Candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election

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

Retiring MPs

Liberal Federation

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

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

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

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

^ "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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