# Candidates of the 1927 Victorian state election

The 1927 Victorian state election was held on 9 April 1927.

## Seat changes

* Abbotsford Labor MLA Gordon Webber contested Heidelberg.
* Ballarat East Labor MLA William McAdam contested Ballarat.
* Ballarat West Nationalist MLA Matthew Baird contested Ballarat.
* Bendigo West Labor MLA Arthur Cook contested Bendigo.
* Boroondara Nationalist MLA Edmund Greenwood contested Nunawading.
* Bulla Labor MLA Ralph Hjorth contested Grant.
* Castlemaine and Maldon Nationalist MLA Harry Lawson contested Castlemaine and Kyneton.
* Dalhousie Labor MLA Reg Pollard contested Bulla and Dalhousie.
* Daylesford Labor MLA James McDonald contested Mildura.
* Eaglehawk Country Progressive MLA Albert Dunstan contested Eaglehawk.
* East Melbourne Nationalist MLA Alfred Farthing contested Caulfield.
* Essendon Labor MLA Frank Keane contested Coburg.
* Fitzroy Labor MLA Maurice Blackburn contested Clifton Hill.
* Glenelg Labor MLA Ernie Bond contested Port Fairy and Glenelg.
* Grenville Labor MLA Arthur Hughes contested Hampden.
* Jika Jika Labor MLA John Cain contested Northcote.
* Kara Kara Nationalist MLA John Pennington contested Kara Kara and Borung.
* Korong Country MLA Isaac Weaver contested Korong and Eaglehawk.
* Maryborough Labor MLA George Frost contested Maryborough and Daylesford.
* North Melbourne Labor MLA George Prendergast contested Footscray.
* Port Fairy Labor MLA Henry Bailey contested Warrnambool.
* Wangaratta Country MLA Sir John Bowser contested Wangaratta and Ovens.
* Warrenheip Labor MLA Edmond Hogan contested Warrenheip and Grenville.

## Retiring Members

* Note: Warrnambool Nationalist MLA James Deany died a month before the election; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the general election.

### Labor

* Luke Clough MLA (Bendigo East)

### Nationalist

* Alfred Billson MLA (Ovens)
* John Gordon MLA (Waranga)

### Country

* David Allison MLA (Borung)

## Legislative 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 candidates | Nationalist candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
| Albert Park | Labor | Arthur Wallace | Robert Cuthbertson | | Charles Merrett (Lib) |
| Allandale | Nationalist | William McGrath | Sir Alexander Peacock | | |
| Ballarat | Labor | William McAdam | Matthew Baird | | |
| Barwon | Nationalist | John Jensen | Edward Morley | | |
| Benalla | Country | | | Patrick Connell | John Carlisle (Ind) Edward Cleary* (CPP) |
| Benambra | Nationalist | | Henry Beardmore | | |
| Bendigo | Labor | Arthur Cook | William Ewing | | |
| Boroondara | Nationalist | Robert Dodman | Richard Linton | | David Evans (Ind) Victor Ginn (Lib) Louis Holmes (Ind Nat) Robert Sylvester (Ind Nat) |
| Brighton | Liberal | | | | Oswald Snowball (Ind Nat) |
| Brunswick | Labor | James Jewell | Leonard Smith | | |
| Bulla and Dalhousie | Labor | Reg Pollard | Andrew Rowan | Alexander Wilson | John Murphy (Lib) |
| Carlton | Labor | Robert Solly | | | Roderick McSolvin (Lib) |
| Castlemaine and Kyneton | Nationalist | Joseph Hannan | Harry Lawson | | |
| Caulfield | Nationalist | | Alfred Farthing | | Frederick Forrest* (Lib) John Packer (Lib) |
| Clifton Hill | Labor | Maurice Blackburn | Charles Miller | | |
| Coburg | Labor | Frank Keane | Henry Richards | | |
| Collingwood | Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | Ralph Stredwick | | |
| Dandenong | Nationalist | James O'Keefe | Frank Groves | | Archibald Wilson (Lib) |
| Dundas | Labor | Bill Slater | Gilbert Smith | | |
| Essendon | Labor | Arthur Drakeford | Robert Gilbertson | | |
| Evelyn | Liberal | Edward Hodges | | | William Everard* (Ind Nat) Joseph Smith (Lib) |
| Flemington | Labor | Jack Holland | Arthur Fenton | | |
| Footscray | Labor | George Prendergast | | | |
| Geelong | Labor | William Brownbill | Julius Solomon | | |
| Gippsland East | Country | | | Albert Lind | Frederick Blight (Ind) |
| Gippsland North | Independent | | | John Buchan | James McLachlan (Ind) |
| Gippsland South | Nationalist | Michael Buckley | Walter West | Thomas Anderson David White | Henry Bodman (Ind) |
| Gippsland West | Country | Thomas Houlihan | James Wilson | Arthur Walter | Arthur a'Beckett (Ind) John Dowd (CPP) Robert Garlick (Lib) |
| Goulburn Valley | Country | | | Murray Bourchier | |
| Grant | Labor | Ralph Hjorth | Francis Connelly | David Gibson | James Farrer (Ind) |
| Gunbower | Liberal | | | | Henry Angus* (Ind Nat) Farquhar Matheson (CPP) |
| Hampden | Nationalist | Arthur Hughes | David Oman | | |
| Hawthorn | Nationalist | Edward Cummins | Sir William McPherson | | |
| Heidelberg | Labor | Gordon Webber | Henry Zwar | | |
| Kara Kara and Borung | Nationalist | | John Pennington | William Pearce | Finlay Cameron (CPP) |
| Kew | Nationalist | Frederick Riley | Edward Reynolds | | William Clark (Lib) Wilfrid Kent Hughes* (Prog Nat) |
| Korong and Eaglehawk | Country | | | Isaac Weaver | Albert Dunstan (CPP) |
| Lowan | Country | | | Marcus Wettenhall | George Clyne (CPP) |
| Maryborough and Daylesford | Labor | George Frost | Edmund Jowett | | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Tom Hayes | | | Carlyle Ferguson (Lib) |
| Mildura | Labor | James McDonald | | James Lochhead | Albert Allnutt (CPP) |
| Mornington | Country | | Alfred Kirton | Alfred Downward | Cyril Croskell (Lib) |
| Northcote | Labor | John Cain | | | |
| Nunawading | Nationalist | John Toohey | Edmund Greenwood* Garnet Soilleux | | Robert Halliday (Lib) Stephen Thompson (Lib) |
| Oakleigh | Labor | Squire Reid | Robert Knox | | Thomas Riley (Lib) |
| Ouyen | Country | Francis Williamson | | Henry Pickering | Harold Glowrey (CPP) |
| Polwarth | Nationalist | | James McDonald | | |
| Port Fairy and Glenelg | Labor | Ernie Bond | William Shaw | | |
| Port Melbourne | Labor | James Murphy | | | |
| Prahran | Labor | Arthur Jackson | Thomas White | | |
| Richmond | Labor | Ted Cotter | | | |
| Rodney | Country | | | John Allan | Percy Bryce (Lib) Frederick Churches (CPP) |
| St Kilda | Nationalist | | Frederic Eggleston | | Burnett Gray* (Lib) Florence Johnson (Ind Lab) |
| Stawell and Ararat | Nationalist | Robert McCracken | Richard Toutcher | | |
| Swan Hill | Country | | | Francis Old | Ernest Gray (CPP) William Sullivan (Ind) |
| Toorak | Nationalist | Charles Cope | Stanley Argyle | | Horace Mason (Lib) |
| Upper Goulburn | Country | Edward Withers | George Wilson | Edwin Mackrell | |
| Upper Yarra | Nationalist | Henry Courtney | George Knox | John Dedman | Henry Glynn (Ind) George Ingram (Lib) John Mahony (Ind Nat) |
| Walhalla | Nationalist | James Bermingham | Samuel Barnes | William Moncur | |
| Wangaratta and Ovens | Country | | | Sir John Bowser* Lot Diffey | William Higgins (Lib) |
| Waranga | Nationalist | Gerald Honan | Ernest Coyle* Henry Thomas | John McKee | |
| Warrenheip and Grenville | Labor | Edmond Hogan | Robert McGregor | | |
| Warrnambool | Nationalist | Henry Bailey | James Swan | | William Downing (Lib) |
| Williamstown | Labor | John Lemmon | Francis Wilcher | | |
| Wonthaggi | Labor | William McKenzie | William Walker | Peter Hudson Herbert Hyland | William Easton (Lib) |