Candidates of the 1944 South Australian state election

The 1944 South Australian state election was held on 29 April 1944.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Sydney McHugh, MHA (Light)

Liberal and Country

• David Gordon, MLC (Midland)
• George Ritchie, MLC (Northern)
• John Cowan, MLC (Southern)

Independent

• Joseph Anderson, MLC (Central No.1)

House of 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.[1]

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	LCL candidate	Other candidates
Adelaide	Independent	Bob Dale		Doug Bardolph (Ind.) Alfred Watt (Comm)
Albert	LCL	John Cronin	Malcolm McIntosh	J P Ryan (Ind.)
Alexandra	LCL		Herbert Hudd
Angas	LCL	William Robinson	Berthold Teusner	William Haese (Ind.)
Burnside	LCL	Frank White	Geoffrey Clarke
Burra	LCL	Ellis Bristow	Archibald McDonald
Chaffey	Independent	Robert Curren		William MacGillivray (Ind.)
Eyre	LCL	William Gosling	Arthur Christian	Oliver Eatts (Ind.)
Flinders	LCL	John O'Leary	Rex Pearson	Edward Craigie (STL) Janette Octoman (Ind.)
Frome	Labor	Mick O'Halloran
Gawler	Labor	Leslie Duncan	Elliott Day
Glenelg	LCL	John Fitzgerald	Frank Smith
Goodwood	Labor	Frank Walsh	Archibald MacMillan
Gouger	Labor	Horace Bowden	Rufus Goldney
Gumeracha	LCL	Wilfred Holmes	Thomas Playford
Hindmarsh	Labor	John McInnes
Light	Labor	Herman Dolling	Herbert Michael
Mitcham	LCL	Victor Doble	Henry Dunks
Mount Gambier	Independent	Russell Walters		John Fletcher (Ind.)
Murray	Labor	Richard McKenzie	John Cowan	James Venning (Ind.)
Newcastle	LCL	Jock Pick	George Jenkins
Norwood	LCL	Frank Nieass	Roy Moir
Onkaparinga	LCL	Cyril Hasse	Howard Shannon
Port Adelaide	Labor	James Stephens
Port Pirie	Labor	Andrew Lacey
Prospect	LCL	Bert Shard	Elder Whittle	Alan Finger (Comm.)
Ridley	Independent	Leonard Seymour		Tom Stott (Ind.)
Rocky River	LCL	Leonard Wilcott	John Lyons
Semaphore	Labor	Albert Thompson
Stanley	Labor	Percy Quirke	Gordon Bails
Stirling	LCL	J McTier	Herbert Dunn	S D Bruce (Ind.)
Stuart	Labor	Lindsay Riches
Thebarton	Labor	Fred Walsh
Torrens	LCL	Herbert Baldock	Shirley Jeffries
Unley	LCL	Alexander Saint	Colin Dunnage
Victoria	LCL	Jim Corcoran	Vernon Petherick	John Gartner (Ind.)
Wallaroo	Labor	Robert Richards	Leslie Heath
Yorke Peninsula	LCL		Cecil Hincks
Young	LCL	Ernest Allen	Robert Nicholls

Legislative Council

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

District	Held by	Labor candidates	LCL candidates	Other candidates
Central No. 1	1 Labor 1 Independent	Frank Condon* Bert Hoare*
Central No. 2	2 LCL	A B Kelly W C C Bertram	Edward Holden* James Sandford*
Midland	2 LCL	A J Marrett Laurie Ellis	Walter Duncan* Reginald Rudall*
Northern	2 LCL	William Threadgold E J McQuoid	Lyell McEwin* Harry Edmonds*
Southern	1 LCL 1 Independent	J C Callaghan J J O'Grady	Norman Jude* Leslie Harold Densley*	Frank Halleday (Ind.) Clement Wells (Ind.)

References

1. Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2022.