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Major Party: Labor, Lib + predecessors and state branches (inc Prot & FT), CP/NCP/Nat

Largest two-party-preferred swings
Swings of over 10% are listed. Swings are considered to be the change in a party's majority and do not take into account parties entering the two-party-preferred count for the first time. Such parties are marked with an asterisk (*). Prior to 1984, preferences were not counted to completion once the winning candidate reached 50%; in these cases an estimate is used and the entry appears in italics. Attempts are not made to estimate margins before the introduction of preferential voting in 1919.

Largest increase in primary vote
Increases of over 15% are listed. This list does not include debut performances.

Largest decrease in primary vote
Decreases of more than 15% are listed.

Largest percentage of the vote
Candidates with primary votes of more than 70% are listed.

Smallest percentage of the vote
Candidates with less than 0.2% of the primary vote are listed.

Smallest winning percentage of the vote
Victorious candidates with less than 35% of the primary vote are listed.

Largest two-party-preferred majorities
Majorities of over 75% are listed. Prior to 1984, preferences were not counted to completion once the winning candidate reached 50%; in these cases an estimate is used and the entry appears in italics. There are no entries for elections prior to the introduction of preferential voting in 1918.

Smallest two-party-preferred majorities
Majorities of less than 0.5% are listed.

Uncontested
When a seat is uncontested, the single candidate is declared elected unopposed. The 1946 election was the first election held without uncontested seats. The last time contests for seats with full rights were uncontested was at the 1955 federal election, although Northern Territory (the member for which had limited voting rights until 1968) was uncontested in 1963.


 * 1 Kennedy was uncontested in 1925 because its Labor member, Charles McDonald, died the day before the election was held.
 * 2 Indi was uncontested in 1928 because its Country member, Robert Cook, forgot to lodge his nomination papers in time.

Former members unsuccessful at subsequent elections

 * Percy Abbott, Liberal/Nationalist member for New England (1913–19), contested the Senate (NSW) for the Country Party in 1922.
 * Charles Anderson, Country member for Hume (1949–51), contested Hume in 1954.
 * Thomas Andrews, Labor/Anti-Communist member for Darebin (1949–55), contested Darebin for the DLP in 1958, 1961, 1963 and 1966 and Scullin in 1969 and 1972.
 * Guy Arkins, UAP Senator for New South Wales (1935–37), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1943.
 * Oliver Badman, Country/UAP Senator for South Australia (1931–37) and member for Grey (1937–44), contested Grey as a Liberal in 1946.
 * Phil Barresi, Liberal member for Deakin (1996–2007), contested Deakin in 2010.
 * Andrew Bartlett, Democrats Senator for Queensland (1997–2008), contested Brisbane for the Greens in 2010.
 * Arthur Beck, UAP member for Denison (1940–43), contested the Senate (Tas) as a Liberal in 1946.
 * Robert Bell, Democrats Senator for Tasmania (1990–96), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1998.
 * Douglas Berry, Liberal member for Griffith (1949–54), contested Griffith in 1955.
 * Doris Blackburn, Independent Labor member for Bourke (1946–49), contested Wills for Progressive Labor in 1951.
 * Albert Blakey, Labor Senator for Victoria (1910–17), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1925 and 1928.
 * William Bolton, Nationalist Senator for Victoria (1917–23), contested Henty as an Independent Nationalist in 1929.
 * Leonard Bosman, Liberal member for St George (1963–69), contested St George in 1972.
 * Bill Bourke, Labor/Anti-Communist member for Fawkner (1949–55), contested Fawkner for the DLP in 1958.
 * James Boyd, Liberal/Nationalist member for Henty (1913–19), contested Henty in 1922.
 * James Bradfield, Liberal member for Barton (1975–83), contested Barton in 1984.
 * John Breen, Labor member for Calare (1940–46), contested Calare in 1954.
 * Joseph Brown, Anti-Socialist/Liberal member for Indi (1906–10), contested Indi as an independent in 1913.
 * Peter Browne, Liberal member for Kalgoorlie (1958–61), contested Kalgoorlie in 1963.
 * Bill Bryson, Labor/Anti-Communist member for Bourke (1943–46) and Wills (1949–55), contested Wills for the DLP in 1958 and 1961.
 * George Burns, Labor member for Illawarra (1913–17), contested Illawarra as an independent in 1919.
 * Condon Byrne, Labor/QLP/DLP Senator for Queensland (1951–59, 1968–74), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1975.
 * Jim Cairns, Labor member for Yarra (1955–69) and Lalor (1969–77), contested the Senate (Vic) as an independent in 1983.
 * Cyril Cameron, Protectionist/Anti-Socialist/Liberal Senator for Tasmania (1901–03, 1907–13), contested the Senate (Tas) as an independent in 1914 and 1917 and as a Nationalist in 1919.
 * Martin Cameron, Liberal Senator for South Australia (1969), contested the Senate (SA) in 1970.
 * Norman Cameron, Free Trade/Independent member for Tasmania (1901–03) and Wilmot (1904–06), contested Wilmot as an independent in 1917, for the FSA in 1919 and for the Country Party in 1922.
 * Graeme Campbell, Labor/Independent member for Kalgoorlie (1980–98), contested the Senate (WA) for One Nation in 2001, Kalgoorlie as an independent in 2004 and the Senate as an independent in 2007.
 * Colin Carige, NCP member for Capricornia (1975–77), contested Capricornia in 1980.
 * William Carpenter, Labor member for Fremantle (1903–06), contested Fremantle in 1910.
 * Ernest Carr, Labor/Nationalist member for Macquarie (1906–17), contested Macquarie as a Nationalist in 1919, Hunter as a Nationalist in 1928, Reid as a Nationalist in 1929, Lang for Social Credit in 1937 and East Sydney for One Parliament for Australia in 1943.
 * Doug Cash, Liberal member for Stirling (1958–61), contested Stirling in 1963 and 1966.
 * James Catts, Labor/MLP member for Cook (1906–22), contested Martin for Labor in 1931 and East Sydney for the UAP in 1940.
 * David Charleston, Free Trade Senator for South Australia (1901–03), contested the Senate (SA) as an Anti-Socialist in 1906 and as a Liberal in 1910.
 * Ben Chifley, Labor member for Macquarie (1928–31), contested Macquarie in 1934.
 * Joan Child, Labor member for Henty (1974–75), contested Henty in 1977.
 * Arthur Chresby, Liberal member for Griffith (1958–61), contested Oxley in 1963.
 * Richard Cleaver, Liberal member for Swan (1955–69), contested Swan in 1972.
 * John Coates, Labor member for Denison (1972–75), contested Denison in 1977.
 * George Cole, Labor/DLP Senator for Tasmania (1950–65), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1967.
 * Stan Collard, NCP/National Senator for Queensland (1975–87), contested Capricornia in 1990.
 * Maurice Collins, Country member for Wakefield (1928–29), contested Wakefield as an Independent Country candidate in 1931.
 * Jack Comber, Labor member for Bowman (1961–63), contested Bowman in 1966.
 * William Conelan, Labor member for Griffith (1939–49), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1953.
 * Alfred Conroy, Free Trade member for Werriwa (1901–06), contested Macquarie as a Liberal in 1910. Following his second term as the Liberal member for Werriwa (1913–14), he contested Parramatta as an independent in 1917 and the Senate (NSW) as an independent in 1919.
 * Robert Cook, Country member for Indi (1919–28), contested Indi in 1929.
 * Samuel Cooke, Free Trade member for Wannon (1901–03), contested Wannon as a Liberal in 1910.
 * Magnus Cormack, Liberal Senator for Victoria (1951–53), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1955.
 * Brian Courtice, Labor member for Hinkler (1987–93), contested Hinkler in 1996.
 * Manfred Cross, Labor member for Brisbane (1961–75), contested Brisbane in 1977.
 * Richard Crouch, Protectionist member for Corio (1901–10), contested Henty as an independent in 1914, Corangamite for Labor in 1922, the Senate (Tas) for Labor in 1925 and Corangamite again for Labor in 1928.
 * Barry Cunningham, Labor member for McMillan (1980–90, 1993–96), contested McMillan as an independent in 1998.
 * Lou Cunningham, Labor member for Gwydir (1919–25), contested Gwydir in 1928.
 * John Cusack, Labor member for Eden-Monaro (1929–31), contested Riverina for Labor in 1934 and Australian Capital Territory as an independent in 1954.
 * John Daly, Labor/Independent Senator for South Australia (1929–35), contested the Senate (SA) for Labor in 1937.
 * Maggie Deahm, Labor member for Macquarie (1993–96), contested Macquarie in 1998.
 * John Dedman, Labor member for Corio (1940–49), contested Corio in 1951 and 1954.
 * Dick Dein, UAP member for Lang (1931–34) and Senator for New South Wales (1935–41), contested the Senate in 1943 and Parkes as a Liberal in 1949 and 1951.
 * Don Dobie, Liberal member for Hughes (1966–69) and Cook (1969–72), contested Cook in 1974.
 * Frank Doyle, Labor member for Lilley (1972–74), contested Lilley in 1975.
 * Walter Duncan, Nationalist Senator for New South Wales (1920–31), contested Werriwa for the UAP in 1940.
 * John Earle, Nationalist Senator for Tasmania (1917–23), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1925.
 * John Eldridge, Labor/Lang Labor member for Martin (1929–31), contested Barton for Lang Labor in 1934 and Cook for Lang Labor in 1949.
 * Paul Elliott, Labor member for Parramatta (1990–96), contested Parramatta in 1998.
 * Robert Elliott, Country/Independent Senator for Victoria (1929–35), contested Deakin as an independent in 1943.
 * Jack Evans, Democrats Senator for Western Australia (1983–85), contested the Senate (WA) in 1987.
 * Keith Ewert, Labor member for Flinders (1952–54), contested Bruce in 1955, 1958 and 1961.
 * Norman Ewing, Free Trade Senator for Western Australia (1901–03), contested the Senate (Tas) as an Anti-Socialist in 1906.
 * Myles Ferricks, Labor Senator for Queensland (1913–20), contested Brisbane in 1929 and Maranoa in 1931.
 * Edward Findley, Labor Senator for Victoria (1904–17), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1919.
 * Joe Fitzgerald, Labor member for Phillip (1949–55), contested Phillip in 1958.
 * William Fleming, Liberal/Nationalist/Country member for Robertson (1913–22), contested Hume for the Country Party in 1928 and Robertson as an Independent Country candidate in 1931 and for the Country Party in 1934.
 * Frank Forde, Labor member for Capricornia (1922–46), contested Wide Bay in 1954.
 * Grosvenor Francis, Nationalist member for Kennedy (1925–29), contested Herbert for the UAP in 1931.
 * Arthur Fuller, Labor member for Hume (1943–49, 1951–55), contested Hume in 1958.
 * George Fuller, Free Trade/Liberal member for Illawarra (1901–13), contested Illawarra in 1914.
 * John Garden, Lang Labor/Labor member for Cook (1934–37), contested Cook for Labor in 1940.
 * Albert Gardiner, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1910–26), contested Dalley as an Independent Labor candidate in 1928. Following his brief second term (1928), he contested the Senate (NSW) for Labor in 1931.
 * John Gellibrand, Nationalist member for Denison (1925–28), contested Denison in 1929.
 * George Gibbons, Labor member for Calare (1929–31), contested Calare in 1949.
 * William Gibbs, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1925), contested Parkes in 1931.
 * Tom Gilmore, Country member for Leichhardt (1949–51), contested Leichhardt in 1954 and 1955.
 * Thomas Glassey, Protectionist Senator for Queensland (1901–03), contested the Senate (Qld) as a Liberal in 1910.
 * Richard Gun, Labor member for Kingston (1969–75), contested Kingston in 1977 and 1980.
 * Allan Guy, Labor/UAP member for Bass (1929–34), contested Bass in 1937.
 * James Hadley, Labor member for Lilley (1943–49), contested Lilley in 1951.
 * Hugh Halbert, Liberal member for Moore (1958–61), contested Moore in 1963 and the Senate (WA) in 1964.
 * David Hall, Labor member for Werriwa (1906–12), contested the Senate (NSW) for the UAP in 1937.
 * John Hallett, Country member for Canning (1963–74), contested Canning in 1975.
 * Alfred Hampson, Labor member for Bendigo (1915–17), contested Bendigo in 1919 and Corio in 1922.
 * George Hannan, Liberal Senator for Victoria (1956–65), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1967.
 * Joseph Hannan, Labor member for Fawkner (1913–17), contested Fawkner in 1919. Following his term as Senator for Victoria (1924–25), he contested Kooyong in 1928 and Flinders in 1934.
 * Brendan Hansen, Labor member for Wide Bay (1961–74), contested Wide Bay in 1975.
 * Pauline Hanson, Independent/One Nation member for Oxley (1996–98), contested the Senate (Qld) for One Nation in 2001, as an independent in 2004 and for Pauline's United Australia Party in 2007.
 * Ted Harding, Labor member for Herbert (1961–66), contested Herbert in 1969.
 * Graham Harris, Liberal member for Chisholm (1980–83), contested Chisholm in 1984.
 * Les Haylen, Labor member for Parkes (1943–63), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1964.
 * William Hedges, WAP/Liberal member for Fremantle (1906–13), contested Swan as a Nationalist in 1919 and Fremantle as a Nationalist in 1922.
 * Bert Hoare, Labor Senator for South Australia (1922–35), contested the Senate (SA) in 1937 and 1940.
 * Michael Hodgman, Liberal member for Denison (1975–87), contested Denison in 1990.
 * James Hume Cook, Protectionlist/Liberal member for Bourke (1901–10), contested Maribyrnong in 1913 and the Senate (Vic) in 1914.
 * David Jackson, Nationalist member for Bass (1919–29), contested the Senate (Tas) for the UAP in 1931.
 * Carolyn Jakobsen, Labor member for Cowan (1984–93), contested Cowan in 1996.
 * Jean Jenkins, Democrats Senator for Western Australia (1987–90), contested the Senate (WA) for the Democrats in 1993 and Brand for the Greens in 2004.
 * Jens Jensen, Labor/Nationalist/Independent member for Bass (1910–19), contested Wilmot for Labor in 1925.
 * John Jess, Liberal member for La Trobe (1960–72), contested the Senate (Vic) as an independent in 1980.
 * William Johnson, Labor member for Robertson (1910–13), contested Calare in 1914.
 * Andrew Jones, Liberal member for Adelaide (1966–69), contested the Senate (SA) as an independent in 1977.
 * Paul Jones, Labor member for Indi (1928–31), contested Indi in 1934 and 1937.
 * Robert Joshua, Labor/Anti-Communist member for Ballaarat (1951–55), contested Ballaarat for the DLP in 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 and 1969 and the Senate (Vic) in 1964 and 1967.
 * Jack Kane, DLP Senator for New South Wales (1970–74), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1975.
 * Richard Keane, Labor member for Bendigo (1929–31), contested Bendigo in 1934.
 * Victor Kearney, Labor member for Cunningham (1956–63), contested Cunningham as an independent in 1966 and McPherson for the DLP in 1972.
 * David Kennedy, Labor member for Bendigo (1969–72), contested Bendigo in 1974.
 * Leonard Keogh, Labor member for Bowman (1969–75), contested Bowman in 1977 and 1980.
 * Stan Keon, Labor/Anti-Communist member for Yarra (1949–55), contested Yarra for the DLP in 1958, 1961, 1963 and 1966.
 * John Kerin, Labor member for Macarthur (1972–75), contested Macarthur in 1977.
 * Cheryl Kernot, Democrats Senator for Queensland (1990–97) and Labor member for Dickson (1998–2001), contested the Senate (NSW) as an independent in 2010.
 * Peter Knott, Labor member for Gilmore (1993–96), contested Gilmore in 2001.
 * William Laird Smith, Labor/Nationalist member for Denison (1910–22), contested Wilmot for Social Credit in 1934.
 * Tony Lamb, Labor member for La Trobe (1972–75), contested La Trobe in 1977.
 * Charles Lamp, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1938–50), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1951.
 * Jack Lang, Lang Labor member for Reid (1946–49), contested the Senate in 1951.
 * Thomas Lavelle, Labor member for Calare (1919–22), contested Werriwa in 1934.
 * William Lawrence, Liberal member for Wimmera (1949–58), contested Wimmera in 1961.
 * Nelson Lemmon, Labor member for Forrest (1943–49), contested St George in 1951.
 * Arthur Lewis, Labor member for Corio (1949–51), contested Balaclava in 1951.
 * Ted Lindsay, Labor member for Herbert (1983–96), contested Herbert in 1998.
 * John Lister, Nationalist member for Corio (1917–29), contested Corio as an Independent UAP candidate in 1931.
 * Jack Little, DLP Senator for Victoria (1968–74), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1975.
 * Malcolm Mackay, Liberal member for Evans (1963–72), contested Macquarie in 1974.
 * Gerald Mahoney, Labor member for Denison (1934–40), contested Denison as an Independent Labor candidate in 1943.
 * Edward Mann, Nationalist/Independent member for Perth (1922–29), contested Flinders as an independent in 1940.
 * Arthur Manning, Nationalist member for Macquarie (1922–28), contested Wentworth in 1929.
 * Thomas Marwick, Country Senator for Western Australia (1936–37), contested Swan in 1940.
 * Samuel Mauger, Protectionist/Liberal member for Melbourne Ports (1901–06) and Maribyrnong (1906–10), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1913 and 1914.
 * Helen Mayer, Labor member for Chisholm (1983–87), contested Chisholm in 1987.
 * James McCay, Protectionist/Anti-Socialist member for Corinella (1901–06), contested the Senate (Vic) as a Liberal in 1910.
 * Hugh McClelland, Country member for Wimmera (1931–37), contested Wimmera in 1940.
 * John McDougall, Labor member for Wannon (1906–13), contested Flinders in 1914 and Grampians in 1917.
 * David McKenzie, Labor member for Diamond Valley (1972–75), contested Menzies in 1984, Casey in 1987 and 2001 and the Senate (Vic) in 1993.
 * Frank McManus, DLP Senator for Victoria (1956–62), contested Maribyrnong in 1963. Following his second term (1965–74), he contested the Senate (Vic) in 1975.
 * John McNeill, Labor member for Wannon (1922–25), contested Wannon in 1928.
 * William McWilliams, Revenue Tariff/Anti-Socialist/Liberal/Nationalist/Country member for Franklin (1903–22), contested Franklin as a Nationalist in 1925.
 * Jean Melzer, Labor Senator for Victoria (1974–81), contested the Senate (Vic) for the Nuclear Disarmament Party in 1984.
 * John Millen, Nationalist/UAP Senator for Tasmania (1920–38), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1940.
 * Parker Moloney, Labor member for Indi (1910–13, 1914–17) and Hume (1919–31), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1934 and 1937.
 * James Monaghan, Labor member for Evans (1961–63), contested Evans in 1966 and 1969.
 * Patrick Mooney, Lang Labor Senator for New South Wales (1931–32), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1934.
 * Edward Mulcahy, Protectionist/Liberal Senator for Tasmania (1904–10), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1914. Following his second term as Nationalist Senator for Tasmania (1919), he contested Denison in 1922.
 * Reg Murray, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1947–51), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1953, Braddon in 1955 and the Senate (Tas) in 1958.
 * Ted Needham, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1907–20, 1923–29), contested Perth in 1929 and the Senate (WA) in 1931.
 * Syd Negus, Independent Senator for Western Australia (1971–74), contested the Senate (WA) as an independent in 1975 and for the Progressive Conservative Party in 1980.
 * H. G. Nelson, Labor member for Northern Territory (1922–34), contested Northern Territory as an independent in 1937.
 * John Nelson, Labor member for Northern Territory (1949–66), contested Northern Territory in 1975.
 * Neville Newell, Labor member for Richmond (1990–96), contested Richmond in 1998.
 * Horace Nock, Country member for Riverina (1931–40), contested the Senate in 1943.
 * Lewis Nott, Nationalist member for Herbert (1925–28), contested North Sydney in 1929, Calare for the UAP in 1934 and East Sydney for the UAP in 1940.
 * Reginald O'Brien, Labor member for Petrie (1961–63), contested Petrie in 1966.
 * Mick O'Halloran, Labor Senator for South Australia (1929–35), contested the Senate (SA) in 1937.
 * David O'Keefe, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1901–06, 1910–20) and member for Denison (1922–25), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1931.
 * King O'Malley, Labor member for Tasmania (1901–03) and Darwin (1903–17), contested Denison for Labor in 1919 and Bass as an independent in 1922.
 * Richard Orchard, Liberal/Nationalist member for Nepean (1913–19), contested East Sydney in 1925 and the Senate (NSW) in 1928.
 * Michael Organ, Greens member for Cunningham (2002–04), contested Cunningham in 2007.
 * Alfred Ozanne, Labor member for Corio (1910–13, 1914–17), contested Corio in 1919.
 * Henry Pigott, Liberal/Nationalist member for Calare (1913–19), contested Calare for the Country Party in 1922.
 * Mike Pratt, Liberal member for Adelaide (1988–90), contested Sturt as an independent in 1993.
 * Chris Puplick, Liberal Senator for New South Wales (1978–81), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1983.
 * Arthur Rae, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1910–14), contested the Senate (NSW) for Labor in 1917 and as an independent in 1922.
 * David Reid, Country Senator for Western Australia (1974), contested the Senate (WA) in 1975.
 * Len Reid, Liberal member for Holt (1969–72), contested Holt in 1974.
 * Joe Riordan, Labor member for Phillip (1972–75), contested Phillip in 1977.
 * Arthur Robinson, Free Trade member for Wannon (1903–06), contested Fawkner as a Nationalist in 1929.
 * Bill Robinson, Country Senator for Western Australia (1952–53), contested the Senate (WA) in 1958.
 * James Ronald, Labor/Independent member for Southern Melbourne (1901–06), contested the Senate (Vic) as an independent in 1910 and Fawkner as an independent in 1929.
 * Albert Rowe, Labor member for Parramatta (1929–31), contested Parramatta in 1934, 1937 and 1940.
 * Charles Russell, Country/Independent member for Maranoa (1949–51), contested the Senate (Qld) as a Democrat in 1953 and Maranoa as an Independent Democrat in 1954 and as an independent in 1955.
 * Murray Sainsbury, Liberal member for Eden-Monaro (1975–83), contested Eden-Monaro in 1984.
 * Charles Salmon, Protectionist/Liberal member for Laanecoorie (1901–13), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1913.
 * Burford Sampson, UAP/Liberal Senator for Tasmania (1926–38, 1941–47), contested the Senate (Tas) as an independent in 1949.
 * Norm Sanders, Democrats Senator for Tasmania (1985–90), contested Eden-Monaro as an independent in 1993.
 * Thomas Scholfield, UAP member for Wannon (1931–40), contested Wannon as an Independent UAP candidate in 1943.
 * Alfred Seabrook, Nationalist member for Franklin (1922–28), contested Franklin as a Nationalist in 1929 and the Senate (Tas) as an independent in 1934.
 * James Sharpe, Labor member for Oxley (1913–17), contested Oxley in 1919, 1922 and 1925.
 * Thomas Sheehy, Labor member for Boothby (1943–49), contested Boothby in 1966.
 * John Siddons, Democrats/UAP Senator for Victoria (1981–83, 1985–87), contested Scullin as an independent in 1993 and Deakin for the Democrats in 1996 and 1998.
 * Albert Smith, Labor member for Wakefield (1943–46), contested the Senate (SA) as an independent in 1949.
 * Eric Spooner, UAP member for Robertson (1940–43), contested Macquarie as a Liberal in 1946.
 * John Sullivan, Country/NCP member for Riverina (1974–77), contested Riverina-Darling as a Liberal in 1984.
 * John Thomson, Protectionist/Liberal/Nationalist member for Cowper (1906–19), contested Cowper in 1922.
 * Ray Thorburn, Labor member for Cook (1972–75), contested Cook in 1977 and 1980.
 * Harold Thorby, Country member for Calare (1931–40), contested Calare as an independent in 1943 and for the Country Party in 1946.
 * William Trenwith, Independent/Liberal Senator for Victoria (1904–10), contested Denison in 1913 and the Senate (Vic) in 1914.
 * Harry Turley, Labor Senator for Queensland (1904–17), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1919 and 1925.
 * Alasdair Webster, Liberal member for Macquarie (1984–93), contested the Senate (NSW) for CTA in 1996.
 * William Wentworth, Liberal/Independent member for Mackellar (1949–77), contested the Senate (NSW) as an independent in 1984.
 * George Whiteside, Labor Senator for Queensland (1962–63), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1964.
 * Keith Wilson, UAP Senator for South Australia (1938–44), contested Boothby as a Liberal in 1946.
 * Tony Windsor, Independent member for New England (2001–13), contested New England as an independent in 2016.
 * George Wise, Protectionist/Independent/Nationalist member for Gippsland (1906–13, 1914–22), contested Gippsland as an Independent Nationalist in 1925 and as an Independent Labor candidate in 1928.
 * Robert Wood, NDP Senator for New South Wales (1987–88), contested the Senate (NSW) for the NDP in 1990 and the Senate (Vic) for the Democrats in 1993.
 * Edwin Yates, Labor member for Adelaide (1914–19, 1922–31), contested Adelaide for Labor in 1937, Boothby for Labor in 1940 and Adelaide as an Independent Labor candidate in 1943.

Future members unsuccessful at previous general elections
Future members ran for the party they would ultimately represent unless otherwise indicated.
 * Mac Abbott, Country Senator for New South Wales (1935–41), contested Martin for the UAP in 1931.
 * John Abel, Liberal member for Evans (1975–77), contested Evans in 1974.
 * Eric Abetz, Liberal Senator for Tasmania (1994– ), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1984 and 1993.
 * Dick Adams, Labor member for Lyons (1993– ), contested Lyons in 1987.
 * John Adamson, Nationalist Senator for Queensland (1920–22), contested the Senate (Qld) as an independent in 1917.
 * Richard Alston, Liberal Senator for Victoria (1986–2004), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1984.
 * Gordon Anderson, Labor member for Kingsford-Smith (1949–55), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1934.
 * David Andrew, Country Senator for Victoria (1925–28), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1922.
 * Larry Anthony, National member for Richmond (1996–2004), contested Richmond in 1993.
 * Tom Arthur, Labor/Independent Senator for New South Wales (1938–44), contested Nepean in 1917 and the Senate (NSW) for Lang Labor in 1931.
 * William Arthur, Liberal member for Barton (1966–69), contested Barton in 1954, 1955 and 1958.
 * Alfred Ashley-Brown, Labor member for Mitchell (1972–74), contested Mitchell in 1969.
 * Rod Atkinson, Liberal member for Isaacs (1990–96), contested Isaacs in 1987.
 * Oliver Badman, Country/UAP member for Grey (1937–43), contested Grey in 1929.
 * Marshall Baillieu, Liberal member for La Trobe (1975–80), contested La Trobe in 1974.
 * Francis Baker, Labor member for Oxley (1931–34) and Griffith (1934–39), contested Oxley in 1928 and 1929.
 * Bob Baldwin, Liberal member for Paterson (1996–98, 2001– ), contested Dobell in 1993.
 * Adam Bandt, Greens member for Melbourne (2010– ), contested Melbourne in 2007.
 * Stephen Barker, Labor Senator for Victoria (1910–20, 1923–24), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1901, 1903 and 1906.
 * Claude Barnard, Labor member for Bass (1934–49), contested Bass in 1931.
 * Guy Barnett, Liberal Senator for Tasmania (2002–11), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1998.
 * Andrew Bartlett, Democrats Senator for Queensland (1997–2008), contested Brisbane in 1996.
 * James Bayley, Nationalist member for Oxley (1917–31), contested Oxley as a Liberal in 1914.
 * David Beddall, Labor member for Fadden (1983–84) and Rankin (1984–98), contested Fadden in 1980.
 * Robert Bell, Democrats Senator for Tasmania (1990–96), contested Denison in 1987.
 * Benjamin Benny, Nationalist Senator for South Australia (1920–26), contested the Senate (SA) as a Liberal in 1914.
 * Sam Benson, Labor/Independent member for Batman (1962–69), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1961.
 * Joe Berinson, Labor member for Perth (1969–75), contested Swan in 1963.
 * Catryna Bilyk, Labor Senator for Tasmania (2008– ), contested the Senate (Tas) in 2001.
 * Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator for South Australia (2007– ), contested Hindmarsh in 2004.
 * Bronwyn Bishop, Liberal Senator for New South Wales (1987–94) and member for Mackellar (1994– ), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1984.
 * Mark Bishop, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1996– ), contested the Senate (WA) in 1990 and 1993.
 * Allen Blanchard, Labor member for Moore (1983–90), contested Moore in 1975 and 1980.
 * Neal Blewett, Labor member for Bonython (1977–94), contested the Senate (SA) in 1974 and 1975.
 * Reginald Blundell, Nationalist member for Adelaide (1919–22), contested the Senate (SA) for Labor in 1906.
 * Nick Bolkus, Labor Senator for South Australia (1981–2005), contested the Senate (SA) in 1977.
 * Neville Bonner, Liberal/Independent Senator for Queensland (1971–83), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1970.
 * Bill Bourke, Labor/Anti-Communist member for Fawkner (1949–55), contested Fawkner in 1946.
 * George Bowden, Country member for Gippsland (1943–61), contested Gippsland for the United Country Party in 1940.
 * Sue Boyce, Liberal Senator for Queensland (2007– ), contested the Senate (Qld) in 2004.
 * James Boyd, Liberal/Nationalist member for Henty (1913–19), contested Corio as a Free Trader in 1901.
 * David Bradbury, Labor member for Lindsay (2007– ), contested Lindsay in 2001 and 2004.
 * James Bradfield, Liberal member for Barton (1975–83), contested Barton in 1974.
 * Ray Braithwaite, NCP/National member for Dawson (1975–93), contested Dawson in 1974.
 * George Branson, Liberal Senator for Western Australia (1958–71), contested the Senate (WA) in 1955.
 * Frank Brennan, Labor member for Batman (1911–31, 1934–49), contested Batman in 1910.
 * Russell Broadbent, Liberal member for Corinella (1990–93) and McMillan (1996–98, 2004– ), contested Streeton in 1984 and 1987.
 * Bill Brown, Labor Senator for Victoria (1969–70, 1971–78), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1969.
 * Bob Brown, Labor member for Hunter (1980–84) and Charlton (1984–98), contested Paterson in 1961 and Robertson in 1963.
 * Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania (1996– ), contested the Senate (Tas) for the United Tasmania Group in 1975 and Denison for the Greens in 1993.
 * John Brown, Labor member for Parramatta (1977–90), contested Parramatta in 1975.
 * Kay Brownbill, Liberal member for Kingston (1966–69), contested Kingston in 1963.
 * Henry Bruce, Labor member for Leichhardt, contested the Senate (Qld) in 1922.
 * Gordon Bryant, Labor member for Wills (1955–80), contested Deakin in 1951.
 * Scott Buchholz, Liberal member for Wright (2010– ), contested the Senate (Qld) as a National in 2007.
 * Geoff Buckland, Labor Senator for South Australia (2000–05), contested Grey in 1998.
 * Tom Burke, Labor member for Perth (1943–55), contested Perth in 1937.
 * Bryant Burns, Labor Senator for Queensland (1987–96), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1984.
 * George Burns, Labor member for Illawarra (1913–17), contested Parkes as an independent in 1901, Denison for Labor in 1906 and Illawarra for Labor in 1910.
 * William Burns, Liberal member for Isaacs (1977–80), contested Scullin in 1958.
 * Max Burr, Liberal member for Wilmot (1975–84) and Lyons (1984–93), contested Wilmot in 1974.
 * Nancy Buttfield, Liberal Senator for South Australia (1955–65, 1968–74), contested Adelaide in 1955.
 * John Button, Labor Senator for Victoria (1974–93), contested Chisholm in 1963.
 * Kevin Cairns, Liberal member for Lilley (1963–72, 1974–80), contested Brisbane in 1955, 1958 and 1961.
 * Don Cameron, Labor Senator for Victoria (1938–62), contested Balaclava in 1929 and the Senate (Vic) in 1931.
 * Kim Carr, Labor Senator for Victoria (1993– ), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1990.
 * William Carroll, Country Senator for Western Australia (1926–36), contested the Senate (WA) in 1922.
 * Moss Cass, Labor member for Maribyrnong (1969–83), contested Kooyong in 1961 and La Trobe in 1963.
 * Christabel Chamarette, Greens WA Senator for Western Australia (1992–96), contested the Senate (WA) in 1990 under her maiden name, Bridge.
 * Grant Chapman, Liberal member for Kingston (1975–83) and Senator for South Australia (1987–2008), contested the Senate (SA) in 1974.
 * Bob Charles, Labor member for La Trobe (1990–2004), contested La Trobe in 1987.
 * John Cherry, Democrats Senator for Queensland (2001–05), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1998.
 * Ben Chifley, Labor member for Macquarie (1928–31, 1940–51), contested Macquarie in 1925.
 * Joan Child, Labor member for Henty (1974–75, 1980–90), contested Henty in 1972.
 * Arthur Chresby, Liberal member for Griffith (1958–61), contested Griffith for the Services Party in 1946.
 * Gareth Clayton, Labor member for Isaacs (1974–75), contested Isaacs in 1972.
 * Phil Cleary, Independent member for Wills (1992–96), contested the Senate (Vic) in 2001.
 * Richard Colbeck, Liberal Senator for Tasmania (2002– ), contested Lyons in 1998.
 * Fred Collard, Labor member for Kalgoorlie (1961–75), contested Kalgoorlie in 1958.
 * Thomas Collins, Country member for Hume (1931–43), contested Newcastle as a Liberal in 1913.
 * Mal Colston, Labor/Independent Senator for Queensland (1975–99), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1970 and 1974.
 * Rex Connor, Labor member for Cunningham (1963–77), contested Werriwa for the State Labor Party in 1940.
 * Magnus Cormack, Liberal Senator for Victoria (1951–53, 1962–78), contested Fawkner in 1949.
 * Mick Cotter, Liberal member for Kalgoorlie (1975–80), contested Kalgoorlie in 1974.
 * Bob Cotton, Liberal Senator for New South Wales (1965–78), contested Macquarie in 1949 and 1951.
 * John Coulter, Democrats Senator for South Australia (1987–95), contested Boothby in 1983 and the Senate (SA) in 1984.
 * Brian Courtice, Labor member for Hinkler (1987–93), contested Hinkler in 1984.
 * Wilfred Coutts, Labor member for Griffith (1954–58, 1961–66), contested Bowman in 1949.
 * Thomas Crawford, Nationalist/UAP/Liberal Senator for Queensland (1917–47), contested Herbert as a Liberal in 1910 and the Senate (Qld) as a Liberal in 1914.
 * Tony Crook, National member for O'Connor (2010– ), contested the Senate (WA) in 2007.
 * John Curtin, Labor member for Fremantle (1928–31, 1934–45), contested Balaclava in 1914, Perth in 1919 and Fremantle in 1925.
 * John Cusack, Labor member for Eden-Monaro (1929–31), contested Eden-Monaro in 1928.
 * John Daly, Labor/Independent Senator for South Australia (1929–35), contested the Senate (SA) in 1925.
 * Michael Danby, Labor member for Melbourne Ports (1998– ), contested Goldstein in 1990.
 * Richard Darcey, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1938–44), contested Denison in 1934.
 * Elaine Darling, Labor member for Lilley (1980–93), contested Lilley in 1977.
 * Gordon Davidson, Liberal Senator for South Australia (1961, 1961–62, 1965–81), contested the Senate (SA) in 1958.
 * John Dedman, Labor member for Corio (1940–49), contested Corio in 1934.
 * Dick Dein, UAP member for Lang (1931–34) and Senator for New South Wales (1935–41), contested Lang as a Nationalist in 1929.
 * Samuel Dennis, UAP member for Batman (1931–34), contested Batman as a Nationalist in 1925.
 * John Devereux, Labor/Independent Senator for Tasmania (1987–96), contested Franklin in 1984.
 * Don Devitt, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1965–78), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1961.
 * Jack Devlin, Labor Senator for Victoria (1946–57), contested Indi in 1940.
 * Richard Di Natale, Greens Senator for Victoria (2011– ), contested Wills in 2001 and the Senate (Vic) in 2004 and 2007.
 * John Dooley, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1928–35), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1925.
 * Frank Doyle, Labor member for Lilley (1972–74), contested Lilley in 1969.
 * Michael Duffy, Labor member for Holt (1980–96), contested Holt in 1977.
 * Irina Dunn, NDP/Independent Senator for New South Wales (1988–90), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1987.
 * James Dunn, Labor/Lang Labor Senator for New South Wales (1929–35), contested Wentworth in 1919 and the Senate (NSW) in 1922 and 1925.
 * Mary Easson, Labor member for Lowe (1993–96), contested Lowe in 1990.
 * Jim Eggins, Country member for Lyne (1949–52), contested Richmond in 1934.
 * Alan Eggleston, Liberal Senator for Western Australia (1996– ), contested the Senate (WA) in 1987.
 * John Eldridge, Labor/Lang Labor member for Martin (1929–31), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1925.
 * Chris Evans, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1993– ), contested the Senate (WA) in 1987.
 * Gareth Evans, Labor Senator for Victoria (1978–96) and member for Holt (1996–99), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1975.
 * Jack Evans, Democrats Senator for Western Australia (1983–85), contested the Senate (WA) for the Liberal Movement in 1975 and for the Democrats in 1977 and 1980.
 * Doug Everingham, Labor member for Capricornia (1967–75, 1977–84), contested Dawson in 1963.
 * Keith Ewert, Labor member for Flinders (1952–54), contested Kooyong in 1949 and Flinders in 1951.
 * Allen Fairhall, Liberal member for Paterson (1949–69), contested Newcastle in 1946.
 * Peter Falconer, Liberal member for Casey (1975–84), contested Casey in 1974.
 * Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Liberal Senator for New South Wales (2004– ), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1998.
 * Paul Filing, Liberal/Independent member for Moore (1990–98), contested Cowan in 1987.
 * Alexander Finlay, Labor Senator for South Australia (1944–53), contested the Senate (SA) in 1940.
 * William Fleming, Liberal/Nationalist/Country member for Robertson (1913–22), contested New England in 1910.
 * Jim Forbes, Liberal member for Barker (1956–75), contested Kingston in 1955.
 * Norman Foster, Labor member for Sturt (1969–72), contested Sturt in 1963.
 * Malcolm Fraser, Liberal member for Wannon (1955–83), contested Wannon in 1954.
 * Ross Free, Labor member for Macquarie (1980–84) and Lindsay (1984–96), contested Macquarie in 1975 and 1977.
 * Vince Gair, DLP Senator for Queensland (1965–74), contested the Senate (Qld) for the QLP in 1961.
 * John Garden, Lang Labor/Labor member for Cook (1934–37), contested Cook for Lang Labor in 1931.
 * Victor Garland, Liberal member for Curtin (1969–81), contested the Senate (WA) in 1966 and 1967.
 * Peter Garrett, Labor member for Kingsford Smith (2004– ), contested the Senate (NSW) for the Nuclear Disarmament Party in 1984.
 * Steve Georganas, Labor member for Hindmarsh (2004– ), contested Hindmarsh in 1998 and 2001.
 * Garrie Gibson, Labor member for Moreton (1990–96), contested Moreton in 1987.
 * Patricia Giles, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1981–93), contested Perth as an independent in 1969 and Curtin for Labor in 1977.
 * Julia Gillard, Labor member for Lalor (1998– ), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1996.
 * David Gordon, Liberal member for Boothby (1911–13), contested the Senate (SA) in 1910.
 * Donald Grant, Labor Senator for New South Wales (194–59), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1925.
 * John Grant, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1914–20, 1923–28), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1913.
 * John Gray, Free Trade/Liberal Senator for New South Wales (1904–10), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1901.
 * Bill Grayden, Liberal member for Swan (1949–54), contested Swan as an independent in 1946.
 * Ray Groom, Liberal member for Braddon (1975–84), contested Braddon in 1974.
 * Henry Gullett, Nationalist/UAP member for Henty (1925–40), contested Henty in 1922.
 * Jo Gullett, Liberal member for Henty (1946–55), contested Henty in 1943.
 * James Guy, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1914–20), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1906 and 1913.
 * Janine Haines, Democrats Senator for South Australia (1977–78, 1981–90), contested the Senate (SA) for the Liberal Movement in 1975.
 * Alfred Hampson, Labor member for Bendigo (1915–17), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1901 and Balaclava in 1906.
 * George Hannan, Liberal Senator for Victoria (1956–65, 1970–74), contested Maribyrnong in 1949.
 * Joseph Hannan, Labor member for Fawkner (1913–17) and Senator for Victoria (1924–25), contested Fawkner in 1910.
 * Brendan Hansen, Labor member for Wide Bay (1961–74), contested Wide Bay in 1958.
 * William Hartnoll, Free Trade member for Tasmania (1902–03), contested Tasmania in 1901.
 * Len Harris, One Nation Senator for Queensland (1999–2005), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1998.
 * Bob Hawke, Labor member for Wills (1980–92), contested Corio in 1963.
 * Alexander Hay, Country/Independent member for New England (1919–22), contested Illawarra as a Protectionist in 1901 and Hunter as a Liberal in 1914.
 * Bill Heffernan, Liberal Senator for New South Wales (1996– ), contested Riverina in 1993.
 * Bert Hendrickson, Labor Senator for Victoria (1947–71), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1940.
 * Michael Hodgman, Liberal member for Denison (1975–87), contested Denison in 1974.
 * Jack Holloway, Labor member for Flinders (1929–31) and Melbourne Ports (1931–51), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1925 and Flinders in 1928.
 * Harold Holt, UAP/Liberal member for Fawkner (1935–49) and Higgins (1949–67), contested Yarra in 1934.
 * Robert Howe, Labor member for Dalley (1910–15), contested Dalley in 1906.
 * Peter Howson, Liberal member for Fawkner (1955–69) and Casey (1969–72), contested Fawkner in 1951 and 1954.
 * Ben Humphreys, Labor member for Griffith (1977–96), contested Griffith in 1975.
 * Gary Humphries, Liberal Senator for the Australian Capital Territory (2003– ), contested Canberra in 1984.
 * James Hunter, Country member for Maranoa (1921–40), contested Maranoa for the PPU in 1919.
 * Ed Husic, Labor member for Chifley (2010– ), contested Greenway in 2004.
 * William Irvine, Anti-Socialist/Liberal/Nationalist member for Flinders (1906–18), contested Wimmera as a Free Trader in 1901.
 * Jean Jenkins, Democrats Senator for Western Australia (1987–90), contested Stirling in 1980 and the Senate (WA) in 1984.
 * Dennis Jensen, Liberal member for Tangney (2004– ), contested Corio in 1998.
 * William Johnson, Labor member for Robertson (1910–13), contested Robertson in 1906.
 * David Johnston, Liberal Senator for Western Australia (2002– ), contested Kalgoorlie in 1987.
 * Ricky Johnston, Liberal member for Canning (1996–98), contested Canning in 1984, 1987, 1990 and 1993.
 * Roger Johnston, Liberal member for Hotham (1977–80), contested Melbourne Ports in 1975.
 * Barry Jones, Labor member for Lalor (1977–98), contested Isaacs in 1955 and 1958 and Bruce in 1963.
 * Gerry Jones, Labor Senator for Queensland (1981–96), contested McPherson in 1963 and Kennedy in 1969.
 * Edmund Jowett, Nationalist/Country member for Grampians (1917–22), contested Maribyrnong in 1917.
 * Barnaby Joyce, National Senator for Queensland (2005– ), contested the Senate (Qld) in 2001.
 * David Jull, Liberal member for Bowman (1975–83) and Fadden (1984–2004), contested Bowman in 1974.
 * Jack Kane, DLP Senator for New South Wales (1970–74), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1958 and 1961, Evans in 1963 and the Senate (NSW) in 1964 and 1967.
 * Bob Katter, Country member for Kennedy (1966–90), contested Kennedy for the QLP in 1958.
 * Fred Katz, Labor Senator for Victoria (1947–51), contested Henty in 1931.
 * Richard Keane, Labor member for Bendigo (1929–31) and Senator for Victoria (1938–46), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1925.
 * De-Anne Kelly, National member for Dawson (1996–2007), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1993.
 * Leonard Keogh, Labor member for Bowman (1969–75, 1983–87), contested Moreton in 1966.
 * Cheryl Kernot, Democrats Senator for Queensland (1990–97) and Labor member for Dickson (1998–2001), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1984 and 1987.
 * Duncan Kerr, Labor member for Denison (1987–2010), contested Braddon in 1977.
 * Walter Kingsmill, Nationalist/UAP Senator for Western Australia (1923–35), contested the Senate (WA) in 1910.
 * Frank Kirwan, Labor member for Forrest (1969–72), contested Forrest in 1966.
 * Harry Kneebone, Labor Senator for South Australia (1931), contested Boothby in 1922 and 1925.
 * Bert Lacey, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1965–71), contested Denison in 1954, the Senate (Tas) in 1955 and Denison in 1958.
 * Andrew Laming, Liberal member for Bowman (2004– ), contested Bowman in 2001.
 * Hector Lamond, Nationalist member for Illawarra (1917–22), contested Lang for Labor in 1913 and 1914.
 * Albert Lane, UAP member for Barton (1931–40), contested Dalley as a Nationalist in 1917.
 * Jack Lang, Lang Labor member for Reid (1946–49), contested Reid in 1943.
 * John Langmore, Labor member for Fraser (1984–96), contested the Senate (ACT) in 1980.
 * Thomas Lavelle, Labor member for Calare (1919–22), contested Calare in 1917.
 * George Lawson, Labor member for Brisbane (1931–61), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1928.
 * John Leckie, Nationalist/UAP/Liberal member for Indi (1917–19) and Senator for Victoria (1935–47), contested Mernda as an Anti-Socialist in 1906.
 * Meg Lees, Democrats/APA Senator for South Australia (1990–2005), contested Barker in 1983 and 1984.
 * Ted Lindsay, Labor member for Herbert (1983–96), contested Herbert in 1977 and 1980.
 * Jack Little, DLP Senator for Victoria (1968–74), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1958 and 1961, Batman in 1963 and the Senate (Vic) in 1964 and 1966.
 * Edmund Lonsdale, Free Trade member for New England (1903–06), contested New England in 1901.
 * Anthony Luchetti, Labor member for Macquarie (1951–75), contested Macquarie for Lang Labor in 1931 and 1934 and for Labor in 1937.
 * Philip Lucock, Country member for Lyne (1952–80), contested Lyne in 1949.
 * Phillip Lynch, Liberal member for Flinders (1966–82), contested Scullin in 1955.
 * Joseph Lyons, Labor/UAP member for Wilmot (1929–39), contested Darwin in 1919.
 * Sue Mackay, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1996–2005), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1990.
 * Daniel Mackinnon, Liberal member for Wannon (1949–51) and Corangamite (1953–66), contested Wannon in 1946.
 * Michael Macklin, Democrats Senator for Queensland (1981–90), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1977.
 * Graham Maguire, Labor Senator for South Australia (1983–93), contested Sturt in 1974 and 1975 and the Senate (SA) in 1980.
 * Norman Makin, Labor member for Hindmarsh (1919–46), Sturt (1954–55) and Bonython (1955–63), contested Wakefield in 1917.
 * William Maloney, Labor member for Melbourne (1904–40), contested Melbourne in 1901 and 1903.
 * Dee Margetts, Greens WA Senator for Western Australia (1993–99), contested Swan in 1990.
 * John Marriott, Liberal Senator for Tasmania (1953–75), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1951.
 * George Martens, Labor member for Herbert (1928–46), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1922.
 * John Martyr, Liberal member for Swan (1975–80) and Senator for Western Australia (1981–83), contested Fremantle for the DLP in 1966, the Senate (Vic) for the DLP in 1967 and 1970 and Perth for the DLP in 1969.
 * Colin Mason, Democrats Senator for New South Wales (1978–87), contested the Senate (NSW) for the Australia Party in 1975.
 * James Mathews, Labor member for Melbourne Ports (1906–31), contested Melbourne Ports in 1903.
 * Ted Mattner, UAP/Liberal Senator for South Australia (1944–67), contested the Senate (SA) in 1943.
 * William Ryott Maughan, Labor Senator for Queensland (1913–20), contested Moreton as an independent in 1901.
 * Helen Mayer, Labor member for Chisholm (1983–87), contested Chisholm in 1977 and 1980.
 * Ron McAuliffe, Labor Senator for Queensland (1971–81), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1967.
 * Jim McClelland, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1971–78), contested Warringah in 1966.
 * Allan McDonald, UAP/Liberal member for Corangamite (1940–53), contested Corangamite as a Nationalist in 1919 and 1922.
 * Allan McDougall, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1910–20, 1922–24), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1906.
 * Frank McGuren, Labor member for Cowper (1961–63), contested Cowper in 1958.
 * Jeannette McHugh, Labor member for Phillip (1983–93) and Grayndler (1993–96), contested Phillip in 1980.
 * Sydney McHugh, Labor member for Wakefield (1938–40), contested Wakefield in 1929.
 * Bridget McKenzie, National Senator for Victoria (2011– ), contested McMillan in 2004.
 * David McKenzie, Labor member for Diamond Valley (1972–75), contested Deakin in 1966 and Diamond Valley in 1969.
 * Jim McKiernan, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1984–2002), contested the Senate (WA) in 1983.
 * Alexander McLachlan, Nationalist/UAP Senator for South Australia (1926–44), contested Adelaide as a Liberal in 1910 and as a Liberal in 1922.
 * Paul McLean, Democrats Senator for New South Wales (1987–91), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1977, 1980, 1983 and 1984.
 * George McLeay, UAP/Liberal Senator for South Australia (1934–46, 1949–55), contested Adelaide as a Liberal in 1922 and as a Nationalist in 1925 and 1928.
 * Don McLeod, Labor member for Wannon (1940–49, 1951–55), contested Wannon in 1934 and 1937.
 * Tony Messner, Liberal Senator for South Australia (1975–90), contested the Senate (SA) in 1974.
 * Rob Mitchell, Labor member for McEwen (2010– ), contested McEwen in 2007.
 * James Monaghan, Labor member for Evans (1961–63), contested Evans in 1958.
 * Charles Morgan, Labor member for Reid (1940–46, 1949–58), contested Eden-Monaro in 1925.
 * Daniel Mulcahy, Lang Labor/Labor member for Lang (1934–53), contested Lang for Lang Labor in 1931.
 * Dugald Munro, Liberal member for Eden-Monaro (1966–69), contested Eden-Monaro in 1963.
 * Fiona Nash, National Senator for New South Wales (2005– ), contested the Senate (NSW) in 2001.
 * John Nelson, Labor member for Northern Territory (1949–66), contested Northern Territory as an independent in 1943.
 * Shayne Neumann, Labor member for Blair (2007– ), contested Blair in 2004.
 * Paul Neville, National member for Hinkler (1993– ), contested Wide Bay in 1969.
 * Horace Nock, Country member for Riverina (1931–40), contested Riverina in 1929.
 * Peter Nugent, Liberal member for Aston (1990–2001), contested La Trobe in 1983.
 * Gavan O'Connor, Labor member for Corio (1993–2007), contested Corangamite in 1983 and 1984.
 * Sid O'Flaherty, Labor Senator for South Australia (1944–62), contested Angas in 1917 and Hindmarsh for Lang Labor in 1931.
 * James Ogden, Labor/Nationalist Senator for Tasmania (1923–29), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1913.
 * Frank Olley, Labor member for Hume (1972–74), contested Hume in 1969.
 * James O'Loghlin, Labor Senator for South Australia (1907, 1913–19, 1922–25), contested the Senate (SA) in 1901.
 * James Ormonde, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1958, 1959–70), contested Wentworth for Lang Labor in 1934.
 * Neil O'Sullivan, Liberal Senator for Queensland (1947–62), contested Brisbane for the UAP in 1934.
 * Julie Owens, Labor member for Parramatta (2004– ), contested North Sydney in 1996 and 1998.
 * Albert Palmer, Free Trade/Liberal/Nationalist member for Echuca (1906–19), contested Moira in 1903.
 * Stephen Parry, Liberal Senator for Tasmania (2005– ), contested the Senate (Tas) in 2001.
 * Thomas Paterson, Country member for Gippsland (1922–43), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1919.
 * Robert Patten, Liberal/Nationalist member for Hume (1913–17), contested Gwydir in 1910.
 * Marise Payne, Liberal Senator for New South Wales (1997– ), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1993.
 * Andrew Peacock, Liberal member for Kooyong (1966–94), contested Yarra in 1961.
 * Graham Perrett, Labor member for Moreton (2007– ), contested Moreton in 2004.
 * Henry Pigott, Liberal/Nationalist member for Calare (1913–19), contested Calare in 1910.
 * Reg Pollard, Labor member for Ballaarat (1937–49) and Lalor (1949–66), contested Gippsland in 1934.
 * Max Poulter, Labor Senator for Queensland (1962), contested Darwin in 1951 and the Senate (Qld) in 1958.
 * Janet Powell, Democrats/Independent Senator for Victoria (1986–93), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1980, 1983 and 1984.
 * Herbert Pratten, Nationalist Senator for New South Wales (1917–21) and member for Parramatta (1921–22) and Martin (1922–28), contested Parkes as an independent in 1910 and the Senate (NSW) as a Liberal in 1914.
 * Cyril Primmer, Labor Senator for Victoria (1971–85), contested Wannon in 1963 and 1966 and the Senate (Vic) in 1967.
 * John Quirke, Labor Senator for South Australia (1997–2000), contested Mayo in 1984.
 * Arthur Rae, Labor/Lang Labor Senator for New South Wales (1910–14, 1929–35), contested Hunter in 1903.
 * Robert Ray, Labor Senator for Victoria (1981–2008), contested Henty in 1969.
 * Albert Reid, Country Senator for New South Wales (1950–62), contested Calare in 1943 and the Senate (NSW) in 1946.
 * David Reid, Country Senator for Western Australia (1974), contested Forrest in 1972.
 * Margaret Reid, Liberal Senator for the Australian Capital Territory (1981–2003), contested Bonython in 1961 under her maiden name, McLachlan.
 * Robert Reid, Free Trade Senator for Victoria (1903), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1901.
 * Lee Rhiannon, Greens Senator for New South Wales (2011– ), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1998.
 * John Riggall, Liberal member for McMillan (1990–93), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1987.
 * Edward Riley, Labor member for South Sydney (1910–31), contested South Sydney in 1903.
 * Bill Riordan, Labor member for Kennedy (1936–66), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1925 and Kennedy in 1928.
 * Joe Riordan, Labor member for Phillip (1972–75), contested Phillip in 1969.
 * Hugh Roberton, Country member for Riverina (1949–65), contested Riverina in 1940 and 1946.
 * Ted Robertson, Labor Senator for the Northern Territory (1975–87), contested Northern Territory in 1969 and 1972.
 * Arthur Rodgers, Liberal/Nationalist member for Wannon (1913–22, 1925–29), contested Wannon for the Country Party in 1931.
 * Albert Rowe, Labor member for Parramatta (1929–31), contested Parramatta in 1925.
 * Thomas Ryan, Labor member for West Sydney (1919–21), contested Capricornia as an independent in 1903.
 * Granville Ryrie, Liberal/Nationalist member for North Sydney (1911–22) and Warringah (1922–27), contested Werriwa in 1910.
 * Norm Sanders, Democrats Senator for Tasmania (1985–90), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1983.
 * Charles Sandford, Labor Senator for Victoria (1947–56, 1957ndash;66), contested Balaclava in 1940 and Indi in 1943.
 * Henry Saunders, Free Trade Senator for Western Australia (1903), contested the Senate (WA) in 1901.
 * John Saunderson, Labor member for Deakin (1983–84) and Aston (1984–90), contested Bruce as an independent in 1966.
 * Gordon Scholes, Labor member for Corio (1967–93), contested Corio in 1966.
 * James Scullin, Labor member for Corangamite (1910–13) and Yarra (1922–49), contested Ballaarat in 1906.
 * Joe Sexton, Labor member for Adelaide (1958–66), contested the Senate (SA) in 1955.
 * John Shannon, Liberal/Nationalist Senator for South Australia (1912–13, 1914–19), contested the Senate (SA) in 1910.
 * Jim Sheehan, Labor Senator for Victoria (1938–40, 1944–62), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1931.
 * Glen Sheil, Country/NCP/National Senator for Queensland (1974–81, 1984–90), contested Brisbane in 1972.
 * Nick Sherry, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1990– ), contested Franklin in 1987.
 * Ray Sherry, Labor member for Franklin (1969–75), contested the Senate (Tas) in 1967.
 * Kerry Sibraa, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1975–78, 1978–94), contested Wentworth in 1966.
 * John Siddons, Democrats Senator for Victoria (1981–83, 1985–87), contested Diamond Valley for the Australia Party in 1972 and the Senate (Vic) for the Australia Party in 1974 and 1975 and for the Democrats in 1977.
 * Sid Sidebottom, Labor member for Braddon (1998–2004, 2007– ), contested Braddon in 1996.
 * Rachel Siewert, Greens Senator for Western Australia (2005– ), contested the Senate (WA) in 2001.
 * Peter Sim, Liberal Senator for Western Australia (1964–81), contested the Senate (WA) in 1958.
 * Wilfrid Simmonds, Liberal Senator for Queensland (1949–51), contested Kennedy for the Country Party in 1940 and 1943.
 * David Simmons, Labor member for Calare, contested Calare in 1977 and 1980.
 * Luke Simpkins, Liberal member for Cowan (2007– ), contested Cowan in 2004.
 * Silvia Smith, Labor member for Bass (1993–96), contested Bass in 1990.
 * Billy Snedden, Liberal member for Bruce (1955–83), contested Fremantle in 1949 and Perth in 1951.
 * Jim Snow, Labor member for Eden-Monaro (1983–96), contested Eden-Monaro in 1980.
 * Warren Snowdon, Labor member for Northern Territory (1987–96, 1998–2001) and Lingiari (2001– ), contested the Senate (NT) in 1984.
 * Karin Sowada, Democrats Senator for New South Wales (1991–93), contested Phillip in 1983, 1984 and 1987 and the Senate (NSW) in 1990.
 * Sid Spindler, Democrats Senator for Victoria (1990–96), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1984 and 1987.
 * Lancelot Spurr, Labor member for Wilmot (1939–40), contested Wilmot in 1937.
 * Ursula Stephens, Labor Senator for New South Wales (2002– ), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1998.
 * Natasha Stott Despoja, Democrats Senator for South Australia (1995– ), contested the Senate (SA) in 1993.
 * Jacob Stumm, Liberal member for Lilley (1913–17), contested Wide Bay in 1910.
 * Dorothy Tangney, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1943–68), contested the Senate (WA) in 1940.
 * Tsebin Tchen, Liberal Senator for Victoria (1999–2005), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1993.
 * Tom Tehan, NCP Senator for Victoria (1975–78), contested the Senate (Vic) in 1974.
 * Ted Theodore, Labor member for Dalley (1927–31), contested Herbert in 1925.
 * Andrew Thomas, Liberal Senator for Western Australia (1975–83), contested the Senate (WA) in 1974.
 * Michael Townley, Independent/Liberal Senator for Tasmania (1970–87), contested Denison as an independent in 1969.
 * Thomas Treloar, Country member for Gwydir (1949–53), contested Gwydir in 1946.
 * Russell Trood, Liberal Senator for Queensland (2005–11), contested the Senate (Qld) in 2001.
 * James Tully, Labor member for Barton (1928–31), contested New England in 1919.
 * Harry Turley, Labor Senator for Queensland (1904–17), contested Oxley in 1901.
 * Jim Turnour, Labor member for Leichhardt (2007–10), contested Leichhardt in 2004.
 * Bert Van Manen, Liberal member for Forde (2010– ), contested Rankin for Family First in 2007.
 * Edward Vardon, Nationalist Senator for South Australia (1921–23), contested the Senate (SA) as a Liberal in 1914.
 * Ross Vasta, Liberal member for Bonner (2004–07, 2010– ), contested Griffith in 2001.
 * John Verran, Nationalist Senator for South Australia (1927–28), contested the Senate (SA) in 1922 and Hindmarsh in 1925.
 * David Vigor, Democrats Senator for South Australia (1984–87), contested the Senate in 1980 and 1983.
 * Seddon Vincent, Liberal Senator for Western Australia (1950–64), contested Kalgoorlie in 1946.
 * Ian Viner, Liberal member for Stirling (1972–83), contested Stirling in 1969.
 * Harrie Wade, Country Senator for Victoria (1956–64), contested Wimmera in 1949.
 * Peter Walsh, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1974–93), contested Moore in 1969 and 1972.
 * Frederick Ward, Labor Senator for South Australia (1947–51), contested the Senate (SA) in 1931 and 1937.
 * Larissa Waters, Greens Senator for Queensland (2011– ), contested the Senate (Qld) in 2007.
 * David Watson, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1914–17), contested the Senate (NSW) in 1913.
 * David Watson, Liberal member for Forde (1984–87), contested the Senate (Qld) in 1983.
 * William Watt, Liberal/Nationalist member for Balaclava (1914–29), contested the Senate (Vic) as an independent in 1901.
 * Harry Webb, Labor member for Swan (1954–55) and Stirling (1955–58, 1961–72), contested Swan in 1949 and 1951.
 * William Webster, Labor/Nationalist member for Gwydir (1903–19), contested Gwydir in 1901.
 * Deane Wells, Labor member for Petrie (1983–84), contested Petrie in 1980.
 * William Wentworth, Liberal member for Mackellar (1949–77), contested Wentworth as a National Government candidate in 1943.
 * John West, Labor member for East Sydney (1910–31), contested East Sydney in 1906.
 * Sue West, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1987, 1990–2002), contested Hume in 1980 and the Senate (NSW) in 1983 and 1984.
 * Bob Whan, Labor member for Eden-Monaro (1972–75), contested Macarthur in 1969.
 * Roy Wheeler, Liberal member for Mitchell (1949–61), contested Robertson in 1946.
 * Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens Senator for Tasmania (2012– ), contested the Senate (Tas) in 2010.
 * Thomas White, Nationalist/UAP/Liberal member for Balaclava (1929–51), contested Maribyrnong in 1925.
 * Arnold Wienholt, Nationalist member for Moreton (1919–22), contested Wide Bay as a Liberal in 1913.
 * Andrew Wilkie, Independent member for Denison (2010– ), contested Bennelong for the Greens in 2004 and the Senate (Tas) for the Greens in 2007.
 * Laurie Wilkinson, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1966–74), contested Perth in 1958 and 1961.
 * Thomas Williams, Labor member for Robertson (1943–49), contested Robertson in 1940.
 * Ian Wilson, Liberal member for Sturt (1966–69, 1972–93), contested Adelaide in 1958.
 * Keith Wilson, UAP/Liberal Senator for South Australia (1938–44) and member for Sturt (1949–54, 1955–66), contested Boothby in 1934.
 * George Wise, Protectionist/Independent/Nationalist member for Gippsland (1906–13, 1914–22), contested the Senate (Vic) as an independent in 1901 and as a Protectionist in 1903.
 * Jason Wood, Liberal member for La Trobe (2004–10), contested Holt in 2001.
 * Agar Wynne, Independent/Liberal member for Balaclava (1906–14), contested Corangamite as a Protectionist in 1903.
 * Tony Zappia, Labor member for Makin (2007– ), contested Makin in 2004.

Former members making a comeback at a general election

 * Percy Abbott, Liberal/Nationalist member for New England (1913–19), was elected as a Country Senator for New South Wales in 1925.
 * Charles Anderson, Country member for Hume (1949–51), was re-elected as the member for Hume in 1955.
 * John Armitage, Labor member for Mitchell (1961–63), was elected as the member for Chifley in 1969.
 * William Aston, Liberal member for Phillip (1955–61), was re-elected as the member for Phillip in 1963.
 * Fran Bailey, Liberal member for McEwen (1990–93), was re-elected as the member for McEwen in 1996.
 * Bob Baldwin, Liberal member for Paterson (1996–98), was re-elected as the member for Paterson in 2001.
 * Stephen Barker, Labor Senator for Victoria (1910–20), was re-elected to the Senate in 1922.
 * John Barnes, Labor Senator for Victoria (1910–20), was re-elected to the Senate in 1922. Following his second defeat in 1934, he was re-elected again in 1937, but died before taking his seat.
 * Michael Baume, Liberal member for Macarthur (1975–83), was elected to the Senate (NSW) in 1984.
 * George Bell, Nationalist member for Darwin (1919–22), was re-elected as the member for Darwin in 1925.
 * Eric Bowden, Free Trade/Liberal member for Nepean (1906–10), was re-elected as the member for Nepean in 1919.
 * Frank Brennan, Labor member for Batman (1911–31), was re-elected as the member for Batman in 1934.
 * Russell Broadbent, Liberal member for Corinella (1990–93), was elected as the member for McMillan in 1996. Following a second defeat in 1998, he was again re-elected as the member for McMillan in 2004.
 * Neil Brown, Liberal member for Diamond Valley (1969–72), was re-elected as the member for Diamond Valley in 1975. Following a second defeat in 1983, he was elected as the member for Menzies in 1984.
 * Bill Bryson, Labor member for Bourke (1943–46), was elected as the member for Wills in 1949.
 * Nancy Buttfield, Liberal Senator for South Australia (1955–65), was re-elected to the Senate in 1967.
 * Condon Byrne, Labor/QLP Senator for Queensland (1951–59), was re-elected to the Senate for the DLP in 1967.
 * Kevin Cairns, Liberal member for Lilley (1963–72), was re-elected as the member for Lilley in 1974.
 * Cyril Cameron, Protectionist Senator for Tasmania (1901–03), was re-elected to the Senate as an Anti-Socialist in 1906.
 * Donald Cameron, Nationalist member for Brisbane (1919–31), was elected as the UAP member for Lilley in 1934.
 * Richard Casey, UAP member for Corio (1931–40), was elected as the Liberal member for La Trobe in 1949.
 * John Chanter, Protectionist/Labor member for Riverina (1901–03, 1904–13), was re-elected as the Labor member for Riverina in 1914.
 * Grant Chapman, Liberal member for Kingston (1975–83), was elected as a Senator for South Australia in 1987.
 * Ben Chifley, Labor member for Macquarie (1928–31), was re-elected as the member for Macquarie in 1940.
 * Joan Child, Labor member for Henty (1974–75), was re-elected as the member for Henty in 1980.
 * Bob Chynoweth, Labor member for Flinders (1983–84) and Dunkley (1984–90), was re-elected as the member for Dunkley in 1993.
 * Peter Cleeland, Labor member for McEwen (1984–90), was re-elected as the member for McEwen in 1993.
 * John Coates, Labor member for Denison (1972–75), was elected to the Senate (Tas) in 1980.
 * Jacinta Collins, Labor Senator for Victoria (1995–2005), was re-elected to the Senate in 2007.
 * Alfred Conroy, Free Trade member for Werriwa (1901–06), was re-elected as the member for Werriwa in 1913.
 * Walter Cooper, Country Senator for Queensland (1928–32), was re-elected to the Senate in 1935.
 * Magnus Cormack, Liberal Senator for Victoria (1951–53), was re-elected to the Senate in 1961.
 * Wilfred Coutts, Labor member for Griffith (1954–58), was re-elected as the member for Griffith in 1961.
 * Manfred Cross, Labor member for Brisbane (1961–75), was re-elected as the member for Brisbane in 1980.
 * Richard Crouch, Protectionist member for Corio (1901–10), was elected as the Labor member for Corangamite in 1929.
 * Barry Cunningham, Labor member for McMillan (1980–90), was re-elected as the member for McMillan in 1993.
 * Lou Cunningham, Labor member for Gwydir (1919–25), was re-elected as the member for Gwydir in 1929.
 * John Curtin, Labor member for Fremantle (1928–31), was re-elected as the member for Fremantle in 1934.
 * Gordon Davidson, Liberal Senator for South Australia (1961, 1961–62), was re-elected to the Senate in 1964.
 * John Dawkins, Labor member for Tangney (1974–75), was elected as the member for Fremantle in 1977.
 * Don Dobie, Liberal member for Hughes (1966–69) and Cook (1969–72), was re-elected as the member for Cook in 1975.
 * Jack Duncan-Hughes, Liberal/Nationalist member for Boothby (1922–28), was elected as a UAP Senator for South Australia in 1931. After his defeat in 1937, he was elected as the member for Wakefield in 1940.
 * George Edwards, Free Trade member for South Sydney (1901–06), was elected as the member for North Sydney as a Liberal in 1910.
 * Warren Entsch, Liberal member for Leichhardt (1996–2007), was re-elected as the member for Leichhardt in 2010.
 * Doug Everingham, Labor member for Capricornia (1967–75), was re-elected as the member for Capricornia in 1977.
 * George Fairbairn, Independent/Liberal member for Fawkner (1906–13), was elected to the Senate as a Nationalist in 1917.
 * Franc Falkiner, Liberal member for Riverina (1913–14), was elected as the Nationalist member for Hume in 1917.
 * David Fawcett, Liberal member for Wakefield (2004–07), was elected to the Senate (SA) in 2010.
 * Edward Findley, Labor Senator for Victoria (1904–17), was re-elected to the Senate in 1922.
 * Joe Fitzgerald, Labor member for Phillip (1949–55), was elected to the Senate (NSW) in 1961.
 * Allan Fraser, Labor member for Eden-Monaro (1943–66), was re-elected as the member for Eden-Monaro in 1969.
 * Arthur Fuller, Labor member for Hume (1943–49), was re-elected as the member for Hume in 1951. After his second defeat in 1955, he was re-elected as the member for Hume in 1961.
 * Moses Gabb, Labor member for Angas (1919–25), was re-elected as the member for Angas in 1929.
 * Teresa Gambaro, Liberal member for Petrie (1996–2007), was elected as the member for Brisbane in 2010.
 * Bill Graham, Liberal member for St George (1949–54), was re-elected as the member for St George in 1955. Following his second defeat in 1958, he was elected as the member for North Sydney in 1966.
 * John Grant, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1914–20), was re-elected to the Senate in 1922.
 * Littleton Groom, Protectionist/Liberal/Nationalist/Independent member for Darling Downs (1901–29), was re-elected as the Independent member for Darling Downs in 1931.
 * Allan Guy, Labor/UAP member for Bass (1929–34), was elected as the member for Wilmot in 1940. After his second defeat in 1946, he was elected to the Senate (Tas) in 1949.
 * David Hamer, Liberal member for Isaacs (1969–74), was re-elected as the member for Isaacs in 1975.
 * John Harris, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1947–51), was re-elected to the Senate in 1953.
 * William Higgs, Labor Senator for Queensland (1901–06), was elected as the member for Capricornia in 1910.
 * John Hodges, Liberal member for Petrie (1974–83), was re-elected as the member for Petrie in 1984.
 * Bob Horne, Labor member for Paterson (1993–96), was re-elected as the member for Paterson in 1998.
 * Alan Hulme, Liberal member for Petrie (1949–61), was re-elected as the member for Petrie in 1963.
 * Sharryn Jackson, Labor member for Hasluck (2001–04), was re-elected as the member for Hasluck in 2007.
 * Don Jessop, Liberal member for Grey (1966–69), was elected to the Senate (SA) in 1970.
 * Les Johnson, Labor member for Hughes (1955–66), was re-elected as the member for Hughes in 1969.
 * David Jull, Liberal member for Bowman (1975–83), was elected as the member for Fadden in 1984.
 * Richard Keane, Labor member for Bendigo (1929–31), was elected to the Senate for Victoria in 1937.
 * Leonard Keogh, Labor member for Bowman (1969–75), was re-elected as the member for Bowman in 1983.
 * Tony Lamb, Labor member for La Trobe (1972–75), was elected as the member for Streeton in 1984.
 * Hubert Lazzarini, Labor/Lang Labor member for Werriwa (1919–31), was re-elected as the Lang Labor member for Werriwa in 1934.
 * John Leckie, Nationalist member for Indi (1917–19), was elected as a UAP Senator for Victoria in 1934.
 * Nelson Lemmon, Labor member for Forrest (1943–49), was elected as the member for St George in 1954.
 * Hugh Leslie, Country member for Moore (1949–58), was re-elected as the member for Moore in 1961.
 * John MacDonald, Labor Senator for Queensland (1922, 1928), was re-elected to the Senate in 1931.
 * Hugh Mahon, Labor member for Coolgardie (1901–13) and Kalgoorlie (1913–17), was re-elected as the member for Kalgoorlie in 1919.
 * Norman Makin, Labor member for Hindmarsh (1919–46), was elected as the member for Sturt in 1954.
 * Chester Manifold, Protectionist member for Corangamite (1901–03), was re-elected as the member for Corangamite in 1913 as a Liberal.
 * Ted Mattner, UAP/Liberal Senator for South Australia (1944–47), was re-elected to the Senate in 1949.
 * Philip McBride, UAP member for Grey (1931–37) and Senator for South Australia (1937–44), was elected as the Liberal member for Wakefield in 1946.
 * Allan McDougall, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1910–20), was re-elected to the Senate in 1922.
 * George McLeay, UAP/Liberal Senator for South Australia (1935–47), was re-elected to the Senate in 1949.
 * Don McLeod, Labor member for Wannon (1940–49), was re-elected as the member for Wannon in 1951.
 * Frank McManus, DLP Senator for Victoria (1956–62), was re-elected to the Senate in 1964.
 * John McNeill, Labor member for Wannon (1922–25), was re-elected as the member for Wannon in 1929.
 * William McWilliams, Revenue Tariff/Anti-Socialist/Liberal/Nationalist/Country member for Franklin (1906–22), was re-elected as the independent member for Franklin in 1928.
 * Parker Moloney, Labor member for Indi (1910–13), was re-elected as the member for Indi in 1914.
 * Charles Morgan, Labor member for Reid (1940–46), was re-elected as the member for Reid in 1949.
 * Bill Morrison, Labor member for St George (1969–75), was re-elected as the member for St George in 1980.
 * Belinda Neal, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1994–98), was elected as the member for Robertson in 2007.
 * Ted Needham, Labor Senator for Western Australia (1907–20), was re-elected to the Senate in 1922.
 * Lewis Nott, Nationalist member for Herbert (1925–28), was elected as the independent member for Australian Capital Territory in 1949.
 * David O'Keefe, Labor Senator for Tasmania (1901–06), was re-elected to the Senate in 1910. Following his second defeat in 1919, he was elected as the member for Denison in 1922.
 * James O'Loghlin, Labor Senator for South Australia (1907), was re-elected to the Senate in 1913. Following his defeat in 1919, he was re-elected again in 1922.
 * Alfred Ozanne, Labor member for Corio (1910–13), was re-elected as the member for Corio in 1914.
 * John Perkins, Nationalist member for Eden-Monaro (1926–29), was re-elected as the UAP member for Eden-Monaro in 1931.
 * Chris Puplick, Liberal Senator for New South Wales (1978–81), was re-elected to the Senate in 1984.
 * Arthur Rae, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1910–14), was re-elected to the Senate in 1928.
 * Don Randall, Liberal member for Swan (1996–98), was elected as the member for Canning in 2001.
 * Peter Reith, Liberal member for Flinders (1982–83), was re-elected as the member for Flinders in 1984.
 * Leonard Reynolds, Labor member for Barton (1958–66), was re-elected as the member for Barton in 1969.
 * Arthur Rodgers, Liberal/Nationalist member for Wannon (1913–22), was re-elected as the member for Wannon in 1925.
 * Burford Sampson, Nationalist/UAP Senator for Tasmania (1926–38), was re-elected to the Senate in 1940.
 * Con Sciacca, Labor member for Bowman (1987–96), was re-elected as the member for Bowman in 1998.
 * Douglas Scott, Country Senator for New South Wales (1970), was re-elected to the Senate in 1974.
 * Peter Shack, Liberal member for Tangney (1977–83), was re-elected as the member for Tangney in 1984.
 * John Shannon, Liberal Senator for South Australia (1912–13), was re-elected to the Senate in 1914.
 * Jim Sheehan, Labor Senator for Victoria (1938–40), was re-elected to the Senate in 1943.
 * Jim Short, Liberal member for Ballarat (1975–80), was elected to the Senate for Victoria in 1984.
 * John Siddons, Democrats Senator for Victoria (1981–83), was re-elected to the Senate in 1984.
 * Sid Sidebottom, Labor member for Braddon (1998–2004), was re-elected as the member for Braddon in 2007.
 * Peter Slipper, National member for Fisher (1984–87), was re-elected as the Liberal member for Fisher in 1993.
 * Warwick Smith, Liberal member for Bass (1984–93), was re-elected as the member for Bass in 1996.
 * Warren Snowdon, Labor member for Northern Territory (1987–96), was re-elected as the member for Northern Territory in 1998.
 * John Spicer, UAP Senator for Victoria (1940–44), was re-elected to the Senate as a Liberal in 1949.
 * Wayne Swan, Labor member for Lilley (1993–96), was re-elected as the member for Lilley in 1998.
 * Grant Tambling, CLP member for Northern Territory (1980–83), was elected to the Senate (NT) in 1987.
 * Josiah Thomas, Labor/Nationalist member for Barrier (1901–17) and Senator for New South Wales (1917–23), was re-elected to the Senate in 1925.
 * Ross Vasta, Liberal member for Bonner (2004–07), was re-elected as the member for Bonner in 2010.
 * William Watson, Independent member for Fremantle (1922–28), was re-elected as the UAP member for Fremantle in 1931.
 * Harry Webb, Labor member for Swan (1954–55) and Stirling (1955–58), was re-elected as the member for Stirling in 1961.
 * Sue West, Labor Senator for New South Wales (1987), was re-elected to the Senate in 1990.
 * Ian Wilson, Liberal member for Sturt (1966–69), was re-elected as the member for Sturt in 1972.
 * Keith Wilson, UAP Senator for South Australia (1938–44), was elected as the Liberal member for Sturt in 1949. Following his defeat in 1954, he was re-elected as the member for Sturt in 1955.
 * George Wise, Protectionist/Independent member for Gippsland (1906–13), was re-elected as the Independent member for Gippsland in 1914.
 * Reg Withers, Liberal Senator for Western Australia (1966), was re-elected to the Senate in 1967.
 * Edwin Yates, Labor member for Adelaide (1914–19), was re-elected as the member for Adelaide in 1922.

Female candidates (1903–84)
Women have been eligible to stand for every federal election bar 1901 and have done so at all subsequent elections except 1910, 1925, 1928 and 1929, although none were successful until 1943. Candidates are listed until 1984.

General election results voided or members disqualified
Occasionally a result will be voided by the Court of Disputed Returns, resulting in a by-election. A candidate can also be disqualified, usually through holding dual citizenship or government office, in which case a by-election is ordered. If the disqualified candidate is a Senator or Senator-elect, an appointment is made.
 * 1903: Election results were voided in Melbourne and Riverina.
 * 1906: Election result was voided in Echuca. The election of Joseph Vardon as Free Trade Senator for South Australia was also voided. In 1908, the appointment of James O'Loghlin to replace Vardon was also declared void and a special Senate election was held to fill the seat, the only time this has occurred.
 * 1919: Election result was voided in Ballaarat.
 * 1987: Robert Wood, elected as an NDP Senator for New South Wales, was disqualified.
 * 1996: Jackie Kelly, elected as the Liberal member for Lindsay, was disqualified. Jeannie Ferris, a Liberal Senator-elect for South Australia, resigned and was re-appointed in anticipation of a challenge to her eligibility.
 * 1998: Heather Hill, a One Nation Senator-elect for Queensland, was disqualified.

The only other time a member has been disqualified was in 1992, when Phil Cleary, elected as an Independent in the Wills by-election, was disqualified.

Two or more sitting members contesting the same electorate

 * Australian federal election, 1903:
 * Lee Batchelor (Labour) and Vaiben Solomon (Free Trade) both contested Boothby after South Australia was divided into divisions for the first time.
 * Norman Cameron (Free Trade) and Philip Fysh (Protectionist) both contested Denison after Tasmania was divided into divisions for the first time.
 * William Lyne (Protectionist, Hume) and Francis McLean (Free Trade, Lang) both contested Hume.
 * Australian federal election, 1906:
 * Richard Crouch (Protectionist, Corio) and James McCay (Anti-Socialist, Corinella) both contested Corio after McCay's seat was abolished.
 * William Lyne (Protectionist, Hume) and James Gibb (Anti-Socialist, Flinders) both contested Hume.
 * Australian federal election, 1917:
 * Alfred Hampson (Labor, Bendigo) and Billy Hughes (Nationalist, West Sydney) both contested Bendigo since Hughes could not win West Sydney as a non-Labor candidate.
 * Australian federal election, 1919:
 * Frank Brennan (Labor, Batman) and William Spence (Nationalist, Darwin) both contested Batman.
 * Australian federal election, 1922:
 * Arthur Blakeley (Labor, Darling) and Michael Considine (ISLP, Barrier) both contested Darling after Considine's seat was abolished.
 * Australian federal election, 1931:
 * James Tully (Labor, Barton) and John Eldridge (Lang Labor, Martin) both contested Barton (and were both defeated, the only time this has occurred).
 * Earle Page (Country, Cowper) and John Cusack (Labor, Eden-Monaro) both contested Cowper.
 * Australian federal election, 1955:
 * Arthur Calwell (Labor, Melbourne) and John Mullens (Anti-Communist, Gellibrand) both contested Melbourne.
 * Edward Peters (Labor, Scullin) and John Cremean (Anti-Communist, Hoddle) both contested Scullin after Cremean's seat was abolished.
 * Australian federal election, 1969:
 * David Kennedy (Labor, Bendigo) and Mervyn Lee (Liberal, Lalor) both contested Bendigo after Lee's seat became notionally Labor in a redistribution.
 * Australian federal election, 1977:
 * John Sullivan (NCP, Riverina) and John FitzPatrick (Labor, Darling) both contested Riverina after FitzPatrick's seat was abolished.
 * Maurice Neil (Liberal, St George) and Tony Whitlam (Labor, Grayndler) both contested St George.
 * Australian federal election, 1984:
 * Wal Fife (Liberal, Farrer) and Stephen Lusher (National, Hume) both contested Hume after the significant changes in the redistribution.
 * Australian federal election, 1993:
 * Ken Aldred (Liberal, Bruce) and Tony Lamb (Labor, Streeton) both contested Deakin following the abolition of Lamb's seat (Aldred and Deakin MP Julian Beale had switched seats).
 * Australian federal election, 1996:
 * Julian Beale (Liberal, Bruce) and Alan Griffin (Labor, Corinella) both contested Bruce after Griffin's seat was abolished.

Longest period without a general election
The 3rd Parliament (1906–10) is the only time the parliament has run for the full three years until its expiration. Senate-only elections are discounted. Periods of over three years are listed.

Shortest period between general elections
Senate-only elections are discounted. Periods of less than two years are listed.

Election days
Since 1913, Australian elections must by law be held on a Saturday. Elections from 1903 to 1910 were held on Wednesdays, and the first federal election was held over a two-day period from Friday to Saturday.

Suspended elections
The day before the 1925 federal election, the Labor member for Kennedy, Charles McDonald, died, leaving Nationalist candidate Grosvenor Francis unopposed in the seat. In partial response to this, the Electoral Act was amended to allow for the cancellation of the poll for that seat and the re-opening of nominations in the event of a candidate's death after the close of nominations. This has happened twice:
 * 1993: Independent candidate for Dickson Walter Pegler died on 3 March. The election was postponed until 17 April.
 * 1998: Democrat candidate for Newcastle Kaye Westbury died on 1 October. The election was postponed until 21 November.

Other strong performances by significant minor parties
Since 1955, there have routinely been minor parties that regularly achieve double-figure results. These parties are the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) (1955), the Democratic Labor Party (1955–74), the Australian Democrats (1977–2001) and the Australian Greens (2004–present). For these parties in these periods, results of over 15% of the primary vote (or where the candidate reached the final two-party-preferred count) are listed. Outside the periods indicated, these parties appear in the general minor party table below. The Position column refers to primary vote position. Prior to 1984 preferences were not counted to completion once the winning candidate reached 50% of the vote; in these cases an estimate of the two-party-preferred vote, in italics, is used.

Other strong performances by minor parties and independents
Minor parties and independents who received at least 10% of the primary vote or were part of the final two-party-preferred count are listed below. The Position column refers to primary vote position. Prior to 1984 preferences were not counted to completion once the winning candidate reached 50% of the vote; in these cases an estimate of the two-party-preferred vote, in italics, is used.