Candidates of the 1980 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1980 Australian federal election. The election was held on 18 October 1980.

Redistributions and seat changes

• A redistribution of electoral boundaries occurred in Western Australia.
  • A new seat, the notionally Liberal O'Connor, was created.
• Tasmanian Senator Ken Wriedt (Labor) resigned from the Senate to contest Denison.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Gordon Bryant MP (Wills, Vic)
• Clyde Cameron MP (Hindmarsh, SA)
• John FitzPatrick MP (Riverina, NSW)
• Bert James MP (Hunter, NSW)
• Keith Johnson MP (Burke, Vic)
• Vince Martin MP (Banks, NSW)
• Senator Reg Bishop (SA)
• Senator Jim Cavanagh (SA)
• Senator Ron McAuliffe (Qld)
• Senator Justin O'Byrne (Tas)
• Senator John Wheeldon (WA)

Liberal

• Bill Graham MP (North Sydney, NSW)
• Tony Staley MP (Chisholm, Vic)
• Senator Gordon Davidson (SA)
• Senator Sir Condor Laucke (SA)
• Senator Peter Sim (WA)

National Country

• James Corbett MP (Maranoa, Qld)
• Philip Lucock MP (Lyne, NSW)

Country Liberal

• Sam Calder MP (Northern Territory, NT)

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	Independent candidate
Canberra	Liberal	Ros Kelly	John Haslem	Leo Nesic	Kevin Wise
Fraser	Labor	Ken Fry	Michael Yabsley	Dimmen de Graaff	Kevin Wise Basil Yakimov

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	John Mountford	Donald McConnell (Lib)	Montague Greene
Barton	Liberal	Rodney Madgwick	Jim Bradfield (Lib)	Beverley Eley	Charles Bellchambers (Ind)
Bennelong	Liberal	John Guthrie	John Howard (Lib)	Pamela Tuckwell	James Darby (Prog)
Berowra	Liberal	George Bennett	Harry Edwards (Lib)	James Boow
Blaxland	Labor	Paul Keating	Salvatore Napoli (Lib)	Phillip Grattan	James Doughney (SWP) Craig Marley (SLL)
Bradfield	Liberal	Keith McKeen	David Connolly (Lib)	Ilse Robey
Calare	NCP	David Simmons	Sandy Mackenzie (NCP)	Anne Ritter
Chifley	Labor	John Armitage	Philip Daly (Lib)	Keith Watson	Terence Cook (SLL) Geoffrey Evans (CPA)
Cook	Liberal	Ray Thorburn	Don Dobie (Lib)	Alexander Kiss	Henry Soper (Prog)
Cowper	NCP	Valma Melville	Ian Robinson (NCP)	John Pierce
Cunningham	Labor	Stewart West	Thomas Griffin (Lib)	Megan Sampson	Peter Cockcroft (CPA) Andrew Jamieson (SWP) Richard Moore (SLL)
Dundas	Liberal	Margery Hourihan	Philip Ruddock (Lib)	Stephen Bastian	Archibald Brown (Prog)
Eden-Monaro	Liberal	Jim Snow	Murray Sainsbury (Lib)	Norma Helmers
Farrer	Liberal	Lloyd Elliott	Wal Fife (Lib)	Rodney Dominish	Maureen Nathan (Prog)
Grayndler	Labor	Leo McLeay	George Dryden (Lib)	Albert Jarman	Derek Mortimer (SLL) Justin Walsh (SPA)
Gwydir	NCP	Robert Hamilton	Ralph Hunt (NCP)	Gloria Collison
Hughes	Labor	Les Johnson	Chris Downy (Lib)	Questa Gill	Marjorie Wisby (Prog)
Hume	NCP	Sue West	Stephen Lusher (NCP)	Gwendoline Wilson
Hunter	Labor	Bob Brown	Ashley Saunders (Lib)	Edwina Wilson
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Lionel Bowen	Collin O'Neill (Lib)	Oliver Nekula
Lowe	Liberal	Jan Burnswoods	Sir William McMahon (Lib)	Bradley Mulligan	Anthony Reasha (Ind)
Lyne	NCP	Leslie Brown	Bruce Cowan* (NCP) Milton Morris (Lib)	Edwin Poppleton
Macarthur	Liberal	Jim Groves	Michael Baume (Lib)	Warren Steele	Ronald Sarina (Ind)
Mackellar	Liberal	Kevin Mason	Jim Carlton (Lib)	Robert Williams
Macquarie	Liberal	Ross Free	Reg Gillard (Lib)	Richard Jackson-Hope	Raymond Butcher (Ind) Ian Perry (Ind) Ronald Stanton (Ind)
Mitchell	Liberal	Patrick McArdle	Alan Cadman (Lib)	Rosemary Mason
Newcastle	Labor	Charles Jones	Richard Bevan (Lib)	John Cleverly	Darrell Dawson (CPA) Geoffrey Payne (SWP)
New England	NCP	Selby Dean	Ian Sinclair (NCP)	Fiona Richardson
North Sydney	Liberal	Maxine Broughton	John Spender (Lib)	Anita Stiller	Josephine Chisholm-Mallett (Ind) Peter Corrie (Prog)
Parramatta	Labor	John Brown	Lance Shaw (Lib)	Warwick Barber	Jim Saleam (Ind)
Paterson	NCP	Francis Murray	Frank O'Keefe (NCP)	Denis Driver	William Reeve-Parker (Ind)
Phillip	Liberal	Jeannette McHugh	Jack Birney (Lib)	Leslie Reiss	Russell Deiley (Ind)
Prospect	Labor	Dick Klugman	Alan Byers (Lib)	Robert Goodere
Reid	Labor	Tom Uren	Yvonne Maio (Lib)	Paul Terrett	Neville Gray (Ind)
Richmond	NCP	Terence McGee	Doug Anthony (NCP)	Ashley Albanese
Riverina	Labor	Frederick Smith	Noel Hicks* (NCP) Brian Thornton (Lib)	John Newman	Frederick Martin (Ind)
Robertson	Labor	Barry Cohen	Brian Gill (Lib)	Trevor Willsher	Paul Baker (Ind)
Shortland	Labor	Peter Morris	Eddie Namir (Lib)	Lionel Lambkin	Robert Buhler (SLL)
St George	Liberal	Bill Morrison	Maurice Neil (Lib)	Beverley Davis
Sydney	Labor	Les McMahon	Cliff Reece (Lib)	Maxwell Adams	Juanita Keig (SWP) Judy Mundey (CPA)
Warringah	Liberal	Desmond Murphy	Michael MacKellar (Lib)	Arthur Bishop	John McGrath (PCP) David Rennie (Prog)
Wentworth	Liberal	Stephen McGoldrick	Bob Ellicott (Lib)	Joan Kersey
Werriwa	Labor	John Kerin	Marie Rutledge (Lib)	Keith Olson	Edward Bell (Ind)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Northern Territory	CLP	John Waters	Grant Tambling	Max Stewart	Pamela Gardiner (Ind) Graham Gillian (MAR) John McElroy (CDP) Malcolm Womersley (Ind) Galarrwuy Yunupingu (Ind)

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Liberal	Len Keogh	David Jull (Lib)	Thomas Martin
Brisbane	Liberal	Manfred Cross	Peter Johnson (Lib)	Anthony Walters	William Kenney (Ind)
Capricornia	Labor	Doug Everingham	Colin Carige (NCP) William Park (Lib)	Lloyd Webber	Paul Rackemann (Prog)
Darling Downs	NCP	Janet Hunt	Tom McVeigh (NCP)	Maria Hayboer	David Proud (Prog)
Dawson	NCP	Barbara Hill	Ray Braithwaite (NCP)	Brian Caldwell	Kelly Crombie (Prog) Robert Oakes (Ind)
Fadden	Liberal	David Beddall	Don Cameron (Lib)	Janice Barber	Dallas Graham (Prog)
Fisher	NCP	Fay Price	Evan Adermann (NCP)	Gavin Black	Rodney Jeanneret (Prog) Gail Perry (Ind)
Griffith	Labor	Ben Humphreys	Noel Willersdorf (NCP) Dennis Young (Lib)	Gillian Newman	Mark Carey (SWP)
Herbert	Liberal	Ted Lindsay	Gordon Dean (Lib)	John Lamb
Kennedy	NCP	Susan Hadlow	Bob Katter (NCP)		James Fryar (Prog)
Leichhardt	NCP	Anthony Mijo	David Thomson (NCP)	Ian Paul
Lilley	Liberal	Elaine Darling	Kevin Cairns (Lib)	Joan Hadley
Maranoa	NCP	Kenneth Abbey	Ian Cameron* (NCP) Reginald Kerslake (Lib)	Austin Brannigan
McPherson	Liberal	Walter Ehrich	Eric Robinson (Lib)	Ian Crick	William Aabraham-Steer (Ind) Louis Rowan (Ind)
Moreton	Liberal	Barbara Robson	James Killen (Lib)	Betty Whitworth	Graham Bell (Ind) Patrick Dixon (Prog)
Oxley	Labor	Bill Hayden	Ronda Herrmann (Lib)	Wayne Martin	Miriam Cope (Ind) Robert Voysey (SLL)
Petrie	Liberal	Deane Wells	John Hodges (Lib)	Pauline Moylan	Phillip Grimson (Prog)
Ryan	Liberal	Peter Beattie	John Moore (Lib)	Geoffrey Rees	Philip Sturgess (Prog)
Wide Bay	NCP	James Finemore	Clarrie Millar (NCP)	Geoffrey Schuh	Raymond Bird (Prog)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Chris Hurford	Peter Camm	Peter Adamson
Barker	Liberal	Norman Napper	James Porter	Ivor Childs	Anthony Beck (NCP) Kim Ross (NCP)
Bonython	Labor	Neal Blewett	Mark Mau	John Longhurst	Donald Keitel (PCP) John Villain (SLL)
Boothby	Liberal	Bruce Whyatt	John McLeay	Martin Holt	James Russell (PCP)
Grey	Labor	Laurie Wallis	Brian Fitzgerald	Mary Good	Anthony Haskett (NCP)
Hawker	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	Mark Hanckel	Kenneth Johnson
Hindmarsh	Labor	John Scott	George Basisovs	Peter Gagliardi	Therese Doyle (SWP) Alf Gard (Ind)
Kingston	Liberal	Richard Gun	Grant Chapman	Judith Jenkins
Port Adelaide	Labor	Mick Young	Shirley de Garis	Robert Manhire	Elliott Johnston (CPA)
Sturt	Liberal	Andrew Dunstan	Ian Wilson	David d'Angelo	Colin Wuttke (PCP)
Wakefield	Liberal	Alan Reid	Geoffrey Giles	Rowland Beech	Duncan Rose (NCP)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Independent candidate
Bass	Liberal	Patti Warn	Kevin Newman		Olga Scully
Braddon	Liberal	Lance Fee	Ray Groom
Denison	Liberal	Ken Wriedt	Michael Hodgman	Peter Creet
Franklin	Liberal	Fran Bladel	Bruce Goodluck	John Thomson
Wilmot	Liberal	David Llewellyn	Max Burr

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Balaclava	Liberal	Christopher Kennedy	Ian Macphee (Lib)	Zelma Furey
Ballarat	Liberal	John Mildren	Jim Short (Lib)	Graham Gough	John Cotter
Batman	Labor	Brian Howe	Rosemary Kemp (Lib)	Jeffrey McAlpine	Allen Doyle
Bendigo	Liberal	Victor Dolby	John Bourchier (Lib)	George Hunter
Bruce	Liberal	Gayle Whyte	Sir Billy Snedden (Lib)	Fraser Hercus	Elaine Mulholland	Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind)
Burke	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	Greg Ross (Lib)	Eric Spencer
Casey	Liberal	Peter Watson	Peter Falconer (Lib)	Basil Smith		Martin Hetherich (UCP) Wilfrid Thiele (Ind) Bertram Wainer (Ind)
Chisholm	Liberal	Helen Mayer	Graham Harris (Lib)	Alan Swindon		Terence Pooley (AP)
Corangamite	Liberal	Neil Gedge	Tony Street (Lib)	Kathleen May	Bernie Finn
Corio	Labor	Gordon Scholes	Mieczyslaw Parks (Lib)	Reginald Sweeten	James Jordan
Deakin	Liberal	John Madden	Alan Jarman (Lib)	Edwin Adamson	Peter Ferwerda
Diamond Valley	Liberal	John Scomparin	Neil Brown (Lib)	Geoffrey Loftus-Hills
Flinders	Liberal	Jean McLean	Phillip Lynch (Lib)	William Towers
Gellibrand	Labor	Ralph Willis	John Kelly (Lib)	Shirley Bold		Lynne Bryer (SWP)
Gippsland	NCP	Graeme McIntyre	Peter Nixon (NCP)	Pierre Forcier		Bruce Ingle (Ind)
Henty	Liberal	Joan Child	Ken Aldred (Lib)	Jonathan Melland	John Mulholland
Higgins	Liberal	Jennifer Bundy	Roger Shipton (Lib)	James Thornley		Maureen Holmes (IBCP) Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind)
Holt	Liberal	Michael Duffy	William Yates (Lib)	Brian Stockton	Michael Rowe
Hotham	Liberal	Lewis Kent	Roger Johnston (Lib)	Robyn Groves	Edward Woods
Indi	Liberal	Carole Marple	Ewen Cameron* (Lib) Allan Garrett (NCP)	Ralph Fleming		Patrick Flanagan (Ind) Brian Lumsden (Ind)
Isaacs	Liberal	David Charles	Bill Burns (Lib)	Michael Bakos		Sydney Balhorn (Ind)
Kooyong	Liberal	Wesley Blackmore	Andrew Peacock (Lib)	James Lysaght
Lalor	Labor	Barry Jones	Thomas Meskos (Lib)	Ivan Pollock
La Trobe	Liberal	Peter Milton	Marshall Baillieu (Lib)	James Leicester	Desmond Burke	Cornelus Hellema (UCP) Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind)
Mallee	NCP	Geoffrey Ferns	Peter Fisher* (NCP) Neville Goodwin (Lib)	Colin Kavanagh		Leslie Connolly (Ind) Ronald Nicholson (Ind)
Maribyrnong	Labor	Moss Cass	Geoffrey Ireland (Lib)	Henrik Jersic
McMillan	Liberal	Barry Cunningham	Barry Simon (Lib)	Sandra Burke	Brian Handley	Robert McCracken (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Ted Innes	Robert Fallshaw (Lib)	Alan Hughes		James Ferrari (IBCP) Max Ogden (CPA)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Clyde Holding	Colin Bell (Lib)	Stephen Duthy		Wilhelm Kapphan (Ind) Gordon Moffatt (Ind)
Murray	NCP	Joan Groves	Bill Hunter (Lib) Bruce Lloyd* (NCP)	Douglas Linford		Diane Teasdale (Ind)
Scullin	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Geoffrey Lutz (Lib)	Brian Kidd
Wannon	Liberal	Keith Wilson	Malcolm Fraser (Lib)	Bernhard Kruger		Joseph Young (Ind)
Wills	Labor	Bob Hawke	Vincenzo d'Aquino (Lib)	Kenneth Goss	Thomas Stewart	Michael Head (SLL) Philip Herington (CPA) Martin Newell (Ind) Solomon Salby (SWP)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Canning	Liberal	James Hansen	Mel Bungey	Theresa Cunningham	Pamela Wells (Ind)
Curtin	Liberal	Richard Grounds	Victor Garland	Gary Payne
Forrest	Liberal	Walter MacMillan	Peter Drummond	Alfred Bussell	Francis Timms (NCP)
Fremantle	Labor	John Dawkins	Donald McLeod	Graham Hull	Angelo Lopez (SWP)
Kalgoorlie	Liberal	Graeme Campbell	Mick Cotter	Trevor Butler
Moore	Liberal	Allen Blanchard	John Hyde	Donald McComish	Gladwin Wood (NCP)
O'Connor	Liberal	Robert Duncannon	Wilson Tuckey	Guy Wroth	Eric Charlton (NPW) Anthony Hassell (NCP)
Perth	Liberal	William Delaney	Ross McLean	Robert Foster	June Steen-Olsen (PCP)
Stirling	Liberal	Richard Pitts	Ian Viner	Jean Jenkins	Roger Broinowski (Ind)
Swan	Liberal	Kim Beazley	John Martyr	Jean Ritter	Stephen Painter (SWP)
Tangney	Liberal	Maureen Wong	Peter Shack	Robert McCormack

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	JACC candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Susan Ryan* John Langmore	John Knight* David Adams	John Filler John Morgan	Neville Curtis Jacqueline Flitcroft	Joseph Marks

New South Wales

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending three seats. Senators Peter Baume (Liberal), Arthur Gietzelt (Labor), Misha Lajovic (Liberal), Colin Mason (Democrats) and Tony Mulvihill (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	CTA candidates	Marijuana candidates	Colonialist candidates
Doug McClelland* Bruce Childs* Kerry Sibraa*	John Carrick* (Lib) Douglas Scott* (NCP) Chris Puplick (Lib)	Paul McLean Elisabeth Kirkby Laurence Bourke	Fred Nile John Whitehall Joan Loew	James Billington Anne Parsons	Nicholas Jones Ian MacRae
Socialist candidates	Progress candidates	Group C candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Peter Symon Harry Black Raymond Ferguson Edgar Woodbury	Fernand Eyschen Nicholas Hudson	John E. Champion Julie A. Champion John D. Champion	Estelle Myers Rudolph Dezelin Norman Eather Bernard O'Grady	Gene Salvestrin Joylene Hairmouth Terence Griffiths Josephine Chisholm-Mallett

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	Democrats candidates	CDP candidates	Marijuana candidates
Ted Robertson* Hunter Harrison	Bernie Kilgariff* Graeme Lewis	Jack Hunt William Evans	Ronald Mann Charles Coombs	Jennifer Smether Lance Lawrence

Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The National Party of Australia was defending two seats. Senators Stan Collard (National Country), Mal Colston (Labor), George Georges (Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal) and Kathy Martin (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	NCP candidates	Democrats candidates	Progress candidates	National Front candidates
Jim Keeffe* Gerry Jones* Robert Gleeson	Neville Bonner* Yvonne McComb Franz Born	Florence Bjelke-Petersen* Glen Sheil Ron Maunsell	Michael Macklin* William Elson-Green Gilruth Rees	Vivian Forbes Frank Paull	Rosemary Sisson Victor Robb
Socialist candidates	Group F candidates	Group G candidates	Group H candidates	Group J candidates	Ungrouped candidates
David Ryan Stephen Bulloch Ivan Ivanoff	John Butler Anne Glew	Sydney Shawcross Cyril McKenzie Michael Dendle	James Drabsch Vivien Botterill	Lionel Fifield Robert McClintock	Norman Eather Neil McKay Anthony Catip Frederick Phillips Carlemo Wacando

South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Ron Elstob (Labor), Geoff McLaren (Labor), Tony Messner (Liberal), Baden Teague (Liberal) and Harold Young (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	NCP candidates	Australia candidates	Socialist candidates
Dominic Foreman* Nick Bolkus* Graham Maguire	Don Jessop* Robert Hill* Craig Spiel	Janine Haines* Ian Gilfillan David Vigor	Geoffrey Clothier Sylvia Schultz Peter McBride	Ian Modistach Alan Jamieson	Brian Rooney Ida Goss Laurence Kiek
Marijuana candidates	CCC candidates	PCP candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Craig Cocks Gwenda Woods	Betty Luks James Cronin Gordon Kroschel	David Kitto Mary McKenzie-Huish	Valentine Furner Raymond Bradtke William Forster

Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat. Senators Brian Archer (Liberal), Don Grimes (Labor), Michael Tate (Labor), Shirley Walters (Liberal) and John Watson (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Harradine candidates	Democrats candidates
Jean Hearn* John Coates* John White	Peter Rae* Michael Townley* Peter Jones	Brian Harradine* Harry Upston	Norman Siberry Rae Saxon Brian Austen

Victoria

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators John Button (Labor), Don Chipp (Democrats), Gareth Evans (Labor), David Hamer (Liberal) and Alan Missen (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	DLP candidates	Australia candidates	Socialist candidates
Cyril Primmer* Robert Ray* Jean Melzer	Dame Margaret Guilfoyle* (Lib) Austin Lewis* (Lib) Laurence Neal (NCP)	John Siddons* Janet Powell Ian Price	Paul McManus John Flint Robert Semmel	Gail Farrell Frederick Funnell	Georgina Lialios Trevor McCandless Raymond Berbling
Marijuana candidates	Group B candidates	Group D candidates	Group E candidates	Group K candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Margaret Fraser James Billington	John Jess John Davies Donald Moyes	George Samargis Daniel Samargis	Shane Watson Ernest Langmaid	Francis Petering Jean McPherson Louis Cook	Augustus Titter Wilhelm Kapphan Maurice Smith Pamela Moore Anthony Palmer

Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Fred Chaney (Liberal), Ruth Coleman (Labor), Allan Rocher (Liberal), Andrew Thomas (Liberal) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	NCP candidates	NPW candidates	Progress candidates
Gordon McIntosh* Patricia Giles* Brian Conway	Reg Withers* Peter Durack* Noel Crichton-Browne*	Jack Evans Geoffrey Taylor Shirley de la Hunty	John Patterson John McIntyre Leonard Newing	Anthony Overheu Edna Adams Murray Anderson	John Trewick James Jamieson Kenneth Law
PCP candidates	Group D candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Syd Negus Peter Harwood	Francesco Nesci Nellie Stuart	Douglas Thorp

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	43	*	33	*	19	*	11	*	11	*	5	*	2	*	1	*	125	8
Liberal Party of Australia	36	*	32	*	13	*	11	*	11	*	5	*	2	*			110	7
National Country Party	9	*	4	*	9	*	3	*	4	*							29	5
Country Liberal Party															1	*	1	1
Australian Democrats	43	*	33	*	18	*	11	*	11	*	2	*	2	*	1	*	121	8
Progress Party	6	*			10	*		*									16	3
Democratic Labor Party			12	*													12	1
Socialist Workers Party	4		2		1		2		1								10
Socialist Labour League	5		1		1				1								8
Communist Party of Australia	4		2						1								7
Progressive Conservative Party	1						1	*	3	*							5	2
United Christian Party			2														2
Imperial British Conservative Party			2														2
Socialist Party of Australia	1	*		*		*				*							1	4
Australian Marijuana Party		*		*						*					1	*	1	4
Australia Party			1	*						*							1	2
National Party of Western Australia							1	*									1	1
Christian Democrat Party															1	*	1	1
Call to Australia		*																1
National Colonialist Party		*																1
National Front						*												1
Concerned Christian Candidates										*								1
Jobless Action Community Campaign														*				1
Independent and other	15		17		7		2		1		1		3		3		49

See also

• 1980 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1977–1980
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1980–1983
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1978–1981
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1981–1983
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1980
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1980