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Candidates of the 1917 Australian federal election

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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1917 Australian federal election. The election was held on 5 May 1917.

Many Labor members had merged with the Commonwealth Liberal Party to form the Nationalist Party. Seats held by the Liberal Party are considered to be held by the Nationalist Party. The seats held by Labor defectors are considered to be held by Labor.

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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Nationalist

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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 Nationalist candidate Other candidates
Barrier Labor Michael Considine Brian Doe William Montgomery (Ind Nat)
Calare Nationalist Thomas Lavelle Henry Pigott
Cook Labor James Catts Richard Sleath
Cowper Nationalist John Thomson
Dalley Labor William Mahony Albert Lane
Darling Labor Arthur Blakeley William Spence
East Sydney Labor John West
Eden-Monaro Nationalist John Bailey Austin Chapman
Gwydir Labor Cecil Last William Webster
Hume Nationalist Robert Cruickshank Franc Falkiner
Hunter Labor Matthew Charlton William Ferguson
Illawarra Labor George Burns Hector Lamond
Lang Nationalist Percy Evans Elliot Johnson
Macquarie Labor Samuel Nicholls Ernest Carr
Nepean Nationalist Tom Arthur Richard Orchard
New England Nationalist Percy Abbott
Newcastle Labor David Watkins Arthur Griffith
North Sydney Nationalist Granville Ryrie
Parkes Nationalist Mark Gosling Bruce Smith
Parramatta Nationalist Joseph Cook Alfred Conroy (Ind)
Richmond Nationalist John Steele Walter Massy-Greene
Riverina Labor Arthur Williams John Chanter
Robertson Nationalist Eva Seery William Fleming
South Sydney Labor Edward Riley Alick Kay
Wentworth Nationalist Henrietta Greville Willie Kelly
Werriwa Labor Jack Christopher John Lynch
West Sydney Labor Con Wallace Gideon Gillespie

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate
Brisbane Labor William Finlayson Alfred Plane
Capricornia Labor William Higgs Robert Duncan
Darling Downs Nationalist John Wilson Littleton Groom
Herbert Labor Eugene McKenna Fred Bamford
Kennedy Labor Charles McDonald Hubert Sizer
Lilley Nationalist Harald Jensen George Mackay
Maranoa Labor Jim Page Herbert Yeates
Moreton Nationalist Cuthbert Butler Hugh Sinclair
Oxley Labor James Sharpe James Bayley
Wide Bay Nationalist Frederick Martyn Edward Corser

South Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate
Adelaide Labor George Edwin Yates
Angas Nationalist Sid O'Flaherty Paddy Glynn
Barker Nationalist Stanley Whitford John Livingston
Boothby Labor John Gunn William Story
Grey Labor Thomas Lyons Alexander Poynton
Hindmarsh Labor James Cavanagh William Archibald
Wakefield Nationalist Norman Makin Richard Foster

Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Independent candidate(s)
Bass Labor James Mooney Jens Jensen
Darwin Labor King O'Malley Charles Howroyd
Denison Labor Benjamin Watkins William Laird Smith
Franklin Nationalist William McWilliams
Wilmot Nationalist Christopher Sheedy Llewellyn Atkinson Norman Cameron
Louis Page

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Independent candidate(s)
Balaclava Nationalist Alfred Foster William Watt
Ballaarat Labor Charles McGrath
Batman Labor Frank Brennan Frederick O'Neill
Bendigo Labor Alfred Hampson Billy Hughes
Bourke Labor Frank Anstey Arthur May
Corangamite Nationalist Christopher Bennett Chester Manifold
Corio Labor Alfred Ozanne John Lister
Echuca Nationalist Thomas Power Albert Palmer
Fawkner Labor Joseph Hannan George Maxwell Frank Henty
Flinders Nationalist David Russell Sir William Irvine
Gippsland Independent Thomas Holloway George Wise
Grampians Nationalist John McDougall Carty Salmon
Henty Nationalist William Smith James Boyd
Indi Labor Parker Moloney John Leckie
Kooyong Nationalist Sir Robert Best
Maribyrnong Labor James Fenton Edmund Jowett
Melbourne Labor William Maloney Reginald Tracey
Melbourne Ports Labor James Mathews William Fozard
Wannon Nationalist Egerton Holden Arthur Rodgers
Wimmera Nationalist Sydney Sampson
Yarra Labor Frank Tudor Charles Copeland

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate
Dampier Nationalist Michael Costello Henry Gregory
Fremantle Labor Jack Simons Reginald Burchell
Kalgoorlie Labor Hugh Mahon Edward Heitmann
Perth Nationalist Alexander Panton James Fowler
Swan Nationalist Sir John Forrest

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 Labor Party was defending one seat. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats. Labor Senators Albert Gardiner, John Grant and Allan McDougall were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Socialist Labor candidates
Peter Bowling
Arthur Rae
David Watson
Edward Millen*
Herbert Pratten*
Josiah Thomas*
Ernie Judd
Ludwig Klausen
James Moroney

Queensland

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Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Myles Ferricks and William Ryott Maughan and Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates
John Mullan
James Stewart
Harry Turley
Thomas Crawford*
Harry Foll*
Matthew Reid*
John Adamson

South Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending one seat. Labor Senator James O'Loghlin and Nationalist Senators John Newland and John Shannon were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates
Thomas Butterfield
Lionel Hill
Frank Lundie
Robert Guthrie*
James Rowell*
William Senior*

Tasmania

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Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators James Guy, James Long and David O'Keefe were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates
James Belton
James Hurst
Walter Woods
Thomas Bakhap*
John Earle*
John Keating*
Cyril Cameron
Henry Goodluck

Victoria

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Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Stephen Barker and John Barnes and Nationalist Senator Edward Russell were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Independent candidates
Albert Blakey
Edward Findley
Andrew McKissock
William Bolton*
George Fairbairn*
William Plain*
Vida Goldstein

Western Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Labor Senator Ted Needham and Nationalist Senators Patrick Lynch and George Pearce were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates
Cyril Bryan
George Dennis
John Lutey
Richard Buzacott*
Hugh de Largie*
George Henderson*

See also

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References

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