Candidates of the 1920 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates for the 1920 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 20 March 1920. The election was the first of three conducted under the system of proportional representation; as a result, it is not possible to estimate the notional pre-election numbers.

Retiring Members

Labor

Claude Bushell MLA (Lyndhurst)
John Cochran MLA (Darling Harbour)

Nationalist

Alfred Edden MLA (Kahibah)
James Fallick MLA (Singleton)
David Hall MLA (Enmore) — appointed to the Legislative Council
John Hunt MLA (Camden)
William Latimer MLA (Woollahra) — appointed to the Legislative Council
Charles Lee MLA (Tenterfield)
George McDonald MLA (Bingara) — appointed to the Legislative Council
John Perry MLA (Byron)
William Robson MLA (Ashfield) — appointed to the Legislative Council
David Storey MLA (Randwick) — appointed to the Legislative Council
William Thompson MLA (Ryde)

Independent

Alexander Graff MLA (Drummoyne)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful parties are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Electorate	Vacancies	Labor candidates	Nationalist candidates	Progressive candidates	Soldiers and Citizens candidates	Other candidates

Balmain	5	John Doyle* Tom Keegan John Quirk* John Storey* Robert Stuart-Robertson*	Albert Smith* Robert Stopford		Ambrose Carmichael George Saunders Charles Shields	Solomon Amein (Ind) Peter Christensen (ISLP) William Corcoran (ISLP) Arthur Griffith (Ind) Charles Lawlor (Dem) Henry Levy (Ind) James Moroney (ISLP) George Nielsen (Ind) Herbert Weston (ISLP)
Bathurst	3	James Dooley* John Gilchrist Valentine Johnston*	Henry Camfield John Fitzpatrick*	Arthur Brown Albert Rogers		James McIntyre (Ind)
Botany	5	Frank Burke* Simon Hickey* William McKell* Thomas Mutch* Bill Ratcliffe	John Lee* James Morrish	Charles Coghlan Philip Strange-Mure	Charles Banks Christopher Evers	Edward Connell (Dem) George Crowley (Ind) Henry Denford (ISLP) Jock Jamieson (ISLP) William McCristal (ISLP) Stanley McGowen (Ind) Patrick Quinn (Ind) Annie Toohey (ISLP)
Byron	3	Roger Ryan Tom Swiney*	George Nesbitt* William Zuill	William Missingham Duncan Nicholson Stephen Perdriau*		James McDougall (Ind) William McKeever (Ind) Percy Tighe (Ind) Thomas Winterton (Ind) John Yates (Ind)
Cootamundra	3	Peter Loughlin* Greg McGirr* Charles Trefle	Arthur D'Arcy William Holman	Hugh Brown John Fitzpatrick Hugh Main*
Cumberland	3	Francis Lagerlow Albert Jones Voltaire Molesworth*	Ernest Carr* William FitzSimons Bruce Walker Sr*	Barton Addison David Fitch	William Armstrong Charles Hely	William Crittenden (Ind)
Eastern Suburbs	5	Scott Campbell [lower-alpha 1] Daniel Dwyer James Fingleton* Walter Humphries Bob O'Halloran*	Harold Jaques* James Mullaney Charles Oakes* Henry Rogers Charles Williams	Arthur Doran James Macarthur-Onslow*	Alexander Hogan Grace Scobie Edgar Spencer Frederick Winn-Walker	Sidney Buckleton (Ind) William Ross (Ind)
Goulburn	3	John Bailey* Richard Macdonald Frank Morgan	Augustus James* William Millard	Patrick Bourke Patrick O'Brien Thomas Rutledge* William Tomkins		John Brogan (Ind) Percy Evans (Ind) Francis Grogan (Ind)
Maitland	3	William Brennan Dionysius McGuire Walter O'Hearn*	Stephen Hungerford William Cameron* Charles Nicholson	Walter Bennett* William Roberts Cecil Tindale		Joseph Compton (Ind) Thomas Hays (Ind)
Murray	3	Edmund Clear William O'Brien* Claude Thompson	Richard Ball* Arthur Manning	George Beeby* Matthew Kilpatrick
Murrumbidgee	3	George Bodkin Martin Flannery* Patrick McGirr	Arthur Grimm*	William Adams Ernest Buttenshaw* Herbert Cuthbert William Killen		Herbert Hawkins (Ind) Patrick McGarry (Ind Nat) Andrew Stewart (Ind)
Namoi	3	Thomas Boland Patrick Scully* William Scully	Frank Chaffey* John Crane	Frank Heywood Walter Wearne* Charles Woollett		Robert Levien (Ind)
Newcastle	5	Hugh Connell* John Estell* William Kearsley* Amram Lewis David Murray	John Fegan* George O'Brien John Paton	Roland Green		Joseph Charlton (ISLP) Michael Dillon (Ind) Arthur Gardiner* (Ind) William Grahame (Ind Nat) Thomas Johnston (ISLP) John Kingsborough (Ind) Robert Mackenzie (Dem) John McDonald (ISLP) David McNeill (ISLP) William North (ISLP)
North Shore	5	Alexander Campbell Cecil Murphy* Albert Roberts Alfred Warton Henry Willis	Richard Arthur* Arthur Cocks* Percy Colquhoun Richard Lambton Reginald Weaver*	Frank Farnell Francis Killeen Archie Ogilvy Arthur Walker	Edward Cortis Richard Fitz-Gerald	Mary Booth (WP) Frederick Clancy (Ind) Edward Clark (Ind) Timothy O'Donoghue (Dem) Alfred Reid* (Ind Nat)
Northern Tableland	3	Joseph Byrne Alfred McClelland*	Leonard Francis Herbert Lane	Michael Bruxner* John Crapp David Drummond* Patrick Little Follett Thomas
Oxley	3	John Culbert Joseph Fitzgerald* Robert Pinkerton	Henry Morton	George Briner* Theodore Hill Richard Price*		Edward Hill (Ind) Eugene Rudder (Ind)
Parramatta	3	Bill Ely* Jack Lang* Edward Pomfret	Albert Bruntnell* Frederick Parkes		Francis Silverstone James Thomson Richard Yeend	Alexander Finn (Dem) Harry Moss (Ind)
Ryde	5	Henry Douglass Robert Greig* William Hutchison Vernon Jarvis Ernest Sheiles	David Anderson* Sir Thomas Henley* Sydney Herring Herbert Small	Thomas Bavin* Benjamin Gelling	Maurice Dearn Charles Laseron David Morgan John Pattison Francis Russell	Henry Bernard (Ind) Robin Levick (Ind) Edward Loxton* (Ind Nat)
St George	5	George Cann* Patrick Donovan William Gibbs Mark Gosling* Sam Toombs	Guy Arkins* William Bagnall* Frederick Reed	Thomas Ley* Sir Charles Rosenthal	Charles Church Charles Rider	Joseph Andrew (Ind) Sydney Cook (Ind) William O'Driscoll (Dem)
Sturt	3	Mat Davidson* Walter Webb Jabez Wright	Brian Doe* John Thorn Frank Wilkinson			Percy Brookfield* (ISLP) Thomas Hynes (ISLP) John O'Reilly (ISLP)
Sydney	5	John Birt* Arthur Buckley* Michael Burke* Patrick Minahan* [lower-alpha 1] Tom Smith	Joseph Jackson Daniel Levy*		John Clasby James Ritchie Charles Smith	Alfred Bartlett (Ind) Patrick Cleary (Dem) Patrick Craddock (Ind) Ernie Judd (ISLP) Daisy Loughran (ISLP) Edwin Miller (Ind) Richard Meagher (Ind) John O'Sullivan (Ind) Joseph Sydney (Ind) William Thomas (Ind)
Wammerawa	3	Joseph Clark* Bill Dunn* William Webster	William Ashford* Sidney Skuthorpe	William Harris Neil McLennan Harold Thorby		William Kelk (Ind) Edwin Utley (Ind) Sydney Webb (Ind)
Western Suburbs	5	Carlo Lazzarini* Frederick McDonald Edward McTiernan* Barney Olde John Sheils	David Doull Henry Garling Tom Hoskins* Sydney Shillington*	Frederick Robins James Wilson*	Stanley Gelling Thomas McVittie John Ness John Weekley	Peter Bowling (Ind) Alexander Huie (Ind) Daniel Noon (Dem) Benjamin Richards (Ind) Claude Sugden (Ind)
Wollondilly	3	Daniel Chalker John Cleary* Billy Davies*	George Fuller* Mark Morton			Arthur Silvey-Reardon (Ind)

Notes

Patrick Minahan and Scott Campbell were nominated by the Labor Party, however their endorsement was withdrawn before the polling day because they signed a pledge for the unconditional release of twelve imprisoned members of the Industrial Workers of the World.[1]

References

"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.

Green, Antony. "1920 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

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[Minahan_&_Campbell-2] Patrick Minahan and Scott Campbell were nominated by the Labor Party, however their endorsement was withdrawn before the polling day because they signed a pledge for the unconditional release of twelve imprisoned members of the Industrial Workers of the World.[1]

[1] "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.