Candidates of the 1921 South Australian state election explained

This is a list of candidates of the 1921 South Australian state election.^[1]

Retiring MPs

Progressive Country

• Arthur Blackburn (Sturt) – retired^[2]

Independent

• John Albert Southwood (East Torrens) – retired

There had also been two resignations in the months leading up to the election which had remained unfilled. Murray Liberal MHA Angas Parsons resigned on 5 January 1921 due to his appointment to the judiciary. Sturt Liberal MHA Edward Vardon resigned on 15 February 1921 in order to nominate, successfully, for a vacancy in the Australian Senate.^[3]

House of Assembly

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

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Progressive Country candidates	FSA candidates	Independent candidates
Adelaide (3)		Bill Denny Bert Edwards John Gunn		J. T. Mitchell
Albert (2)	T. R. Knuckey Joshua Pedlar	William Angus Richard Alfred O'Connor			Malcolm McIntosh Frederick McMillan
Alexandra (3)	M. E. J. Hunt		Herbert Hudd George Laffer			Walter Furler
Barossa (3)	George Cooke Leonard Hopkins Edwin Parham		Richard Butler William Hague Henry Crosby		A. V. Nairn
Burra Burra (3)	Harry Buxton Mick O'Halloran L. W. Willcott		Samuel Dickson George Jenkins	J. M. McDonald		Thomas Hawke	Edward Craigie
East Torrens (3)		J. J. F. Flaherty Herbert George Leslie Claude Hunkin*		Walter Hamilton Joseph Anthony Harper	T. A. Buttery Frederick Coneybeer A. M. W. Jolly
Flinders (2)	T. P. Lyons M. J. Murphy		James Moseley			John Chapman	H. E. Frick Samuel Lindsay
Murray (3)			John Godfree John Randell Harry Dove Young		J. H. Daniel
Newcastle (2)		Thomas Butterfield William Harvey			John Smith
North Adelaide (2)		Frederick Birrell Stanley Whitford	C. P. Butler	Edward Alfred Anstey William David Ponder
Port Adelaide (2)		John Price John Stanley Verran	L. E. Colley	J. M. Lambert
Port Pirie (2)		John Fitzgerald Lionel Hill				W. L. R. Blight
Stanley (2)			Henry Barwell Robert Nicholls		J. J. Aughey H. V. Sargent
Sturt (3)			Ernest Anthoney George Hussey Herbert Richards	A. E. Morris Thomas Hyland Smeaton John Vaughan		V. C. Blunden
West Torrens (2)		Alfred Blackwell John McInnes	W. H. H. Dring
Victoria (2)			Vernon Petherick		Peter Reidy
Wooroora (3)	Arthur McArthur Allan Robertson A. A. J. Tonkin		Richard Layton Butler James McLachlan Albert Robinson			R. W. Bowey David James
Wallaroo (2)		John Pedler Robert Richards				John Verran
Yorke Peninsula (2)			Peter Allen Henry Tossell

Legislative Council

Electorate	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Progressive Country candidates	Independent candidates
Central District No. 1 (2)		John Carr James Jelley	G. A. Noble	J. L. Leal
Central District No. 2 (2)			John Herbert Cooke George Henry Prosser	William Cole A. R. Tuckett	Frederick Samuel Wallis
Midland District (2)			Walter Hannaford Thomas Pascoe
Northern District (2)	Sydney McHugh M. B. Woods		John George Bice John Lewis	W. O. Gale
Southern District (2)			Robert Thomson Melrose Thomas McCallum	W. D. Cowley	Alfred von Doussa

Notes and References

1. News: THE CANDIDATES. . . Adelaide . 7 April 1921 . 6 September 2015 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: THE ELECTIONS. . . Yorketown, SA . 16 April 1921 . 6 September 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
3. Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 to 2009 . Parliament of South Australia . 6 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110312023915/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf . 2011-03-12 . dead .