AuspolDB: Elections

1980 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Liberal
Incoming Government Party	Liberal
Government Seats	74
Nongovernment Seats	51
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	23
Date	18/02/1980
House Composition	54 Liberal 51 Australian Labor Party 19 The Nationals/Country Party 1 Country Liberal Party

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
Leslie Brown	Australian Labor Party	Lyne	27714	3.70	Incoming
Robert Brown	Australian Labor Party	Hunter	51061	7.20	Incoming
Ross Free	Australian Labor Party	Macquarie	36814	7.30	Incoming
Rodney Madgwick	Australian Labor Party	Barton	30602	6.10	Incoming
Lewis Kent	Australian Labor Party	Hotham	35201	10.40	Incoming
Ros Kelly	Australian Labor Party	Canberra	32352	11.60	Incoming
William Morrison	Australian Labor Party	St George	34855	8.30	Incoming
Frederick Smith	Australian Labor Party	Riverina	30698	-1.90	Incoming
Manfred Cross	Australian Labor Party	Brisbane	29621	6.80	Incoming
John Mountford	Australian Labor Party	Banks	36842	5.00	Incoming
Bob Hawke	Australian Labor Party	Wills	42815	7.50	Incoming
Grant Tambling	Country Liberal Party	Northern Territory	18805	-3.80	Incoming
John Spender	Liberal	North Sydney	37016	1.40	Incoming
Peter Milton	Australian Labor Party	La Trobe	31439	4.90	Incoming
Ian Cameron	The Nationals/Country Party	Maranoa	35035	-11.40	Incoming
David Charles	Australian Labor Party	Isaacs	31192	10.50	Incoming
Kim Beazley	Australian Labor Party	Swan	32476	13.70	Incoming
Wilson Tuckey	Liberal	O`Connor	23998	-6.50	Incoming
Michael Duffy	Australian Labor Party	Holt	39232	11.90	Incoming
Elaine Darling	Australian Labor Party	Lilley	29434	8.80	Incoming
Joan Child	Australian Labor Party	Henty	32102	7.60	Incoming
John Scott	Australian Labor Party	Hindmarsh	34106	-7.20	Incoming
Graham Harris	Liberal	Chisholm	32211	0.60	Incoming
Andrew Theophanous	Australian Labor Party	Burke	37984	3.70	Incoming
John Haslem	Liberal	Canberra	25957	-1.10	Outgoing
John Martyr	Liberal	Swan	24401	-2.80	Outgoing
Reginald Gillard	Liberal	Macquarie	34699	2.20	Outgoing
Kevin Cairns	Liberal	Lilley	28964	-1.40	Outgoing
Peter Johnson	Liberal	Brisbane	27497	-2.40	Outgoing
William Burns	Liberal	Isaacs	26293	-6.40	Outgoing
James Bradfield	Liberal	Barton	30152	-2.00	Outgoing
Roger Johnston	Liberal	Hotham	28054	-1.70	Outgoing
William Yates	Liberal	Holt	28940	-4.60	Outgoing
Kenneth Aldred	Liberal	Henty	27702	-2.70	Outgoing
Maurice Neil	Liberal	St George	27946	-5.10	Outgoing
Marshall Baillieu	Liberal	La Trobe	28282	-0.90	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	SA	Division
Balaclava	VIC	Division
Ballarat	VIC	Division
Banks	NSW	Division
Barker	SA	Division
Barton	NSW	Division
Bass	TAS	Division
Batman	VIC	Division
Bendigo	VIC	Division
Bennelong	NSW	Division
Berowra	NSW	Division
Blaxland	NSW	Division
Bonython	SA	Division
Boothby	SA	Division
Bowman	QLD	Division
Braddon	TAS	Division
Bradfield	NSW	Division
Brisbane	QLD	Division
Bruce	VIC	Division
Burke	VIC	Division
Calare	NSW	Division
Canberra	ACT	Division
Canning	WA	Division
Capricornia	QLD	Division
Casey	VIC	Division
Chifley	NSW	Division
Chisholm	VIC	Division
Cook	NSW	Division
Corangamite	VIC	Division
Corio	VIC	Division
Cowper	NSW	Division
Cunningham	NSW	Division
Curtin	WA	Division
Darling Downs	QLD	Division
Dawson	QLD	Division
Deakin	VIC	Division
Denison	TAS	Division
Diamond Valley	VIC	Division
Dundas	NSW	Division
Eden-Monaro	NSW	Division
Fadden	QLD	Division
Farrer	NSW	Division
Fisher	QLD	Division
Flinders	VIC	Division
Forrest	WA	Division
Franklin	TAS	Division
Fraser	VIC	Division
Fremantle	WA	Division
Gellibrand	VIC	Division
Gippsland	VIC	Division
Grayndler	NSW	Division
Grey	SA	Division
Griffith	QLD	Division
Gwydir	NSW	Division
Hawker	SA	Division
Henty	VIC	Division
Herbert	QLD	Division
Higgins	VIC	Division
Hindmarsh	SA	Division
Holt	VIC	Division
Hotham	VIC	Division
Hughes	NSW	Division
Hume	NSW	Division
Hunter	NSW	Division
Indi	VIC	Division
Isaacs	VIC	Division
Kalgoorlie	WA	Division
Kennedy	QLD	Division
Kingsford Smith	NSW	Division
Kingston	SA	Division
Kooyong	VIC	Division
La Trobe	VIC	Division
Lalor	VIC	Division
Leichhardt	QLD	Division
Lilley	QLD	Division
Lowe	NSW	Division
Lyne	NSW	Division
Macarthur	NSW	Division
Mackellar	NSW	Division
Macquarie	NSW	Division
Mallee	VIC	Division
Maranoa	QLD	Division
Maribyrnong	VIC	Division
McMillan	VIC	Division
McPherson	QLD	Division
Melbourne	VIC	Division
Melbourne Ports	VIC	Division
Mitchell	NSW	Division
Moore	WA	Division
Moreton	QLD	Division
Murray	VIC	Division
New England	NSW	Division
Newcastle	NSW	Division
North Sydney	NSW	Division
Northern Territory	NT	Division
Oxley	QLD	Division
O`Connor	WA	Division
Parramatta	NSW	Division
Paterson	NSW	Division
Perth	WA	Division
Petrie	QLD	Division
Phillip	NSW	Division
Port Adelaide	SA	Division
Prospect	NSW	Division
Reid	NSW	Division
Richmond	NSW	Division
Riverina	NSW	Division
Robertson	NSW	Division
Ryan	QLD	Division
Scullin	VIC	Division
Shortland	NSW	Division
St George	NSW	Division
Stirling	WA	Division
Sturt	SA	Division
Swan	WA	Division
Sydney	NSW	Division
Tangney	WA	Division
Wakefield	SA	Division
Wannon	VIC	Division
Warringah	NSW	Division
Wentworth	NSW	Division
Werriwa	NSW	Division
Wide Bay	QLD	Division
Wills	VIC	Division
Wilmot	TAS	Division

Candidate	Party	State	Votes	Elected
Fred Nile	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	110940	No
John Whitehall	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	3950	No
Joan Loew	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NSW	3645	No
Paul Mclean	Australian Democrats	NSW	181123	No
Elisabeth Kirkby	Australian Democrats	NSW	4593	No
Laurence Bourke	Australian Democrats	NSW	1791	No
John E Champion	Independent	NSW	4431	No
Julie A Champion	Independent	NSW	1554	No
John D Champion	Independent	NSW	800	No
James Billington	Marijuana Party	NSW	11586	No
Anne Parsons	Marijuana Party	NSW	1890	No
Nicholas Jones	National Colonialist Party	NSW	7919	No
Ian Macrae	National Colonialist Party	NSW	3119	No
Douglas Mcclelland	Australian Labor Party	NSW	1207182	Yes (1)
Bruce Childs	Australian Labor Party	NSW	3605	Yes (3)
Kerry Sibraa	Australian Labor Party	NSW	5009	Yes (5)
Peter Symon	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	NSW	6442	No
Harry Black	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	NSW	695	No
Raymond Ferguson	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	NSW	930	No
Edgar Woodbury	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	NSW	693	No
Fernand Eyschen	Workers Party/Progress Party	NSW	1420	No
Nicholas Hudson	Workers Party/Progress Party	NSW	840	No
John Carrick	Liberal	NSW	1122959	Yes (2)
Douglas Scott	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	4922	Yes (4)
Christopher Puplick	Liberal	NSW	11944	No
Estelle Myers	Independent	NSW	4469	No
Rudolph Dezelin	Independent	NSW	305	No
Norman Eather	Independent	NSW	262	No
Berard O`Grady	Independent	NSW	489	No
Gene Salvestrin	Independent	NSW	241	No
Joylene Hairmouth	Independent	NSW	4334	No
Terence Griffiths	Independent	NSW	921	No
Josephine Chisholm-Mallett	Independent	NSW	2855	No
Gail Farrell	Australia Party	VIC	24484	No
Frederick Funnell	Australia Party	VIC	1250	No
John Jess	Independent	VIC	9363	No
John Davies	Independent	VIC	701	No
Donald Moyes	Independent	VIC	338	No
Georgina Lialios	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	VIC	2211	No
Trevor Mccandless	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	VIC	356	No
Raymond Berbling	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	VIC	224	No
George Samargis	Independent	VIC	1277	No
Daniel Samargis	Independent	VIC	261	No
Shane Watson	Independent	VIC	1517	No
Ernest Langmaid	Independent	VIC	248	No
Richard Mcmanus	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	30859	No
John Flint	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	517	No
Robert Semmel	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	390	No
Margaret Fraser	Marijuana Party	VIC	10929	No
James Billington	Marijuana Party	VIC	755	No
John Siddons	Australian Democrats	VIC	229111	Yes (5)
Janet Powell	Australian Democrats	VIC	1206	No
Ian Price	Australian Democrats	VIC	796	No
Cyril Primmer	Australian Labor Party	VIC	829304	Yes (1)
Robert Ray	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1712	Yes (3)
Jean Melzer	Australian Labor Party	VIC	46452	No
Margaret Guilfoyle	Liberal	VIC	825117	Yes (2)
Austin Lewis	Liberal	VIC	2897	Yes (4)
Laurence Neal	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	3689	No
Francis Petering	Independent	VIC	8236	No
Jean Mcpherson	Independent	VIC	391	No
Louis Cook	Independent	VIC	454	No
Augustus Titter	Independent	VIC	1157	No
Wilhelm Kapphan	Independent	VIC	217	No
Maurice Smith	Independent	VIC	329	No
Pamela Moore	Independent	VIC	1498	No
Anthony Palmer	Independent	VIC	1470	No
Ronald Mann	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NT	1309	No
Charles Coombs	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	NT	339	No
Jack Hunt	Australian Democrats	NT	3903	No
William Evans	Australian Democrats	NT	210	No
Jennifer Smether	Marijuana Party	NT	495	No
Lance Lawrence	Marijuana Party	NT	309	No
Edward Robertson	Australian Labor Party	NT	16035	Yes (2)
Hunter Harrison	Australian Labor Party	NT	349	No
Bernard Kilgariff	Country Liberal Party	NT	18611	Yes (1)
Graeme Lewis	Country Liberal Party	NT	518	No
Michael Macklin	Australian Democrats	QLD	112137	Yes (5)
William Elson-Green	Australian Democrats	QLD	1661	No
Gilruth Rees	Australian Democrats	QLD	1631	No
Vivian Forbes	Workers Party/Progress Party	QLD	2839	No
Frank Paull	Workers Party/Progress Party	QLD	560	No
Neville Bonner	Liberal	QLD	242884	Yes (3)
Yvonne Mccomb	Liberal	QLD	19613	No
Franz Born	Liberal	QLD	3910	No
Florence Bjelke-Petersen	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	252783	Yes (2)
Glenister Sheil	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	14557	No
Ronald Maunsell	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	42282	No
Rosemary Sisson	National Front	QLD	1078	No
Victor Robb	National Front	QLD	389	No
John Butler	Independent	QLD	1500	No
Anne Glew	Independent	QLD	1522	No
Sydney Shawcross	Independent	QLD	1439	No
Cyril Mckenzie	Independent	QLD	448	No
Michael Dendle	Independent	QLD	215	No
James Drabsch	Independent	QLD	338	No
Vivien Botterill	Independent	QLD	175	No
David Ryan	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	QLD	2103	No
Stephen Bulloch	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	QLD	165	No
Ivan Ivanoff	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	QLD	246	No
Lionel Fifield	Independent	QLD	2922	No
Robert Mcclintock	Independent	QLD	334	No
James Keeffe	Australian Labor Party	QLD	439116	Yes (1)
Gerry Jones	Australian Labor Party	QLD	3328	Yes (4)
Robert Gleeson	Australian Labor Party	QLD	2833	No
Norman Eather	Independent	QLD	2191	No
Neil Mckay	Independent	QLD	369	No
Anthony Catip	Independent	QLD	241	No
Frederick Phillips	Independent	QLD	195	No
Carlemo Wacando	Independent	QLD	1326	No
John Patterson	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	24100	No
John Mcintyre	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	1284	No
Leonard Newing	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	553	No
John Trewick	Workers Party/Progress Party	WA	1430	No
James Jamieson	Workers Party/Progress Party	WA	978	No
Kenneth Law	Workers Party/Progress Party	WA	185	No
Reginald Withers	Liberal	WA	277365	Yes (1)
Peter Durack	Liberal	WA	4264	Yes (3)
Noel Crichton-Browne	Liberal	WA	1800	Yes (5)
Francesco Nesci	Independent	WA	1231	No
Nellie Stuart	Independent	WA	339	No
Anthony Overheu	National Party WA	WA	6842	No
Edna Adams	National Party WA	WA	408	No
Murray Anderson	National Party WA	WA	347	No
John Evans	Australian Democrats	WA	55732	No
Geoffrey Taylor	Australian Democrats	WA	401	No
Shirley De La Hunty	Australian Democrats	WA	2405	No
Gordon Mcintosh	Australian Labor Party	WA	242564	Yes (2)
Patricia Giles	Australian Labor Party	WA	1230	Yes (4)
Brian Conway	Australian Labor Party	WA	935	No
Sydney Negus	Progressive Conservative Party	WA	4836	No
Peter Harwood	Progressive Conservative Party	WA	163	No
Douglas Thorp	Independent	WA	1112	No
Janine Haines	Australian Democrats	SA	94128	Yes (5)
Ian Gilfillan	Australian Democrats	SA	1777	No
David Vigor	Australian Democrats	SA	757	No
Ian Modistach	Australia Party	SA	1125	No
Alan Jamieson	Australia Party	SA	545	No
Craig Cocks	Marijuana Party	SA	1938	No
Gwenda Woods	Marijuana Party	SA	435	No
Dominic Foreman	Australian Labor Party	SA	296479	Yes (2)
Nick Bolkus	Australian Labor Party	SA	1427	Yes (4)
Graham Maguire	Australian Labor Party	SA	2514	No
Betty Luks	Independent	SA	3470	No
James Cronin	Independent	SA	449	No
Gordon Kroschel	Independent	SA	270	No
Geoffrey Clothier	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	6596	No
Sylvia Schulz	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	359	No
Peter Mcbride	The Nationals/Country Party	SA	464	No
David Kitto	Progressive Conservative Party	SA	1045	No
Mary Mckenzie-Huish	Progressive Conservative Party	SA	203	No
Don Jessop	Liberal	SA	317468	Yes (1)
Robert Hill	Liberal	SA	821	Yes (3)
Craig Spiel	Liberal	SA	799	No
Brian Rooney	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	SA	1135	No
Ida Goss	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	SA	102	No
Laurence Kiek	Communist Party of Australia (1971)	SA	110	No
Valentine Furner	Independent	SA	879	No
Raymond Bradtke	Independent	SA	221	No
William Forster	Independent	SA	820	No
Peter Rae	Liberal	TAS	79411	Yes (1)
Michael Townley	Liberal	TAS	13879	Yes (4)
Peter Jones	Liberal	TAS	2808	No
Brian Harradine	Independent	TAS	51912	Yes (3)
Harry Upston	Independent	TAS	335	No
Norman Siberry	Australian Democrats	TAS	6542	No
Rae Saxon	Australian Democrats	TAS	488	No
Brian Austen	Australian Democrats	TAS	750	No
Jean Hearn	Australian Labor Party	TAS	53164	Yes (2)
John Coates	Australian Labor Party	TAS	29391	Yes (5)
John White	Australian Labor Party	TAS	4278	No
Edmund Press	Independent	TAS	492	No
Norman Eather	Independent	TAS	388	No
Susan Ryan	Australian Labor Party	ACT	62083	Yes (1)
John Langmore	Australian Labor Party	ACT	1197	No
John Filler	Australian Democrats	ACT	10404	No
John Morgan	Australian Democrats	ACT	259	No
John Knight	Liberal	ACT	45905	Yes (2)
David Adams	Liberal	ACT	362	No
Neville Curtis	Jobless Action Community Committee	ACT	3569	No
Jacqueline Flitcroft	Jobless Action Community Committee	ACT	432	No
Joseph Marks	Independent	ACT	493	No

1980 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House