Candidates of the 1963 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1963 Australian federal election. The election was held on 30 November 1963.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

• On 1 September 1962, Sam Benson (Labor) was elected to replace Alan Bird (Labor) as the member for Batman.
• On 9 October 1962, George Whiteside (Labor) was appointed a Queensland Senator to replace Max Poulter (Labor).
• On 1 June 1963, Jack Mortimer (Labor) was elected to replace Edgar Russell (Labor) as the member for Grey.
• On 28 September 1963, Len Devine (Labor) was elected to replace Eddie Ward (Labor) as the member for East Sydney.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Norman Makin MP (Bonython, SA)
• Victor Kearney MP (Cunningham, NSW)
• Albert Thompson MP (Port Adelaide, SA)

Country

• Charles Davidson MP (Dawson, Qld)
• David Drummond MP (New England, NSW)
• Hugh Leslie MP (Moore, WA)

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
Australian Capital Territory	Labor	Jim Fraser	Elizabeth Calvert

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	Eric Costa	Milovan Kovjanic (Lib)		Pat Clancy (CPA)
Barton	Labor	Len Reynolds	Jack Manning (Lib)	Norma Boyle
Bennelong	Liberal	William Baird	John Cramer (Lib)	Allan Dwyer	Joseph Woodhouse (NGP)
Blaxland	Labor	Jim Harrison	Terence Morrish (Lib)	Kevin Davis
Bradfield	Liberal	Lawrence McCulloch	Harry Turner (Lib)	Dominique Droulers
Calare	Country	Leroy Serisier	John England (CP)	George Boland
Cowper	Labor	Frank McGuren	Ian Robinson (CP)
Cunningham	Labor	Rex Connor	Jack Hough (Lib)		Bill McDougall (CPA)
Dalley	Labor	William O'Connor		Peter Keogh
Darling	Labor	Joe Clark	Frederick Harding (CP)
East Sydney	Labor	Len Devine	William Foster (Lib)		Bill Brown (CPA)
Eden-Monaro	Labor	Allan Fraser	Dugald Munro (Lib)	John Donohue
Evans	Labor	James Monaghan	Malcolm Mackay (Lib)	Jack Kane	Stanislaus Kelly (Ind) Harold O'Reilly (Ind)
Farrer	Liberal	Herb McPherson	David Fairbairn (Lib)	Lawrence Esler
Grayndler	Labor	Fred Daly	Robert Leech (Lib)		Joyce Stevens (CPA)
Gwydir	Country	Kenneth Green	Ian Allan (CP)
Hughes	Labor	Les Johnson	William Cover (Lib)	George Apap	John Mantova (Ind) John Phillips (NGP)
Hume	Labor	Arthur Fuller	Geoffrey Ashton (Lib) Ian Pettitt* (CP)	Charles Rowe
Hunter	Labor	Bert James	John Wassell (Lib)	Aubrey Barr	Evan Phillips (CPA)
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Dan Curtin	Sidney Pitkethly (Lib)		Jim Baird (CPA)
Lang	Labor	Frank Stewart	Russell Carter (Lib)		Frank Ball (Ind)
Lawson	Country	John Canobi	Laurie Failes (CP)	Mario Morandini
Lowe	Liberal	John Holland	William McMahon (Lib)	Reginald Lawson
Lyne	Country	John Allan	Philip Lucock (CP)		Joe Cordner (Ind)
Macarthur	Liberal	Don Nilon	Jeff Bate (Lib)	Albert Perish	Ronald Sarina (Ind)
Mackellar	Liberal	Mabel Elliott	Bill Wentworth (Lib)	Philip Cohen	Hugh Begg (CPA)
Macquarie	Labor	Tony Luchetti	John Heesh (Lib)
Mitchell	Labor	John Armitage	Les Irwin (Lib)	Malcolm Towner	Albert Ackerman (NGP) John Ashe (Ind)
New England	Country	Donald White	Ian Sinclair (CP)		James Gordon (Ind) Andrew Monley (Ind)
Newcastle	Labor	Charles Jones	Eric Cupit (Lib)	Jack Collins
North Sydney	Liberal	Maurice Isaacs	William Jack (Lib)	Michael Fitzpatrick
Parkes	Labor	Les Haylen	Tom Hughes (Lib)	Vincent Couch
Parramatta	Liberal	Maxwell McLaren	Sir Garfield Barwick (Lib)	Edward Beck
Paterson	Liberal	Archibald Jones	Allen Fairhall (Lib)
Phillip	Labor	Syd Einfeld	William Aston (Lib)	John Antill
Reid	Labor	Tom Uren	Thomas Reeves (Lib)	Mick Carroll
Richmond	Country	Matthew Walsh	Doug Anthony (CP)		Peter Bray (Ind)
Riverina	Country	Jack Ward	Hugh Roberton (CP)	Victor Groutsch
Robertson	Liberal	Bob Brown	Roger Dean (Lib)	George Britton
Shortland	Labor	Charles Griffiths	William Gilchrist (Lib)	Robert Burke	Barbara Curthoys (CPA)
St George	Labor	Lionel Clay	Len Bosman (Lib)	John Vandergriff
Warringah	Liberal	John Lancaster	John Cockle (Lib)	John Plunkett
Watson	Labor	Jim Cope	Louis Mamo (Lib)	Bernard Atkinson	Harry Hatfield (CPA)
Wentworth	Liberal	Nell Simpson	Les Bury (Lib)		Arthur Bergman (Ind)
Werriwa	Labor	Gough Whitlam	Kevin Byrne (Lib)	Harry Cole
West Sydney	Labor	Dan Minogue		William Doherty	Charles Kilduff (NGP) Maurice Law (Ind)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate
Northern Territory	Labor	Jock Nelson

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Labor	Jack Comber	Wylie Gibbs (Lib)	Harry Wright
Brisbane	Labor	Manfred Cross	Leith Sinclair (Lib)	John O'Connell	Warren Bowden (CPA)
Capricornia	Labor	George Gray	Maurice South (Lib)	Alphonsus Schleger
Darling Downs	Liberal	Cyril Mitchell	Reginald Swartz (Lib)	Kenneth Rawle
Dawson	Country	Doug Everingham	George Shaw (CP)	Edwin Eshmann
Fisher	Country	William Weir	Charles Adermann (CP)	Geoffrey Traill
Griffith	Labor	Wilfred Coutts	Keith Grant (Lib)	Paul Tucker
Herbert	Labor	Ted Harding	Roy Pope (Lib)	Kiernan Dorney	Frank Bishop (CPA)
Kennedy	Labor	Bill Riordan	Keith Siemon (CP)	John Judge
Leichhardt	Labor	Bill Fulton	Robert Norman (CP)	Arthur Trembath
Lilley	Labor	Don Cameron	Kevin Cairns (Lib)	Frank Andrews
Maranoa	Country	Trevor Alexander	Wilfred Brimblecombe (CP)	Mervyn Eunson
McPherson	Country	Gerry Jones	Charles Barnes (CP)	Michael O'Connor
Moreton	Liberal	John O'Donnell	James Killen (Lib)	Eric Allingham
Oxley	Labor	Bill Hayden	Arthur Chresby (Lib)	Terence Burns
Petrie	Labor	Reginald O'Brien	Alan Hulme (Lib)	Brian Balaam	Francis O'Mara (Ind)
Ryan	Liberal	Raymond McCreath	Nigel Drury (Lib)	Brian O'Brien	Robert Hooker (SCP)
Wide Bay	Labor	Brendan Hansen	Albert White (CP)	Rogers Judge	Geoffrey Nichols (SCP)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Joe Sexton	Karl-Juergen Liebetrau	Patrick Coffey
Angas	Liberal	Robert Nielsen	Alick Downer		Elliott Johnston (CPA)
Barker	Liberal	Norman Alcock	Jim Forbes		Harvey Burns (Ind)
Bonython	Labor	Martin Nicholls		Edward Timlin	Alan Miller (CPA)
Boothby	Liberal	Ronald Basten	Sir John McLeay	Ted Farrell
Grey	Labor	Jack Mortimer	Vern Dyason	William Ahern
Hindmarsh	Labor	Clyde Cameron		Richard Mills
Kingston	Labor	Pat Galvin	Kay Brownbill	Brian Crowe
Port Adelaide	Labor	Fred Birrell		George Basisovs	Jim Moss (CPA)
Sturt	Liberal	Norm Foster	Keith Wilson	Walter Doran
Wakefield	Liberal	John Penrose	Bert Kelly

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Bass	Labor	Lance Barnard	James Wardlaw	Frederick Kaye
Braddon	Labor	Ron Davies	Paul Fenton	Frances Lane
Denison	Liberal	Donald Finlay	Athol Townley	Brian Bresnehan	Max Bound (CPA) Bruce Brown (Ind)
Franklin	Liberal	John Parsons	Bill Falkinder	Andrew Defendini
Wilmot	Labor	Gil Duthie	Donald Paterson	Alastair Davidson

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Balaclava	Liberal	Ephraim Briskman	Ray Whittorn (Lib)	John Ryan	Edith Jewell (Ind)
Ballaarat	Liberal	Allan Williams	Dudley Erwin (Lib)	Bob Joshua
Batman	Labor	Sam Benson	Bruce Skeggs (Lib)	Jack Little
Bendigo	Labor	Noel Beaton	Fred Grimwade (Lib)	Bill Drechsler
Bruce	Liberal	Barry Jones	Billy Snedden (Lib)	Henri de Sachau	Brian Crossley (Ind) Tom Gilhoooley (Ind)
Chisholm	Liberal	John Button	Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib)	John Duffy
Corangamite	Liberal	Fred Black	Dan Mackinnon (Lib)	Francis O'Brien
Corio	Liberal	Bob Hawke	Hubert Opperman (Lib)	James Mahoney
Darebin	Labor	Frank Courtnay	Peter Coupe (Lib)	Tom Andrews
Deakin	Liberal	Pat Hubbard	Frank Davis (Lib)	Maurice Weston
Fawkner	Liberal	Gwendolyn Noad	Peter Howson (Lib)	John Speed	George Gabriel (Ind)
Flinders	Liberal	Nola Barber	Robert Lindsay (Lib)	Martin Curry
Gellibrand	Labor	Hector McIvor	Harley Price (Lib)	Jan Roszkowski	David Davies (CPA)
Gippsland	Country	Sydney Evans	Peter Nixon (CP)	John Hansen
Henty	Liberal	George Taylor	Max Fox (Lib)	Joseph McHugh	Herbert Viney (Ind Lab)
Higgins	Liberal	Roger Kirby	Harold Holt (Lib)	Celia Laird
Higinbotham	Liberal	Reginald Butler	Don Chipp (Lib)	William Cameron
Indi	Country	Mervyn Huggins	Ian Foyster (Lib) Mac Holten* (CP)	Christopher Cody
Isaacs	Liberal	Paul Court	William Haworth (Lib)	John Hughes
Kooyong	Liberal	Robert White	Sir Robert Menzies (Lib)	Charles Murphy	Ralph Gibson (CPA)
Lalor	Labor	Reg Pollard	Bernard Treseder (Lib)	Jim Marmion
La Trobe	Liberal	Moss Cass	John Jess (Lib)	Kevin Adamson
Mallee	Country	Maurice Hinton	Winton Turnbull (CP)	Michael Howley
Maribyrnong	Liberal	Neil Armour	Philip Stokes (Lib)	Frank McManus	John Murray (ARP) Edwin Ryan (Ind)
McMillan	Liberal	Eric Kent	Alex Buchanan (Lib)	Les Hilton
Melbourne	Labor	Arthur Calwell	Charles Hider (Lib)	Thomas Brennan
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Frank Crean	James Pond (Lib)	George O'Dwyer	Roger Wilson (CPA)
Murray	Country	Neil Frankland	John McEwen (CP)	Brian Lacey
Scullin	Labor	Ted Peters	John Harrison (Lib)	James Abikhair	Ron Hearn (CPA)
Wannon	Liberal	Cyril Primmer	Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	Terence Callander
Wills	Labor	Gordon Bryant	James Muntz (Lib)	John Hardy
Wimmera	Country	Thomas Windsor	Robert King* (CP) Howard Rodda (Lib)	Adrian Cahill
Yarra	Labor	Jim Cairns	Anthony Hearder (Lib)	Stan Keon

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Canning	Liberal	Charles Edwards	John Hallett* (CP) Neil McNeill (Lib)		Ronald Batey (Ind)
Curtin	Liberal		Paul Hasluck (Lib)	Francis Dwyer	John Gandini (CPA)
Forrest	Liberal	Robert Smithson	Gordon Freeth (Lib)		Frank Oates (Ind CP)
Fremantle	Labor	Kim Beazley	John Waghorne (Lib)		James Collins (Ind) Paddy Troy (CPA)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Fred Collard	Peter Browne (Lib)	James Ardagh Antonius Berkhout
Moore	Country	Wilbur Bennett	Hugh Halbert (Lib) Don Maisey* (CP)
Perth	Liberal	Edward Halse	Fred Chaney (Lib)	Arthur White
Stirling	Labor	Harry Webb	Doug Cash (Lib)	Brian Peachey
Swan	Liberal	Joe Berinson	Richard Cleaver (Lib)	Gerardus Sappelli	Warwick Hill (Ind)

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 (*).

Queensland

A special election was held in Queensland to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Labor Senator Max Poulter. George Whiteside, also of the Labor Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.

Labor candidates	DLP candidates	Ungrouped candidates
George Whiteside Bert Turner	Oliver Andersen Anne Wenck	Reginald Leigh (Ind) Kenneth Morris* (Lib) Bruce Tannock (Ind) James Drabsch (Ind)

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 special Senate election in Queensland.

Party	NSW	Vic	Qld		WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Total
	HR	HR	HR	S	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	HR	S
Australian Labor Party	47	33	18	*	8	11	5	1	1	124	1
Liberal Party of Australia	36	30	11	*	9	8	5	1		100	1
Australian Country Party	10	5	7		2					24
Democratic Labor Party	32	33	18	*	6	8	5			102	1
Communist Party of Australia	9	4	2		2	3	1			21
New Guinea Party	4									4
Social Credit Party			2							2
Australian Republican Party		1								1
Independent and other	12	6	1		4	1	1			25

See also

• 1963 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1961–1963
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1963–1966
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1963
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1963