Candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election.^[1]

Retiring MPs[edit]

Liberal Federation[edit]

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[edit]

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

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[edit]

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Country candidates

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "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.

[1] "CANDIDATES AND THEIR PARTIES". The Register. Adelaide. 5 April 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 7 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "THE MURRAY DISTRICT". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 February 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "The Daily Herald". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 12 February 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "STATE ELECTIONS". The Observer. Adelaide. 10 November 1923. p. 41. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "THE LIBERAL PLEBISCITE". The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA. 27 November 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "THE NEW PARLIAMENT". The Register. Adelaide. 23 July 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "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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