Candidates of the 1914 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1914 Australian federal election. The election was held on 5 September 1914.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

• On 22 December 1913, Hugh Mahon (Labor) was declared elected unopposed as the member for Kalgoorlie, succeeding Charlie Frazer (Labor).
• On 10 January 1914, George Edwin Yates (Labor) was elected to replace Ernest Roberts (Labor) as the member for Adelaide.

Retiring Members and Senators

Liberal

• Agar Wynne MP (Balaclava, Vic)

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	Liberal candidate	Other candidates
Barrier	Labor	Josiah Thomas	William Ferguson
Calare	Liberal	William Johnson	Henry Pigott
Cook	Labor	James Catts	Stanley Yarrington	Emily Paul (Soc Lab)
Cowper	Liberal		John Thomson
Dalley	Labor	Robert Howe	John McEachern
Darling	Labor	William Spence	William Kelk
East Sydney	Labor	John West	Lindsay Thompson
Eden-Monaro	Liberal	Harry Lestrange	Austin Chapman
Gwydir	Labor	William Webster	John Blackney
Hume	Liberal	Patrick Sullivan	Robert Patten
Hunter	Labor	Matthew Charlton	Alexander Hay
Illawarra	Labor	George Burns	George Fuller
Lang	Liberal	Hector Lamond	Elliot Johnson
Macquarie	Labor	Ernest Carr	Robert Moore
Nepean	Liberal	Voltaire Molesworth	Richard Orchard
New England	Liberal	Edward Bowman	Percy Abbott
Newcastle	Labor	David Watkins
North Sydney	Liberal	Roland Bradley	Granville Ryrie
Parkes	Liberal	William Russell	Bruce Smith
Parramatta	Liberal		Joseph Cook
Richmond	Liberal		Walter Massy-Greene
Riverina	Liberal	John Chanter	Franc Falkiner
Robertson	Liberal	John Fraser	William Fleming
South Sydney	Labor	Edward Riley	George Pitt
Wentworth	Liberal	Robert Cruickshank	Willie Kelly
Werriwa	Liberal	John Lynch	Alfred Conroy
West Sydney	Labor	Billy Hughes	Walter Finch

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	QFU candidate
Brisbane	Labor	William Finlayson	John Lackey
Capricornia	Labor	William Higgs	Neal Macrossan
Darling Downs	Liberal	Paul Bauers	Littleton Groom
Herbert	Labor	Fred Bamford	Frank Fraser
Kennedy	Labor	Charles McDonald
Lilley	Liberal	Arthur Lilley	Jacob Stumm
Maranoa	Labor	Jim Page
Moreton	Liberal	John Sherlock	Hugh Sinclair
Oxley	Labor	James Sharpe	James Bayley
Wide Bay	Labor	Andrew Fisher		John Austin

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate
Adelaide	Labor	George Edwin Yates	Walter Hamilton
Angas	Liberal		Paddy Glynn
Barker	Liberal	William Sampson	John Livingston
Boothby	Labor	George Dankel	Samuel Hunt
Grey	Labor	Alexander Poynton	William Morrow
Hindmarsh	Labor	William Archibald	James Craig
Wakefield	Liberal	William Harvey	Richard Foster

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate
Bass	Labor	Jens Jensen	Alexander Marshall
Darwin	Labor	King O'Malley	Ernest Plummer
Denison	Labor	William Laird Smith	Arthur Clarke
Franklin	Liberal		William McWilliams
Wilmot	Liberal	Henry McFie	Llewellyn Atkinson

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidates
Balaclava	Liberal	John Curtin	William Watt
Ballaarat	Labor	Charles McGrath	Russell Coldham
Batman	Labor	Frank Brennan
Bendigo	Labor	John Arthur	Frank Maldon Robb
Bourke	Labor	Frank Anstey	Richard Jennings
Corangamite	Liberal	Thomas Burke	Chester Manifold
Corio	Liberal	Alfred Ozanne	William Kendell
Echuca	Liberal	James Gourley	Albert Palmer
Fawkner	Labor	Joseph Hannan	Frank Carse
Flinders	Liberal	John McDougall	Sir William Irvine
Gippsland	Liberal		James Bennett	George Wise (Ind Lab)
Grampians	Liberal	Edward Jolley	Hans Irvine
Henty	Liberal	Albert Andrews	James Boyd	Richard Crouch (Ind)
Indi	Liberal	Parker Moloney	Cornelius Ahern
Kooyong	Liberal		Sir Robert Best	Vida Goldstein (Ind Soc Lab) Edward Terry (Ind)
Maribyrnong	Labor	James Fenton	Edward Reynolds
Melbourne	Labor	William Maloney	Wilfred Kent Hughes
Melbourne Ports	Labor	James Mathews
Wannon	Liberal	Neil Mackinnon	Arthur Rodgers
Wimmera	Liberal		Sydney Sampson
Yarra	Labor	Frank Tudor

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate
Dampier	Liberal	Patrick Coffey	Henry Gregory
Fremantle	Labor	Reginald Burchell	Thomas Briggs
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Hugh Mahon
Perth	Liberal	Alick McCallum	James Fowler
Swan	Liberal	Walter Peters	Sir John Forrest

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. As this was a double dissolution election, all senators were up for re-election. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

New South Wales

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates
Albert Gardiner* John Grant* Allan McDougall* Arthur Rae Ike Smith David Watson*	Frank Coen Sir Albert Gould* Edward Millen* Charles Oakes Herbert Pratten Arthur Trethowan

Queensland

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates
Myles Ferricks* Thomas Givens* William Maughan* John Mullan* James Stewart* Harry Turley*	William Aitchison Thomas Crawford Frederick Johnson Adolphus Jones Michael O'Donnell Edward Smith

South Australia

Six seats were up for re-election. The Labor Party was defending six seats.

Labor candidates^[1]	Liberal candidates
Robert Guthrie* John Newland* James O'Loghlin* William Senior* William Story*	Benjamin Benny Patrick Daley George Jenkins John Shannon* George Stewart Edward Vardon

^ Labor had only five candidates because Senator Gregor McGregor had re-nominated but died after the close of nominations. As electors had to cast six votes, Labor directed the sixth vote to Shannon, who was elected with over 95% of the vote.

Tasmania

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
James Guy* James Long* James McDonald David O'Keefe* Rudolph Ready* William Shoobridge	Thomas Bakhap* John Clemons John Keating* Edward Mulcahy Hubert Nichols Louis Shoobridge	David Blanchard Cyril Cameron

Victoria

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending five seats. The Liberal Party was defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates
Stephen Barker* John Barnes* Albert Blakey* Edward Findley* Andrew McKissock* Edward Russell*	James Hume Cook William Edgar James McColl William McLean Samuel Mauger William Trenwith

Western Australia

Six seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending six seats.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates
Richard Buzacott* Hugh de Largie* George Henderson* Patrick Lynch* Ted Needham* George Pearce*	William Butcher William Dempster Charles North Victor Spencer John Thomson George Throssell

See also

• 1914 Australian federal election
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1913–1914
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1914–1917
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1913–1914
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1914–1917
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1914
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1914