Candidates of the 1990 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1990 Australian federal election. The election was held on 24 March 1990.

Redistributions and seat changes

• A redistribution occurred in Victoria and Western Australia.
  • In Victoria, the Labor-held seats of Henty and Streeton were abolished. The notionally Labor seat of Corinella was created. The Liberal-held seat of Deakin became notionally Labor, and the Labor-held seat of Isaacs became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Bruce, Ken Aldred (Liberal), contested Deakin.
    • The member for Deakin, Julian Beale (Liberal), contested Bruce.
    • The member for Hotham, Lewis Kent (Labor), contested Corinella.
    • The member for Streeton, Tony Lamb (Labor), contested Deakin.
  • In Western Australia, the notionally Liberal seat of Pearce was created. The Labor-held seat of Moore became notionally Liberal.
    • Western Australian Senator Fred Chaney (Liberal) contested Pearce.
• Queensland Senator John Stone (National) contested Fairfax.
• South Australian Senator Janine Haines (Democrats) contested Kingston.
• Tasmanian Senator Norm Sanders (Democrats) resigned from his Tasmanian seat to contest a Senate seat in the Australian Capital Territory.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Lionel Bowen MP (Kingsford-Smith, NSW)
• John Brown MP (Parramatta, NSW)
• David Charles MP (Isaacs, Vic)
• Joan Child MP (Henty, Vic)
• Barry Cohen MP (Robertson, NSW)
• Manfred Cross MP (Brisbane, Qld)
• Dick Klugman MP (Prospect, NSW)
• John Mountford MP (Banks, NSW)
• Tom Uren MP (Reid, NSW)
• Senator Ray Devlin (Tas)
• Senator John Morris (NSW)

Liberal

• Ian Macphee MP (Goldstein, Vic)
• James Porter MP (Barker, SA)
• Roger Shipton MP (Higgins, Vic)
• Peter White MP (McPherson, Qld)
• Senator David Hamer (Vic)

National

• Evan Adermann MP (Fairfax, Qld)
• Ian Cameron MP (Maranoa, Qld)
• Bob Katter MP (Kennedy, Qld)
• Clarrie Millar MP (Wide Bay, Qld)

Democrats

• Senator Michael Macklin (Qld)

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	NDP candidate	Greens candidate	Independent candidate
Canberra	Labor	Ros Kelly	Bill Mackey	Julie McCarron-Benson	Barbara Meyer	Gina Jeffrey
Fraser	Labor	John Langmore	Sandie Brooke	Heather Jeffcoat	Gareth Smith	Sue Bolton	Emile Brunoro

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	CTA candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	Daryl Melham	Steve Pratt (Lib)	Paul Terrett		Ian Clipsham	John Hay (Ind) Brian Meyer (Ind) Graeme Robinson (DSP)
Barton	Labor	Gary Punch	David Macauley (Lib)	Ron George		Cathy Mudie	Joe Hardy (Ind) Max Lindon (Ind) Rosemary McCann (DSP) Noel Said (GP)
Bennelong	Liberal	Martin Claridge	John Howard (Lib)	Bob Springett		Robyn Peebles	John Dawson (Ind) Judy Messer (Ind) Hugh Pitty (NDP)
Berowra	Liberal	Sue Deane	Harry Edwards (Lib)	Martyn Yeomans		Beville Varidel	Mick Gallagher (Ind) Les Paul (Ind)
Blaxland	Labor	Paul Keating	David Voight (Lib)	Fiona Richardson			Mohamad Arja (Ind) Michael Irsak (CNA) Stephanie Miller (DSP)
Bradfield	Liberal	Adam McCarthy	David Connolly (Lib)	Henry Long			Anthony Hardwick (Ind) Alan Jacobs (Ind) Giovanna Trenoweth (NDP)
Calare	Labor	David Simmons	Joanne Lewis (Nat) John Loneregan (Lib)	Steve Adams			Brian Davis (Ind) Mike Phillips (Ind)
Charlton	Labor	Bob Brown	Mollie Blake (Lib)	Lyn Godfrey			Geoff Pendlebury (Ind)
Chifley	Labor	Roger Price	Darren Condon (Lib)	Nigel Lovell		Bill Bird
Cook	Liberal	Paul Smith	Don Dobie (Lib)	Terri Richardson			Patricia Poulos (Ind) Dennis Ralph (Ind)
Cowper	National	John Murphy	Garry Nehl (Nat)	Trevor Pike	Angelique Meers		David Rees (Ind)
Cunningham	Labor	Stewart West	Jeff Thomson (Lib)	Meg Sampson	Steve Brigham		Rex Connor (RCL) Peter Symonds (Ind)
Dobell	Labor	Michael Lee	Ian Crook (Lib)	Rod Benninson	Karl Singman		Gordon Craig (Ind) Neville Malloy (GP)
Dundas	Liberal	Richard Talbot	Philip Ruddock (Lib)	Peter Reddy		Bruce Coleman	Barry Liggins (Ind) Alec Preda (Ind) John Wilson (Ind)
Eden-Monaro	Labor	Jim Snow	Rob Pollock (Lib) Gaye White (Nat)	Denise Redmond			Jim Collins (Ind) Greg Doyle (RCL)
Farrer	National	Bill Higgins	Tim Fischer (Nat)
Fowler	Labor	Ted Grace	Gloria Arora (Lib)	Jon Phillips	Mirjana Ivetic-Elvy		Pam Branch (Ind) Rose-Mary Logozzo (Ind)
Gilmore	National	Mick Shea	John Sharp (Nat)	Susan Nagy
Grayndler	Labor	Leo McLeay	Diana Bennett (Lib)	Peter Hennessy		Clay Wilson	Galeb Adra (Ind) Habib Fares (SPA) George der Mattosian (CNA) Lee Pepper (Ind) Paul Urban (Ind) Bruce Welch (Ind)
Greenway	Labor	Russ Gorman	Tony Packard (Lib)	Roger Posgate			Remi Biala (CNA) Ivor F (Ind) Gail Lord (DSP) Warren Wormald (Ind)
Gwydir	National	Ted Stubbins	John Anderson (Nat)	Anthony Styles			Bevan O'Regan (Ind)
Hughes	Labor	Robert Tickner	Cliff Mason (Lib)	John Clancy	George Kriflik
Hume	Liberal	George Martin	Wal Fife (Lib)	Glenn Roberts			David Jones (Ind) Doug Kirkwood (Ind)
Hunter	Labor	Eric Fitzgibbon	Alison Davey (Nat) Ashley Saunders (Lib)	Chris Richards
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Laurie Brereton	Carol Dance (Lib)	Amelia Newman	Mark Berriman		Kaye Tucke (Ind)
Lindsay	Labor	Ross Free	Barry Haylock (Lib)	Paul Moritz		Brian Grigg	William Gayed (CNA) David Thomas (Ind)
Lowe	Liberal	Mary Easson	Bob Woods (Lib)	Andrew Mignot	Bruce Threlfo	Peter Peterson	Corrado Galimberti (Ind)
Lyne	National	Garry Worth	Bruce Cowan (Nat)	Peter Cooper
Macarthur	Labor	Stephen Martin	Jim Cameron (Lib)	Peter Feltis	Chris Illert	Ken McDonald	Leon Bringolf (SPA)
Mackellar	Liberal	Adam Hatcher	Jim Carlton (Lib)	Jonathan King	Brad Hogarth	Muriel O'Neill	Maurice Foley (Ind)
Macquarie	Liberal	John Marsh	Alasdair Webster (Lib)	Bruce Forbes	Leslie Newton		John Baker (Ind) Stuart Douglass (Ind)
Mitchell	Liberal	Graeme McIlveen	Alan Cadman (Lib)	Jan Watts		Harold Morton
Newcastle	Labor	Allan Morris	Mark Hallett (Lib)	Malcolm Martin			Frank Blefari (Ind) Col Forster (Ind) Leigh Maughan (Ind)
New England	National	Paul Brock	Ian Sinclair (Nat)	Steve Wood			Guy Wernhard (Ind) Peter Worthing (Ind)
North Sydney	Liberal	Chrissa Loukas	John Spender (Lib)	Graeme MacLennan			Ted Mack (Ind)
Page	National	Harry Woods	Ian Robinson (Nat)	Charles Lowe			Ivor Brown (Ind) Martin Frohlich (Ind) David Kitson (Ind)
Parkes	National	Ray Leslie	Michael Cobb (Nat)	Gloria Collison
Parramatta	Labor	Paul Elliott	Ross Barwick (Lib)	Michael Antrum			Kerry Vernon (DSP)
Phillip	Labor	Jeannette McHugh	Charles Copeman (Lib)	Armon Hicks	David Barrington	Kevin Lohan	Toby Marshall (Ind) George Vlazny (GP) Cynthia Wrublewski (Ind)
Prospect	Labor	Janice Crosio	Paul Newton (Lib)	Kate Wright	Jenny Zanella		Nick Beams (Ind) Dick Nichols (DSP)
Reid	Labor	Laurie Ferguson	Lynne McDowell (Lib)	Steven Bailey		Keith Barron	Radwan Elachi (CNA) Margaret Gleeson (DSP) Vincent White (Ind)
Richmond	National	Neville Newell	Charles Blunt (Nat)	Stan Gibbs		Alan Sims	Gavin Baillie (Ind) Helen Caldicott (Ind) Dudley Leggett (Ind) Ian Paterson (Ind)
Riverina-Darling	National	Peter Black	Noel Hicks (Nat)				Gordon Dansie (Ind)
Robertson	Labor	Frank Walker	Paul St Clair (Lib)	Glenice Griffiths	Bryan Ellis		John Anderson (Ind) Paul Baker (Ind) Joyce Cook (GP) Martin Ritter (Ind)
Shortland	Labor	Peter Morris	Lynne Hall (Lib)	Michael Reckenberg			Mark Booth (Ind) Geoff Ellis (Ind) Clay Robinson (Ind) Lorraine Welsh (Ind)
St George	Labor	Stephen Dubois	Alan Smith (Lib)	John Mukai	Don Collingridge		John Brkich (CNA) Colin Hesse (DSP) Brian Howard (GP)
Sydney	Labor	Peter Baldwin	Stephen Woodhill (Lib)	Bob Dawson	Tony Harris	John Davern	Ken Henderson (Ind) Nadar Ponnuswamy (Ind)
Throsby	Labor	Colin Hollis	Garry Noel-Gough (Lib)	Greg Butler	Lyn Allison		Ronald Henderson (Ind) David Reilly (Ind)
Warringah	Liberal	David de Montfort	Michael MacKellar (Lib)	Marcus Weyland
Wentworth	Liberal	Dimitri Tsingris	John Hewson (Lib)	Estelle Myers	Geoff Ash		James Reid (Ind)
Werriwa	Labor	John Kerin	Rick Lewis (Lib)	Eamon Quinn	Robert Tomasiello		Sue Dobson (EI)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	Independent candidates
Northern Territory	Labor	Warren Snowdon	Helen Galton	Don Beaton Tig Donnellan Bob Liddle Ron Sterry Strider

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	National candidates	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Labor	Con Sciacca	Peter Trounce	Stan Brimson	Phillip Grattan
Brisbane	Labor	Arch Bevis	Keith Schafferius	Andrew Hassall	Leo Talty	Marylou Heath (Ind) William Kenney (Ind) Peter Simmons (DSP)
Capricornia	Labor	Keith Wright		Stan Collard		Craig Hardy (Grn)
Dawson	National	Greg McGarvie	Jim Seymour	Ray Braithwaite	Tom Irelandes
Fadden	Liberal	Marie Wilkinson	David Jull	Peter Freckleton	Eugene Cross	Richard Heymann (Ind)
Fairfax	National	Beryl Muspratt	Alex Somlyay	John Stone	Bob Borsellino	Sheila Adams (ACP)
Fisher	Labor	Michael Lavarch	Tony Holmes	Brian Sheahan	Glen Spicer
Forde	Labor	Mary Crawford	Brad Bauman	Ross Adams	Jason Neville	John Duggan (Ind) Coral Wynter (Grn)
Griffith	Labor	Ben Humphreys	Doug Edwards	Sean Cousins	Steven Lyndon	Russel Norman (DSP)
Groom	Liberal	Stewart Scott-Irving	Bill Taylor	Terry Day	Trevor Ives
Herbert	Labor	Ted Lindsay	Peter Hazard	Rick Anderton	Colin Parker
Hinkler	Labor	Brian Courtice	Frank Hibble	John Evans	Ronald Cullen
Kennedy	National	Rob Hulls	Fred Tritton	Ross Shannon	Patricia Banzhaf
Leichhardt	Labor	John Gayler	Bill Cummings	Kevin Byrne	Jim Downey	Jim Waldock (Ind)
Lilley	Labor	Elaine Darling	Ronald Nankervis	Steve Purtill	Elizabeth Rowland	Dave Riley (DSP)
Maranoa	National	John Adams	John Stone	Bruce Scott	Mary Hopkins
McPherson	Liberal	Pat Stern	John Bradford	Randall Cook	Robert North	Bert Cockerill (Ind) Otto Kuhne (Ind)
Moncrieff	Liberal	Col Struthers	Kathy Sullivan	Peter Lyons	Jonathan Cornish
Moreton	Liberal	Garrie Gibson	Don Cameron	Vince Cottrell	Ken Davies
Oxley	Labor	Les Scott	David Cooke	Ray Wilms	Althea Rossmuller
Petrie	Labor	Gary Johns	Bruce Flegg	Peter Bateman	Anthony Bloomer	Natasha Simons (DSP)
Rankin	Labor	David Beddall	John Miles	Huan Fraser	John Hoskins	Cheryl Crisp (Ind) Richard Whiteman (Ind)
Ryan	Liberal	Denny Campbell	John Moore	Helen McAllister	Adair Ferguson	Alan Skyring (Ind)
Wide Bay	National	Andrew Foley		Warren Truss	Bryan Sandall	John Szchech (Ind)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	CTA candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Liberal	Bob Catley	Mike Pratt	Peter Mann	Cathryn Linedale	Jean Booth (Ind) Keith Oehme (GA)
Barker	Liberal	Bill Hender	Ian McLachlan	Mark Lobban		Pieter Raams (Ind)
Bonython	Labor	Neal Blewett	Natalie Richardson	Colin Maas	Bruce Hannaford
Boothby	Liberal	Michael Keenan	Steele Hall	Margaret-Ann Williams	Bruce Byrne	Colin Banks (Ind)
Grey	Labor	Lloyd O'Neil	Jonathan Man	Harm Folkers	Ern Heyne	Peter Clark (Ind) John Fisher (Ind)
Hawker	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	Chris Gallus	Elizabeth Williams	Reg Macey	Glen Bottam (GP) Kathy Ragless (DSP)
Hindmarsh	Labor	John Scott	Barry Lewis	Stephen Crabbe	Peter Sparrow	Alan McCarthy (Ind) John Maguire (GP) David Moxham (Ind)
Kingston	Labor	Gordon Bilney	Judy Fuller	Janine Haines	Cliff Boyd	Tom Flanagan (DSP) George Gater (Ind) Lyall McDonald (Ind)
Makin	Labor	Peter Duncan	Daryl Hicks	Steve Bartholomew	Jeff Penny	David Howard (Ind) Geoff Roberts (Ind)
Mayo	Liberal	Delia Skorin	Alexander Downer	Merilyn Pedrick	John Watson
Port Adelaide	Labor	Rod Sawford	Howard Trotter	Damien Aidon	Peter Thompson	Paul Petit (DSP)
Sturt	Liberal	Mark Hough	Ian Wilson	Arlyn Tombleson	Tom Curnow	Elena Bulis (GP)
Wakefield	Liberal	George Karzis	Neil Andrew	Kaye Matthews	Ashley Grace

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Bass	Liberal	Silvia Smith	Warwick Smith	Rae Saxon	John Chester (UTG)
Braddon	Liberal	Terry Hynes	Chris Miles	James Reilly	Tom Egglestone (Ind)
Denison	Labor	Duncan Kerr	Michael Hodgman	Rob Alliston	Ian Hopkins (DSP) Graeme Jones (Ind) Geoff Law (UTG)
Franklin	Liberal	Eugene Alexander	Bruce Goodluck	Patsy Harmsen
Lyons	Liberal	Bob Gordon	Max Burr	Mike Hancock

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	CTA candidate	Other candidates
Aston	Labor	John Saunderson	Peter Nugent (Lib)	Damian Wise	Michael Ryan
Ballarat	Labor	John Mildren	Michael Ronaldson (Lib)	Bill Scetrine	Jodie Rickard	George Helon (Ind) Greg Mays (Ind)
Batman	Labor	Brian Howe	Ray Ellis (Lib)	George Gogas	Alan Watts	Nigel D'Souza (DSP)
Bendigo	Labor	John Brumby	Denis English (Nat) Bruce Reid* (Lib)	Ian Keeling	Vic Upson	Joan Ansell (Ind) Russell Castley (Ind)
Bruce	Liberal	Philip Cottier	Julian Beale (Lib)	Geoff Herbert	Peter Olney
Burke	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	Ian Lindsay (Lib)	Patrick McCurry
Calwell	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	Dianne Livett (Lib)	Doug Lorman	Rob Lukanic	Jack Culpin (Ind)
Casey	Liberal	Jon Linehan	Bob Halverson (Lib)	Paul Rees	John Dubbeld	Earle Keegel (Ind) Basil Smith (Ind)
Chisholm	Liberal	Helen Mayer	Michael Wooldridge (Lib)	Trudi Brunton	Adrian Stagg
Corangamite	Liberal	Ian Caldwell	Stewart McArthur (Lib)	Rob Mann	John Andrews	Bruce Wilson (Ind)
Corinella	Labor	Lewis Kent	Russell Broadbent (Lib)	Mike Burns		George Moran (CEC)
Corio	Labor	Gordon Scholes	Adrienne Edgar (Lib)	Donal Storey	Ian Winter	Horst Pfeifer (Ind) Bruce Tanner (Ind)
Deakin	Labor	Tony Lamb	Ken Aldred (Lib)	Louise Enders	Rodger Nardi	Bronwen Beechey (DSP)
Dunkley	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	Frank Ford (Lib)	Peter Lindemann	Arthur Comer	Len Cosmavich (Ind) Keith Edwards (PPA) Peter Seitanidis (Ind) Mike Toldy (Ind)
Flinders	Liberal	Tony Moore	Peter Reith (Lib)	Nance Jaboor		David Gilbert (Ind)
Gellibrand	Labor	Ralph Willis	Tim Warner (Lib)	Frank Fichera		Richard Phillips (Ind) Don Veitch (Ind) Gary Walters (DSP)
Gippsland	National	Merv Bundle	Peter McGauran (Nat)	Grace McCaughey	Robert Watson	Ben Buckley (Ind)
Goldstein	Liberal	Michael Danby	David Kemp (Lib)	Di Bretherton	Phillip McGibbony	Adrienne Barrett (DSP) John Casley (Ind) Peter Kormoczy (Ind) Diana Wolowski (Ind)
Higgins	Liberal	Laurie Walsh	Peter Costello (Lib)	Clive Jackson	Neil Baluch
Holt	Labor	Michael Duffy	Mario Dodic (Lib)	Irmgard Westphal	Lynne Dickson
Hotham	Labor	Simon Crean	Erdem Aydin (Lib)	Phillip Anderson	Daryl Esmore	Vincent Alfonso (Ind) Peter Stamatopoulos (SPA)
Indi	Liberal	John Dennis	Ewen Cameron (Lib)	Ian Deegan		Barry Tattersall (Ind)
Isaacs	Liberal	Jim Ensor	Rod Atkinson (Lib)	Darren Koch
Jagajaga	Labor	Peter Staples	Fred Garrett (Lib)	Howard McCallum	Colin Arnold	Robert Morris (Ind)
Kooyong	Liberal	Eugene O'Sullivan	Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Jill Leisegang		Arthur Burns (AAFI) Tim Ferguson (Ind) David Greagg (Ind)
Lalor	Labor	Barry Jones	Rae Medlock (Lib)	George Demetriou	Ron Moffett	Peter Ryan (Ind)
La Trobe	Labor	Peter Milton	Bob Charles (Lib)	Greta Jungwirth	Teresa Kemp
Mallee	National	Peter Mitchell	Peter Fisher (Nat)	Ian McCracken
Maribyrnong	Labor	Alan Griffiths	Victor Rudewych (Lib)	Frances McKay
McEwen	Labor	Peter Cleeland	Fran Bailey (Lib)	Russell Dawes	Win Wise	Maurie Smith (Ind)
McMillan	Labor	Barry Cunningham	Jillian Petersen (Nat) John Riggall* (Lib)	Ross Ollquist	Michael Slaughter	Glen Mann (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Gerry Hand	Rodger Gully (Lib)	Geoff Mosley		Jim Ferrari (Ind) Steve Florin (Ind) Melanie Sjoberg (DSP)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Clyde Holding	Allan Paull (Lib)	David Collyer		Greg Loats (DSP)
Menzies	Liberal	Ivana Csar	Neil Brown (Lib)	Elizabeth Piper-Johnson	Ron Suter
Murray	National	Frank Purcell	Bruce Lloyd (Nat)	Barbara Leavesley		Anne Adams (Ind)
Scullin	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Wayne Phillips (Lib)	Malcolm Brown		Angelo Iacono (Ind) Steve Pollock (Ind)
Wannon	Liberal	Phillip Sawyer	David Hawker (Lib)	Allan Thompson	Terry Winter
Wills	Labor	Bob Hawke	John Delacretaz (Lib)	Philip Mendes		Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Mark Beshara (DLP) Lali Chelliah (DSP) Cecil G. Murgatroyd (Ind) Ian Sykes (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	National candidate	Other candidate
Brand	Labor	Wendy Fatin	Maureen Healy	Jan Wallace	Luna Gardiner	Errol Tuxworth	Keith Evans (Ind) Clive Galletly (Ind) Blanche Pledge (GP)
Canning	Labor	George Gear	Ricky Johnston	Don Bryant	Neil Roper		Bill Higgins (PPA) Phil Hooper (Ind) Carol Oats (Ind) Arthur Robertson (GP) Geoff Spencer (DSP)
Cowan	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	Diane Airey	Sarah Gilfillan	Sally Ward		Brian Guinan (ACP) Robert McLoughlin (Ind) Barry Smith (GP) Deb Thomas (DSP)
Curtin	Liberal	Stephen Booth	Allan Rocher	Helen Hodgson	Mary Salter		Michelle Hovane (DSP) Brett Woodhill (GP)
Forrest	Liberal	Simon Keely	Geoff Prosser	David Churches	Giz Watson	Rick Beatty
Fremantle	Labor	John Dawkins	Paul Stevenage	Ray Tilbury	Jennie Cary		Ian Bolas (Ind) Ronnie Riley (GP)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Graeme Campbell	Louie Carnicelli	Vin Cooper	Robin Chapple	Dascia Weckert	Josh Sacino (GP)
Moore	Liberal	Allen Blanchard	Paul Filing	Alan Lloyd	Brian Steels		Mark Watson (GP)
O'Connor	Liberal	Kim Chance	Wilson Tuckey	Huw Grossmith	Jim Cavill	James Ferguson	Rick Finney (GP)
Pearce	Liberal	John Duncan	Fred Chaney	Peter Lambert	Greg Bankoff		Gina Pintabona (GP)
Perth	Labor	Ric Charlesworth	Marylyn Rodgers	Brian Jenkins	Brenda Conochie	William Witham	Richard Cheuk (DSP) Don Gudgeon (GP)
Stirling	Labor	Ron Edwards	Jock Barker	Lachlan Irvine	Kim Herbert		Eugene Hands (GP) Barry Shardlow (Ind) Jonathan Strauss (DSP)
Swan	Labor	Kim Beazley	Peter Kirwan	Alan Needham	Dee Margetts		Paul Auguston (Ind) Patrick Donovan (Ind) Erica Gamble (Ind) Mike Hutton (GP) Frank Noakes (DSP)
Tangney	Liberal	Chris Keely	Peter Shack	Hannah Wolfe	Mark Schneider		Andrew Wade (GP)

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	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	NDP candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Bob McMullan *	Margaret Reid * Roger Dace	Norm Sanders Jenny McLeod	Hedley Rowe Michael Poole	Michael Denborough Jan Grech	Max Minius Ralph Schroder Maggie Kennedy

New South Wales

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. The Nuclear Disarmament Party was defending one seat (although Senator Irina Dunn contested the election as an independent). Senators Michael Baume (Liberal), Peter Baume (Liberal), John Faulkner (Labor), Paul McLean (Democrats), Graham Richardson (Labor) and Kerry Sibraa (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	Green Alliance candidates	NDP candidates	CTA candidates
Stephen Loosley* Bruce Childs * Sue West* John McCarthy	Bronwyn Bishop * (Lib) David Brownhill * (Nat) Chris Puplick (Lib) Geoffrey Anderson (Lib)	Vicki Bourne* Karin Sowada William Cole Dorothy Thompson	Ian Cohen Christopher Kirkbright Sue Arnold Jo Faith Jane Beckmann	Robert Wood Samantha Trenoweth	Kevin Hume John Everingham
EFF candidates	New Australia candidates	Grey Power candidates	Green Party candidates	Enviro. Inds candidates	CEC candidates
George Turner Alan Gourley Bill Garing Jim Shanks Dallas Clarnette June Smith	Oscar Landicho Onsy Mattar Len Hajjar Sam Ressitis Reginaldo Conti Warren Rogan	Robert Clark Theo Hetterscheid Walter Radimey	Daniela Reverberi Jenys Newton	Irina Dunn Peter Prineas Harry Recher	Lex Stewart Leone Hay John Doran
Group C candidates	Group D candidates	Group L candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Ian Murphy Anne Murphy	Alan Wilkinson Andrew MacGregor	Colin Wilson Glenn Wilson	Lord Rolo Evalds Erglis Zero-Population Growth Bob Sutherland	John Henshaw Abraham Lincoln Harry Hnoudakis Ian Monk	Peter Consandine Gene Pierson-Salvestrin Reen Dixon Bill Smith

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	Ungrouped candidates
Bob Collins * Di Shanahan	Grant Tambling * Richard Lim	Ilana Eldridge (Ind) Citizen Limbo (NDP)

Queensland

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The National Party was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Florence Bjelke-Petersen (National), Mal Colston (Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal), Warwick Parer (Liberal) and Margaret Reynolds (Labor) were not up for re-election. The seat held by Senator John Stone (National) was also not up for re-election but was vacant due to his resignation to contest the House of Representatives; this seat would be filled in May by Bill O'Chee.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	CTA candidates	DSP candidates
Gerry Jones * Bryant Burns * John Black Greg Vicary	Ian Macdonald* John Herron* Carmel Draper	Ron Boswell * Glen Sheil Beth Honeycombe Jim Mason	Cheryl Kernot* Tony Walters Brian Stockwell John Brown	Rona Joyner Wilfred Blake Bernice King Ross Maclean	Maurice Sibelle Karen Fletcher
Enviro. Inds candidates	Conservative candidates	Grey Power candidates	Group F candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Peter James John Jones	Sydney Volker Loraine Morrison	Ron Alford Felix Cernovs	Barry Weedon Margaret Crompton	Vincent Burke Steve Dimitriou Mark Cresswell Clemens Vermeulen

South Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Nick Bolkus (Labor), Dominic Foreman (Labor), Graham Maguire (Labor), Tony Messner (Liberal) and Amanda Vanstone (Liberal) were not up for re-election. The seat held by Senator Janine Haines (Democrats) was also not up for re-election, but was vacant due to her resignation to contest the House of Representatives; it was filled in April by Meg Lees.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Green Party candidates	National candidates	CTA candidates
Rosemary Crowley * Chris Schacht * Gay Thompson Jim Hyde	Robert Hill * Baden Teague * Grant Chapman * Ivan Venning	John Coulter * Graham Pamount Judy Smith Pat Macaskill	Deborah White Philippa Skinner Colin Hunt	Neville Agars Gary Hamdorf	David Squirrell Colin Sinclair
Group B candidates	Group F candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Tania Mykyta Lizz Higgins	F. Rieck Heather Shephard	Anastasios Giannouklas Jack Holder (GP) Jack King

Tasmania

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Brian Archer (Liberal), Terry Aulich (Labor), John Coates (Labor), Brian Harradine (Independent), Michael Tate (Labor) and Shirley Walters (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	UTG candidates	DSP candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Nick Sherry* John Devereux * Jacquie Murphy Sue Mackay	Jocelyn Newman * John Watson * Paul Calvert *	Robert Bell * Sarah Hancock	Michael Lynch Juliet Lavers Joan Staples Eva Ruzicka	Kath Gelber Scott Lewington	John Gademski

Victoria

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending four seats. Senators John Button (Labor), Gareth Evans (Labor), Austin Lewis (Liberal), Janet Powell (Democrats), Jim Short (Liberal) and Olive Zakharov (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	CTA candidates	DLP candidates
Robert Ray * Barney Cooney * Kim Carr Carole Marple Roger Lowrey	Richard Alston * (Lib) Kay Patterson * (Lib) Rod Kemp* (Lib) Julian McGauran (Nat) Peter Coatman (Lib) Severn Clarke (Lib)	Sid Spindler* Jill O'Brien Hans Paas Christine Craik	Ken McGregor Alf Bamblett Pauline Scott	Al Watson George Khoury	Robert Semmel Jean Taylor
AAFI candidates	Pensioner candidates	Enviro. Inds candidates	Group F candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Denis McCormack Robyn Spencer	Neil McKay Fred Grant	Gordon McQuilten Claire McLeod	Peter Robinson John Giltinan	Chris Vassis Edward Fraser Joe Toscano Don Meggs	Deborah Goudappel James Bernard Athol Guy Mabel Cardinal

Western Australia

Six 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. Senator Jo Vallentine, elected as an independent, was contesting the election for the Greens Western Australia. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal), Peter Cook (Labor), Peter Durack (Liberal), Patricia Giles (Labor), Sue Knowles (Liberal) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens WA candidates	National candidates	DSP candidates
Jim McKiernan * Michael Beahan * Mark Bishop John Cowdell	Noel Crichton-Browne * John Panizza * Winston Crane* Bernie Masters	Jean Jenkins Richard Jeffreys Barbara Churchward	Jo Vallentine * Christabel Bridge Gladys Yarran	Michael Jardine Brian English Josephine Walton	Catherine Brown Kylie Budge
Conservative candidates	Grey Power candidates	Pensioner candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Brady Williams Charles Bussell Laurence Molloy	Doug Ratcliffe Jack Webb	Maureen Grierson Gordon Munn	Mitchell Faircloth Ted Quinlan Barbara Stark Philip Achurch

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	*	38	*	24	*	14	*	13	*	5	*	2	*	1	*	148	8
Liberal Party of Australia	41	*	35	*	22	*	14	*	13	*	5	*	2	*			132	7
National Party of Australia	13	*	4	*	24	*	5	*		*							46	5
Country Liberal Party															1	*	1	1
Australian Democrats	49	*	38	*	24	*	14	*	13	*	5	*	2	*			145	7
Call to Australia	16	*	24	*		*			12	*							52	4
Democratic Socialist Party	8		7		4	*	5	*	3		1	*					28	3
Grey Power	5	*				*	12	*	3	*							20	5
Green Alliance	181	*							1	*							19	2
Greens Western Australia							14	*									14	1
Combined New Australia Party	6	*															6	1
Nuclear Disarmament Party	2	*											2	*		*	4	3
Socialist Party of Australia	2		1														3
Australian Conservative Party					1	*	1	*									2	2
Pensioner Party of Australia			1	*			1	*									2	2
United Tasmania Group											2	*					2	1
ACT Green Democratic Alliance													2	*			2	1
Rex Connor Labor Party	2																2
Queensland Greens					2												2
Irina Dunn's Environment Independents	1	*		*		*											1	3
Citizens Electoral Council		*	1														1	1
Australians Against Further Immigration			1	*													1	1
Democratic Labor Party			1	*													1	1
Independent EFF		*																1
New South Wales Green Party		*																1
Independent and other	69		36		11		12		11		2		1		5		147

¹Contested as a group of affiliated parties registered under the names Central Coast Green Party (2 candidates), Cowper Greens (1 candidate), Eastern Suburbs Greens (3 candidates), Greens in Lowe (1 candidate), Illawarra Greens (2 candidates), South Sydney Greens (3 candidates), Sydney Greens (1 candidate) and Western Suburbs Greens (5 candidates), with the Green Alliance Senate - New South Wales as the registered Senate name.

See also

• 1990 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1987–1990
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1990–1993
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1987–1990
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1990–1993
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1990
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1990