# Candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election.

## Retiring MPs
### Liberal

* David James (Wooroora) – lost preselection
* James Howe MLC (Northern District) – retired

### Independent

* Clarence Goode (Victoria) – retired
There had also been two resignations in the months leading up to the election which had remained unfilled. Sturt National MP Thomas Ryan had resigned on 16 November 1917 following his election to the Parliament of Victoria at the 1917 Victorian election, while Liberal Midland District MLC Edward Lucas had resigned on 1 February 1918 following his appointment as Agent-General for South Australia. In addition, Newcastle Labor MP Andrew Kirkpatrick shifted houses, contesting the Legislative Council in Central District No. 1.

## House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
| Electorate | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | National candidates | FSA candidates | Independent candidates |
| Adelaide (3) | Bill Denny* John Gunn* Bert Edwards* | | Reginald Blundell W. J. Stephens | | Selina Siggins |
| Albert (2) | C. H. L. Benson R. E. Downie | William Angus* R. A. O'Connor* | | W. D. Cowley E. G. Butler | |
| Alexandra (3) | M. J. E. Hunt William Nicholls Walter Lodge | Archibald Peake* George Laffer* George Ritchie* | | | Walter Furler |
| Barossa (3) | G. Cooke Tom Edwards Moses Gabb | Richard Butler* Henry Crosby* William Hague* | | | E. E. Craig (FPCP) H. G. Crittenden (FPCP) T. W. Martin (FPCP) J. M. Scott |
| Burra Burra (3) | Harry Buxton* Mick O'Halloran* Len Wilcot | Samuel Dickson George Jenkins* | | William Miller Laurence O'Loughlin John Pick | |
| East Torrens (3) | Martin Collaton Herbert George T. W. Grealy | Walter Hamilton* | Frederick Coneybeer* J. A. Southwood* | | R. G. Hawkes A. L. Calder Victor Wilson |
| Flinders (2) | | James Moseley* | | John Chapman* | Samuel Lindsay (ST) John Travers |
| Murray (3) | Sid O'Flaherty* Frank Staniford S. E. Willsmore | Angas Parsons* H. D. Young* | George Dunn | | Maurice Parish J. L. Atkinson J. E. Kelly |
| Newcastle (2) | Thomas Butterfield* William Harvey* | Robert Thompson Edward Twopeny | | | |
| North Adelaide (2) | C. O. Bennett F. T. Martin | | E. A. Anstey* W. D. Ponder* | | |
| Port Adelaide (2) | John Price* J. S. Verran* | | Ivor MacGillivray Richard Gully | | Allen Martin Alfred Formby |
| Port Pirie (2) | Lionel Hill* John Fitzgerald* | | William Cole Harry Jackson | | |
| Stanley (2) | James Scales | Henry Barwell* Robert Nicholls* | | M. L. McCormack | |
| Sturt (3) | Frank McCabe A. G. Rankin Tom Howard | Edward Vardon* | Arthur Blackburn* T. H. Smeaton* | | Crawford Vaughan Jeanne Young Charles Newling G. W. Illingworth |
| Victoria (2) | Charles McHugh Stanley Whitford | Vernon Petherick* | Peter Reidy* | | H. L. Kennedy |
| Wallaroo (2) | John Pedler* Robert Richards* | | J. F. Herbert John Verran | | |
| West Torrens (2) | Alfred Blackwell* John McInnes* | | Henry Chesson Thompson Green | | |
| Wooroora (3) | William Milne Frank Nieass Allan Robertson* | Richard Layton Butler James McLachlan* Albert Robinson* | | Samuel Dennison | |
| Yorke Peninsula (2) | | Peter Allen* Henry Tossell* | | | R. A. Ford R. D. Hogarth |

## Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
| Electorate | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | National candidates | Farmers and Settlers candidates | Independent candidates |
| Central District No. 1 (2) | Tom Gluyas* Andrew Kirkpatrick* | | John Vaughan J. P. Wilson | | |
| Central District No. 2 (2) | L. C. Hunkin Frederick Ward | Henry Tassie* | W. H. Harvey* | | A. W. Styles |
| Northern District (2) | | William Morrow* J. E. H. Winnall | | W. G. Mills* | |
| Midland District (3) | | David Gordon* Walter Gordon Duncan* Thomas Pascoe* | | | |
| Southern District (2) | James Black H. A. E. R. Pengilly | John Cowan* Lancelot Stirling* | | | |