AuspolDB: Elections

1974 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Majority
Outgoing Government Party	Australian Labor Party
Incoming Government Party	Australian Labor Party
Government Seats	66
Nongovernment Seats	61
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	5
Date	18/05/1974
House Composition	66 Australian Labor Party 40 Liberal 21 The Nationals/Country Party

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
Donald Dobie	Liberal	Cook	29142	3.20	Incoming
Kenneth Fry	Australian Labor Party	Fraser	27294	5.20	Incoming
John Howard	Liberal	Bennelong	32700	5.70	Incoming
Graham Reece	Australian Labor Party	Stirling	25648	1.50	Incoming
Denis Murphy	Australian Labor Party	Petrie	30651	-2.20	Incoming
Melville Bungey	Liberal	Canning	19133	8.80	Incoming
Gareth Clayton	Australian Labor Party	Isaacs	26225	0.30	Incoming
Barry Murphy	Australian Labor Party	McMillan	24201	-1.90	Incoming
David Connolly	Liberal	Bradfield	47142	11.00	Incoming
Joan Child	Australian Labor Party	Henty	28111	3.20	Incoming
John Dawkins	Australian Labor Party	Tangney	28176	0.00	Incoming
Mick Young	Australian Labor Party	Port Adelaide	36678	-4.40	Incoming
David Kennedy	Australian Labor Party	Bendigo	27231	0.10	Incoming
Ian Macphee	Liberal	Balaclava	28313	4.80	Incoming
Robert Ellicott	Liberal	Wentworth	30677	8.60	Incoming
Alan Cadman	Liberal	Mitchell	39009	5.80	Incoming
Rodney Boland	Australian Labor Party	Moore	21220	-1.60	Incoming
Ray Thorburn	Australian Labor Party	Cook	29008	2.00	Outgoing
Ian Viner	Liberal	Stirling	24942	-1.00	Outgoing
Henry Hewson	The Nationals/Country Party	McMillan	13650	8.20	Outgoing
Donald Maisey	The Nationals/Country Party	Moore	14889	-7.30	Outgoing
John Hallett	The Nationals/Country Party	Canning	16961	-2.90	Outgoing
Alfred Ashley-Brown	Australian Labor Party	Mitchell	36283	-0.60	Outgoing
Max Fox	Liberal	Henty	24953	1.60	Outgoing
John Bourchier	Liberal	Bendigo	22014	11.90	Outgoing
David Hamer	Liberal	Isaacs	25267	2.00	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	SA	Division
Angas	SA	Division
Balaclava	VIC	Division
Ballaarat	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	NSW	Division
Darling Downs	QLD	Division
Dawson	QLD	Division
Deakin	VIC	Division
Denison	TAS	Division
Diamond Valley	VIC	Division
Eden-Monaro	NSW	Division
Evans	NSW	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
Lang	NSW	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
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
Wimmera	VIC	Division

Candidate	Party	State	Votes	Elected
James Malcolm	Independent	NSW	17127	No
James Hampson	Independent	NSW	555	No
Ronald Sarina	Independent	NSW	820	No
John Thomas	Independent	NSW	248	No
John Stewart	National Socialist Party of Australia	NSW	1026	No
Robert Cameron	National Socialist Party of Australia	NSW	784	No
Frieda Brown	Independent	NSW	44861	No
Fred Nile	Independent	NSW	1108	No
Kenneth Harrison	Independent	NSW	358	No
Keith Roser	Independent	NSW	337	No
Peter Lawrence	Independent	NSW	128	No
Jack Mundey	Communist	NSW	10888	No
Patricia Miller	Communist	NSW	187	No
Brian Mcgahen	Communist	NSW	127	No
Brian Buckley	Republican Party of Australia	NSW	328	No
Kieran O`Grady	Republican Party of Australia	NSW	156	No
Alan Pagett	Douglas Credit	NSW	280	No
Allan Boulton	Douglas Credit	NSW	99	No
Jack Kane	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NSW	67186	No
Peter Keogh	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NSW	250	No
William Casey	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	NSW	234	No
Sandor Torzsok	Independent	NSW	450	No
Elizabeth Collins	Independent	NSW	137	No
Noel Macdonald	Independent	NSW	1756	No
Nicholas Maina	Independent	NSW	37	No
Albert Clapperton	Independent	NSW	53	No
Barry Clancy	Independent	NSW	147	No
Bruce Taber	Independent	NSW	630	No
Trevor Williams	Independent	NSW	181	No
Lionel Murphy	Australian Labor Party	NSW	1169231	Yes (1)
Douglas Mcclelland	Australian Labor Party	NSW	7155	No
Tony Mulvihill	Australian Labor Party	NSW	733	Yes (5)
James Mcclelland	Australian Labor Party	NSW	1043	Yes (7)
Arthur Gietzelt	Australian Labor Party	NSW	530	Yes (9)
Peter Westerway	Australian Labor Party	NSW	6261	No
Alfred Stoney	Independent	NSW	389	No
Daniel Neville	Independent	NSW	67	No
George Alexander	Independent	NSW	76	No
Robert Cotton	Liberal	NSW	982136	Yes (2)
John Carrick	Liberal	NSW	732	Yes (4)
Douglas Scott	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	1182	Yes (6)
Kenneth Anderson	Liberal	NSW	931	Yes (8)
Peter Baume	Liberal	NSW	1516	Yes (10)
Douglas Moppett	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	1214	No
Alexander Gillman	Independent	NSW	604	No
Reginald King	Independent	NSW	43	No
William Whiston	Independent	NSW	226	No
Bridget Gilling	Australia Party	NSW	36661	No
Gordon Barton	Australia Party	NSW	3668	No
Michael Donelan	Australia Party	NSW	212	No
Helen Stables	Independent	NSW	864	No
Patricia Taylor	Independent	NSW	69	No
Lorraine O`Callaghan	Independent	NSW	51	No
Patricia Alcorn	Independent	NSW	46	No
Lorraine Parkinson	Independent	NSW	29	No
Robyn Swan	Independent	NSW	48	No
Frances Fleeton	Independent	NSW	89	No
Frances Hancock	Independent	NSW	1095	No
Cecil Carter	Independent	NSW	69	No
Francis Browne	Independent	NSW	98	No
Brian Howard	Independent	NSW	86	No
Marcus Aussie-Stone	Independent	NSW	158	No
Tiiu Kroll	Independent	NSW	327	No
Douglas Fahey	Independent	NSW	46	No
Arthur Renforth	Independent	NSW	303	No
Leopold Heimburger	Independent	NSW	82	No
Roger Pedley	Independent	NSW	31	No
Edwin Bellchambers	Independent	NSW	70	No
James Mcclelland	Independent	NSW	189	No
Dianne Allen	Independent	NSW	369	No
Catherine Dalton	Independent	NSW	70	No
Ivor F	Independent	NSW	294	No
Joseph Gelbar	Independent	NSW	474	No
George Hannan	National Liberal Party (1974)	VIC	22432	No
Reginald Hollow	National Liberal Party (1974)	VIC	875	No
Luke Cuni	National Liberal Party (1974)	VIC	658	No
Bill Brown	Australian Labor Party	VIC	850879	Yes (1)
Cyril Primmer	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1261	Yes (3)
John Button	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1059	Yes (5)
Arthur Poyser	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1578	Yes (7)
Jean Melzer	Australian Labor Party	VIC	2493	Yes (9)
Geoffrey Cox	Australian Labor Party	VIC	1808	No
Bernard Taft	Communist	VIC	2128	No
Lynette Hovey	Communist	VIC	248	No
Neville Ogden	Communist	VIC	219	No
Frank Mcmanus	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	116952	No
Jack Little	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	726	No
Frank Dowling	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	354	No
James Marmion	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	105	No
Marianne Crowe	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	247	No
Michael Houlihan	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	VIC	344	No
Bruce Mcguinness	Independent	VIC	4183	No
Elizabeth Hoffman	Independent	VIC	434	No
John Siddons	Australia Party	VIC	28694	No
Jack Hammond	Australia Party	VIC	311	No
Murray Deerbon	Australia Party	VIC	184	No
Brian Zouch	Australia Party	VIC	267	No
Magnus Cormack	Liberal	VIC	780293	Yes (2)
Ivor Greenwood	Liberal	VIC	4378	Yes (4)
James Webster	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	2849	Yes (6)
Margaret Guilfoyle	Liberal	VIC	2287	Yes (8)
Alan Missen	Liberal	VIC	476	Yes (10)
Thomas Tehan	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	971	No
John Howson	Independent	VIC	1477	No
Patricia Stoll	Independent	VIC	112	No
Keith Tarrant	Independent	VIC	1719	No
Paul Palmos	Independent	VIC	127	No
Leslie Rubinstein	Independent	VIC	1334	No
John Teare	Independent	VIC	98	No
Ronald Batten	Independent	VIC	113	No
Joseph Rudnicki	Independent	VIC	127	No
Charles Campagnac	Independent	VIC	87	No
Edwin Ditchfield	Independent	VIC	88	No
George Samargis	Independent	VIC	126	No
Alfredos Kouris	Independent	VIC	1191	No
Cecil Beaton	Independent	VIC	331	No
Marko Bagaric	Independent	VIC	233	No
Dulcie Bethune	Independent	VIC	188	No
John Roseman	Independent	VIC	381	No
Ian Sykes	Independent	VIC	2374	No
Shane Watson	Independent	VIC	620	No
Bertie Milliner	Australian Labor Party	QLD	441060	Yes (2)
George Georges	Australian Labor Party	QLD	2676	Yes (4)
James Keeffe	Australian Labor Party	QLD	2830	Yes (6)
Ronald Mcauliffe	Australian Labor Party	QLD	2723	Yes (8)
Malcolm Colston	Australian Labor Party	QLD	816	No
Brian Kilmartin	Australian Labor Party	QLD	1518	No
Ian Wood	Liberal	QLD	494154	Yes (1)
Ronald Maunsell	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	2588	Yes (3)
Neville Bonner	Liberal	QLD	17824	Yes (5)
Alexander Lawrie	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	1075	Yes (7)
Kathryn Martin	Liberal	QLD	2466	Yes (9)
Glenister Sheil	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	1744	Yes (10)
Torstein Hundloe	Independent	QLD	2194	No
Janet Mcnicol	Independent	QLD	600	No
Robert Wensley	Australia Party	QLD	11489	No
Joan Wright	Australia Party	QLD	1124	No
Parick Callioni	Australia Party	QLD	182	No
Condon Byrne	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	QLD	40704	No
Geoffrey Maule	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	QLD	257	No
John Williams	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	QLD	433	No
Alan Russell	Independent	QLD	2274	No
Pamela Woods	Independent	QLD	621	No
William Steer	Independent	QLD	116	No
Edward Farmer	Independent	QLD	160	No
Hubert Giesberts	Independent	QLD	832	No
Thomas Drake-Brockman	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	52985	Yes (3)
David Reid	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	1406	No
William Sullivan	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	354	No
Rosemary Taboni	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	275	No
Arnold Bilney	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	281	No
Reginald Withers	Liberal	WA	211651	Yes (2)
John Sim	Liberal	WA	340	Yes (5)
Peter Durack	Liberal	WA	843	Yes (7)
Fred Chaney	Liberal	WA	1348	Yes (9)
Pauline Iles	Liberal	WA	304	No
Andrew Thomas	Liberal	WA	423	No
Donald Willesee	Australian Labor Party	WA	227695	Yes (1)
John Wheeldon	Australian Labor Party	WA	480	Yes (4)
Gordon Mcintosh	Australian Labor Party	WA	247	Yes (6)
Peter Walsh	Australian Labor Party	WA	417	Yes (8)
Ruth Coleman	Australian Labor Party	WA	669	Yes (10)
Robert Hetherington	Australian Labor Party	WA	673	No
Diana Hislop	Australia Party	WA	2526	No
Ian Kelly	Australia Party	WA	282	No
Sydney Negus	Independent	WA	6614	No
Wayne Negus	Independent	WA	280	No
Donald Thomas	Westralian Secession Movement	WA	5910	No
Harlan Mullins	Westralian Secession Movement	WA	233	No
Brian Saunders	Westralian Secession Movement	WA	61	No
Neil Scrimgeour	Westralian Secession Movement	WA	247	No
Derk Brocx	Independent	WA	525	No
William Webse	Independent	WA	65	No
Duncan Hordacre	Independent	WA	320	No
Francesco Nesci	Independent	WA	499	No
Yuri Joakamidis	Communist	SA	5786	No
Elliott Johnston	Communist	SA	569	No
Robert Durbridge	Communist	SA	431	No
Condor Laucke	Liberal	SA	220260	Yes (2)
Harold Young	Liberal	SA	798	Yes (5)
Gordon Davidson	Liberal	SA	712	Yes (7)
Donald Jessop	Liberal	SA	1671	Yes (10)
Anthony Messner	Liberal	SA	208	No
Grant Chapman	Liberal	SA	400	No
Reginald Bishop	Australian Labor Party	SA	295420	Yes (1)
James Cavanagh	Australian Labor Party	SA	1116	Yes (4)
Don Cameron	Australian Labor Party	SA	2654	Yes (6)
Arnold Drury	Australian Labor Party	SA	319	Yes (8)
Geoffrey Mclaren	Australian Labor Party	SA	280	Yes (9)
Neal Blewett	Australian Labor Party	SA	3672	No
Ian Gilfillan	Australia Party	SA	6114	No
David Hester	Australia Party	SA	175	No
Kathy Dancer	Australia Party	SA	218	No
Mark Posa	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SA	5560	No
Leon Dalle-Nogare	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SA	33	No
David Le Cornu	Democratic Labour Party (DLP)	SA	175	No
Steele Hall	Liberal Movement	SA	62462	Yes (3)
Allen Perryman	Liberal Movement	SA	117	No
Dolek Thiele	Liberal Movement	SA	226	No
Stewart Leggett	Liberal Movement	SA	70	No

1974 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House