Candidates of the 1983 Queensland state election

The 1983 Queensland state election was held on 22 October 1983.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Jim Blake MLA (Bundaberg)
• Brendan Hansen MLA (Maryborough)
• Ray Jones MLA (Cairns)

National

• Val Bird MLA (Burdekin)
• Des Frawley MLA (Caboolture)
• Selwyn Muller MLA (Fassifern)
• Vic Sullivan MLA (Condamine)
• Ken Tomkins MLA (Roma)

Liberal

• Llewellyn Edwards MLA (Ipswich)

Candidates

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	National candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidates
Albert	National	Walter Ehrich	Ivan Gibbs
Archerfield	Labor	Kevin Hooper	Douglas Jackson
Ashgrove	Liberal	Tom Veivers	Clive Appleby	John Greenwood	Michael West (Dem)
Aspley	Liberal	Daniel O'Connell	Brian Cahill	Beryce Nelson
Auburn	National	Raymond Barker	Neville Harper
Balonne	National	Graham Staerk	Don Neal
Barambah	National	Fred Hoberg	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Barron River	National	Wendy Lilja	Martin Tenni
Brisbane Central	Labor	Brian Davis		Rodney Daniel
Bulimba	Labor	Ron McLean	Peter Stone	Isabel Daniel
Bundaberg	Labor	Clem Campbell	Des Barritt		Alex Warren (Dem)
Burdekin	National	Peter Rehbein	Mark Stoneman	Ian Macdonald	Keven Proberts (Ind)
Burnett	National	Graham Betts	Claude Wharton
Caboolture	National	Robert Wilson	Bill Newton	Graeme Selby	John Bergin (Ind)
Cairns	Labor	Keith De Lacy	Christian Bolton	Lionel Van Dorssen
Callide	National	Alan Morris	Alan Stevenson		Lindsay Hartwig (Ind)
Carnarvon	National	Deanna Selle	Peter McKechnie
Chatsworth	Labor	Terry Mackenroth		David Cahalan
Condamine	National	Barry Hicks	Brian Littleproud		Margaret Wuth (Ind)
Cook	Labor	Bob Scott	Patrick Killoran James Wilkinson
Cooroora	National	Gordon Nuttall	Gordon Simpson		Stanley Carlile (Ind) T. Roth (Dem)
Cunningham	National	Warren Keats	Tony Elliott
Everton	Labor	Glen Milliner	Donald Munro	Gregory Smith
Fassifern	National	Brian Milner	Kev Lingard	Noel Clarke
Flinders	National	Beverley Lauder	Bob Katter		Peter Black (Ind)
Greenslopes	Liberal	Robert Lauchland	Leisha Harvey	Bill Hewitt
Gregory	National	Robert McPhee	Bill Glasson
Gympie	National	Thomas Barnett	Len Stephan
Hinchinbrook	National	Steve Bredhauer	Ted Row	William Mason
Ipswich	Liberal	David Hamill	William Hayes	Graham Cruickshank	Victor Robb (Ind)
Ipswich West	Labor	David Underwood	John Roberts	Christopher Tankey	Geoffrey Snell (Ind)
Isis	National	Joseph Endres	Lin Powell
Ithaca	Liberal	Ross MacLeod		Col Miller
Kurilpa	Liberal	Anne Warner	Patricia Kelly	Sam Doumany	Alvan Hawkes (Prog) John Nobody (Ind)
Landsborough	National	Peter Byrne Gary Flanigan	Mike Ahern		Donald Culley (Ind) Dennis Marshall (Prog) Ken Neil (Ind)
Lockyer	National	Sheila Forknall	Tony FitzGerald	Tony Bourke
Lytton	Labor	Tom Burns		Moyra Bidstrup
Mackay	Labor	Ed Casey	John Comerford
Mansfield	Liberal	Norma Jones	Bill Kaus	Gregory Goebel	Desmond McKay (Prog)
Maryborough	Labor	Peter Nightingale	Gilbert Alison	Rodney Bailey
Merthyr	Liberal	Leon Pearce	William Owen	Don Lane	Gary Waddell (Ind)
Mirani	National	Jeffrey Gascoyne	Jim Randell
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal	Denis Pacey	Cedric Dowdle	Bill Lickiss	David Dalgarno (Dem)
Mount Gravatt	Liberal	Steve Tharendu	Ian Henderson	Guelfi Scassola
Mount Isa	National	Bill Price	Angelo Bertoni		Desmond Welk (Ind)
Mourilyan	Labor	Bill Eaton	Vicky Kippin		Ronald Nielsen (Ind)
Mulgrave	National	George Pervan	Max Menzel		Leslie Webber (Ind)
Murrumba	Labor	Joe Kruger	Allan Male	Roger Maguire
Nudgee	Labor	Ken Vaughan		Peter Hull
Nundah	Liberal	Owen Gazzard		William Knox
Peak Downs	National	Lindsay Shepherd	Vince Lester		Bruce Bragg (Ind)
Pine Rivers	Liberal	John Kennedy	Yvonne Chapman	Rob Akers
Port Curtis	Labor	Bill Prest	Michael Crowley		Patricia Cathcart (Ind) Rata Pugh (CA)
Redcliffe	Liberal	Peter Houston		Terry White
Redlands	National	Andrew Mellis	John Goleby	Ken Eastwell	Kath Walker (Dem)
Rockhampton	Labor	Keith Wright	Charles Doblo	Alan Agnew	Brian Dillon (Ind)
Rockhampton North	Labor	Les Yewdale	Patrick Maloney	Beverley Reynolds
Roma	National	August Johanson	Russell Cooper	Thomas Warren	Clement O'Connor (Dem)
Salisbury	Liberal	Wayne Goss	Gavan Duffy	Rosemary Kyburz
Sandgate	Labor	Nev Warburton	Ian Armstrong	Ian Parminter
Sherwood	Liberal	John Court	Christopher Stephens	Angus Innes	Cedric Holland (Ind)
Somerset	National	Ron Hazelden	Bill Gunn	Clive Herrald
South Brisbane	Labor	Jim Fouras	Malcolm Ellis	Rodney Miller	Ivan Ivanoff (SPA)
South Coast	National	Noel Elliott	Russ Hinze	Ian Foyster
Southport	National	Ian Rogers	Doug Jennings	Carol McLaughlin
Stafford	Liberal	Denis Murphy	Patrick Blake	Terry Gygar
Surfers Paradise	National	Khalil Salem	Rob Borbidge	Theodore Greenland
Toowong	Liberal	Nigel Pennington	Earle Bailey	Ian Prentice
Toowoomba North	Liberal	Peter Wood	Sandy McPhie	John Lockwood
Toowoomba South	National	Kim McCasker	John Warner	Neil O'Sullivan
Townsville	Liberal	Ken McElligott	Peter Arnold	Norman Scott-Young	Daniel Gleeson (Ind)
Townsville South	Labor	Alex Wilson	Dickway Goon-Chew	Theo Theofanes
Townsville West	Labor	Geoff Smith	Clifford Donohue	Leslie Tyrell	Ron Aitken (Ind)
Warrego	National	David Land	Neil Turner
Warwick	National	Mary Hill	Des Booth
Wavell	Liberal	Christopher Begley		Brian Austin
Whitsunday	National	Kevin Poschelk	Geoff Muntz
Windsor	Liberal	Pat Comben	Bob Moore	Ann Garms
Wolston	Labor	Bob Gibbs		Bob Harper
Woodridge	Labor	Bill D'Arcy	Selma Elson	Derek Richards	Ray Ferguson (SPA) Katherine Gillick (SLL) Michael van de Velde (Dem)
Wynnum	Labor	Eric Shaw	Michael Podagiel	Audrey Dickie
Yeronga	Liberal	Kitchener Farrell		Norm Lee

See also

• 1983 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1980–1983
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)