Candidates of the 1929 Australian federal election
# Candidates of the 1929 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1929 Australian federal election. The election was held on 12 October 1929. There was no election for the Senate.

## By-elections, appointments and defections

### By-elections and appointments

* On 3 August 1929, Thomas White (Nationalist) was elected to succeed William Watt (Nationalist) as the member for Balaclava.

### Defections

* In 1929, Nationalist MPs Billy Hughes (North Sydney), Edward Mann (Perth), Walter Marks (Wentworth) and George Maxwell (Fawkner) crossed the floor to bring down the Bruce government. All were expelled from the Nationalist Party. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nationalist MP Sir Littleton Groom (Darling Downs), refused to use his casting vote to save the Government and was also expelled. All five contested the election as independents.

## Retiring Members

No members retired in 1929.

## 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 | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Barton | Labor | James Tully | William Myhill (Nat) | |
| Calare | Nationalist | George Gibbons | Sir Neville Howse (Nat) | |
| Cook | Labor | Edward Riley | William Pickup (Nat) | |
| Cowper | Country | | Earle Page (CP) | |
| Dalley | Labor | Ted Theodore | Thomas Morrow (Nat) | |
| Darling | Labor | Arthur Blakeley | Brian Doe (Nat) | |
| East Sydney | Labor | John West | Hyman Diamond (Nat) | |
| Eden-Monaro | Nationalist | John Cusack | John Perkins (Nat) | |
| Gwydir | Country | Lou Cunningham | Aubrey Abbott (CP) | |
| Hume | Labor | Parker Moloney | Thomas Fitzpatrick (CP) | |
| Hunter | Labor | Rowley James | | |
| Lang | Labor | William Long | Dick Dein (Nat) | |
| Macquarie | Labor | Ben Chifley | Charles Dash (Nat) | |
| Martin | Nationalist | John Eldridge | Graham Pratten (Nat) | Edward Beeby (APP) |
| New England | Country | Thomas Wilson | Victor Thompson (CP) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | David Watkins | | |
| North Sydney | Nationalist | | Lewis Nott (Nat) | Clifford Banks (Ind Lab) Billy Hughes* (Ind Nat) Ernie Judd (Soc Lab) |
| Parkes | Nationalist | Edward McTiernan | Charles Marr (Nat) | |
| Parramatta | Nationalist | Albert Rowe | Eric Bowden (Nat) | |
| Reid | Labor | Percy Coleman | Ernest Carr (Nat) | |
| Richmond | Country | | Robert Gibson (CP) Roland Green* (CP) | |
| Riverina | Country | William Nulty | William Killen* (CP) Horace Nock (CP) | |
| Robertson | Nationalist | Michael Fitzgerald | Sydney Gardner (Nat) | |
| South Sydney | Labor | Edward Riley | William Adkins (Nat) | |
| Warringah | Nationalist | | Archdale Parkhill (Nat) | Richard Windeyer (Ind PP) |
| Wentworth | Nationalist | | Arthur Manning (Nat) | Walter Marks* (Ind Nat) |
| Werriwa | Labor | Bert Lazzarini | Bernard Grogan (Nat) | |
| West Sydney | Labor | Jack Beasley | Lindsay Thompson (Nat) | |

### Northern Territory

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate |
| - | - | - |
| Northern Territory | Labor | Harold Nelson |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Brisbane | Nationalist | Myles Ferricks | Donald Cameron (Nat) | |
| Capricornia | Labor | Frank Forde | Robert Staines (Nat) | |
| Darling Downs | Nationalist | Evan Llewelyn | Arthur Morgan (Nat) | Sir Littleton Groom (Ind Nat) |
| Herbert | Labor | George Martens | William Amiet (Nat) | |
| Kennedy | Nationalist | Darby Riordan | Grosvenor Francis (Nat) | |
| Lilley | Nationalist | | George Mackay (Nat) | Frederick O'Keefe (Ind) |
| Maranoa | Country | Robert Munro | James Hunter (CP) | |
| Moreton | Nationalist | Robert Taylor | Josiah Francis (Nat) | |
| Oxley | Nationalist | Francis Baker | James Bayley (Nat) | |
| Wide Bay | Country | John O'Keefe | Bernard Corser (CP) | |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate |
| - | - | - | - |
| Adelaide | Labor | George Edwin Yates | Arthur Wreford (Nat) |
| Angas | Nationalist | Moses Gabb | Walter Parsons (Nat) |
| Barker | Nationalist | Frank Nieass | Malcolm Cameron (Nat) |
| Boothby | Labor | John Price | Bill McCann (Nat) |
| Grey | Labor | Andrew Lacey | Oliver Badman (CP) |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Norman Makin | |
| Wakefield | Country | Sydney McHugh | Maurice Collins (CP) Charles Hawker* (Nat) |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Nationalist candidate | Independent candidate(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bass | Nationalist | Allan Guy | Syd Jackson | |
| Darwin | Nationalist | Thomas d'Alton Henry Lane | George Bell | |
| Denison | Labor | Charles Culley | Hubert Brettingham-Moore John Gage Sir John Gellibrand Horace Walch | David Blanchard |
| Franklin | Independent | | Alfred Seabrook | William McWilliams |
| Wilmot | Nationalist | Joseph Lyons | Llewellyn Atkinson | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Balaclava | Nationalist | Don Cameron | Thomas White (Nat) | |
| Ballaarat | Labor | Charles McGrath | Fred Edmunds (Nat) | |
| Batman | Labor | Frank Brennan | Cecil Keeley (Nat) | |
| Bendigo | Nationalist | Richard Keane | Geoffry Hurry (Nat) | |
| Bourke | Labor | Frank Anstey | Lionel Hahn (Nat) | |
| Corangamite | Country | Richard Crouch | William Gibson (CP) | |
| Corio | Nationalist | Arthur Lewis | John Lister (Nat) | |
| Echuca | Country | Edward Hill | William Hill (CP) | |
| Fawkner | Nationalist | | Sir Arthur Robinson (Nat) | George Maxwell* (Ind Nat) James Ronald (Ind) |
| Flinders | Nationalist | Jack Holloway | Stanley Bruce (Nat) | Joseph Burch (Ind Lib) |
| Gippsland | Country | Michael Buckley | Thomas Paterson (CP) | |
| Henty | Nationalist | Billy Duggan | Henry Gullett (Nat) | William Bolton (Ind Nat) |
| Indi | Labor | Paul Jones | Robert Cook (CP) Leslie Sambell (CP) Arthur Walter (CP) | |
| Kooyong | Nationalist | Albert Langker | John Latham (Nat) | |
| Maribyrnong | Labor | James Fenton | Percy Anderson (Nat) | |
| Melbourne | Labor | William Maloney | | |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | James Mathews | | |
| Wannon | Nationalist | John McNeill | Arthur Rodgers (Nat) | |
| Wimmera | CPP | | John Harris (CP) | Percy Stewart (CPP) |
| Yarra | Labor | James Scullin | | |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Independent candidate(s) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Forrest | Country | | John Prowse (CP) | |
| Fremantle | Labor | John Curtin | Keith Watson (Nat) | |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Albert Green | William Greenard (Nat) William Pickering (CP) | |
| Perth | Nationalist | Ted Needham | Walter Nairn (Nat) | John McCoo (Ind) Edward Mann (Ind Nat) |
| Swan | Country | | Henry Gregory (CP) | |
