Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1910

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

Electorate	Held by	Labour candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidates
Barrier	Labour	Josiah Thomas	William Shepherd
Calare	Labour	Thomas Brown	Henry Pigott
Cook	Labour	James Catts	William Clegg
Cowper	Liberal	Clem Johnson	John Thomson	John O'Brien (Ind Lab)
Dalley	Liberal	Robert Howe	William Wilks
Darling	Labour	William Spence	James Carroll
East Sydney	Liberal	John West	Samuel Lees
Eden-Monaro	Liberal		Austin Chapman
Gwydir	Labour	William Webster	Robert Patten
Hume	Liberal		Bernard Grogan	Sir William Lyne (Ind)
Hunter	Liberal	Matthew Charlton	Frank Liddell
Illawarra	Liberal	George Burns	George Fuller
Lang	Liberal	Thomas Crawford	Elliot Johnson
Macquarie	Labour	Ernest Carr	Alfred Conroy
Nepean	Liberal	George Cann	Eric Bowden
Newcastle	Labour	David Watkins	Frank Pulsford
New England	Labour	Francis Foster	William Fleming
North Sydney	Liberal	Percy Tighe	George Edwards	John Steel (YANP)
Parkes	Liberal	Ernest Burgess	Bruce Smith	Herbert Pratten (Ind Lib)
Parramatta	Liberal	Bert Broue	Joseph Cook
Richmond	Liberal	William Gillies	Walter Massy-Greene	Venour Nathan (Ind Lib) Robert Pyers (Ind Lab)
Riverina	Liberal	John Chanter	John Jackson	Edmund O'Dwyer (Ind Lib)
Robertson	Liberal	William Johnson	Henry Willis
South Sydney	Labour	Edward Riley	Eden George
Wentworth	Liberal	Arthur Vernon	Willie Kelly
Werriwa	Labour	David Hall	Granville Ryrie
West Sydney	Labour	Billy Hughes	Stanley Cole	Harry Holland (RSP)

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labour candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidates
Brisbane	Liberal	William Finlayson	Justin Foxton
Capricornia	Liberal	William Higgs	Edward Archer
Darling Downs	Liberal	Morris Harland	Littleton Groom
Herbert	Labour	Fred Bamford	Thomas Crawford
Kennedy	Labour	Charles McDonald	John Houghton
Maranoa	Labour	Jim Page	Jasper Harvey
Moreton	Liberal	Thomas Emmerson	Hugh Sinclair
Oxley	Liberal		Richard Edwards	Frederick Dent (Ind)
Wide Bay	Labour	Andrew Fisher	Jacob Stumm

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labour candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labour	Ernest Roberts	Alexander McLachlan
Angas	Liberal		Paddy Glynn
Barker	Liberal	Martin Dwyer	John Livingston
Boothby	Labour	Lee Batchelor		Paris Nesbit (Ind Lib)
Grey	Labour	Alexander Poynton
Hindmarsh	Labour	William Archibald
Wakefield	Liberal	John Vaughan	Richard Foster	Charles Horne (YANP)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labour candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidates
Bass	Liberal	Jens Jensen		David Storrer (Ind Prot)
Darwin	Labour	King O'Malley	William Fisher
Denison	Liberal	William Laird Smith	Matthew Simmons
Franklin	Liberal	William Shoobridge	William McWilliams
Wilmot	Liberal	Thomas Wilson	Llewellyn Atkinson

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labour candidate	Liberal candidate	Other candidates
Balaclava	Liberal	George Mead	Agar Wynne
Ballaarat	Liberal	David Russell	Alfred Deakin
Batman	Liberal	Henry Beard	Jabez Coon
Bendigo	Liberal	Frank Brennan	Sir John Quick
Bourke	Liberal	Frank Anstey	James Hume Cook
Corangamite	Liberal	James Scullin	Gratton Wilson
Corio	Liberal	Alfred Ozanne	Richard Crouch
Echuca	Liberal		Albert Palmer	Hugh Davies (Ind Lib) William Everard (Ind Lib) Anthony O'Dwyer (Ind) William Orr (Ind)
Fawkner	Liberal	Joseph Hannan	George Fairbairn
Flinders	Liberal	Frank Buckley	William Irvine	Timothy McInerney (Ind Lib)
Gippsland	Liberal		James Bowden	George Wise (Ind Lib)
Grampians	Liberal	Archibald Stewart	Hans Irvine
Indi	Liberal	Parker Moloney	Joseph Brown
Kooyong	Liberal		William Knox	Alfred Lumsden (Ind Lib)
Laanecoorie	Liberal	Arthur Fraser	Carty Salmon
Maribyrnong	Liberal	James Fenton	Samuel Mauger
Melbourne	Labour	William Maloney	William McPherson
Melbourne Ports	Labour	James Mathews	Alexander Ramsay
Mernda	Liberal	James Kenneally	Robert Harper	Thomas Hunt (Ind Lib) Stephen Thompson (Ind)
Wannon	Labour	John McDougall	Samuel Cooke
Wimmera	Liberal	Richard Taffe	Sydney Sampson
Yarra	Labour	Frank Tudor	Elizee De Garis

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labour candidate	Liberal candidate	Independent candidate(s)
Coolgardie	Labour	Hugh Mahon	Robert Hastie	Harry McClay
Fremantle	Liberal	William Carpenter	William Hedges
Kalgoorlie	Labour	Charles Frazer	John Thornett
Perth	Labour	Ernest Henshaw	James Fowler
Swan	Liberal	Peter O'Loghlen	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.

Labour candidates	Liberal candidates	Socialist candidates	Independent candidates
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.

Labour candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
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.

Labour candidates	Liberal candidates
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.

Labour candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
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.

Labour candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
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.

Labour candidates	Liberal candidates
Richard Buzacott* Hugh de Largie* George Henderson*	Nathaniel Harper Walter Kingsmill Archibald Sanderson

See also

• Australian federal election, 1910
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1906–1910
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1910–1913
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1907–1910
• Members of the Australian Senate, 1910–1913
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1910
• Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1910