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Candidates of the 1929 Australian federal election

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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1929 Australian federal election. The election was held on 12 October 1929. There was no election for the Senate.

By-elections, appointments and defections

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By-elections and appointments

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Defections

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Retiring Members

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No members retired in 1929.

House of Representatives

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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

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Barton Labor James Tully William Myhill (Nat)
Calare Nationalist George Gibbons Sir Neville Howse (Nat)
Cook Labor Edward Riley William Pickup (Nat)
Cowper Country Earle Page (CP)
Dalley Labor Ted Theodore Thomas Morrow (Nat)
Darling Labor Arthur Blakeley Brian Doe (Nat)
East Sydney Labor John West Hyman Diamond (Nat)
Eden-Monaro Nationalist John Cusack John Perkins (Nat)
Gwydir Country Lou Cunningham Aubrey Abbott (CP)
Hume Labor Parker Moloney Thomas Fitzpatrick (CP)
Hunter Labor Rowley James
Lang Labor William Long Dick Dein (Nat)
Macquarie Labor Ben Chifley Charles Dash (Nat)
Martin Nationalist John Eldridge Graham Pratten (Nat) Edward Beeby (APP)
New England Country Thomas Wilson Victor Thompson (CP)
Newcastle Labor David Watkins
North Sydney Nationalist Lewis Nott (Nat) Clifford Banks (Ind Lab)
Billy Hughes* (Ind Nat)
Ernie Judd (Soc Lab)
Parkes Nationalist Edward McTiernan Charles Marr (Nat)
Parramatta Nationalist Albert Rowe Eric Bowden (Nat)
Reid Labor Percy Coleman Ernest Carr (Nat)
Richmond Country Robert Gibson (CP)
Roland Green* (CP)
Riverina Country William Nulty William Killen* (CP)
Horace Nock (CP)
Robertson Nationalist Michael Fitzgerald Sydney Gardner (Nat)
South Sydney Labor Edward Riley William Adkins (Nat)
Warringah Nationalist Archdale Parkhill (Nat) Richard Windeyer (Ind PP)
Wentworth Nationalist Arthur Manning (Nat) Walter Marks* (Ind Nat)
Werriwa Labor Bert Lazzarini Bernard Grogan (Nat)
West Sydney Labor Jack Beasley Lindsay Thompson (Nat)

Northern Territory

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate
Northern Territory Labor Harold Nelson

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Brisbane Nationalist Myles Ferricks Donald Cameron (Nat)
Capricornia Labor Frank Forde Robert Staines (Nat)
Darling Downs Nationalist Evan Llewelyn Arthur Morgan (Nat) Sir Littleton Groom (Ind Nat)
Herbert Labor George Martens William Amiet (Nat)
Kennedy Nationalist Darby Riordan Grosvenor Francis (Nat)
Lilley Nationalist George Mackay (Nat) Frederick O'Keefe (Ind)
Maranoa Country Robert Munro James Hunter (CP)
Moreton Nationalist Robert Taylor Josiah Francis (Nat)
Oxley Nationalist Francis Baker James Bayley (Nat)
Wide Bay Country John O'Keefe Bernard Corser (CP)

South Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate
Adelaide Labor George Edwin Yates Arthur Wreford (Nat)
Angas Nationalist Moses Gabb Walter Parsons (Nat)
Barker Nationalist Frank Nieass Malcolm Cameron (Nat)
Boothby Labor John Price Bill McCann (Nat)
Grey Labor Andrew Lacey Oliver Badman (CP)
Hindmarsh Labor Norman Makin
Wakefield Country Sydney McHugh Maurice Collins (CP)
Charles Hawker* (Nat)

Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Nationalist candidate Independent candidate(s)
Bass Nationalist Allan Guy Syd Jackson
Darwin Nationalist Thomas d'Alton
Henry Lane
George Bell
Denison Labor Charles Culley Hubert Brettingham-Moore
John Gage
Sir John Gellibrand
Horace Walch
David Blanchard
Franklin Independent Alfred Seabrook William McWilliams
Wilmot Nationalist Joseph Lyons Llewellyn Atkinson

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
Balaclava Nationalist Don Cameron Thomas White (Nat)
Ballaarat Labor Charles McGrath Fred Edmunds (Nat)
Batman Labor Frank Brennan Cecil Keeley (Nat)
Bendigo Nationalist Richard Keane Geoffry Hurry (Nat)
Bourke Labor Frank Anstey Lionel Hahn (Nat)
Corangamite Country Richard Crouch William Gibson (CP)
Corio Nationalist Arthur Lewis John Lister (Nat)
Echuca Country Edward Hill William Hill (CP)
Fawkner Nationalist Sir Arthur Robinson (Nat) George Maxwell* (Ind Nat)
James Ronald (Ind)
Flinders Nationalist Jack Holloway Stanley Bruce (Nat) Joseph Burch (Ind Lib)
Gippsland Country Michael Buckley Thomas Paterson (CP)
Henty Nationalist Billy Duggan Henry Gullett (Nat) William Bolton (Ind Nat)
Indi Labor Paul Jones Robert Cook (CP)
Leslie Sambell (CP)
Arthur Walter (CP)
Kooyong Nationalist Albert Langker John Latham (Nat)
Maribyrnong Labor James Fenton Percy Anderson (Nat)
Melbourne Labor William Maloney
Melbourne Ports Labor James Mathews
Wannon Nationalist John McNeill Arthur Rodgers (Nat)
Wimmera CPP John Harris (CP) Percy Stewart (CPP)
Yarra Labor James Scullin

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Independent candidate(s)
Forrest Country John Prowse (CP)
Fremantle Labor John Curtin Keith Watson (Nat)
Kalgoorlie Labor Albert Green William Greenard (Nat)
William Pickering (CP)
Perth Nationalist Ted Needham Walter Nairn (Nat) John McCoo (Ind)
Edward Mann (Ind Nat)
Swan Country Henry Gregory (CP)

See also

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References

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