Candidates of the 1963 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1963 Australian federal election.

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

A special election was held in Queensland to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Labor Senator Max Poulter.

George Whiteside, also of the Labor Party, had been appointed to this vacancy in the interim period.

Reginald Leigh (Ind) Kenneth Morris* (Lib) Bruce Tannock (Ind) James Drabsch (Ind) Beside each party is the number of seats contested by that party in the House of Representatives for each state, as well as an indication of whether the party contested the special Senate election in Queensland.