This article provides information on candidates who stood for the

1996 Australian federal election The 1996 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 38th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 2 March 1996. All 148 seats of the House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Senate were up for election. Th ...

. 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

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and Isaacs became notionally Labor, while the Labor-held seats of Dunkley and

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became notionally Liberal. ***The member for Corinella, Alan Griffin (

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), contested

. ***Victorian Senator Gareth Evans (

) contested Holt. **In Queensland, the notionally Liberal seat of

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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 (

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), contested Namadgi. ***ACT Senator

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(

) contested Canberra.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

* Michael Duffy MP ( Holt, Vic) * Wendy Fatin MP (

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, 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) *

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MP ( Grayndler, NSW) * Gary Punch MP ( Barton, NSW) * David Simmons MP ( Calare, NSW) *

Peter Staples Peter Staples (born 15 October 1947 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian former politician for the Australian Labor Party. He was first elected to Parliament in 1983 as the Member for Diamond Valley. When Diamond Valley was abolished in 19 ...

MP (

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, Vic) *Senator

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(Qld) *Senator Gerry Jones (Qld)

Liberal

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MP ( Deakin, Vic) *

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MP ( Bradfield, NSW) * Don Dobie MP (

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, NSW) *

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MP ( Boothby, SA) *Senator

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 ...

(SA)

National

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MP ( Dawson, Qld) *

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MP ( Murray, Vic)

Democrats

*Senator Sid Spindler (Vic)

Independent

* Ted Mack MP ( North Sydney, NSW) *Senator

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(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

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

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was defending one seat.

New South Wales

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The

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Coalition was defending two seats. The

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were defending one seat. Senators

Michael Baume Michael Ehrenfried Baume AO (born 6 July 1930) is an Australian former Liberal Party politician who represented the Division of Macarthur in the House of Representatives and the state of New South Wales in the Senate. He left politics in 1996 ...

(Liberal),

John Faulkner John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954) is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1989 to 2015. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Keating, Rudd and Gillard Governments. After his election to ...

(Labor),

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(Labor), Sandy Macdonald (National),

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(Labor) and John Tierney (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Northern Territory

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

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was defending one seat.

Queensland

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

was defending two seats. The National Party was defending one seat. The

were defending one seat. Senators

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(Labor), David MacGibbon (Liberal),

Bill O'Chee William George "Bill" O'Chee (born 19 June 1965) is an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 1999, representing the state of Queensland. Biography O'Chee was born to a Chinese father and a ...

(National),

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(Liberal), Margaret Reynolds (Labor) and

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(Democrats) were not up for re-election.

South Australia

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

was defending three seats. The

were defending one seat. Senators

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(Labor), Alan Ferguson (Liberal), Dominic Foreman (Labor), Meg Lees (Democrats),

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(Liberal) and

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(Liberal) were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

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

was defending three seats. The

were defending one seat. Senators

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(Liberal), John Coates (Labor),

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(Labor), Brian Gibson (Liberal),

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(Independent) and Shayne Murphy (Labor) were not up for re-election.

Victoria

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

Coalition was defending three seats. The

were defending one seat. Senators Kim Carr (Labor),

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(Labor),

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(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

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Western Australia

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

was defending three seats. The Greens WA were defending one seat. Senators Ian Campbell (Liberal),

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(Labor), Chris Ellison (Liberal), Chris Evans (Labor), Sue Knowles (Liberal) and

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(Greens) were not up for re-election.

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.

Notes

References

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Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1996Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1996
1996 elections in Australia Candidates for Australian federal elections

Redistributions and seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Liberal

National

Democrats

Independent

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

Notes

References