Candidates of the 1966 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1966 Australian federal election. The election was held on 26 November 1966.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Jock Nelson MP (Northern Territory, NT)
• Bill Riordan MP (Kennedy, Qld)

Liberal

• Frank Davis MP (Deakin, Vic)
• Bill Falkinder MP (Franklin, Tas)
• William Jack MP (North Sydney, NSW)
• Robert Lindsay MP (Flinders, Vic)
• Dan Mackinnon MP (Corangamite, Vic)
• Sir John McLeay MP (Boothby, SA)
• Sir Keith Wilson MP (Sturt, SA)

Country

• Wilfred Brimblecombe MP (Maranoa, 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	DLP candidate	Independent candidate
Australian Capital Territory	Labor	Jim Fraser	Robert Rowell	John Donohue	Anne Dalgarno Robert Greenish

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	Eric Costa	Herman Tibben (Lib)	Norma Boyle	Harry Hatfield (CPA)
Barton	Labor	Len Reynolds	Bill Arthur (Lib)	Phillip Kennedy	Charles Bellchambers (Ind)
Bennelong	Liberal	Geoffrey O'Donnell	Sir John Cramer (Lib)	Edward Connolly	Robert Turner (LRG)
Blaxland	Labor	Jim Harrison	Robert Lovell (Lib)	Terence Keenan
Bradfield	Liberal	William Bramwell	Harry Turner (Lib)	Allan Dwyer
Calare	Country	William Stavert	John England (CP)	John Grant
Cowper	Country	Burwood Gillett	Ian Robinson (CP)		William Tredinnick (LRG)
Cunningham	Labor	Rex Connor	John Poel (Lib)		Jeffrey Fenton (Ind) Victor Kearney (Ind) Reg Wilding (CPA)
Dalley	Labor	William O'Connor	Elton Lewis (Lib)	John Kavanagh
Darling	Labor	Joe Clark	Allan Connell (Lib)
East Sydney	Labor	Len Devine	William Berman (Lib)	Mel Antcliff	Bill Brown (CPA)
Eden-Monaro	Labor	Allan Fraser	Dugald Munro* (Lib) Tony Pratten (CP)	John Mills
Evans	Liberal	James Monaghan	Malcolm Mackay (Lib)	Francis Collins	John Gunn (LRG)
Farrer	Liberal	Alan Thomson	David Fairbairn (Lib)	James Keogh
Grayndler	Labor	Fred Daly	Basil Mottershead (Lib)	Lyle Antcliff
Gwydir	Country	Reginald Lang	Ian Allan (CP)
Hughes	Labor	Les Johnson	Don Dobie (Lib)	William Goslett
Hume	Country	John Menadue	Ian Pettitt (CP)	John Hogan
Hunter	Labor	Bert James	William Gilchrist (Lib)	Donald Richards
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Dan Curtin	Nancy Wake (Lib)	Cornelius Woodbury
Lang	Labor	Frank Stewart	Graham Crawford (Lib)	Bernard Atkinson
Lawson	Country	John Canobi	Laurie Failes (CP)	Mario Morandini
Lowe	Liberal	Peter Dunn	William McMahon (Lib)	Anthony Rooney	Francis James (LRG)
Lyne	Country	John Allan	Philip Lucock (CP)		Joe Cordner (Ind) William Power (Ind)
Macarthur	Liberal	Patrick O'Halloran	Jeff Bate (Lib)	Albert Perish	Ronald Sarina (Ind) John Souter (Ind)
Mackellar	Liberal	Kenneth McLean	Bill Wentworth (Lib)	Philip Cohen	Peter Allison (LRG)
Macquarie	Labor	Tony Luchetti	John Heesh (Lib)	Richard Ambrose	Allan Fuary (Ind)
Mitchell	Liberal	Peter McLoughlin	Les Irwin (Lib)	Andrew Diehm	Francis Bonnor (Ind) Michael Deecke (Ind) Alan Jones (Ind) Kevin Martin (Ind) William Murray (Ind) Dennis Rees (Ind)
New England	Country	John Affleck	Ian Sinclair (CP)
Newcastle	Labor	Charles Jones	Frances Clack (Lib)	Jack Collins	Warren Bridge (Ind)
North Sydney	Liberal	Jack Grahame	Bill Graham (Lib)	Edmund Bateman	Joyce Duncan (Ind) Nicholas Gorshenin (Ind) Romualds Kemps (Ind) Frederick Simpson (LRG) David Wall (Ind)
Parkes	Liberal	Doug Sutherland	Tom Hughes (Lib)	Kevin Davis	John Crew (LRG)
Parramatta	Liberal	Barry Wilde	Nigel Bowen (Lib)	Edward Beck	Kenneth Cook (LRG) Paul Nolan (Ind)
Paterson	Liberal	Francis Murray	Allen Fairhall (Lib)	Aubrey Barr
Phillip	Liberal	Brian O'Kane	William Aston (Lib)	Dominique Droulers	John Hannan (Ind)
Reid	Labor	Tom Uren	Stanislaus Kelly (Lib)	Mick Carroll
Richmond	Country	Ernest Jones	Doug Anthony (CP)		Keith Compton (Ind)
Riverina	Country	Patrick Newman Arthur Solly	Bill Armstrong (CP)	Leslie Kennedy
Robertson	Liberal	William Smith	William Bridges-Maxwell (Lib)	Michael Dwyer	Percival McPherson (LRG)
St George	Liberal	Malcolm Cameron	Len Bosman (Lib)	Hans Andreasson	John Mant (LRG)
Shortland	Labor	Charles Griffiths	Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib)	Robert Burke	Geoff Curthoys (CPA) Stanley Millington (Ind)
Warringah	Liberal	Jim McClelland	Edward St John (Lib)	Francis Hicks	Keith Chambers (Ind) Eric Riches (Ind)
Watson	Labor	Jim Cope	Peter Lowe (Lib)	Thomas Colman
Wentworth	Liberal	Kerry Sibraa	Les Bury (Lib)	Doris Brown	Brian King (Ind) Jack Mundey (CPA)
Werriwa	Labor	Gough Whitlam	Elga Rodze (Lib)	Andrew Murphy	Les Kelton (CPA)
West Sydney	Labor	Dan Minogue	Albert Curtin (Lib)	Denise Clancy	Ron Maxwell (CPA)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Country candidate
Northern Territory	Labor	Richard Ward	Sam Calder

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Liberal	Jack Comber	Wylie Gibbs (Lib)	Paul Tucker
Brisbane	Labor	Manfred Cross	Brian Perkins (Lib)	Patrick Hallinan
Capricornia	Labor	George Gray	Neil McKendry (Lib)	Peter Boyle
Darling Downs	Liberal	Desmond Hare	Reginald Swartz (Lib)	Francis Mullins
Dawson	Labor	Rex Patterson	John Fordyce (CP)	Bernard Lewis
Fisher	Country	Alfred Walker	Charles Adermann (CP)	Robert Barron
Griffith	Labor	Wilfred Coutts	Don Cameron (Lib)	John Fitz-Gibbon	Vic Slater (CPA)
Herbert	Labor	Ted Harding	Robert Bonnett (Lib)	Kiernan Dorney
Kennedy	Labor	Barry Dittmer	Bob Katter (CP)	Edward Bennett	John Donaldson (Ind)
Leichhardt	Labor	Bill Fulton	Michael Turner (CP)	Geoffrey Higham
Lilley	Liberal	Frank Melit	Kevin Cairns (Lib)	Reginald Lincoln	Sarah Ross (Ind)
McPherson	Country	Allan Swinton	Charles Barnes (CP)	Frederick Burges	Harold Brennan (Ind)
Maranoa	Country	Jack Tonkin	James Corbett (CP)	Bryan Hurley
Moreton	Liberal	Len Keogh	James Killen (Lib)	Miroslav Jansky
Oxley	Labor	Bill Hayden	Stewart Fletcher (CP) Colin Logan (Lib)	Thomas Dalton
Petrie	Liberal	Reginald O'Brien	Alan Hulme (Lib)	Thomas Grundy	Francis O'Mara (Ind)
Ryan	Liberal	Donald Jeffries	Nigel Drury (Lib)	Brian O'Brien	John Thurwall (Ind)
Wide Bay	Labor	Brendan Hansen	Albert White (CP)	William Hutchinson

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Joe Sexton	Andrew Jones	George Basisovs
Angas	Liberal	Robert Nielsen	Geoffrey Giles
Barker	Liberal	Norman Alcock	Jim Forbes		Don Jarrett (CPA)
Bonython	Labor	Martin Nicholls	John Kershaw	Edward Timlin	Luke Horan (SCP)
Boothby	Liberal	Thomas Sheehy	John McLeay	Ted Farrell
Grey	Labor	Jack Mortimer	Don Jessop	Douglas Barnes
Hindmarsh	Labor	Clyde Cameron	Ross Stanford	Cyril Holasek
Kingston	Labor	Pat Galvin	Kay Brownbill	Allan Anderson
Port Adelaide	Labor	Fred Birrell	Peter Balnaves	Michael Bowler	Denis McEvoy (SCP) Jim Moss (CPA)
Sturt	Liberal	Keith Le Page	Ian Wilson	Walter Doran
Wakefield	Liberal	John Phelan	Bert Kelly

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Communist candidate
Bass	Labor	Lance Barnard	Timothy Barrenger	Richard Delany
Braddon	Labor	Ron Davies	Paul Fenton	John Chapman-Mortimer
Denison	Liberal	Neil Batt	Adrian Gibson	Harold Grace	Max Bound
Franklin	Liberal	John Parsons	Thomas Pearsall	John Lynch
Wilmot	Labor	Gil Duthie	Donald Paterson	Robert Wright

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	LRG candidate	Other candidates
Balaclava	Liberal	Leo Richards	Ray Whittorn (Lib)	Ralph James	Brian McLure
Ballaarat	Liberal	David Pollock	Dudley Erwin (Lib)	Bob Joshua
Batman	Labor	John Andersen	Bruce Skeggs (Lib)	Henry Darroch	Robert Desailly	Sam Benson (Ind)
Bendigo	Labor	Noel Beaton	Frank Dunphy (Lib)	Bill Drechsler
Bruce	Liberal	Leslie Donnelly	Billy Snedden (Lib)	Henri de Sachau	Herbert Wessley	Ralph Gibson (CPA) John Saunderson (Ind)
Chisholm	Liberal	Kenneth Grigg	Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib)	Mary Stanley		Clive Malseed (Ind)
Corangamite	Liberal	Lindsay Romey	Gilbert Anderson (CP) Tony Street* (Lib)	Brian Cronin
Corio	Liberal	Gordon Scholes	Hubert Opperman (Lib)	James Mahoney	William Dobell	Elsie Brushfield (Ind)
Darebin	Labor	Frank Courtnay	Noel Stubbs (Lib)	Tom Andrews
Deakin	Liberal	David McKenzie	Alan Jarman (Lib)	Maurice Weston	Michael Degendorfer
Fawkner	Liberal	Robert Vernon	Peter Howson (Lib)	Yvonne Abolins	George Gabriel	Anthony Sanders (Ind)
Flinders	Liberal	Ian Boraston	Phillip Lynch (Lib)	John Cass		George Brunning (Ind)
Gellibrand	Labor	Hector McIvor	John McArthur (Lib)	Robin Thomas		Ian Daykin (CPA)
Gippsland	Country	Thomas Powell	Peter Nixon (CP)	John Hansen
Henty	Liberal	Maureen Campbell-Teich	Max Fox (Lib)	Henry Moore
Higgins	Liberal	Bruce Phayer	Harold Holt (Lib)	Frederick Skinner
Higinbotham	Liberal	Reginald Butler	Don Chipp (Lib)	William Cameron	John Little	John A'Murray (ARP)
Indi	Country	William O'Neill	Mac Holten* (CP) James Stewart (Lib)	Christopher Cody
Isaacs	Liberal	Peter Wilkinson	William Haworth (Lib)	John Hughes
Kooyong	Liberal	William Cooper	Andrew Peacock (Lib)	Bernie Gaynor
La Trobe	Liberal	Don Pritchard	John Jess (Lib)	Kevin Adamson	Leonard Weber
Lalor	Labor	Reg Pollard	Mervyn Lee (Lib)	Jim Marmion	Victor Parsons	Paul de Tert (Ind) Peter Spencer (Ind) Michael Wood (Ind)
Mallee	Country	Hibbe Draaisma	Winton Turnbull (CP)	John Carty
Maribyrnong	Liberal	John O'Brien	Philip Stokes (Lib)	Barry O'Brien		Lance Hutchinson (Ind)
McMillan	Liberal	Eric Kent	Alex Buchanan (Lib)	Les Hilton		Thomas Yates (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Arthur Calwell	Donald Gibson (Lib)	James Whitehead		Ronald Batey (Ind)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Frank Crean	Richard Thomas (Lib)	George O'Dwyer		David Clark (CPA)
Murray	Country	Mervyn Huggins	John McEwen (CP)	Brian Lacey
Scullin	Labor	Ted Peters	Ronald Hay (Lib)	Peter McCabe		John Daley (Ind)
Wannon	Liberal	Cyril Primmer	Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	Terence Callander
Wills	Labor	Gordon Bryant	David Hutchinson (Lib)	John Flint
Wimmera	Country	George Jeffs	Wilson Bolton (Lib) Robert King* (CP)	Bruno d'Elia
Yarra	Labor	Jim Cairns	Lionel Hawkins (Lib)	Stan Keon		Bruno Bonomo (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Communist candidate
Canning	Country	Charles Edwards	John Hallett* (CP) Norman Snow (Lib)	Bryan Finlay
Curtin	Labor	John Brind	Paul Hasluck (Lib)	Francis Dwyer
Forrest	Liberal	Frank Kirwan	Gordon Freeth (Lib)	Maurice Bailey
Fremantle	Labor	Kim Beazley	John Waghorne (Lib)	John Martyr	Paddy Troy
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Fred Collard	Grahame Jonas (Lib)	Geoffrey Sands
Moore	Country	Mal Bryce	Harold Lundy (Lib) Don Maisey* (CP)	Gavin O'Connor
Perth	Liberal	Alan Bate	Fred Chaney (Lib)	George Mazak	Annette Aarons
Stirling	Labor	Harry Webb	Doug Cash (Lib)	Frank Pownall
Swan	Liberal	Edward Gillett	Richard Cleaver (Lib)	Alan Crofts

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 (*).

New South Wales

A special election was held in New South Wales to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator Sir William Spooner. Bob Cotton, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.

Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate
Clive Evatt	Bob Cotton*	Gwynydd Meredith

Queensland

A special election was held in Queensland to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington. Bill Heatley, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.

Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Independent candidate
Bertie Milliner	Bill Heatley*	Rogers Judge	Ian Kent

Victoria

Two special elections were held in Victoria to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Labor Senator Charles Sandford and Country Party Senator Harrie Wade. George Poyser, also of the Labor Party, and James Webster, of the Country Party, had been appointed to these vacancies in the interim period.

Labor candidates	Country candidates	DLP candidates	Group D candidates	Ungrouped candidates
George Poyser* Giuseppe Di Salvo	James Webster* Lloyd Atkin	Jack Little Frank Dowling	Kenneth Nolan Laurence Hoult	Edwin Ryan (LRG)

Western Australia

Two special elections were held in Western Australia to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Liberal Senators Sir Shane Paltridge and Seddon Vincent. Peter Sim and Reg Withers, both also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to these vacancies in the interim period.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	DLP candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Laurie Wilkinson* John Henshaw	Peter Sim* Reg Withers Victor Garland	Mark Briffa Lydia Obbes	Frederick Simpson John Huelin

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 special Senate elections in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.

Party	NSW		Vic		Qld		WA		SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Total
	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	S
Australian Labor Party	47	*	33	*	18	*	9	*	11	5	1	1	125	4
Liberal Party of Australia	38	*	30	*	11		9	*	11	5	1		105	3
Australian Country Party	10		6		8	*	2					1	27	1
Democratic Labor Party	39	*	33	*	18	*	9	*	8	5	1		113	4
Liberal Reform Group	10		9	*									19	1
Communist Party of Australia	7		3		1		2		2	1			16
Social Credit Party									2				2
Australian Republican Party			1										1
Independent and other	26		14		5						2		47

See also

• 1966 Australian federal election
• 1966 Australian Senate election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1963–1966
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1966–1969
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1966
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1966