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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNationalist candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNationalist candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNationalist candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNationalist candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNationalist candidateVFU candidateOther 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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNationalist candidateOther candidates Dampier Nationalist Thomas Lowry Henry Gregory Fremantle Nationalist Andrew Clementson Reginald Burchell Kalgoorlie Nationalist Hugh Mahon Edward Heitmann Perth Nationalist John Curtin Lionel CarterJames 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 candidatesNationalist candidatesF&SA candidatesSocialist candidatesIndependent candidates Albert Gardiner*John GrantAllan McDougall Charles Cox*Walter Duncan*Henry Garling Franc Falkiner William CorcoranErnie JuddMary 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 candidatesNationalist candidates Myles FerricksWilliam MaughanHarry 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 candidatesNationalist candidatesOther candidates Thomas GrealyFrank LundieJames 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 candidatesNationalist candidatesOther candidates James GuyDavid O'KeefeWalter Woods George Foster*Arthur LooneJohn 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 candidatesNationalist candidatesVFU candidates Stephen BarkerJohn BarnesEdward Findley Harold Elliott*James Guthrie*Edward Russell* Thomas PatersonRichard ReesEdwin 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 candidatesNationalist candidatesF&SA candidates Thomas GormanWilliam GrahamTed Needham Edmund Drake-Brockman*Patrick Lynch*George Pearce* James CrawfordVictor 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