title: Candidates of the 1974 Queensland state election
text: # 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 | |
  