Candidates of the 1930 South Australian state election

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This is a list of candidates of the 1930 South Australian state election . [1] [2] The conservative Liberal Federation and Country Party, which had run a combined ticket known as the "Pact" in 1927, ran separately in 1930. [3]

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Retiring MPs

Liberal Federation

Thomas Thompson, the Independent Protestant Labor MHA for Port Adelaide, unsuccessfully attempted to switch to the Legislative Council at this election, contesting Central District No. 1. [5]

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.

Electorate Labor
candidates
Liberal
candidates
Country
candidates
Other
candidates
 
Adelaide (3) Bill Denny*
Bert Edwards*
Herbert George *
James Cullen (Communist)
A. W. Wilson (Ind. Socialist Labor)
Albert (2)H. M. Dalziel
Richard McKenzie
Malcolm McIntosh *
Frederick McMillan *
A. A. Petch
E. M. Rowe
Alexandra (3) Percy Heggaton *
Herbert Hudd *
George Laffer *
F. G. Ayres
W. L. Scarborough
Lindsay Yelland
Barossa (3) George Cooke*
Thomas Edwards*
Leonard Hopkins*
Henry Crosby
Herbert Lyons
Herbert Basedow (Ind.)
H. N. Barnes (People's Party)
R. A. Thompson (People's Party)
Burra Burra (3) Jack Critchley*
Even George*
Sydney McHugh*
Reginald Carter
George Jenkins
P. A. McBride
East Torrens (3) Beasley Kearney*
Frank Nieass*
Arthur McArthur*
Frederick Coneybeer
Walter Hamilton
Albert Sutton
Flinders (2)M. A. Cronin
D. O. Whait
A. W. H. Barns
James Moseley *
E. J. Barraud
A. B. Wishart
Edward Craigie* (Single Tax)
John O'Connor (Ind. Labor)
Murray (3) Clement Collins *
Robert Hunter *
Frank Staniford *
George Cummins Morphett
Thomas Playford IV
Howard Shannon
R. A. Cilento (Ind.)
Newcastle (2) Thomas Butterfield *
William Harvey *
North Adelaide (2) Frederick Birrell*
Walter Warne*
Shirley Jeffries
Victor Marra Newland
Port Pirie (2) John Fitzgerald *
Lionel Hill *
Port Adelaide (2) John Jonas*
Albert Thompson*
H. G. Butler (Ind. Protestant Labor)
Joshua Pedlar (Ind. Protestant Labor)
Stanley (2) Robert Nicholls *
John Lyons *
Oliver Badman
H. V. Sargent
Sturt (3) Bob Dale*
Edgar Dawes*
T. W. Grealy
Ernest Anthoney *
Herbert Richards
Edward Vardon
Leonora Polkinghorne (Women's Non-Party)
Victoria (2) Eric Shepherd *
F. E. Young
Vernon Petherick
Peter Reidy *
West Torrens (2) Alfred Blackwell*
John McInnes*
L. H. Crosby (Ind. Labor)
C. J. Caldicott (Ind. Labor)
T. C. McGillick (Communist)
Wallaroo (2) Robert Richards*
John Pedler*
F. G. Filmer (Ind.)
R. C. Kitto (Ind.)
William Price (Ind.)
Wooroora (3) Richard Layton Butler *
W. J. Marshman
F. H. Heinrich
Archie Cameron *
Samuel Dennison*
B. H. Richardson
Yorke Peninsula (2) Edward Giles *
Baden Pattinson*
J. S. Honner
Stepney Pontifex

Legislative Council

Electorate Labor
candidates
Liberal
candidates
Country
candidates
Other
candidates
 
Central District No. 1 (2) Frank Condon *
Tom Gluyas *
J. J. Luxton (Ind. Protestant Labor)
Thomas Thompson (Ind. Protestant Labor)
Central District No. 2 (2)A. G. Angell
F. E. Stratton
William Humphrey Harvey *
Henry Tassie *
Midland District (2) Walter Gordon Duncan *
David Gordon *
Maurice Collins
James Nairn
Northern District (2) James Beerworth
H. R. McHugh
William Morrow *
George Ritchie *
Archibald McDonald
Southern District (2)Peter Crafter
Maurice Parish
John Cowan *
Lancelot Stirling *
C. W. Lloyd
Richard Alfred O'Connor

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References

  1. "STATE ELECTIONS". The South Eastern Times . Millicent, SA. 11 March 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 16 September 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Nominations For State Elections". The Register News-Pictorial . Adelaide. 8 March 1930. p. 25. Retrieved 16 September 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "No Likelihood Of Pact, Says Country Party President". The Observer . Adelaide. 1 February 1930. p. 49. Retrieved 16 September 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "THE STATE ELECTIONS". Bunyip . Gawler, SA. 14 March 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 29 September 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "CANDIDATE FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 28 November 1929. p. 17. Retrieved 16 September 2015 via National Library of Australia.