# Candidates of the 1944 South Australian state election

The 1944 South Australian state election was held on 29 April 1944.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Sydney McHugh, MHA (Light)

### Liberal and Country

* David Gordon, MLC (Midland)
* George Ritchie, MLC (Northern)
* John Cowan, MLC (Southern)

### Independent

* Joseph Anderson, MLC (Central No.1)

## House of 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 | LCL candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Independent | Bob Dale | | Doug Bardolph (Ind.) Alfred Watt (Comm) |
| Albert | LCL | John Cronin | Malcolm McIntosh | J P Ryan (Ind.) |
| Alexandra | LCL | | Herbert Hudd | |
| Angas | LCL | William Robinson | Berthold Teusner | William Haese (Ind.) |
| Burnside | LCL | Frank White | Geoffrey Clarke | |
| Burra | LCL | Ellis Bristow | Archibald McDonald | |
| Chaffey | Independent | Robert Curren | | William MacGillivray (Ind.) |
| Eyre | LCL | William Gosling | Arthur Christian | Oliver Eatts (Ind.) |
| Flinders | LCL | John O'Leary | Rex Pearson | Edward Craigie (STL) Janette Octoman (Ind.) |
| Frome | Labor | Mick O'Halloran | | |
| Gawler | Labor | Leslie Duncan | Elliott Day | |
| Glenelg | LCL | John Fitzgerald | Frank Smith | |
| Goodwood | Labor | Frank Walsh | Archibald MacMillan | |
| Gouger | Labor | Horace Bowden | Rufus Goldney | |
| Gumeracha | LCL | Wilfred Holmes | Thomas Playford | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | John McInnes | | |
| Light | Labor | Herman Dolling | Herbert Michael | |
| Mitcham | LCL | Victor Doble | Henry Dunks | |
| Mount Gambier | Independent | Russell Walters | | John Fletcher (Ind.) |
| Murray | Labor | Richard McKenzie | John Cowan | James Venning (Ind.) |
| Newcastle | LCL | Jock Pick | George Jenkins | |
| Norwood | LCL | Frank Nieass | Roy Moir | |
| Onkaparinga | LCL | Cyril Hasse | Howard Shannon | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | James Stephens | | |
| Port Pirie | Labor | Andrew Lacey | | |
| Prospect | LCL | Bert Shard | Elder Whittle | Alan Finger (Comm.) |
| Ridley | Independent | Leonard Seymour | | Tom Stott (Ind.) |
| Rocky River | LCL | Leonard Wilcott | John Lyons | |
| Semaphore | Labor | Albert Thompson | | |
| Stanley | Labor | Percy Quirke | Gordon Bails | |
| Stirling | LCL | J McTier | Herbert Dunn | S D Bruce (Ind.) |
| Stuart | Labor | Lindsay Riches | | |
| Thebarton | Labor | Fred Walsh | | |
| Torrens | LCL | Herbert Baldock | Shirley Jeffries | |
| Unley | LCL | Alexander Saint | Colin Dunnage | |
| Victoria | LCL | Jim Corcoran | Vernon Petherick | John Gartner (Ind.) |
| Wallaroo | Labor | Robert Richards | Leslie Heath | |
| Yorke Peninsula | LCL | | Cecil Hincks | |
| Young | LCL | Ernest Allen | Robert Nicholls | |

## Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour and identified by an asterisk (*).
| District | Held by | Labor candidates | LCL candidates | Other candidates |
| Central No. 1 | 1 Labor 1 Independent | Frank Condon* Bert Hoare* | | |
| Central No. 2 | 2 LCL | A B Kelly W C C Bertram | Edward Holden* James Sandford* | |
| Midland | 2 LCL | A J Marrett Laurie Ellis | Walter Duncan* Reginald Rudall* | |
| Northern | 2 LCL | William Threadgold E J McQuoid | Lyell McEwin* Harry Edmonds* | |
| Southern | 1 LCL 1 Independent | J C Callaghan J J O'Grady | Norman Jude* Leslie Harold Densley* | Frank Halleday (Ind.) Clement Wells (Ind.) |