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
=By-elections and appointments=
- On 10 July 1907, Albert Palmer (Anti-Socialist) was re-elected to Echuca after his election in 1906 was declared void.
- On 11 July 1907, James O'Loghlin (Labour) was appointed as a South Australian Senator after the voiding of the election of Joseph Vardon (Anti-Socialist).
- On 15 February 1908, Joseph Vardon (Anti-Socialist) was elected as a South Australian Senator in a special election following the voiding of the appointment of James O'Loghlin (Labour).
- On 13 June 1908, Ernest Roberts (Labour) was elected to replace Charles Kingston (Protectionist) as the member for Adelaide.
- On 28 August 1909, Richard Foster (Liberal) was elected to replace Sir Frederick Holder (Independent) as the member for Wakefield.
- On 6 December 1909, James Hutchison (Labour), the member for Hindmarsh, died. Due to the proximity of the election, no by-election was held.
- On 24 December 1909, George Reid (Liberal) resigned as the member for East Sydney. Due to the proximity of the election, no by-election was held.
=Defections=
- In 1909, Protectionist leader Alfred Deakin negotiated a merger between his party and Joseph Cook's Anti-Socialists, which became the Commonwealth Liberal Party. The party was joined by most sitting Protectionists and Anti-Socialists, together with Labour MP James Fowler (Perth), WAP MP William Hedges (Fremantle), Independent Senator William Trenwith (Victoria), and the "Corner" group of Independent Protectionists: George Fairbairn (Fawkner), Sir John Forrest (Swan), Sir John Quick (Bendigo), Sydney Sampson (Wimmera) and Agar Wynne (Balaclava). Protectionists Sir William Lyne (Hume), George Wise (Gippsland) and David Storrer (Bass), who were sceptical of the merger, became Independents, as did Anti-Socialist Senator Sir Josiah Symon (South Australia). Protectionist MP John Chanter (Riverina) joined the Labour Party.
Retiring Members and Senators
=Labour=
- Chris Watson MP (South Sydney, NSW)
- Senator John Croft (WA)
=Liberal=
- Sir Thomas Ewing MP (Richmond, NSW)
- Sir Philip Fysh MP (Denison, Tas)
- Dugald Thomson MP (North Sydney, NSW)
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=
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!Electorate !Held by !Labour candidate !Liberal candidate !Other candidates | ||||
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| | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| | |
| Barrier | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Josiah Thomas | William Shepherd | |
| Calare | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Thomas Brown | Henry Pigott | |
| Cook | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|James Catts | William Clegg | |
| Cowper | Liberal | Clem Johnson | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|John Thomson | John O'Brien (Ind Lab) |
| Dalley | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Robert Howe | Bill Wilks | |
| Darling | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Spence | James Carroll | |
| East Sydney | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|John West | Samuel Lees | |
| Eden-Monaro | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Austin Chapman | ||
| Gwydir | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Webster | Robert Patten | |
| Hume | Liberal | Bernard Grogan | {{Australian party shading/Independent}}|Sir William Lyne (Ind) | |
| Hunter | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Matthew Charlton | Frank Liddell | |
| Illawarra | Liberal | George Burns | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|George Fuller | |
| Lang | Liberal | Thomas Crawford | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Elliot Johnson | |
| Macquarie | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Ernest Carr | Alfred Conroy | |
| Nepean | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|George Cann | Eric Bowden | |
| Newcastle | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|David Watkins | Frank Pulsford | |
| New England | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Frank Foster | William Fleming | |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Percy Tighe | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|George Edwards | John Steel (YANP) |
| Parkes | Liberal | Ernest Burgess | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Bruce Smith | Herbert Pratten (Ind Lib) |
| Parramatta | Liberal | Bert Broue | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Joseph Cook | |
| Richmond | Liberal | William Gillies | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Walter Massy-Greene | Venour Nathan (Ind Lib) Robert Pyers (Ind Lab) |
| Riverina | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|John Chanter | John Jackson | Edmund O'Dwyer (Ind Lib) |
| Robertson | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Johnson | Henry Willis | |
| South Sydney | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Edward Riley | Eden George | |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Arthur Vernon | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Willie Kelly | |
| Werriwa | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|David Hall | Granville Ryrie | |
| West Sydney | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Billy Hughes | Stanley Cole | Harry Holland (Soc Lab) |
=Queensland=
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!Electorate !Held by !Labour candidate !Liberal candidate !Other candidates | ||||
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| | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| | |
| Brisbane | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Finlayson | Justin Foxton | |
| Capricornia | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Higgs | Edward Archer | |
| Darling Downs | Liberal | Morris Harland | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Littleton Groom | |
| Herbert | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Fred Bamford | Thomas Crawford | |
| Kennedy | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Charles McDonald | John Houghton | |
| Maranoa | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Jim Page | Jasper Harvey | |
| Moreton | Liberal | Thomas Emmerson | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Hugh Sinclair | |
| Oxley | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Richard Edwards | Frederick Dent (Ind) | |
| Wide Bay | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Andrew Fisher | Jacob Stumm |
=South Australia=
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!Electorate !Held by !Labour candidate !Liberal candidate !Other candidates | ||||
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| | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| | |
| Adelaide | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Ernest Roberts | Alexander McLachlan | |
| Angas | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Paddy Glynn | ||
| Barker | Liberal | Martin Dwyer | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|John Livingston | |
| Boothby | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Lee Batchelor | Paris Nesbit (Ind Lib) | |
| Grey | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Alexander Poynton | ||
| Hindmarsh | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Archibald | ||
| Wakefield | Liberal | John Vaughan | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Richard Foster | Charles Horne (YANP) |
=Tasmania=
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!Electorate !Held by !Labour candidate !Liberal candidate !Other candidates | ||||
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| | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| | |
| Bass | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Jens Jensen | David Storrer (Ind Prot) | |
| Darwin | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|King O'Malley | William Fisher | |
| Denison | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Laird Smith | Matthew Simmons | |
| Franklin | Liberal | William Shoobridge | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William McWilliams | |
| Wilmot | Liberal | Thomas Wilson | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Llewellyn Atkinson |
=Victoria=
| class="wikitable"
!Electorate !Held by !Labour candidate !Liberal candidate !Other candidates | ||||
| bgcolor="#cccccc"
| | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| | |
| Balaclava | Liberal | George Mead | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Agar Wynne | |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | David Russell | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Alfred Deakin | |
| Batman | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Henry Beard | Jabez Coon | |
| Bendigo | Liberal | Frank Brennan | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Sir John Quick | |
| Bourke | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Frank Anstey | James Hume Cook | |
| Corangamite | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|James Scullin | Gratton Wilson | |
| Corio | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Alfred Ozanne | Richard Crouch | |
| Echuca | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Albert Palmer | Hugh Davies (Ind Lib) William Everard (Ind Lib) Anthony O'Dwyer (Ind) William Orr (Ind) | |
| Fawkner | Liberal | Joseph Hannan | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|George Fairbairn | |
| Flinders | Liberal | Frank Buckley | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Irvine | Timothy McInerney (Ind Lib) |
| Gippsland | Liberal | James Bowden | {{Australian party shading/Independent}}|George Wise (Ind Lib) | |
| Grampians | Liberal | Archibald Stewart | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Hans Irvine | |
| Indi | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Parker Moloney | Joseph Brown | |
| Kooyong | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Knox | Alfred Lumsden (Ind Lib) | |
| Laanecoorie | Liberal | Arthur Fraser | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Carty Salmon | |
| Maribyrnong | Liberal | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|James Fenton | Samuel Mauger | |
| Melbourne | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|William Maloney | William McPherson | |
| Melbourne Ports | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|James Mathews | Alexander Ramsay | |
| Mernda | Liberal | James Kenneally | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Robert Harper | Thomas Hunt (Ind Lib) Stephen Thompson (Ind) |
| Wannon | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|John McDougall | Samuel Cooke | |
| Wimmera | Liberal | Richard Taffe | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Sydney Sampson | |
| Yarra | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Frank Tudor | Elizee De Garis |
=Western Australia=
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!Electorate !Held by !Labour candidate !Liberal candidate !Independent candidate(s) | ||||
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| | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| | |
| Coolgardie | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Hugh Mahon | Robert Hastie | Harry McClay |
| Fremantle | Liberal | William Carpenter | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|William Hedges | |
| Kalgoorlie | Labour | {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Charlie Frazer | John Thornett | |
| Perth | Labour | Ernest Henshaw | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|James Fowler | |
| Swan | Liberal | Peter O'Loghlen | {{Australian party shading/Liberal}}|Sir John Forrest |
Senate
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=
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.
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!Labour candidates !Liberal candidates !Socialist Labor candidates !Independent candidates | |||
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| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | {{Australian party style|Socialist}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| |
| {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Albert Gardiner* Allan McDougall* Arthur Rae* | John Gray John Neild Edward Pulsford | Thomas Hoare Robert Mackenzie James Moroney | John Norton |
=Queensland=
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.
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!Labour candidates !Liberal candidates !Independent candidates | ||
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|{{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| |
| {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Thomas Givens* James Stewart* Harry Turley* | Thomas Glassey Hugh Macrossan Joe Millican | William Kellett Horace Ransome |
=South Australia=
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.
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!Labour candidates !Liberal candidates | |
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|{{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| |
| {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Robert Guthrie* Gregor McGregor* William Story* | David Charleston David Gordon John Shannon |
=Tasmania=
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.
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!Labour candidates !Liberal candidates !Independent candidates | ||
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|{{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| |
| {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|James Long* David O'Keefe* Rudolph Ready* | Henry Dobson James Macfarlane Edward Mulcahy | James Campbell |
=Victoria=
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.
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!Labour candidates !Liberal candidates !Independent candidates | ||
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| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | bgcolor="#999999"| |
| {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Stephen Barker* Albert Blakey* Edward Findley* | Robert Best James McCay William Trenwith | Vida Goldstein James Ronald |
=Western Australia=
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.
| class="wikitable"
!Labour candidates !Liberal candidates | |
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| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| |
| {{Australian party shading/Labor}}|Richard Buzacott* Hugh de Largie* George Henderson* | Nathaniel Harper Walter Kingsmill Archibald Sanderson |
See also
References
- [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1910/1910reps.shtml Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1910]
- [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1910/1910senate.shtml Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1910]