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Candidates of the 1919 Australian federal election

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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1919 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 December 1919.

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 Charles McAllister Arthur Lawrence (RSSCPA)
Calare Nationalist Thomas Lavelle Henry Pigott
Cook Labor James Catts George Holt William McCristal (ISLP)
Cowper Nationalist Ross Pryor John Thomson Earle Page (FSA)
Dalley Labor William Mahony Walter Clutton
Darling Labor Arthur Blakeley Alfred Perkins
East Sydney Labor John West John Willson
Eden-Monaro Nationalist Harry Brown Austin Chapman
Gwydir Nationalist Lou Cunningham William Webster James Bell (Ind)
Hume Nationalist Parker Moloney Edwin Townsend Charles Milthorpe (FSA)
Andrew Scambler (Ind)
Hunter Labor Matthew Charlton John Lee
Illawarra Labor Bertie Sheiles Hector Lamond George Burns (ISLP)
Thomas Marshall (Ind)
Lang Nationalist Archibald Moate Elliot Johnson
Macquarie Labor Samuel Nicholls Ernest Carr
Nepean Nationalist Con Wallace Eric Bowden
New England Nationalist James Tully Alexander Hay
Newcastle Labor David Watkins
North Sydney Nationalist Cecil Murphy Sir Granville Ryrie
Parkes Nationalist Arthur Jones Charles Marr Bruce Smith (Ind Nat)
Parramatta Nationalist William Hutchison Sir Joseph Cook
Richmond Nationalist Ernest O'Dea Walter Massy-Greene John Steel (Ind)
Riverina Nationalist Essell Hoad John Chanter
Robertson Nationalist James Kelly William Fleming
South Sydney Labor Edward Riley Frederick Sykes
Wentworth Nationalist James Dunn Walter Marks
Werriwa Nationalist Bert Lazzarini John Lynch William Wright (Ind)
West Sydney Labor Thomas Ryan Richard Sleath

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Other candidates
Brisbane Labor William Finlayson Donald Cameron Sine Boland (Ind)
Capricornia Labor William Higgs Alexander Cameron
Darling Downs Nationalist Phil Alke Littleton Groom
Herbert Nationalist Eugene McKenna Fred Bamford Terence Haren (Ind)
Henry Madden (Ind)
Kennedy Labor Charles McDonald James Suter
Lilley Nationalist Joseph Johnston George Mackay
Maranoa Labor Jim Page James Hunter (PPU)
Moreton Nationalist William Heffernan Arnold Wienholt
Oxley Nationalist James Sharpe James Bayley
Wide Bay Nationalist Frederick Martyn Edward Corser

South Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Other candidates
Adelaide Labor George Edwin Yates Reginald Blundell
Angas Nationalist Moses Gabb Paddy Glynn
Barker Nationalist Albert Davies John Livingston Alexander Williams (Ind)
Boothby Nationalist Stanley Whitford William Story George Illingworth (Ind)
Grey Nationalist Charles Gray Alexander Poynton
Hindmarsh Nationalist Norman Makin William Archibald
Wakefield Nationalist Edward Stokes Richard Foster Herbert Tuck (FSA)

Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Other candidates
Bass Nationalist Alfred Higgins Syd Jackson*
Stephen Margetts
Luke Bryant (Ind)
Timothy Earley (Ind)
Jens Jensen (Ind Nat)
Darwin Nationalist Joseph Lyons George Bell
Denison Nationalist King O'Malley William Laird Smith
Franklin Nationalist William McWilliams*
Louis Shoobridge
Wilmot Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson*
Henry McFie
Norman Cameron (FSA)

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate VFU candidate Other candidates
Balaclava Nationalist Percy Smith William Watt Norman Worrall (RSC)
Ballaarat Labor Charles McGrath Edwin Kerby
Batman Labor Frank Brennan William Spence
Bendigo Nationalist Alfred Hampson Billy Hughes
Bourke Labor Frank Anstey Reginald Tracey
Corangamite VFU Edward Malone Allan McDonald William Gibson
Corio Nationalist Alfred Ozanne John Lister Arthur Walter Anwoth Brown (Ind Nat)
Echuca VFU Edward Russell James Stewart William Hill
Fawkner Nationalist Joseph Hannan George Maxwell
Flinders Nationalist Frederick Riley Stanley Bruce William Burrage
Gippsland Nationalist George Wise Erland Erlandson
Grampians Nationalist Mark Lazarus Edmund Jowett
Henty Nationalist Norman Grant James Boyd Frederick Francis* (Ind Nat)
Edwin Purbrick (Ind Nat)
Indi Nationalist Joseph Hanigan John Leckie Robert Cook
Kooyong Nationalist Mary Grant Sir Robert Best Stephen Thompson (Ind Nat)
Maribyrnong Labor James Fenton Arthur Thompson
Melbourne Labor William Maloney Ernest Nicholls
Melbourne Ports Labor James Mathews
Wannon Nationalist John Collins Arthur Rodgers
Wimmera Nationalist Sydney Sampson Percy Stewart
Yarra Labor Frank Tudor Andrew Davidson

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Other candidates
Dampier Nationalist Thomas Lowry Henry Gregory
Fremantle Nationalist Andrew Clementson Reginald Burchell
Kalgoorlie Nationalist Hugh Mahon Edward Heitmann
Perth Nationalist John Curtin Lionel Carter
James Fowler*
Gerald Hartrey (Ind FT)
Swan Labor Edwin Corboy William Hedges John Prowse (FSA)

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 three seats. Nationalist Senators Edward Millen, Herbert Pratten and Josiah Thomas were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates F&SA candidates Socialist candidates Independent candidates
Albert Gardiner*
John Grant
Allan McDougall
Charles Cox*
Walter Duncan*
Henry Garling
Franc Falkiner William Corcoran
Ernie Judd
Mary McMahon
Alfred Conroy

Queensland

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

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates
Myles Ferricks
William Maughan
Harry Turley
John Adamson*
Thomas Givens*
Sir William Glasgow*

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. Nationalist Senators Robert Guthrie, James Rowell and William Senior were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Other candidates
Thomas Grealy
Frank Lundie
James O'Loghlin
Benjamin Benny*
John Newland*
Victor Wilson*
Edward Craigie (Ind Dem)

Tasmania

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Four seats were up for election. Uniquely, one of these was for a vacancy extending only until the new Senate assumed its place on 1 July 1920; this was the remainder of James Long's term that had been filled in the interim by Edward Mulcahy. The fourth elected senator would thus serve only until 1 July 1920, whereupon his term would expire. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Nationalist Party was defending one seat. Nationalist Senators Thomas Bakhap, John Earle and John Keating were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Other candidates
James Guy
David O'Keefe
Walter Woods
George Foster*
Arthur Loone
John Millen*
Edward Mulcahy*
Herbert Payne*
David Blanshard (Ind)
Cyril Cameron (Ind Nat)

Victoria

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Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators William Bolton, George Fairbairn and William Plain were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates VFU candidates
Stephen Barker
John Barnes
Edward Findley
Harold Elliott*
James Guthrie*
Edward Russell*
Thomas Paterson
Richard Rees
Edwin Reseigh

Western Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators Richard Buzacott, Hugh de Largie and George Henderson were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates F&SA candidates
Thomas Gorman
William Graham
Ted Needham
Edmund Drake-Brockman*
Patrick Lynch*
George Pearce*
James Crawford
Victor Riseley

See also

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References

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