This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1937 Australian federal election. The election was held on 23 October 1937.
In 1936, the Lang Labor group had been reabsorbed into the Australian Labor Party. Seats are still designated as being held by Lang Labor.
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.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Independent candidates |
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Northern Territory | Independent | Robert Toupein | Adair Blain * Ronald Hughes-Jones Harold Nelson |
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Social Credit candidate | Communist candidate |
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Brisbane | Labor | George Lawson | Graham Hart (UAP) | Ambrose Sawtell | |
Capricornia | Labor | Frank Forde | Edwin Hiskens (CP) | John Harding | |
Darling Downs | Country | Leslie Bailey | Arthur Fadden (CP) | Arthur Rushton | |
Griffith | Labor | Francis Baker | Dugald Clark (UAP) | William Moore | |
Herbert | Labor | George Martens | James Wilkie (CP) | Henry Beck | Fred Paterson |
Kennedy | Labor | Bill Riordan | Alex Kippen (CP) | Herbert Price | |
Lilley | United Australia | Edmund Taylor | William Jolly (UAP) | Harry Cash | |
Maranoa | Country | Randolph Bedford | James Hunter (CP) | Henry Madden | |
Moreton | United Australia | John McCoy | Josiah Francis (UAP) | Henry Hogg | |
Wide Bay | Country | George Watson | Bernard Corser (CP) | Geoffrey Nichols |
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
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Adelaide | United Australia | Ken Bardolph Herbert George George Edwin Yates | Fred Stacey (UAP) | |
Barker | Country | Archie Cameron (CP) | Charles Lloyd (Ind) | |
Boothby | United Australia | Kevin McEntee Leonard Pilton | John Price (UAP) | William Hardy (Ind) |
Grey | United Australia | James Marner | Oliver Badman (CP) | Alfred Parker (Ind) |
Hindmarsh | Labor | Norman Makin | Harry Hatwell (UAP) | |
Wakefield | United Australia | Raymond Davis | Charles Hawker (UAP) |
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | UAP candidate | Other candidates |
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Bass | Labor | Claude Barnard | Allan Guy | John Watson (Ind) |
Darwin | United Australia | Edwin Brown | George Bell | |
Denison | Labor | Gerald Mahoney | Sir John McPhee | Maxwell Hickman (Ind Lab) Athol Smith (SC) |
Franklin | Labor | Charles Frost | Hugh Warner | |
Wilmot | United Australia | Lancelot Spurr Maurice Weston | Joseph Lyons |
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Independent candidates |
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Forrest | Country | Ernest Hoar | John Prowse (CP) | |
Fremantle | Labor | John Curtin | Eric Isaachsen (UAP) | Henry Wright |
Kalgoorlie | Labor | Albert Green | Stephen Kellow (UAP) | |
Perth | United Australia | Tom Burke | Walter Nairn * (UAP) Jack Simons (UAP) | Viv James |
Swan | Country | John Steele | Henry Gregory (CP) |
Sitting Senators are shown in bold text.
Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by United Australia Party Senator Lionel Courtenay's death; this had been filled in the interim by Guy Arkins. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending four seats. United Australia Party Senator Dick Dein and Country Party Senator Mac Abbott were not up for re-election.
Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Other candidates |
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Stan Amour* John Armstrong* Tom Arthur* Bill Ashley* | Guy Arkins (UAP David Hall (UAP) Charles Hardy (CP) Basil Helmore (UAP) | Peter Pollack (Ind) |
Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Thomas Crawford and Harry Foll and Country Party Senator Walter Cooper were not up for re-election.
Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Social Credit candidates |
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Gordon Brown * Joe Collings * Ben Courtice * | Frederick Annand (UAP) Sir Donald Cameron (UAP) James Heading (CP) | John Aird Bertram Allen William Argaet |
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators James McLachlan, George McLeay and Oliver Uppill were not up for re-election.
Labor candidates | UAP candidates | Group A candidates | Other candidates |
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John Daly Edgar Dawes Bert Hoare Mick O'Halloran Frederick Ward Michael Woods | Philip McBride * Alexander McLachlan * Keith Wilson* | Thomas Dunsford Ernest Evans Frederick James | Jeanne Young (Ind) |
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Charles Grant, John Hayes and Herbert Hays were not up for re-election.
Labor candidates | UAP candidates |
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Bill Aylett* Richard Darcey* Charles Lamp* Herbert McKay | Donald Cameron Ernest Freeland Henry McFie John Millen Herbert Payne Burford Sampson |
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Charles Brand and John Leckie and Country Party Senator William Gibson were not up for re-election.
Labor candidates | UAP candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
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John Barnes* Don Cameron* Richard Keane* | Tom Brennan James Guthrie William Plain | George Budge Samuel Geddes James Marchbank | Marcus Wettenhall (Ind) |
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Herbert Collett and Allan MacDonald and Country Party Senator Bertie Johnston were not up for re-election.
Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Other candidates |
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Robert Clothier* James Cunningham* James Fraser* | Patrick Lynch (UAP) Thomas Marwick (CP) Sir George Pearce (UAP) | Carlyle Ferguson (Ind) |
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