Candidates of the South Australian state election, 1927

This is a list of candidates of the 1927 South Australian state election.^[1]^[2]^[3] The conservative Liberal Federation and Country Party ran a combined ticket for this election, known as the "Pact".^[1]^[4]

Retiring MPs

Labor

John Stanley Verran (Port Adelaide) – lost preselection ^[5]

Liberal Federation

Robert Thomson Melrose MLC (Southern District) – retired ^[2]

Murray Liberal MHA Harry Dove Young switched to the Legislative Council at this election, being elected unopposed to the seat vacated by Melrose in the Southern District.^[2]

Legislative Assembly

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

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal-Country Pact candidates	Other candidates

Adelaide (3)	Bill Denny* Bert Edwards* Herbert George*	Agnes Goode (Lib.) F. G. Hicks (Lib.) Donald Kerr (Lib.)	C. E. L. Skitch (Ind.)
Albert (2)	H. M. Dalziel Richard McKenzie	Malcolm McIntosh* (C.P.) Frederick McMillan* (C.P.)
Alexandra (3)		Percy Heggaton* (Lib.) Herbert Hudd* (Lib.) George Laffer* (Lib.)
Barossa (3)	George Cooke* Leonard Hopkins	Henry Crosby* (Lib.) Herbert Lyons (Lib.) Reginald Rudall (Lib.)	Herbert Basedow* (Ind.) A. P. Davies (Ind.)
Burra Burra (3)	Albert Hawke Sydney McHugh Mick O'Halloran	Reginald Carter* (C.P.) Samuel Dickson* (Lib.) George Jenkins* (Lib.)
East Torrens (3)	J. F. Flaherty Leslie Claude Hunkin Beasley Kearney	Frederick Coneybeer* (Lib.) Walter Hamilton* (Lib.) Albert Sutton* (Lib.)
Flinders (2)	John O'Connor J. B. Pollard	Edward Coles* (C.P.) James Moseley* (Lib.)	Edward Craigie (Single Tax)
Murray (3)	Clement Collins* A. L. Gniel Frank Staniford	Ernest Hannaford* (Lib.) Hermann Homburg* (Lib.) John Randell (Lib.)	John Godfree (Ind.)
Newcastle (2)	Thomas Butterfield* William Smith Harvey*	S. B. Castine (Lib.) P. A. M. McBride (Lib.)
North Adelaide (2)	Frederick Birrell* Stanley Whitford	Victor Marra Newland (Lib.) Shirley Jeffries* (Lib.)
Port Pirie (2)	John Fitzgerald* Lionel Hill*
Port Adelaide (2)	Frank Condon John Jonas*		Thomas Thompson* (Ind.)
Stanley (2)		Robert Nicholls* John Lyons*	P. S. Gillen (Ind.)
Sturt (3)	Bob Dale T. W. Grealy Francis McCabe	Ernest Anthoney* (Lib.) Herbert Richards* (Lib.) Edward Vardon* (Lib.)	E. E. Craig (Ind.)
Victoria (2)	Eric Shepherd* F. E. Young	Vernon Petherick (Lib.) Peter Reidy* (Lib.)
Wallaroo (2)	John Pedler* Robert Richards*
West Torrens (2)	Alfred Blackwell* John McInnes*		R. A. Cilento (Ind.)
Wooroora (3)	William Jarrad R. R. Reincke Allan Robertson	Richard Layton Butler* (Lib.) Archie Cameron* (C.P.) James McLachlan* (Lib.)
Yorke Peninsula (2)		Edward Giles* Henry Tossell*

Legislative Council

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal-Country Pact candidates
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Central District No. 1 (2)	John Carr* James Jelley*	H. P. Butterworth (Lib.) L. H. Crosby (Lib.)
Central District No. 2 (2)	Herbert Baldock F. E. Stratton	John Herbert Cooke* (Lib.) George Henry Prosser* (Lib.)
Midland District (2)		'Walter Hannaford* (Lib.) Thomas Pascoe* (Lib.)
Northern District (2)	Even George H. R. McHugh	Percy Blesing* (C.P.) William George Mills* (C.P.)
Southern District (2)		'Thomas McCallum* (Lib.) Harry Dove Young* (Lib.)

References

1 2 "STATE ELECTIONS.". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 – 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 5 March 1927. p. 39. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
1 2 3 "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 – 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 5 March 1927. p. 39. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
↑ "STATE ELECTIONS.". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 – 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 12 February 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
↑ "The Register ADELAIDE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1927.". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 March 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
↑ "PORT ADELAIDE BY-ELECTION.". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 5 July 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

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