Candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election.^[1][2]

Retiring MPs

Liberal

• David James (Wooroora) – lost preselection^[3]
• James Howe MLC (Northern District) – retired^[4]

Independent

• Clarence Goode (Victoria) – retired^[5][6]

There had also been two resignations in the months leading up to the election which had remained unfilled. Sturt National MP Thomas Ryan had resigned on 16 November 1917 following his election to the Parliament of Victoria at the 1917 Victorian election, while Liberal Midland District MLC Edward Lucas had resigned on 1 February 1918 following his appointment as Agent-General for South Australia. In addition, Newcastle Labor MP Andrew Kirkpatrick shifted houses, contesting the Legislative Council in Central District No. 1.^[7][8]

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	FSA candidates	Independent candidates
Adelaide (3)	Bill Denny* John Gunn* Bert Edwards*		Reginald Blundell W. J. Stephens		Selina Siggins
Albert (2)	C. H. L. Benson R. E. Downie	William Angus* R. A. O'Connor*		W. D. Cowley E. G. Butler
Alexandra (3)	M. J. E. Hunt William Nicholls Walter Lodge	Archibald Peake* George Laffer* George Ritchie*			Walter Furler
Barossa (3)	G. Cooke Tom Edwards Moses Gabb	Richard Butler* Henry Crosby* William Hague*			E. E. Craig (FPCP) [1] H. G. Crittenden (FPCP) [1] T. W. Martin (FPCP) [1] J. M. Scott
Burra Burra (3)	Harry Buxton* Mick O'Halloran* Len Wilcot	Samuel Dickson George Jenkins*		William Miller Laurence O'Loughlin John Pick
East Torrens (3)	Martin Collaton Herbert George T. W. Grealy	Walter Hamilton*	Frederick Coneybeer* J. A. Southwood*		R. G. Hawkes A. L. Calder Victor Wilson
Flinders (2)		James Moseley*		John Chapman*	Samuel Lindsay (ST) John Travers
Murray (3)	Sid O'Flaherty* Frank Staniford S. E. Willsmore	Angas Parsons* H. D. Young*	George Dunn		Maurice Parish J. L. Atkinson J. E. Kelly
Newcastle (2)	Thomas Butterfield* William Harvey*	Robert Thompson Edward Twopeny
North Adelaide (2)	C. O. Bennett F. T. Martin		E. A. Anstey* W. D. Ponder*
Port Adelaide (2)	John Price* J. S. Verran*		Ivor MacGillivray Richard Gully		Allen Martin Alfred Formby
Port Pirie (2)	Lionel Hill* John Fitzgerald*		William Cole Harry Jackson
Stanley (2)	James Scales	Henry Barwell* Robert Nicholls*		M. L. McCormack
Sturt (3)	Frank McCabe A. G. Rankin Tom Howard	Edward Vardon*	Arthur Blackburn* T. H. Smeaton*		Crawford Vaughan Jeanne Young Charles Newling G. W. Illingworth
Victoria (2)	Charles McHugh Stanley Whitford	Vernon Petherick*	Peter Reidy*		H. L. Kennedy
Wallaroo (2)	John Pedler* Robert Richards*		J. F. Herbert John Verran
West Torrens (2)	Alfred Blackwell* John McInnes*		Henry Chesson Thompson Green
Wooroora (3)	William Milne Frank Nieass Allan Robertson*	Richard Layton Butler James McLachlan* Albert Robinson*		Samuel Dennison
Yorke Peninsula (2)		Peter Allen* Henry Tossell*			R. A. Ford R. D. Hogarth

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	National candidates	Farmers and Settlers candidates	Independent candidates
Central District No. 1 (2)	Tom Gluyas* Andrew Kirkpatrick*		John Vaughan J. P. Wilson
Central District No. 2 (2)	L. C. Hunkin Frederick Ward	Henry Tassie*	W. H. Harvey*		A. W. Styles
Northern District (2)		William Morrow* J. E. H. Winnall		W. G. Mills*
Midland District (3)		David Gordon* Walter Gordon Duncan* Thomas Pascoe*
Southern District (2)	James Black H. A. E. R. Pengilly	John Cowan* Lancelot Stirling*

Notes

¹ The three Barossa candidates were candidates of the Farmers and Producers Country Party (FPCP or F&PCP).^[9]

References

1. "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 8 April 1918. p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
2. "THE ELECTIONS". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 April 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
3. "WOOROORA ELECTORATE". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1918. p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
4. "DEATH OF A PIONEER". Daily Herald. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 February 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
5. "TELEGRAMS". The Narracoorte Herald. SA: National Library of Australia. 29 January 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
6. "THE VICTORIA DISTRICT". Daily Herald. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 29 January 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
7. "MEMBERS RETIRED". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 8 April 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
8. "Statistical Register of the Parliament of South Australia" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
9. "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1: ECSA". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2017.