Candidates of the 1975 South Australian state election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1975 South Australian state election, held on 12 July 1975.

Since the previous election, the Liberal and Country League had formally become the South Australian branch of the Liberal Party. However, the breakaway Liberal Movement also contested the election with several sitting members. Seats won by the LCL in 1973 are listed below as Liberal-held, except for Goyder which had been won by the LM at a by-election.

Retiring Members

Labor

Liberal

House of 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.[1]

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Liberal candidate LM candidate Other candidates
 
AdelaideLaborJack WrightDavid MountRobert Hercus
Albert ParkLaborCharles HarrisonBarry SavagePhilip Sutton
AlexandraLiberalRuth NewellTed ChapmanDonald GlazbrookGeorge Graham (NCP)
Ascot ParkLaborGeoff VirgoGeorge BasisovsDorothy Heide
BraggLiberalFlorence PensDavid TonkinRoss Thomas
BrightonLaborHugh HudsonUrsula PridhamRonald MouldsSydney Monks (Ind)
ChaffeyLiberalJohn HooperPeter ArnoldJack Seekamp
ColesLaborDes CorcoranPeter LewisLawrence Titheradge
DavenportLiberalMark PickhaverDean BrownLawrence Delroy
ElizabethLaborPeter DuncanGeoffrey CromeShirley Liddiard
EyreLiberalDavid UzzellGraham GunnWilliam Hitchcock (NCP)
FisherLiberalGeoffrey AndersonStan EvansMaxwell HallWilliam Donnon (NCP)
Ingrid Temple (AP)
FlindersNCPMaxwell GlennIlimar TohverWilliam TurnerPeter Blacker (NCP)
FloreyLaborCharles WellsGlyndwr MorganEdward Smith
FromeLiberalJames ReeseErnest AllenDavid Sara
GillesLaborJack SlaterLouis RavesiNorman WilsonMaxwell Clifton (NCP)
GlenelgLiberalBrian CrawfordJohn MathwinPeter Heysen
GougerLiberalPeter DewhurstKeith RussackDesmond RossDonald Herriman (NCP)
GoyderLMIrene KrastevMaurice SchulzDavid BoundyRichard Kitto (NCP)
HansonLiberalTerry GroomHeini BeckerGraham Slape
Henley BeachLaborGlen BroomhillJohn RogersTrevor Vivian
HeysenLiberalMyles McCallumDavid WottonTerence McAnaneyHoward Houck (AP)
KavelLiberalRoy HobdenRoger GoldsworthyRoger TeusnerEric Bartsch (NCP)
Harold Booth (NCP)
LightLiberalDouglas HarrisonBruce EastickJohn Lienert
MalleeLiberalRonald MaczkowiackBill NankivellWilliam McConnellJohn Petch (NCP)
MawsonLaborDon HopgoodNeil BannisterRodney Adam
MillicentLaborBrian CorcoranMurray VandepeerBrian ProwseJohn Clark (Ind)
Donald Ferguson (NCP)
MitchamLiberalSean DawesGraham CallisterRobin Millhouse
MitchellLaborRon PayneRobert AlcockPeter Amor
Mount GambierLaborAllan BurdonHarold AllisonBrian O'ConnorAlwin Crafter (NCP)
Neville Ferguson (Ind)
Lloyd Hobbs (Ind)
MurrayLiberalHarold McLarenIvon WardleDarian MonjeanBeryl Moreton (NCP)
John Potts (Ind)
NorwoodLaborDon DunstanBarry BriegelFrank Mercorella
PeakeLaborDon SimmonsMark TregoningDesmond Moran
PirieLaborJohn PhelanAlan BesteTed Connelly* (Ind)
Raymond Fullgrabe (Ind)
John Hutchins (NCP)
PlayfordLaborTerry McRaePeter ShurvenDennis PaulReginald Hewitt (NCP)
PriceLaborGeorge WhittenTerence HansonJean Lawrie
Rocky RiverLiberalHank Van GalenHoward VenningClement HamptonIan Bruce (NCP)
Ross SmithLaborJack JenningsJames PorterNoel Hodges
SalisburyLaborReg GrothLancelot ChaplinRonald Woods
SemaphoreLaborJack OlsonWillem Van WykRodney Sporn
SpenceLaborRoy AbbottAnthony HuttonPatrick Carlin
StuartLaborGavin KeneallyBrian KinnearBrenda Groves
Tea Tree GullyLaborMolly ByrneRobert SloaneJohn HincksmanBarry Leaver (NCP)
Emily Perry (Ind)
TorrensLiberalNick BolkusJohn CoumbeBrian Billard
UnleyLaborGil LangleyRonald BerrymanBruce Wark
VictoriaLiberalJean HillierAllan RoddaColin HallGraham Carrick (NCP)
WhyallaLaborMax BrownMartinus VetteArnold Eckersley

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*). Eleven seats were up for election. This was the first time the Legislative Council had been elected as a whole state by proportional representation; two Labor and seven Liberal MLCs up for re-election, as well as an LM member.

Labor candidates Liberal candidates LM candidates NCP candidates Australia candidates Family Movt candidates
 
  1. Norm Foster*
  2. Jim Dunford*
  3. Anne Levy*
  4. Frank Blevins*
  5. John Cornwall*
  6. Chris Sumner*
  7. Terry Hemmings
  1. Murray Hill*
  2. Don Laidlaw*
  3. Boyd Dawkins*
  4. Gordon Gilfillan
  5. Graham Hancock
  6. Judith Roberts
  7. Ross Story
  1. Martin Cameron*
  2. John Carnie*
  3. Richard Clampett
  4. Charles Groves
  5. Janine Haines
  6. Peter Adamson
  1. Lester James
  2. Richard Morris
  3. George Olesnicky
  1. Mark Lainio
  2. David Middleton
  3. Colyn Van Reenen
  1. John Court
  2. Raymond Kidney
Free Enterprise candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Marcus Dodd
  2. William Forster
  3. Robert Hill
  4. Frederick Koop

Mark Higgs (Ind)
Alan Miller (SPA)

References
  1. Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
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