This article provides information on candidates who stood for the

1980 Australian federal election The 1980 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–NCP coalition government, led by Prim ...

. 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 Kenneth Shaw Wriedt (11 July 192718 October 2010) was an Australian politician and leader of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Labor Party. Wriedt was born in Melbourne, of Danish ancestry. His early life included time spent as a seaman.< ...

(

Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

) resigned from the Senate to contest Denison.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Gordon Bryant Gordon Munro Bryant (3 August 1914 – 14 January 1991) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represented the Division of Wills in Victoria from 1955 to 1980. He served as Minister for Aboriginal ...

MP (

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, Vic) *

Clyde Cameron Clyde Robert Cameron, (11 February 191314 March 2008), was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1980, representing the Division of Hindmarsh. He wa ...

MP ( Hindmarsh, SA) * John FitzPatrick MP (

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, NSW) *

Bert James Albert William James (22 September 1914 – 30 September 2006) was an Australian politician. He was born in Collie, Western Australia, the son of Rowley James, a future Australian Labor Party, Labor member for Division of Hunter, Hunter in th ...

MP (

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, NSW) * Keith Johnson MP (

Burke Burke is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised ...

, Vic) * Vince Martin MP (

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, NSW) *Senator

Reg Bishop Reginald Bishop AO (4 February 1913 – 3 July 1999) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for South Australia from 1962 to 1981. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and held office in the Whitlam Government as ...

(SA) *Senator

Jim Cavanagh James Luke Cavanagh (21 June 1913 – 19 August 1990) was an Australian politician and government minister. Cavanagh was born in Rosewater, South Australia and educated at the Dominican School in North Adelaide. He left school at 14 to work as ...

(SA) *Senator

Ron McAuliffe Ronald Edward McAuliffe OBE (25 June 1918 – 16 August 1988) was a politician and sports administrator in Queensland, Australia. He is best remembered for his years running the Queensland Rugby League, and his instrumental role in the formatio ...

(Qld) *Senator

Justin O'Byrne Justin Hilary O'Byrne, AO (1 June 1912 – 10 November 1993) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1947 to 1981, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was President of the Senate from 1974 to 1 ...

(Tas) *Senator

John Wheeldon John Murray Wheeldon (9 August 192924 May 2006) was an Australian politician and journalist. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and a senator for Western Australia from 1965 to 1981. He held ministerial office in the Whitlam g ...

(WA)

Liberal

* Bill Graham MP ( North Sydney, NSW) *

Tony Staley Anthony Allan Staley (born 15 May 1939) is an Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party, he held the Victorian seat of Division of Chisholm, Chisholm from 1970 to 1980 and served as Department of the Capit ...

MP ( Chisholm, Vic) *Senator Gordon Davidson (SA) *Senator Sir Condor Laucke (SA) *Senator

Peter Sim John Peter Sim, (21 June 1917 – 29 July 2015) was an Australian politician. Born in Colac, Victoria, he was a farmer in Western Australia before serving in the military 1941–1946. He was Vice-President of the Western Australian Liberal Part ...

(WA)

National Country

* James Corbett MP ( Maranoa, Qld) *

Philip Lucock Philip Ernest Lucock, CBE (16 January 1916 – 8 August 1996) was an Australian politician and Presbysterian minister. He served in the House of Representatives from 1952 to 1980, representing the Division of Lyne for the Country Party. He ...

MP ( Lyne, NSW)

Country Liberal

* Sam Calder MP (

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The 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

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

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 The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

was defending one seat.

New South Wales

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

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was defending three seats. Senators

Peter Baume Peter Erne Baume, AC (born 30 January 1935) is a retired Australian doctor and politician. He was a Senator for New South Wales from 1974 to 1991, representing the Liberal Party. He served as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1980–1982) an ...

(Liberal),

Arthur Gietzelt Arthur Thomas Gietzelt, AO (28 December 1920 – 5 January 2014) was an Australian politician and minister. Arthur Gietzelt was born in San Francisco Misha Lajovic Milivoj Emil "Misha" Lajovic (23 July 1921 – 5 June 2008) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales from 1975 to 1985, as well as the first migrant from a non-English ...

(Liberal),

Colin Mason Colin Victor James Mason (28 October 1926 – 18 July 2020) was a New Zealand-born Australian journalist, author and politician. Mason worked for 14 years as the first foreign correspondent of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and became ...

( Democrats) and Tony Mulvihill (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Northern Territory

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

Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...

was defending one seat.

Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending one seat. The

National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia, also known as The Nationals or The Nats, is an List of political parties in Australia, Australian political party. Traditionally representing graziers, farmers, and regional voters generally, it began as the Au ...

was defending two seats. Senators Stan Collard (National Country),

Mal Colston Malcolm Arthur Colston (5 April 1938 – 23 August 2003) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1975 to 1999. He was a member of the Labor Party until 1996, when he resigned to sit as an independent followi ...

(Labor), George Georges (Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal) and Kathy Martin (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. Senators Ron Elstob (Labor), Geoff McLaren (Labor), Tony Messner (Liberal),

Baden Teague Baden Chapman Teague (born 18 September 1944) served as a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1977 until his retirement in 1996. Born in Adelaide, Teague was educated at St. Peter’s College, the University of Adelaide and Cambridge Univ ...

(Liberal) and Harold Young (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending two seats.

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Senator

Brian Harradine Richard William Brian Harradine (9 January 1935 – 14 April 2014) was an Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Australian Senate, from 1975 to 2005, representing the state of Tasmania. He was the longest-serving indep ...

was defending one seat. Senators Brian Archer (Liberal),

Don Grimes Donald James Grimes (4 October 1937 – 20 November 2021) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1974 to 1987, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). In the Hawke Government he held ministerial office as ...

(Labor),

Michael Tate Michael Carter Tate AO (born 6 July 1945) is a legal academic and former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest. Early life and education Tate was born in Sydney in 1945. He was educated a ...

(Labor), Shirley Walters (Liberal) and John Watson (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. Senators John Button (Labor),

Don Chipp Donald Leslie Chipp, AO (21 August 192528 August 2006) was an Australian politician who was the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats, leading the party from 1977 to 1986. He began his career as a member of the Liberal Party, winning el ...

( Democrats), Gareth Evans (Labor),

David Hamer David John Hamer (5 September 1923 – 14 January 2002) was an Australian politician and Royal Australian Navy officer. Early life and naval career Born in Melbourne, he was educated at Geelong Grammar School and then the Royal Australian Nav ...

(Liberal) and Alan Missen (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The

was defending three seats. Senators

Fred Chaney Frederick Michael Chaney, AO (born 28 October 1941) is a former Australian politician who was deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1989 to 1990 and served as a minister in the Fraser Government. He was a Senator for Western Australia from ...

(Liberal),

Ruth Coleman Ruth Nancy Coleman (; 27 September 1931 – 27 March 2008) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1974 to 1987. She was prominent in the anti-nuclea ...

(Labor),

Allan Rocher Allan Charles Rocher (16 February 193618 March 2016), Australian politician, was a Liberal Party of Australia Senator for Western Australia from 1978 to 1981 and member of the Australian House of Representatives Division of Curtin from 1981 to ...

(Liberal), Andrew Thomas (Liberal) and Peter Walsh (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Summary by party

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Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party. It was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Au ...

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References

Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1980Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1980
1980 in Australia Candidates for Australian federal elections

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National Country

Country Liberal

House of Representatives

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Senate

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Summary by party

See also

References