Candidates of the 1910 Australian federal election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1910 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 April 1910.

The Commonwealth Liberal Party was formed in 1909 as a merger between several conservative groups. Seats previously held by the Protectionist Party, the Anti-Socialist Party, the Western Australian Party, or the Victorian independent Protectionists are considered to be held by the Liberal Party.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

Defections

Retiring Members and Senators

Labour

Liberal

House of Representatives

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

New South Wales

ElectorateHeld byLabour candidateLiberal candidateOther candidates
Josiah Thomas William Shepherd
Thomas Brown
James Catts William Clegg
Clem Johnson John Thomson John O'Brien (Ind Lab)
Bill Wilks
William Spence
Austin Chapman
William Webster
Bernard Grogan Sir William Lyne (Ind)
Frank Liddell
George Fuller
Elliot Johnson
Ernest Carr
Eric Bowden
David Watkins Frank Pulsford
Frank Foster
Percy Tighe John Steel (YANP)
Ernest Burgess Bruce Smith Herbert Pratten (Ind Lib)
Bert Broue Joseph Cook
Venour Nathan (Ind Lib)
Robert Pyers (Ind Lab)
John Chanter John Jackson Edmund O'Dwyer (Ind Lib)
Henry Willis
Arthur Vernon Willie Kelly
David Hall
Billy Hughes Harry Holland (Soc Lab)

Queensland

ElectorateHeld byLabour candidateLiberal candidateOther candidates
Justin Foxton
Edward Archer
Morris Harland Littleton Groom
Fred Bamford
Charles McDonald John Houghton
Jim Page Jasper Harvey
Thomas Emmerson Hugh Sinclair
Richard Edwards Frederick Dent (Ind)
Andrew Fisher

South Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabour candidateLiberal candidateOther candidates
Ernest Roberts
Paddy Glynn
Martin Dwyer John Livingston
Lee Batchelor Paris Nesbit (Ind Lib)
Alexander Poynton
Richard Foster Charles Horne (YANP)

Tasmania

ElectorateHeld byLabour candidateLiberal candidateOther candidates
David Storrer (Ind Prot)
King O'Malley William Fisher
Matthew Simmons
William McWilliams
Thomas Wilson Llewellyn Atkinson

Victoria

ElectorateHeld byLabour candidateLiberal candidateOther candidates
George Mead Agar Wynne
David Russell Alfred Deakin
Jabez Coon
Sir John Quick
James Hume Cook
Gratton Wilson
Richard Crouch
Albert Palmer Hugh Davies (Ind Lib)
William Everard (Ind Lib)
Anthony O'Dwyer (Ind)
William Orr (Ind)
George Fairbairn
Frank Buckley William Irvine Timothy McInerney (Ind Lib)
James Bowden George Wise (Ind Lib)
Hans Irvine
Joseph Brown
William Knox Alfred Lumsden (Ind Lib)
Arthur Fraser Carty Salmon
Samuel Mauger
William Maloney
James Mathews
Robert Harper Thomas Hunt (Ind Lib)
Stephen Thompson (Ind)
John McDougall
Richard Taffe Sydney Sampson
Frank Tudor

Western Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabour candidateLiberal candidateIndependent candidate(s)
Hugh Mahon Harry McClay
William Hedges
Charlie Frazer John Thornett
James Fowler
Sir John Forrest

Senate

Sitting senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

New South Wales

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senators Sir Albert Gould, Edward Millen and James Walker were not up for re-election.

Queensland

Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senators Thomas Chataway, Robert Sayers and Anthony St Ledger were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senator Joseph Vardon, Labour Senator William Russell and Independent Senator Sir Josiah Symon were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senators Cyril Cameron, John Clemons and John Keating were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Liberal Senators Simon Fraser and James McColl and Labour Senator Edward Russell were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Labour Senators Patrick Lynch, Ted Needham and George Pearce were not up for re-election.

See also

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