# Candidates of the 1917 Victorian state election

The 1917 Victorian state election was held on 15 November 1917.
Since the previous election, the Liberal Party had absorbed pro-conscription Labor defectors and become the Nationalist Party. However, the Nationalists contested this election as three competing factions: Ministerialists, the supporters of Alexander Peacock's government; the "Economy Party", supporters of John Bowser; and the National Labor Party, for those ex-Labor members now supporting the anti-Labor side of politics.

## Retiring Members
### Nationalist

* Robert McCutcheon MLA (St Kilda)
* James Membrey MLA (Jika Jika)

#### National Labor

* John Chatham MLA (Grenville)

## 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 candidates | Nationalist candidates | Nationalist candidates | Nationalist candidates | VFU candidates | Other candidates |
| | | | Ministerial | Economy | National Labor | | |
| Abbotsford | Labor | Gordon Webber | | | | | |
| Albert Park | Labor | George Elmslie | | John Baragwanath | | | |
| Allandale | Nationalist | | Sir Alexander Peacock | Walter Grose | | | |
| Ballarat East | Nationalist | Andrew McKissock | Robert McGregor | | | | |
| Ballarat West | Nationalist | | | Matthew Baird | | | |
| Barwon | Nationalist | | | James Farrer Duncan McLennan* | | Lemuel Griffiths | |
| Benalla | Nationalist | Laurence Corboy | | John Carlisle* Thomas Kennedy | | | |
| Benambra | Nationalist | | | Henry Beardmore* George Jephcott Leslie Sambell | | | |
| Bendigo East | Labor | Luke Clough | | Thomas Currie Walter McRobert | | | |
| Bendigo West | Labor | Arthur Cook | | | David Smith | | |
| Boroondara | Nationalist | | | Frederick Francis Edmund Greenwood* Walter Hiscock Sir Frank Madden | | | |
| Borung | Nationalist | | William Hutchinson | | | Edwin Reseigh | |
| Brighton | Nationalist | Arthur Roth | | Frederick Leveson Oswald Snowball* | | | |
| Brunswick | Labor | James Jewell | | John March | | | James Davis (Ind Nat) |
| Bulla | Nationalist | | | James Gilchrist Andrew Robertson* | | James Cunningham | |
| Carlton | Labor | Robert Solly | | | | | |
| Castlemaine and Maldon | Nationalist | | Harry Lawson | | | | |
| Collingwood | Labor | Martin Hannah | | | | | |
| Dalhousie | Nationalist | Joseph O'Connor | Allan Cameron | Reginald Argyle Alexander Wilson | | | |
| Dandenong | Nationalist | | | Frank Groves* William Keast | | | |
| Daylesford | Nationalist | Joseph Hannigan | Donald McLeod | | | | |
| Dundas | Nationalist | Bill Slater | | Edward Dobson William Smith | | | |
| Eaglehawk | Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | | Thomas Hicks | | William Hill | |
| East Melbourne | Nationalist | Sydney Walker | | Alfred Farthing* George Kemp | | | John Barrett (Temp) |
| Essendon | Labor | Maurice Blackburn | | Thomas Ryan | | | |
| Evelyn | Nationalist | | James Rouget | William Everard* Reginald Kelly | | | |
| Fitzroy | Labor | John Billson | | | | | |
| Flemington | Labor | Edward Warde | | Thomas Ivory | | | |
| Geelong | Nationalist | William Brownbill | | Robert Purnell | | | |
| Gippsland East | Nationalist | Gordon Holmes | James Cameron | James Bayliss | | | |
| Gippsland North | Labor | | | | James McLachlan | | |
| Gippsland South | Nationalist | | Thomas Livingston | Thomas McGalliard | | James McQueen | |
| Gippsland West | Nationalist | | | John Mackey | | | |
| Glenelg | Nationalist | William Thomas | Hugh Campbell | | | Walter Watson | |
| Goulburn Valley | Nationalist | | | Thomas Lyons John Mitchell* | | | |
| Grenville | Labor | Frederick Hower | | George Meudell Henry Vernon | | David Gibson | |
| Gunbower | Nationalist | | | Henry Angus | | | |
| Hampden | Nationalist | Patrick McMahon | | David Oman | | | |
| Hawthorn | Nationalist | | | William McPherson | | | |
| Jika Jika | Nationalist | John Cain | | Samuel Dennis Arthur May | | | George Jewell (Ind Lab) |
| Kara Kara | Nationalist | | John Pennington | | | John Hall | |
| Korong | Nationalist | | | Achilles Gray | | Isaac Weaver | |
| Lowan | Nationalist | | | James Menzies | | | |
| Maryborough | Labor | Thomas Jude | | Robert Laidlaw | Alfred Outtrim | | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Alexander Rogers | | | | | |
| Mornington | Nationalist | | | Robert Anderson Alfred Downward* | | | |
| North Melbourne | Labor | George Prendergast | | John Vroland | | | |
| Ovens | Nationalist | William Gribble | | Alfred Billson* Erle Evans | | | |
| Polwarth | Nationalist | Edward Smith | | Edgar Churches John Hancock James McDonald* | | | |
| Port Fairy | Labor | Henry Bailey | | Alfred Noar | | | |
| Port Melbourne | Labor | James Murphy | | James Crichton | | | Henry Sanderson (Ind Lab) Owen Sinclair (Ind Lab) |
| Prahran | Nationalist | Harry Smith | | Donald Mackinnon | | | |
| Richmond | Labor | Ted Cotter | | | | | |
| Rodney | Nationalist | | Hugh McKenzie | | | John Allan | William Day (Temp) |
| St Kilda | Nationalist | George McGowan | | John Macfarlan Agar Wynne* | | | |
| Stawell and Ararat | Nationalist | William Tibbles | | Richard Toutcher | | | |
| Swan Hill | Nationalist | | John Gray | | | Percy Stewart | Hugh McClelland (Ind VFU) |
| Toorak | Nationalist | | | Norman Bayles* Alfred Darroch | | | |
| Upper Goulburn | Nationalist | | | Thomas Hunt Malcolm McKenzie* | | | |
| Walhalla | Nationalist | Edward Nichols | Samuel Barnes | | | | |
| Wangaratta | Nationalist | | | John Bowser | | | |
| Waranga | Nationalist | Leon Villiers | | John Gordon | | | |
| Warrenheip | Labor | Edmond Hogan | | Garnett Durham | | | |
| Warrnambool | Nationalist | James McMeel | | James Deany | | | |
| Williamstown | Labor | John Lemmon | | George Greenslade | | | |