Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1973

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1973 Victorian state election. The election was held on 19 May 1973.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Larry Floyd MLA (Williamstown)
• Denis Lovegrove MLA (Sunshine)
• Campbell Turnbull MLA (Brunswick West)

Liberal

• Sir Vernon Christie MLA (Ivanhoe)
• Jim Manson MLA (Ringwood)
• Sir George Reid MLA (Box Hill)
• Russell Stokes MLA (Evelyn)
• Alex Taylor MLA (Balwyn)
• Robert Trethewey MLA (Bendigo)
• Sir Gilbert Chandler MLC (Boronia)

Country

• Russell McDonald MLA (Rodney)
• George Moss MLA (Murray Valley)
• Arthur Mansell MLC (North Western)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Country candidates	DLP candidates	Other candidates
Albert Park	Labor	Val Doube	Norman Walker		Monica McGeoch
Ballarat North	Liberal	Jim Caddy	Tom Evans		Moya Schaefer
Ballarat South	Liberal	Frank Sheehan	Bill Stephen	Graeme Orr	John Parkin
Balwyn	Liberal	Joan Coxsedge	Jim Ramsay		James Marmion
Bellarine	Liberal	Royston Lawson	Aurel Smith		Neville Evans
Benalla	Country	James Scott	Vernon Dawson	Tom Trewin	Christopher Cody
Benambra	Country	Ian Thomas	Henry Petty	Tom Mitchell	James Osmotherly
Bendigo	Liberal	David Boyle	Daryl McClure	Peter Pritchard	Raymond Peterson
Bennettswood	Liberal	Cyril Kennedy	Ian McLaren		James Tighe
Bentleigh	Liberal	Alexander McDonald	Bob Suggett		Peter Madden
Box Hill	Liberal	Keith Remington	Morris Williams		James Brosnan	John Franceschini (AP)
Brighton	Liberal	Peter Hansen	John Rossiter		Peter Lawlor	Frederick Funnell (AP)
Broadmeadows	Labor	John Wilton	Claus Salger		Francis Dowling
Brunswick East	Labor	David Bornstein	William Marriott		Anthony Staunton	Jonathan Sutton (AP) George Zangalis (CPA)
Brunswick West	Labor	Tom Roper	Salvatore Gandolfo		John Flint
Camberwell	Liberal	Colin MacLeod	Vernon Wilcox		Joseph Stanley
Caulfield	Liberal	John Graham	Sir Edgar Tanner		Peter Grant
Coburg	Independent	Frank Cox	Louis Mingaars		Timothy Gerrard	Jack Mutton (Ind)
Dandenong	Labor	Alan Lind	Ivan Warner		Kevin Leydon
Deer Park	Labor	Jack Ginifer	Alan McGillivray		Alfred Wisniewski
Dromana	Liberal	Jim Snow	Roberts Dunstan		Elizabeth Barton
Dundas	Labor	Edward Lewis	Bruce Chamberlain	Alexander McLennan	Patrick Healy
Essendon	Liberal	Ronald Kennelly	Kenneth Wheeler		John Moloney	Stanley Bell (AP) Lancelot Hutchinson (DGS)
Evelyn	Liberal	Raymond Donkin	Jim Plowman		Francis Feltham	Dennis Lacey (AP)
Footscray	Labor	Robert Fordham	Edmond Murphy		Bert Bailey
Frankston	Liberal	Donald Mercer	Edward Meagher		John Glynn	David Heath (AP)
Geelong	Liberal	John O'Brien	Hayden Birrell		John Timberlake	Guenter Sahr (AP)
Geelong North	Labor	Neil Trezise	David Roffey		James Jordan
Gippsland East	Country	Geoffrey Cox	John Sheehan	Bruce Evans	Robert McMahon
Gippsland South	Liberal	Russel Wilson	James Taylor	Neil McInnes	John Condon
Gippsland West	Liberal	Miles Cahill	Rob Maclellan	William Belfrage Hugh Hendry	Noel Gleeson
Gisborne	Liberal	Ernest Jamieson	Athol Guy	Peter Holzgrefe	Maurice Flynn
Glenhuntly	Liberal	Kathleen Foster	Joe Rafferty		Terence Farrell	Richard Franklin (AP)
Glen Iris	Liberal	Douglas Gammon	Jim MacDonald		Edward Cleary	Jack Hammond (AP)
Greensborough	Labor	Bob Fell	Monte Vale		Ernest Dobson	David Close (Ind) Flora Miller (AP)
Hampden	Liberal	Raymond Blizzard	Tom Austin	Alan Plant	Francis O'Brien
Hawthorn	Liberal	Evan Walker	Walter Jona		Bernard Gaynor	John Worcester (AP)
Heatherton	Liberal	John Wilson	Norman Billing		Brian Sherman
Ivanhoe	Liberal	John Daley	Bruce Skeggs		Kevin Barry	Patricia Robinson (AP)
Kara Kara	Labor	Esmond Curnow	John Radford	Roderick Boyd	Robert O'Connor
Kew	Liberal	James Hilson	Rupert Hamer		Francis Duffy
Lowan	Liberal	Arthur Rowe	Jim McCabe	Graeme Smith	Kevin Dunn	Clifford Dodds (Ind)
Malvern	Liberal	Andrew Homer	Lindsay Thompson		Edward Preece
Melbourne	Labor	Barry Jones	Michael Wallwork		Anna Linard	Michele Turner (AP)
Mentone	Liberal	Ian Cathie	Bill Templeton		Daniel Condon	Ian Black (DGS)
Midlands	Labor	Les Shilton	Bill Ebery		William Mannes
Mildura	Country	Lance Fraser	Kevin Coogan	Milton Whiting	John Conroy
Mitcham	Liberal	John Hyslop	Dorothy Goble		Marianne Crowe	Ethel Beaumont (AP) Raymond Nilsen (DGS)
Monbulk	Liberal	Vernon Allison	Bill Borthwick		Franciscus Hallewas	David Barford (AP)
Moonee Ponds	Labor	Tom Edmunds	William Lawrence		Michael McMahon
Moorabbin	Liberal	Harry Rourke	Llew Reese		Salvatore Pinzone
Morwell	Labor	Derek Amos	Desmond Bennett	John Vinall	Leslie Hilton
Murray Valley	Country	Donald Boag	Robert Crosby	Bill Baxter	David Kane
Narracan	Liberal	Wilfred Bartholomeusz	Jim Balfour	Alfred Bush	John Mann
Northcote	Labor	Frank Wilkes	Michael Galli		Albert Dowsey
Oakleigh	Liberal	Frank Slater	Alan Scanlan		Ralph Cleary
Polwarth	Liberal	Bill Pargeter	Cec Burgin	John Younis	Michael Dwyer
Portland	Labor	Bill Lewis	Don McKellar	Diana Silvester	Maurice Purcell
Prahran	Liberal	Murray Pearce	Sam Loxton		John Johnston
Preston	Labor	Carl Kirkwood	Gerard Clarke		Maurice Horwood	Timothy Galbally (Ind)
Reservoir	Labor	Jim Simmonds	Elizabeth McDonnell		Joseph Fitzgerald
Richmond	Labor	Clyde Holding	Roger Frankel		Henry Bader
Ringwood	Liberal	Peter Fuller	Norman Lacy		Antonio De Sousa	Dulcie Bethune (AP)
Rodney	Country	Alan Williams	James Nelms	Eddie Hann	John Evans
St Kilda	Liberal	Robin Beaumont	Brian Dixon		John Hughes	Beverley Broadbent (AP)
Sandringham	Liberal	Margaret Graham	Max Crellin		William Leech
Scoresby	Liberal	Alan West	Geoff Hayes		Michael McMahon	Murray Deerbon (AP)
Shepparton	Country	Patrick Golden	William Hunter	Peter Ross-Edwards	Arthur Garner
Sunshine	Labor	Bill Fogarty	Ian Ryan		Mary Barnes
Swan Hill	Country	Patricia Fraser	Alan Wood	Henry Broad	Rodger Donohue
Syndal	Liberal	Christopher Miller	Ray Wiltshire		Daniel McCabe	Kenneth Mylius (AP)
Warrnambool	Liberal	Ken Sanders	Ian Smith	Harold Stephenson	Francis Hasell
Williamstown	Labor	Gordon Stirling	John Coughlin		Norman Way

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Country candidates	DLP candidates	Other candidates
Ballarat	Liberal	Ronald Corbett	Vance Dickie	Patrick Hope	William Griffin
Bendigo	Liberal	Stewart Anderson	Fred Grimwade		William Drechsler
Boronia	Liberal	Niall Brennan	Peter Block		Cornelius Gleeson
Doutta Galla	Labor	John Tripovich	Frank Mott		Hubert Evans
East Yarra	Liberal	Rosslyn Ives	Bill Campbell		Helen Hart	Harold Jeffrey (AP)
Gippsland	Country	Thomas Matthews	Dick Long	Bob May	Gregory Answorth
Higinbotham	Liberal	Henry Woodley	William Fry		Frederick Skinner
Melbourne	Labor	Doug Elliot	John Walsh		Gordon Haberman
Melbourne North	Labor	John Galbally	Richard Alston		Christina Staunton
Melbourne West	Labor	Alexander Knight	Neville Hudson		Robin Thomas
Monash	Liberal	Jean McLean	Charles Hider		William Hoyne
Northern	Country	John White	Albert Baker	Stuart McDonald	John Ryan
North Eastern	Country	Edwin Ure	George Ikinger	Keith Bradbury	Maurice Smith
North Western	Country	Margaret Davies	Heather Mitchell	Ken Wright	Stanley Croughan
South Eastern	Liberal	David Bottomley	Alan Hunt		John Dougherty
South Western	Liberal	Stanley Nash	Stan Gleeson	Gilbert Anderson	James Crockett
Templestowe	Liberal	Frederick Davis	Vasey Houghton		Christopher Curtis	Geoffrey Loftus-Hills (AP)
Western	Country	Donald Grossman	Digby Crozier	Clive Mitchell	Alan Beattie

References

• Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive