# Candidates of the 1921 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1921 South Australian state election.

## Retiring MPs
### Progressive Country

* Arthur Blackburn (Sturt) – retired

### Independent

* John Albert Southwood (East Torrens) – retired
There had also been two resignations in the months leading up to the election which had remained unfilled. Murray Liberal MHA Angas Parsons resigned on 5 January 1921 due to his appointment to the judiciary. Sturt Liberal MHA Edward Vardon resigned on 15 February 1921 in order to nominate, successfully, for a vacancy in the Australian Senate.

## House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
| Electorate | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Progressive Country candidates | FSA candidates | Independent candidates |
| Adelaide (3) | Bill Denny* Bert Edwards* John Gunn* | | J. T. Mitchell | | |
| Albert (2) | T. R. Knuckey Joshua Pedlar | William Angus Richard Alfred O'Connor | | Malcolm McIntosh* Frederick McMillan* | |
| Alexandra (3) | M. E. J. Hunt | Herbert Hudd* George Laffer* George Ritchie | | | Walter Furler |
| Barossa (3) | George Cooke Leonard Hopkins Edwin Parham | Richard Butler* William Hague* Henry Crosby* | | A. V. Nairn | |
| Burra Burra (3) | Harry Buxton Mick O'Halloran L. W. Willcott | Samuel Dickson* George Jenkins* | J. M. McDonald | Thomas Hawke* | Edward Craigie |
| East Torrens (3) | J. J. F. Flaherty Herbert George Leslie Claude Hunkin* | Walter Hamilton* Joseph Anthony Harper* Albert Sutton | T. A. Buttery Frederick Coneybeer A. M. W. Jolly | | |
| Flinders (2) | T. P. Lyons M. J. Murphy | James Moseley* | | John Chapman* | H. E. Frick Samuel Lindsay |
| Murray (3) | Bert Hoare Sid O'Flaherty Frank Staniford | John Godfree* John Randell* Harry Dove Young* | | J. H. Daniel | |
| Newcastle (2) | Thomas Butterfield* William Harvey* | Edward Twopeny | | John Smith | |
| North Adelaide (2) | Frederick Birrell* Stanley Whitford* | C. P. Butler | Edward Alfred Anstey William David Ponder | | |
| Port Adelaide (2) | John Price* John Stanley Verran* | L. E. Colley | J. M. Lambert | | |
| Port Pirie (2) | John Fitzgerald* Lionel Hill* | | | | W. L. R. Blight |
| Stanley (2) | Even George Albert Smith | Henry Barwell* Robert Nicholls* | | J. J. Aughey H. V. Sargent | |
| Sturt (3) | T. W. Grealy Tom Howard Harry Kneebone | Ernest Anthoney* George Hussey* Herbert Richards* | A. E. Morris Thomas Hyland Smeaton John Vaughan | | V. C. Blunden |
| West Torrens (2) | Alfred Blackwell* John McInnes* | W. H. H. Dring | Henry Chesson | | |
| Victoria (2) | Charles McHugh Eric Shepherd | Vernon Petherick* | Peter Reidy* | | |
| Wooroora (3) | Arthur McArthur Allan Robertson A. A. J. Tonkin | Richard Layton Butler* James McLachlan* Albert Robinson* | | | R. W. Bowey David James |
| Wallaroo (2) | John Pedler* Robert Richards* | | | | John Verran |
| Yorke Peninsula (2) | | Peter Allen* Henry Tossell* | | | |

## Legislative Council

| Electorate | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Progressive Country candidates | Independent candidates |
| Central District No. 1 (2) | John Carr* James Jelley* | G. A. Noble | J. L. Leal | |
| Central District No. 2 (2) | L. E. Fenton Frederick Ward | John Herbert Cooke* George Henry Prosser* | William Cole A. R. Tuckett | Frederick Samuel Wallis |
| Midland District (2) | | Walter Hannaford* Thomas Pascoe* | | |
| Northern District (2) | Sydney McHugh M. B. Woods | John George Bice* John Lewis* | W. O. Gale | |
| Southern District (2) | | Robert Thomson Melrose* Thomas McCallum* | W. D. Cowley | Alfred von Doussa |