Redistributions and seat changes

• Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
  • In New South Wales, the National-held seat of Riverina-Darling was renamed Riverina, and the Labor-held seat of St George was renamed Watson. The Liberal-held seat of Dundas and the Labor-held seat of Phillip were abolished. The notionally Labor seat of Paterson was created.
    • The member for Dundas, Philip Ruddock (Liberal), contested Berowra.
    • The member for Grayndler, Leo McLeay (Labor), contested Watson.
    • The member for Macarthur, Stephen Martin (Labor), contested Cunningham.
    • The member for Phillip, Jeannette McHugh (Labor), contested Grayndler.
    • The member for Riverina-Darling, Noel Hicks (National), contested Riverina.
  • In Queensland, the notionally Labor seat of Dickson was created. The Labor-held seat of Fisher became notionally Liberal.
    • The member for Fisher, Michael Lavarch (Labor), contested Dickson.
  • In South Australia, the Liberal-held seat of Hawker was abolished.
    • The member for Hawker, Christine Gallus (Liberal), contested Hindmarsh.