Candidates of the South Australian state election, 1921

This is a list of candidates of the 1921 South Australian state election.^[1]

Retiring MPs

Progressive Country

• Arthur Blackburn (Sturt) – retired ^[2]

Independent

• John Albert Southwood (East Torrens) – retired ^[2]

There had also been two resignations in the months leading up to the election which had remained unfilled. Murray Liberal MHA Herbert Angas Parsons resigned on 5 January 1921 due to his appointment to the judiciary. Sturt Liberal MHA Edward Vardon resigned on 15 February 1921 in order to nominate, successfully, for a vacancy in the Australian Senate.^[2][3]

House of Assembly

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

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Progressive Country candidates	FSA candidates	Independent candidates
Adelaide (3)	Bill Denny* Bert Edwards* John Gunn*		J. T. Mitchell
Albert (2)	T. R. Knuckey Joshua Pedlar	William Angus Richard Alfred O'Connor		Malcolm McIntosh* Frederick McMillan*
Alexandra (3)	M. E. J. Hunt	Herbert Hudd* George Laffer* George Ritchie			Walter Furler
Barossa (3)	George Cooke Leonard Hopkins Edwin Parham	Richard Butler* William Hague* Henry Crosby*		A. V. Nairn
Burra Burra (3)	Harry Buxton Mick O'Halloran L. W. Willcott	Samuel Dickson* George Jenkins*	J. M. McDonald	Thomas Hawke*	Edward Craigie
East Torrens (3)	J. J. F. Flaherty Herbert George Leslie Claude Hunkin*	Walter Hamilton* Joseph Anthony Harper* Albert Sutton	T. A. Buttery Frederick Coneybeer A. M. W. Jolly
Flinders (2)	T. P. Lyons M. J. Murphy	James Moseley*		John Chapman*	H. E. Frick Samuel Lindsay
Murray (3)	Bert Hoare Sid O'Flaherty Frank Staniford	John Godfree* John Randell* Harry Dove Young*		J. H. Daniel
Newcastle (2)	Thomas Butterfield* William Smith Harvey*	Edward Twopeny		John Smith
North Adelaide (2)	Frederick Birrell* Stanley Whitford*	C. P. Butler	Edward Alfred Anstey William David Ponder
Port Adelaide (2)	John Price* John Stanley Verran*	L. E. Colley	J. M. Lambert
Port Pirie (2)	John Fitzgerald* Lionel Hill*				W. L. R. Blight
Stanley (2)	Even George A. E. Smith	Henry Barwell* Robert Nicholls*		J. J. Aughey H. V. Sargent
Sturt (3)	T. W. Grealy Tom Howard Harry Kneebone	Ernest Anthoney* George Hussey* Herbert Richards*	A. E. Morris Thomas Hyland Smeaton John Vaughan		V. C. Blunden
West Torrens (2)	Alfred Blackwell* John McInnes*	W. H. H. Dring	Henry Chesson
Victoria (2)	Charles McHugh Eric Shepherd	Vernon Petherick*	Peter Reidy*
Wooroora (3)	Arthur McArthur Allan Robertson A. A. J. Tonkin	Richard Layton Butler* James McLachlan* Albert Robinson*			R. W. Bowey David James
Wallaroo (2)	John Pedler* Robert Richards*				John Verran
Yorke Peninsula (2)		Peter Allen* Henry Tossell*

Legislative Council

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Progressive Country candidates	Independent candidates
Central District No. 1 (2)	John Carr* James Jelley*	G. A. Noble	J. L. Leal
Central District No. 2 (2)	L. E. Fenton Frederick Ward	John Herbert Cooke* George Henry Prosser*	William Cole A. R. Tuckett	Frederick Samuel Wallis
Midland District (2)		Walter Hannaford* Thomas Pascoe*
Northern District (2)	Sydney McHugh M. B. Woods	John George Bice* John Lewis*	W. O. Gale
Southern District (2)		Robert Thomson Melrose* Thomas McCallum*	W. D. Cowley	Alfred von Doussa

References

1. "THE CANDIDATES.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 7 April 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
2. "THE ELECTIONS.". The Pioneer (Yorketown, SA : 1898 – 1954). Yorketown, SA: National Library of Australia. 16 April 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
3. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 to 2009" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 6 September 2015.