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Candidates of the 1910 Australian federal election

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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1910 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 April 1910.

The Commonwealth Liberal Party was formed in 1909 as a merger between several conservative groups. Seats previously held by the Protectionist Party, the Anti-Socialist Party, the Western Australian Party, or the Victorian independent Protectionists are considered to be held by the Liberal Party.

By-elections, appointments and defections

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By-elections and appointments

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Defections

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Retiring Members and Senators

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Labour

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Liberal

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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 Labour candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
Barrier Labour Josiah Thomas William Shepherd
Calare Labour Thomas Brown Henry Pigott
Cook Labour James Catts William Clegg
Cowper Liberal Clem Johnson John Thomson John O'Brien (Ind Lab)
Dalley Liberal Robert Howe Bill Wilks
Darling Labour William Spence James Carroll
East Sydney Liberal John West Samuel Lees
Eden-Monaro Liberal Austin Chapman
Gwydir Labour William Webster Robert Patten
Hume Liberal Bernard Grogan Sir William Lyne (Ind)
Hunter Liberal Matthew Charlton Frank Liddell
Illawarra Liberal George Burns George Fuller
Lang Liberal Thomas Crawford Elliot Johnson
Macquarie Labour Ernest Carr Alfred Conroy
Nepean Liberal George Cann Eric Bowden
Newcastle Labour David Watkins Frank Pulsford
New England Labour Frank Foster William Fleming
North Sydney Liberal Percy Tighe George Edwards John Steel (YANP)
Parkes Liberal Ernest Burgess Bruce Smith Herbert Pratten (Ind Lib)
Parramatta Liberal Bert Broue Joseph Cook
Richmond Liberal William Gillies Walter Massy-Greene Venour Nathan (Ind Lib)
Robert Pyers (Ind Lab)
Riverina Liberal John Chanter John Jackson Edmund O'Dwyer (Ind Lib)
Robertson Liberal William Johnson Henry Willis
South Sydney Labour Edward Riley Eden George
Wentworth Liberal Arthur Vernon Willie Kelly
Werriwa Labour David Hall Granville Ryrie
West Sydney Labour Billy Hughes Stanley Cole Harry Holland (Soc Lab)

Queensland

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Electorate Held by Labour candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
Brisbane Liberal William Finlayson Justin Foxton
Capricornia Liberal William Higgs Edward Archer
Darling Downs Liberal Morris Harland Littleton Groom
Herbert Labour Fred Bamford Thomas Crawford
Kennedy Labour Charles McDonald John Houghton
Maranoa Labour Jim Page Jasper Harvey
Moreton Liberal Thomas Emmerson Hugh Sinclair
Oxley Liberal Richard Edwards Frederick Dent (Ind)
Wide Bay Labour Andrew Fisher Jacob Stumm

South Australia

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Electorate Held by Labour candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
Adelaide Labour Ernest Roberts Alexander McLachlan
Angas Liberal Paddy Glynn
Barker Liberal Martin Dwyer John Livingston
Boothby Labour Lee Batchelor Paris Nesbit (Ind Lib)
Grey Labour Alexander Poynton
Hindmarsh Labour William Archibald
Wakefield Liberal John Vaughan Richard Foster Charles Horne (YANP)

Tasmania

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Electorate Held by Labour candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
Bass Liberal Jens Jensen David Storrer (Ind Prot)
Darwin Labour King O'Malley William Fisher
Denison Liberal William Laird Smith Matthew Simmons
Franklin Liberal William Shoobridge William McWilliams
Wilmot Liberal Thomas Wilson Llewellyn Atkinson

Victoria

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Electorate Held by Labour candidate Liberal candidate Other candidates
Balaclava Liberal George Mead Agar Wynne
Ballaarat Liberal David Russell Alfred Deakin
Batman Liberal Henry Beard Jabez Coon
Bendigo Liberal Frank Brennan Sir John Quick
Bourke Liberal Frank Anstey James Hume Cook
Corangamite Liberal James Scullin Gratton Wilson
Corio Liberal Alfred Ozanne Richard Crouch
Echuca Liberal Albert Palmer Hugh Davies (Ind Lib)
William Everard (Ind Lib)
Anthony O'Dwyer (Ind)
William Orr (Ind)
Fawkner Liberal Joseph Hannan George Fairbairn
Flinders Liberal Frank Buckley William Irvine Timothy McInerney (Ind Lib)
Gippsland Liberal James Bowden George Wise (Ind Lib)
Grampians Liberal Archibald Stewart Hans Irvine
Indi Liberal Parker Moloney Joseph Brown
Kooyong Liberal William Knox Alfred Lumsden (Ind Lib)
Laanecoorie Liberal Arthur Fraser Carty Salmon
Maribyrnong Liberal James Fenton Samuel Mauger
Melbourne Labour William Maloney William McPherson
Melbourne Ports Labour James Mathews Alexander Ramsay
Mernda Liberal James Kenneally Robert Harper Thomas Hunt (Ind Lib)
Stephen Thompson (Ind)
Wannon Labour John McDougall Samuel Cooke
Wimmera Liberal Richard Taffe Sydney Sampson
Yarra Labour Frank Tudor Elizee De Garis

Western Australia

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Electorate Held by Labour candidate Liberal candidate Independent candidate(s)
Coolgardie Labour Hugh Mahon Robert Hastie Harry McClay
Fremantle Liberal William Carpenter William Hedges
Kalgoorlie Labour Charlie Frazer John Thornett
Perth Labour Ernest Henshaw James Fowler
Swan Liberal Peter O'Loghlen Sir John Forrest

Senate

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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

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Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senators Sir Albert Gould, Edward Millen and James Walker were not up for re-election.

Labour candidates Liberal candidates Socialist Labor candidates Independent candidates
Albert Gardiner*
Allan McDougall*
Arthur Rae*
John Gray
John Neild
Edward Pulsford
Thomas Hoare
Robert Mackenzie
James Moroney
John Norton

Queensland

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Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senators Thomas Chataway, Robert Sayers and Anthony St Ledger were not up for re-election.

Labour candidates Liberal candidates Independent candidates
Thomas Givens*
James Stewart*
Harry Turley*
Thomas Glassey
Hugh Macrossan
Joe Millican
William Kellett
Horace Ransome

South Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senator Joseph Vardon, Labour Senator William Russell and Independent Senator Sir Josiah Symon were not up for re-election.

Labour candidates Liberal candidates
Robert Guthrie*
Gregor McGregor*
William Story*
David Charleston
David Gordon
John Shannon

Tasmania

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Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senators Cyril Cameron, John Clemons and John Keating were not up for re-election.

Labour candidates Liberal candidates Independent candidates
James Long*
David O'Keefe*
Rudolph Ready*
Henry Dobson
James Macfarlane
Edward Mulcahy
James Campbell

Victoria

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Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Liberal Senators Simon Fraser and James McColl and Labour Senator Edward Russell were not up for re-election.

Labour candidates Liberal candidates Independent candidates
Stephen Barker*
Albert Blakey*
Edward Findley*
Robert Best
James McCay
William Trenwith
Vida Goldstein
James Ronald

Western Australia

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Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Labour Senators Patrick Lynch, Ted Needham and George Pearce were not up for re-election.

Labour candidates Liberal candidates
Richard Buzacott*
Hugh de Largie*
George Henderson*
Nathaniel Harper
Walter Kingsmill
Archibald Sanderson

See also

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References

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