Candidates of the 1915 South Australian state election explained

This is a list of candidates of the 1915 South Australian state election.^[1]

Retiring MPs

Liberal Union

• Oscar Duhst (Wooroora) – lost preselection^[2]
• Percy Heggaton (Alexandra) – retired^[3]
• Robert Homburg (Burra Burra) – retired^[4]
• Frederick William Young (Wooroora) – appointed Agent General in London^[5]

House of Assembly

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

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
Adelaide (3)		Reginald Blundell Bill Denny John Gunn
Albert (2)	Gwynfred Oram		William Angus Richard Alfred O'Connor	Walter Campbell
Alexandra (3)	B. W. P. Blundell T. W. Grealy S. H. Herring		George Laffer Alexander McDonald George Ritchie
Barossa (3)		Ephraim Coombe Norman Makin M. O. Reidel		Richard Butler William Hague Samuel Rudall
Burra Burra (3)	Even George E. J. Pearce A. T. Penglase		William Miller Laurence O'Loughlin John Pick
East Torrens (3)		Frederick Coneybeer John Albert Southwood Lionel Hill	N. J. Hargrave W. H. H. Dring	Peter Addison
Flinders (2)	J. J. Cronin F. H. Davies		James Moseley John Travers
Murray (3)		George Dunn Maurice Parish		Hermann Homburg Friedrich Pflaum Harry Dove Young	Archibald Duncan D. J. Wellington
Newcastle (2)		Thomas Butterfield Andrew Kirkpatrick
North Adelaide (2)		Edward Alfred Anstey William David Ponder	Lewis Cohen Thomas Crase
Port Adelaide (2)		Ivor MacGillivray John Price
Port Pirie (2)		William Cole Harry Jackson
Stanley (2)			Henry Barwell Robert Nicholls
Sturt (3)		Thomas Ryan Thomas Hyland Smeaton Crawford Vaughan	Herbert Hudd Angas Parsons N. A. Webb
Victoria (2)		Clarence Goode Peter Reidy	George Bodey Archibald Peake
Wallaroo (2)		John Verran John Frederick Herbert
West Torrens (2)		Henry Chesson Thompson Green
Wooroora (3)			Richard Layton Butler David James Albert Robinson	H. M. Tuck
Yorke Peninsula (2)	R. J. J. Kinnane		Peter Allen Henry Tossell

Legislative Council

Only two Legislative Council seats were up for election at the 1915 general election: one in each of Central District No. 1 and No. 2.

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

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates
		John Carr
			John Herbert Cooke

Notes and References

1. News: THE STATE ELECTIONS. . . Adelaide . 20 March 1915 . 3 October 2015 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: WOOROORA PLEBISCITE. . . Adelaide . 23 January 1915 . 4 October 2015 . 33 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: MR. MCDONALD'S RESIGNATION. . . Port Elliot, SA . 20 May 1915 . 4 October 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: A LOYAL SUBJECT. . . Adelaide . 20 March 1915 . 4 October 2015 . 35 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: MEMBERS RETIRED. . . Adelaide . 2 April 1915 . 4 October 2015 . 8 . National Library of Australia.