Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1915–1918

This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1915 to 1918, as elected at the 1915 state election:

Name Party Electorate Term of office Peter Allen Liberal Yorke Peninsula 1902–1912, 1915–1925 William Angus Liberal Albert 1912–1921 Edward Alfred Anstey Labor/National North Adelaide 1908–1921 Henry Barwell Liberal Stanley 1915–1925 Reginald Blundell Labor/National Adelaide 1907–1918 Hon Sir Richard Butler Liberal Barossa 1890–1924 Richard Layton Butler Liberal Wooroora 1915–1918, 1921–1938 Thomas Butterfield Labor Newcastle 1915–1917, 1918–1933 Henry Chesson Labor/National West Torrens 1905–1918 William Cole Labor/National Port Pirie 1910–1918 Ephraim Coombe Labor Barossa 1901–1912, 1915–1917 Frederick Coneybeer Labor/National East Torrens 1893–1921, 1924–1930 Henry Crosby Liberal Barossa 1917–1924, 1924–1930, 1933–1938 Bill Denny Labor Adelaide 1900–1905, 1906–1933 George Dunn Labor/National Murray 1915–1918 Bert Edwards Labor Adelaide 1917–1931 Clarence Goode Labor/National/Independent Victoria 1905–1918 Thompson Green Labor/National West Torrens 1910–1918 John Gunn Labor Adelaide 1915–1917, 1918–1926 William Hague Liberal Barossa 1912–1924 Walter Hamilton Liberal East Torrens 1917–1924, 1925–1930, 1933–1938 John Frederick Herbert Labor/National Wallaroo 1912–1918 Lionel Hill Labor East Torrens 1915–1917, 1918–1933 Harry Jackson Labor/National Port Pirie 1906–1918 David James Liberal Wooroora 1902–1918 Hon Andrew Kirkpatrick Labor Newcastle 1915–1918 George Laffer Liberal Alexandra 1913–1933 Ivor MacGillivray Labor/National Port Adelaide 1893–1918 Alexander McDonald Liberal Alexandra 1887–1915 William Miller Liberal/Farmers and Settlers Burra Burra 1902–1918 James Moseley Liberal Flinders 1910–1933 Robert Nicholls Liberal Stanley 1915–1956 Richard Alfred O'Connor Liberal Albert 1915–1921 Hon Laurence O'Loughlin Liberal/Farmers and Settlers Burra Burra 1890–1918 Maurice Parish Labor/National/Independent Murray 1915–1918 John Pick Liberal/Farmers and Settlers Burra Burra 1915–1918 William David Ponder Labor/National North Adelaide 1905–1921 Peter Reidy Labor/National Victoria 1915–1932 Albert Robinson Liberal Wooroora 1915–1924, 1934–1943 Thomas Ryan Labor/National Sturt 1909–1912, 1915–1917 Thomas Hyland Smeaton Labor/National Sturt 1905–1921 John Albert Southwood Labor/National East Torrens 1912–1921 Hon Archibald Peake Liberal Alexandra 1897–1915, 1915–1920 John Price Labor Port Adelaide 1915–1925 George Ritchie Liberal Alexandra 1902–1922 Henry Tossell Liberal Yorke Peninsula 1915–1930 John Travers Liberal/Independent Flinders 1906–1910, 1912–1918 Edward Twopeny Liberal Newcastle 1917–1918 Crawford Vaughan Labor/National/Independent Sturt 1905–1918 Hon John Verran Labor/National Wallaroo 1901–1918 Harry Dove Young Liberal Murray 1912–1927

Alexandra Liberal MHA Alexander McDonald resigned on 17 May 1915. Liberal candidate Archibald Peake won the resulting by-election on 19 June. In the February 1917 Labor split, the official Labor Party expelled Premier Crawford Vaughan and his supporters, including a majority of their members of the House of Assembly, over their support for conscription in World War I. The expelled MPs formed the National Labor Party in March; the party was renamed the National Party in June. Newcastle Labor MHA Thomas Butterfield resigned on 21 March 1917. Liberal candidate Edward Twopeny won the resulting by-election on 12 May. Adelaide Labor MHA John Gunn resigned on 21 March 1917 to contest the 1917 federal election. Labor candidate Bert Edwards won the resulting by-election on 12 May. East Torrens Labor MHA Lionel Hill resigned on 21 March 1917 to contest the 1917 federal election. Liberal candidate Walter Hamilton won the resulting by-election on 21 May. Barossa Labor MHA Ephraim Coombe died on 5 April 1917. Liberal candidate Henry Crosby won the resulting by-election on 2 June. Sturt National MHA Thomas Ryan resigned on 16 November 1917 following his election to the Parliament of Victoria at the 1917 Victorian election. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1918 election. John Travers resigned from the Liberal Union in December 1917 and served out his term as an independent. Victoria MHA Clarence Goode resigned from the National Party in January 1918; he later clarified that he had only resigned from the parliamentary National Party. The coalition agreement between the National Party and Liberal Union for the 1921 election had only granted the National Party one seat for its two members, and Goode opted to retire to give Peter Reidy a clear run rather than recontest as an independent. Murray MHA Maurice Parish resigned from the National Party in January 1918 and sat as an independent for the remainder of his term. The three Liberal MHAs for Burra Burra, William Miller, Laurence O'Loughlin and John Pick, collectively defected to the Farmers and Settlers Association in February 1918. In March 1918, Sturt MHA Crawford Vaughan resigned as National Party leader, withdrew from preselection, and announced his intention to contest the 1918 election as an independent.

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