Candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election.

Retiring MPs

Liberal

David James (Wooroora) – lost preselection James Howe MLC (Northern District) – retired

Independent

Clarence Goode (Victoria) – retired

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.

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 BlundellW. J. Stephens Selina SigginsAlbert (2) C. H. L. BensonR. E. Downie William Angus*R. A. O'Connor* W. D. CowleyE. G. Butler Alexandra (3) M. J. E. HuntWilliam NichollsWalter Lodge Archibald Peake*George Laffer*George Ritchie* Walter FurlerBarossa (3) G. CookeTom EdwardsMoses Gabb Richard Butler*Henry Crosby*William Hague* E. E. Craig (FPCP) H. G. Crittenden (FPCP) T. W. Martin (FPCP) J. M. ScottBurra Burra (3) Harry Buxton*Mick O'Halloran*Len Wilcot Samuel DicksonGeorge Jenkins* William MillerLaurence O'LoughlinJohn Pick East Torrens (3) Martin CollatonHerbert GeorgeT. W. Grealy Walter Hamilton* Frederick Coneybeer*J. A. Southwood* R. G. HawkesA. L. CalderVictor WilsonFlinders (2) James Moseley* John Chapman* Samuel Lindsay (ST)John TraversMurray (3) Sid O'Flaherty*Frank StanifordS. E. Willsmore Angas Parsons*H. D. Young* George Dunn Maurice ParishJ. L. AtkinsonJ. E. KellyNewcastle (2) Thomas Butterfield*William Harvey* Robert ThompsonEdward Twopeny North Adelaide (2) C. O. BennettF. T. Martin E. A. Anstey*W. D. Ponder* Port Adelaide (2) John Price*J. S. Verran* Ivor MacGillivrayRichard Gully Allen MartinAlfred FormbyPort Pirie (2) Lionel Hill*John Fitzgerald* William ColeHarry Jackson Stanley (2) James Scales Henry Barwell*Robert Nicholls* M. L. McCormack Sturt (3) Frank McCabeA. G. RankinTom Howard Edward Vardon* Arthur Blackburn*T. H. Smeaton* Crawford VaughanJeanne YoungCharles NewlingG. W. IllingworthVictoria (2) Charles McHughStanley Whitford Vernon Petherick* Peter Reidy* H. L. KennedyWallaroo (2) John Pedler*Robert Richards* J. F. HerbertJohn Verran West Torrens (2) Alfred Blackwell*John McInnes* Henry ChessonThompson Green Wooroora (3) William MilneFrank NieassAllan Robertson* Richard Layton ButlerJames McLachlan*Albert Robinson* Samuel Dennison Yorke Peninsula (2) Peter Allen*Henry Tossell* R. A. FordR. 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 VaughanJ. P. Wilson Central District No. 2 (2) L. C. HunkinFrederick Ward Henry Tassie* W. H. Harvey* A. W. StylesNorthern 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 BlackH. A. E. R. Pengilly John Cowan*Lancelot Stirling*

Notes The three Barossa candidates were candidates of the Farmers and Producers Country Party (FPCP or F&PCP).

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