# Candidates of the 1930 South Australian state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1930 South Australian state election. The conservative Liberal Federation and Country Party, which had run a combined ticket known as the "Pact" in 1927, ran separately in 1930.

## Retiring MPs
### Liberal Federation

* Edward Coles (Flinders) – retired
* Francis Jettner (Burra Burra) – retired
* James McLachlan (Wooroora) – retired
* Henry Tossell (Yorke Peninsula) – retired
Thomas Thompson, the Independent Protestant Labor MHA for Port Adelaide, unsuccessfully attempted to switch to the Legislative Council at this election, contesting Central District No. 1.

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
| Electorate | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
| Adelaide (3) | Bill Denny* Bert Edwards* Herbert George* | | | James Cullen (Communist) A. W. Wilson (Ind. Socialist Labor) |
| Albert (2) | H. M. Dalziel Richard McKenzie | Malcolm McIntosh* Frederick McMillan* | A. A. Petch E. M. Rowe | |
| Alexandra (3) | | Percy Heggaton* Herbert Hudd* George Laffer* | F. G. Ayres W. L. Scarborough Lindsay Yelland | |
| Barossa (3) | George Cooke* Thomas Edwards* Leonard Hopkins* | Henry Crosby Herbert Lyons | | Herbert Basedow (Ind.) H. N. Barnes (People's Party) R. A. Thompson (People's Party) |
| Burra Burra (3) | Jack Critchley* Even George* Sydney McHugh* | Reginald Carter George Jenkins Philip McBride | | |
| East Torrens (3) | Beasley Kearney* Frank Nieass* Arthur McArthur* | Frederick Coneybeer Walter Hamilton Albert Sutton | | |
| Flinders (2) | M. A. Cronin D. O. Whait | A. W. H. Barns James Moseley* | E. J. Barraud A. B. Wishart | Edward Craigie* (Single Tax) John O'Connor (Ind. Labor) |
| Murray (3) | Clement Collins* Robert Hunter* Frank Staniford* | George Cummins Morphett Thomas Playford IV Howard Shannon | | R. A. Cilento (Ind.) |
| Newcastle (2) | Thomas Butterfield* William Harvey* | | | |
| North Adelaide (2) | Frederick Birrell* Walter Warne* | Shirley Jeffries Victor Marra Newland | | |
| Port Pirie (2) | John Fitzgerald* Lionel Hill* | | | |
| Port Adelaide (2) | John Jonas* Albert Thompson* | | | H. G. Butler (Ind. Protestant Labor) Joshua Pedlar (Ind. Protestant Labor) |
| Stanley (2) | | Robert Nicholls* John Lyons* | Oliver Badman H. V. Sargent | |
| Sturt (3) | Bob Dale* Edgar Dawes* T. W. Grealy | Ernest Anthoney* Herbert Richards Edward Vardon | | Leonora Polkinghorne (Women's Non-Party) |
| Victoria (2) | Eric Shepherd* F. E. Young | Vernon Petherick Peter Reidy* | | |
| West Torrens (2) | Alfred Blackwell* John McInnes* | | | L. H. Crosby (Ind. Labor) C. J. Caldicott (Ind. Labor) T. C. McGillick (Communist) |
| Wallaroo (2) | Robert Richards* John Pedler* | | | F. G. Filmer (Ind.) R. C. Kitto (Ind.) William Price (Ind.) |
| Wooroora (3) | | Richard Layton Butler* W. J. Marshman F. H. Heinrich | Archie Cameron* Samuel Dennison* B. H. Richardson | |
| Yorke Peninsula (2) | | Edward Giles* Baden Pattinson* | J. S. Honner Stepney Pontifex | |

## Legislative Council

| Electorate | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
| Central District No. 1 (2) | Frank Condon* Tom Gluyas* | | | J. J. Luxton (Ind. Protestant Labor) Thomas Thompson (Ind. Protestant Labor) |
| Central District No. 2 (2) | A. G. Angell F. E. Stratton | William Humphrey Harvey* Henry Tassie* | | |
| Midland District (2) | | Walter Gordon Duncan* David Gordon* | Maurice Collins James Nairn | |
| Northern District (2) | James Beerworth H. R. McHugh | William Morrow* George Ritchie* | Archibald McDonald | |
| Southern District (2) | Peter Crafter Maurice Parish | John Cowan* Lancelot Stirling* | C. W. Lloyd Richard Alfred O'Connor | |