Candidates of the 1919 Australian federal election

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

By-elections and appointments

• On 30 June 1917, William Spence (Nationalist) was elected to succeed Charles Howroyd (Nationalist) as the member for Darwin.
• On 27 October 1917, Edmund Jowett (Nationalist) was elected to succeed Carty Salmon (Nationalist) as the member for Grampians.
• On 11 May 1918, Stanley Bruce (Nationalist) was elected to succeed Sir William Irvine (Nationalist) as the member for Flinders.
• On 26 October 1918, Edwin Corboy (Labor) was elected to succeed Sir John Forrest (Nationalist) as the member for Swan.
• On 14 December 1918, William Gibson (VFU) was elected to succeed Chester Manifold (Nationalist) as the member for Corangamite.
• On 15 January 1919, Edward Mulcahy (Nationalist) was appointed as a Tasmanian Senator to replace James Long (Labor).
• On 20 September 1919, William Hill (VFU) was elected to succeed Albert Palmer (Nationalist) as the member for Echuca.

Defections

• Labor MP Michael Considine (Barrier) was expelled from the party in 1919 and contested the election as an Independent, although he was not opposed by Labor.
• Nationalist MP Bruce Smith (Parkes) lost pre-selection and contested the election as an Independent.
• Nationalist MP Jens Jensen (Bass) lost pre-selection and contested the election as an Independent.
• Several Nationalist members also received endorsement from the state Country parties. These included William Fleming (Robertson) and John Chanter (Riverina) in New South Wales, Edmund Jowett (Grampians) in Victoria and Henry Gregory (Dampier) in Western Australia.

Seat changes

• The Nationalist member for Hume (NSW), Franc Falkiner, contested the Senate for the Farmers' and Settlers' Association.
• The Nationalist member for Darwin (Tas), William Spence, contested Batman (Vic).
• The Labor member for West Sydney (NSW), Con Wallace, agreed to stand aside in his safe seat to allow Queensland Premier T. J. Ryan to enter federal politics; he contested the Nationalist-held seat of Nepean instead.

Retiring Members and Senators

Nationalist

• Percy Abbott MP (New England, NSW)
• Willie Kelly MP (Wentworth, NSW)
• Richard Orchard MP (Nepean, NSW)
• Hugh Sinclair MP (Moreton, Qld)
• Senator John Shannon (SA)

House of Representatives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 1919 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1917–1919
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1919–1922
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1917–1920
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1920–1923
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1919
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1919