Candidates of the 1925 Australian federal election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1925 Australian federal election. The election was held on 14 November 1925.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

Defections

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

Nationalist

Country

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 byLabor candidateCoalition candidateOther candidates
Frederick McDonald Thomas Ley (Nat)
Sir Neville Howse (Nat) William Southwick (Ind)
Edward Riley Arthur Philip (Nat)
Lockhart Easton Earle Page (CP)
William Mahony James Thomson (Nat)
Arthur Blakeley John Dowling (Nat)
John West Richard Orchard (Nat)
Sir Austin Chapman (Nat)
Lou Cunningham Aubrey Abbott
  • (CP)
    Joseph McGowan (Nat)
Parker Moloney Angus Campbell (Nat)
Victor Miers (CP)
Matthew Charlton Alfred Horsfall (Nat)
George Smith Sir Elliot Johnson (Nat)
Arthur Manning (Nat)
Herbert Pratten (Nat)
John Heiss Victor Thompson (CP)
David Watkins George Waller (Nat)
Billy Hughes (Nat)
William Dunn Charles Marr (Nat)
James Stone Eric Bowden (Nat)
Percy Coleman Percy Shortland (Nat)
Harry Green Roland Green
  • (CP)
    Joseph Greene (Nat)
    John Williams (CP)
Essell Hoad William Killen (CP)
Gordon Cross Sydney Gardner (Nat)
Edward Riley George Baker (Nat)
Thomas Conway Sir Granville Ryrie (Nat)
William Crick Walter Marks (Nat)
Bert Lazzarini Sir Charles Rosenthal (Nat)
William Lambert Lindsay Thompson (Nat)

Queensland

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateOther candidates
Donald Cameron (Nat) Herbert Collie (Ind Lab)
Frank Forde William Doherty (CP)
Duncan McInnes Sir Littleton Groom (Nat)
Lewis Nott (Nat)
Grosvenor Francis (Nat)
John Mattingley George Mackay (Nat)
James Hunter (CP)
Horace Lee Josiah Francis (Nat)
James Bayley (Nat)
Edward Corser (Nat)

South Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNationalist candidate
George Edwin Yates
Moses Gabb Walter Parsons
Alwyn Roberts Malcolm Cameron
Jack Duncan-Hughes
Andrew Lacey John Lyons
Norman Makin John Verran
Richard Foster

Tasmania

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateNationalist candidateCountry candidate
Harold Holmes
John Swain
Syd Jackson
George Bell
David O'Keefe
Eric Ogilvie
Douglas Thompson
William McWilliams
Alfred Seabrook
Percy Best
Atherfield Newman
Llewellyn Atkinson

Victoria

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateOther candidates
John McKellar William Watt (Nat)
Charles McGrath Thomas Ryan (Nat)
Frank Brennan Samuel Dennis (Nat)
Thomas Jude Geoffry Hurry (Nat)
Frank Anstey Edward Price (Nat)
William Nicol William Gibson (CP)
Peter Randles John Lister (Nat)
Patrick O'Hanlon William Hill (CP)
George Maxwell (Nat)
Roy Beardsworth Stanley Bruce (Nat)
James Bermingham Thomas Paterson (CP) George Wise (Ind Nat)
Edward Stewart Henry Gullett (Nat) Donald Mackinnon (Ind Nat)
David Black Robert Cook (CP)
Lionel Batten John Latham (Nat)
James Fenton Thomas White (Nat)
William Maloney William Hendry (Nat)
James Mathews Frank Wilcher (Nat)
John McNeill David Anderson (CP)
Arthur Rodgers* (Nat)
Lucas de Garis (Ind)
Percy Stewart* (Ind CP)
James Scullin Marcus Towler (Nat)

Western Australia

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateIndependent candidate(s)
Thomas Lowry John Prowse (CP)
William Watson
Albert Green John Mullany (Nat)
Dick Lane Edward Mann (Nat)
Ben Davies Henry Gregory (CP)

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

Five seats were up for election. Two of these were for short-term vacancies: one caused by Nationalist Senator Edward Millen's death, which had been filled in the interim by Nationalist Walter Massy-Greene; and the other caused by Labor Senator Allan McDougall's death, which had been filled first by Jack Power and then by William Gibbs, both members of the Labor Party. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor Senator John Grant was not up for re-election.

Queensland

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Nationalist Senators Thomas Crawford, Harry Foll and Matthew Reid were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Bert Hoare, Charles McHugh and James O'Loghlin were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Nationalist Senator Thomas Bakhap's death; this had been filled in the interim by Nationalist John Hayes. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats. Labor Senator James Ogden and Nationalist Senator Herbert Hays were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Labor Senator Stephen Barker's death; this had been filled in the interim by Labor's Joseph Hannan. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Labor Senators John Barnes and Edward Findley were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Charles Graham and Ted Needham and Nationalist Senator Walter Kingsmill were not up for re-election.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Kennedy Seat. . 14 November 1925 . 7. 19 July 2010.