title: Candidates of the 1980 Western Australian state election
text: # Candidates of the 1980 Western Australian state election
  
  The 1980 Western Australian state election was held on 23 February 1980.
  
  ## Retiring Members
  
  ### Labor
  
  * Tom Evans MLA (Kalgoorlie)
  * John Troy MLA (Fremantle)
  * Don Cooley MLC (North-East Metropolitan)
  * Claude Stubbs MLC (South-East)
  
  ### Liberal
  
  * Des O'Neil MLA (East Melville)
  * George Berry MLC (Lower North)
  
  ### Independent
  
  * Ron Thompson MLC (South Metropolitan) – elected as Labor
  
  ## Legislative 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.
  
  | Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Albany | Liberal | Ronald Bowe | Leon Watt (Lib) | Douglas Joyce (Prog) |
  | Ascot | Labor | Mal Bryce | Alam Richardson (Lib) | |
  | Avon | Labor | Ken McIver | Allan Baxter (NCP) Julian Stanwix (Lib) | |
  | Balcatta | Labor | Brian Burke | John Bamford (Lib) | |
  | Bunbury | Liberal | Phil Smith | John Sibson (Lib) | Donald Stewart (Dem) |
  | Canning | Labor | Tom Bateman | Jack Courtis (Lib) | |
  | Clontarf | Liberal | Robert Holland | Tony Williams (Lib) | |
  | Cockburn | Labor | Don Taylor | Herbert Hancock (Lib) | |
  | Collie | Labor | Tom Jones | | |
  | Cottesloe | Liberal | Richard Grounds | Bill Hassell (Lib) | |
  | Dale | Liberal | David Carlson | Cyril Rushton (Lib) | |
  | Darling Range | Liberal | William O'Brien | George Spriggs (Lib) | Eric Synnerdahl (Dem) |
  | Dianella | Labor | Keith Wilson | Graham Pittaway (Lib) | |
  | East Melville | Liberal | | Anthony Trethowan (Lib) | |
  | Floreat | Liberal | Dorothy Anderson | Andrew Mensaros (Lib) | Desmond Wooding (Dem) |
  | Fremantle | Labor | David Parker | James Miorada (Lib) | Angelo Lopez (SLL) Christopher Mayhew (Ind) Victor Slater (CPA) |
  | Gascoyne | Liberal | Robert Price | Ian Laurance (Lib) | Robert Phillips (Ind) |
  | Geraldton | Labor | Jeff Carr | Joseph Ricupero (Lib) | Paul Galbraith (Prog) |
  | Gosnells | Labor | Bob Pearce | Nancye Jones (Lib) | Gordon Stapp (Ind) |
  | Greenough | Liberal | Edward Clarkson | Gordon Garratt (NCP) Reg Tubby* (Lib) | Michael Bell (Nat) William Thomson (Prog) |
  | Kalamunda | Liberal | Kay Hallahan | Ian Thompson (Lib) | Elizabeth Capill (Dem) |
  | Kalgoorlie | Labor | Ted Evans | Douglas Daws (Lib) | |
  | Karrinyup | Liberal | Evan McKenzie | Jim Clarko (Lib) | |
  | Katanning | NCP | | Dick Old (NCP) | Arnold Bilney (Nat) |
  | Kimberley | Liberal | Ernie Bridge | Alan Ridge (Lib) | Josephine Boyle (Ind) |
  | Maylands | Labor | John Harman | John Urquhart (Lib) | |
  | Melville | Labor | Barry Hodge | Geoffrey Baldock (Lib) | James Dunlevy (Dem) |
  | Merredin | NCP | | Norman Oates (Lib) Edith Towers (NCP) | Hendy Cowan (Nat) |
  | Moore | NCP | John Halden | Bert Crane* (NCP) Michael Flanagan (Lib) | John Trewin (Nat) |
  | Morley | Labor | Arthur Tonkin | Kevin Egan (Lib) | |
  | Mount Hawthorn | Labor | Ron Bertram | Anne Klatt (Lib) | |
  | Mount Lawley | Liberal | Leslie Whittle | Ray O'Connor (Lib) | Ronald Downie (Dem) |
  | Mount Marshall | NCP | | Joan Hardwick (NCP) Bill McNee (Lib) | Ray McPharlin (Nat) |
  | Mundaring | Liberal | William Bartholomaeus | Tom Herzfeld* (Lib) Michael Johnson (NCP) | |
  | Murchison-Eyre | Liberal | Mark Nevill | Peter Coyne (Lib) | Kevin Seivwright (Nat) |
  | Murdoch | Liberal | Garry Kelly | Barry MacKinnon (Lib) | Richard Jeffreys (Dem) |
  | Murray | Liberal | David King | Richard Shalders (Lib) | |
  | Narrogin | NCP | Malcolm Turner | Peter Jones (NCP) | |
  | Nedlands | Liberal | Peter O'Donoghue | Sir Charles Court (Lib) | James Croasdale (Ind) |
  | Perth | Labor | Terry Burke | Bernard Smith (Lib) | James Connolly (Ind) |
  | Pilbara | Liberal | Gilbert Barr | Brian Sodeman (Lib) | Blair Nancarrow (Dem) |
  | Rockhingham | Labor | Mike Barnett | Edward Smeding (Lib) | |
  | Roe | Liberal | Kevin Moore | Geoff Grewar* (Lib) John Paterson (NCP) | Owen Kirwan (Nat) |
  | Scarborough | Liberal | Malcolm Hall | Ray Young (Lib) | |
  | South Perth | Liberal | Malcolm Trudgen | Bill Grayden (Lib) | Kevin Trent (Dem) |
  | Stirling | NCP | | Gary Pollett (Lib) Peter Squire (NCP) | Matt Stephens (Nat) |
  | Subiaco | Liberal | Marcelle Anderson | Tom Dadour (Lib) | |
  | Swan | Labor | Jack Skidmore | John George (Lib) Howard Wilcoxson (NCP) | Howard Bowra (Ind) |
  | Vasse | Liberal | Barbara Taylor | Barry Blaikie (Lib) | Alfred Bussell (Ind) |
  | Victoria Park | Labor | Ron Davies | Michael Smith (Lib) | Peter Holloway (SWP) |
  | Warren | Labor | David Evans | Graham Happ (Lib) | |
  | Wellington | Liberal | Patricia Rutherford | June Craig (Lib) | |
  | Welshpool | Labor | Colin Jamieson | Francesco Piccolo (Lib) | |
  | Whitford | Liberal | Nick Griffiths | Mick Nanovich (Lib) | Harvard Barclay (Dem) |
  | Yilgarn-Dundas | Labor | Julian Grill | James Mazza (Lib) | |
  
  ## Legislative Council
  
  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.
  
  | Province | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Central | NCP | Pamela Doust | Gordon Atkinson (Lib) Harry Gayfer* (NCP) | Murray Anderson (Nat) |
  | East Metropolitan | Labor | Bob Hetherington | Brian Brand (Lib) | |
  | Lower Central | Liberal | Douglas Simcock | Sandy Lewis* (Lib) Robert Reid (NCP) | Robert Wardell-Johnson (Nat) |
  | Lower North | Liberal | Lino Paggi | Phil Lockyer (Lib) | Robert Crombie (Nat) |
  | Lower West | Liberal | Richard Savage | Ian Pratt (Lib) | John Trewick (Prog) |
  | Metropolitan | Liberal | Gordon Payne | Ian Medcalf (Lib) | |
  | North | Liberal | Peter Dowding | John Tozer (Lib) | |
  | North Metropolitan | Labor | Roy Claughton | Peter Wells (Lib) | |
  | North-East Metropolitan | Labor | Joe Berinson | Wouterina Klein (Lib) | |
  | South | Liberal | | Thomas Knight* (Lib) Robert Russell (NCP) | Robert Whalley (Nat) |
  | South Metropolitan | Labor | Howard Olney | John Buhagiar (Lib) | |
  | South-East | Labor | Jim Brown | Irvin Muir (Lib) | |
  | South-East Metropolitan | Labor | Grace Vaughan | Phillip Pendal (Lib) | |
  | South West | Liberal | Pandora Nikola | Graham MacKinnon (Lib) | |
  | Upper West | Liberal | | Margaret McAleer* (Lib) Robert Michael (NCP) | Sue Shields (Nat) |
  | West | Liberal | Jan Kaub | Gordon Masters (Lib) | |
  