian Paulin Anne Parker	Kath Venn Colin Sacco

Victoria

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Two seats were newly created. Senators John Button (Labor), Don Chipp (Democrats), Gareth Evans (Labor), Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (Liberal) and Austin Lewis (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	National candidates	DLP candidates
Olive Zakharov * Robert Ray * Barney Cooney* Carole Marple	Alan Missen * David Hamer * Jim Short* Richard Alston Zirka Yaskewych	John Siddons* Janet Powell Ian Price Sid Spindler Kenneth Peak	Jean Melzer Venturino Venturini	Shirley McKerrow John Cromarty Louise Jenkins John Keating Murray Buzza	Brian Handley Maria Handley William Mahony Lois Mahony
CTA candidates	Pensioner candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Barry Tattersall Valerie Renkema Edna Hall John Easton	Neil McKay Margaret Carter	Maurice Smith Tiger Casley Michael Krape Augustus Titter Bill Kapphan

Western Australia

Seven seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Two seats were newly created. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal), Ruth Coleman (Labor), Peter Durack (Liberal), Gordon McIntosh (Labor) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	National candidates	AFM candidates
Patricia Giles * Peter Cook * Jim McKiernan* John Crouch	Noel Crichton-Browne * Reg Withers * Sue Knowles* Murray Nixon	Jack Evans Richard Jeffreys Jean Jenkins	Jo Vallentine* Lindsay Matthews	Bruce Currie Eric Blight Mort Schell Graham Barrett-Lennard	Brian Peachey Beryl Van Luyn Nellie Clark John Gilmour Kenneth Wright Ronald Bott
Group E candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Frank Nesci Nellie Stuart	Jack van Tongeren Martin Suter Frank Ash

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	51	*	39	*	24	*	13	*	13	*	5	*	2	*	1	*	148	8
Liberal Party of Australia	46	*	39	*	21	*	13	*	13	*	5	*	2	*			139	7
National Party of Australia	16	*	22	*	24	*	1	*	9	*							72	5
Country Liberal Party															1	*	1	1
Australian Democrats	46	*	39	*	23	*	10	*	13	*	4	*	2	*	1	*	138	8
Democratic Labor Party			39	*													39	1
Socialist Workers Party	3		2		1		1		2								9
Nuclear Disarmament Party	2	*	1	*		*	1	*	1	*		*	1	*			6	7
Pensioner Party of Australia			3	*						*							3	2
Deadly Serious Party													2				2
Communist Party of Australia	1																1
Call to Australia		*		*						*								3
Australian Family Movement								*		*								2
Conservative Party of Australia						*												1
Referendum First Group														*				1
Independent and other	37		13		7		4		3		1		3		2		70

See also

• 1984 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1983–1984
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1983–1985
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1985–1987
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1984
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1984