Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1975

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1975 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 December 1975.

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.

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Since this was a double dissolution election, all senators were up for re-election. The first five successful candidates from each state were elected to six-year terms, the remaining five to three-year terms. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Two seats were up for election, the first time the ACT had voted for the Senate.

Ian Black
Tony Spagnolo
Roderick Quinn
Michael Cavanough

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats (although Lionel Murphy's vacancy had been filled by independent Cleaver Bunton, who did not contest in 1975). The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending five seats.

Athol Martin
Adrian Alle
Noel Howard
Darius Pourshasb
Lawrence Woods
Kenneth Burke
Luciano Becher
David McPherson

Bruce Taber
Thomas Guy
Reginald Appleby
Andrew Boyton
Michael Steuart
Michael Wojeszlovszky
John Breen-Hemingway

Two seats were up for election, the first time the Northern Territory had voted for the Senate.

David Fisher (WP)
Alexander Allan-Stewart
Kenneth Day (WP)
Charles Perkins

Ten seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal-NCP Coalition was defending six seats. Independent Senator Albert Field, who had been appointed to Labor Senator Bertie Milliner's seat after the latter's death, was defending one seat.

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