Candidates of the 1917 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates for the 1917 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 24 March 1917.

During the previous parliament, the Labor Party had split over the conscription issue, with Premier William Holman leading many members into the new Nationalist Party, a merger of the pro-conscriptionist Labor members and the Liberal Party. Seats held by the ex-Labor Nationalists are shown as being Labor-held.

Retiring Members

Labor

Ernest Durack MLA (Bathurst)

Nationalist

Henry Hoyle MLA (Surry Hills) — elected as Labor
James Mercer (Rozelle) — elected as Labor
Charles Wade MLA (Gordon)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Nationalist candidate	Other candidates

Albury	Labor	George Bodkin	Arthur Manning	John Cusack (Ind Lab)
Alexandria	Labor	Simon Hickey	Sydney Smith	James Dixon (Ind)
Allowrie	Nationalist	William Gibbs	Mark Morton
Annandale	Labor	William O'Brien		Arthur Griffith (Ind Lab)
Armidale	Nationalist	John Andrews	Herbert Lane
Ashburnham	Nationalist	John Lynch	Arthur Grimm
Ashfield	Nationalist	George Boland	William Robson
Balmain	Labor	John Storey	Robert Stopford	John Bell (Ind) Michael Moore (Ind)
Bathurst	Labor	Valentine Johnston	John Miller	John Sullivan (Ind)
Bega	Nationalist	John Webster	William Millard
Belmore	Labor	Michael Burke		Thomas Barlow (Ind Lab)
Bingara	Ind Labor	Alfred McClelland	George McDonald
Bondi	Nationalist		James Macarthur-Onslow
Botany	Ind Labor	Thomas Mutch		Fred Page (Ind Lab)
Burrangong	Labor	Peter Loughlin	George Burgess
Burwood	Nationalist	Arthur Apsey	Thomas Henley
Byron	Nationalist		John Perry	William McKeever (Ind) Patrick McMahon (Ind) Percy Tighe (Ind Lab)
Camden	Nationalist	Frederick Parker	John Hunt	Arthur Bosley (Ind) Frederick Webster (Ind)
Camperdown	Labor	Robert Stuart-Robertson	William Weller	Arthur Reardon (ISLP)
Canterbury	Labor	George Cann		James Lee (Ind)
Castlereagh	Labor	Joseph Clark	Guy Arkins
Cessnock	Labor	William Kearsley
Clarence	Nationalist		William Zuill
Cobar	Labor	Charles Fern
Cootamundra	Labor	Patrick Minahan	William Holman
Corowa	Nationalist	Samuel Ringwood	Richard Ball
Darling Harbour	Labor	John Cochran	William Phillips	William McMahon (Ind)
Darlinghurst	Nationalist	John Farrell	Daniel Levy	Percy Brunton (Ind)
Drummoyne	Nationalist	Bertie Sheiles	Alexander Graff	Walter Kirkaldy (Ind)
Dulwich Hill	Nationalist	Joseph Cahill	Tom Hoskins
Durham	Nationalist	Walter O'Hearn	William Brown	Walter Bennett* (Ind) Daniel Ferry (Ind)
Enmore	Labor	Thomas Burke	David Hall	Dominic Healy (ISLP) Andrew Macauley (Ind)
Glebe	Labor	Tom Keegan	Walter Clutton	David Middleton (Ind)
Gloucester	Nationalist	Albert Jones	Lewis Martin	Richard Price (Ind)
Gordon	Nationalist		Thomas Bavin	Robert Forsyth (Ind Nat) Edward Loxton (Ind Nat) Fitt Petrie (Ind Nat)
Gough	Nationalist	Lou Cunningham	Follett Thomas
Goulburn	Nationalist	Con Hogan	Augustus James
Granville	Labor	Jack Lang	Walter Duncan	Abraham Taylor (Ind)
Gwydir	Nationalist	William Scully	John Crane
Hartley	Labor	James Dooley	James Ryan
Hastings and Macleay	Independent	Hercules Rowe	Henry Morton
Hawkesbury	Nationalist	Tom Arthur	Brinsley Hall	Bruce Walker (Ind)
Hurstville	Labor	Sam Toombs	Thomas Ley
Kahibah	Labor	Hugh Connell	Alfred Edden	William Ellis (Ind)
King	Labor	Tom Smith	James Morrish	James Jones (Ind) Ernie Judd (ISLP) Lindsay Thompson (Ind)
Lachlan	Labor	Thomas Brown	Ernest Buttenshaw
Leichhardt	Labor	Campbell Carmichael
Lismore	Nationalist		George Nesbitt	Michael O'Halloran (Ind Lab)
Liverpool Plains	Labor	Abraham Berry	William Ashford
Lyndhurst	Nationalist	Claude Bushell	Thomas Waddell
Macquarie	Labor	Thomas Thrower	Murdock McLeod
Maitland	Nationalist	William Brennan	Charles Nicholson
Marrickville	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini	Tom Crawford	Tedbar Barden (Ind) Frederick Hodges (Ind)
Middle Harbour	Nationalist		Richard Arthur	Arthur Keirle (Ind) Alfred Reid (Ind)
Monaro	Labor	Gus Miller	John Perkins
Mosman	Nationalist		Percy Colquhoun
Mudgee	Labor	Bill Dunn
Murray	Labor	Richard O'Halloran	Robert Scobie	Patrick Duffy (Ind)
Murrumbidgee	Labor	Arthur Cook	Patrick McGarry
Namoi	Labor	Thomas Egan		George Black (Ind Lab) Walter Wearne* (Ind Nat)
Newcastle	Labor	Francis McCormack		Arthur Gardiner (Ind Lab)
Newtown	Labor	Frank Burke	Robert Hollis	John Kilburn (ISLP) Tom Walsh (Ind)
Orange	Nationalist	James Tully	John Fitzpatrick
Paddington	Labor	John Osborne	Thomas Eslick
Parramatta	Nationalist	Jock Garden	Albert Bruntnell	John Strachan (Ind)
Petersham	Nationalist	James Bourke	John Cohen	John Lucas (Ind)
Phillip	Labor	John Doyle		Richard Meagher (Ind Lab) James Slade (ISLP)
Raleigh	Nationalist	Francis Collins	George Briner
Randwick	Nationalist	Bob O'Halloran	David Storey
Redfern	Labor	William McKell	James McGowen	Henry Ostler (ISLP)
Rozelle	Labor	John Quirk	Alfred Reed
Ryde	Nationalist	William Hutchison	William Thompson	Norman McIntosh (Ind)
St George	Labor	Arthur Dengate	William Bagnall
St Leonards	Nationalist	Robert Edwards	Arthur Cocks	Frederick Clancy (Ind)
Singleton	Nationalist	Richard Bramston	James Fallick	Leslie Hewitt (Ind) Valdemar Olling (Ind)
Sturt	Labor	Percy Brookfield		Francis Harvey (Ind Nat)
Surry Hills	Labor	Arthur Buckley	Percy Daly	John Eaton (Ind) Ludwig Klausen (ISLP) Thomas Kohan (Ind)
Tamworth	Nationalist		Frank Chaffey	Robert Levien (Ind)
Tenterfield	Nationalist	William Sturgess	Charles Lee
Upper Hunter	Nationalist	Robert Kennedy	Mac Abbott
Wagga Wagga	Labor	Walter Boston	George Beeby
Wallsend	Labor	John Estell
Waverley	Labor	James Fingleton	Charles Oakes
Wickham	Labor	Christopher Pattinson	William Grahame
Willoughby	Independent	John Chambers	Reginald Weaver	Frederick Cowdroy (Ind) John Haynes (Ind) William Shepherd (Ind)
Willyama	Labor	Jabez Wright		Brian Doe (Ind Nat)
Wollondilly	Nationalist	Daniel Chalker	George Fuller
Wollongong	Labor	Billy Davies	John Nicholson	Joseph Charlton (ISLP)
Woollahra	Nationalist	Chester Davies	William Latimer
Yass	Labor	Greg McGirr	Patrick Bourke

References

Green, Antony. "1917 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.