Candidates of the 1927 South Australian state election explained

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".^[4]

Retiring MPs

Labor

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

Liberal Federation

Robert Thomson Melrose MLC (Southern District) – retired

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.

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)			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)			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 Harvey	S. B. Castine (Lib.) Philip 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

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.)

Notes and References

News: STATE ELECTIONS. . . Adelaide . 5 March 1927 . 11 September 2015 . 39 . National Library of Australia.
News: LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. . . Adelaide . 5 March 1927 . 11 September 2015 . 39 . National Library of Australia.
News: STATE ELECTIONS. . . Adelaide . 12 February 1927 . 11 September 2015 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
News: The Register ADELAIDE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1927. . . Adelaide . 23 March 1927 . 11 September 2015 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
News: PORT ADELAIDE BY-ELECTION. . . Adelaide . 5 July 1927 . 16 September 2015 . 9 . National Library of Australia.