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1958

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

Six seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Labor Senator Bill Ashley's death; this had been filled in the interim by Labor's James Ormonde. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending two seats. Senators John Armstrong (Labor), John McCallum(Liberal), Albert Reid (Country) and Bill Spooner (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

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  1. James Arnold*
  2. James Ormonde*
  3. Stan Amour*
  4. Gilbert Manuel
  1. Sir Alister McMullin* (Lib)
  2. Ken Anderson* (Lib)
  3. Colin McKellar* (CP)
  1. Jack Kane
  2. Jan Van Der Rijt
  3. Michael Fitzpatrick
  1. Jim Healy
  2. Laurie Aarons
  3. Flo Davis
  4. Rupert Lockwood
  1. Ronald Sarina
  2. Alfred Turner

George Cole
John Chapman-Mortimer
Edward Spensley
Charles de Monchaux
Anthony Micallef

Queensland

Five seats were up for election. The Liberal-Country Coalition was defending three seats. The Labor Party was defending two seats (although Senator Condon Byrnehad defected to the Queensland Labor Party). Senators Archie Benn (Labor), Walter Cooper (Country), Ben Courtice (Labor), Neil O'Sullivan (Liberal) and Dame Annabelle Rankin (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

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  1. Gordon Brown*
  2. Felix Dittmer*
  3. Max Poulter
  1. Ted Maher* (CP)
  2. Ian Wood* (Lib)
  3. Roy Kendall* (Lib)
  1. Condon Byrne
  2. Harold Collins
  3. William Sturgess
  1. Tom Millar
  2. Ted Bacon
  3. Stella Nord
  1. Jean Reville
  2. Gladys Edwards

South Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Senators Nancy Buttfield (Liberal), Clive Hannaford (Liberal), Ted Mattner (Liberal), Theo Nicholls (Labor) and Sid O'Flaherty (Labor) were not up for re-election.

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  1. Jim Toohey*
  2. Clem Ridley*
  3. Arnold Drury*
  1. Rex Pearson*
  2. Keith Laught*
  3. Gordon Davidson
  1. James O'Sullivan
  2. Daniel Smith
  3. Peter Lasarewitch
  1. Alan Finger
  2. Jim Moss
  3. Elliott Johnston

Tasmania

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats (although Senator George Cole had defected to the Democratic Labor Party). The Liberal Party was defending two seats. Senators Denham Henty (Liberal), Nick McKenna (Labor), Bob Poke (Labor), Robert Wardlaw (Liberal) and Reg Wright (Liberal) were not up for re-election.

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  1. Justin O'Byrne*
  2. Bill Aylett*
  3. Reg Murray
  1. Elliot Lillico*
  2. John Marriott*
  3. Robert Wordsworth
  1. George Cole*
  2. Bruce Dilger
  3. Virgil Morgan

Cornelius McShane

Victoria

Six seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Liberal Senator John Spicer's resignation; this had been filled in the interim by Liberal George Hannan. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Senators Don Cameron (Labor), Frank McManus(Democratic Labor), Jim Sheehan (Labor) and Harrie Wade (Country) were not up for re-election.

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  1. Pat Kennelly*
  2. Bert Hendrickson*
  3. Charles Sandford*
  4. Maurice Ashkanasy
  1. John Gorton*
  2. Ivy Wedgwood*
  3. George Hannan*
  1. Jack Little
  2. Frank Burns
  3. Eileen Slattery
  4. Vilmos Kormos
  1. Ralph Gibson
  2. Kath Williams
  3. Andy Wallace
  4. Bill Tregear
  1. John Murray
  2. Richard Mullins

Western Australia

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat. The Country Party was defending one seat. Senators Shane Paltridge (Liberal), Agnes Robertson (Country), Dorothy Tangney (Labor), Seddon Vincent (Liberal) and Don Willesee (Labor) were not up for re-election.

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  1. Joe Cooke*
  2. Harry Cant*
  3. Patrick O'Brien
  1. Malcolm Scott*
  2. George Branson*
  3. Peter Sim
  1. Tom Drake-Brockman*
  2. Jessie Robertson
  3. Bill Robinson
  1. Bernard Flanagan
  2. Veronica Bonser
  1. John Gandini
  2. Annette Aarons
  3. John Wilson

Gerard Benson