Candidates of the 1987 Australian federal election
This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1987 Australian federal election. The election was held on 11 July 1987.
Retiring Members and Senators
Labor
- Len Keogh MP (Bowman, Qld)
- Ralph Jacobi MP (Hawker, SA)
- Senator Ruth Coleman (WA)
- Senator Ron Elstob (SA)
- Senator Gordon McIntosh (WA)
- Senator Ted Robertson (NT)
Liberal
- Peter Coleman MP (Wentworth, NSW)
- Peter Drummond MP (Forrest, WA)
- Senator Sir John Carrick (NSW)
- Senator Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (Vic)
- Senator Reg Withers (WA)
National
- Senator Stan Collard (Qld)
Country Liberal
- Paul Everingham MP (Northern Territory, NT)
- Senator Bernie Kilgariff (NT)
Democrats
- Senator Colin Mason (NSW)
Independent
- Senator Michael Townley (Tas) – elected as Liberal
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 | Democrats candidate | NDP candidate | Other candidates |
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Canberra | Labor | Ros Kelly | John Louttit | Frances English | Chris Warren | Bev Cains (AFM) John Farrell (Ind) |
Fraser | Labor | John Langmore | Ian Farrow | Peter Hayes | Gareth Smith | Emile Brunoro (Ind) Dawn Casley-Smith (AFM) Larry O'Sullivan (Ind) Kevin Wise (Ind) |
New South Wales
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
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Banks | Labor | John Mountford | Max Parker (Lib) | Monty Green | |
Barton | Labor | Gary Punch | Bob Gemmell (Lib) | Charles Bellchambers (Ind) Jim McLean (Ind) | |
Bennelong | Liberal | Beverley Sharpe | John Howard (Lib) | Paul Taylor | Stephen Davidson (Ind) John Dawson (Ind) |
Berowra | Liberal | Sue Deane | Harry Edwards (Lib) | Peter Markham | |
Blaxland | Labor | Paul Keating | Andrew Thorn (Lib) | John Young | Philip Black (Ind) Paul Keating (Ind) Tony Leitao (Ind) Frank Rayner (Ind) Kaye Tucker (Ind) |
Bradfield | Liberal | Michael Fry | David Connolly (Lib) | Fiona Richardson | |
Calare | Labor | David Simmons | Mick English (Lib) Stewart Hespe (Nat) | Bob Dolton | Eve Buscombe (Ind) |
Charlton | Labor | Bob Brown | Mollie Blake (Lib) | Lyn Godfrey | Vishnu Chaudhary (Ind) |
Chifley | Labor | Roger Price | Paul Conlon (Lib) | Philip Goldhagen | Cheryl Crisp (Ind) |
Cook | Liberal | Michael Addison | Don Dobie (Lib) | Mark Freeman | |
Cowper | National | John Murphy | Garry Nehl (Nat) | Dorothy Thompson | Max Austin (Ind) David Rees (Ind) |
Cunningham | Labor | Stewart West | Jeff Thomson (Lib) | Ray Dargavel | Rudy Pasara (Ind) |
Dobell | Labor | Michael Lee | Les Nunn (Lib) | Graeme Ward | |
Dundas | Liberal | Veronica Husted | Philip Ruddock (Lib) | Robert Springett | |
Eden-Monaro | Labor | Jim Snow | Peter Cochran (Nat) David Evans (Lib) | Horst Kirchner (UAP) John McGlynn (Ind) | |
Farrer | National | Barry Marks | Tim Fischer (Nat) | Ray Brooks (Ind) | |
Fowler | Labor | Ted Grace | Jeff Fishlock (Lib) | Robert Neesam | |
Gilmore | National | John Wright | John Sharp (Nat) | Alan Blackshaw | Reen Dixon (Ind) |
Grayndler | Labor | Leo McLeay | Karl Tartak (Lib) | Peter Hennessy | Nick Papanikitas (Ind) Jack Shanahan (Ind) |
Greenway | Labor | Russ Gorman | Warren Musgrave (Lib) | ||
Gwydir | National | Trevor Elks | Ralph Hunt (Nat) | Lloyd Fleming (Ind) | |
Hughes | Labor | Robert Tickner | Cliff Mason (Lib) | Paul Terrett | |
Hume | Liberal | Rod Milliken | Wal Fife (Lib) | Scott Milne | Jim Eldridge (Ind) David Herald (Ind) Duncan Marshall (NDP) |
Hunter | Labor | Eric Fitzgibbon | Graham Dunkley (Lib) John Turner (Nat) | Maureen Simpson | |
Kingsford-Smith | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Carolyn O'Connor (Lib) | Philippa Leehy | |
Lindsay | Labor | Ross Free | Glynis Hayne (Lib) | Michael Gregory | Ian Perry (Ind) |
Lowe | Labor | Michael Maher | Bob Woods (Lib) | Tony Farrell (UAP) George Turner (Ind) | |
Lyne | National | Garry Worth | Bruce Cowan (Nat) | John Aitken | |
Macarthur | Labor | Stephen Martin | Ron Forrester (Lib) | Meg Sampson | |
Mackellar | Liberal | Eileen Blackmore | Jim Carlton (Lib) | Graeme Maclennan | Maurice Foley (Ind) |
Macquarie | Liberal | David March | Alasdair Webster (Lib) | Bruce Forbes | |
Mitchell | Liberal | Geoff Robinson | Alan Cadman (Lib) | ||
Newcastle | Labor | Allan Morris | Alan Taggart (Lib) | Rae Rendle | George Keegan (Ind) |
New England | National | Joe Horan | Ian Sinclair (Nat) | Eunice Moody | Lance Baldwin (Ind) Bevan O'Regan (Ind) |
North Sydney | Liberal | Eddie Britt | John Spender (Lib) | Rod Dominish | |
Page | National | Trevor Ellem | Ian Robinson (Nat) | Ivor Brown | William Egerton (Ind) |
Parkes | National | Graham Lund | Michael Cobb (Nat) | Gloria Collison | Max Murford (Ind) Bill O'Donnell (Ind) |
Parramatta | Labor | John Brown | Paul Hamer (Lib) | Rodney Levett | |
Phillip | Labor | Jeannette McHugh | Ray Collins (Lib) | Karin Sowada | Fred Brinkman (Ind) |
Prospect | Labor | Dick Klugman | Robert Ingram (Lib) | William Utterson | Sam Barone (Ind) |
Reid | Labor | Tom Uren | Lynne McDowell (Lib) | John Roveen | |
Richmond | National | Klaas Woldring | Charles Blunt (Nat) | Anne Brown | Mac Nicolson (Ind) |
Riverina-Darling | National | Peter Black | Noel Hicks (Nat) | ||
Robertson | Labor | Barry Cohen | Paul St Clair (Lib) | Glenice Griffiths | |
Shortland | Labor | Peter Morris | Milton Caine (Lib) | Derek McCabe | |
St George | Labor | Stephen Dubois | Gary Rush (Lib) | Garry Dalrymple | Brian Compton (Ind) |
Sydney | Labor | Peter Baldwin | Les Morka (Lib) | William Cole | Jack Mundey (Ind) Vito Radice (Ind) |
Throsby | Labor | Colin Hollis | Neville Fredericks (Lib) David Wood (Nat) | Greg Butler | |
Warringah | Liberal | Ian Douglas | Michael MacKellar (Lib) | Christian Widmair | |
Wentworth | Liberal | Anne-Maree Whitaker | John Hewson (Lib) | Yvonne Jayawardena | |
Werriwa | Labor | John Kerin | David Brock (Lib) |
Northern Territory
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CLP candidate | NT Nationals candidates |
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Northern Territory | CLP | Warren Snowdon | Peter Paroulakis | Bob Liddle |
Queensland
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | National candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidates |
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Bowman | Labor | Con Sciacca | Andrew Crowe | Bill Barry-Cotter | Diana Taylor | Barry Cullen (Ind) |
Brisbane | Labor | Manfred Cross | David Drake | Cliff Newman | Michael van Prooyen | William Kenney (Ind) |
Capricornia | Labor | Keith Wright | Tom Young | Ted Price | J. S. Page (NDP) | |
Dawson | National | Bill Welch | Paul Pottinger | Ray Braithwaite | ||
Fadden | Liberal | Peter Wilson | David Jull | Peter Robinson | Kenneth Davies | |
Fairfax | National | Alison Smith | Joy Brannelly | Evan Adermann | Brian Stockwell | |
Fisher | National | Michael Lavarch | Ian Mutch | Peter Slipper | Glen Spicer | |
Forde | Liberal | Mary Crawford | David Watson | Tony Philbrick | Sheila Rieff | |
Griffith | Labor | Ben Humphreys | Wayne Black | Sean Cousins | Lance Winter | |
Groom | National | Linda Dwyer | Alexander Munro | Tom McVeigh | Mark Carew | |
Herbert | Labor | Ted Lindsay | Rosemary Pavey | Jose Goicoechea | Paul Swanton | |
Hinkler | National | Brian Courtice | John Williams | Bryan Conquest | Geoff Boshell | |
Kennedy | National | James Byrne | Ross Cooper | Bob Katter | ||
Leichhardt | Labor | John Gayler | Ronald Barry | Kevin Byrne | Wilfred Tapau | |
Lilley | Labor | Elaine Darling | John Gates | Andrew Brown | ||
McPherson | Liberal | Pat Stern | Peter White | Max McMahon | Yvonne Stoelhorst | |
Maranoa | National | Raymond Paroz | Bruce Christie | Ian Cameron | Richard McCarthy | |
Moncrieff | Liberal | Robert Boyce | Kathy Sullivan | Lester Hughes | George Spencer | |
Moreton | Liberal | Garrie Gibson | Don Cameron | Peter Freckleton | Manfred Willinger | |
Oxley | Labor | Bill Hayden | Janice Akroyd | Barry Hoffensetz | John Loughney | |
Petrie | Liberal | Gary Johns | John Hodges | Gerard Cross | Isobel Robinson | |
Rankin | Labor | David Beddall | John Patterson | Peter Jorgenson Gerard Walsh | Miriam Cope | Terri Cavanagh (Ind) Michael Dunne (Ind) |
Ryan | Liberal | Fleur Yuile | John Moore | Steve Walters | Daphne Woodhouse | |
Wide Bay | National | Andrew Foley | Can Primavera | Clarrie Millar | Ray Barry |
South Australia
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate | National candidate | UAP candidate | Other candidates |
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Adelaide | Labor | Chris Hurford | Peter Panagaris | Chris Wurm | Bryan Stokes | Charles Shahin | Graham Smith (CPA) |
Barker | Liberal | Bill Hender | James Porter | Glenn Taylor | Max Vawser | Tom Giannouklas | Allan Bannister (Ind) Harry Pfeuffer (Ind) |
Bonython | Labor | Neal Blewett | Bernard Buechner | Colin Maas | Cathryn Linedale | John Longhurst | |
Boothby | Liberal | Jayne Taylor | Steele Hall | Margaret-Ann Williams | Clarrie Dietman | Kevin Angove | |
Grey | Labor | Lloyd O'Neil | Russell Reid | Chris James | Robin Dixon-Thompson | Leonce Kealy | |
Hawker | Labor | Elizabeth Harvey | Kim Jacobs | Graham Pamount | David Dwyer | Keith Draper | |
Hindmarsh | Labor | John Scott | Barry Lewis | Jim Mitchell | Glenn Jarvis | Stewart Clarke | Sofia Mavrogeorgis (Ind) |
Kingston | Labor | Gordon Bilney | Richard Noble | Colin Miller | Gerald Larkin | Michael Prowse | |
Makin | Labor | Peter Duncan | Neville Joyce | Sandra Kanck | Natalie Richardson | Kenneth Taplin | A. Wunderlich (Ind) |
Mayo | Liberal | Delia Skorin | Alexander Downer | Merilyn Pedrick | Wesley Glanville | Dorothy McGregor-Day | George Gater (Ind) |
Port Adelaide | Labor | Mick Young | Barry Blundell | Derek Ball | Rod Scarborough | Bob Manhire | John Buik (Ind) Brian Rooney (Ind) |
Sturt | Liberal | Phil Robins | Ian Wilson | Karen Coleman | Loma Silsbury | Graeme Matthews | |
Wakefield | Liberal | Susan Stephens | Neil Andrew | Barbara Barlow | Bill Adams | Anne Hausler |
Tasmania
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Democrats candidate |
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Bass | Liberal | Richard Taylor | Warwick Smith | Michael Preece |
Braddon | Liberal | David Currie | Chris Miles | |
Denison | Liberal | Duncan Kerr | Michael Hodgman | Robert Bell |
Franklin | Liberal | Nick Sherry | Bruce Goodluck | Patsy Harmsen |
Lyons | Liberal | Dick Adams | Max Burr | Liz Holloway |
Victoria
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | National candidate | Democrats candidate | Other candidate |
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Aston | Labor | John Saunderson | Gordon Ashley | Hugh Gurney | Jan Bricknell | |
Ballarat | Labor | John Mildren | John Ronan | John Boland | Phil Henseleit | Martin Greany (Ind) |
Batman | Labor | Brian Howe | Ron Dunn | Jan Roberts | Darren Chapman (Ind) Sue Phillips (Ind) | |
Bendigo | Labor | John Brumby | John Radford | Ron Best | Kaye Swanton | Sharyne O'Grady (Ind) John Somerville (Ind) |
Bruce | Liberal | Patrick Robinson | Ken Aldred | Kate Carr | Terence Pooley (UAP) | |
Burke | Labor | Neil O'Keefe | Peter Dale | Barry McLeod | Susan Mullington | |
Calwell | Labor | Andrew Theophanous | Chris Dimitrijevic | Ivan Pavlekovich-Smith | Louise Stewart | |
Casey | Liberal | David McKenzie | Bob Halverson | Roy Haffenden | Chris Mar | Flo Madden (PPA) |
Chisholm | Labor | Helen Mayer | Michael Wooldridge | Edward Wajsbrem | Fran Robbins | Barry Gration (Ind) Ernest Rodeck (UAP) |
Corangamite | Liberal | Ian Caldwell | Stewart McArthur | John McDonald | Rob Mann | |
Corio | Labor | Gordon Scholes | Patrick Conheady | Greta Pearce | Tom Davies (Ind) Danielle Dixon (Ind) | |
Deakin | Liberal | Madelyn Myatt | Julian Beale | Marcus Bosch | Gil Speirs (Ind) Rick Wright (UAP) | |
Dunkley | Labor | Bob Chynoweth | Tom Warwick | Robyn Kirby | Les Johnson (Ind) Andrew Murray (PPA) Chris van Lieshout (Ind) | |
Flinders | Liberal | Tony Lack | Peter Reith | Andrew Suttie | Noel Maud (Ind) Jonathan Miln (PPA) | |
Gellibrand | Labor | Ralph Willis | Tim Warner | Susan Holmes | James Doughney (SWP) Rosalba Vicari (Ind) | |
Gippsland | National | Zona Child | Grant Pearce | Peter McGauran | Pierre Fourcier | Rod Anderson (Ind) |
Goldstein | Liberal | Murray McInnes | Ian Macphee | Maureen Boaler | Tiger Casley (Ind) Michael Rowe (DLP) | |
Henty | Labor | Joan Child | Rudi Michelson | Paul Hegarty | ||
Higgins | Liberal | Barbara Higgins | Roger Shipton | Clive Jackson | ||
Holt | Labor | Michael Duffy | Janice Bateman | Geoff Herbert | ||
Hotham | Labor | Lewis Kent | Peter McCall | Len de Koning | ||
Indi | Liberal | Danny Walsh | Ewen Cameron | Philip Pullar | Brian Lumsden (PPA) Rob Taylor (Ind) | |
Isaacs | Labor | David Charles | Rod Atkinson | Bill Buchanan | Maxine Aspinall | Linda Ely (Ind) |
Jagajaga | Labor | Peter Staples | John Pasquarelli | Laurie Kirwan | Howard McCallum | Lynette Manning (Ind) |
Kooyong | Liberal | Lindsay Woods | Andrew Peacock | Peter Taft | Margaret Cole (UAP) | |
Lalor | Labor | Barry Jones | Darren Farquhar | Heather Jeffcoat | ||
La Trobe | Labor | Peter Milton | Bob Charles | John Benton | ||
Mallee | National | Linda Freedman | Adrian Kidd | Peter Fisher | Neil Lehmann (Ind) | |
Maribyrnong | Labor | Alan Griffiths | Victor Rudewych | David Mackay | Mark Beshara (DLP) | |
McEwen | Labor | Peter Cleeland | David Millie | Andrew Coller | Doug Lorman | Robert Wilson (Ind) |
McMillan | Labor | Barry Cunningham | John Kiely | Pat O'Brien | Ross Ollquist | Anne Lorraine (Ind) Thomas Walsh (Ind) |
Melbourne | Labor | Gerry Hand | Frank Randle | Peter La Franchi | James Ferrari (Ind) | |
Melbourne Ports | Labor | Clyde Holding | Allan Paull | Di Bretherton | Alan Brown (Ind) | |
Menzies | Liberal | Ivana Csar | Neil Brown | Marjorie White | Bruce Plain (UAP) | |
Murray | National | Mark Anderson | Brendan Norden | Bruce Lloyd | Ralph Linford | John Hargreaves (Ind) |
Scullin | Labor | Harry Jenkins | Mike Kabos | John Privitelli | ||
Streeton | Labor | Tony Lamb | Russell Broadbent | Ken Trembath | Rika Mason | Tessa Cunningham (UAP) |
Wannon | Liberal | Kevin Watt | David Hawker | Julie Jennings | ||
Wills | Labor | Bob Hawke | Olga Venables | Ken Eley | Fast Bucks (Ind) Ian Sykes (Ind) Lyn Teather (Ind) |
Western Australia
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | National candidate | Democrats candidate | Independent candidate |
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Brand | Labor | Wendy Fatin | Bernie Masters | Peter Bass | John Willis | |
Canning | Labor | George Gear | Ricky Johnston | Bob Chapman | Mark Beadle | |
Cowan | Labor | Carolyn Jakobsen | Paul Filing | Neil Baker | ||
Curtin | Liberal | Philip Laskaris | Allan Rocher | John Gilmour | Joe Blake | |
Forrest | Liberal | Gerry Thompson | Geoff Prosser | Joe Chambers | David Churches | |
Fremantle | Labor | John Dawkins | Jenny van den Hoek | Jack Clarke | ||
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Graeme Campbell | David Johnston | Ron Smales | Frank Chulung | |
Moore | Labor | Allen Blanchard | Jim Crawley | Geoff Gill | ||
O'Connor | Liberal | Kim Chance | Wilson Tuckey | Trevor Flugge | Shyama Peebles | |
Perth | Labor | Ric Charlesworth | Bob Campbell | Ted Lisle | ||
Stirling | Labor | Ron Edwards | Bill Brown | Malcolm Beveridge | Harvard Barclay | Alf Bussell |
Swan | Labor | Kim Beazley | Harry Klapp | Adelia Bernard | Georgina Motion | |
Tangney | Liberal | Ray Masterton | Peter Shack | William Witham | Richard Jeffreys |
Senate
Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, each state elected twelve senators. The first six successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, the remaining six to three-year terms. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
Australian Capital Territory
Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.
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New South Wales
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.
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Northern Territory
Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.
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| Yuri Juriev |
Queensland
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats (although Senator George Georges was contesting the election as an independent). The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Party was defending four seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.
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| John Bolt |
South Australia
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats (although Senator Don Jessop contested the election as an independent). The Australian Democrats were defending two seats (although Senator David Vigor contested the election for the Unite Australia Party).
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| Robert Worth | Stephen Bailey |
Tasmania
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat.
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| Michael Mansell |
Victoria
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending two seats (although Senator John Siddons contested the election for the Unite Australia Party).
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| Kym Roylance |
Western Australia
Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. Independent Senator Jo Vallentine, elected for the Nuclear Disarmament Party but now running under the "Vallentine Peace Group" banner, was defending one seat.
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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 Senate election in the respective state.
Party | NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Total | |||||||||
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HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | |
Australian Labor Party | 51 | * | 39 | * | 24 | * | 13 | * | 13 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | 1 | * | 148 | 8 |
Liberal Party of Australia | 41 | * | 39 | * | 24 | * | 13 | * | 13 | * | 5 | * | 2 | * | 132 | 7 | ||
National Party of Australia | 14 | * | 17 | * | 24 | * | 13 | * | 13 | * | 81 | 5 | ||||||
Country Liberal Party | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Australian Democrats | 42 | * | 37 | * | 20 | * | 8 | * | 13 | * | 4 | * | 2 | * | 126 | 7 | ||
Unite Australia Party | 2 | * | 6 | * | * | * | 13 | * | 21 | 5 | ||||||||
Nuclear Disarmament Party | 1 | * | * | 1 | * | 2 | * | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
Pensioner Party of Australia | 4 | * | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Democratic Labor Party | 2 | * | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Australian Family Movement | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Communist Party of Australia | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Northern Territory Nationals | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Socialist Workers Party | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Call to Australia | * | * | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Green Alliance | * | * | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Defence and Ex-Services Party | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Vallentine Peace Group | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
One Australia Movement | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Independent and other | 38 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 83 |
Unregistered parties and groups
- The Socialist Party of Australia endorsed Nick Papanikitas in Grayndler, Sofia Mavrogeorgis in Hindmarsh, Brian Rooney in Port Adelaide, and Senate tickets in New South Wales (Group F), Victoria (Group K) and Queensland (Group C).[1]
- The Industrial Labor Party endorsed Martin Greany in Ballarat, Darren Chapman in Batman, Gil Speirs in Deakin, Les Johnson in Dunkley, Linda Ely in Isaacs, Bob Wilson in McEwen, and Group B for the Senate in Victoria.[1]
See also
- 1987 Australian federal election
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1987–1990
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1985–1987
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1987–1990
- List of political parties in Australia
References
- ^ a b "A voters' guide to progressive and socialist alternative candidates". Tribune. 8 July 1987.
- Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1987
- Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1987