Candidates of the 1931 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1931 Australian federal election. The election was held on 19 December 1931.

In 1931, the Nationalist Party had become the United Australia Party, absorbing several Labor defectors. In New South Wales, the Labor Party split, with the Lang Labor group voting against the Labor government. Seats held by Labor defectors are here considered to be held by the Labor Party.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

Defections

Seat changes

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

United Australia

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

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Labor (NSW) candidate Other candidates
BartonLaborJames TullyAlbert Lane (UAP)John Eldridge
CalareLaborGeorge GibbonsHarold Thorby (CP)Tom Watson
CookLaborEdward RileyCharles Robinson (UAP)Jock GardenTom Wright (CPA)
CowperCountryJohn CusackEarle Page (CP)Tom Roach
DalleyLaborTed TheodoreSidney Massey (UAP)Sol RosevearWilliam Little (Ind Nat)
Jack Sylvester (CPA)
DarlingLaborArthur BlakeleyHarold Campbell (CP)Richard QuintrellTed Tripp (CPA)
East SydneyLaborGeorge BucklandJohn Clasby (UAP)Eddie Ward
Eden-MonaroLaborGerald O'SullivanArthur Christian (CP)
John Perkins* (UAP)
GwydirLaborLou CunninghamAubrey Abbott* (CP)
Arnold Brown (CP)
Edward Cummins
HumeLaborParker MoloneyThomas Collins (CP)Lynden Regan
HunterLaborAllan HowieRowley JamesArnold Bailey (Ind)
Harris Burnham (CPA)
LangLaborWilliam LongAlfred Bennett (UAP)
Dick Dein* (UAP)
Dan Mulcahy
MacquarieLaborBen ChifleyJohn Lawson (UAP)Tony LuchettiRobert Deveney (CPA)
MartinLaborJames CattsMac Abbott (UAP)
William Holman* (UAP)
Charles Hankin
New EnglandCountryVictor Thompson (CP)Angus Campbell (Ind)
NewcastleLaborDavid WatkinsJames KiddRowland Clark (AAL)
Jack Simpson (CPA)
Walter Skelton (Ind Lab)
North SydneyIndependent
Nationalist
Norman Cowper (UAP)
Billy Hughes* (UAP)
Norman Nelson
ParkesUnited AustraliaWilliam GibbsCharles Marr (UAP)Herbert Garden
ParramattaLaborAlbert RoweFrederick Stewart (UAP)Valentine PattersonAnwoth Brown (Ind)
ReidLaborPercy ColemanRobert Uebel (UAP)Joe Gander
RichmondCountryRobert Gibson (CP)
Roland Green* (CP)
Leonard Greening (CP)
Percy Tighe (CP)
Jim Fredericks (Ind)
RiverinaCountryLouis LevyRobert Hankinson (CP)
Horace Nock* (CP)
John Heiss
RobertsonUnited AustraliaWilfred TurnbullSydney Gardner (UAP)Peter RobbWilliam Fleming (Ind CP)
South SydneyLaborEdward RileyJohn Jennings (UAP)John Stewart
WarringahUnited AustraliaWalter Duncan (UAP)
Archdale Parkhill* (UAP)
WentworthIndependent
Nationalist
Eric Harrison* (UAP)
Walter Marks (UAP)
WerriwaLaborErnest TullyWalter McNicoll* (CP)Bert LazzariniMont Sheppard (Ind AAL)
West SydneyLaborJames DonaldsonArthur Butterell (UAP)Jack Beasley

Northern Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Independent candidate
Northern TerritoryLaborHarold NelsonWilliam Easton (Ind)
John McMillan (Ind Lab)

Queensland

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
BrisbaneUnited AustraliaGeorge LawsonDonald Cameron (UAP)Hugh Talty (LL)
CapricorniaLaborFrank FordeRobert Staines (CP)
Darling DownsUnited AustraliaArthur Morgan (UAP)Sir Littleton Groom* (Ind)
Herbert Yeates (Ind)
HerbertLaborGeorge MartensGrosvenor Francis (UAP)
KennedyLaborDarby RiordanJim Clarke (UAP)
LilleyUnited AustraliaGeorge Mackay (UAP)Alexander Costello (Ind Lab)
Frank Mason (SC)
MaranoaCountryMyles FerricksJames Hunter (CP)
MoretonUnited AustraliaJosiah Francis (UAP)
OxleyUnited AustraliaFrancis BakerJames Bayley (UAP)Frank Pforr (LL)
Wide BayCountryBernard Corser (CP)

South Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate EC candidate Other candidates
AdelaideLaborGeorge Edwin YatesFred StaceyAgnes Goode (Ind)
Tom Howard (LL)
Crawford Vaughan (L-L)
John Zwolsman (CPA)
AngasLaborDavid FraserMoses Gabb[1]
BarkerEmergencyCyril HasseMalcolm CameronPercy Spehr (Ind)
BoothbyLaborCecil SkitchJohn PriceSam Lindsay (ST)
GreyLaborAndrew LaceyPhilip McBrideAlfred Barns (Ind)
James Hodgson (ST)
HindmarshLaborNorman MakinErnest EvansSid O'Flaherty (LL)
WakefieldEmergencyCharles HawkerMaurice Collins (Ind CP)

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Labor candidate UAP candidate Other candidates
BassLaborClaude BarnardAllan GuyHarold Solomon (Nat)
DarwinUnited AustraliaJoseph McGrathGeorge Bell
DenisonLaborCharles CulleyArthur Hutchin
FranklinLaborCharles FrostArchibald BlacklowAlbert Beard (Ind)
WilmotLaborGeorge BeckerJoseph LyonsGeorge Pullen (Nat)

Victoria

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
BalaclavaUnited AustraliaEdward StewartThomas White (UAP)James Denyer (ADP)
BallaaratLaborStewart MillerHenry Bromfield (CP)
Charles McGrath* (UAP)
BatmanLaborFrank BrennanSamuel Dennis (UAP)Frank Blake (ADP)
Jim Hannan (CPA)
BendigoLaborRichard KeaneEric Harrison (UAP)
BourkeLaborFrank AnsteyRoy Ivey (UAP)James Adie (CPA)
Walter Norman (Ind)
CorangamiteLaborRichard CrouchWilliam Gibson (CP)
CorioLaborArthur LewisRichard Casey (UAP)John Lister (Ind UAP)
EchucaCountryWilliam Hill (CP)John Fitzpatrick (Ind UAP)
William Moss (Ind CP)
Galloway Stewart (Ind CP)
FawknerIndependent
Nationalist
John McKennaGeorge Maxwell (UAP)David Robertson (Ind)
FlindersLaborArthur HaywoodStanley Bruce (UAP)
GippslandCountryThomas Paterson (CP)
HentyUnited AustraliaFred KatzHenry Gullett (UAP)
IndiLaborPaul JonesWilliam Hutchinson* (UAP)
Arthur Walter (CP)
KooyongUnited AustraliaCornelius LoughnanJohn Latham (UAP)
MaribyrnongLaborWilliam BeckettJames Fenton (UAP)William Scott (ADP)
MelbourneLaborWilliam MaloneyIsrael Smith (UAP)
Melbourne PortsLaborJack HollowayWilliam Orr (UAP)Thomas Houston (LL)
William Howey (Ind UAP)
Noble Kerby (Ind)
Thomas le Huray (CPA)
WannonLaborJohn McNeillArthur Rodgers (CP)
Thomas Scholfield* (UAP)
WimmeraCPPSamuel Lockhart (CP)
William McCann (CP)
Hugh McClelland* (CP)
William Morgan (UAP)
Alexander Dowsley (Ind)
YarraLaborJames ScullinJohn Davis (UAP)Patrick Branagan (ST)
Ernie Thornton (CPA)

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
ForrestCountryJohn Prowse (CP)
FremantleLaborJohn CurtinKeith Watson (UAP)William Watson (Ind)
KalgoorlieLaborAlbert GreenWilliam Pickering (CP)
George Rainsford (UAP)
PerthUnited AustraliaJohn MoloneyWalter Nairn (UAP)
SwanCountryJohn FraserHenry Gregory (CP)Carlyle Ferguson (Ind)
Alfred Reynolds (Ind 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

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. Labor Senator John Dooley and NSW Labor Senators James Dunn and Arthur Rae were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Lang Labor candidates Other candidates
John Bailey
Hilton Blackburn
Albert Gardiner
Charles Cox* (UAP)
Walter Massy-Greene* (UAP)
Charles Hardy* (CP)
Christopher Anderson
Tom Arthur
Ernest Barker
James Dooley (Ind Lab)
George McDonald (Ind)
Lance Sharkey (CPA)
Abraham Taylor (Ind)

Queensland

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

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Other candidates
Gordon Brown*
Joe Collings*
John MacDonald*
Walter Cooper (CP)
Sir William Glasgow (UAP)
William Thompson (UAP)
Fred Paterson (CPA)

South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Emergency Committee of South Australia was defending three seats. Labor Senators John Daly, Bert Hoare and Mick O'Halloran were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates EC candidates Independent candidates
Harry Kneebone
John Verran
Frederick Ward
Oliver Badman*
Jack Duncan-Hughes*
Alexander McLachlan*
Raphael Cilento
Ruth Ravenscroft

Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators John Hayes, Herbert Hays and James Ogden were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates UAP candidates
Thomas Jude
David O'Keefe
Walter Woods
Andrew Cooper
James Counsel
Bayard Edgell
Syd Jackson
John Millen*
Herbert Payne*
Benjamin Pearsall
Herbert Postle
Burford Sampson*

Victoria

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. Labor Senator John Barnes, United Australia Party Senator Harry Lawson and Country Party Senator Robert Elliott were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates UAP candidates Other candidates
Don Cameron
Jim Sheehan
Alf Wallis
Tom Brennan*
James Guthrie*
William Plain*
Alured Kelly (Ind Nat)
William Murchison (Ind UAP)
Harold Partridge (CPA)

Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Sir Hal Colebatch and Walter Kingsmill and Country Party Senator Bertie Johnston were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Other candidates
George Gaunt
Louis Greive
Ted Needham
William Carroll* (CP)
Patrick Lynch* (UAP)
Sir George Pearce* (UAP)
Findlay MacKay (CPA)
John Thomson (Ind CP)

See also

Notes

  1. Labor-turned-independent MP Moses Gabb was endorsed in the Division of Angas by the Emergency Committee of South Australia (formed by the state UAP for this election) who did not run their own candidate in Angas. Though Gabb is counted as an Emergency Committee MP, he remained an independent and did not help form or sit with the government and as such has been removed from government tallies.

References

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