# Candidates of the 1910 Australian federal election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1910 Australian federal election. The election was held on 13 April 1910.
The Commonwealth Liberal Party was formed in 1909 as a merger between several conservative groups. Seats previously held by the Protectionist Party, the Anti-Socialist Party, the Western Australian Party, or the Victorian independent Protectionists are considered to be held by the Liberal Party.

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

* On 10 July 1907, Albert Palmer (Anti-Socialist) was re-elected to Echuca after his election in 1906 was declared void.
* On 11 July 1907, James O'Loghlin (Labour) was appointed as a South Australian Senator after the voiding of the election of Joseph Vardon (Anti-Socialist).
* On 15 February 1908, Joseph Vardon (Anti-Socialist) was elected as a South Australian Senator in a special election following the voiding of the appointment of James O'Loghlin (Labour).
* On 13 June 1908, Ernest Roberts (Labour) was elected to replace Charles Kingston (Protectionist) as the member for Adelaide.
* On 28 August 1909, Richard Foster (Liberal) was elected to replace Sir Frederick Holder (Independent) as the member for Wakefield.
* On 6 December 1909, James Hutchison (Labour), the member for Hindmarsh, died. Due to the proximity of the election, no by-election was held.
* On 24 December 1909, George Reid (Liberal) resigned as the member for East Sydney. Due to the proximity of the election, no by-election was held.

### Defections

* In 1909, Protectionist leader Alfred Deakin negotiated a merger between his party and Joseph Cook's Anti-Socialists, which became the Commonwealth Liberal Party. The party was joined by most sitting Protectionists and Anti-Socialists, together with Labour MP James Fowler (Perth), WAP MP William Hedges (Fremantle), Independent Senator William Trenwith (Victoria), and the "Corner" group of Independent Protectionists: George Fairbairn (Fawkner), Sir John Forrest (Swan), Sir John Quick (Bendigo), Sydney Sampson (Wimmera) and Agar Wynne (Balaclava). Protectionists Sir William Lyne (Hume), George Wise (Gippsland) and David Storrer (Bass), who were sceptical of the merger, became Independents, as did Anti-Socialist Senator Sir Josiah Symon (South Australia). Protectionist MP John Chanter (Riverina) joined the Labour Party.

## Retiring Members and Senators
### Labour

* Chris Watson MP (South Sydney, NSW)
* Senator John Croft (WA)

### Liberal

* Sir Thomas Ewing MP (Richmond, NSW)
* Sir Philip Fysh MP (Denison, Tas)
* Dugald Thomson MP (North Sydney, 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 | Labour candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Barrier | Labour | Josiah Thomas | William Shepherd | |
| Calare | Labour | Thomas Brown | Henry Pigott | |
| Cook | Labour | James Catts | William Clegg | |
| Cowper | Liberal | Clem Johnson | John Thomson | John O'Brien (Ind Lab) |
| Dalley | Liberal | Robert Howe | Bill Wilks | |
| Darling | Labour | William Spence | James Carroll | |
| East Sydney | Liberal | John West | Samuel Lees | |
| Eden-Monaro | Liberal | | Austin Chapman | |
| Gwydir | Labour | William Webster | Robert Patten | |
| Hume | Liberal | | Bernard Grogan | Sir William Lyne (Ind) |
| Hunter | Liberal | Matthew Charlton | Frank Liddell | |
| Illawarra | Liberal | George Burns | George Fuller | |
| Lang | Liberal | Thomas Crawford | Elliot Johnson | |
| Macquarie | Labour | Ernest Carr | Alfred Conroy | |
| Nepean | Liberal | George Cann | Eric Bowden | |
| Newcastle | Labour | David Watkins | Frank Pulsford | |
| New England | Labour | Frank Foster | William Fleming | |
| North Sydney | Liberal | Percy Tighe | George Edwards | John Steel (YANP) |
| Parkes | Liberal | Ernest Burgess | Bruce Smith | Herbert Pratten (Ind Lib) |
| Parramatta | Liberal | Bert Broue | Joseph Cook | |
| Richmond | Liberal | William Gillies | Walter Massy-Greene | Venour Nathan (Ind Lib) Robert Pyers (Ind Lab) |
| Riverina | Liberal | John Chanter | John Jackson | Edmund O'Dwyer (Ind Lib) |
| Robertson | Liberal | William Johnson | Henry Willis | |
| South Sydney | Labour | Edward Riley | Eden George | |
| Wentworth | Liberal | Arthur Vernon | Willie Kelly | |
| Werriwa | Labour | David Hall | Granville Ryrie | |
| West Sydney | Labour | Billy Hughes | Stanley Cole | Harry Holland (Soc Lab) |

### Queensland

| Electorate | Held by | Labour candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Brisbane | Liberal | William Finlayson | Justin Foxton | |
| Capricornia | Liberal | William Higgs | Edward Archer | |
| Darling Downs | Liberal | Morris Harland | Littleton Groom | |
| Herbert | Labour | Fred Bamford | Thomas Crawford | |
| Kennedy | Labour | Charles McDonald | John Houghton | |
| Maranoa | Labour | Jim Page | Jasper Harvey | |
| Moreton | Liberal | Thomas Emmerson | Hugh Sinclair | |
| Oxley | Liberal | | Richard Edwards | Frederick Dent (Ind) |
| Wide Bay | Labour | Andrew Fisher | Jacob Stumm | |

### South Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labour candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Labour | Ernest Roberts | Alexander McLachlan | |
| Angas | Liberal | | Paddy Glynn | |
| Barker | Liberal | Martin Dwyer | John Livingston | |
| Boothby | Labour | Lee Batchelor | | Paris Nesbit (Ind Lib) |
| Grey | Labour | Alexander Poynton | | |
| Hindmarsh | Labour | William Archibald | | |
| Wakefield | Liberal | John Vaughan | Richard Foster | Charles Horne (YANP) |

### Tasmania

| Electorate | Held by | Labour candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Bass | Liberal | Jens Jensen | | David Storrer (Ind Prot) |
| Darwin | Labour | King O'Malley | William Fisher | |
| Denison | Liberal | William Laird Smith | Matthew Simmons | |
| Franklin | Liberal | William Shoobridge | William McWilliams | |
| Wilmot | Liberal | Thomas Wilson | Llewellyn Atkinson | |

### Victoria

| Electorate | Held by | Labour candidate | Liberal candidate | Other candidates |
| Balaclava | Liberal | George Mead | Agar Wynne | |
| Ballaarat | Liberal | David Russell | Alfred Deakin | |
| Batman | Liberal | Henry Beard | Jabez Coon | |
| Bendigo | Liberal | Frank Brennan | Sir John Quick | |
| Bourke | Liberal | Frank Anstey | James Hume Cook | |
| Corangamite | Liberal | James Scullin | Gratton Wilson | |
| Corio | Liberal | Alfred Ozanne | Richard Crouch | |
| Echuca | Liberal | | Albert Palmer | Hugh Davies (Ind Lib) William Everard (Ind Lib) Anthony O'Dwyer (Ind) William Orr (Ind) |
| Fawkner | Liberal | Joseph Hannan | George Fairbairn | |
| Flinders | Liberal | Frank Buckley | William Irvine | Timothy McInerney (Ind Lib) |
| Gippsland | Liberal | | James Bowden | George Wise (Ind Lib) |
| Grampians | Liberal | Archibald Stewart | Hans Irvine | |
| Indi | Liberal | Parker Moloney | Joseph Brown | |
| Kooyong | Liberal | | William Knox | Alfred Lumsden (Ind Lib) |
| Laanecoorie | Liberal | Arthur Fraser | Carty Salmon | |
| Maribyrnong | Liberal | James Fenton | Samuel Mauger | |
| Melbourne | Labour | William Maloney | William McPherson | |
| Melbourne Ports | Labour | James Mathews | Alexander Ramsay | |
| Mernda | Liberal | James Kenneally | Robert Harper | Thomas Hunt (Ind Lib) Stephen Thompson (Ind) |
| Wannon | Labour | John McDougall | Samuel Cooke | |
| Wimmera | Liberal | Richard Taffe | Sydney Sampson | |
| Yarra | Labour | Frank Tudor | Elizee De Garis | |

### Western Australia

| Electorate | Held by | Labour candidate | Liberal candidate | Independent candidate(s) |
| Coolgardie | Labour | Hugh Mahon | Robert Hastie | Harry McClay |
| Fremantle | Liberal | William Carpenter | William Hedges | |
| Kalgoorlie | Labour | Charlie Frazer | John Thornett | |
| Perth | Labour | Ernest Henshaw | 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. Liberal Senators Sir Albert Gould, Edward Millen and James Walker were not up for re-election.
| Labour candidates | Liberal candidates | Socialist Labor candidates | Independent candidates |
| Albert Gardiner* Allan McDougall* Arthur Rae* | John Gray John Neild Edward Pulsford | Thomas Hoare Robert Mackenzie James Moroney | John Norton |

### Queensland

Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senators Thomas Chataway, Robert Sayers and Anthony St Ledger were not up for re-election.
| Labour candidates | Liberal candidates | Independent candidates |
| Thomas Givens* James Stewart* Harry Turley* | Thomas Glassey Hugh Macrossan Joe Millican | William Kellett Horace Ransome |

### South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senator Joseph Vardon, Labour Senator William Russell and Independent Senator Sir Josiah Symon were not up for re-election.
| Labour candidates | Liberal candidates |
| Robert Guthrie* Gregor McGregor* William Story* | David Charleston David Gordon John Shannon |

### Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. Liberal Senators Cyril Cameron, John Clemons and John Keating were not up for re-election.
| Labour candidates | Liberal candidates | Independent candidates |
| James Long* David O'Keefe* Rudolph Ready* | Henry Dobson James Macfarlane Edward Mulcahy | James Campbell |

### Victoria

Three seats were up for election. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Labour Party was defending one seat. Liberal Senators Simon Fraser and James McColl and Labour Senator Edward Russell were not up for re-election.
| Labour candidates | Liberal candidates | Independent candidates |
| Stephen Barker* Albert Blakey* Edward Findley* | Robert Best James McCay William Trenwith | Vida Goldstein James Ronald |

### Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Labour Party was defending three seats. Labour Senators Patrick Lynch, Ted Needham and George Pearce were not up for re-election.
| Labour candidates | Liberal candidates |
| Richard Buzacott* Hugh de Largie* George Henderson* | Nathaniel Harper Walter Kingsmill Archibald Sanderson |