Candidates of the 1922 Australian federal election

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

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 in bold.

New South Wales

Electorate	Held by	Labor Candidate	Nationalist Candidate	Country Candidate	Independent Candidate(s)
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Barton	Nationalist	Frederick McDonald	Hector Lamond
Calare	Labor	Thomas Lavelle	Neville Howse	Henry Pigott Selina Siggins
Cook	Labor	Edward Riley	?		James Catts
Cowper	Country		?	Earle Page
Dalley	Labor	William Mahony	?
Darling	Labor	Arthur Blakeley	?		Michael Considine
East Sydney	Labor	John West	Benjamin Fuller
Eden-Monaro	Nationalist	Ulric Walsh	Austin Chapman
Gwydir	Labor	Lou Cunningham	William Ashford	Gordon Wilkins
Hume	Labor	Parker Moloney	Frederick Belbridge	Cyril James
Hunter	Labor	Matthew Charlton
Lang	Nationalist	George Smith	Elliot Johnson		Percy Evans
Macquarie	Labor	Samuel Nicholls	Arthur Manning		John Miller
Martin	Nationalist		Herbert Pratten
Newcastle	Labor	David Watkins	John Willings		Arthur Gardiner
New England	Nationalist	Sydney Kearney		Victor Thompson	Alexander Hay
North Sydney	Nationalist		Billy Hughes		Albert Piddington
Parkes	Nationalist	Edward Cohen	Charles Marr
Parramatta	Nationalist	James Stone	Eric Bowden
Reid	Labor	Percy Coleman	Frederick Reed		Howard Fowles
Richmond	Nationalist		Walter Massy-Greene	Roland Green	John Steel
Riverina	Nationalist	James Hoad	John Chanter	William Bartram William Killen John Lorimer
Robertson	Nationalist	Alfred Roberts	Sydney Gardner	William Fleming
South Sydney	Labor	Edward Riley	Robert Moore		Vivian Deacon
Warringah	Nationalist		Granville Ryrie
Wentworth	Nationalist	William Fitzgerald	Walter Marks		Henry Morton
Werriwa	Labor	Hubert Lazzarini	Henry Bate	James Newman
West Sydney	Labor	William Lambert			Thomas Bryde Arthur O'Donnell

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor Candidate	Nationalist Candidate	Country Candidate	Independent Candidate(s)
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Brisbane	Labor	Francis Burke	Donald Cameron
Capricornia	Labor	Frank Forde	William Higgs	Albert Gorrie
Darling Downs	Nationalist	James MacDougall	Littleton Groom
Herbert	Nationalist	Maurice Hynes	Fred Bamford
Kennedy	Labor	Charles McDonald		Robert Nowland
Lilley	Nationalist		George Mackay		Alexander Costello
Maranoa	Labor	John Durkin		James Hunter
Moreton	Nationalist	Horace Lee	Josiah Francis	Francis Brewer
Oxley	Nationalist	James Sharpe	James Bayley
Wide Bay	Nationalist	Joseph Johnston	Edward Corser	James Heading

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor Candidate	Nationalist Candidate	Liberal Candidate	Country Candidate
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Adelaide	Nationalist	Edwin Yates	Reginald Blundell	George McLeay
Angas	Labor	Moses Gabb		George Ritchie
Barker	Nationalist	Eric Shepherd		Malcolm Cameron	Ronald Hunt
Boothby	Nationalist	Henry Kneebone	William Story	John Duncan-Hughes
Grey	Nationalist	Andrew Lacey	Alexander Poynton
Hindmarsh	Labor	Norman Makin	Charles Hatyer
Wakefield	Nationalist	Edward Stokes		Richard Foster	Henry Queale

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor Candidate	Nationalist Candidate	Country Candidate	Independent Candidate(s)
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Bass	Nationalist	Alfred Higgins	David Jackson		John Hegarty King O'Malley
Darwin	Nationalist		George Bell	Joshua Whitsitt	James Campbell
Denison	Nationalist	David O'Keefe	Leopold Broinowski Edward Mulcahy William Laird Smith		David Blanshard
Franklin	Nationalist	Benjamin Watkins	Alfred Seabrook	William McWilliams
Wilmot	Nationalist	John Palamountain	George Pullen	Llewellyn Atkinson Donald Cameron John Campbell

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor Candidate	Nationalist Candidate	Country Candidate	Liberal Candidate	Independent Candidate(s)
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Balaclava	Nationalist				William Watt
Ballaarat	Labor	Charles McGrath	Francis Coldham		Sydney King
Batman	Labor	Frank Brennan	George Mackay			Martin Hannah
Bendigo	Nationalist	Thomas Jude	Geoffry Hurry	Edmund Jowett
Bourke	Labor	Frank Anstey	John March
Corangamite	Country	Richard Crouch	Allan McDonald	William Gibson
Corio	Nationalist	Alfred Hampson	John Lister
Echuca	Country		James Stewart	William Hill
Fawkner	Nationalist	Alfred Foster	George Maxwell		John Murphy
Flinders	Nationalist		Stanley Bruce		Stephen Thompson
Gippsland	Nationalist	James Bermingham	George Wise	Thomas Paterson
Henty	Independent	George Beardsworth	James Boyd Frederick Francis Eleanor Glencross Henry Gullett
Indi	Country	John Minogue	Donald Mackinnon	Robert Cook
Kooyong	Nationalist	Jean Daley	Robert Best		John Latham
Maribyrnong	Labor	James Fenton	James Stephens
Melbourne	Labor	William Maloney	Ernest Nicholls
Melbourne Ports	Labor	James Mathews	Selwyn Neale
Wannon	Nationalist	John McNeill	Arthur Rodgers	David Gibson
Wimmera	Country			Percy Stewart		Alfred Shaw
Yarra	Labor	James Scullin	Thomas Fitzgerald

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor Candidate	Nationalist Candidate	Country Candidate	Independent Candidate(s)
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Forrest	Country		Peter Wedd	John Prowse
Fremantle	Nationalist	John Holman	William Hedges		William Watson
Kalgoorlie	Nationalist	Albert Green	George Foley
Perth	Nationalist	Nils Clementsen	Harry Bolton Alfred Carson James Fowler Edward Mann
Swan	Country			Henry Gregory

Senate

Sitting Senators are in bold.

New South Wales

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor Candidates	Nationalist Candidates	Country Candidates	Independent Candidates
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James Dunn John Grant Allan McDougall	Henry Garling Edward Millen Josiah Thomas	Percy Abbott John Crapp William Hedges	John Powell Arthur Rae

Queensland

Four seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending four seats (although Labor Senator John MacDonald had been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nationalist Senator John Adamson).

Labor Candidates	Nationalist Candidates	Country Candidates	Independent Candidates
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Henry Bruce Harold Jensen John MacDonald George Martens	Thomas Crawford Harry Foll Matthew Reid William Thompson	John Austin William Fielding	James Petersen Herbert Yeates

South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor Candidates	Nationalist Candidates	Liberal Candidates	Independent Candidates
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Albert Hoare Charles McHugh James O'Loghlin	Henry Chesson William Senior John Verran	Alexander McLachlan James Rowell Edward Vardon	Frederic Andrews

Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor Candidates	Nationalist Candidates	Independent Candidates
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James Ogden	Thomas Bakhap John Earle Henry Goodluck Herbert Hays John Keating William Williams	William Dixon

Victoria

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor Candidates	Nationalist Candidates	Country-Liberal Candidates	Independent Candidates
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Stephen Barker John Barnes Edward Findley	William Bolton William Plain George Swinburne	David Andrew Charles Merrett Andrew White	John Foran

Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.

Labor Candidates	Nationalist Candidates	Country Candidates	Independent Candidates
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Charles Graham Edward Needham Charles Williams	Joseph Allen Richard Buzacott Hugh de Largie George Henderson Walter Kingsmill Emanuel Lazarus James Rogers	William Carroll Leonard Darlot Archibald Sanderson	Patrick Stone

See also

• Australian federal election, 1922
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1919-1922
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1922-1925
• List of political parties in Australia

References

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