Candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election
This is a list of candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election.[1]
Retiring MPs
Liberal Federation
- John Godfree (Murray) – lost preselection[2]
- Joseph Anthony Harper (East Torrens) – retired[3]
- George Hussey (Sturt) – lost preselection[4][5]
Two vacancies for the Northern District in the Legislative Council had remained unfilled following the deaths of John Lewis on 25 August 1923 and John George Bice on 9 November 1923. Both MLCs were not due to be up for re-election in 1924, and their seats were filled at the election in addition to the two Northern District seats that would normally have been contested.[6][7]
House of Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
Electorate | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Country candidates | Single Tax candidates | Independent candidates |
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Adelaide (3) | Bill Denny* Bert Edwards* John Gunn* | Agnes Goode | Joshua Pedlar | ||
Albert (2) | P. J. Edwards F. S. Wyllie | Malcolm McIntosh* Frederick McMillan* | |||
Alexandra (3) | A. P. Davies H. H. Newell Q. J. Pearce | Percy Heggaton* Herbert Hudd* George Laffer* | F. G. Ayres J. M. Cheriton Walter Furler | ||
Barossa (3) | George Cooke* Leonard Hopkins* Tom Howard | Richard Butler Henry Crosby William Hague* | Herbert Basedow | ||
Burra Burra (3) | Albert Hawke* Sydney McHugh* Mick O'Halloran* | Samuel Dickson George Jenkins Francis Jettner | Thomas Hawke Archibald McDonald Reginald Carter | ||
East Torrens (3) | Herbert George Leslie Claude Hunkin* Harry Kneebone* | Frederick Coneybeer* Walter Hamilton Albert Sutton | |||
Flinders (2) | John O'Connor* J. B. Pollard | Frank Masters James Moseley* | E. J. Barraud John Chapman | Edward Craigie H. E. Frick | |
Murray (3) | Clement Collins* Frank Staniford* M. B. Woods | Hermann Homburg John Randell Harry Dove Young* | |||
Newcastle (2) | Thomas Butterfield* William Harvey* | C. P. Butler | |||
North Adelaide (2) | Frederick Birrell* Stanley Whitford* | William Angus Shirley Jeffries | |||
Port Adelaide (2) | John Price* Frank Condon* | J. M. Lambert | |||
Port Pirie (2) | John Fitzgerald* Lionel Hill* | ||||
Stanley (2) | Robert Nicholls* Henry Barwell* | J. J. Aughey Oliver Badman | Duncan Menzies | ||
Sturt (3) | T. W. Grealy Frank Lundie John Stanley Verran [1] | Ernest Anthoney* Herbert Richards* Edward Vardon* | |||
Victoria (2) | J. M. O'Connell Eric Shepherd* | Vernon Petherick Peter Reidy* | |||
Wallaroo (2) | John Pedler* Robert Richards* | J. B. K. Dunstone John Verran | Richard Gully | ||
Wooroora (3) | Allan Robertson* Horace Bowden A. A. Tonkin | Richard Layton Butler* James McLachlan* Albert Robinson | Archie Cameron Oscar Duhst H. H. Queale | ||
West Torrens (2) | Alfred Blackwell* John McInnes* | ||||
Yorke Peninsula (2) | Peter Allen* Henry Tossell* | H. A. Montgomery Alfred Rodda |
Legislative Council
Electorate | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Country candidates |
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Central District No. 1 (2) | Tom Gluyas* Andrew Kirkpatrick* | William Senior William Story | |
Central District No. 2 (2) | John Daly A. G. Roberts | William Humphrey Harvey* Henry Tassie* | |
Midland District (2) | W. A. E. Fail E. J. L. Stokes | Walter Gordon Duncan* David Gordon* | |
Northern District (4) | Even George | J. S. Geddes Lyell McEwin William Morrow* George Ritchie* | Percy Blesing* Maurice Collins William George Mills* L. E. Travers |
Southern District (2) | John Cowan* Lancelot Stirling* |
Notes
- 1 John Stanley Verran, an incumbent Labor MHA for Port Adelaide, was defeated for Labor preselection in his seat by Frank Condon, and contested Sturt instead.
References
- ^ "CANDIDATES AND THEIR PARTIES". The Register. Adelaide. 5 April 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 7 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE MURRAY DISTRICT". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 February 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Daily Herald". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 12 February 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "STATE ELECTIONS". The Observer. Adelaide. 10 November 1923. p. 41. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE LIBERAL PLEBISCITE". The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA. 27 November 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE NEW PARLIAMENT". The Register. Adelaide. 23 July 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Statistical Register of the Legislature, 1836 to 2009" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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