# Candidates of the 1917 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates for the 1917 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 24 March 1917.
During the previous parliament, the Labor Party had split over the conscription issue, with Premier William Holman leading many members into the new Nationalist Party, a merger of the pro-conscriptionist Labor members and the Liberal Party. Seats held by the ex-Labor Nationalists are shown as being Labor-held.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Ernest Durack MLA (Bathurst)

### Nationalist

* Henry Hoyle MLA (Surry Hills) — elected as Labor
* James Mercer (Rozelle) — elected as Labor
* Charles Wade MLA (Gordon)

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Nationalist candidate | Other candidates |
| Albury | Labor | George Bodkin | Arthur Manning | John Cusack (Ind Lab) |
| Alexandria | Labor | Simon Hickey | Sydney Smith | James Dixon (Ind) |
| Allowrie | Nationalist | William Gibbs | Mark Morton | |
| Annandale | Labor | William O'Brien | | Arthur Griffith (Ind Lab) |
| Armidale | Nationalist | John Andrews | Herbert Lane | |
| Ashburnham | Nationalist | John Lynch | Arthur Grimm | |
| Ashfield | Nationalist | George Boland | William Robson | |
| Balmain | Labor | John Storey | Robert Stopford | John Bell (Ind) Michael Moore (Ind) |
| Bathurst | Labor | Valentine Johnston | John Miller | John Sullivan (Ind) |
| Bega | Nationalist | John Webster | William Millard | |
| Belmore | Labor | Michael Burke | | Thomas Barlow (Ind Lab) |
| Bingara | Ind Labor | Alfred McClelland | George McDonald | |
| Bondi | Nationalist | | James Macarthur-Onslow | |
| Botany | Ind Labor | Thomas Mutch | | Fred Page (Ind Lab) |
| Burrangong | Labor | Peter Loughlin | George Burgess | |
| Burwood | Nationalist | Arthur Apsey | Thomas Henley | |
| Byron | Nationalist | | John Perry | William McKeever (Ind) Patrick McMahon (Ind) Percy Tighe (Ind Lab) |
| Camden | Nationalist | Frederick Parker | John Hunt | Arthur Bosley (Ind) Frederick Webster (Ind) |
| Camperdown | Labor | Robert Stuart-Robertson | William Weller | Arthur Reardon (ISLP) |
| Canterbury | Labor | George Cann | | James Lee (Ind) |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Joseph Clark | Guy Arkins | |
| Cessnock | Labor | William Kearsley | | |
| Clarence | Nationalist | | William Zuill | |
| Cobar | Labor | Charles Fern | | |
| Cootamundra | Labor | Patrick Minahan | William Holman | |
| Corowa | Nationalist | Samuel Ringwood | Richard Ball | |
| Darling Harbour | Labor | John Cochran | William Phillips | William McMahon (Ind) |
| Darlinghurst | Nationalist | John Farrell | Daniel Levy | Percy Brunton (Ind) |
| Drummoyne | Nationalist | Bertie Sheiles | Alexander Graff | Walter Kirkaldy (Ind) |
| Dulwich Hill | Nationalist | Joseph Cahill | Tom Hoskins | |
| Durham | Nationalist | Walter O'Hearn | William Brown | Walter Bennett* (Ind) Daniel Ferry (Ind) |
| Enmore | Labor | Thomas Burke | David Hall | Dominic Healy (ISLP) Andrew Macauley (Ind) |
| Glebe | Labor | Tom Keegan | Walter Clutton | David Middleton (Ind) |
| Gloucester | Nationalist | Albert Jones | Lewis Martin | Richard Price (Ind) |
| Gordon | Nationalist | | Thomas Bavin | Robert Forsyth (Ind Nat) Edward Loxton (Ind Nat) Fitt Petrie (Ind Nat) |
| Gough | Nationalist | Lou Cunningham | Follett Thomas | |
| Goulburn | Nationalist | Con Hogan | Augustus James | |
| Granville | Labor | Jack Lang | Walter Duncan | Abraham Taylor (Ind) |
| Gwydir | Nationalist | William Scully | John Crane | |
| Hartley | Labor | James Dooley | James Ryan | |
| Hastings and Macleay | Independent | Hercules Rowe | Henry Morton | |
| Hawkesbury | Nationalist | Tom Arthur | Brinsley Hall | Bruce Walker (Ind) |
| Hurstville | Labor | Sam Toombs | Thomas Ley | |
| Kahibah | Labor | Hugh Connell | Alfred Edden | William Ellis (Ind) |
| King | Labor | Tom Smith | James Morrish | James Jones (Ind) Ernie Judd (ISLP) Lindsay Thompson (Ind) |
| Lachlan | Labor | Thomas Brown | Ernest Buttenshaw | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Campbell Carmichael | | |
| Lismore | Nationalist | | George Nesbitt | Michael O'Halloran (Ind Lab) |
| Liverpool Plains | Labor | Abraham Berry | William Ashford | |
| Lyndhurst | Nationalist | Claude Bushell | Thomas Waddell | |
| Macquarie | Labor | Thomas Thrower | Murdock McLeod | |
| Maitland | Nationalist | William Brennan | Charles Nicholson | |
| Marrickville | Labor | Carlo Lazzarini | Tom Crawford | Tedbar Barden (Ind) Frederick Hodges (Ind) |
| Middle Harbour | Nationalist | | Richard Arthur | Arthur Keirle (Ind) Alfred Reid (Ind) |
| Monaro | Labor | Gus Miller | John Perkins | |
| Mosman | Nationalist | | Percy Colquhoun | |
| Mudgee | Labor | Bill Dunn | | |
| Murray | Labor | Richard O'Halloran | Robert Scobie | Patrick Duffy (Ind) |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | Arthur Cook | Patrick McGarry | |
| Namoi | Labor | Thomas Egan | | George Black (Ind Lab) Walter Wearne* (Ind Nat) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Francis McCormack | | Arthur Gardiner (Ind Lab) |
| Newtown | Labor | Frank Burke | Robert Hollis | John Kilburn (ISLP) Tom Walsh (Ind) |
| Orange | Nationalist | James Tully | John Fitzpatrick | |
| Paddington | Labor | John Osborne | Thomas Eslick | |
| Parramatta | Nationalist | Jock Garden | Albert Bruntnell | John Strachan (Ind) |
| Petersham | Nationalist | James Bourke | John Cohen | John Lucas (Ind) |
| Phillip | Labor | John Doyle | | Richard Meagher (Ind Lab) James Slade (ISLP) |
| Raleigh | Nationalist | Francis Collins | George Briner | |
| Randwick | Nationalist | Bob O'Halloran | David Storey | |
| Redfern | Labor | William McKell | James McGowen | Henry Ostler (ISLP) |
| Rozelle | Labor | John Quirk | Alfred Reed | |
| Ryde | Nationalist | William Hutchison | William Thompson | Norman McIntosh (Ind) |
| St George | Labor | Arthur Dengate | William Bagnall | |
| St Leonards | Nationalist | Robert Edwards | Arthur Cocks | Frederick Clancy (Ind) |
| Singleton | Nationalist | Richard Bramston | James Fallick | Leslie Hewitt (Ind) Valdemar Olling (Ind) |
| Sturt | Labor | Percy Brookfield | | Francis Harvey (Ind Nat) |
| Surry Hills | Labor | Arthur Buckley | Percy Daly | John Eaton (Ind) Ludwig Klausen (ISLP) Thomas Kohan (Ind) |
| Tamworth | Nationalist | | Frank Chaffey | Robert Levien (Ind) |
| Tenterfield | Nationalist | William Sturgess | Charles Lee | |
| Upper Hunter | Nationalist | Robert Kennedy | Mac Abbott | |
| Wagga Wagga | Labor | Walter Boston | George Beeby | |
| Wallsend | Labor | John Estell | | |
| Waverley | Labor | James Fingleton | Charles Oakes | |
| Wickham | Labor | Christopher Pattinson | William Grahame | |
| Willoughby | Independent | John Chambers | Reginald Weaver | Frederick Cowdroy (Ind) John Haynes (Ind) William Shepherd (Ind) |
| Willyama | Labor | Jabez Wright | | Brian Doe (Ind Nat) |
| Wollondilly | Nationalist | Daniel Chalker | George Fuller | |
| Wollongong | Labor | Billy Davies | John Nicholson | Joseph Charlton (ISLP) |
| Woollahra | Nationalist | Chester Davies | William Latimer | |
| Yass | Labor | Greg McGirr | Patrick Bourke | |