Candidates of the 1996 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1996 Australian federal election. The election was held on 2 March 1996.

Redistributions and seat changes

• Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • In Victoria, the Labor-held seat of Corinella was abolished. The Liberal-held seats of Bruce and Isaacs became notionally Labor, while the Labor-held seats of Dunkley and McEwen became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Corinella, Alan Griffin (Labor), contested Bruce.
    • Victorian Senator Gareth Evans (Labor) contested Holt.
  • In Queensland, the notionally Liberal seat of Longman was created. The Labor-held seat of Forde became notionally Liberal, and the National-held seat of Hinkler became notionally Labor.
  • In the Australian Capital Territory, the notionally Labor seat of Namadgi was created.
    • The member for Canberra, Brendan Smyth (Liberal), contested Namadgi.
    • ACT Senator Bob McMullan (Labor) contested Canberra.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Michael Duffy MP (Holt, Vic)
• Wendy Fatin MP (Brand, WA)
• Eric Fitzgibbon MP (Hunter, NSW)
• Russ Gorman MP (Greenway, NSW)
• Alan Griffiths MP (Maribyrnong, Vic)
• Chris Haviland MP (Macarthur, NSW)
• Brian Howe MP (Batman, Vic)
• Ben Humphreys MP (Griffith, Qld)
• Jeannette McHugh MP (Grayndler, NSW)
• Gary Punch MP (Barton, NSW)
• David Simmons MP (Calare, NSW)
• Peter Staples MP (Jagajaga, Vic)
• Senator Bryant Burns (Qld)
• Senator Gerry Jones (Qld)

Liberal

• Ken Aldred MP (Deakin, Vic)
• David Connolly MP (Bradfield, NSW)
• Don Dobie MP (Cook, NSW)
• Steele Hall MP (Boothby, SA)
• Senator Baden Teague (SA)

National

• Ray Braithwaite MP (Dawson, Qld)
• Bruce Lloyd MP (Murray, Vic)

Democrats

• Senator Sid Spindler (Vic)

Independent

• Ted Mack MP (North Sydney, NSW)
• Senator Noel Crichton-Browne (WA) – elected as Liberal
• Senator John Devereux (Tas) – elected as Labor

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	Greens candidate	Other candidates
Canberra	Labor	Bob McMullan	Gwen Wilcox	Gordon McAllister	Sue Bill (Ind) Maryan Chaplin (NLP) Jerzy Gray-Grzeszkiewicz (Ind)
Fraser	Labor	John Langmore	Cheryl Hill	Miko Kirschbaum
Namadgi	Labor	Annette Ellis	Brendan Smyth	Shane Rattenbury	Derek Rosborough (Ind)

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	CTA candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	Daryl Melham	David Sparkes (Lib)	Alison Bailey			John Kayes (RARI) Don Thompson (Ind) Gregg West (AAFI)
Barton	Labor	Robert McClelland	Arthur Santorinios (Lib)	Craig Chung		Chris McLean	Safwan Nasser (Ind)
Bennelong	Liberal	Wendy Mahon	John Howard (Lib)	Suzanne Reddy	Jamie Parker		James Bernard (Ind) Tim Carr (NLP) John Dawson (Ind) Julien Droulers (Ind) Paul Kemp (AAFI) Robert Shaw (NAN)
Berowra	Liberal	Nola McCarroll	Philip Ruddock (Lib)	Simon Disney	Christopher Connolly		Mick Gallagher (Ind) Bill Scally (NLP) Steve van Wyk (AAFI)
Blaxland	Labor	Paul Keating	Nick Korovin (Lib)	Jeffrey Meikle		Melodie Rahme	Marc Aussie-Stone (Ind) Nick Beams (Ind) Michael Lavis (AAFI) Eric Lawrence (Ind) Peter Sayegh (Ind) Peter Smith (NLP)
Bradfield	Liberal	Alex Kemeny	Brendan Nelson (Lib)	Ann Barry	Richard Wright	Margaret Ratcliffe	Patrick Gallagher (Ind) Mark Toomey (NLP) Len Watkins (AAFI)
Calare	Labor	Rob Allen	Ray Fardell (Lib) Trevor Toole (Nat)	Peter Baker	Sharon Mullin	Bruce McLean	Peter Andren* (Ind) Richard Nolan (NLP)
Charlton	Labor	Bob Brown	Peter Craig (Lib)	Lyn Godfrey	Bernadette Brugman		Ron Franks (AAFI)
Chifley	Labor	Roger Price	Jenny Green (Lib)	Alec Fisher		Shirley Grigg	Louise Hargreaves (NLP) Andrew Owen (Ind)
Cook	Liberal	Mark McGrath	Stephen Mutch (Lib)	Terri Richardson			James McDonald (Ind) Janey Woodger (AAFI)
Cowper	National	Paul Sekfy	Garry Nehl (Nat)	Allan Quartly	Jillian Cranny
Cunningham	Labor	Stephen Martin	Philip Williams (Lib)	Mark Chilton	Will Douglas	Robert O'Neill	Fred Misdom (NLP) Margaret Perrott (Ind) Paul Wilcock (Ind)
Dobell	Labor	Michael Lee	Doug Eaton (Lib)	True Martin		Graham Freemantle	Aldo Katalinic (Ind) Jeremy Pritchard (AAFI)
Eden-Monaro	Labor	Jim Snow	Gary Nairn (Lib)	Nora Endean	Robin Tennant-Wood	David Howes	Irene Brown (AAFI) Peter Fraser (NLP) Robyn Loydell (Ind)
Farrer	National	Lynda Summers	Tim Fischer (Nat)	John Clancy		John Everingham	Luke Downing (Ind) Peter Whitfield (Ind)
Fowler	Labor	Ted Grace	Stephen Cenatiempo (Lib)	Mark Stevens			Ken Malone (AAFI) Lucia van Oostveen (NLP)
Gilmore	Labor	Peter Knott	Joanna Gash (Lib)	Joanne McGrath	David Rothschild	Charles Chappell	Tom Dell (Ind) Rosemary Keighley (NLP)
Grayndler	Labor	Anthony Albanese	Morris Mansour (Lib)	David Mendelssohn	Jenny Ryde	Alex Sharah	Kate Butler (Ind) Kevin Butler (NAN) Tom Haynes (NLP) Ron Poulsen (Ind)
Greenway	Labor	Frank Mossfield	Vicki Burakowski (Lib)	Bill Clancy		Bob Bawden	John Bates (AAFI) J. S. Ryder (NLP)
Gwydir	National	John Curley	John Anderson (Nat)	Anne Graham			Jim Perrett (Ind)
Hughes	Labor	Robert Tickner	Danna Vale (Lib)	Robert Koppelhuber	Steve Allen	Christopher Derrick	Martha Halliday (Ind)
Hume	National	Tony Hewson	John Sharp (Nat)	Dave Cox	Kevin Watchirs
Hunter	Labor	Joel Fitzgibbon	Michael Johnsen (Nat)	Rod Bennison	Jenny Vaughan		Bernard Burke (Ind)
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Laurie Brereton	John Xenos (Lib)	Christopher Brieger	Jeremy Oxley		Yabu Bilyana (Ind) Suzi Haynes (NLP) Ted Marshall (Ind)
Lindsay	Labor	Ross Free	Jackie Kelly (Lib)	John Wilson	Lesley Edwards	Brian Grigg	Terry Cooksley (AAFI) Stephen Davidson (Ind)
Lowe	Labor	Mary Easson	Paul Zammit (Lib)	Noel Plumb	Doug Hine	Katie Wood	Dave Allen (Ind) Michelle Calvert (NAN) Bob Hughes (NLP) Max Lane (Ind) Peter Woods (Ind)
Lyne	National	John Weate	Mark Vaile (Nat)	Rodger Riach	Susie Russell		Marje Rowsell (AAFI)
Macarthur	Labor	Noel Lowry	John Fahey (Lib)	Peter Fraser	Vicki Kearney		Stephen Agius (Ind) Herb Bethune (Ind) Colleen Street (Ind) Janet Watkins (AAFI)
Mackellar	Liberal	Ross McLoughlin	Bronwyn Bishop (Lib)	Vicki Dimond	Chris Cairns	Rick Bristow	John Bridge (AAFI) Stephen Doric (NLP) Anne Ellis (Ind) Rodney Smith (RARI)
Macquarie	Labor	Maggie Deahm	Kerry Bartlett (Lib)	Jon Rickard	Carol Gaul	Heather Kraus	John McCall (Ind) Warwick Tyler (AAFI)
Mitchell	Liberal	Erica Lewis	Alan Cadman (Lib)	Colleen Krason			John Hutchinson (RARI) Tony Pettitt (AAFI) Penny Price (NLP)
Newcastle	Labor	Allan Morris	Ivan Welsh (Lib)	Barry Boettcher	Cathy Burgess		Kamala Emanuel (Ind)
New England	National	Herman Beyersdorf	Ian Sinclair (Nat)	Allan Caswell			Terry Larsen (Ind) Frances Letters (NLP)
North Sydney	Independent	Julie Owens	Joe Hockey (Lib)	Linda Wade	George Carter		Richard Tanner (Ind)
Page	Labor	Harry Woods	Ian Causley* (Nat) Anne Hunter (Lib)	James Page	Sue Higginson	Trevor Arthur	Al Oshlack (RCG)
Parkes	National	Barry Brebner	Michael Cobb (Nat)	Ken Graham			Edna Cook (Ind) Dianne Decker (AWP) Vivian Desmond (AAFI) David McLennan (NLP)
Parramatta	Labor	Paul Elliott	Ross Cameron (Lib)	Eduardo Avila		Dee Jonsson	Joseph Chidiac (Ind) John Cogger (NLP) Peter Krumins (AAFI) Heidi Scott (Ind)
Paterson	Labor	Bob Horne	Bob Baldwin (Lib)	Bob Symington	Jan Davis	Trevor Carrick
Prospect	Labor	Janice Crosio	Ron Cameron (Lib)	Manny Poularas			Linda Cogger (NLP)
Reid	Labor	Laurie Ferguson	Lynne McDowell (Lib)	Alfie Giuliano			Catherine Doric (NLP)
Richmond	Labor	Neville Newell	Larry Anthony* (Nat) Keith Johnson (Lib)	Mindy Thorpe	Annette Coyle		Robert Corowa (RCG)
Riverina	National	Rob Colligan	Noel Hicks (Nat)	John Collins			Alistair Jones (Ind)
Robertson	Labor	Frank Walker	Jim Lloyd (Lib)	Andrew Penfold	Bryan Ellis		Valiant Leung (Ind) Roy Whaite (AAFI)
Shortland	Labor	Peter Morris	David Parker (Lib)	Kaye Westbury	Ian McKenzie		Terry Cook (Ind) Richard Hill (Ind)
Sydney	Labor	Peter Baldwin	Peter Fussell (Lib)	Paul Nederlof	Sue Stock	Janne Peterson	Wendy Bacon (NAN) Peter Bushby (Ind) Karen Fletcher (Ind) Michael Lippmann (NLP) Donald O'Halloran (Ind)
Throsby	Labor	Colin Hollis	Albert Galea (Lib)	Elizabeth Fisher	Les Robinson	Brian Hughes
Warringah	Liberal	Julie Heraghty	Tony Abbott (Lib)	Wallace Logue	Karen Picken		Beth Eager (NLP) Ian Weatherlake (AAFI)
Watson	Labor	Leo McLeay	Bruce Larter (Lib)	Amelia Newman		Todd Rahme
Wentworth	Liberal	Paul Pearce	Andrew Thomson (Lib)	Di Happ	Fiona McCrossin		Paddy Engelen (NLP) John Hooper (Ind) Rodney Marks (Ind) David Synnott (Ind)
Werriwa	Labor	Mark Latham	Andrew Thorn (Lib)	Emanuela Lang			Greg Josling (Ind) Vince Townsend (AAFI) James Whitehall (Ind) Edwin Woodger (RARI)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	Greens candidate	Independent candidates
Northern Territory	Labor	Warren Snowdon	Nick Dondas	Philip Nitschke	Bernie Brian Pamela Gardiner

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Labor	Con Sciacca	Andrea West (Lib)	Jenny van Rooyen	Tony Krajniw	Selina Reilly (AIP)
Brisbane	Labor	Arch Bevis	Jane Williamson (Lib)	Andrew Bartlett	Mark Taylor	Zanny Begg (Ind) Mark Brady (NLP) Jenny Dunn (AWP) Bob Leach (Ind) Rose Mather (AIP)
Capricornia	Labor	Marjorie Henzell	Paul Marek* (Nat) Mike Wilkinson (Lib)	Fay Lawrence	Bob Muir	Bevan Tull (AIP)
Dawson	National	Frank Gilbert	De-Anne Kelly* (Nat) Greg Williamson (Lib)	Kevin Paine		Tony Duckett (Ind) Len Watson (AIP)
Dickson	Labor	Michael Lavarch	John Saunders (Nat) Tony Smith* (Lib)	Tom Spencer	Kim Pantano	Geoffrey Atkinson (AIP) Peter Consandine (RPA) Rona Joyner (Ind) Theoron Toon (Ind) Geoff Wilson (NLP)
Fadden	Liberal	Ray Merlehan	David Jull (Lib)	Hetty Johnston	William Gabriel	Dulcie Bronsch (AIP)
Fairfax	Liberal	Peter Marconi	Alex Somlyay (Lib)	Elizabeth Oss-Emer	John Fitzgerald	Colin Hicks (AIP)
Fisher	Liberal	John Henderson	John Bjelke-Petersen (Nat) Peter Slipper * (Lib)	Alan Kerlin	Chris Gwin	Lorraine Barnes (Ind) Alex Bond (AIP) Gordon Earnshaw (Ind) Margaret Lazarenko (AAFI) Louise Peach (AWP)
Forde	Liberal	Mary Crawford	Garth Carey (Nat) Kay Elson* (Lib)	Xanthe Adams	Aaron Wise	Marshall Bell (AIP)
Griffith	Labor	Kevin Rudd	Graeme McDougall* (Lib) David Stone (Nat)	Iain Renton	Barry Wilson	Jeni Eastwood (AWP) Gary Holland (Ind) John Leslie (AIP) Coral Wynter (Ind)
Groom	Liberal	Neville Green	Bill Taylor (Lib)	Mark Carew	Sarah Moles	Ray Buckley (OAP) W. J. McCarthy (AIP) Peter Ousby (Ind)
Herbert	Labor	Ted Lindsay	Ken Kipping (Nat) Peter Lindsay* (Lib)	Colin Edwards		Alex Caldwell (Ind) Josephine Sailor (AWP) David Smallwood (Ind)
Hinkler	Labor	Brian Courtice	Paul Neville (Nat)	Taha Dabbagh		Colin Johnson (AIP) Adrian Soeterboek (Ind)
Kennedy	National	Fay Donovan	Bob Katter (Nat)	Col Parker	Jo Valentine	Clarence Walden (AIP)
Leichhardt	Labor	Peter Dodd	Bob Burgess (Nat) Warren Entsch* (Lib)	Leonie Watson	Pat Daly	Steve Dimitriou (Ind) Margaret Leviston (NLP) Jeanette Singleton (AIP)
Lilley	Labor	Wayne Swan	Elizabeth Grace (Lib)	Michael Hipwood	Noel Clothier	Gloria Beckett (AIP) Daryl Bertwistle (Ind)
Longman	Liberal	Pat Bonnice	Tom Bradley (Nat) Mal Brough* (Lib)	Greg Hollis	Jim Dimo	Geoffrey Abnett (OAP) Norman Hegarty (AIP) Terence Madden (Ind)
McPherson	Liberal	Margaret Andrews	John Bradford (Lib)	Melinda Norman-Hicks	Anja Light	David Dillon (AIP) Kevin Goodwin (Ind)
Maranoa	National	Bob Murray	Bruce Scott (Nat)	Alan May		Franklin Beatty (AIP)
Moncrieff	Liberal	Mike Smith	Kathy Sullivan (Lib)	Noel Payne	Inge Light	Matthew Mackechnie (CTA) Ian Pilgrim (AIP) Andrew Prenzler (Ind) Sandy Price (NLP)
Moreton	Labor	Garrie Gibson	Gary Hardgrave (Lib)	Kirsten Kirk	Annette Wilson	Cameron Armstrong (Ind) Keith Bremner (AAFI) Shane Dean (Ind) Wendy Dent (Ind) Jacqueline Dhanji-Ayyar (NLP) Norman Johnston (AIP)
Oxley	Labor	Les Scott	Pauline Hanson (Lib) [lower-alpha 1]	David Pullen	John McKeon	Bill Chapman (AIP) Victor Robb (Ind) Carl Wyles (Ind)
Petrie	Labor	Gary Johns	Teresa Gambaro (Lib)	Zillah Jackson	Dell Jones	Kerry Hay (Ind) Keryn Jackson (AIP) Nat Karmichael (Ind) Leonard Matthews (Ind) John Phillips (Ind)
Rankin	Labor	David Beddall	Amanda Scott (Lib)	Alan Dickson	Richard Nielsen	Rosemary Bell (AIP) Xuan Thu Nguyen (Ind)
Ryan	Liberal	Howard Nielsen	John Moore (Lib)	Diane Watson	Willy Bach	Cheryl Cannon (AIP) Alan Skyring (Ind) Valerie Thurlow (NLP)
Wide Bay	National	Alan Holmes	Warren Truss (Nat)	Pamela South		John Francis (Ind) Wayne Skilton (OAP) Charlie Watson (AIP)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Liberal	Gail Gago	Trish Worth	Mark Andrews	Tim Graham	David Bidstrup (Ind) Dan Carey (Ind) Peter Fenwick (NLP) Barbara Fraser (GP) Jane Manifold (Ind)
Barker	Liberal	Leah York	Ian McLachlan	Dennis Dorney	Rita Helling	Chris Wells (NLP)
Bonython	Labor	Martyn Evans	Chris Bodinar	Chris Kennedy	Maya O'Leary	Michael Brander (Ind)
Boothby	Liberal	Jeremy Gaynor	Andrew Southcott	Janet Martin	Mark Parnell	Bevan Morris (NLP)
Grey	Liberal	Denis Crisp	Barry Wakelin	Martin Jackson	Julia Tymukas
Hindmarsh	Liberal	David Abfalter	Chris Gallus	Pat Macaskill	Matt Fisher	Heather Lorenzon (NLP) Andrew Phillips (Ind) Melanie Sjoberg (Ind)
Kingston	Labor	Gordon Bilney	Susan Jeanes	Debbie Webb	David Nurton	Bob Campbell (Ind) Sally Ann Hunter (NLP) Evonne Moore (AAFI) Patrick Muldowney (Ind) Paula Newell (Ind) John Watson (Ind)
Makin	Labor	Peter Duncan	Trish Draper	Tony Hill	Henri Mueller	Tony Baker (Ind) Barry Illert (Ind) Mary Newcombe (Ind) Andrew Scott (NLP)
Mayo	Liberal	Peter Louca	Alexander Downer	Cathi Tucker-Lee	David Mussared	Anthony Coombe (NLP) Graham Craig (Ind)
Port Adelaide	Labor	Rod Sawford	Rick Hill	Maddalena Rositano	George Apap	Enid Mohylenko (NLP)
Sturt	Liberal	George Vanco	Christopher Pyne	Keith Oehme	Craig Wilkins	Vladimir Lorenzon (NLP)
Wakefield	Liberal	Mike Stevens	Neil Andrew	Pam Kelly	Paul Petit	Eugene Rooney (GP)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
Bass	Labor	Silvia Smith	Warwick Smith	Debbie Butler	Kristina Nicklason
Braddon	Liberal	Sid Sidebottom	Chris Miles	Chris Ivory	Clare Thompson
Denison	Labor	Duncan Kerr	Ingrid Wren	Rachel Dudgeon	Karen Weldrick	Sarah Stephen (Ind)
Franklin	Labor	Harry Quick	Les Glover	Irene Fisher	John Hale	Kim Peart (Ind)
Lyons	Labor	Dick Adams	Russell Anderson	Duncan Mills	Debra Manskey	Leigh de la Motte (Nat)

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
Aston	Liberal	Michael Hailey	Peter Nugent (Lib)	Damian Wise		James McCarron (NLP)
Ballarat	Liberal	Jenny Beacham	Michael Ronaldson (Lib)	Trish Finlay		David Cocking (CTA) Alan Gray (Ind) Alan McDonald (NLP) John Neenan (AAFI)
Batman	Labor	Martin Ferguson	Wayne Youlten (Lib)	Julie Peterse	Frank Ryan	Irene Bolger (Ind) Paul D'Angelo (NLP) George Koumantatakis (Ind) Arthur Preketes (Ind)
Bendigo	Liberal	Joe Helper	Bruce Reid (Lib)	Don Semmens	Doug Ralph	John Bulbrook (AAFI) Susan Griffith (NLP) Pamela Taylor (CTA)
Bruce	Labor	Alan Griffin	Julian Beale (Lib)	Daryl Burkett	Armen Bahlaw	Michael Soos (NLP)
Burke	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	Anthony Moore (Lib)	Victor Kaye		Michael Dickins (NLP)
Calwell	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	Bill Willis (Lib)	Robert Livesay		Richard Barnes (NLP) Sue Phillips (Ind)
Casey	Liberal	Des Burns	Bob Halverson (Lib)	Glen Maddock	Chanel Keane	Robert Kendi (NLP) Basil Smith (CIR)
Chisholm	Liberal	Tony Robinson	Michael Wooldridge (Lib)	Matthew Townsend	Adrian Whitehead	Graeme Browne (NLP) Mark Ilott (Ind) Peter Judge (AAFI)
Corangamite	Liberal	Bernie Eades	Stewart McArthur (Lib)	Pamela Johnson
Corio	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	Srechko Kontelj (Lib)	Gerald Desmarais		Robert Nieuwenhuis (NLP)
Deakin	Liberal	Kerrin Buckney	Phil Barresi (Lib)	John Siddons	Kathy Lothian	Gilbert Boffa (Ind) Paul Coelli (AAFI) Murray Graham (CTA) Maggie Lawrence (NLP) David White (Ind)
Dunkley	Liberal	Bob Chynoweth	Bruce Billson (Lib)	Reba Jacobs	Paul Higgins	Bev Nelson (NLP) Travis Peak (AAFI)
Flinders	Liberal	Ian Watkinson	Peter Reith (Lib)	Colin Beeforth	Ian Ward	Jan Charlwood (NLP) Ralph Roberts (Ind)
Gellibrand	Labor	Ralph Willis	John Best (Lib)	Khiet Nguyen	Janet Rice	Marco Andreacchio (NLP) John Kelly (Ind) Peter Sanko (CTA) Luke Spencer (AAFI)
Gippsland	National	Judith Stone	Peter McGauran (Nat)	John Browstein		Ben Buckley (Ind) Jamie Pollock (NLP)
Goldstein	Liberal	Kip Calvert	David Kemp (Lib)	Diane Barry	Justin Kennedy	Robert Johnson (NLP)
Higgins	Liberal	Ilias Grivas	Peter Costello (Lib)	Nicolle Kuna	Mark Nicholls	Lorna Scurfield (NLP)
Holt	Labor	Gareth Evans	Tony Williams (Lib)	Jim Aubrey		Heath Allison (NLP) Paul Madigan (AAFI) Liz Mantell (Ind) George Mitsou (Ind)
Hotham	Labor	Simon Crean	Brad Maunsell (Lib)	Brad Starkie	Emma Rush	John Casley (AAFI) John Cordon (NLP)
Indi	Liberal	Zuvele Leschen	Lou Lieberman (Lib)	Kevin Smith		Bruce Lusher (NLP)
Isaacs	Labor	Greg Wilton	Rod Atkinson (Lib)	Kaylyn Raynor		Jan Allison (NLP) Angela Walker (AAFI)
Jagajaga	Labor	Jenny Macklin	Michelle Penson (Lib)	Timothy Newhouse	Susan Coleman	Andrew Mackenzie (Ind) Byron Rigby (NLP) Paul Tobias (AAFI) Chris Vassis (Ind)
Kooyong	Liberal	Christina Sindt	Petro Georgiou (Lib)	Pierre Harcourt	Jane Beer	Raymond Schlager (NLP) Rod Spencer (AAFI)
Lalor	Labor	Barry Jones	Chris Macgregor (Lib)	Leigh Hebbard		Juliana Kendi (NLP)
La Trobe	Liberal	Carolyn Hirsh	Bob Charles (Lib)	John Hastie	John Benton	Frank Dean (Ind) Andrew Stenberg (NLP) Wolf Voigt (CTA)
McEwen	Liberal	Peter Cleeland	Fran Bailey (Lib)	David Zemdegs	Chris James	Jock Kyme (Ind) Rick Lloyd (AAFI) Martin Magee (NLP)
McMillan	Labor	Barry Cunningham	Russell Broadbent* (Lib) Helen Hoppner (Nat)	Colin Thornby	Luke van der Muelen	Norman Baker (CTA) Chris King (Ind) Michael Pollock (NLP) Dave Smith (Ind)
Mallee	National	Col Palmer	John Forrest (Nat)	Colin Davies		Andrew Lawson Kerr (NLP)
Maribyrnong	Labor	Bob Sercombe	Georgi Stickels (Lib)	Peter Rechner		Brendan Griffin (Ind) Peter Jackson (NLP) Helen van den Berg (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Lindsay Tanner	Michael Flynn (Lib)	Richard Grummet	Sarah Nicholson	Larry Clarke (NLP) James Ferrari (Ind) Di Quin (Ind)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Clyde Holding	Margot Foster (Lib)	John Davey	Misha Coleman	Robert Brown (NLP) Margaret Gillespie-Jones (AAFI)
Menzies	Liberal	Peter de Angelis	Kevin Andrews (Lib)	Angela Carter		Susan Brown (NLP)
Murray	National	Bernie Moran	Sharman Stone* (Lib) John Walker (Nat)	Dennis Lacey		George Rose (NLP)
Scullin	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Marc Morgan (Lib)	Evan Bekiaris	Gurm Sekhon	Neil Phillips (NLP)
Wannon	Liberal	Richard Morrow	David Hawker (Lib)	Maggie Lindop
Wills	Labor	Kelvin Thomson	Jack Minas (Lib)	Robert Stone		Phil Cleary (Ind) Craig Isherwood (Ind) Sharon Keppel (Ind) Martin Richardson (NLP)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Greens candidate	Other candidates
Brand	Labor	Kim Beazley	Penny Hearne	Mal McKercher	Bob Goodale	Leone Anderson (Ind) Clive Galletly (Ind) Alan Gent (Ind) Brian McCarthy (Ind) Phil Rebe (AAFI) Malcolm Walton (Nat)
Canning	Labor	George Gear	Ricky Johnston	Anthony Bloomer	Chris Twomey	Michael Devereux (Ind) Patti Roberts (NLP)
Cowan	Liberal	Carolyn Jakobsen	Richard Evans	Sue Coyne	Otto Dik
Curtin	Liberal	Steven Roebuck	Ken Court	Michael Barrett	Giz Watson	George Kailis (NLP) Allan Rocher * (Ind)
Forrest	Liberal	Ann Mills	Geoff Prosser	Ronald Hellyer	Basil Schur	Alexander Marsden (Ind)
Fremantle	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	Mick Tiller	Joe Guentner	Alison de Garis
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Ian Taylor	Cedric Wyatt	David Thackrah	Deborah Botica	Graeme Campbell * (Ind)
Moore	Liberal	Alistair Jones	Paul Stevenage	Sarah Gilfillan	Bill Franssen	Paul Filing * (Ind) Vicki Hancock (Ind)
O'Connor	Liberal	Mick Cole	Wilson Tuckey	Neil Munro	John Hemsley	Kevin Altham (Nat) Stephan Gyorgy (Ind)
Pearce	Liberal	Paul Andrews	Judi Moylan	Julie Ward	Robert Barnacle
Perth	Labor	Stephen Smith	Dee Kelly	Jim Kerr	Elena Jeffreys	Anthony Benbow (Ind) Raymond Conder (Ind) Gary Nelson (NLP)
Stirling	Liberal	Kareen Carberry	Eoin Cameron	Lawrence Wapnah	Kim Herbert	Cathryn D'Cruz (NLP)
Swan	Labor	Jane Saunders	Don Randall	Norm Kelly	Mingli Wanjurri-Nungala	Elspeth Clairs (NLP) Bryan Hilbert (Ind) John Tucak (Ind)
Tangney	Liberal	Dermot Buckley	Daryl Williams	Ilse Trewin	Margaret Jenkins	Ken Barrett (NLP)

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. 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.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	CTA candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Kate Lundy* Peter Conway	Margaret Reid * Stephe Jitts	Peter Main Brent Blackburn	Deb Foskey Jonathan Millar	John Miller James Liaw	Joanne Clark Bill Monaghan David Seaton Fred Skerbic

New South Wales

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending two seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Michael Baume (Liberal), John Faulkner (Labor), Michael Forshaw (Labor), Sandy Macdonald (National), Belinda Neal (Labor) and John Tierney (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	CTA candidates
Sue West * Bruce Childs * Tom Wheelwright Rima Barghout	Bob Woods * (Lib) David Brownhill * (Nat) Helen Coonan* (Lib) Abraham Constantin (Lib)	Vicki Bourne * Arthur Chesterfield-Evans Andrew Larcos Troy Anderson	Karla Sperling Peter Denton Jane Elix Murray Matson	Alasdair Webster Elaine Webster Graeme McLennan Bill Bird Bruce Coleman
AAFI candidates	Shooters candidates	Women's candidates	NLP candidates	Grey Power candidates
John Phillips Bevan O'Regan	Richard Sims Robyn Bourke Daniel Redfern Rodney Franich	Darelle Duncan Sarah Thew	Catherine Knoles Ines Judd	John Verheyen Theo Hetterscheid Bob Segerstrom Olga Pickering
No Aircraft Noise candidates	Better Future candidates	RARI candidates	BoR/Republican candidates	The Seniors candidates
Chris Nash Sylvia Hale	Teresa Findlay-Barnes David Tribe	David Kitson Carolyn O'Callaghan	Peter Breen (ABR) Kerry McNally (RPA) Valerie Housego (ABR) Assefa Bekele (ABR) Antoinette Fahey (ABR)	Beryl Evans Lorraine Welsh
Group I candidates	Group K candidates	Group M candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Robert Schollbach Amanda Stirling	Tony Galati Sam Galati	Robert Butler Lindsay Cosgrove	Morris Jones F Ivor John Barbara Jade Hurley Gretel Pinniger	Dian Underwood Ray Patterson David Piggin Bill Bradley

Northern Territory

Two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Country Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	CLP candidates	Greens candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Bob Collins * Susan Bradley	Grant Tambling * Kym Cook	Margie Friel Ilana Eldridge	Geoff Carr (Dem)

Queensland

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Party was defending one seat. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Mal Colston (Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal), Bill O'Chee (National), Warwick Parer (Liberal), Margaret Reynolds (Labor) and John Woodley (Democrats) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates
John Hogg* Brenda Gibbs* Bernadette Callaghan	Ian Macdonald * John Herron * Debbie Kember	Ron Boswell * Teresa Cobb Terry Cranwell	Cheryl Kernot * Tony Walters Peter Collins Annette Reed	Angela Jones Desiree Mahoney Libby Connors
CTA candidates	AAFI candidates	Shooters candidates	Women's candidates	NLP candidates
Harry Cook Nan Cook	Cynthia Mayne John Minogue	Peter Salisbury Bill Ison	Mary Kelly Lizbeth Yuille Jenny Hughey	Kris Ayyar John Price
AIP candidates	One Australia candidates	Republican/BoR candidates	Group E candidates	Group F candidates
Sam Watson Netta Tyson	Perry Jewell Michael Grayson	Brian Buckley (RPA) David Bailey (ABR)	John Jones Lee Jones	Phillip Young Harvie Ladlow
Group G candidates	Group H candidates	Group M candidates	Ungrouped candidates
J. Freemarijuana Tony Kneipp	Ian McNiven Ray Smyth Robert Marks	Maurice Hetherington Ross Russell	Michelle Mac Nevin Chris Leth David Howse Ross McKay

South Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Nick Bolkus (Labor), Alan Ferguson (Liberal), Dominic Foreman (Labor), Meg Lees (Democrats), Nick Minchin (Liberal) and Amanda Vanstone (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	CTA candidates
Rosemary Crowley * Chris Schacht * Deirdre Tedmanson	Robert Hill * Grant Chapman * Jeannie Ferris* Maria Kourtesis	Natasha Stott Despoja * Ian Gilfillan Judy Smith Desea Tsagatos	Stephen Spence Meryl McDougall	David Rodway Brett Rodway
AAFI candidates	Shooters candidates	Women's candidates	Grey Power candidates	EFF candidates
Bert Joy Stephen Wikblom	Haydon Aldersey Robert Low	Deborah McCulloch Marg McHugh Denise Tzumli	Emily Gilbey-Riley Gratton Darbyshire	David Dwyer Alfred Walker
Group F candidates	Group J candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Michael Wohltmann Jeanette Wohltmann	Kenneth Nicholson Colin Shearing	Geoffrey Wells (NLP)

Tasmania

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Eric Abetz (Liberal), John Coates (Labor), Kay Denman (Labor), Brian Gibson (Liberal), Brian Harradine (Independent) and Shayne Murphy (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	CTA candidates
Sue Mackay* Nick Sherry * Charles Touber	Jocelyn Newman * Paul Calvert * John Watson *	Robert Bell Julia Onsman Philip Tattersall	Bob Brown* Janet Dale	Don Rogers Beryl Rogers
National candidates	Women's candidates	NLP candidates
Mary Jackson Jeff Clayton	Claire Andersen Lin MacQueen	Gregory Broszczyk James Harlow

Victoria

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending three seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Senators Kim Carr (Labor), Jacinta Collins (Labor), Julian McGauran (National), Jim Short (Liberal) and Judith Troeth (Liberal) were not up for re-election. The seat held by Senator Gareth Evans (Labor) was also not up for re-election but was vacant due to his resignation to contest the House of Representatives; this vacancy was filled in April by Stephen Conroy.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	DLP candidates
Robert Ray * Barney Cooney * Julia Gillard Melanie Raymond	Richard Alston * (Lib) Rod Kemp * (Lib) Kay Patterson * (Lib) Robert Ettery (Nat) Robyne Head (Lib) Anthony Fernandez (Lib)	Lyn Allison* John McLaren Laurie Levy Marj White	Peter Singer Karen Alexander Helen Lucas	John Mulholland Paul Cahill Michael Rowe Pat Crea Matthew Cody Christine Dodd
CTA candidates	AAFI candidates	Shooters candidates	NLP candidates	Republican/BoR candidates
Ken Cook Christine Chapman	Dennis McCormack Robyn Spencer	Colin Wood Neville Sayers Gary Fliegner	Stephen Griffith Ngaire Mason	Paul Dahan (RPA) Des Bergen (ABR)
CIR candidates	Group J candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Will Borzatti Neil McKay	Joe Toscano Steve Roper	Stephen Raskovy Maurice Smith Michael Good	Neil Green John Abbotto David Armstrong

Western Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Greens WA were defending one seat. Senators Ian Campbell (Liberal), Peter Cook (Labor), Chris Ellison (Liberal), Chris Evans (Labor), Sue Knowles (Liberal) and Dee Margetts (Greens) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Greens candidates	National candidates
Jim McKiernan * Mark Bishop* Michael Beahan Catherine Crawford	Winston Crane * John Panizza * Alan Eggleston* Michael Huston Enzo Sirna Clare Thompson	Andrew Murray* Don Millar Shirley de la Hunty	Christabel Chamarette Robin Chapple	Kevin McAnuff Lynley Anderson
CTA candidates	AAFI candidates	Women's candidates	Group C candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Don Jackson Marj Laurie	Richard Haye Robert Hammond	Mattie Turnbull Kate Mudford	Tony Drake Jean Robinson	Craig Bradshaw Craig Mackintosh Vin Cooper Ros White (NLP)

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
	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S	HR	S
Australian Labor Party	50	*	37	*	26	*	14	*	12	*	5	*	3	*	1	*	148	8
Liberal Party of Australia	41	*	35	*	22	*	14	*	12	*	5	*	3	*			132	7
National Party of Australia	12	*	4	*	13	*	2	*			1	*					32	5
Country Liberal Party															1	*	1	1
Australian Democrats	50	*	37	*	26	*	14	*	12	*	5	*		*		*	143	8
Natural Law Party	24	*	34	*	6	*	6	*	9	*		*	1				80	6
Australian Greens	31	*			21	*			12	*			3	*	1	*	68	5
Australians Against Further Immigration	22	*	13	*	2	*	1	*	1								39	5
Call to Australia	23	*	6	*	1	*		*		*		*		*			30	7
Australia's Indigenous Peoples Party					25	*											25	1
Australian Greens Victoria			20	*													20	1
Greens Western Australia							14	*									14	1
Australian Women's Party	1	*			4	*				*		*					5	4
Tasmanian Greens											5	*					5	1
Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration	4	*															4	1
No Aircraft Noise	4	*															4	1
One Australia Party					3	*											3	1
Grey Power		*							2	*							2	2
Richmond/Clarence Greens	2																2
Republican Party of Australia		*		*	1	*											1	3
Pensioner & CIR Alliance			1	*													1	1
Shooters Party		*		*		*				*								4
Australian Bill of Rights Group		*		*		*												3
A Better Future For Our Children		*																1
The Seniors		*																1
Democratic Labor Party				*														1
Independent EFF										*								1
Independent and other	55		26		28		15		14		2		3		2		145

See also

• 1996 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1993–1996
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1996–1998
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1993–1996
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1996–1999
• List of political parties in Australia

Notes

1. Pauline Hanson had been disendorsed as the Liberal candidate and ran as an independent, but she remained a Liberal on the ballot paper. ^[1]

References

1. Green, Antony (20 March 2018). "What Happens if a Candidate Withdraws from a Contest?". ABC . Retrieved 28 December 2019.

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1996
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1996