Candidates of the 1917 Victorian state election
The 1917 Victorian state election was held on 15 November 1917.
Since the previous election, the Liberal Party had absorbed pro-conscription Labor defectors and become the Nationalist Party. However, the Nationalists contested this election as three competing factions: Ministerialists, the supporters of Alexander Peacock's government; the "Economy Party", supporters of John Bowser; and the National Labor Party, for those ex-Labor members now supporting the anti-Labor side of politics.
Retiring Members
Nationalist
National Labor
- John Chatham MLA (Grenville)
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 | VFU candidates | Other candidates | ||
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Ministerial | Economy | National Labor | |||||
Abbotsford | Labor | Gordon Webber | |||||
Albert Park | Labor | George Elmslie | John Baragwanath | ||||
Allandale | Nationalist | Sir Alexander Peacock | Walter Grose | ||||
Ballarat East | Nationalist | Andrew McKissock | Robert McGregor | ||||
Ballarat West | Nationalist | Matthew Baird | |||||
Barwon | Nationalist | James Farrer Duncan McLennan* | Lemuel Griffiths | ||||
Benalla | Nationalist | Laurence Corboy | John Carlisle* Thomas Kennedy | ||||
Benambra | Nationalist | Henry Beardmore* George Jephcott Leslie Sambell | |||||
Bendigo East | Labor | Luke Clough | Thomas Currie Walter McRobert | ||||
Bendigo West | Labor | Arthur Cook | David Smith | ||||
Boroondara | Nationalist | Frederick Francis Edmund Greenwood* Walter Hiscock Sir Frank Madden | |||||
Borung | Nationalist | William Hutchinson | Edwin Reseigh | ||||
Brighton | Nationalist | Arthur Roth | Frederick Leveson Oswald Snowball* | ||||
Brunswick | Labor | James Jewell | John March | James Davis (Ind Nat) | |||
Bulla | Nationalist | James Gilchrist Andrew Robertson* | James Cunningham | ||||
Carlton | Labor | Robert Solly | |||||
Castlemaine and Maldon | Nationalist | Harry Lawson | |||||
Collingwood | Labor | Martin Hannah | |||||
Dalhousie | Nationalist | Joseph O'Connor | Allan Cameron | Reginald Argyle Alexander Wilson | |||
Dandenong | Nationalist | Frank Groves* William Keast | |||||
Daylesford | Nationalist | Joseph Hannigan | Donald McLeod | ||||
Dundas | Nationalist | Bill Slater | Edward Dobson William Smith | ||||
Eaglehawk | Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | Thomas Hicks | William Hill | |||
East Melbourne | Nationalist | Sydney Walker | Alfred Farthing* George Kemp | John Barrett (Temp) | |||
Essendon | Labor | Maurice Blackburn | Thomas Ryan | ||||
Evelyn | Nationalist | James Rouget | William Everard* Reginald Kelly | ||||
Fitzroy | Labor | John Billson | |||||
Flemington | Labor | Edward Warde | Thomas Ivory | ||||
Geelong | Nationalist | William Brownbill | Robert Purnell | ||||
Gippsland East | Nationalist | Gordon Holmes | James Cameron | James Bayliss | |||
Gippsland North | Labor | James McLachlan | |||||
Gippsland South | Nationalist | Thomas Livingston | Thomas McGalliard | James McQueen | |||
Gippsland West | Nationalist | John Mackey | |||||
Glenelg | Nationalist | William Thomas | Hugh Campbell | Walter Watson | |||
Goulburn Valley | Nationalist | Thomas Lyons John Mitchell* | |||||
Grenville | Labor | Frederick Hower | George Meudell Henry Vernon | David Gibson | |||
Gunbower | Nationalist | Henry Angus | |||||
Hampden | Nationalist | Patrick McMahon | David Oman | ||||
Hawthorn | Nationalist | William McPherson | |||||
Jika Jika | Nationalist | John Cain | Samuel Dennis Arthur May | George Jewell (Ind Lab) | |||
Kara Kara | Nationalist | John Pennington | John Hall | ||||
Korong | Nationalist | Achilles Gray | Isaac Weaver | ||||
Lowan | Nationalist | James Menzies | |||||
Maryborough | Labor | Thomas Jude | Robert Laidlaw | Alfred Outtrim | |||
Melbourne | Labor | Alexander Rogers | |||||
Mornington | Nationalist | Robert Anderson Alfred Downward* | |||||
North Melbourne | Labor | George Prendergast | John Vroland | ||||
Ovens | Nationalist | William Gribble | Alfred Billson* Erle Evans | ||||
Polwarth | Nationalist | Edward Smith | Edgar Churches John Hancock James McDonald* | ||||
Port Fairy | Labor | Henry Bailey | Alfred Noar | ||||
Port Melbourne | Labor | James Murphy | James Crichton | Henry Sanderson (Ind Lab) Owen Sinclair (Ind Lab) | |||
Prahran | Nationalist | Harry Smith | Donald Mackinnon | ||||
Richmond | Labor | Ted Cotter | |||||
Rodney | Nationalist | Hugh McKenzie | John Allan | William Day (Temp) | |||
St Kilda | Nationalist | George McGowan | John Macfarlan Agar Wynne* | ||||
Stawell and Ararat | Nationalist | William Tibbles | Richard Toutcher | ||||
Swan Hill | Nationalist | John Gray | Percy Stewart | Hugh McClelland (Ind VFU) | |||
Toorak | Nationalist | Norman Bayles* Alfred Darroch | |||||
Upper Goulburn | Nationalist | Thomas Hunt Malcolm McKenzie* | |||||
Walhalla | Nationalist | Edward Nichols | Samuel Barnes | ||||
Wangaratta | Nationalist | John Bowser | |||||
Waranga | Nationalist | Leon Villiers | John Gordon | ||||
Warrenheip | Labor | Edmond Hogan | Garnett Durham | ||||
Warrnambool | Nationalist | James McMeel | James Deany | ||||
Williamstown | Labor | John Lemmon | George Greenslade |
See also
- 1916 Victorian Legislative Council election
References
- Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive