# Candidates of the 1913 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1913 Australian federal election. The election was held on 31 May 1913.

## By-elections, appointments and defections
### By-elections and appointments

* On 24 August 1910, Sir Robert Best (Liberal) was elected to replace William Knox (Liberal) as the member for Kooyong.
* On 8 February 1911, Frank Brennan (Labour) was elected to replace Henry Beard (Labour) as the member for Batman.
* On 11 March 1911, Granville Ryrie (Liberal) was elected to replace George Edwards (Liberal) as the member for North Sydney.
* On 11 November 1911, David Gordon (Liberal) was elected to replace Lee Batchelor (Labour) as the member for Boothby.
* On 1 June 1912, Benjamin Bennett (Labor) was elected to replace David Hall (Labor) as the member for Werriwa.
* On 31 July 1912, John Shannon (Liberal) was appointed as a South Australian Senator to replace William Russell (Labor).

### Defections

* Liberal Senator Cyril Cameron (Tasmania) lost pre-selection and contested the election as an Independent.

## Redistributions and seat changes

* Redistributions of electoral boundaries occurred in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.
** In New South Wales, no seats were created or abolished. The Liberal-held seat of Illawarra became notionally Labor, while the Labor-held seats of Nepean and Robertson became notionally Liberal.
** In Victoria, Laanecoorie and Mernda (both Liberal-held) were abolished and Henty (notionally Liberal) was created. The Liberal-held seats of Fawkner and Grampians became notionally Labor.
*** The member for Laanecoorie, Carty Salmon (Liberal), contested the Senate.
** In Queensland, the seat of Lilley (notionally Liberal) was created.
** In Western Australia, Coolgardie was renamed Dampier.
*** The member for Coolgardie, Hugh Mahon (Labor), contested Dampier.

## Retiring Members and Senators
### Labor

* Benjamin Bennett MP (Werriwa, NSW)

### Liberal

* Alfred Deakin MP (Ballaarat, Vic)
* Richard Edwards MP (Oxley, Qld)
* Robert Harper MP (Mernda, Vic)
* Senator Simon Fraser (Vic)
* Senator James Walker (NSW)

## House of Representatives

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

### New South Wales

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Barrier | Labor | Josiah Thomas | Arthur Harrison | |
| Calare | Labor | Thomas Brown | Henry Pigott | |
| Cook | Labor | James Catts | David Doull | Tom Walsh (Soc Lab) |
| Cowper | Liberal | Con Hogan | John Thomson | |
| Dalley | Labor | Robert Howe | Harry Scott | |
| Darling | Labor | William Spence | Edwin Townsend | |
| East Sydney | Labor | John West | John Willson | |
| Eden-Monaro | Liberal | Harry Lestrange | Austin Chapman | |
| Gwydir | Labor | William Webster | John Blackney | |
| Hume | Independent | | Robert Patten | Sir William Lyne (Ind) |
| Hunter | Labor | Matthew Charlton | John Fegan | |
| Illawarra | Labor | George Burns | George Fuller | |
| Lang | Liberal | Hector Lamond | Elliot Johnson | |
| Macquarie | Labor | Ernest Carr | Robert Moore | Henry Fletcher (Ind) |
| Nepean | Liberal | George Cann | Richard Orchard | Alexander Huie (Ind) |
| Newcastle | Labor | David Watkins | Thomas Collins | |
| New England | Labor | Frank Foster | Percy Abbott | |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Martin Shannon | Granville Ryrie | |
| Parkes | Liberal | William Russell | Bruce Smith |
| Parramatta | Liberal | Oscar Zieman | Joseph Cook | |
| Richmond | Liberal | Percy Tighe | Walter Massy-Greene | |
| Riverina | Labor | John Chanter | Franc Falkiner | |
| Robertson | Liberal | William Johnson | William Fleming | |
| South Sydney | Labor | Edward Riley | Douglas Cooper | |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Sydney Green | Willie Kelly | |
| Werriwa | Labor | Richard Corish | Alfred Conroy | |
| West Sydney | Labor | Billy Hughes | John Sutton | |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate |
| Brisbane | Labor | William Finlayson | Osborne Fenwick |
| Capricornia | Labor | William Higgs | Francis Dyer |
| Darling Downs | Liberal | Frank Allen | Littleton Groom |
| Herbert | Labor | Fred Bamford | John Mann |
| Kennedy | Labor | Charles McDonald | Owen Edwards |
| Lilley | Liberal | Arthur Lilley | Jacob Stumm |
| Maranoa | Labor | Jim Page | Herbert Yeates |
| Moreton | Liberal | John Sherlock | Hugh Sinclair |
| Oxley | Liberal | James Sharpe | David Hunter |
| Wide Bay | Labor | Andrew Fisher | Arnold Wienholt |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Independent candidate(s) |
| Adelaide | Labor | Ernest Roberts | James Craig | Edward Craigie |
| Angas | Liberal | | Paddy Glynn | |
| Barker | Liberal | William Sampson | John Livingston | |
| Boothby | Liberal | George Dankel | David Gordon | |
| Grey | Labor | Alexander Poynton | Arthur McDonald | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | William Archibald | | |
| Wakefield | Liberal | William Harvey | Richard Foster | |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Independent candidate(s) |
| Bass | Labor | Jens Jensen | Stephen Margetts | |
| Darwin | Labor | King O'Malley | Alexander Marshall | |
| Denison | Labor | William Laird Smith | William Trenwith | Alicia O'Shea Petersen |
| Franklin | Liberal | William Shoobridge | William McWilliams | |
| Wilmot | Liberal | Henry McFie | Llewellyn Atkinson | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Balaclava | Liberal | Louis Holmes | Agar Wynne | |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | Charles McGrath | Hugh McKay | |
| Batman | Labor | Frank Brennan | Frederick O'Neill | |
| Bendigo | Liberal | John Arthur | Sir John Quick | Cyril James (Ind) |
| Bourke | Labor | Frank Anstey | Frank Maldon Robb | |
| Corangamite | Labor | James Scullin | Chester Manifold | |
| Corio | Labor | Alfred Ozanne | William Kendell | John Reed (Ind) |
| Echuca | Liberal | Chris Fitzgerald | Albert Palmer | Egbert England (Ind) |
| Fawkner | Labor | Joseph Hannan | George Fairbairn | |
| Flinders | Liberal | David Russell | William Irvine | |
| Gippsland | Independent | | James Bennett | George Wise (Ind) |
| Grampians | Labor | Archibald Stewart | Hans Irvine | |
| Henty | Liberal | William Miles | James Boyd | Joseph Hewison (Ind Lib) |
| Indi | Labor | Parker Moloney | Cornelius Ahern | Joseph Brown (Ind) |
| Kooyong | Liberal | | Sir Robert Best | Vida Goldstein (Ind) |
| Maribyrnong | Labor | James Fenton | James Hume Cook | |
| Melbourne | Labor | William Maloney | | Ellen Mulcahy (Ind Lab) |
| Melbourne Ports | Labor | James Mathews | Charles Merrett | |
| Wannon | Labor | John McDougall | Arthur Rodgers | |
| Wimmera | Liberal | Thomas Carey | Sydney Sampson | |
| Yarra | Labor | Frank Tudor | Edwin Purbrick | |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate |
| Dampier | Liberal | Hugh Mahon | Henry Gregory |
| Fremantle | Liberal | Reginald Burchell | William Hedges |
| Kalgoorlie | Labor | Charlie Frazer | |
| Perth | Liberal | Alick McCallum | James Fowler |
| Swan | Liberal | Peter O'Loghlen | Sir John Forrest |

## Senate

Sitting senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

### New South Wales

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Albert Gardiner, Allan McDougall and Arthur Rae were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Socialist Labor candidates |
| John Grant Ike Smith David Watson | Sir Albert Gould* Edward Millen* Charles Oakes* | Tom Batho James Moroney Henry Ostler |

### Queensland

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Thomas Givens, James Stewart and Harry Turley were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates |
| Myles Ferricks* William Maughan* John Mullan* | Thomas Chataway Robert Sayers Anthony St Ledger |

### South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Robert Guthrie, Gregor McGregor and William Story were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Independent candidates |
| John Newlands* James O'Loghlin* William Senior* | Peter Allen John Shannon Joseph Vardon | Sir Josiah Symon |

### Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators James Long, David O'Keefe and Rudolph Ready were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Independent candidates |
| James Guy James Hurst James Ogden | Thomas Bakhap* John Clemons* John Keating* | Cyril Cameron |

### Victoria

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Labor Senators Stephen Barker, Albert Blakey and Edward Findley were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Independent candidates |
| John Barnes* Andrew McKissock Edward Russell* | James McColl* Samuel Mauger Carty Salmon | William Renwick |

### Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Richard Buzacott, Hugh de Largie and George Henderson were not up for re-election.
| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates |
| Patrick Lynch* Ted Needham* George Pearce* | William Butcher Charles Davies William Nairn |