Candidates of the 1987 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1987 Australian federal election. The election was held on 11 July 1987.

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

• Len Keogh MP (Bowman, Qld)
• Ralph Jacobi MP (Hawker, SA)
• Senator Ruth Coleman (WA)
• Senator Ron Elstob (SA)
• Senator Gordon McIntosh (WA)
• Senator Ted Robertson (NT)

Liberal

• Peter Coleman MP (Wentworth, NSW)
• Peter Drummond MP (Forrest, WA)
• Senator Sir John Carrick (NSW)
• Senator Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (Vic)
• Senator Reg Withers (WA)

National

• Senator Stan Collard (Qld)

Country Liberal

• Paul Everingham MP (Northern Territory, NT)
• Senator Bernie Kilgariff (NT)

Democrats

• Senator Colin Mason (NSW)

Independent

• Senator Michael Townley (Tas) – elected as Liberal

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	NDP candidate	Other candidates
Canberra	Labor	Ros Kelly	John Louttit	Frances English	Chris Warren	Bev Cains (AFM) John Farrell (Ind)
Fraser	Labor	John Langmore	Ian Farrow	Peter Hayes	Gareth Smith	Emile Brunoro (Ind) Dawn Casley-Smith (AFM) Larry O'Sullivan (Ind) Kevin Wise (Ind)

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Banks	Labor	John Mountford	Max Parker (Lib)	Monty Green
Barton	Labor	Gary Punch	Bob Gemmell (Lib)		Charles Bellchambers (Ind) Jim McLean (Ind)
Bennelong	Liberal	Beverley Sharpe	John Howard (Lib)	Paul Taylor	Stephen Davidson (Ind) John Dawson (Ind)
Berowra	Liberal	Sue Deane	Harry Edwards (Lib)	Peter Markham
Blaxland	Labor	Paul Keating	Andrew Thorn (Lib)	John Young	Philip Black (Ind) Paul Keating (Ind) Tony Leitao (Ind) Frank Rayner (Ind) Kaye Tucker (Ind)
Bradfield	Liberal	Michael Fry	David Connolly (Lib)	Fiona Richardson
Calare	Labor	David Simmons	Mick English (Lib) Stewart Hespe (Nat)	Bob Dolton	Eve Buscombe (Ind)
Charlton	Labor	Bob Brown	Mollie Blake (Lib)	Lyn Godfrey	Vishnu Chaudhary (Ind)
Chifley	Labor	Roger Price	Paul Conlon (Lib)	Philip Goldhagen	Cheryl Crisp (Ind)
Cook	Liberal	Michael Addison	Don Dobie (Lib)	Mark Freeman
Cowper	National	John Murphy	Garry Nehl (Nat)	Dorothy Thompson	Max Austin (Ind) David Rees (Ind)
Cunningham	Labor	Stewart West	Jeff Thomson (Lib)	Ray Dargavel	Rudy Pasara (Ind)
Dobell	Labor	Michael Lee	Les Nunn (Lib)	Graeme Ward
Dundas	Liberal	Veronica Husted	Philip Ruddock (Lib)	Robert Springett
Eden-Monaro	Labor	Jim Snow	Peter Cochran (Nat) David Evans (Lib)		Horst Kirchner (UAP) John McGlynn (Ind)
Farrer	National	Barry Marks	Tim Fischer (Nat)		Ray Brooks (Ind)
Fowler	Labor	Ted Grace	Jeff Fishlock (Lib)	Robert Neesam
Gilmore	National	John Wright	John Sharp (Nat)	Alan Blackshaw	Reen Dixon (Ind)
Grayndler	Labor	Leo McLeay	Karl Tartak (Lib)	Peter Hennessy	Nick Papanikitas (Ind) Jack Shanahan (Ind)
Greenway	Labor	Russ Gorman	Warren Musgrave (Lib)
Gwydir	National	Trevor Elks	Ralph Hunt (Nat)		Lloyd Fleming (Ind)
Hughes	Labor	Robert Tickner	Cliff Mason (Lib)	Paul Terrett
Hume	Liberal	Rod Milliken	Wal Fife (Lib)	Scott Milne	Jim Eldridge (Ind) David Herald (Ind) Duncan Marshall (NDP)
Hunter	Labor	Eric Fitzgibbon	Graham Dunkley (Lib) John Turner (Nat)	Maureen Simpson
Kingsford-Smith	Labor	Lionel Bowen	Carolyn O'Connor (Lib)	Philippa Leehy
Lindsay	Labor	Ross Free	Glynis Hayne (Lib)	Michael Gregory	Ian Perry (Ind)
Lowe	Labor	Michael Maher	Bob Woods (Lib)		Tony Farrell (UAP) George Turner (Ind)
Lyne	National	Garry Worth	Bruce Cowan (Nat)	John Aitken
Macarthur	Labor	Stephen Martin	Ron Forrester (Lib)	Meg Sampson
Mackellar	Liberal	Eileen Blackmore	Jim Carlton (Lib)	Graeme Maclennan	Maurice Foley (Ind)
Macquarie	Liberal	David March	Alasdair Webster (Lib)	Bruce Forbes
Mitchell	Liberal	Geoff Robinson	Alan Cadman (Lib)
Newcastle	Labor	Allan Morris	Alan Taggart (Lib)	Rae Rendle	George Keegan (Ind)
New England	National	Joe Horan	Ian Sinclair (Nat)	Eunice Moody	Lance Baldwin (Ind) Bevan O'Regan (Ind)
North Sydney	Liberal	Eddie Britt	John Spender (Lib)	Rod Dominish
Page	National	Trevor Ellem	Ian Robinson (Nat)	Ivor Brown	William Egerton (Ind)
Parkes	National	Graham Lund	Michael Cobb (Nat)	Gloria Collison	Max Murford (Ind) Bill O'Donnell (Ind)
Parramatta	Labor	John Brown	Paul Hamer (Lib)	Rodney Levett
Phillip	Labor	Jeannette McHugh	Ray Collins (Lib)	Karin Sowada	Fred Brinkman (Ind)
Prospect	Labor	Dick Klugman	Robert Ingram (Lib)	William Utterson	Sam Barone (Ind)
Reid	Labor	Tom Uren	Lynne McDowell (Lib)	John Roveen
Richmond	National	Klaas Woldring	Charles Blunt (Nat)	Anne Brown	Mac Nicolson (Ind)
Riverina-Darling	National	Peter Black	Noel Hicks (Nat)
Robertson	Labor	Barry Cohen	Paul St Clair (Lib)	Glenice Griffiths
Shortland	Labor	Peter Morris	Milton Caine (Lib)	Derek McCabe
St George	Labor	Stephen Dubois	Gary Rush (Lib)	Garry Dalrymple	Brian Compton (Ind)
Sydney	Labor	Peter Baldwin	Les Morka (Lib)	William Cole	Jack Mundey (Ind) Vito Radice (Ind)
Throsby	Labor	Colin Hollis	Neville Fredericks (Lib) David Wood (Nat)	Greg Butler
Warringah	Liberal	Ian Douglas	Michael MacKellar (Lib)	Christian Widmair
Wentworth	Liberal	Anne-Maree Whitaker	John Hewson (Lib)	Yvonne Jayawardena
Werriwa	Labor	John Kerin	David Brock (Lib)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	CLP candidate	NT Nationals candidates
Northern Territory	CLP	Warren Snowdon	Peter Paroulakis	Bob Liddle

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	National candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Bowman	Labor	Con Sciacca	Andrew Crowe	Bill Barry-Cotter	Diana Taylor	Barry Cullen (Ind)
Brisbane	Labor	Manfred Cross	David Drake	Cliff Newman	Michael van Prooyen	William Kenney (Ind)
Capricornia	Labor	Keith Wright	Tom Young	Ted Price		J. S. Page (NDP)
Dawson	National	Bill Welch	Paul Pottinger	Ray Braithwaite
Fadden	Liberal	Peter Wilson	David Jull	Peter Robinson	Kenneth Davies
Fairfax	National	Alison Smith	Joy Brannelly	Evan Adermann	Brian Stockwell
Fisher	National	Michael Lavarch	Ian Mutch	Peter Slipper	Glen Spicer
Forde	Liberal	Mary Crawford	David Watson	Tony Philbrick	Sheila Rieff
Griffith	Labor	Ben Humphreys	Wayne Black	Sean Cousins	Lance Winter
Groom	National	Linda Dwyer	Alexander Munro	Tom McVeigh	Mark Carew
Herbert	Labor	Ted Lindsay	Rosemary Pavey	Jose Goicoechea	Paul Swanton
Hinkler	National	Brian Courtice	John Williams	Bryan Conquest	Geoff Boshell
Kennedy	National	James Byrne	Ross Cooper	Bob Katter
Leichhardt	Labor	John Gayler	Ronald Barry	Kevin Byrne	Wilfred Tapau
Lilley	Labor	Elaine Darling	John Gates	Andrew Brown
McPherson	Liberal	Pat Stern	Peter White	Max McMahon	Yvonne Stoelhorst
Maranoa	National	Raymond Paroz	Bruce Christie	Ian Cameron	Richard McCarthy
Moncrieff	Liberal	Robert Boyce	Kathy Sullivan	Lester Hughes	George Spencer
Moreton	Liberal	Garrie Gibson	Don Cameron	Peter Freckleton	Manfred Willinger
Oxley	Labor	Bill Hayden	Janice Akroyd	Barry Hoffensetz	John Loughney
Petrie	Liberal	Gary Johns	John Hodges	Gerard Cross	Isobel Robinson
Rankin	Labor	David Beddall	John Patterson	Peter Jorgenson Gerard Walsh	Miriam Cope	Terri Cavanagh (Ind) Michael Dunne (Ind)
Ryan	Liberal	Fleur Yuile	John Moore	Steve Walters	Daphne Woodhouse
Wide Bay	National	Andrew Foley	Can Primavera	Clarrie Millar	Ray Barry

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	National candidate	UAP candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Chris Hurford	Peter Panagaris	Chris Wurm	Bryan Stokes	Charles Shahin	Graham Smith (CPA)
Barker	Liberal	Bill Hender	James Porter	Glenn Taylor	Max Vawser	Tom Giannouklas	Allan Bannister (Ind) Harry Pfeuffer (Ind)
Bonython	Labor	Neal Blewett	Bernard Buechner	Colin Maas	Cathryn Linedale	John Longhurst
Boothby	Liberal	Jayne Taylor	Steele Hall	Margaret-Ann Williams	Clarrie Dietman	Kevin Angove
Grey	Labor	Lloyd O'Neil	Russell Reid	Chris James	Robin Dixon-Thompson	Leonce Kealy
Hawker	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	Kim Jacobs	Graham Pamount	David Dwyer	Keith Draper
Hindmarsh	Labor	John Scott	Barry Lewis	Jim Mitchell	Glenn Jarvis	Stewart Clarke	Sofia Mavrogeorgis (Ind)
Kingston	Labor	Gordon Bilney	Richard Noble	Colin Miller	Gerald Larkin	Michael Prowse
Makin	Labor	Peter Duncan	Neville Joyce	Sandra Kanck	Natalie Richardson	Kenneth Taplin	A. Wunderlich (Ind)
Mayo	Liberal	Delia Skorin	Alexander Downer	Merilyn Pedrick	Wesley Glanville	Dorothy McGregor-Day	George Gater (Ind)
Port Adelaide	Labor	Mick Young	Barry Blundell	Derek Ball	Rod Scarborough	Bob Manhire	John Buik (Ind) Brian Rooney (Ind)
Sturt	Liberal	Phil Robins	Ian Wilson	Karen Coleman	Loma Silsbury	Graeme Matthews
Wakefield	Liberal	Susan Stephens	Neil Andrew	Barbara Barlow	Bill Adams	Anne Hausler

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate
Bass	Liberal	Richard Taylor	Warwick Smith	Michael Preece
Braddon	Liberal	David Currie	Chris Miles
Denison	Liberal	Duncan Kerr	Michael Hodgman	Robert Bell
Franklin	Liberal	Nick Sherry	Bruce Goodluck	Patsy Harmsen
Lyons	Liberal	Dick Adams	Max Burr	Liz Holloway

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	National candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidate
Aston	Labor	John Saunderson	Gordon Ashley	Hugh Gurney	Jan Bricknell
Ballarat	Labor	John Mildren	John Ronan	John Boland	Phil Henseleit	Martin Greany (Ind)
Batman	Labor	Brian Howe	Ron Dunn		Jan Roberts	Darren Chapman (Ind) Sue Phillips (Ind)
Bendigo	Labor	John Brumby	John Radford	Ron Best	Kaye Swanton	Sharyne O'Grady (Ind) John Somerville (Ind)
Bruce	Liberal	Patrick Robinson	Ken Aldred		Kate Carr	Terence Pooley (UAP)
Burke	Labor	Neil O'Keefe	Peter Dale	Barry McLeod	Susan Mullington
Calwell	Labor	Andrew Theophanous	Chris Dimitrijevic	Ivan Pavlekovich-Smith	Louise Stewart
Casey	Liberal	David McKenzie	Bob Halverson	Roy Haffenden	Chris Mar	Flo Madden (PPA)
Chisholm	Labor	Helen Mayer	Michael Wooldridge	Edward Wajsbrem	Fran Robbins	Barry Gration (Ind) Ernest Rodeck (UAP)
Corangamite	Liberal	Ian Caldwell	Stewart McArthur	John McDonald	Rob Mann
Corio	Labor	Gordon Scholes	Patrick Conheady		Greta Pearce	Tom Davies (Ind) Danielle Dixon (Ind)
Deakin	Liberal	Madelyn Myatt	Julian Beale		Marcus Bosch	Gil Speirs (Ind) Rick Wright (UAP)
Dunkley	Labor	Bob Chynoweth	Tom Warwick		Robyn Kirby	Les Johnson (Ind) Andrew Murray (PPA) Chris van Lieshout (Ind)
Flinders	Liberal	Tony Lack	Peter Reith		Andrew Suttie	Noel Maud (Ind) Jonathan Miln (PPA)
Gellibrand	Labor	Ralph Willis	Tim Warner		Susan Holmes	James Doughney (SWP) Rosalba Vicari (Ind)
Gippsland	National	Zona Child	Grant Pearce	Peter McGauran	Pierre Fourcier	Rod Anderson (Ind)
Goldstein	Liberal	Murray McInnes	Ian Macphee		Maureen Boaler	Tiger Casley (Ind) Michael Rowe (DLP)
Henty	Labor	Joan Child	Rudi Michelson		Paul Hegarty
Higgins	Liberal	Barbara Higgins	Roger Shipton		Clive Jackson
Holt	Labor	Michael Duffy	Janice Bateman		Geoff Herbert
Hotham	Labor	Lewis Kent	Peter McCall		Len de Koning
Indi	Liberal	Danny Walsh	Ewen Cameron	Philip Pullar		Brian Lumsden (PPA) Rob Taylor (Ind)
Isaacs	Labor	David Charles	Rod Atkinson	Bill Buchanan	Maxine Aspinall	Linda Ely (Ind)
Jagajaga	Labor	Peter Staples	John Pasquarelli	Laurie Kirwan	Howard McCallum	Lynette Manning (Ind)
Kooyong	Liberal	Lindsay Woods	Andrew Peacock		Peter Taft	Margaret Cole (UAP)
Lalor	Labor	Barry Jones	Darren Farquhar		Heather Jeffcoat
La Trobe	Labor	Peter Milton	Bob Charles		John Benton
Mallee	National	Linda Freedman	Adrian Kidd	Peter Fisher		Neil Lehmann (Ind)
Maribyrnong	Labor	Alan Griffiths	Victor Rudewych		David Mackay	Mark Beshara (DLP)
McEwen	Labor	Peter Cleeland	David Millie	Andrew Coller	Doug Lorman	Robert Wilson (Ind)
McMillan	Labor	Barry Cunningham	John Kiely	Pat O'Brien	Ross Ollquist	Anne Lorraine (Ind) Thomas Walsh (Ind)
Melbourne	Labor	Gerry Hand	Frank Randle		Peter La Franchi	James Ferrari (Ind)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Clyde Holding	Allan Paull		Di Bretherton	Alan Brown (Ind)
Menzies	Liberal	Ivana Csar	Neil Brown		Marjorie White	Bruce Plain (UAP)
Murray	National	Mark Anderson	Brendan Norden	Bruce Lloyd	Ralph Linford	John Hargreaves (Ind)
Scullin	Labor	Harry Jenkins	Mike Kabos		John Privitelli
Streeton	Labor	Tony Lamb	Russell Broadbent	Ken Trembath	Rika Mason	Tessa Cunningham (UAP)
Wannon	Liberal	Kevin Watt	David Hawker		Julie Jennings
Wills	Labor	Bob Hawke	Olga Venables		Ken Eley	Fast Bucks (Ind) Ian Sykes (Ind) Lyn Teather (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	National candidate	Democrats candidate	Independent candidate
Brand	Labor	Wendy Fatin	Bernie Masters	Peter Bass	John Willis
Canning	Labor	George Gear	Ricky Johnston	Bob Chapman	Mark Beadle
Cowan	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	Paul Filing	Neil Baker
Curtin	Liberal	Philip Laskaris	Allan Rocher	John Gilmour	Joe Blake
Forrest	Liberal	Gerry Thompson	Geoff Prosser	Joe Chambers	David Churches
Fremantle	Labor	John Dawkins	Jenny van den Hoek	Jack Clarke
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Graeme Campbell	David Johnston	Ron Smales	Frank Chulung
Moore	Labor	Allen Blanchard	Jim Crawley	Geoff Gill
O'Connor	Liberal	Kim Chance	Wilson Tuckey	Trevor Flugge	Shyama Peebles
Perth	Labor	Ric Charlesworth	Bob Campbell	Ted Lisle
Stirling	Labor	Ron Edwards	Bill Brown	Malcolm Beveridge	Harvard Barclay	Alf Bussell
Swan	Labor	Kim Beazley	Harry Klapp	Adelia Bernard		Georgina Motion
Tangney	Liberal	Ray Masterton	Peter Shack	William Witham	Richard Jeffreys

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, each state elected twelve senators. The first six successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, the remaining six to three-year terms. 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	NDP candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Susan Ryan* Barry Reid	Margaret Reid* Bill Stefaniak	Andrew Freeman Geoff Quayle	Michael Denborough Margaret Matthew	Leonard Munday David Ash John Murray

New South Wales

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal-National Coalition was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Coalition candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	CTA candidates	Greens candidates
Kerry Sibraa* Arthur Gietzelt* Graham Richardson* Bruce Childs* John Morris* Sue West Michael Sexton	Michael Baume* (Lib) Peter Baume* (Lib) David Brownhill* (Nat) Chris Puplick* (Lib) Bronwyn Bishop* (Lib) Ralph Schulze (Nat) June McPhie (Lib)	Paul McLean* Jenny Macleod Richard Jones Gary Chestnut	Robert Wood* Irina Dunn	Elaine Nile Kevin Hume	Ian Cohen Daphne Gollan
UAP candidates	Defence candidates	Group A candidates	Group B candidates	Group F candidates	Group I candidates
Alan Smith Edna Fabb	Leslie Edwards David Herd William Tuohy Rowley McMahon	Ruth Phillips Walter Brun	Patricia Poulos John Holley John Beasley	Leon Bringolf Habib Fares Jim Donovan	Peter Consandine Brian Buckley
Ungrouped candidates
John Higginbotham John Murphy James Goody Phil Murray	Nick Jones Bob Spanswick Ivor F	Kevin Larkings Jane Smith-New Arthur Chesterfield-Evans

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	NT Nationals candidates	Group C candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Bob Collins* Lyn Reid	Grant Tambling* Ian Towns	Jim Petrich Joan Small	Lyn Allen Catherin Paul	Yuri Juriev

Queensland

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats (although Senator George Georges was contesting the election as an independent). The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The National Party was defending four seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	NDP candidates	UAP candidates
Margaret Reynolds* Mal Colston* Gerry Jones* John Black* Bryant Burns* Jack Camp Glenevie Jensen	David MacGibbon* Warwick Parer* Gary Neat Cassie Solomon Brian Taylor Jane Williamson	Florence Bjelke-Petersen* John Stone* Ron Boswell* Glen Sheil* George Cowan Vicky Kippin Ann Garms Bruce Laming	Michael Macklin* Cheryl Kernot Norman Johnson Anthony Walters	John Jones Brian Dunsford	Ron Alford Geoff Fawthrop
Group A candidates	Group C candidates	Group E candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Barry Weedon Kathleen Wacker	Ray Ferguson Jake Haub	George Georges	John Bolt Ron Smith

South Australia

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats (although Senator Don Jessop contested the election as an independent). The Australian Democrats were defending two seats (although Senator David Vigor contested the election for the Unite Australia Party).

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	Unite Australia candidates	Green Party candidates
Dominic Foreman* Nick Bolkus* Graham Maguire* Rosemary Crowley* Chris Schacht* Vic Heron Rosalie McDonald	Tony Messner* Amanda Vanstone* Robert Hill* Grant Chapman* Baden Teague* Michele Mercurio Ivan Venning	Bill Wright Neville Agars Mike Rogers Jessie Taylor Bob Brown Clifford Boyd	Janine Haines* John Coulter* Meg Lees Ian McLiesh Peter Vervoorn	David Vigor Nick Theologou Patricia Prowse Maxwell Elphick	Ally Fricker Jules Davison
Communist candidates	Group A candidates	Group C candidates	Group F candidates	Ungrouped candidates
John Wishart Linda Gale	Creston Magasdi Reg McColl	Don Jessop	Tom Towle Ellen Towle	Robert Worth Rob Robertson Helen Launer Syd Plenty	Stephen Bailey John Out Bill Forster

Tasmania

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending one seat. Independent Senator Brian Harradine was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Harradine candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Michael Tate* John Coates* Terry Aulich* Ray Devlin* John Devereux* Janet Cooper John Green	Brian Archer* Shirley Walters* John Watson* Jocelyn Newman* Paul Calvert* Vince Smith Peter Aldridge	Norm Sanders* Nick Goldie Isla Macgregor	Brian Harradine* Colin Sacco	Michael Mansell Laurie Heathorn

Victoria

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. The Australian Democrats were defending two seats (although Senator John Siddons contested the election for the Unite Australia Party).

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	Unite Australia candidates	DLP candidates
John Button* Gareth Evans* Olive Zakharov* Robert Ray* Barney Cooney* John Halfpenny Carole Taylor	Austin Lewis* Jim Short* Richard Alston* David Hamer* Kay Patterson* John Wyld John Goodfellow John Riggall Severn Clarke	Julian McGauran* Noel Maughan Les Flintoff	Janet Powell* Sid Spindler Ken Peak Harold Fraser Peter Allen	John Siddons Ian Price Lisa Harris	John Mulholland Gloria Brook
NDP candidates	CTA candidates	Pensioner candidates	Group B candidates	Group F candidates	Group J candidates
Aldo Penbrook Nik Dow	Al Watson Loretto Brennan John Easton	Neil McKay Rosamond Ewan	Bill Hartley Laurene Dietrich David Kerin Rola Haidar	David Caccianiga Bill Thiele	Lisa King Kevin O'Connell
Group K candidates	Group L candidates	Group O candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Alan Miller Maria Bennett	Laurie Dunlop Simon Hood	Dino de Marchi Ineke Black	Kym Roylance Abraham Abdalla

Western Australia

Twelve seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats. The Liberal Party was defending five seats. Independent Senator Jo Vallentine, elected for the Nuclear Disarmament Party but now running under the "Vallentine Peace Group" banner, was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Democrats candidates	VPG candidates	UAP candidates
Peter Walsh* Patricia Giles* Peter Cook* Jim McKiernan* Michael Beahan* Chris Evans Ed Dermer	Fred Chaney* Peter Durack* Sue Knowles* Noel Crichton-Browne* John Panizza* Alan Eggleston Cam Tinley	James MacDonald Glenice Sanders Ron Aitkenhead Beverley Poor	Jean Jenkins* Jack Evans	Jo Vallentine* Louise Duxbury	Allan McMullen Norm Heslington
OAM candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Cedric Jacobs Don Jackson Ed Robertson	Frank Nesci Jack Flanigan	Mark Pallister Gordon McColl

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	51	*	39	*	24	*	13	*	13	*	5	*	2	*	1	*	148	8
Liberal Party of Australia	41	*	39	*	24	*	13	*	13	*	5	*	2	*			132	7
National Party of Australia	14	*	17	*	24	*	13	*	13	*							81	5
Country Liberal Party															1	*	1	1
Australian Democrats	42	*	37	*	20	*	8	*	13	*	4	*	2	*			126	7
Unite Australia Party	2	*	6	*		*		*	13	*							21	5
Nuclear Disarmament Party	1	*		*	1	*							2	*			4	4
Pensioner Party of Australia			4	*													4	1
Democratic Labor Party			2	*													2	1
Australian Family Movement													2				2
Communist Party of Australia									1	*							1	1
Northern Territory Nationals															1	*	1	1
Socialist Workers Party			1														1
Call to Australia		*		*														2
Green Alliance		*								*								2
Defence and Ex-Services Party		*																1
Vallentine Peace Group								*										1
One Australia Movement								*										1
Independent and other	38		28		4		2		7				4				83

Unregistered parties and groups

• The Socialist Party of Australia endorsed Nick Papanikitas in Grayndler, Sofia Mavrogeorgis in Hindmarsh, Brian Rooney in Port Adelaide, and Senate tickets in New South Wales (Group F), Victoria (Group K) and Queensland (Group C).
• The Industrial Labor Party endorsed Martin Greany in Ballarat, Darren Chapman in Batman, Gil Speirs in Deakin, Les Johnson in Dunkley, Linda Ely in Isaacs, Bob Wilson in McEwen, and Group B for the Senate in Victoria.

See also

• 1987 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1987–1990
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1985–1987
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1987–1990
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1987
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1987