Candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election
1924 SA Election Candidates
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This is a list of candidates of the 1924 South Australian state election.[1]
Retiring MPs
Liberal Federation
- John Godfree (Murray) – lost preselection[2]
- Joseph Anthony Harper (East Torrens) – retired[3]
- George Hussey (Sturt) – lost preselection[4][5]
Two vacancies for the Northern District in the Legislative Council had remained unfilled following the deaths of John Lewis on 25 August 1923 and John George Bice on 9 November 1923. Both MLCs were not due to be up for re-election in 1924, and their seats were filled at the election in addition to the two Northern District seats that would normally have been contested.[6][7]
House of Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
Legislative Council
| Electorate | Labor candidates |
Liberal candidates |
Country candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central District No. 1 (2) | Tom Gluyas* Andrew Kirkpatrick* | William Senior William Story | |
| Central District No. 2 (2) | John Daly A. G. Roberts | William Humphrey Harvey* Henry Tassie* | |
| Midland District (2) | W. A. E. Fail E. J. L. Stokes | Walter Gordon Duncan* David Gordon* | |
| Northern District (4) | Even George | J. S. Geddes Lyell McEwin William Morrow* George Ritchie* | Percy Blesing* Maurice Collins William George Mills* L. E. Travers |
| Southern District (2) | John Cowan* Lancelot Stirling* | ||
Notes
- 1 John Stanley Verran, an incumbent Labor MHA for Port Adelaide, was defeated for Labor preselection in his seat by Frank Condon, and contested Sturt instead.