Candidates of the 1937 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1937 Australian federal election. The election was held on 23 October 1937.

In 1936, the Lang Labor group had been reabsorbed into the Australian Labor Party. Seats are still designated as being held by Lang Labor.

By-elections, appointments and defections

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By-elections and appointments

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Defections

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Redistributions and 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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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 Other candidates
Barton United Australia John Donovan Albert Lane (UAP) Stanley Allen (SC)
Calare Country William Folster Harold Thorby (CP)
Cook Labor (NSW) Tom Sheehan Cyril Glassop (Ind Lab)
Cowper Country Abraham Brindley Earle Page (CP)
Dalley Labor (NSW) Sol Rosevear Arthur Brough (UAP)
Darling Labor (NSW) Joe Clark Alexander Huie (Ind)
East Sydney Labor (NSW) Eddie Ward Arthur Butterell (UAP) Thomas Grant (Ind)
Louis Phillips (Ind)
Eden-Monaro United Australia Claude Allen John Perkins (UAP)
Gwydir Labor William Scully Ernest Batchelor (CP)
Hume Country Essell Hoad Thomas Collins (CP)
Hunter Labor (NSW) Rowley James
Lang Labor (NSW) Dan Mulcahy Matthew Calman (UAP) Ernest Carr (SC)
Macquarie United Australia Tony Luchetti John Lawson (UAP)
Martin United Australia Stan Taylor William McCall (UAP) George Carruthers (SC)
New England Country Leigh Cuthbertson Victor Thompson (CP)
Newcastle Labor David Watkins Hilton Sykes (Ind)
North Sydney United Australia Henry Clayden Billy Hughes (UAP) Percival Minahan (SC)
Parkes United Australia Karl Guhl Sir Charles Marr (UAP)
Parramatta United Australia Albert Rowe Sir Frederick Stewart (UAP) Dick George (Ind)
Harold Meggitt (Ind)
Reid Labor (NSW) Joe Gander Reuben Jenner (UAP)
Richmond Country Jim Fredericks Larry Anthony* (CP)
Robert Gibson (CP)
Roland Green (CP)
Riverina Country William Quirk Horace Nock (CP) Robert Ballantyne (Ind)
Robertson United Australia Gordon Cross Sydney Gardner (UAP) John Metcalfe (Ind)
Warringah United Australia Walter Salter Sir Archdale Parkhill (UAP) Joseph Hamlet (Ind UAP)
Percy Spender* (Ind UAP)
Watson United Australia William Dignam John Jennings (UAP)
Wentworth United Australia Thomas Conway Eric Harrison (UAP)
Werriwa Labor (NSW) Bert Lazzarini Henry Storey (UAP)
West Sydney Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley

Northern Territory

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Independent candidates
Northern Territory Independent Robert Toupein Adair Blain*
Ronald Hughes-Jones
Harold Nelson

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Social Credit candidate Communist candidate
Brisbane Labor George Lawson Graham Hart (UAP) Ambrose Sawtell
Capricornia Labor Frank Forde Edwin Hiskens (CP) John Harding
Darling Downs Country Leslie Bailey Arthur Fadden (CP) Arthur Rushton
Griffith Labor Francis Baker Dugald Clark (UAP) William Moore
Herbert Labor George Martens James Wilkie (CP) Henry Beck Fred Paterson
Kennedy Labor Bill Riordan Alex Kippen (CP) Herbert Price
Lilley United Australia Edmund Taylor William Jolly (UAP) Harry Cash
Maranoa Country Randolph Bedford James Hunter (CP) Henry Madden
Moreton United Australia John McCoy Josiah Francis (UAP) Henry Hogg
Wide Bay Country George Watson Bernard Corser (CP) Geoffrey Nichols

South Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Adelaide United Australia Ken Bardolph
Herbert George
George Edwin Yates
Fred Stacey (UAP)
Barker Country Archie Cameron (CP) Charles Lloyd (Ind)
Boothby United Australia Kevin McEntee
Leonard Pilton
John Price (UAP) William Hardy (Ind)
Grey United Australia James Marner Oliver Badman (CP) Alfred Parker (Ind)
Hindmarsh Labor Norman Makin Harry Hatwell (UAP)
Wakefield United Australia Raymond Davis Charles Hawker (UAP)

Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate UAP candidate Other candidates
Bass Labor Claude Barnard Allan Guy John Watson (Ind)
Darwin United Australia Edwin Brown George Bell
Denison Labor Gerald Mahoney Sir John McPhee Maxwell Hickman (Ind Lab)
Athol Smith (SC)
Franklin Labor Charles Frost Hugh Warner
Wilmot United Australia Lancelot Spurr
Maurice Weston
Joseph Lyons

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Balaclava United Australia Phillip Nash Thomas White (UAP) John Atkinson (Ind)
Ballaarat United Australia Reg Pollard Stanley Walker (UAP)
Batman Labor Frank Brennan Albert Peters (UAP)
Bendigo United Australia Ernest Duus Walter Pearce (UAP)
George Rankin* (CP)
Bourke Labor Maurice Blackburn Richard Griffiths (UAP)
Corangamite United Australia Arthur Haywood Geoffrey Street (UAP)
Corio United Australia Leo Carmody Richard Casey (UAP)
Deakin United Australia Paul Jones William Hutchinson (UAP)
Fawkner United Australia William Doran Harold Holt (UAP) William Bottomley (Ind)
Flinders United Australia James Fairbairn* (UAP)
Reginald Skeat (CP)
Alexander Amess (SC)
Ralph Gibson (CPA)
Gippsland Country James McKenna Thomas Paterson (CP)
Henty United Australia Sydney Walker Sir Henry Gullett (UAP) Rupert Hornabrook (Ind)
Indi Country William Hartshorne John McEwen (CP)
Kooyong United Australia Thomas Brennan Robert Menzies (UAP) Leslie Hollins (Ind)
Maribyrnong Labor Arthur Drakeford Malcolm Fenton (UAP) Edward Turner (Ind)
Melbourne Labor William Maloney
Melbourne Ports Labor Jack Holloway
Wannon United Australia Don McLeod Robert Rankin (CP)
Thomas Scholfield* (UAP)
Wimmera Country Hugh McClelland (CP) Alexander Wilson (Ind)
Yarra Labor James Scullin Douglas Knight (UAP)

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Independent candidates
Forrest Country Ernest Hoar John Prowse (CP)
Fremantle Labor John Curtin Eric Isaachsen (UAP) Henry Wright
Kalgoorlie Labor Albert Green Stephen Kellow (UAP)
Perth United Australia Tom Burke Walter Nairn* (UAP)
Jack Simons (UAP)
Viv James
Swan Country John Steele Henry Gregory (CP)

Senate

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Sitting Senators are shown in bold text.

New South Wales

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Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by United Australia Party Senator Lionel Courtenay's death; this had been filled in the interim by Guy Arkins. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending four seats. United Australia Party Senator Dick Dein and Country Party Senator Mac Abbott were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Other candidates
Stan Amour*
John Armstrong*
Tom Arthur*
Bill Ashley*
Guy Arkins (UAP
David Hall (UAP)
Charles Hardy (CP)
Basil Helmore (UAP)
Peter Pollack (Ind)

Queensland

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Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Thomas Crawford and Harry Foll and Country Party Senator Walter Cooper were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Social Credit candidates
Gordon Brown*
Joe Collings*
Ben Courtice*
Frederick Annand (UAP)
Sir Donald Cameron (UAP)
James Heading (CP)
John Aird
Bertram Allen
William Argaet

South Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators James McLachlan, George McLeay and Oliver Uppill were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates UAP candidates Group A candidates Other candidates
John Daly
Edgar Dawes
Bert Hoare
Mick O'Halloran
Frederick Ward
Michael Woods
Philip McBride*
Alexander McLachlan*
Keith Wilson*
Thomas Dunsford
Ernest Evans
Frederick James
Jeanne Young (Ind)

Tasmania

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

Labor candidates UAP candidates
 
Bill Aylett*
Richard Darcey*
Charles Lamp*
Herbert McKay
Donald Cameron
Ernest Freeland
Henry McFie
John Millen
Herbert Payne
Burford Sampson

Victoria

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Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Charles Brand and John Leckie and Country Party Senator William Gibson were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates UAP candidates Country candidates Other candidates
John Barnes*
Don Cameron*
Richard Keane*
Tom Brennan
James Guthrie
William Plain
George Budge
Samuel Geddes
James Marchbank
Marcus Wettenhall (Ind)

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 Herbert Collett and Allan MacDonald and Country Party Senator Bertie Johnston were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Other candidates
Robert Clothier*
James Cunningham*
James Fraser*
Patrick Lynch (UAP)
Thomas Marwick (CP)
Sir George Pearce (UAP)
Carlyle Ferguson (Ind)

See also

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References

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