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".[1][4]
Retiring MPs
editLabor
edit- John Stanley Verran (Port Adelaide) – lost preselection[5]
Liberal Federation
edit- Robert Thomson Melrose MLC (Southern District) – retired[2]
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.[2]
Legislative Assembly
editSitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
Legislative Council
editElectorate | 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.) |
References
edit- ^ a b "STATE ELECTIONS". The Observer. Adelaide. 5 March 1927. p. 39. Retrieved 11 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL". The Observer. Adelaide. 5 March 1927. p. 39. Retrieved 11 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "STATE ELECTIONS". The Observer. Adelaide. 12 February 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 11 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Register ADELAIDE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1927". The Register. Adelaide. 23 March 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 11 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PORT ADELAIDE BY-ELECTION". The Register. Adelaide. 5 July 1927. p. 9. Retrieved 16 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.