Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1972

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This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1972 Queensland state election. The election was held on 27 May 1972.

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

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Retiring Members

Electoral district of Albert state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

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Balonne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1873 to 1932, and again from 1950 to 1992. It was named after the Balonne River.

Labor

Country

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Electoral district of Murrumba state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

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Sir Harold Richter was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Democratic Labor

Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidate DLP candidate Independent candidates
 
Albert Liberal Bill D'Arcy Robert Allen (Lib)
Ivan Gibbs (CP)
Thomas McKenzieJohn Black
William Wollstein
Archerfield Labor Kevin Hooper Cyril Morgan (Lib)Barry Weedon
Ashgrove Liberal Walter Tutt Douglas Tooth (Lib)Bert VannIvan Alcorn
Aspley Liberal John Steensen Fred Campbell (Lib)Noel Hutchinson
Auburn Country Roden Carter Nev Hewitt (CP)Lindsay Sharpe
Balonne Country Bob Drenan Don Neal (CP)John DonnellyWilliam Dendle
Barambah Country Neville Reinke Joh Bjelke-Petersen (CP)Mary RyanPercy Edwards
Baroona Labor Pat Hanlon John Andrews (Lib)Maurice O'Connor
Barron River Labor Bill Wood Micheli Borzi (CP)
Rex Silver (Lib)
Thomas White
Belmont Labor Fred Newton Maurice Hughes (Lib)Thomas Connor
Belyando Labor Eugene O'Donnell Vince Lester (CP)
Brisbane Labor Brian Davis Harold Lowes (Lib)Kenneth WalpoleLlewellyn Davies
Bulimba Labor Jack Houston Megan Wilding (Lib)Paul Tucker
Bundaberg Labor Lou Jensen Alan Birchley
Burdekin Country Ronald Nuttall Val Bird (CP)Emil Liebrecht
Burnett Country Granville Batkines Claude Wharton (CP)Leonard Galligan
Cairns Labor Ray Jones Arthur Kalman (CP)
David Palmer (Lib)
Bernard Marsh
Callide Country Charles Tutt Lindsay Hartwig (CP)Edgar Lanigan
Carnarvon Country Neil Sullivan Henry McKechnie (CP)Raymond Macnamara
Chatsworth Liberal H Zehr Bill Hewitt (Lib)Maurice Sheehan
Clayfield Liberal John Stephens John Murray (Lib)Francis Andrews
Condamine Country Gladys Krause Vic Sullivan (CP)William Hickey Charles Russell
Cook Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith Graham Gordon (CP)Benjamin Nona
Cooroora Country Anthony Dames David Low (CP)Alexander Browne
Cunningham Country Brian Graham Alan Fletcher (CP)Eugene Connolly
Everton Labor Gerry Jones Denver Beanland (Lib)
Fred Roberts (CP)
Lyle JehnTheoron Toon
Fassifern Country Murray Freiberg Selwyn Muller (CP)Luke O'Reilly
Flinders Country Peter Lindenmayer Bill Longeran (CP)
Greenslopes Liberal Lewis Wyvill Keith Hooper (Lib)Denis CochranLynn Aberdeen
Gregory Country Gordon Harding Wally Rae (CP)
Gympie Country Alex Pringle Max Hodges (CP)Benedict KehoeCecil Rivers
Hinchinbrook Country James Byrne Ted Row (CP)Peter Wood
Ipswich Labor Phillip Dwyer Llewellyn Edwards (Lib)Francis CarrollDavid Laird
Victor Robb
Douglas Wood
Ipswich West Labor Vi Jordan Allan Whybird (Lib)Ernest DevinRobert Maxwell
Isis Labor Jim Blake Kenneth Murphy (Lib)
Alfred Plath (CP)
Eric Andrew
Ithaca Liberal Sylvester Martin Col Miller (Lib)Mervyn Eunson
Kurilpa Liberal Frank Gardiner Clive Hughes (Lib)Edward DohertyMichael Neenan
Landsborough Country Roger Jeffries Mike Ahern * (CP)
David Barker (Lib)
Lockyer Liberal Lindesay Jones Sir Gordon Chalk (Lib)
Lytton Labor Tom Burns John Ottway (Lib)John O'Connell
Mackay Labor John BreenRobert Gray (Lib)
Charles Johnstone (CP)
Ed Casey
Mansfield Liberal Raymond Lynch Bill Kaus (Lib)John ThompsonWilliam Kenney
Maryborough Liberal Edward Weber Gilbert Alison (Lib)Matthews Minnegal
Merthyr Liberal Denis Pie Don Lane (Lib)James Moss
Mirani Country Bernard Kirwan Tom Newbery (CP)
Mount Coot-tha Liberal Ian De Lacy Bill Lickiss (Lib)Cecilia Edwards
Mount Gravatt Liberal Bill Avery Geoff Chinchen (Lib)Michael Scragg
Mount Isa Labor Alec Inch Lillian Noakes (CP)John Turner
Mourilyan Labor Peter Moore Peter Mitchell (CP)Geoffrey Higham
Mulgrave Country Leslie Scheu Roy Armstrong (CP)
Murrumba Country Alex Barr Des Frawley* (CP)
Kathleen MacAdam (Lib)
Paul Maguire
Nudgee Labor Jack Melloy Alan Camp (Lib)Gordon Blain
Nundah Liberal Ian Brusasco William Knox (Lib)Ambrose Shannon
Pine Rivers Labor Ken Leese William Battershill (Lib)
Allan Male (CP)
Brian Flynn
Port Curtis Labor Martin Hanson Marguerita Glen
Redcliffe Country Jack Trueman John Hodges (Lib)
Jim Houghton * (CP)
Thomas Grundy
Redlands Labor Ted Baldwin Edward Fitzgerald (Lib)
Dick Wood (CP)
Kenneth Bayliss
Rockhampton Labor Keith Wright Terence Molloy (CP)
Rex Pilbeam (Lib)
Robert Bom
Rockhampton North Labor Les Yewdale Peter Vamvakaris (Lib)John McKenna Merv Thackeray
Roma Country Marcus Thew Ken Tomkins (CP)Patrick Feeney
Salisbury Labor Doug Sherrington Rosemary Kyburz (Lib)Kenneth Wall
Sandgate Labor Harry Dean Ivan Brown (Lib)Bernard Beston
Sherwood Liberal Kerry Keating John Herbert (Lib)Clarice Weedon
Somerset Country Henry Riis Bill Gunn (CP)Roland ForganRobert Wilkie
South Brisbane Labor Fred Bromley Joseph Fenton (Lib)Viliam Simek Col Bennett
Anton Terpstra
South Coast Country Ronald Todd Bruce Bishop (Lib)
Russ Hinze * (CP)
Victor Kearney Douglas Roughton
Stafford Labor Roy Harvey Percy Smith (Lib)James Hancock
Surfers Paradise Country Keith HuntJohn McIlwain (Lib)
Bruce Small* (CP)
Frederick BassaniWilliam Daniel
Eileen Peters
Toowong Liberal Donald Dignam Charles Porter (Lib)Brian O'Brien
Toowoomba North Labor Ray Bousen Nellie Robinson (CP)
A L P Zerbst (Lib)
John Davis
Toowoomba South Labor Peter Wood Allison Dickson (Lib)
John Peel (CP)
Francis Mullins
Townsville Liberal Mike Reynolds Owen Griffiths (CP)
Norman Scott-Young* (Lib)
William Higgins
Townsville South Independent Alex Wilson Kerry Smith Tom Aikens
Townsville West Labor Perc Tucker Keith Rundle (Lib)
Jean Thomas (CP)
Brian Hurney
Warrego Labor Jack Aiken John Nevell (CP)
Warwick Country Raymond Lyons David Cory (CP)Daniel SkehanNorman Stuart
Wavell Liberal Herbert Bromley Arthur Crawford (Lib)Peter Flanagan
Whitsunday Country Graeme Bowen Ron Camm (CP)Bernard Lewis
Windsor Liberal Bryan Walsh Bob Moore (Lib)Thomas Heike
Wolston Labor Evan Marginson Dirk Plooy (Lib)Leonard MaguireGeorge Whyte
Wynnum Labor Ted Harris Brian Cahill (Lib)Gordon Randall
Yeronga Liberal Clem Jones Norm Lee (Lib)Harold Wright

See also

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This is a list of members of the 40th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1972 to 1974, as elected at the 1972 state election held on 27 May 1972.

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