Candidates of the 1977 Australian federal election

Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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
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Canberra	Liberal	Henry Lawrence	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|John Haslem	John Bellhouse	Oleg Kavunenko
Fraser	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Ken Fry	George Mailath

New South Wales

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

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	Democrats candidate	Progress candidate
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Northern Territory	CLP	John Waters	Template:Australian party shading/CLP\|Sam Calder	Josephine Read	Ian Smith

Queensland

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

South Australia

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

Tasmania

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

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
		Template:Australian party style\|	Template:Australian party style\|	Template:Australian party style\|	Template:Australian party style\|
Balaclava	Liberal	Robert Steele	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Ian Macphee (Lib)	Zelma Furey	Peter Lawlor
Ballarat	Liberal	Norman Baker	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Jim Short (Lib)	Graham Gough	William Griffin
Batman	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Brian Howe	Gillford Brown (Lib)	Mario Piraino	Phillip Lorenz
Bendigo	Liberal	Dennis Muldoon	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|John Bourchier (Lib)	Ian Price	Paul Brennan
Bruce	Liberal	Timothy Burke	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Billy Snedden (Lib)	John Sutcliffe	John Mulholland
Burke	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Keith Johnson	Mihaly Lengyel (Lib)	Eric Spencer	Colin Walsh
Casey	Liberal	Peter Watson	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Peter Falconer (Lib)	Malcolm Whittle	Francis Feltham	Martin Hetherich (Ind) Stanley Hillman (Ind) Henry Leggett (Ind)
Chisholm	Liberal	Helen Mayer	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Tony Staley (Lib)	Robert Caulfield	Joe Stanley
Corangamite	Liberal	Shirley Ambrose	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Tony Street (Lib)	Kathleen May	Francis O'Brien	Neil McDonald (Ind)
Corio	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Gordon Scholes	Clive Bubb (Lib)	Guenter Sahr	James Jordan
Deakin	Liberal	Neville Gay	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Alan Jarman (Lib)	Alan Teed	Daniel Condon
Diamond Valley	Liberal	Jean Downing	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Neil Brown (Lib)	Ronald Goldman	Christopher Curtis
Flinders	Liberal	Geoffrey Eastwood	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Phillip Lynch (Lib)	Harold Fraser	John Cass	Monty Hollow (Ind)
Gellibrand	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Ralph Willis	Anton Zajc (Lib)	June Smith	Bert Bailey
Gippsland	NCP	William Switzer	Template:Australian party shading/Nationals\|Peter Nixon (NCP)	Thomas Reid	Robert McMahon	Bruce Ingle (Ind)
Henty	Liberal	Joan Child	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Ken Aldred (Lib)	Fred Ingamells	Terence Farrell	Tony Dear (Ind)
Higgins	Liberal	Ann Jackson	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Roger Shipton (Lib)	Jim Thornley	Martin Cahill
Holt	Liberal	Michael Duffy	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|William Yates (Lib)	Brian Stockton	Kevin Leydon
Hotham	Liberal	Tony Ross	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Roger Johnston (Lib)	Kenneth Weaver	Edward Woods
Indi	NCP	John Dennis	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Ewen Cameron* (Lib)	Neil Savage	Christopher Cody
Indi	NCP	John Dennis	Mac Holten (NCP)	Neil Savage	Christopher Cody
Isaacs	Liberal	Kenneth Williams	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Bill Burns (Lib)	Francis McLeod	Ralph Cleary
Kooyong	Liberal	John Wilkinson	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Michael McBride	Bernie Gaynor
Lalor	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Barry Jones	Harley Dickinson (Lib)	Charles Skidmore	Denis Bilston	Jeffrey Day (Ind) Rosalba Vicari (Ind)
La Trobe	Liberal	Tony Lamb	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Marshall Baillieu (Lib)	Andrew McCann	James Penna	Cornelus Hellema (Ind)
Mallee	NCP	Geoffrey Ferns	Template:Australian party shading/Nationals\|Peter Fisher* (NCP)		John Cotter
Mallee	NCP	Geoffrey Ferns	Warwick Hincksman (Lib)		John Cotter
Maribyrnong	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Moss Cass	Philip Fitzherbert (Lib)	Alan Brass	Alan Tait
McMillan	Liberal	Richard Elkington	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Barry Simon (Lib)	Ronald Dent	Brian Handley	Norman Holyoak (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Ted Innes	Robert Fallshaw (Lib)	Veronica Schwarz	Desmond Burke	Roger Wilson (CPA)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Clyde Holding	Daniel Hill (Lib)	Valina Rainer	Gordon Haberman
Murray	NCP	Graeme Macartney	Template:Australian party shading/Nationals\|Bruce Lloyd* (NCP)	George Murray	Patrick Payne
Murray	NCP	Graeme Macartney	Robert Love (Lib)	George Murray	Patrick Payne
Scullin	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|Harry Jenkins	Gerard Clarke (Lib)	George Samargis	Bernard McGrath
Wannon	Liberal	Andrew Frost	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	Thelma Trayling	John Casanova
Wills	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/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
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Canning	Liberal	Charles Savage	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Mel Bungey	Velibor Debeljakovic	Marie Dilley	Douglas Joyce	John English (Ind)
Curtin	Liberal	Patricia Giles	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Victor Garland	Richard Bunting		James MacDonald
Forrest	Liberal	Allan Drake-Brockman	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Peter Drummond	Donald Stewart	John Gardiner	Reginald Crabb
Fremantle	Labor	Template:Australian party shading/Labor\|John Dawkins	Peter Ramshaw	John Kernot		David Lavater	Vic Slater (CPA)
Kalgoorlie	Liberal	Brian Conway	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Mick Cotter	Edwin Routley	Squire Fletcher	Graham Mills
Moore	Liberal	James Hansen	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|John Hyde	Patricia Edward	Roy Clarke	Maurice Brockwell
Perth	Liberal	James Moiler	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Ross McLean	Thomas Garrick		Lawrence Curtis
Stirling	Liberal	Graham Reece	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|Ian Viner	Scott Christie		James Jamieson
Swan	Labor	Patricia Fowkes	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|John Martyr	Hubert Lennerts		Bryan Scott-Courtland	William Deller (Ind)
Tangney	Liberal	Duncan Graham	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal\|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
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Template:Australian party shading/Labor valign=top \| Susan Ryan* Robert Smith	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal valign=top \| 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
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Template:Australian party shading/Labor valign=top \| Tony Mulvihill* Arthur Gietzelt* Kerry Sibraa	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal valign=top \| Peter Baume* (Lib) Misha Lajovic* (Lib) Dorothy Ross (NCP)	Template:Australian party shading/Democrats valign=top \| 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
Template:Australian party style\|	Template:Australian party style\|
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
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Template:Australian party shading/Labor valign=top \| Ted Robertson* Harry Matschke	Template:Australian party shading/CLP valign=top \| 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
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Template:Australian party shading/Labor valign=top \| George Georges* Mal Colston* Verona Wake	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal valign=top \| 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
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Template:Australian party shading/Labor valign=top \| Geoff McLaren* Ron Elstob* Nick Bolkus	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal valign=top \| 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
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Template:Australian party shading/Labor valign=top \| Don Grimes* Michael Tate* John White	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal valign=top \| 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
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Template:Australian party shading/Labor valign=top \| Gareth Evans* John Button* Bill Brown	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal valign=top \| Alan Missen* (Lib) David Hamer* (Lib) Tom Tehan (NCP)	Template:Australian party shading/Democrats valign=top \| 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
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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
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Template:Australian party shading/Labor valign=top \| Peter Walsh* Ruth Coleman* Howard Olney	Template:Australian party shading/Liberal valign=top \| 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
Party	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

References

Candidates of the 1977 Australian federal election

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Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National Country

Democrats

House of Representatives

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Senate

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Summary by party

See also

References

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Candidates of the 1977 Australian federal election

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National Country

Democrats

House of Representatives

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Senate

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Summary by party

See also

References

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