Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1951
This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1951 Australian federal election. The election was held on 28 April 1951.
By-elections, appointments and defections
Defections
- In 1951, Country Party MP Charles Russell (Maranoa) was expelled from the party for advocating the appreciation of the pound. He contested the election as an independent.
Retiring Members and Senators
Labor
- Jack Holloway MP (Melbourne Ports, Vic)
- Senator Fred Beerworth (SA)
Liberal
- Dame Enid Lyons MP (Darwin, Tas)
- Percy Spender MP (Warringah, NSW)
- Senator Wilfrid Simmonds (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 candidates |
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Australian Capital Territory | Independent | Jim Fraser | Clyde Greenwood | Jessie Ashton Lewis Nott |
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Country candidate | Independent candidates |
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Northern Territory | Labor | Jock Nelson | Ralph Edwards | Jessie Litchfield |
Queensland
South Australia
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
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Adelaide | Labor | Cyril Chambers | Thomas Phillips | Edward Robertson (CPA) |
Angas | Liberal | John Edwards | Alec Downer | |
Barker | Liberal | Jim Corcoran | Archie Cameron | Charles Lloyd (Ind) Frank Rieck (Ind) |
Boothby | Liberal | Len Wright | John McLeay | |
Grey | Labor | Edgar Russell | Edward Andrews | |
Hindmarsh | Labor | Clyde Cameron | ||
Kingston | Liberal | Pat Galvin | Jim Handby | Eric Stead (CPA) |
Port Adelaide | Labor | Albert Thompson | John Caskey | Alan Finger (CPA) |
Sturt | Liberal | Leslie McMullin | Keith Wilson | |
Wakefield | Liberal | Cyril Hasse | Philip McBride |
Tasmania
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate |
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Bass | Liberal | Colman O'Byrne | Bruce Kekwick |
Darwin | Liberal | Clem Foster Max Poulter | Aubrey Luck |
Denison | Liberal | Mervyn McNeair | Athol Townley |
Franklin | Liberal | Jack Frost | Bill Falkinder |
Wilmot | Labor | Gil Duthie | Lionel Browning |
Victoria
Western Australia
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Communist candidate |
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Canning | Country | Percy Munday | Len Hamilton (CP) | |
Curtin | Liberal | John Henshaw | Paul Hasluck (Lib) | |
Forrest | Liberal | Frederick O'Connor | Gordon Freeth (Lib) | |
Fremantle | Labor | Kim Beazley | Len Seaton (Lib) | |
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Herbert Johnson | ||
Moore | Country | Arthur Hunter | Hugh Leslie (CP) | |
Perth | Labor | Tom Burke | Billy Snedden (Lib) | James Kelly |
Swan | Liberal | Harry Webb | Bill Grayden (Lib) | Alex Jolly |
Senate
Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution, all senators were up for re-election, with the first five from each state elected to six-year terms and the remaining five to three-year terms. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
New South Wales
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | PPP candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
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Edward Spensley (Ind) |
Queensland
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending seven seats.
Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
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Frank Barnes |
South Australia
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending seven seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.
Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
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Henry Schneider |
Tasmania
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.
Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Communist candidates |
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Victoria
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | HGJP candidates |
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Western Australia
Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending four seats.
Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Communist candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
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Carlyle Ferguson (APA) |
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 | |||||||
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HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | S | HR | HR | HR | S | |
Australian Labor Party | 47 | * | 33 | * | 17 | * | 8 | * | 10 | * | 6 | * | 1 | 1 | 123 | 6 |
Liberal Party of Australia | 39 | * | 30 | * | 10 | * | 5 | * | 9 | * | 5 | * | 1 | 99 | 6 | |
Australian Country Party | 8 | * | 3 | * | 8 | * | 2 | * | 1 | 22 | 4 | |||||
Communist Party of Australia | 9 | * | 7 | * | 6 | * | 2 | * | 3 | * | * | 27 | 6 | |||
Australian Republican Party | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Protestant People's Party | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Lang Labor | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Henry George Justice Party | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
All Parties Administration | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Independent and other | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |||||||||
See also
- Australian federal election, 1951
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1949–1951
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1951–1954
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1950–1951
- Members of the Australian Senate, 1951–1953
- List of political parties in Australia
References
- Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1951
- Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1951