Candidates of the 1931 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1931 Australian federal election. The election was held on 19 December 1931.

In 1931, the Nationalist Party had become the United Australia Party, absorbing several Labor defectors. In New South Wales, the Labor Party split, with the Lang Labor group voting against the Labor government. Seats held by Labor defectors are here considered to be held by the Labor Party.

By-elections, appointments and defections

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By-elections and appointments

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Defections

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Seat changes

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Retiring Members and Senators

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Labor

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United Australia

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Country

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House of Representatives

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

New South Wales

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Labor (NSW) candidate Other candidates
Barton Labor James Tully Albert Lane (UAP) John Eldridge
Calare Labor George Gibbons Harold Thorby (CP) Tom Watson
Cook Labor Edward Riley Charles Robinson (UAP) Jock Garden Tom Wright (CPA)
Cowper Country John Cusack Earle Page (CP) Tom Roach
Dalley Labor Ted Theodore Sidney Massey (UAP) Sol Rosevear William Little (Ind Nat)
Jack Sylvester (CPA)
Darling Labor Arthur Blakeley Harold Campbell (CP) Richard Quintrell Ted Tripp (CPA)
East Sydney Labor George Buckland John Clasby (UAP) Eddie Ward
Eden-Monaro Labor Gerald O'Sullivan Arthur Christian (CP)
John Perkins* (UAP)
Gwydir Labor Lou Cunningham Aubrey Abbott* (CP)
Arnold Brown (CP)
Edward Cummins
Hume Labor Parker Moloney Thomas Collins (CP) Lynden Regan
Hunter Labor Allan Howie Rowley James Arnold Bailey (Ind)
Harris Burnham (CPA)
Lang Labor William Long Alfred Bennett (UAP)
Dick Dein* (UAP)
Dan Mulcahy
Macquarie Labor Ben Chifley John Lawson (UAP) Tony Luchetti Robert Deveney (CPA)
Martin Labor James Catts Mac Abbott (UAP)
William Holman* (UAP)
Charles Hankin
New England Country Victor Thompson (CP) Angus Campbell (Ind)
Newcastle Labor David Watkins James Kidd Rowland Clark (AAL)
Jack Simpson (CPA)
Walter Skelton (Ind Lab)
North Sydney Independent
Nationalist
Norman Cowper (UAP)
Billy Hughes* (UAP)
Norman Nelson
Parkes United Australia William Gibbs Charles Marr (UAP) Herbert Garden
Parramatta Labor Albert Rowe Frederick Stewart (UAP) Valentine Patterson Anwoth Brown (Ind)
Reid Labor Percy Coleman Robert Uebel (UAP) Joe Gander
Richmond Country Robert Gibson (CP)
Roland Green* (CP)
Leonard Greening (CP)
Percy Tighe (CP)
Jim Fredericks (Ind)
Riverina Country Louis Levy Robert Hankinson (CP)
Horace Nock* (CP)
John Heiss
Robertson United Australia Wilfred Turnbull Sydney Gardner (UAP) Peter Robb William Fleming (Ind CP)
South Sydney Labor Edward Riley John Jennings (UAP) John Stewart
Warringah United Australia Walter Duncan (UAP)
Archdale Parkhill* (UAP)
Wentworth Independent
Nationalist
Eric Harrison* (UAP)
Walter Marks (UAP)
Werriwa Labor Ernest Tully Walter McNicoll* (CP) Bert Lazzarini Mont Sheppard (Ind AAL)
West Sydney Labor James Donaldson Arthur Butterell (UAP) Jack Beasley

Northern Territory

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Independent candidate
Northern Territory Labor Harold Nelson William Easton (Ind)
John McMillan (Ind Lab)

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Brisbane United Australia George Lawson Donald Cameron (UAP) Hugh Talty (LL)
Capricornia Labor Frank Forde Robert Staines (CP)
Darling Downs United Australia Arthur Morgan (UAP) Sir Littleton Groom* (Ind)
Herbert Yeates (Ind)
Herbert Labor George Martens Grosvenor Francis (UAP)
Kennedy Labor Darby Riordan Jim Clarke (UAP)
Lilley United Australia George Mackay (UAP) Alexander Costello (Ind Lab)
Frank Mason (SC)
Maranoa Country Myles Ferricks James Hunter (CP)
Moreton United Australia Josiah Francis (UAP)
Oxley United Australia Francis Baker James Bayley (UAP) Frank Pforr (LL)
Wide Bay Country Bernard Corser (CP)

South Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate EC candidate Other candidates
Adelaide Labor George Edwin Yates Fred Stacey Agnes Goode (Ind)
Tom Howard (LL)
Crawford Vaughan (L-L)
John Zwolsman (CPA)
Angas Labor David Fraser Moses Gabb[1]
Barker Emergency Cyril Hasse Malcolm Cameron Percy Spehr (Ind)
Boothby Labor Cecil Skitch John Price Sam Lindsay (ST)
Grey Labor Andrew Lacey Philip McBride Alfred Barns (Ind)
James Hodgson (ST)
Hindmarsh Labor Norman Makin Ernest Evans Sid O'Flaherty (LL)
Wakefield Emergency Charles Hawker Maurice Collins (Ind CP)

Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate UAP candidate Other candidates
Bass Labor Claude Barnard Allan Guy Harold Solomon (Nat)
Darwin United Australia Joseph McGrath George Bell
Denison Labor Charles Culley Arthur Hutchin
Franklin Labor Charles Frost Archibald Blacklow Albert Beard (Ind)
Wilmot Labor George Becker Joseph Lyons George Pullen (Nat)

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Balaclava United Australia Edward Stewart Thomas White (UAP) James Denyer (ADP)
Ballaarat Labor Stewart Miller Henry Bromfield (CP)
Charles McGrath* (UAP)
Batman Labor Frank Brennan Samuel Dennis (UAP) Frank Blake (ADP)
Jim Hannan (CPA)
Bendigo Labor Richard Keane Eric Harrison (UAP)
Bourke Labor Frank Anstey Roy Ivey (UAP) James Adie (CPA)
Walter Norman (Ind)
Corangamite Labor Richard Crouch William Gibson (CP)
Corio Labor Arthur Lewis Richard Casey (UAP) John Lister (Ind UAP)
Echuca Country William Hill (CP) John Fitzpatrick (Ind UAP)
William Moss (Ind CP)
Galloway Stewart (Ind CP)
Fawkner Independent
Nationalist
John McKenna George Maxwell (UAP) David Robertson (Ind)
Flinders Labor Arthur Haywood Stanley Bruce (UAP)
Gippsland Country Thomas Paterson (CP)
Henty United Australia Fred Katz Henry Gullett (UAP)
Indi Labor Paul Jones William Hutchinson* (UAP)
Arthur Walter (CP)
Kooyong United Australia Cornelius Loughnan John Latham (UAP)
Maribyrnong Labor William Beckett James Fenton (UAP) William Scott (ADP)
Melbourne Labor William Maloney Israel Smith (UAP)
Melbourne Ports Labor Jack Holloway William Orr (UAP) Thomas Houston (LL)
William Howey (Ind UAP)
Noble Kerby (Ind)
Thomas le Huray (CPA)
Wannon Labor John McNeill Arthur Rodgers (CP)
Thomas Scholfield* (UAP)
Wimmera CPP Samuel Lockhart (CP)
William McCann (CP)
Hugh McClelland* (CP)
William Morgan (UAP)
Alexander Dowsley (Ind)
Yarra Labor James Scullin John Davis (UAP) Patrick Branagan (ST)
Ernie Thornton (CPA)

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Forrest Country John Prowse (CP)
Fremantle Labor John Curtin Keith Watson (UAP) William Watson (Ind)
Kalgoorlie Labor Albert Green William Pickering (CP)
George Rainsford (UAP)
Perth United Australia John Moloney Walter Nairn (UAP)
Swan Country John Fraser Henry Gregory (CP) Carlyle Ferguson (Ind)
Alfred Reynolds (Ind CP)

Senate

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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

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Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. Labor Senator John Dooley and NSW Labor Senators James Dunn and Arthur Rae were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Lang Labor candidates Other candidates
John Bailey
Hilton Blackburn
Albert Gardiner
Charles Cox* (UAP)
Walter Massy-Greene* (UAP)
Charles Hardy* (CP)
Christopher Anderson
Tom Arthur
Ernest Barker
James Dooley (Ind Lab)
George McDonald (Ind)
Lance Sharkey (CPA)
Abraham Taylor (Ind)

Queensland

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Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Thomas Crawford, Harry Foll and Matthew Reid were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Other candidates
Gordon Brown*
Joe Collings*
John MacDonald*
Walter Cooper (CP)
Sir William Glasgow (UAP)
William Thompson (UAP)
Fred Paterson (CPA)

South Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Emergency Committee of South Australia was defending three seats. Labor Senators John Daly, Bert Hoare and Mick O'Halloran were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates EC candidates Independent candidates
Harry Kneebone
John Verran
Frederick Ward
Oliver Badman*
Jack Duncan-Hughes*
Alexander McLachlan*
Raphael Cilento
Ruth Ravenscroft

Tasmania

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Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators John Hayes, Herbert Hays and James Ogden were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates UAP candidates
Thomas Jude
David O'Keefe
Walter Woods
Andrew Cooper
James Counsel
Bayard Edgell
Syd Jackson
John Millen*
Herbert Payne*
Benjamin Pearsall
Herbert Postle
Burford Sampson*

Victoria

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Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. Labor Senator John Barnes, United Australia Party Senator Harry Lawson and Country Party Senator Robert Elliott were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates UAP candidates Other candidates
Don Cameron
Jim Sheehan
Alf Wallis
Tom Brennan*
James Guthrie*
William Plain*
Alured Kelly (Ind Nat)
William Murchison (Ind UAP)
Harold Partridge (CPA)

Western Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Sir Hal Colebatch and Walter Kingsmill and Country Party Senator Bertie Johnston were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Other candidates
George Gaunt
Louis Greive
Ted Needham
William Carroll* (CP)
Patrick Lynch* (UAP)
Sir George Pearce* (UAP)
Findlay MacKay (CPA)
John Thomson (Ind CP)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Labor-turned-independent MP Moses Gabb was endorsed in the Division of Angas by the Emergency Committee of South Australia (formed by the state UAP for this election) who did not run their own candidate in Angas. Though Gabb is counted as an Emergency Committee MP, he remained an independent and did not help form or sit with the government and as such has been removed from government tallies.

References

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