This article provides information on candidates who ran in the 1928 Australian federal election. The election was held on 17 November 1928.
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.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ley (Nat) | ||||||
| James O'Donnell | Sir Neville Howse (Nat) | |||||
| Edward Riley | Humphrey Earl (Nat) | |||||
| Earle Page (CP) | ||||||
| Ted Theodore | Hedley Rogers (Nat) | Albert Gardiner (Ind Lab) | ||||
| Arthur Blakeley | Frederick Drury (Nat) | |||||
| John West | Julian Simpson (Nat) | |||||
| John Perkins (Nat) | ||||||
| Aubrey Abbott (CP) | ||||||
| Parker Moloney | William Fleming (CP) Jack Garry (Nat) | |||||
| Ernest Carr (Nat) | Jim Brown (Ind Lab) | |||||
| Sir Elliot Johnson (Nat) | ||||||
| Arthur Manning (Nat) | ||||||
| Percy Hannett | Graham Pratten (Nat) | |||||
| Victor Thompson (CP) | ||||||
| David Watkins | Walter Skelton (PLP) | |||||
| Billy Hughes (Nat) | ||||||
| George Sherringham | Charles Marr (Nat) | |||||
| Eric Bowden (Nat) | ||||||
| Percy Coleman | George Tomlinson (Nat) | |||||
| Roland Green (CP) | ||||||
| Joseph Casserly | William Killen (CP) | |||||
| Sydney Gardner (Nat) | ||||||
| Edward Riley | George Baker (Nat) | |||||
| Archdale Parkhill (Nat) | ||||||
| Walter Marks (Nat) | ||||||
| Bert Lazzarini | Herbert Ogilvie (Nat) | |||||
| Alfred Benjamin (Nat) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Burke | Donald Cameron (Nat) | ||||
| Frank Forde | Robert Staines (CP) | ||||
| Sir Littleton Groom (Nat) | |||||
| Lewis Nott (Nat) | |||||
| Grosvenor Francis (Nat) | |||||
| George Mackay (Nat) | |||||
| Jack Reid | James Hunter (CP) | ||||
| Josiah Francis (Nat) | |||||
| James Bayley (Nat) | |||||
| Bernard Corser (CP) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Independent candidate(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Edwin Yates | George McLeay (Nat) | |||||
| Michael Woods | Walter Parsons (Nat) | |||||
Malcolm Cameron
| ||||||
| Jack Duncan-Hughes (Nat) | ||||||
| Andrew Lacey | William Blight (Nat) | |||||
| Norman Makin | Henry Dunks (Nat) | Ross Graham | ||||
Maurice Collins
|
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Nationalist candidate | Independent candidate(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Wilson | Syd Jackson
| |||||
| George Bell | James Campbell | |||||
Charles Culley
| Sir John Gellibrand | |||||
| Francis Foster Alfred Seabrook | William McWilliams | |||||
| Llewellyn Atkinson | George Flowers |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Watt (Nat) | Edward Price (Ind Nat) | |||||
| Charles McGrath | Matthew Baird (Nat) | |||||
| Frank Brennan | Angus McDonald (Nat) | |||||
| Geoffry Hurry | ||||||
| Frank Anstey | Leonard Smith (Nat) | |||||
| William Gibson (CP) | ||||||
| Peter Randles | John Lister (Nat) | |||||
| William Hill (CP) | Frederick Churches (CPP) | |||||
| Nicholas Roberts | George Maxwell (Nat) | |||||
| Stanley Bruce (Nat) | Clarence Robertson (Ind Nat) | |||||
| Thomas Paterson (CP) | George Wise (Ind Lib) | |||||
| Edward Stewart | Henry Gullett (Nat) | |||||
| John Latham (Nat) | ||||||
| James Fenton | Arthur Fenton (Nat) | |||||
| William Maloney | Norman O'Brien (Nat) | |||||
| James Mathews | ||||||
| Arthur Rodgers (Nat) | ||||||
| John Harris (CP) | Percy Stewart (CPP) | |||||
| James Scullin | Cecil Keeley (Nat) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Independent candidate(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Buckley | John Prowse (CP) | |||||
| Frank Gibson (Nat) | Keith Watson | |||||
| Albert Green | ||||||
| Arthur Watts | Edward Mann (Nat) | John McCoo | ||||
| Henry Gregory (CP) |
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 (*).
Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Nationalist-Country Coalition was defending two seats. Nationalist Senators Charles Cox, Walter Duncan and Walter Massy-Greene were not up for re-election.
Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Nationalist Senator Thomas Givens's death; this had been held in the interim by Labor's John MacDonald. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats. Nationalist Senators Sir William Glasgow and William Thompson were not up for re-election.
Three seats were up for election. Originally, they were held by the Labor Party, but two Nationalist Party members had been appointed to casual vacancies. Nationalist Senators Alexander McLachlan and Sir John Newlands and Country Party Senator John Chapman were not up for re-election.
Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending two seats. One seat had been held by the Labor Party, but Senator James Ogden had defected to the Nationalists. Nationalist Senators John Millen, Herbert Payne and Burford Sampson were not up for re-election.
Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Country Party was defending one seat. Nationalist Senators Harold Elliott, James Guthrie and William Plain were not up for re-election.
Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Nationalist Party was defending one seat. Nationalist Senators Patrick Lynch and Sir George Pearce and Country Party Senator William Carroll were not up for re-election.