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Candidates of the 1954 Australian federal election

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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1954 Australian federal election. The election was held on 29 May 1954. There was no election for the Senate.

By-elections, appointments and defections

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By-elections and appointments

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Retiring Members

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Country

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House of Representatives

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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

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Independent candidates
Australian Capital Territory Labor Jim Fraser Mary Stevenson John Cusack

New South Wales

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Banks Labor Eric Costa Harold Stalker (Lib) Pat Clancy (CPA)
Barton Labor H. V. Evatt Bill Arthur (Lib)
Bennelong Liberal Thomas Campbell John Cramer (Lib)
Blaxland Labor Jim Harrison Reginald Allsop (Lib) Jack Hughes (CPA)
Bradfield Liberal Harry Turner (Lib)
Calare Liberal John Breen John Howse (Lib) Madge Roberts (Ind)
Cook Labor Tom Sheehan Harry Hatfield (CPA)
Percy Staines (Ind)
Cowper Country William Bailey Sir Earle Page (CP) Kenneth Harding (CPA)
Cunningham Labor Billy Davies John Parkinson (Lib) Bill Parkinson (CPA)
Dalley Labor Arthur Greenup Robert Stafford (Lib) Flo Davis (CPA)
Darling Labor Joe Clark Rodan Dawson (CP)
East Sydney Labor Eddie Ward George Chambers (Lib) Bill Brown (CPA)
Eden-Monaro Labor Allan Fraser Royce Beavis (Lib)
Evans Liberal Robert Bailey Frederick Osborne (Lib)
Farrer Liberal Daniel Byrnes David Fairbairn (Lib)
Grayndler Labor Fred Daly Kenneth Innes (Lib) William McCristal (Ind)
Gwydir Country Michael Quinn Ian Allan (CP)
Hume Labor Arthur Fuller Charles Anderson (CP)
Linden Roth (Lib)
Hunter Labor Rowley James Edward Farrell (Lib) John McCroarey (Ind)
Evan Phillips (CPA)
John White (Ind)
Kingsford-Smith Labor Gordon Anderson George Dan (Lib)
Lang Labor Frank Stewart John Spicer (Lib)
Lawson Country Alan Manning Laurie Failes (CP) Dick Bourke (Ind)
Lowe Liberal William Webster William McMahon (Lib)
Lyne Country Philip Lucock (CP) Joe Cordner (Ind)
Donald Lancaster (Ind)
Macarthur Liberal Claude Allen Jeff Bate (Lib)
Mackellar Liberal Francis Neate Bill Wentworth (Lib) Ray Clarke (CPA)
Macquarie Labor Tony Luchetti Horace Brownlow (Lib) John King (CPA)
Martin Labor William O'Connor Elton Lewis (Lib) Ernie Thornton (CPA)
Mitchell Liberal Doug Bowd Roy Wheeler (Lib) Mel McCalman (CPA)
New England Country Frederick Cowley David Drummond (CP)
Newcastle Labor David Watkins Matthew Tapp (Lib) Sidney Monroe (Ind)
Doug Olive (CPA)
North Sydney Liberal Leo Haylen William Jack (Lib)
Parkes Labor Les Haylen William Ness (Lib)
Parramatta Liberal John Holmes Howard Beale (Lib)
Paterson Liberal Kevin Barlow Allen Fairhall (Lib)
Phillip Labor Joe Fitzgerald Henry Clarke (Lib)
Reid Labor Charles Morgan Bob Mutton (Lib) Laurie Aarons (CPA)
Horace Hancock (OLM)
Richmond Country Larry Anthony (CP)
Riverina Country Michael Sheehan Hugh Roberton (CP) Les Kelton (CPA)
Robertson Liberal Walter Geraghty Roger Dean (Lib) John Tapp (CPA)
Shortland Labor Charles Griffiths Arthur Downey (Lib)
St George Liberal Nelson Lemmon Bill Graham (Lib)
Warringah Liberal Ronald Nibbs Francis Bland (Lib) Ernest White (Ind)
Watson Labor Dan Curtin Hubert O'Connell (Lib)
Wentworth Liberal Sir Eric Harrison (Lib)
Werriwa Labor Gough Whitlam Jack Lee (Lib) Edwin Lipscombe (CPA)
West Sydney Labor Dan Minogue Anthony Micallef (Ind)
Lance Sharkey (CPA)

Northern Territory

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Country candidate
Northern Territory Labor Jock Nelson Ralph Edwards

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Bowman Liberal Jack Houston Malcolm McColm (Lib) Mabel Hanson (CPA)
Brisbane Labor George Lawson Vic Mead (Lib) Max Julius (CPA)
Capricornia Liberal Mick Gardner George Pearce (Lib) Eric Browne (CPA)
Darling Downs Liberal William Watson Reginald Swartz (Lib)
Dawson Country George Hyde Charles Davidson (CP)
Fisher Country Sydney Campbell Charles Adermann (CP)
Griffith Liberal Wilfred Coutts Doug Berry (Lib)
Herbert Labor Bill Edmonds Fred Purdie (CP) Claude Jones (CPA)
Kennedy Labor Bill Riordan Cliff Lanham (CP)
Leichhardt Labor Harry Bruce Tom Gilmore (CP) Joe Howe (CPA)
Lilley Liberal Bernard Williams Bruce Wight (Lib)
McPherson Country Sir Arthur Fadden (CP) Sir Raphael Cilento (Ind Dem)
Maranoa Country Eric Taylor Wilfred Brimblecombe (CP) Charles Russell (Ind Dem)
Moreton Liberal Ted Mansfield Josiah Francis (Lib) Bill Yarrow (CPA)
Oxley Liberal Norman Thomas Donald Cameron (Lib) Tom Millar (CPA)
Petrie Liberal Alexander Barry Alan Hulme (Lib)
Ryan Liberal Frank Luton Nigel Drury (Lib)
Wide Bay Country Frank Forde William Brand (CP) Frank Falls (CPA)

South Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
Adelaide Labor Cyril Chambers Nancy Buttfield Charles McCaffrey (CPA)
Angas Liberal Alick Downer
Barker Liberal Ralph Dettman Archie Cameron
Boothby Liberal Rex Mathews John McLeay
Grey Labor Edgar Russell Thomas Cheesman
Hindmarsh Labor Clyde Cameron
Kingston Labor Pat Galvin Howard Zelling
Port Adelaide Labor Albert Thompson Alan Finger (CPA)
Sturt Liberal Norman Makin Keith Wilson
Wakefield Liberal Edward Harradine Sir Philip McBride Hector Henstridge (Ind)

Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate Communist candidate
Bass Liberal Lance Barnard Bruce Kekwick
Darwin Liberal Clem Foster Aubrey Luck
Denison Liberal Bert Lacey Athol Townley Max Bound
Franklin Liberal Jack Frost Bill Falkinder
Wilmot Labor Gil Duthie Lionel Browning

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Balaclava Liberal Leonard Prior Percy Joske (Lib)
Ballaarat Labor Bob Joshua Allen Driscoll (Lib)
Batman Labor Alan Bird Neil McKay (Lib) Andy Wallace (CPA)
Bendigo Labor Percy Clarey John Barton (Lib)
Burke Labor Ted Peters Alfred Wall (Lib) Vida Little (CPA)
Chisholm Liberal Les Cahill Wilfrid Kent Hughes (Lib)
Corangamite Liberal Angus McLean Dan Mackinnon (Lib)
Corio Liberal John Dedman Hubert Opperman (Lib)
Darebin Labor Tom Andrews Charles White (Lib)
Deakin Liberal Gordon Bryant Frank Davis (Lib)
Fawkner Labor Bill Bourke Peter Howson (Lib)
Flinders Labor Keith Ewert Robert Lindsay (Lib)
Gellibrand Labor Jack Mullens George Carrington (Lib) Alex Dobbin (CPA)
Gippsland Country Syd Crofts George Bowden (CP)
Henty Liberal Alexander Miller Jo Gullett (Lib) Noel Schafer (Ind Lib)
Higgins Liberal Benjamin Nicholas Harold Holt (Lib)
Higinbotham Liberal Geoffrey Sowerbutts Frank Timson (Lib)
Hoddle Labor Jack Cremean Desmond Byrne (Lib) John Prescott (CPA)
Indi Liberal Carl Reeves William Bostock* (Lib)
Cyril Davy (CP)
Isaacs Liberal Don MacSween William Haworth (Lib)
Kooyong Liberal George Miller Robert Menzies (Lib) Rex Mortimer (CPA)
La Trobe Liberal Edward Smith Richard Casey (Lib) Gerry O'Day (CPA)
Lalor Labor Reg Pollard George Morison (Lib)
Mallee Country Winton Turnbull (CP)
Maribyrnong Labor Arthur Drakeford Stuart Collie (Lib) Frank Johnson (CPA)
McMillan Liberal Desmond Devlin Geoffrey Brown* (Lib)
John McDonald (CP)
Bob Hamilton (CPA)
Melbourne Labor Arthur Calwell Alfred Carter (Lib)
Melbourne Ports Labor Frank Crean Norman Fittock (Lib) Ted Bull (CPA)
Murray Country John McEwen (CP)
Wannon Labor Don McLeod Malcolm Fraser (Lib)
Wills Labor Bill Bryson Ian Ingram (Lib)
Wimmera Liberal Cyril Sudholz Herbert Hilton (CP)
William Lawrence* (Lib)
Yarra Labor Stan Keon Jim MacDonald (Lib) Ken Miller (CPA)

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Canning Country Percy Munday Len Hamilton (CP)
Curtin Liberal Harry Bishop Paul Hasluck (Lib)
Forrest Liberal Frederick O'Connor Gordon Freeth (Lib)
Fremantle Labor Kim Beazley Douglas McPherson (Lib) Paddy Troy (CPA)
Kalgoorlie Labor Herbert Johnson Harold Illingworth (Ind)
Moore Country Arthur Dargin Hugh Leslie (CP)
Perth Labor Tom Burke Robert Phillips (Lib) Carlyle Ferguson (APA)
John Gandini (CPA)
Swan Liberal Harry Webb Bill Grayden (Lib) Jack Marks (CPA)

Summary by party

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Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state.

Party NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Total
Australian Labor Party 44 31 17 8 9 5 1 1 116
Liberal Party of Australia 37 30 10 5 8 5 1 96
Australian Country Party 9 6 8 2 1 26
Communist Party of Australia 18 10 8 3 2 1 42
All Parties Administration 1 1
Independent and other 11 1 2 1 1 1 17

See also

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References

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