Candidates of the 1958 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1958 Australian federal election. The election was held on 22 November 1958.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

• On 11 April 1956, Victor Kearney (Labor) was elected unopposed to replace Billy Davies (Labor) as the member for Cunningham.
• On 28 August 1956, George Hannan (Liberal) was appointed a Victorian Senator to replace John Spicer (Liberal).
• On 13 October 1956, Jim Forbes (Liberal) was elected to replace Archie Cameron (Liberal) as the member for Barker.
• On 8 December 1956, Les Bury (Liberal) was elected to replace Sir Eric Harrison (Liberal) as the member for Wentworth.
• On 6 June 1957, Charles Sandford (Labor) was appointed a Victorian Senator to replace Jack Devlin (Labor).
• On 15 September 1957, Doug Anthony (Country) was elected to replace Larry Anthony (Country) as the member for Richmond.
• On 8 March 1958, Sir Garfield Barwick (Liberal) was elected to replace Howard Beale (Liberal) as the member for Parramatta.
• On 30 July 1958, James Ormonde (Labor) was appointed a New South Wales Senator to replace Bill Ashley (Labor).
• On 12 August 1958, Tom Drake-Brockman (Country) was appointed a Western Australian Senator to replace Harrie Seward (Country).
• On 11 October 1958, Harry Bruce (Labor), the member for Leichhardt, died. Due to the proximity of the election, no by-election was held.

Defections

• In 1957, Queensland Labor Senator Condon Byrne switched to the Queensland Labor Party.
• In 1958, Labor MP Charles Morgan (Reid) lost preselection. He contested the election as an independent.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Cyril Chambers MP (Adelaide, SA)
• Robert Holt MP (Darebin, Vic)
• Rowley James MP (Hunter, NSW)
• Herbert Johnson MP (Kalgoorlie, WA)
• David Watkins MP (Newcastle, NSW)
• Senator Jack Critchley (SA)
• Senator James Fraser (WA)
• Senator Donald Grant (NSW)
• Senator John Harris (WA)
• Senator John Ryan (SA)

Liberal

• Sir Philip McBride MP (Wakefield, SA)

Country

• William Brand MP (Wide Bay, Qld)
• Sir Arthur Fadden MP (McPherson, 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	Independent candidate
Australian Capital Territory	Labor	Jim Fraser	Anne Dalgarno	Phil Day

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	Eric Costa	Edgar Booth (Lib)	John Lloyd	Pat Clancy (CPA)
Barton	Labor	Len Reynolds	Bill Arthur (Lib)	Reginald Lawson
Bennelong	Liberal	Harold Coates	John Cramer (Lib)	Roderick Gray	Patrick Rossiter (Ind)
Blaxland	Labor	Jim Harrison	Winston Pickering (Lib)	Carlyle Dalgleish
Bradfield	Liberal	Percy Staines	Harry Turner (Lib)	Dominique Droulers
Calare	Liberal	Robert Rygate	John Howse (Lib)
Cowper	Country	Frank McGuren	Sir Earle Page (CP)	John Kellett
Cunningham	Labor	Victor Kearney	Jack Hough (Lib)	Harold Woods	Bill McDougall (CPA)
Dalley	Labor	William O'Connor	Elton Lewis (Lib)
Darling	Labor	Joe Clark	Elson Whyte (CP)		Francis O'Donnell (Ind)
East Sydney	Labor	Eddie Ward	Derek Montefiore-Castle (Lib)	Mervyn Reid	Eddie Maher (CPA)
Eden-Monaro	Labor	Allan Fraser	Douglas Thomson (Lib)	John Donohue
Evans	Liberal	James Monaghan	Frederick Osborne (Lib)	Lawrence Pedemont
Farrer	Liberal	Robert Garland	David Fairbairn (Lib)	William Brennan
Grayndler	Labor	Fred Daly	Evan MacLaurin (Lib)	Charles McCafferty	Hal Alexander (CPA) William McCristal (Ind)
Gwydir	Country	Austin Heffernan	Ian Allan (CP)
Hughes	Labor	Les Johnson	John Dwyer (Lib)	Kevin O'Connor
Hume	Country	Arthur Fuller	Charles Anderson (CP)	Raymond Nolan
Hunter	Labor	H. V. Evatt	John Marsden (Lib)	William Burke
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Dan Curtin	George Dan (Lib)	Bernard McOrrie
Lang	Labor	Frank Stewart	Hugh Bygott (Lib)	Kevin Davis
Lawson	Country	Jack Tully	Laurie Failes (CP)	Edward English
Lowe	Liberal	Joseph Sloss	William McMahon (Lib)	Mollie Dolan
Lyne	Country	John Allan	Philip Lucock (CP)	William Gleeson	Joe Cordner (Ind) Murray Hooke (Ind)
Macarthur	Liberal	Eric Ryan	Jeff Bate (Lib)
Mackellar	Liberal	Mabel Elliott	Bill Wentworth (Lib)	Ann Macken	Hugh Begg (CPA)
Macquarie	Labor	Tony Luchetti	Norman Leven (Lib)	Hugh Dougherty
Mitchell	Liberal	Reginald Byrne	Roy Wheeler (Lib)	Francis Moffitt
New England	Country	Donald White	David Drummond (CP)	John Burless
Newcastle	Labor	Charles Jones	Alwyn Watkins (Lib)	Jack Collins	Sidney Monroe (Ind) Mary Pepperall (Ind)
North Sydney	Liberal	Jack Stephens	William Jack (Lib)	Gregory McGirr	Edward McGregor (Ind)
Parkes	Labor	Les Haylen	George Chambers (Lib)	Maurice Colreavy
Parramatta	Liberal	Ray Jones	Sir Garfield Barwick (Lib)	William Kildea
Paterson	Liberal	Alan Lloyd	Allen Fairhall (Lib)	Douglas Drinkwater
Phillip	Liberal	Joe Fitzgerald	William Aston (Lib)	Peter Daly	Sidney Doubleday (Ind)
Reid	Labor	Tom Uren	Derek Bryden (Lib)	Andrew Murphy	Charles Morgan (Ind)
Richmond	Country	William Smith	Doug Anthony (CP)		Timothy Donnelly (Ind)
Riverina	Country	Jack Ward	Hugh Roberton (CP)	Peter Rolfe
Robertson	Liberal	Joseph McCaig	Roger Dean (Lib)	Neil Mackerras
Shortland	Labor	Charles Griffiths	Hilary Fallins (Lib)	Robert Burke	William Quinn (CPA)
St George	Liberal	Lionel Clay	Bill Graham (Lib)	Mary Nappa
Warringah	Liberal	Norman Braviner	Francis Bland (Lib)	Peter Keogh
Watson	Labor	Jim Cope	John Bampton (Lib)	Kenneth Collins
Wentworth	Liberal	Sydney Davis	Les Bury (Lib)	John Gillian
Werriwa	Labor	Gough Whitlam	John Shannon (Lib)	Les Hale
West Sydney	Labor	Dan Minogue	Adrian Cook (Lib)	Allan Charlesworth	Lance Sharkey (CPA)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Independent candidate
Northern Territory	Labor	Jock Nelson	James Martin

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	QLP candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Liberal	Hector Chalmers	Malcolm McColm (Lib)	Terence Burns	Noel Condie (ANP)
Brisbane	Labor	George Lawson	Kevin Cairns (Lib)	Geoffrey Maule	Jim Henderson (CPA) John Morgan (ANP)
Capricornia	Liberal	Colin Maxwell	George Pearce (Lib)	James Verney
Darling Downs	Liberal	Jack McCafferty	Reginald Swartz (Lib)	Margaret Walsh
Dawson	Country	Selwyn Ferguson	Charles Davidson (CP)	Waller O'Grady
Fisher	Country	William Weir	Charles Adermann (CP)	James Humphries
Griffith	Labor	Wilfred Coutts	Arthur Chresby (Lib)	Greg Kehoe
Herbert	Labor	Bill Edmonds	John Murray (Lib)	Victor Bodero	Hugh Fay (CPA)
Kennedy	Labor	Bill Riordan	Alexander Hindson (CP)	Bob Katter
Leichhardt	Labor	Bill Fulton	George Turner (CP)	James Bidner
Lilley	Liberal	Jack Melloy	Bruce Wight (Lib)	Walter Barnes	Mervyn Goldstiver (ANP)
Maranoa	Country	Leslie Beaumont	Wilfred Brimblecombe (CP)	Alfred Dohring
McPherson	Country	Harold Evans	Charles Barnes (CP)	John Hilton
Moreton	Liberal	Bernard Ouston	James Killen (Lib)	Ted Mansfield	Max Julius (CPA)
Oxley	Liberal	Robert Warren	Donald Cameron (Lib)		Wallace Dawson (CPA)
Petrie	Liberal	John Claffey	Alan Hulme (Lib)	Maxwell McCurdie	Horace Burge (ANP)
Ryan	Liberal	Bernard McDonnell	Nigel Drury (Lib)	Bryan Hurley	Ronald Edmonds (ANP)
Wide Bay	Country	Brendan Hansen	Henry Bandidt (CP)	Edward McDonnell

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Joe Sexton	Ian Wilson	Baylon Ryan
Angas	Liberal	Darcy Nielsen	Alick Downer	Susan Critchley	Sydney Edwards (Ind)
Barker	Liberal	Norman Alcock	Jim Forbes	Frank Marshall
Bonython	Labor	Norman Makin	Thomas Foale	Edward Timlin	Joseph Buchanan (CPA)
Boothby	Liberal	Ralph Dettman	John McLeay	George Hodgson
Grey	Labor	Edgar Russell	David Gunn	Richard Mills	Frank Rieck (Ind)
Hindmarsh	Labor	Clyde Cameron	Alan Smith	Francis Moran
Kingston	Labor	Pat Galvin	Cecil Anderson	Brian Crowe
Port Adelaide	Labor	Albert Thompson	David Garvie	Gerald Shinnick	Peter Symon (CPA)
Sturt	Liberal	Siegfried Hausler	Keith Wilson	Norman Vowles
Wakefield	Liberal	Leonard Krieg	Bert Kelly	Leo Redden	Hector Henstridge (Ind)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Communist candidate
Bass	Labor	Lance Barnard	Max Bushby	Leslie Arnold
Braddon	Liberal	Ron Davies	Aubrey Luck	Frances Lane
Denison	Liberal	Bert Lacey	Athol Townley	Harold Senior	Max Bound
Franklin	Liberal	Lynda Heaven	Bill Falkinder	Henry Scoles
Wilmot	Labor	Gil Duthie	Ralph Cameron	Francis Lillis

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Balaclava	Liberal	Norman Rothfield	Percy Joske (Lib)	Rex Keane	Grace Stratton (Ind)
Ballaarat	Liberal	Donald Drummond	Dudley Erwin (Lib)	Bob Joshua
Batman	Labor	Alan Bird	Fred Capp (Lib)	Tom Walsh
Bendigo	Labor	Percy Clarey	Henry Snell (Lib)	Bill Drechsler
Bruce	Liberal	Keith Ewert	Billy Snedden (Lib)	Henri de Sachau
Chisholm	Liberal	Leo Bartley	Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib)	John Hoare
Corangamite	Liberal	Edwin Morris	Dan Mackinnon (Lib)	Patrick Bourke	Elsie Brushfield (Ind)
Corio	Liberal	Bernard O'Leary	Hubert Opperman (Lib)	James Mahoney
Darebin	Labor	Frank Courtnay	Gordon Duncan (Lib)	Tom Andrews
Deakin	Liberal	Norm Griffiths	Frank Davis (Lib)	Terence Collins
Fawkner	Liberal	George Smart	Peter Howson (Lib)	Bill Bourke
Flinders	Liberal	Nola Barber	Robert Lindsay (Lib)	Thomas Flanagan
Gellibrand	Labor	Hector McIvor	Barry Maddern (Lib)	James Eudey	Frank Johnson (CPA)
Gippsland	Country	Clement Little	George Bowden (CP)	John Hansen
Henty	Liberal	Tom Gilhooley	Max Fox (Lib)	Henry Moore
Higgins	Liberal	Alfred Shiff	Harold Holt (Lib)	Celia Laird
Higinbotham	Lib	Edwin Lamb	Frank Timson (Lib)	Desmond Ward
Indi	Liberal	John McLaren	William Bostock (Lib) Mac Holten* (CP)	Henry Richards	James Ellis (Ind)
Isaacs	Liberal	Barry Jones	William Haworth (Lib)	John Hughes	Elias Cowan (Ind)
Kooyong	Liberal	Dolph Eddy	Robert Menzies (Lib)	John Buchanan	Gerry O'Day (CPA)
La Trobe	Liberal	Sam Goldbloom	Richard Casey (Lib)	Terence Kirley
Lalor	Labor	Reg Pollard	Peter Kemp (Lib)	John Donnellon
Mallee	Country	George Xeros	Winton Turnbull (CP)	John Cotter
Maribyrnong	Liberal	Doug Elliot	Philip Stokes (Lib)	Paul Gunn
McMillan	Liberal	George Brown	Alex Buchanan* (Lib) Francis Hawtin (CP)	Kevin Scanlon	Wattie Doig (CPA) Decima Mayne (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Arthur Calwell	James Moloney (Lib)	John Ryan
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Frank Crean	Norman Loader (Lib)	John Fitzgerald	Roger Wilson (CPA)
Murray	Country	Neil Frankland	John McEwen (CP)	Brian Lacey
Scullin	Labor	Ted Peters	Bill Burns (Lib)	Thomas Brennan
Wannon	Liberal	Jack Stanford	Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	Terence Callander
Wills	Labor	Gordon Bryant	Alfred Wall (Lib)	Bill Bryson
Wimmera	Liberal	Thomas Windsor	Robert King* (CP) William Lawrence (Lib)	James McCaffrey
Yarra	Labor	Jim Cairns	Cecil Lanyon (Lib)	Stan Keon	Ken Miller (CPA)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Canning	Country		Len Hamilton (CP)	Patrick Cranley
Curtin	Liberal	Frederick Traine	Paul Hasluck (Lib)	John Antill
Forrest	Liberal	Ernest Stapleton	Gordon Freeth (Lib)	Arthur Addis
Fremantle	Labor	Kim Beazley	Peter Goode (Lib)		Paddy Troy (CPA)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Fred Collard	Peter Browne (Lib)	Antonius Berkhout	Harold Illingworth (Ind)
Moore	Country	Wilbur Bennett	Hugh Halbert* (Lib) Hugh Leslie (CP)
Perth	Liberal	Laurie Wilkinson	Fred Chaney (Lib)	Terence Merchant	Claude Swaine (Ind)
Stirling	Labor	Harry Webb	Doug Cash (Lib)	Brian Peachey	James Collins (Ind)
Swan	Liberal	Keith Dowding	Richard Cleaver (Lib)	Charles Noonan

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

Six seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Labor Senator Bill Ashley's death; this had been filled in the interim by Labor's James Ormonde. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending two seats. Senators John Armstrong (Labor), John McCallum (Liberal), Albert Reid (Country) and Bill Spooner (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	DLP candidates	Communist candidates	True Dem candidates	Ungrouped candidates
James Arnold* James Ormonde* Stan Amour* Gilbert Manuel	Sir Alister McMullin* (Lib) Ken Anderson* (Lib) Colin McKellar* (CP)	Jack Kane Jan Van Der Rijt Michael Fitzpatrick	Jim Healy Laurie Aarons Flo Davis Rupert Lockwood	Ronald Sarina Alfred Turner	George Cole John Chapman-Mortimer Edward Spensley Charles de Monchaux Anthony Micallef

Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending three seats. The Labor Party was defending two seats (although Senator Condon Byrne had defected to the Queensland Labor Party). Senators Archie Benn (Labor), Walter Cooper (Country), Ben Courtice (Labor), Neil O'Sullivan (Liberal) and Dame Annabelle Rankin (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	QLP candidates	Communist candidates	Loyalist candidates
Gordon Brown* Felix Dittmer* Max Poulter	Ted Maher* (CP) Ian Wood* (Lib) Roy Kendall* (Lib)	Condon Byrne Harold Collins William Sturgess	Tom Millar Ted Bacon Stella Nord	Jean Reville Gladys Edwards

South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Senators Nancy Buttfield (Liberal), Clive Hannaford (Liberal), Ted Mattner (Liberal), Theo Nicholls (Labor) and Sid O'Flaherty (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	DLP candidates	Communist candidates
Jim Toohey* Clem Ridley* Arnold Drury*	Rex Pearson* Keith Laught* Gordon Davidson	James O'Sullivan Daniel Smith Peter Lasarewitch	Alan Finger Jim Moss Elliott Johnston

Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats (although Senator George Cole had defected to the Democratic Labor Party). The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Senators Denham Henty (Liberal), Nick McKenna (Labor), Bob Poke (Labor), Robert Wardlaw (Liberal) and Reg Wright (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	DLP candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Justin O'Byrne* Bill Aylett* Reg Murray	Elliot Lillico* John Marriott* Robert Wordsworth	George Cole* Bruce Dilger Virgil Morgan	Cornelius McShane

Victoria

Six seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Liberal Senator John Spicer's resignation; this had been filled in the interim by Liberal George Hannan. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Don Cameron (Labor), Frank McManus (Democratic Labor), Jim Sheehan (Labor) and Harrie Wade (Country) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	DLP candidates	Communist candidates	Republican candidates
Pat Kennelly* Bert Hendrickson* Charles Sandford* Maurice Ashkanasy	John Gorton* Ivy Wedgwood* George Hannan*	Jack Little Frank Burns Eileen Slattery Vilmos Kormos	Ralph Gibson Kath Williams Andy Wallace Bill Tregear	John Murray Richard Mullins

Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The Country Party was defending one seat. Senators Shane Paltridge (Liberal), Agnes Robertson (Country), Dorothy Tangney (Labor), Seddon Vincent (Liberal) and Don Willesee (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Country candidates	DLP candidates	Communist candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Joe Cooke* Harry Cant* Patrick O'Brien	Malcolm Scott* George Branson* Peter Sim	Tom Drake-Brockman* Jessie Robertson Bill Robinson	Bernard Flanagan Veronica Bonser	John Gandini Annette Aarons John Wilson	Gerard Benson

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 Senate elections in each state.

Party	NSW		Vic		Qld		WA		SA		Tas		ACT	NT	Total
	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	HR	HR	S
Australian Labor Party	47	*	33	*	18	*	8	*	11	*	5	*	1	1	124	6
Liberal Party of Australia	38	*	30	*	11	*	8	*	11	*	5	*	1		104	6
Australian Country Party	9	*	6		7	*	2	*							25	3
Democratic Labor Party	41	*	33	*			7	*	11	*	5	*			97	5
Communist Party of Australia	7	*	5	*	4	*	1	*	2	*	1	*			20	6
Queensland Labor Party					18	*									18	1
Australian Nationalist Party					5										5
True Democratic Party		*														1
Australian Republican Party				*												1
Loyalist Party						*										1
Independent and other	11		5				3		3				1		23

See also

• 1958 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1955–1958
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1958–1961
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1956–1959
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1959–1962
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1958
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1958