Candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election.[1]

Retiring MPs edit

Liberal Federation edit

Two vacancies for the Northern District in the Legislative Council had remained unfilled following the deaths of John Lewis on 25 August 1923 and John George Bice on 9 November 1923. Both MLCs were not due to be up for re-election in 1924, and their seats were filled at the election in addition to the two Northern District seats that would normally have been contested.[6][7]

House of Assembly edit

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.

Electorate Labor
candidates
Liberal
candidates
Country
candidates
Single Tax
candidates
Independent
candidates
Adelaide (3) Bill Denny*
Bert Edwards*
John Gunn*
Agnes Goode Joshua Pedlar
Albert (2) P. J. Edwards
F. S. Wyllie
Malcolm McIntosh*
Frederick McMillan*
Alexandra (3) A. P. Davies
H. H. Newell
Q. J. Pearce
Percy Heggaton*
Herbert Hudd*
George Laffer*
F. G. Ayres
J. M. Cheriton
Walter Furler
Barossa (3) George Cooke*
Leonard Hopkins*
Tom Howard
Richard Butler
Henry Crosby
William Hague*
Herbert Basedow
Burra Burra (3) Albert Hawke*
Sydney McHugh*
Mick O'Halloran*
Samuel Dickson
George Jenkins
Francis Jettner
Thomas Hawke
Archibald McDonald
Reginald Carter
East Torrens (3) Herbert George
Leslie Claude Hunkin*
Harry Kneebone*
Frederick Coneybeer*
Walter Hamilton
Albert Sutton
Flinders (2) John O'Connor*
J. B. Pollard
Frank Masters
James Moseley*
E. J. Barraud
John Chapman
Edward Craigie
H. E. Frick
Murray (3) Clement Collins*
Frank Staniford*
M. B. Woods
Hermann Homburg
John Randell
Harry Dove Young*
Newcastle (2) Thomas Butterfield*
William Harvey*
C. P. Butler
North Adelaide (2) Frederick Birrell*
Stanley Whitford*
William Angus
Shirley Jeffries
Port Adelaide (2) John Price*
Frank Condon*
J. M. Lambert
Port Pirie (2) John Fitzgerald*
Lionel Hill*
Stanley (2) Robert Nicholls*
Henry Barwell*
J. J. Aughey
Oliver Badman
Duncan Menzies
Sturt (3) T. W. Grealy
Frank Lundie
John Stanley Verran [1]
Ernest Anthoney*
Herbert Richards*
Edward Vardon*
Victoria (2) J. M. O'Connell
Eric Shepherd*
Vernon Petherick
Peter Reidy*
Wallaroo (2) John Pedler*
Robert Richards*
J. B. K. Dunstone
John Verran
Richard Gully
Wooroora (3) Allan Robertson*
Horace Bowden
A. A. Tonkin
Richard Layton Butler*
James McLachlan*
Albert Robinson
Archie Cameron
Oscar Duhst
H. H. Queale
West Torrens (2) Alfred Blackwell*
John McInnes*
Yorke Peninsula (2) Peter Allen*
Henry Tossell*
H. A. Montgomery
Alfred Rodda

Legislative Council edit

Electorate Labor
candidates
Liberal
candidates
Country
candidates
Central District No. 1 (2) Tom Gluyas*
Andrew Kirkpatrick*
William Senior
William Story
Central District No. 2 (2) John Daly
A. G. Roberts
William Humphrey Harvey*
Henry Tassie*
Midland District (2) W. A. E. Fail
E. J. L. Stokes
Walter Gordon Duncan*
David Gordon*
Northern District (4) Even George J. S. Geddes
Lyell McEwin
William Morrow*
George Ritchie*
Percy Blesing*
Maurice Collins
William George Mills*
L. E. Travers
Southern District (2) John Cowan*
Lancelot Stirling*

Notes edit

1 John Stanley Verran, an incumbent Labor MHA for Port Adelaide, was defeated for Labor preselection in his seat by Frank Condon, and contested Sturt instead.

References edit

  1. ^ "CANDIDATES AND THEIR PARTIES". The Register. Adelaide. 5 April 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 7 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "THE MURRAY DISTRICT". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 February 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The Daily Herald". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 12 February 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "STATE ELECTIONS". The Observer. Adelaide. 10 November 1923. p. 41. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "THE LIBERAL PLEBISCITE". The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA. 27 November 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "THE NEW PARLIAMENT". The Register. Adelaide. 23 July 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Statistical Register of the Legislature, 1836 to 2009" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2015.