This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1966 Australian federal election. The election was held on 26 November 1966.
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Sitting members at the time of the election are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
Electorate | Held by | Labor Candidate | Liberal Candidate | DLP Candidate | Independent Candidate |
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Australian Capital Territory | Labor | Jim Fraser | Robert Rowell | John Donohue | Anne Dalgarno Robert Greenish |
Electorate | Held by | Labor Candidate | Coalition Candidate | DLP Candidate | Other Candidates |
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Banks | Labor | Dominic Costa | Herman Tibben (Lib) | Norma Boyle | Henry Hatfield (CPA) |
Barton | Labor | Leonard Reynolds | William Arthur (Lib) | Phillip Kennedy | Edwin Bellchambers (Ind) |
Bennelong | Liberal | Geoffrey O'Donnell | John Cramer (Lib) | Edward Connolly | Robert Turner (LRG) |
Blaxland | Labor | James 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) Reginald Wilding (CPA) |
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Dalley | Labor | William O'Connor | Elton Lewis (Lib) | John Kavanagh | |
Darling | Labor | Joe Clark | Allan Connell (Lib) | ||
East Sydney | Labor | Leonard Devine | William Berman (Lib) | Melvyn Antcliff | Wilton Brown (CPA) |
Eden-Monaro | Labor | Allan Fraser | Dugald Munro* (Lib) Anthony 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 Antcliffe | |
Gwydir | Country | Reginald Lang | Ian Allan (CP) | ||
Hughes | Labor | Les Johnson | Don Dobie (Lib) | William Goslett | |
Hume | Country | John Menadue | John Pettitt (CP) | John Hogan | |
Hunter | Labor | Bert James | William Gilchrist (Lib) | Donald Richards | |
Kingsford-Smith | Liberal | Daniel Curtin | Nancy Wake (Lib) | Cornelius Woodbury | |
Lang | Labor | Frank Stewart | Graham Crawford (Lib) | Bernard Atkinson | |
Lawson | Country | John Canobi | Laurence Failes (CP) | Mario Morandini | |
Lowe | Liberal | Peter Dunn | William McMahon (Lib) | Anthony Rooney | Francis James (LRG) |
Lyne | Country | John Allan | Philip Lucock (CP) | Joseph Cordner (Ind) William Power (Ind) |
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Macarthur | Liberal | Patrick O'Halloran | Jeff Bate (Lib) | Albert Perish | Ronald Sarina (Ind) John Souter (Ind) |
Mackellar | Liberal | Kenneth McLean | William Wentworth (Lib) | Philip Cohen | Peter Allison (LRG) |
Macquarie | Labor | Anthony Luchetti | John Heesh (Lib) | Richard Ambrose | Allan Fuary (Ind) |
Mitchell | Liberal | Peter McLoughlin | Leslie 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) | Herbert Collins | Warren Bridge (Ind) |
North Sydney | Liberal | John 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) | Michael Carroll | |
Richmond | Country | Ernest Jones | Doug Anthony (CP) | Keith Compton (Ind) | |
Riverina | Country | Patrick Newman Arthur Solly |
Adam Armstrong (CP) | Leslie Kennedy | |
Robertson | Liberal | William Smith | William Bridges-Maxwell (Lib) | Brian Dwyer | Percival McPherson (LRG) |
St George | Liberal | Malcolm Cameron | Leonard Bosman (Lib) | Hans Andreasson | John Mant (LRG) |
Shortland | Labor | Charles Griffiths | Douglas Blackshaw (Lib) | Robert Burke | Geoffrey 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 | Leslie Kelton (CPA) |
West Sydney | Labor | Daniel Minogue | Albert Curtin (Lib) | Denise Clancy | Ronald Maxwell (CPA) |
Electorate | Held by | Labor Candidate | Country Candidate |
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Northern Territory | Labor | Richard Ward | Sam Calder |
Electorate | Held by | Labor Candidate | Coalition Candidate | DLP Candidate | Other Candidates |
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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 | Donald Cameron (Lib) | John Fitz-Gibbon | Victor Slater (CPA) |
Herbert | Labor | Ted Harding | Robert Bonnett (Lib) | Kiernan Dorney | |
Kennedy | Labor | Felix 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 | Leonard 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 |
Electorate | Held by | Labor Candidate | Liberal Candidate | DLP Candidate | Other Candidates |
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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 | Edward Farrell | |
Grey | Labor | Jack Mortimer | Don Jessop | Douglas Barnes | |
Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | Ross Stanford | Cyril Holasek | |
Kingston | Labor | Patrick Galvin | Kay Brownbill | Allan Anderson | |
Port Adelaide | Labor | Fred Birrell | Peter Balnaves | Michael Bowler | Denis McEvoy (SCP) James Moss (CPA) |
Sturt | Liberal | Keith Le Page | Ian Wilson | Walter Doran | |
Wakefield | Liberal | John Phelan | Bert Kelly |
Electorate | Held by | Labor Candidate | Liberal Candidate | DLP Candidate | Communist Candidate |
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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 |
Electorate | Held by | Labor Candidate | Coalition Candidate | DLP Candidate | LRG Candidate | Other Candidates |
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Balaclava | Liberal | Leo Richards | Ray Whittorn (Lib) | Ralph James | Brian McLure | |
Ballaarat | Liberal | David Pollock | Dudley Erwin (Lib) | Robert Joshua | ||
Batman | Labor | John Anderson | Bruce Skeggs (Lib) | Henry Darroch | Robert Desailly | Sam Benson (Ind) |
Bendigo | Labor | Noel Beaton | Frank Dunphy (Lib) | William Dreschler | ||
Bruce | Liberal | Leslie Donnelly | Billy Snedden (Lib) | Henri de Sachau | Herbert Wessley | Ralph Gibson (CPA) John Saunderson (Ind) |
Chisholm | Liberal | Kenneth Grigg | Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib) | Mary Stanley | Russell 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) | Thomas Andrews | ||
Deakin | Liberal | David McKenzie | Alan Jarman (Lib) | Maurice Weston | Michael Degendorjer | |
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) | Bernard Gaynor | ||
La Trobe | Liberal | Donell Pritchard | John Jess (Lib) | Kevin Adamson | Leonard Weber | |
Lalor | Labor | Reg Pollard | Mervyn Lee (Lib) | James Marmion | Victor Parsons | Paul de Tert (Ind) Peter Spencer (Ind) Michael Wood (Ind) |
McMillan | Liberal | Eric Kent | Alexander Buchanan (Lib) | Leslie Hilton | Thomas Yates (Ind) | |
Mallee | Country | Hibbe Draaisma | Winton Turnbull (CP) | John Carty | ||
Maribyrnong | Liberal | John O'Brien | Philip Stokes (Lib) | Barry O'Brien | Lancelot Hutchinson (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 | Edward 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) |
Electorate | Held by | Labor Candidate | Coalition Candidate | DLP Candidate | Communist Candidate |
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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) Donald Maisey* (CP) |
Gavin O'Connor | |
Perth | Liberal | Alan Bate | Fred Chaney (Lib) | George Mazak | Annette Aarons |
Stirling | Labor | Harry Webb | Doug Cash (Lib) | Francis Pownall | |
Swan | Liberal | Edward Gillett | Richard Cleaver (Lib) | Alan Crofts |
Sitting Senators are in bold. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
A special election was held in New South Wales to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator Bill Spooner. Bob Cotton, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.
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A special election was held in Queensland to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Senator Bob Sherrington. Bill Heatley, also of the Liberal Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.
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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. Arthur 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 |
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Edwin Ryan (LRG) |
Two special elections were held in Western Australia to fill the vacancies caused by the deaths of Liberal Senators 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 |
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Frederick Simpson |
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 | |||||
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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 |
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