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Candidates of the 1922 Australian federal election

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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1922 Australian federal election. The election was held on 16 December 1922.

By-elections, appointments and defections

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By-elections and appointments

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Defections

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Redistributions and 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 Country candidate Other candidate(s)
Barton Nationalist Frederick McDonald Hector Lamond
Calare Labor Thomas Lavelle Sir Neville Howse Henry Pigott
Selina Siggins
Cook Labor Edward Riley William Pritchard James Catts (MLP)
Cowper Country John Thomson Earle Page
Dalley Labor William Mahony William Simpson Herbert Mitchell (MLP)
Darling Labor Arthur Blakeley Walter Wright Michael Considine (ISLP)
East Sydney Labor John West Sir Benjamin Fuller
Eden-Monaro Nationalist Ulric Walsh Austin Chapman
Gwydir Labor Lou Cunningham William Ashford Gordon Wilkins
Hume Labor Parker Moloney Fred Belbridge Cyril James
Hunter Labor Matthew Charlton
Lang Nationalist George Smith Sir Elliot Johnson Percy Evans (MLP)
Macquarie Labor Samuel Nicholls Arthur Manning John Miller (Ind)
Martin Nationalist Herbert Pratten
Newcastle Labor David Watkins John Willings Arthur Gardiner (Ind Lab)
New England Nationalist Sydney Kearney Victor Thompson Alexander Hay (Ind)
North Sydney Nationalist Billy Hughes Albert Piddington (Const)
Parkes Nationalist Edward Cohen Charles Marr
Parramatta Nationalist James Stone Eric Bowden
Reid Labor Percy Coleman Frederick Reed Howard Fowles (MLP)
Richmond Nationalist Walter Massy-Greene Roland Green John Steel (Ind)
Riverina Nationalist Essell Hoad John Chanter William Bartram
William Killen*
John Lorimer
Robertson Nationalist Alfred Roberts Sydney Gardner William Fleming
South Sydney Labor Edward Riley Robert Moore Vivian Deacon (MLP)
Warringah Nationalist Sir Granville Ryrie
Wentworth Nationalist William Fitzgerald Walter Marks Henry Morton (Ind Nat)
Werriwa Labor Bert Lazzarini Henry Bate James Newman
West Sydney Labor William Lambert Thomas Bryde (PLP)
Arthur O'Donnell (MLP)

Northern Territory

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Other candidate(s)
Northern Territory None Harold Nelson William Byrne (Ind)
Arthur Love (NTRL)
George Stevens (Ind)
Frederick Thompson (Ind)
Walter Young (Ind)

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Country candidate Independent candidate(s)
Brisbane Labor Frank Burke Donald Cameron
Capricornia Labor Frank Forde William Higgs Albert Gorrie
Darling Downs Nationalist James MacDougall Littleton Groom
Herbert Nationalist Maurice Hynes Fred Bamford
Kennedy Labor Charles McDonald Robert Nowland
Lilley Nationalist George Mackay Alexander Costello
Maranoa Country John Durkin James Hunter
Moreton Nationalist Horace Lee Josiah Francis Francis Brewer
Oxley Nationalist James Sharpe James Bayley
Wide Bay Nationalist Joseph Johnston Edward Corser James Heading

South Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Liberal candidate Country candidate
Adelaide Nationalist George Edwin Yates Reginald Blundell George McLeay
Angas Labor Moses Gabb George Ritchie
Barker Nationalist Eric Shepherd Malcolm Cameron Ronald Hunt
Boothby Nationalist Harry Kneebone William Story Jack Duncan-Hughes
Grey Nationalist Andrew Lacey Alexander Poynton
Hindmarsh Labor Norman Makin Charles Hayter
Wakefield Nationalist Edward Stokes Richard Foster Henry Queale

Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Country candidate Other candidates
Bass Nationalist Alfred Higgins Syd Jackson John Hegarty (Ind Nat)
King O'Malley (Ind Lab)
Darwin Nationalist George Bell Joshua Whitsitt James Campbell (Ind)
Denison Nationalist David O'Keefe Leopold Broinowski
Edward Mulcahy
William Laird Smith
David Blanshard (Ind)
Franklin Nationalist Benjamin Watkins Alfred Seabrook William McWilliams
Wilmot Nationalist John Palamountain George Pullen Llewellyn Atkinson*
Norman Cameron
John Campbell

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Country-Liberal candidate Other candidates
Balaclava Nationalist William Watt (Lib)
Ballaarat Labor Charles McGrath Russell Coldham Sydney King (Lib)
Batman Labor Frank Brennan George Mackay Martin Hannah (Ind Lab)
Bendigo Nationalist Thomas Jude Geoffry Hurry Edmund Jowett (CP)
Bourke Labor Frank Anstey John March
Corangamite Country Richard Crouch Allan McDonald William Gibson (CP)
Corio Nationalist Alfred Hampson John Lister
Echuca Country James Stewart William Hill (CP)
Fawkner Nationalist Alfred Foster George Maxwell John Murphy (Lib)
Flinders Nationalist Stanley Bruce Stephen Thompson (Lib)
Gippsland Nationalist James Bermingham George Wise Thomas Paterson (CP)
Henty Independent Roy Beardsworth James Boyd
Frederick Francis*
Eleanor Glencross (Lib)
Henry Gullett (Lib)
Indi Country John Minogue Donald Mackinnon Robert Cook (CP)
Kooyong Nationalist Jean Daley Sir Robert Best John Latham (Lib)
Maribyrnong Labor James Fenton James Stephens
Melbourne Labor William Maloney Ernest Nicholls
Melbourne Ports Labor James Mathews Selwyn Neale
Wannon Nationalist John McNeill Arthur Rodgers David Gibson (CP)
Wimmera Country Percy Stewart (CP) Alfred Shaw (UCP)
Yarra Labor James Scullin Thomas Fitzgerald

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Country candidate Independent candidate(s)
Forrest Country Peter Wedd John Prowse
Fremantle Nationalist John Holman William Hedges William Watson
Kalgoorlie Nationalist Albert Green George Foley
Perth Nationalist Andrew Clementson Harry Bolton
Alfred Carson
James Fowler
Edward Mann*
Swan Country Henry Gregory

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 Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor Senator Albert Gardiner and Nationalist Senators Charles Cox and Walter Duncan were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Country candidates Other candidates
James Dunn
John Grant*
Allan McDougall*
Henry Garling
Edward Millen*
Josiah Thomas
Percy Abbott
John Crapp
William Hedges
John Powell (MLP)
Arthur Rae (ISLP)

Queensland

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Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Nationalist Senator John Adamson's death; this seat had been filled in the interim by Labor's John MacDonald. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats. Nationalist Senators Thomas Givens and Sir William Glasgow were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Country candidates Independent candidates
Harry Bruce
Harald Jensen
John MacDonald
George Martens
Thomas Crawford*
Harry Foll*
Matthew Reid*
William Thompson*
John Austin
William Fielding
James Petersen
Herbert Yeates

South Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators Benjamin Benny, John Newland and Victor Wilson were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Liberal candidates Other candidates
Bert Hoare*
Charles McHugh*
James O'Loghlin*
Henry Chesson
William Senior
John Verran
Alexander McLachlan
James Rowell
Edward Vardon
Frederic Andrews (Ind Nat)

Tasmania

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Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators George Foster, John Millen and Herbert Payne were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Country candidates
James Ogden* Thomas Bakhap*
John Earle
Henry Goodluck
Herbert Hays*
John Keating
William Williams
William Dixon

Victoria

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Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators Harold Elliott, James Guthrie and Edward Russell were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Country-Liberal candidates Independent candidates
Stephen Barker*
John Barnes*
Edward Findley*
William Bolton
William Plain
George Swinburne
David Andrew (CP)
Charles Merrett (Lib)
Andrew White (CP)
John Foran

Western Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators Edmund Drake-Brockman, Patrick Lynch and George Pearce were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Country candidates Independent candidates
Charles Graham*
Ted Needham*
Charles Williams
Joseph Allen
Richard Buzacott
Hugh de Largie
George Henderson
Walter Kingsmill*
Emanuel Lazarus
James Rogers
William Carroll
Leonard Darlot
Archibald Sanderson
Patrick Stone

See also

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References

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