Candidates of the 1922 Australian federal election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1922 Australian federal election. The election was held on 16 December 1922.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

• On 10 July 1920, Charles McGrath (Labor) was elected to succeed Edwin Kerby (Nationalist) as the member for Ballaarat, after the latter's election in 1919 was declared void.
• On 18 December 1920, George Foley (Nationalist) was elected to succeed Hugh Mahon (Labor) as the member for Kalgoorlie following the latter's expulsion from the House.
• On 16 February 1921, Edward Vardon (Nationalist) was appointed as a South Australian Senator to succeed Robert Guthrie (Nationalist).
• On 30 July 1921, James Hunter (Country) was elected to succeed Jim Page (Labor) as the member for Maranoa.
• On 3 September 1921, William Lambert (Labor) was elected to succeed T. J. Ryan (Labor) as the member for West Sydney.
• On 10 December 1921, Herbert Pratten (Nationalist) was elected to succeed Sir Joseph Cook (Nationalist) as the member for Parramatta.
• On 15 December 1921, Henry Garling (Nationalist) was appointed as a New South Wales Senator to succeed Herbert Pratten (Nationalist).
• On 18 February 1922, James Scullin (Labor) was elected to succeed Frank Tudor (Labor) as the member for Yarra.
• On 26 May 1922, John MacDonald (Labor) was appointed as a Queensland Senator to succeed John Adamson (Nationalist).

Defections

• In 1920, Labor MP William Higgs (Capricornia) was expelled from the Labor Party. After a period as an Independent, he joined the Nationalist Party later that year.
• In 1920, the Australian Country Party was formed by the various state organisations. It was also joined by a number of Nationalist MPs: Llewellyn Atkinson (Wilmot), William Fleming (Robertson), Henry Gregory (Dampier), Alexander Hay (New England), Edmund Jowett (Echuca) and William McWilliams (Franklin).
• In 1922, Nationalists disaffected with Prime Minister Billy Hughes's leadership formed the Liberal Party. It was joined by Nationalists Richard Foster (Wakefield), William Watt (Balaclava), Senator James Rowell (South Australia) and Senator Edward Vardon (South Australia).
• In 1922, Country MP Alexander Hay (New England) was expelled from the party. He sat as an Independent.
• In 1922, Independent MP Frederick Francis (Henty) joined the Nationalist Party.
• In 1922, Labor MP James Catts (Cook) was expelled from the party. He contested the election for the Majority Labor Party.

Redistributions and seat changes

• Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in all states.
  • In New South Wales, the Independent-held seat of Barrier and the Nationalist-held seats of Illawarra and Nepean were abolished. Four new seats were created: Barton, Martin and Warringah were notionally Nationalist, and Reid was notionally Labor.
    • The member for Barrier, Michael Considine (Industrial Socialist Labor), contested Darling.
    • The member for Illawarra, Hector Lamond (Nationalist), contested Barton.
    • The member for Nepean, Eric Bowden (Nationalist), contested Parramatta.
    • The member for North Sydney, Sir Granville Ryrie (Nationalist), contested Warringah. (See also Victoria below.)
    • The member for Parramatta, Herbert Pratten (Nationalist), contested Martin.
  • In Victoria, the Country-held seat of Grampians was abolished.
    • The member for Bendigo, Prime Minister Billy Hughes (Nationalist), contested the New South Wales seat of North Sydney.
    • The member for Grampians, Edmund Jowett (Country), contested Bendigo.
  • In Queensland, the Nationalist-held seat of Brisbane became notionally Labor.
  • In Western Australia, the Country-held seat of Dampier was abolished. One new seat, Forrest (notionally Country), was created.
    • The member for Dampier, Henry Gregory (Country), contested Swan.
    • The member for Swan, John Prowse (Country), contested Forrest.
  • There were minimal changes in South Australia and Tasmania.
  • A new seat was created for the Northern Territory.

Retiring Members and Senators

Nationalist

• Reginald Burchell MP (Fremantle, WA)
• John Livingston MP (Barker, SA)
• Arnold Wienholt MP (Moreton, Qld)
• Senator George Fairbairn (Vic)

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Nationalist candidate	Country candidate	Other candidate(s)
				Hector Lamond
		Thomas Lavelle
				William Pritchard		James Catts (MLP)
					Earle Page
			William Mahony			Herbert Mitchell (MLP)
			Arthur Blakeley	Walter Wright		Michael Considine (ISLP)
			John West
		Ulric Walsh		Austin Chapman
			Lou Cunningham
			Parker Moloney	Fred Belbridge	Cyril James
			Matthew Charlton
		George Smith		Sir Elliot Johnson		Percy Evans (MLP)
		Samuel Nicholls				John Miller (Ind)
				Herbert Pratten
			David Watkins	John Willings		Arthur Gardiner (Ind Lab)
						Alexander Hay (Ind)
				Billy Hughes		Albert Piddington (Const)
		Edward Cohen		Charles Marr
		James Stone		Eric Bowden
				Frederick Reed		Howard Fowles (MLP)
			Walter Massy-Greene			John Steel (Ind)
		Essell Hoad	John Chanter		William Bartram William Killen* John Lorimer
		Alfred Roberts			William Fleming
			Edward Riley	Robert Moore		Vivian Deacon (MLP)
				Sir Granville Ryrie
		William Fitzgerald		Walter Marks		Henry Morton (Ind Nat)
			Bert Lazzarini
			William Lambert			Thomas Bryde (PLP) Arthur O'Donnell (MLP)

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Nationalist candidate	Country candidate	Independent candidate(s)
		Frank Burke		Donald Cameron
				William Higgs	Albert Gorrie
		James MacDougall		Littleton Groom
				Fred Bamford
			Charles McDonald		Robert Nowland
				George Mackay		Alexander Costello
		John Durkin			James Hunter
		Horace Lee			Francis Brewer
				James Bayley
		Joseph Johnston		Edward Corser

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Nationalist candidate	Liberal candidate	Country candidate
				Reginald Blundell
			Moses Gabb
						Ronald Hunt
			William Story
				Alexander Poynton
			Norman Makin	Charles Hayter
		Edward Stokes			Richard Foster	Henry Queale

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Nationalist candidate	Country candidate	Other candidates
		Alfred Higgins		Syd Jackson		John Hegarty (Ind Nat) King O'Malley (Ind Lab)
			George Bell			James Campbell (Ind)
				Leopold Broinowski Edward Mulcahy William Laird Smith		David Blanshard (Ind)
					William McWilliams
					Llewellyn Atkinson Norman Cameron John Campbell

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Nationalist candidate	Country-Liberal candidate	Other candidates
					William Watt (Lib)
			Charles McGrath	Russell Coldham	Sydney King (Lib)
			Frank Brennan	George Mackay		Martin Hannah (Ind Lab)
		Thomas Jude			Edmund Jowett (CP)
			Frank Anstey	John March
					William Gibson (CP)
				John Lister
			James Stewart		William Hill (CP)
				George Maxwell	John Murphy (Lib)
				Stanley Bruce	Stephen Thompson (Lib)
		James Bermingham	George Wise		Thomas Paterson (CP)
		Roy Beardsworth		James Boyd Frederick Francis	Eleanor Glencross (Lib) Henry Gullett (Lib)
		John Minogue			Robert Cook (CP)
			Sir Robert Best		John Latham (Lib)
			James Fenton	James Stephens
			William Maloney	Ernest Nicholls
			James Mathews	Selwyn Neale
				Arthur Rodgers	David Gibson (CP)
					Percy Stewart (CP)	Alfred Shaw (UCP)
			James Scullin	Thomas Fitzgerald

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Nationalist candidate	Country candidate	Independent candidate(s)
			Peter Wedd		John Prowse
						William Watson
				George Foley
		Andrew Clementson		Harry Bolton Alfred Carson James Fowler Edward Mann
					Henry Gregory

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 Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor Senator Albert Gardiner and Nationalist Senators Charles Cox and Walter Duncan were not up for re-election.

Queensland

Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Nationalist Senator John Adamson's death; this seat had been filled in the interim by Labor's John MacDonald. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats. Nationalist Senators Thomas Givens and Sir William Glasgow were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators Benjamin Benny, John Newland and Victor Wilson were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators George Foster, John Millen and Herbert Payne were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators Harold Elliott, James Guthrie and Edward Russell were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators Edmund Drake-Brockman, Patrick Lynch and George Pearce were not up for re-election.

See also

• 1922 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1919–1922
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1922–1925
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1920–1923
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1923–1926
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1922
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1922