Candidates of the 1927 Victorian state election
The 1927 Victorian state election was held on 9 April 1927.
Seat changes
- Abbotsford Labor MLA Gordon Webber contested Heidelberg.
- Ballarat East Labor MLA William McAdam contested Ballarat.
- Ballarat West Nationalist MLA Matthew Baird contested Ballarat.
- Bendigo West Labor MLA Arthur Cook contested Bendigo.
- Boroondara Nationalist MLA Edmund Greenwood contested Nunawading.
- Bulla Labor MLA Ralph Hjorth contested Grant.
- Castlemaine and Maldon Nationalist MLA Harry Lawson contested Castlemaine and Kyneton.
- Dalhousie Labor MLA Reg Pollard contested Bulla and Dalhousie.
- Daylesford Labor MLA James McDonald contested Mildura.
- Eaglehawk Country Progressive MLA Albert Dunstan contested Eaglehawk.
- East Melbourne Nationalist MLA Alfred Farthing contested Caulfield.
- Essendon Labor MLA Frank Keane contested Coburg.
- Fitzroy Labor MLA Maurice Blackburn contested Clifton Hill.
- Glenelg Labor MLA Ernie Bond contested Port Fairy and Glenelg.
- Grenville Labor MLA Arthur Hughes contested Hampden.
- Jika Jika Labor MLA John Cain contested Northcote.
- Kara Kara Nationalist MLA John Pennington contested Kara Kara and Borung.
- Korong Country MLA Isaac Weaver contested Korong and Eaglehawk.
- Maryborough Labor MLA George Frost contested Maryborough and Daylesford.
- North Melbourne Labor MLA George Prendergast contested Footscray.
- Port Fairy Labor MLA Henry Bailey contested Warrnambool.
- Wangaratta Country MLA Sir John Bowser contested Wangaratta and Ovens.
- Warrenheip Labor MLA Edmond Hogan contested Warrenheip and Grenville.
Retiring Members
- Note: Warrnambool Nationalist MLA James Deany died a month before the election; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the general election.
Labor
- Luke Clough MLA (Bendigo East)
Nationalist
Country
- David Allison MLA (Borung)
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members 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 candidates | Nationalist candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
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Albert Park | Labor | Arthur Wallace | Robert Cuthbertson | Charles Merrett (Lib) | |
Allandale | Nationalist | William McGrath | Sir Alexander Peacock | ||
Ballarat | Labor | William McAdam | Matthew Baird | ||
Barwon | Nationalist | John Jensen | Edward Morley | ||
Benalla | Country | Patrick Connell | John Carlisle (Ind) Edward Cleary* (CPP) | ||
Benambra | Nationalist | Henry Beardmore | |||
Bendigo | Labor | Arthur Cook | William Ewing | ||
Boroondara | Nationalist | Robert Dodman | Richard Linton | David Evans (Ind) Victor Ginn (Lib) Louis Holmes (Ind Nat) Robert Sylvester (Ind Nat) | |
Brighton | Liberal | Oswald Snowball (Ind Nat) | |||
Brunswick | Labor | James Jewell | Leonard Smith | ||
Bulla and Dalhousie | Labor | Reg Pollard | Andrew Rowan | Alexander Wilson | John Murphy (Lib) |
Carlton | Labor | Robert Solly | Roderick McSolvin (Lib) | ||
Castlemaine and Kyneton | Nationalist | Joseph Hannan | Harry Lawson | ||
Caulfield | Nationalist | Alfred Farthing | Frederick Forrest* (Lib) John Packer (Lib) | ||
Clifton Hill | Labor | Maurice Blackburn | Charles Miller | ||
Coburg | Labor | Frank Keane | Henry Richards | ||
Collingwood | Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | Ralph Stredwick | ||
Dandenong | Nationalist | James O'Keefe | Frank Groves | Archibald Wilson (Lib) | |
Dundas | Labor | Bill Slater | Gilbert Smith | ||
Essendon | Labor | Arthur Drakeford | Robert Gilbertson | ||
Evelyn | Liberal | Edward Hodges | William Everard* (Ind Nat) Joseph Smith (Lib) | ||
Flemington | Labor | Jack Holland | Arthur Fenton | ||
Footscray | Labor | George Prendergast | |||
Geelong | Labor | William Brownbill | Julius Solomon | ||
Gippsland East | Country | Albert Lind | Frederick Blight (Ind) | ||
Gippsland North | Independent | John Buchan | James McLachlan (Ind) | ||
Gippsland South | Nationalist | Michael Buckley | Walter West | Thomas Anderson David White | Henry Bodman (Ind) |
Gippsland West | Country | Thomas Houlihan | James Wilson | Arthur Walter | Arthur a'Beckett (Ind) John Dowd (CPP) Robert Garlick (Lib) |
Goulburn Valley | Country | Murray Bourchier | |||
Grant | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | Francis Connelly | David Gibson | James Farrer (Ind) |
Gunbower | Liberal | Henry Angus* (Ind Nat) Farquhar Matheson (CPP) | |||
Hampden | Nationalist | Arthur Hughes | David Oman | ||
Hawthorn | Nationalist | Edward Cummins | Sir William McPherson | ||
Heidelberg | Labor | Gordon Webber | Henry Zwar | ||
Kara Kara and Borung | Nationalist | John Pennington | William Pearce | Finlay Cameron (CPP) | |
Kew | Nationalist | Frederick Riley | Edward Reynolds | William Clark (Lib) Wilfrid Kent Hughes* (Prog Nat) | |
Korong and Eaglehawk | Country | Isaac Weaver | Albert Dunstan (CPP) | ||
Lowan | Country | Marcus Wettenhall | George Clyne (CPP) | ||
Maryborough and Daylesford | Labor | George Frost | Edmund Jowett | ||
Melbourne | Labor | Tom Hayes | Carlyle Ferguson (Lib) | ||
Mildura | Labor | James McDonald | James Lochhead | Albert Allnutt (CPP) | |
Mornington | Country | Alfred Kirton | Alfred Downward | Cyril Croskell (Lib) | |
Northcote | Labor | John Cain | |||
Nunawading | Nationalist | John Toohey | Edmund Greenwood* Garnet Soilleux | Robert Halliday (Lib) Stephen Thompson (Lib) | |
Oakleigh | Labor | Squire Reid | Robert Knox | Thomas Riley (Lib) | |
Ouyen | Country | Francis Williamson | Henry Pickering | Harold Glowrey (CPP) | |
Polwarth | Nationalist | James McDonald | |||
Port Fairy and Glenelg | Labor | Ernie Bond | William Shaw | ||
Port Melbourne | Labor | James Murphy | |||
Prahran | Labor | Arthur Jackson | Thomas White | ||
Richmond | Labor | Ted Cotter | |||
Rodney | Country | John Allan | Percy Bryce (Lib) Frederick Churches (CPP) | ||
St Kilda | Nationalist | Frederic Eggleston | Burnett Gray* (Lib) Florence Johnson (Ind Lab) | ||
Stawell and Ararat | Nationalist | Robert McCracken | Richard Toutcher | ||
Swan Hill | Country | Francis Old | Ernest Gray (CPP) William Sullivan (Ind) | ||
Toorak | Nationalist | Charles Cope | Stanley Argyle | Horace Mason (Lib) | |
Upper Goulburn | Country | Edward Withers | George Wilson | Edwin Mackrell | |
Upper Yarra | Nationalist | Henry Courtney | George Knox | John Dedman | Henry Glynn (Ind) George Ingram (Lib) John Mahony (Ind Nat) |
Walhalla | Nationalist | James Bermingham | Samuel Barnes | William Moncur | |
Wangaratta and Ovens | Country | Sir John Bowser* Lot Diffey | William Higgins (Lib) | ||
Waranga | Nationalist | Gerald Honan | Ernest Coyle* Henry Thomas | John McKee | |
Warrenheip and Grenville | Labor | Edmond Hogan | Robert McGregor | ||
Warrnambool | Nationalist | Henry Bailey | James Swan | William Downing (Lib) | |
Williamstown | Labor | John Lemmon | Francis Wilcher | ||
Wonthaggi | Labor | William McKenzie | William Walker | Peter Hudson Herbert Hyland | William Easton (Lib) |
See also
References
- Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive