Candidates of the 1922 New South Wales state election
This is a list of candidates for the 1922 New South Wales state election.[1] The election was held on 25 March 1922. The election was the second of three conducted under the system of proportional representation.
Retiring Members[edit]
Labor[edit]
- Arthur Buckley MLA (Sydney)
- John Estell MLA (Newcastle) — appointed to the Legislative Council
Nationalist[edit]
- James Macarthur-Onslow MLA (Eastern Suburbs) — elected as Progressive
Legislative Assembly[edit]
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful parties are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).
Electorate | Sitting MPs | Labor candidates | Nationalist candidates | Progressive candidates | Other candidates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Balmain | 4 Labor 1 Nationalist | John Doyle | Thomas Greentree | Solomon Amein (Ind) | |
Bathurst | 2 Labor 1 Nationalist | Alfred Craig | Alfred Birney | ||
Botany | 4 Labor 1 Nationalist | Frank Burke* | David Alexander | Daniel McGrath (Dem) | |
Byron | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Roger Kiely | George Nesbitt* | Stephen Blackman | |
Cootamundra | 2 Labor 1 Progressive | Arthur Manning | Thomas Hough | William Lucas (Ind) | |
Cumberland | 1 Labor 2 Nationalist | Voltaire Molesworth* | Edwin Crowther | ||
Eastern Suburbs | 2 Labor 2 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Robert Campbell | William Foster | Alfred Barber | Scott Campbell (Ind Lab)[a] |
Goulburn | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | John Bailey* | Edward Halliday | ||
Maitland | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Walter Bennett* | Benjamin Gelling | Patrick Ferry (Ind) | |
Murray | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Walter Boston | Richard Ball* | Ernest Field | |
Murrumbidgee | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Arthur Grimm* | Ernest Buttenshaw* | James McMahon (Ind) | |
Namoi | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Septimus Humphries | Roland Green | ||
Newcastle | 3 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Independent | Jack Baddeley* | Magnus Cromarty* | John Cram | Arthur Gardiner (Ind Lab) |
North Shore | 1 Labor 3 Nationalist 1 Ind Nationalist | John Cochran | Richard Arthur* | Edward Clark (Ind) | |
Northern Tableland | 1 Labor 2 Progressive | Amos Clarke | David Doull | Michael Bruxner* | |
Oxley | 1 Labor 2 Progressive | Frederick Bennett | Theodore Hill* | Charles Algie | Patrick Moran (Ind) |
Parramatta | 2 Labor 1 Nationalist | Albert Bruntnell* | John Blake (Ind) | ||
Ryde | 1 Labor 2 Nationalist 1 Progressive 1 Ind Nationalist | John English | David Anderson* | Lindsay Thompson | John Pattison (Ind) |
St George | 2 Labor 2 Nationalist 1 Progressive | George Cann* | Guy Arkins* | John Cordell | |
Sturt | 2 Labor 1 Nationalist | William Daish | Walter O'Grady | William Couch (Ind) | |
Sydney | 4 Labor 1 Nationalist | John Birt* | Richard Caldwell | Richard Allen (Ind) | |
Wammerawa | 2 Labor 1 Nationalist | John Macdonald | James Berryman | William Ashford* (Ind) | |
Western Suburbs | 2 Labor 2 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Carlo Lazzarini* | Tom Hoskins* | Alexander Huie | |
Wollondilly | 2 Labor 1 Nationalist | John Cleary | Samuel Emmett | William Howarth | Arthur Silvey-Reardon (Ind) |
See also[edit]
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1922–1925
- Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election
Notes[edit]
- ^ Scott Campbell had been nominated by the Labor Party for the 1920 election however his endorsement was withdrawn before the polling day because he signed a pledge for the unconditional release of twelve imprisoned members of the Industrial Workers of the World.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Green, Antony. "1922 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "The ALP: definite action taken against candidates who sign pledges". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 March 1920. p. 11. Retrieved 2 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.