Candidates of the 1974 Queensland state election

The 1974 Queensland state election was held on 7 December 1974.

Retiring Members

• Note: Cooroora National MLA David Low and Flinders National MLA Bill Longeran resigned shortly before the election; no by-elections were held.

Labor

• Pat Hanlon MLA (Baroona)
• Alec Inch MLA (Mount Isa)
• Eugene O'Donnell MLA (Belyando)
• Doug Sherrington MLA (Salisbury)
• Edwin Wallis-Smith MLA (Cook)

National

• Sir Alan Fletcher MLA (Cunningham)
• Henry McKechnie MLA (Carnarvon)
• Wally Rae MLA (Gregory)

Liberal

• Clive Hughes MLA (Kurilpa)
• Douglas Tooth MLA (Ashgrove)

Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates
Albert	Labor	Bill D'Arcy	Keith Brough (Lib) Ivan Gibbs* (Nat)	Harold Trigger	John Black (Ind)
Archerfield	Labor	Kevin Hooper	Garry Hansen (Lib)	Barry Weedon	Ivan Ivanoff (SPA)
Ashgrove	Liberal	John Rees	Hilda Brooks (Nat) John Greenwood* (Lib)	John Fox
Aspley	Liberal	John Steensen	Fred Campbell (Lib)
Auburn	National	Roden Carter	Nev Hewitt (Nat)
Balonne	National	Robert Drenan	Don Neal (Nat)
Barambah	National	Donald Gordon-Brown	Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Nat)
Baroona	Labor	John Camp	Dennis Young (Lib)	Denis Cochran
Barron River	Labor	Bill Wood	Martin Tenni (Nat)	Douglas McClarty	John Lamb (AP)
Belmont	Labor	Fred Newton	David Byrne (Lib)
Belyando	Labor	James Turner	Fred Cowdray (Lib) Vince Lester* (Nat)
Brisbane	Labor	Brian Davis	Harold Lowes (Lib)	Viliam Simek
Bulimba	Labor	Jack Houston	Megan Wilding (Lib)
Bundaberg	Labor	Lou Jensen	David Jenkin (Nat) Keith Powell (Lib)	Alan Birchley
Burdekin	National	Clyde Ferris	Val Bird (Nat)	Emil Liebrecht
Burnett	National	Ken Green	Claude Wharton (Nat)
Cairns	Labor	Ray Jones	Robert Duncan (Nat)		Robert Ellwood (AP) William Whelan (Ind)
Callide	National	Mabel Edmund Wilfred Mutton	Lindsay Hartwig (Nat)	Lindsay Sharpe
Carnarvon	National	John Saunders	Peter McKechnie* (Nat) Fred Rogers (Lib)	Raymond Macnamara
Chatsworth	Liberal	Terry Mackenroth	Bill Hewitt (Lib)	Mary Scragg
Clayfield	Liberal	John Stephens	John Murray (Lib)	Francis Andrews
Condamine	National	Gladys Krause	Vic Sullivan (Nat)		James Drabsch (Ind)
Cook	Labor	Bob Scott	Eric Deeral* (Nat) Keith Hollands (Lib) Terrence Mahoney (Nat)		Graham Gordon (Ind) Patrick O'Shane (AAP) Percy Trezise (Ind)
Cooroora	National	Anthony Dames	Gordon Simpson* (Nat) Henry Williams (Lib)	Alexander Browne
Cunningham	National	Ronald Whittington	Patrick Coonan (Lib) Tony Elliott* (Nat)	Robert Barron
Everton	Labor	Gerry Jones	Brian Lindsay (Lib)	James Doherty	Theoron Toon (Ind)
Fassifern	National	Clifford Cherry	Selwyn Muller (Nat)
Flinders	National	Albert Sorohan	Bob Katter* (Nat) James McGucken (Lib)
Greenslopes	Liberal	Joseph Sciacca	Keith Hooper (Lib)	Harry Wright
Gregory	National	Gordon Harding	Bill Glasson (Nat)
Gympie	National	N Box	Max Hodges (Nat)
Hinchinbrook	National	Desley Clinton	Ted Row (Nat)	John Williams	Evelyn Scott (AAP)
Ipswich	Liberal	John Kinnane	Llewellyn Edwards (Lib)	Francis Carroll	Gregory Welsby (SPA)
Ipswich West	Labor	Vi Jordan	Albert Hales* (Nat) Ronda Herrmann (Lib)	John Dredge
Isis	Labor	Jim Blake	Lin Powell* (Nat) Barry Wright (Nat)
Ithaca	Liberal	Robert Coutts	Col Miller (Lib)
Kurilpa	Liberal	Frank Gardiner	Col Bennett (Nat) Brendan Clark-Coolee (Nat) Sam Doumany* (Lib)	Damien White
Landsborough	National	Ivan Guy	Mike Ahern (Nat)		Paul Cowan (Ind)
Lockyer	Liberal	Lindesay Jones	Sir Gordon Chalk (Lib)		Kenneth Hooper (Ind)
Lytton	Labor	Tom Burns	John Ivers (Lib)
Mackay	Independent	John Hill	Lionel Bevis (Nat)		Ed Casey (Ind)
Mansfield	Liberal	Desmond Rowland	Bill Kaus (Lib)	Lionel Lane
Maryborough	Liberal	John Anderson	Gilbert Alison (Lib)	Matthews Minnegal
Merthyr	Liberal	Terence Dawson	Don Lane (Lib)
Mirani	National	Leslie Dwyer	Tom Newbery (Nat)
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal	Ian De Lacy	Bill Lickiss (Lib)	Ross Domrow
Mount Gravatt	Liberal	Bill Avery	Geoff Chinchen (Lib)	Therese Sheil
Mount Isa	Labor	John Shepherd	Angelo Bertoni* (Nat) Kevin Coughlan (Lib)
Mourilyan	Labor	Peter Moore	Vicky Kippin (Nat)	Salvatore Nucifora
Mulgrave	National	Louie Tognola	Roy Armstrong (Nat)
Murrumba	National	Neville Lines	Des Frawley (Nat)
Nudgee	Labor	Jack Melloy	Denis Simonyi (Lib)
Nundah	Liberal	Leonard Hingley	William Knox (Lib)
Pine Rivers	Labor	Ken Leese	Rob Akers* (Lib) Donald Hawkins (Nat)
Port Curtis	Labor	Martin Hanson	Douglas Cuddy (Lib) Francis Waterson (Nat)
Redcliffe	National	Jack Trueman	Jim Houghton (Nat)	Paul Maguire	George Wise (Ind)
Redlands	Labor	Ted Baldwin	Brian Dee (Lib) John Goleby* (Nat)	Peter McMahon
Rockhampton	Labor	Keith Wright	Alan Agnew (Lib) Michael Bleines (Nat)	Robert Bom
Rockhampton North	Labor	Les Yewdale	T R Young (Lib)	John Dunn
Roma	National	Ben Ward	Ken Tomkins (Nat)
Salisbury	Labor	Bill Wilcox	Rosemary Kyburz* (Lib) Leonard Spies (Nat)	Miroslav Jansky
Sandgate	Labor	Harry Dean	Malcolm Thompson (Lib)
Sherwood	Liberal	Kerry Keating	John Herbert (Lib)	Clarice Weedon
Somerset	National	Gordon Abbott	Bill Gunn (Nat)		Keith Hughes (Ind)
South Brisbane	Labor	Fred Bromley	Colin Lamont (Lib)
South Coast	National	Marion Reid	Russ Hinze (Nat)
Stafford	Labor	Roy Harvey	Terry Gygar (Lib)	Edward Doherty	Laurence Gormley (Ind)
Surfers Paradise	National	Maurice Marsden	Bruce Small (Nat)	John Perrett	John Duncan (Ind)
Toowong	Liberal	Donald Dignam	Charles Porter (Lib)	Brian O'Brien
Toowoomba North	Labor	Ray Bousen	John Lockwood (Lib)
Toowoomba South	Labor	Peter Wood	John Warner* (Nat) Leslie Whykes (Lib)	Mary Ryan
Townsville	Liberal	Richard Lindsay	Norman Scott-Young (Lib)	Brian Hurney	Betty Malkin (AP)
Townsville South	Independent	Alex Wilson		John Judge	Tom Aikens* (Ind) Leonard Weber (AP)
Townsville West	Labor	Perc Tucker	Max Hooper* (Nat) Bryan Newell (Nat) Keith Rundle (Lib)	Kiernan Dorney
Warrego	Labor	Jack Aiken	Neil Turner (Nat)
Warwick	National	Raymond Lyons	David Cory (Nat)
Wavell	Liberal	Jack Geran	Arthur Crawford (Lib)	Mervyn Eunson
Whitsunday	National	Stanley Yardley	Ron Camm (Nat)
Windsor	Liberal	Gloria Markland	Bob Moore (Lib)	Anne Wenck	Mervyn Chambers (Ind)
Wolston	Labor	Evan Marginson	Dirk Plooy (Lib)	Leonard Maguire	Albert Blaine (Ind)
Wynnum	Labor	Ted Harris	Bill Lamond* (Nat) William Vaughan (Lib)	Gordon Randall
Yeronga	Liberal	Spencer Higgins	Norm Lee (Lib)	Andrew Jackson

See also

• 1974 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1972–1974
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1974–1977
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.