Candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election.[1][2]

Retiring MPs

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Liberal

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Independent

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There had also been two resignations in the months leading up to the election which had remained unfilled. Sturt National MP Thomas Ryan had resigned on 16 November 1917 following his election to the Parliament of Victoria at the 1917 Victorian election, while Liberal Midland District MLC Edward Lucas had resigned on 1 February 1918 following his appointment as Agent-General for South Australia. In addition, Newcastle Labor MP Andrew Kirkpatrick shifted houses, contesting the Legislative Council in Central District No. 1.[7][8]

House of Assembly

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

Electorate Labor
candidates
Liberal
candidates
National
candidates
FSA
candidates
Independent
candidates
Adelaide (3) Bill Denny*
John Gunn*
Bert Edwards*
Reginald Blundell
W. J. Stephens
Selina Siggins
Albert (2) C. H. L. Benson
R. E. Downie
William Angus*
R. A. O'Connor*
W. D. Cowley
E. G. Butler
Alexandra (3) M. J. E. Hunt
William Nicholls
Walter Lodge
Archibald Peake*
George Laffer*
George Ritchie*
Walter Furler
Barossa (3) G. Cooke
Tom Edwards
Moses Gabb
Richard Butler*
Henry Crosby*
William Hague*
E. E. Craig (FPCP) [1]
H. G. Crittenden (FPCP) [1]
T. W. Martin (FPCP) [1]
J. M. Scott
Burra Burra (3) Harry Buxton*
Mick O'Halloran*
Len Wilcot
Samuel Dickson
George Jenkins*
William Miller
Laurence O'Loughlin
John Pick
East Torrens (3) Martin Collaton
Herbert George
T. W. Grealy
Walter Hamilton* Frederick Coneybeer*
J. A. Southwood*
R. G. Hawkes
A. L. Calder
Victor Wilson
Flinders (2) James Moseley* John Chapman* Samuel Lindsay (ST)
John Travers
Murray (3) Sid O'Flaherty*
Frank Staniford
S. E. Willsmore
Angas Parsons*
H. D. Young*
George Dunn Maurice Parish
J. L. Atkinson
J. E. Kelly
Newcastle (2) Thomas Butterfield*
William Harvey*
Robert Thompson
Edward Twopeny
North Adelaide (2) C. O. Bennett
F. T. Martin
E. A. Anstey*
W. D. Ponder*
Port Adelaide (2) John Price*
J. S. Verran*
Ivor MacGillivray
Richard Gully
Allen Martin
Alfred Formby
Port Pirie (2) Lionel Hill*
John Fitzgerald*
William Cole
Harry Jackson
Stanley (2) James Scales Henry Barwell*
Robert Nicholls*
M. L. McCormack
Sturt (3) Frank McCabe
A. G. Rankin
Tom Howard
Edward Vardon* Arthur Blackburn*
T. H. Smeaton*
Crawford Vaughan
Jeanne Young
Charles Newling
G. W. Illingworth
Victoria (2) Charles McHugh
Stanley Whitford
Vernon Petherick* Peter Reidy* H. L. Kennedy
Wallaroo (2) John Pedler*
Robert Richards*
J. F. Herbert
John Verran
West Torrens (2) Alfred Blackwell*
John McInnes*
Henry Chesson
Thompson Green
Wooroora (3) William Milne
Frank Nieass
Allan Robertson*
Richard Layton Butler
James McLachlan*
Albert Robinson*
Samuel Dennison
Yorke Peninsula (2) Peter Allen*
Henry Tossell*
R. A. Ford
R. D. Hogarth

Legislative Council

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

Electorate Labor
candidates
Liberal
candidates
National
candidates
Farmers and Settlers
candidates
Independent
candidates
Central District No. 1 (2) Tom Gluyas*
Andrew Kirkpatrick*
John Vaughan
J. P. Wilson
Central District No. 2 (2) L. C. Hunkin
Frederick Ward
Henry Tassie* W. H. Harvey* A. W. Styles
Northern District (2) William Morrow*
J. E. H. Winnall
W. G. Mills*
Midland District (3) David Gordon*
Walter Gordon Duncan*
Thomas Pascoe*
Southern District (2) James Black
H. A. E. R. Pengilly
John Cowan*
Lancelot Stirling*

Notes

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1 The three Barossa candidates were candidates of the Farmers and Producers Country Party (FPCP or F&PCP).[9]

References

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  1. ^ "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 8 April 1918. p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ "THE ELECTIONS". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 April 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ^ "WOOROORA ELECTORATE". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1918. p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. ^ "DEATH OF A PIONEER". Daily Herald. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 February 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ^ "TELEGRAMS". The Narracoorte Herald. SA: National Library of Australia. 29 January 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ^ "THE VICTORIA DISTRICT". Daily Herald. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 29 January 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. ^ "MEMBERS RETIRED". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 8 April 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Statistical Register of the Parliament of South Australia" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  9. ^ "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1: ECSA". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2017.