Candidates of the South Australian state election, 1915

This is a list of candidates of the 1915 South Australian state election.^[1]

Retiring MPs

Liberal Union

• Oscar Duhst (Wooroora) – lost preselection ^[2]
• Percy Heggaton (Alexandra) – retired ^[3]
• Robert Homburg, junior (Burra Burra) – retired ^[4]
• Frederick William Young (Wooroora) – appointed Agent General in London ^[5]

House of Assembly

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

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Independent candidates
Adelaide (3)	Reginald Blundell* Bill Denny* John Gunn*
Albert (2)	Gwynfred Oram	William Angus* Richard Alfred O'Connor*	Walter Campbell
Alexandra (3)	B. W. P. Blundell T. W. Grealy S. H. Herring	George Laffer* Archibald McDonald* George Ritchie*
Barossa (3)	Ephraim Coombe* Norman Makin M. O. Reidel	Richard Butler* William Hague* Samuel Rudall
Burra Burra (3)	Even George E. J. Pearce A. T. Penglase	William Miller* Laurence O'Loughlin* John Pick*
East Torrens (3)	Frederick Coneybeer* John Albert Southwood* Lionel Hill*	N. J. Hargrave W. H. H. Dring	Peter Addison
Flinders (2)	J. J. Cronin F. H. Davies	James Moseley* John Travers*
Murray (3)	George Dunn* Maurice Parish*	Hermann Homburg Friedrich Pflaum Harry Dove Young*	Archibald Duncan D. J. Wellington
Newcastle (2)	Thomas Butterfield* Andrew Kirkpatrick	Thomas Burgoyne Edward Twopeny
North Adelaide (2)	Edward Alfred Anstey* William David Ponder*	Lewis Cohen Thomas Crase
Port Adelaide (2)	Ivor MacGillivray* John Price*
Port Pirie (2)	William Cole* Harry Jackson*
Stanley (2)	John Fitzgerald	Henry Barwell* Robert Nicholls*
Sturt (3)	Thomas Ryan* Thomas Hyland Smeaton* Crawford Vaughan*	Herbert Hudd Herbert Angas Parsons N. A. Webb
Victoria (2)	Clarence Goode* Peter Reidy*	George Bodey Archibald Peake
Wallaroo (2)	John Verran* John Frederick Herbert*
West Torrens (2)	Henry Chesson* Thompson Green*
Wooroora (3)	Frederick Birrell	Richard Layton Butler* David James* Albert Robinson*	H. M. Tuck
Yorke Peninsula (2)	R. J. J. Kinnane	Peter Allen* Henry Tossell*

Legislative Council

Only two Legislative Council seats were up for election at the 1915 general election: one in each of Central District No. 1 and No. 2.

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

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates
Central District No. 1	John Carr*
Central District No. 2	William Humphrey Harvey	John Herbert Cooke*

References

1. "THE STATE ELECTIONS.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 20 March 1915. p. 17. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
2. "WOOROORA PLEBISCITE.". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 23 January 1915. p. 33. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
3. "MR. MCDONALD'S RESIGNATION.". Southern Argus (Port Elliot, SA : 1866 – 1954). Port Elliot, SA: National Library of Australia. 20 May 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
4. "A LOYAL SUBJECT.". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 20 March 1915. p. 35. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
5. "MEMBERS RETIRED.". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 2 April 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 4 October 2015.