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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the [[1946 Australian federal election]]. The election was held on 28 September 1946.

In 1944–1945, the [[United Australia Party]] (UAP) had reconstituted itself as the [[Liberal Party of Australia]]. Former UAP seats are now designated as Liberal seats.

==By-elections, appointments and defections==

===By-elections and appointments===
*On 10 October 1944, [[Ted Mattner]] ([[United Australia Party|UAP]]) was appointed a South Australian Senator to replace [[Oliver Uppill]] ([[United Australia Party|UAP]]).
*On 18 August 1945, [[Kim Beazley Sr.|Kim Beazley]] ([[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]) was [[1945 Fremantle by-election|elected]] to replace [[John Curtin]] ([[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]) as the member for [[Division of Fremantle|Fremantle]].
*On 9 February 1946, [[Winton Turnbull]] ([[National Party of Australia|Country]]) was [[1946 Wimmera by-election|elected]] to replace [[Alexander Wilson (Australian politician)|Alexander Wilson]] ([[Independent politician|Independent]]) as the member for [[Division of Wimmera|Wimmera]].
*On 30 March 1946, [[Jo Gullett]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]) was [[1946 Henty by-election|elected]] to replace [[Arthur Coles]] ([[Independent politician|Independent]]) as the member for [[Division of Henty|Henty]].
*On 15 May 1946, [[Alexander Fraser (Australian politician)|Alexander Fraser]] ([[National Party of Australia|Country]]) was appointed a Victorian Senator to replace [[Richard Keane]] ([[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]).
*On 14 August 1946, [[Jack Beasley]] ([[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]), the member for [[Division of West Sydney|West Sydney]], resigned. The following day, [[Norman Makin]] ([[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]), the member for [[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]], also resigned. No by-elections were held due to the proximity of the election.

===Defections===
*In 1944, the [[United Australia Party]] was reconstituted as the [[Liberal Party of Australia]]. All former UAP members joined the new party.

==Retiring Members and Senators==

===Labor===
* [[George Martens]] MP ([[Division of Herbert|Herbert]], Qld)

===Liberal===
* [[Frederick Stewart (Australian politician)|Sir Frederick Stewart]] MP ([[Division of Parramatta|Parramatta]], NSW)
*Senator [[Thomas Crawford (Australian politician)|Thomas Crawford]] (Qld)
*Senator [[Harry Foll]] (Qld)
*Senator [[John Hayes (Tasmanian politician)|John Hayes]] (Tas)
*Senator [[James McLachlan (Australian politician)|James McLachlan]] (SA)

===Country===
*Senator [[William Gibson (Australian politician)|William Gibson]] (Vic)

==House of Representatives==
Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

===New South Wales===

{| class="wikitable"
!Electorate
!Held by
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate
![[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] candidate
!Other candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| || || {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Division of Barton|Barton]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[H. V. Evatt]]''' || George Hohnen ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Calare|Calare]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || '''[[John Breen (Australian politician)|John Breen]]''' || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|[[John Howse]]* ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />[[Harold Thorby]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Madge Roberts ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of Cook (1906–1955)|Cook]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Tom Sheehan (politician)|Tom Sheehan]]''' || Frank Preacher ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Arthur Brittain ([[Lang Labor|LL]])<br />Frederick Fairbrother ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />[[Lance Sharkey]] ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|-
|[[Division of Cowper|Cowper]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || [[George Mitchell (Australian politician)|George Mitchell]] || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[Earle Page|Sir Earle Page]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Richard Williams ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of Dalley|Dalley]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Sol Rosevear]]''' || Leslie Webster ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Kenneth Falvey ([[Lang Labor|LL]])
|-
|[[Division of Darling|Darling]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Joe Clark (Australian politician)|Joe Clark]]''' || Greg McGirr ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Cyril Glassop ([[Protestant People's Party|PPP]])
|-
|[[Division of East Sydney|East Sydney]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Eddie Ward]]''' || [[Ivan Dougherty]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || [[Wal Campbell]] ([[Protestant People's Party|PPP]])
|-
|[[Division of Eden-Monaro|Eden-Monaro]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Allan Fraser (Australian politician)|Allan Fraser]]''' || Allan Backhouse ([[National Party of Australia|CP]])<br />[[Denzil Macarthur-Onslow]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />Pat Osborne ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Victor Brown ([[Services Party of Australia|SP]])
|-
|[[Division of Gwydir|Gwydir]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[William Scully (Australian politician)|William Scully]]''' || Thomas Mort ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />[[Thomas Treloar]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || William Campbell ([[Protestant People's Party|PPP]])<br />Tom Carmody ([[Services Party of Australia|SP]])<br />[[George McDonald (Australian politician)|George McDonald]] ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />Kevin Nott ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />[[Ben Wade (politician)|Ben Wade]] ([[Independent politician|Ind]] [[National Party of Australia|CP]])
|-
|[[Division of Hume|Hume]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Arthur Fuller]]''' || [[Geoffrey Davey]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />[[Warren McDonald]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Hunter|Hunter]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Rowley James]]''' || Ted Fletcher ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || John Cain ([[Lang Labor|LL]])
|-
|[[Division of Lang|Lang]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Dan Mulcahy]]''' || John Paget ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Sidney Bell ([[Lang Labor|LL]])<br />Adam Ogston ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|-
|[[Division of Macquarie|Macquarie]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Ben Chifley]]''' || [[Eric Spooner]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />Cecil Williams ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || John Sutton ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of Martin|Martin]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Fred Daly (politician)|Fred Daly]]''' || Frederick Jacobs ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of New England|New England]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || Leigh Cuthbertson || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[Joe Abbott (Australian politician)|Joe Abbott]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Newcastle|Newcastle]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[David Oliver Watkins|David Watkins]]''' || [[Allen Fairhall]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Grahame Bland ([[Services Party of Australia|SP]])<br />Arthur Clarke ([[Douglas Credit Party|SC]])<br />Edwin Dark ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />Stan Deacon ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])<br />Charles Dicker ([[Lang Labor|LL]])<br />Harry Ellis ([[Services Party of Australia|SPA]])<br />[[Isabel Longworth]] ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />Frederick Wilson ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of North Sydney|North Sydney]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Leo Haylen || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Billy Hughes]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Parkes (1901–1969)|Parkes]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Les Haylen]]''' || [[Athol Richardson]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Parramatta|Parramatta]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Dudley Jeffree || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|[[Howard Beale (politician)|Howard Beale]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Reid|Reid]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || '''[[Charles Morgan (Australian politician)|Charles Morgan]]''' || Jeffrey Blaxland ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || {{Australian party shading/Lang Labor}}|William Beckett ([[Services Party of Australia|SP]])<br />[[Jack Lang (Australian politician)|Jack Lang]]* ([[Lang Labor|LL]])
|-
|[[Division of Richmond|Richmond]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || [[Keith Compton]] || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[Hubert Lawrence Anthony|Larry Anthony]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Riverina|Riverina]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Joe Langtry]]''' || [[Christopher Lethbridge (Australian politician)|Christopher Lethbridge]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />[[Hugh Roberton]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || John Gosling ([[Lang Labor|LL]])<br />William Pow ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of Robertson|Robertson]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Thomas Williams (Australian politician)|Thomas Williams]]''' || George Watkins ([[National Party of Australia|CP]])<br />[[Roy Wheeler (politician)|Roy Wheeler]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Ian Grant ([[Lang Labor|LL]])
|-
|[[Division of Warringah|Warringah]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || [[George Godfrey (journalist)|George Godfrey]] || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Percy Spender]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Watson (1934–1969)|Watson]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Max Falstein]]''' || Charles de Monchaux ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Wallace Knox ([[Services Party of Australia|SP]])<br />Charles Wilson ([[Protestant People's Party|PPP]])
|-
|[[Division of Wentworth|Wentworth]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || [[Jessie Street]] || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Eric Harrison]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Charles Walsh ([[Lang Labor|LL]])
|-
|[[Division of Werriwa|Werriwa]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Bert Lazzarini]]''' || [[Ray Watson (judge)|Ray Watson]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Les Mullin ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|-
|[[Division of West Sydney|West Sydney]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|[[William O'Connor (Australian politician)|William O'Connor]] || [[John Mant]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Malinda Ivey ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />Stan Moran ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])<br />[[Thomas Ryan (New South Wales politician)|Thomas Ryan]] ([[Lang Labor|LL]])<br />Ronald Sarina ([[Protestant People's Party|PPP]])
|}

===Northern Territory===

{| class="wikitable"
!Electorate
!Held by
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate
!Other candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| || || {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Division of Northern Territory|Northern Territory]] || [[Independent politician|Independent]] || Bob Murray || {{Australian party shading/Independent}}|'''[[Adair Blain]]'''* ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />Ralph Edwards ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />Leigh Wallman ([[Independent politician|Ind]] [[Australian Labor Party|Lab]])
|}

===Queensland===

{| class="wikitable"
!Electorate
!Held by
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate
![[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] candidate
![[Services Party of Australia|Services]] candidate
!Other candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| || || {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||{{Australian party style|Services}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Division of Brisbane|Brisbane]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[George Lawson (Australian politician)|George Lawson]]''' || Geoffrey Ward ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || [[Gordon Olive]] ||
|-
|[[Division of Capricornia|Capricornia]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || '''[[Frank Forde]]''' || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|[[Charles Davidson (politician)|Charles Davidson]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]/[[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Andrew Taylor ||
|-
|[[Division of Darling Downs|Darling Downs]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || William English || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[Arthur Fadden]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Maxwell Owen ||
|-
|[[Division of Griffith|Griffith]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[William Conelan]]''' || William Scott ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || [[Arthur Chresby]] ||
|-
|[[Division of Herbert|Herbert]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|[[Bill Edmonds]] || [[Lloyd Roberts (politician)|Lloyd Roberts]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Alexander McNamee || Jack Henry ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])<br />Joseph Pollard ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of Kennedy|Kennedy]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Bill Riordan]]''' || Clement Cummings ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || ||
|-
|[[Division of Lilley|Lilley]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Jim Hadley]]''' || Charles Wilson ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || George Mocatta ||
|-
|[[Division of Maranoa|Maranoa]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || [[John Dufficy]] || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[Charles Adermann]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || John Walker ||
|-
|[[Division of Moreton|Moreton]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Jack Perrett || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Josiah Francis]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Charles McCormack ||
|-
|[[Division of Wide Bay|Wide Bay]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || George Watson || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[Bernard Corser]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Eric Paterson || [[Max Julius]] ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|}

===South Australia===

{| class="wikitable"
!Electorate
!Held by
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate
![[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] candidate
!Other candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| || || {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Division of Adelaide|Adelaide]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Cyril Chambers]]''' || Ian Hayward || Alf Watt ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|-
|[[Division of Barker|Barker]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || [[Harry Krantz]] || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Archie Cameron]]''' || David Eddy ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of Boothby|Boothby]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Thomas Sheehy]]''' || [[Keith Wilson (South Australian politician)|Keith Wilson]] || 
|-
|[[Division of Grey|Grey]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Edgar Russell]]''' || [[Oliver Badman]] || 
|-
|[[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|[[Albert Thompson (Australian politician)|Albert Thompson]] || William Palmer || [[Alan Finger]] ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|-
|[[Division of Wakefield|Wakefield]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || '''[[Albert Smith (South Australian politician)|Albert Smith]]''' || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|[[Philip McBride]] || Frank Rieck ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|}

===Tasmania===

{| class="wikitable"
!Electorate
!Held by
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate
![[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] candidate
![[Independent politician|Independent]] candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| || || {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Division of Bass|Bass]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Claude Barnard]]''' || Harry Spotswood || [[John Orchard (Australian politician)|John Orchard]]
|-
|[[Division of Darwin|Darwin]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Harold Kirkpatrick || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Enid Lyons|Dame Enid Lyons]]''' || 
|-
|[[Division of Denison|Denison]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Frank Gaha]]''' || [[Bruce Hamilton (ophthalmologist)|Bruce Hamilton]] ||
|-
|[[Division of Franklin|Franklin]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || '''[[Charles Frost (politician)|Charles Frost]]''' || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|[[Bill Falkinder]] ||
|-
|[[Division of Wilmot|Wilmot]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|[[Gil Duthie]] || '''[[Allan Guy]]''' ||
|}

===Victoria===

{| class="wikitable"
!Electorate
!Held by
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate
![[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] candidate
!Other candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| || || {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Division of Balaclava|Balaclava]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || [[Maurice Ashkanasy]] || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Thomas White (Australian politician)|Thomas White]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Ballarat|Ballaarat]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Reg Pollard (politician)|Reg Pollard]]''' || Arnold Caddy ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Batman|Batman]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Frank Brennan (politician)|Frank Brennan]]''' || John McColl ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Allan Brennan ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />George Oke ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|-
|[[Division of Bendigo|Bendigo]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || Ernest Duus || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|Joseph Hall ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />'''[[George Rankin]]'''* ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Bourke|Bourke]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || '''[[Bill Bryson (politician)|Bill Bryson]]''' || [[Russell Stokes]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || {{Australian party shading/Independent}}|[[Doris Blackburn]]* ([[Independent politician|Ind]] [[Australian Labor Party|Lab]])<br />Henry Brand ([[Services Party of Australia|SP]])
|-
|[[Division of Corangamite|Corangamite]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Henry Stacpoole || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Allan McDonald (Australian politician)|Allan McDonald]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Corio|Corio]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[John Dedman]]''' || Frederick Wallace ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Winifred West ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of Deakin|Deakin]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Arthur Smith || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[William Hutchinson (Australian politician)|William Hutchinson]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Fawkner|Fawkner]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || [[Bill Bourke (politician)|Bill Bourke]] || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Harold Holt]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Mascotte Brown ([[Independent politician|Ind]])<br />Harold Rettig ([[Services Party of Australia|SP]])
|-
|[[Division of Flinders|Flinders]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Frank Lee || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Rupert Ryan]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || 
|-
|[[Division of Gippsland|Gippsland]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || Adam Keltie || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[George Bowden (Australian politician)|George Bowden]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || Wally Williames ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|-
|[[Division of Henty|Henty]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || [[Val Doube]] || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Jo Gullett]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Indi|Indi]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[John McEwen]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || John Chanter ([[Independent politician|Ind]] [[National Party of Australia|CP]])
|-
|[[Division of Kooyong|Kooyong]] || [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] || Albert Nicholls || {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|'''[[Robert Menzies]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || [[Ted Laurie]] ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|-
|[[Division of Maribyrnong|Maribyrnong]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Arthur Drakeford]]''' || [[Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)|Adrian Cole]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Melbourne|Melbourne]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Arthur Calwell]]''' || Reg Cooper ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Melbourne Ports|Melbourne Ports]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Jack Holloway]]''' || Douglas Dennis ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Wannon|Wannon]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Don McLeod (politician)|Don McLeod]]''' || [[Dan Mackinnon]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />[[Leonard Rodda]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Wimmera|Wimmera]] || [[National Party of Australia|Country]] || Alfred Loveridge || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|'''[[Winton Turnbull]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Yarra|Yarra]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[James Scullin]]''' || Kenneth Bisney ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || Ken Miller ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])
|}

===Western Australia===

{| class="wikitable"
!Electorate
!Held by
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate
![[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] candidate
!Other candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| || || {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|[[Division of Forrest|Forrest]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Nelson Lemmon]]''' || James Cumming ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])<br />Jasper Norton ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Fremantle|Fremantle]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Kim Beazley Sr.|Kim Beazley]]''' || Claude Henderson ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || 
|-
|[[Division of Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Herbert Johnson (Australian politician)|Herbert Johnson]]''' || [[Seddon Vincent]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) ||
|-
|[[Division of Perth|Perth]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|'''[[Tom Burke (Australian politician)|Tom Burke]]''' || Jim Paton ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]]) || John Graham ([[Services Party of Australia|SP]])<br />[[Kevin Healy]] ([[Communist Party of Australia|CPA]])<br />Robert Salter ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|-
|[[Division of Swan|Swan]] || [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] || '''[[Don Mountjoy]]''' || {{Australian party shading/Nationals}}|[[Len Hamilton]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]]) || [[Bill Grayden]] ([[Independent politician|Ind]])
|}

==Senate==
Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

===New South Wales===
Three seats were up for election. The [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] was defending three seats. Labor Senators [[Stan Amour]], [[John Armstrong (Australian politician)|John Armstrong]] and [[Donald Grant]] were not up for re-election.

{| class="wikitable"
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidates
![[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] candidates
![[Protestant People's Party|PPP]] candidates
!Ungrouped candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||{{Australian party style|Protestant People}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|{{Australian party shading/Labor}} valign=top |
#'''[[Bill Ashley (politician)|Bill Ashley]]'''*
#'''[[James Arnold (Australian politician)|James Arnold]]'''*
#'''[[William Large]]'''*
|valign=top |
#[[Alexander Mair]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])
#[[Albert Reid]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]])
#[[Maurice Fergusson]] ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])
|valign=top |
#George Durrance
#Thomas Fleming
#Dorothy Rogerson
|valign=top |
Alexander Alexander<br />
Michael Satwell<br />
Louis Phillips<br />
Edith Cook
|}

===Queensland===
Three seats were up for election. The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]-[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] was defending three seats. [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] Senators [[Gordon Brown (Australian politician)|Gordon Brown]], [[Joe Collings]] and [[Ben Courtice]] were not up for re-election.

{| class="wikitable"
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidates
![[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] candidates
![[Services Party of Australia|Services]] candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||{{Australian party style|Services}}|&nbsp;
|-
|valign=top |
#[[Harry Boland (trade unionist)|Harry Boland]]
#George Burns
#[[Tom Rasey]]
|{{Australian party shading/Liberal}} valign=top |
#'''[[Walter Cooper (Queensland politician)|Walter Cooper]]'''* ([[National Party of Australia|CP]])
#[[Neil O'Sullivan]]* ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])
#[[Annabelle Rankin]]* ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])
|valign=top |
#George Cameron
#[[Cranston McEachern]]
#Winifred Payne
|}

===South Australia===
Three seats were up for election. The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] was defending three seats. [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] Senators [[Alex Finlay]], [[Theo Nicholls]] and [[Sid O'Flaherty]] were not up for re-election.

{| class="wikitable"
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidates
![[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
|{{Australian party shading/Labor}} valign=top |
#[[Fred Beerworth]]*
#[[Jack Critchley]]*
#[[Frederick Ward (Australian politician)|Frederick Ward]]*
|valign=top |
#'''[[George McLeay]]'''
#'''[[Ted Mattner]]'''
#James Murdoch
|}

===Tasmania===
Three seats were up for election. The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] was defending three seats. [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] Senators [[Bill Aylett]], [[Charles Lamp]] and [[Nick McKenna]] were not up for re-election.

{| class="wikitable"
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidates
![[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] candidates
!Ungrouped candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|{{Australian party shading/Labor}} valign=top |
#[[Reg Murray]]*
#[[Bill Morrow (Australian politician)|Bill Morrow]]*
#[[Justin O'Byrne]]*
#William Ritchie
|valign=top |
#[[Arthur Beck]]
#'''[[Herbert Hays]]'''
#'''[[Burford Sampson]]'''
|valign=top |
Neil Burbury
|}

===Victoria===
Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Labor Senator [[Richard Keane]]'s death; this had been filled in the interim by the Country Party's [[Alexander Fraser (Australian politician)|Alexander Fraser]]. The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]-[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] was defending three seats. The [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] was defending one seat. Labor Senators [[Don Cameron (Victorian politician)|Don Cameron]] and [[Jim Sheehan]] were not up for re-election.

{| class="wikitable"
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidates
![[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|-
|{{Australian party shading/Labor}} valign=top |
#[[Bert Hendrickson]]*
#[[Charles Sandford (politician)|Charles Sandford]]*
#[[Fred Katz]]*
#[[Jack Devlin (Australian politician)|Jack Devlin]]*
|valign=top |
#'''[[Charles Brand (general)|Charles Brand]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])
#'''[[Alexander Fraser (Australian politician)|Alexander Fraser]]''' ([[National Party of Australia|CP]])
#'''[[John Leckie (Australian politician)|John Leckie]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])
#[[William Moss (Australian politician)|William Moss]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]])
|}

===Western Australia===
Three seats were up for election. The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] was defending two seats. The [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] was defending one seat. Labor Senators [[Robert Clothier (politician)|Robert Clothier]], [[James Fraser (Western Australian politician)|James Fraser]] and [[Richard Nash (Australian politician)|Richard Nash]] were not up for re-election.

{| class="wikitable"
![[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidates
![[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] candidates
!Ungrouped candidates
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| ||bgcolor="#999999"|&nbsp;
|-
|{{Australian party shading/Labor}} valign=top |
#'''[[Dorothy Tangney]]'''*
#[[John Harris (Australian politician)|John Harris]]*
#[[Joe Cooke (politician)|Joe Cooke]]*
|valign=top |
#'''[[Herbert Collett]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])
#[[Ignatius Boyle]] ([[National Party of Australia|CP]])
#'''[[Allan MacDonald (Western Australian politician)|Allan MacDonald]]''' ([[Liberal Party of Australia|Lib]])
|valign=top |
Claude Swaine<br />
Oliver Strang
|}

==Summary by party==
Beside each party is the candidates put forward by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested Senate elections in each state.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" style="background:#ccf;" | Party
! colspan="2" style="background:#ccf;" | [[New South Wales|NSW]]
! colspan="2" style="background:#ccf;" | [[Victoria (Australia)|Vic]]
! colspan="2" style="background:#ccf;" | [[Queensland|Qld]]
! colspan="2" style="background:#ccf;" | [[Western Australia|WA]]
! colspan="2" style="background:#ccf;" | [[South Australia|SA]]
! colspan="2" style="background:#ccf;" | [[Tasmania|Tas]]
! colspan="2" style="background:#ccf;" | Total
|-
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[House of Representatives (Australia)|HR]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[Australian Senate|S]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[House of Representatives (Australia)|HR]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[Australian Senate|S]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[House of Representatives (Australia)|HR]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[Australian Senate|S]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[House of Representatives (Australia)|HR]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[Australian Senate|S]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[House of Representatives (Australia)|HR]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[Australian Senate|S]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[House of Representatives (Australia)|HR]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[Australian Senate|S]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[House of Representatives (Australia)|HR]]
! style="background:#ccffff;" | [[Australian Senate|S]]
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[Australian Labor Party]]
| 28
| *
| 19
| *
| 10
| *
| 5
| *
| 6
| *
| 5
| *
| 73
| 6
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[Liberal Party of Australia]]
| 24
| *
| 17
| *
| 5
| *
| 4
| *
| 6
| *
| 5
| *
| 61
| 6
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[National Party of Australia|Australian Country Party]]
| 11
| *
| 5
| *
| 5
| *
| 2
| *
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 23
| 4
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[Services Party of Australia]]
| 6
| 
| 2
| 
| 10
| *
| 1
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 19
| 1
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[Communist Party of Australia]]
| 5
| 
| 4
| 
| 2
| 
| 1
| 
| 2
| 
| 
| 
| 14
| 
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[Lang Labor]]
| 10
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 10
| 
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[Protestant People's Party]]
| 5
| *
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 5
| 1
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[Douglas Credit Party]]
| 1
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 1
| 
|-
|style="font-size:100%;"|[[Independent politician|Independent]] and other 
| 12
| *
| 5
| 
| 1
| 
| 2
| *
| 2
| 
| 1
| *
| 23
| 3
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[1946 Australian federal election]]
* [[Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1943–1946]]
* [[Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1946–1949]]
* [[Members of the Australian Senate, 1944–1947]]
* [[Members of the Australian Senate, 1947–1950]]
* [[List of political parties in Australia]]

==References==
*[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1946/1946reps.shtml Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1946]
*[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1946/1946senate.shtml Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1946]

[[Category:1946 elections in Australia]]
[[Category:Candidates for Australian federal elections]]