Candidates of the 1917 Victorian state election explained

The 1917 Victorian state election was held on 15 November 1917.

Since the previous election, the Liberal Party had absorbed pro-conscription Labor defectors and become the Nationalist Party. However, the Nationalists contested this election as three competing factions: Ministerialists, the supporters of Alexander Peacock's government; the "Economy Party", supporters of John Bowser; and the National Labor Party, for those ex-Labor members now supporting the anti-Labor side of politics.

Retiring Members

Nationalist

National Labor

Legislative Assembly

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

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidatesNationalist candidatesVFU candidatesOther candidates
MinisterialEconomyNational Labor
Gordon Webber
George Elmslie John Baragwanath
Sir Alexander Peacock
Robert McGregor
Matthew Baird
James Farrer
Duncan McLennan*
Lemuel Griffiths
Laurence Corboy John Carlisle
Henry Beardmore

  • George Jephcott
    Leslie Sambell
Luke Clough Thomas Currie
Walter McRobert
David Smith
Frederick Francis
Edmund Greenwood*
Walter Hiscock
Sir Frank Madden
William Hutchinson Edwin Reseigh
Arthur Roth Frederick Leveson
Oswald Snowball*
James Jewell John March James Davis (Ind Nat)
James Gilchrist
Andrew Robertson*
James Cunningham
Robert Solly
Harry Lawson
Martin Hannah
Joseph O'Connor Allan Cameron Reginald Argyle
Alexander Wilson
Frank Groves
Joseph Hannigan Donald McLeod
Edward Dobson
William Smith
Tom Tunnecliffe Thomas Hicks
Sydney Walker Alfred Farthing

  • George Kemp
John Barrett (Temp)
Maurice Blackburn
James Rouget William Everard

  • Reginald Kelly
John Billson
Edward Warde Thomas Ivory
Robert Purnell
Gordon Holmes James Cameron James Bayliss
James McLachlan
Thomas Livingston Thomas McGalliard James McQueen
John Mackey
Hugh Campbell Walter Watson
Thomas Lyons
John Mitchell*
Frederick Hower George Meudell
Henry Vernon
Henry Angus
Patrick McMahon David Oman
William McPherson
John Cain Samuel Dennis
Arthur May
George Jewell (Ind Lab)
John Pennington
Achilles Gray
James Menzies
Thomas Jude Robert Laidlaw Alfred Outtrim
Alexander Rogers
Robert Anderson
Alfred Downward*
George Prendergast John Vroland
William Gribble Alfred Billson

  • Erle Evans
Edward Smith Edgar Churches
John Hancock
James McDonald*
Henry Bailey Alfred Noar
James Crichton Henry Sanderson (Ind Lab)
Owen Sinclair (Ind Lab)
Harry Smith Donald Mackinnon
Ted Cotter
Hugh McKenzie William Day (Temp)
George McGowan John Macfarlan
Agar Wynne*
William Tibbles Richard Toutcher
John Gray Hugh McClelland (Ind VFU)
Norman Bayles

  • Alfred Darroch
Thomas Hunt
Malcolm McKenzie*
Edward Nichols Samuel Barnes
John Bowser
Leon Villiers John Gordon
Edmond Hogan Garnett Durham
James McMeel James Deany
John Lemmon George Greenslade

See also

References