Candidates of the 1920 New South Wales state election

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This is a list of candidates for the 1920 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 20 March 1920. The election was the first of three conducted under the system of proportional representation; as a result, it is not possible to estimate the notional pre-election numbers.

Contents

Retiring Members

Labor

Nationalist

Independent

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful parties are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

ElectorateVacancies Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Progressive candidates Soldiers and Citizens candidatesOther candidates
Balmain 5

John Doyle *
John Quirk *
John Storey *
Robert Stuart-Robertson *

Albert Smith*

Campbell Carmichael
George Saunders
Charles Shields

Solomon Amein (Ind)
Peter Christensen (ISLP)
William Corcoran (ISLP)
Arthur Griffith (Ind)
Charles Lawlor (Dem)
Henry Levy (Ind)
James Moroney (ISLP)
George Nielsen (Ind)
Herbert Weston (ISLP)

Robert Stopford

 
Tom Keegan
 
 
Bathurst 3

James Dooley *
Valentine Johnston *

John Fitzpatrick *

Arthur Brown
Albert Rogers

James McIntyre (Ind)

John GilchristHenry Camfield
Botany 5

Frank Burke *
Simon Hickey *
William McKell *
Thomas Mutch *

John Lee*

Charles Coghlan
Philip Strange-Mure

Charles Banks
Christopher Evers

Edward Connell (Dem)
George Crowley (Ind)
Henry Denford (ISLP)
Jock Jamieson (ISLP)
William McCristal (ISLP)
Stanley McGowen (Ind)
Patrick Quinn (Ind)
Annie Toohey (ISLP)

James Morrish

Bill Ratcliffe
 
 
Byron 3

Tom Swiney*

George Nesbitt *

Stephen Perdriau*

James McDougall (Ind)
William McKeever (Ind)
Percy Tighe (Ind)
Thomas Winterton (Ind)
John Yates (Ind)

Roger Ryan William Zuill William Missingham
Duncan Nicholson
Cootamundra 3

Peter Loughlin *
Greg McGirr *

Arthur D'Arcy
William Holman

Hugh Main*

Hugh Brown
John Fitzpatrick
Charles Trefle
Cumberland 3

Voltaire Molesworth*

Ernest Carr*
Bruce Walker Sr *

Barton Addison
David Fitch

William Armstrong
Charles Hely

William Crittenden (Ind)

Francis Lagerlow
Albert Jones
William FitzSimons
Eastern Suburbs 5

James Fingleton*
Bob O'Halloran*

Harold Jaques*
Charles Oakes *

James Macarthur-Onslow *

Alexander Hogan
Grace Scobie
Edgar Spencer
Frederick Winn-Walker

Sidney Buckleton (Ind)
William Ross (Ind)

Scott Campbell [lower-alpha 1]
Daniel Dwyer
Walter Humphries
James Mullaney
Henry Rogers
Charles Williams
Arthur Doran
Goulburn 3

John Bailey *

Augustus James *

Thomas Rutledge*

John Brogan (Ind)
Percy Evans (Ind)
Francis Grogan (Ind)

Richard Macdonald
Frank Morgan
William Millard Patrick Bourke
Patrick O'Brien
William Tomkins
Maitland 3

Walter O'Hearn*

William Cameron *

Walter Bennett *

Joseph Compton (Ind)
Thomas Hays (Ind)

William Brennan
Dionysius McGuire
Stephen Hungerford
Charles Nicholson
William Roberts

Cecil Tindale

Murray 3

William O'Brien *

Richard Ball *

George Beeby *

Edmund Clear
Claude Thompson
Arthur Manning Matthew Kilpatrick
Murrumbidgee 3

Martin Flannery*

Arthur Grimm *

Ernest Buttenshaw *

Herbert Hawkins (Ind)
Patrick McGarry (Ind Nat)
Andrew Stewart (Ind)

George Bodkin
Patrick McGirr
William Adams
Herbert Cuthbert
William Killen
Namoi 3

Patrick Scully*

Frank Chaffey *

Walter Wearne *

Robert Levien (Ind)

Thomas Boland
William Scully
John Crane Frank Heywood
Charles Woollett
Newcastle 5

Hugh Connell*
John Estell *
William Kearsley*

John Fegan*

Roland Green

Arthur Gardiner * (Ind)

George O'Brien
John Paton
Joseph Charlton (ISLP)
Michael Dillon (Ind)
William Grahame (Ind Nat)
Thomas Johnston (ISLP)
John Kingsborough (Ind)
Robert Mackenzie (Dem)
John McDonald (ISLP)
David McNeill (ISLP)
William North (ISLP)

 
Amram Lewis
David Murray
 
 
 
North Shore 5

Cecil Murphy*

Richard Arthur *
Arthur Cocks *
Reginald Weaver *

Frank Farnell
Francis Killeen
Archie Ogilvy
Arthur Walker

Edward Cortis
Richard Fitz-Gerald

Alfred Reid* (Ind Nat)
Alexander Campbell
Albert Roberts
Alfred Warton
Henry Willis
Mary Booth (WP)
Frederick Clancy (Ind)
Edward Clark (Ind)
Timothy O'Donoghue (Dem)
Percy Colquhoun
Richard Lambton
Northern Tableland 3

Alfred McClelland*

Leonard Francis
Herbert Lane

Michael Bruxner*
David Drummond*

Joseph Byrne
John Crapp
Patrick Little
Follett Thomas
Oxley 3

Joseph Fitzgerald*

Henry Morton

George Briner *
Richard Price *

Edward Hill (Ind)
Eugene Rudder (Ind)

John Culbert
Robert Pinkerton
Theodore Hill
Parramatta 3

Bill Ely*
Jack Lang *

Albert Bruntnell *

Francis Silverstone
James Thomson
Richard Yeend

Alexander Finn (Dem)
Harry Moss (Ind)

Frederick Parkes
Edward Pomfret
Ryde 5 Robert Greig*

David Anderson*
Sir Thomas Henley *

Thomas Bavin *

Maurice Dearn
Charles Laseron
David Morgan
John Pattison
Francis Russell

Edward Loxton* (Ind Nat)
Henry Douglass
William Hutchison
Vernon Jarvis
Ernest Sheiles
Benjamin GellingHenry Bernard (Ind)

Robin Levick (Ind)

Sydney Herring
Herbert Small
St George 5

George Cann *
Mark Gosling*

Guy Arkins *
William Bagnall *

Thomas Ley *

Charles Church
Charles Rider

Joseph Andrew (Ind)
Sydney Cook (Ind)
William O'Driscoll (Dem)

Sir Charles Rosenthal
Patrick Donovan
William Gibbs
Sam Toombs
Frederick Reed
Sturt 3

Mat Davidson *

Brian Doe *

Percy Brookfield * (ISLP)

Walter Webb
Jabez Wright
John Thorn
Frank Wilkinson
Thomas Hynes (ISLP)
John O'Reilly (ISLP)
Sydney 5

John Birt *
Arthur Buckley *
Michael Burke *
Patrick Minahan* [lower-alpha 1]

Daniel Levy *

John Clasby
James Ritchie
Charles Smith

Alfred Bartlett (Ind)
Patrick Cleary (Dem)
Patrick Craddock (Ind)
Ernie Judd (ISLP)
Daisy Loughran (ISLP)
Edwin Miller (Ind)
Richard Meagher (Ind)
John O'Sullivan (Ind)
Joseph Sydney (Ind)
William Thomas (Ind)

Joseph Jackson

 
Tom Smith
 
 
 
Wammerawa 3

Joseph Clark*
Bill Dunn *

William Ashford *

William Harris
Neil McLennan
Harold Thorby

William Kelk (Ind)
Edwin Utley (Ind)
Sydney Webb (Ind)

Sidney Skuthorpe
William Webster
Western Suburbs 5

Carlo Lazzarini *
Edward McTiernan*

Tom Hoskins *
Sydney Shillington *

James Wilson*

Stanley Gelling
Thomas McVittie
John Ness
John Weekley

Peter Bowling (Ind)
Alexander Huie (Ind)
Daniel Noon (Dem)
Benjamin Richards (Ind)
Claude Sugden (Ind)

Frederick Robins
Frederick McDonald
Barney Olde
John Sheils
David Doull
Henry Garling
Wollondilly 3

John Cleary*
Billy Davies *

Sir George Fuller *

Arthur Silvey-Reardon (Ind)

Mark Morton
Daniel Chalker

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Patrick Minahan and Scott Campbell were nominated by the Labor Party, however their endorsement was withdrawn before the polling day because they signed a pledge for the unconditional release of twelve imprisoned members of the Industrial Workers of the World. [1]

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References

  1. "The ALP: definite action taken against candidates who sign pledges". The Sydney Morning Herald . 10 March 1920. p. 11. Retrieved 2 November 2019 via National Library of Australia.