Candidates of the 1917 Victorian state election

The 1917 Victorian state election was held on 15 November 1917.

Since the previous election, the Liberal Party had absorbed pro-conscription Labor defectors and become the Nationalist Party. However, the Nationalists contested this election as three competing factions: Ministerialists, the supporters of Alexander Peacock's government; the "Economy Party", supporters of John Bowser; and the National Labor Party, for those ex-Labor members now supporting the anti-Labor side of politics.

Retiring Members

Nationalist

• Robert McCutcheon MLA (St Kilda)
• James Membrey MLA (Jika Jika)

National Labor

• John Chatham MLA (Grenville)

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			VFU candidates	Other candidates
			Ministerial	Economy	National Labor
Abbotsford	Labor	Gordon Webber
Albert Park	Labor	George Elmslie		John Baragwanath
Allandale	Nationalist		Sir Alexander Peacock	Walter Grose
Ballarat East	Nationalist	Andrew McKissock	Robert McGregor
Ballarat West	Nationalist			Matthew Baird
Barwon	Nationalist			James Farrer Duncan McLennan*		Lemuel Griffiths
Benalla	Nationalist	Laurence Corboy		John Carlisle* Thomas Kennedy
Benambra	Nationalist			Henry Beardmore* George Jephcott Leslie Sambell
Bendigo East	Labor	Luke Clough		Thomas Currie Walter McRobert
Bendigo West	Labor	Arthur Cook			David Smith
Boroondara	Nationalist			Frederick Francis Edmund Greenwood* Walter Hiscock Sir Frank Madden
Borung	Nationalist		William Hutchinson			Edwin Reseigh
Brighton	Nationalist	Arthur Roth		Frederick Leveson Oswald Snowball*
Brunswick	Labor	James Jewell		John March			James Davis (Ind Nat)
Bulla	Nationalist			James Gilchrist Andrew Robertson*		James Cunningham
Carlton	Labor	Robert Solly
Castlemaine and Maldon	Nationalist		Harry Lawson
Collingwood	Labor	Martin Hannah
Dalhousie	Nationalist	Joseph O'Connor	Allan Cameron	Reginald Argyle Alexander Wilson
Dandenong	Nationalist			Frank Groves* William Keast
Daylesford	Nationalist	Joseph Hannigan	Donald McLeod
Dundas	Nationalist	Bill Slater		Edward Dobson William Smith
Eaglehawk	Labor	Tom Tunnecliffe		Thomas Hicks		William Hill
East Melbourne	Nationalist	Sydney Walker		Alfred Farthing* George Kemp			John Barrett (Temp)
Essendon	Labor	Maurice Blackburn		Thomas Ryan
Evelyn	Nationalist		James Rouget	William Everard* Reginald Kelly
Fitzroy	Labor	John Billson
Flemington	Labor	Edward Warde		Thomas Ivory
Geelong	Nationalist	William Brownbill		Robert Purnell
Gippsland East	Nationalist	Gordon Holmes	James Cameron	James Bayliss
Gippsland North	Labor				James McLachlan
Gippsland South	Nationalist		Thomas Livingston	Thomas McGalliard		James McQueen
Gippsland West	Nationalist			John Mackey
Glenelg	Nationalist	William Thomas	Hugh Campbell			Walter Watson
Goulburn Valley	Nationalist			Thomas Lyons John Mitchell*
Grenville	Labor	Frederick Hower		George Meudell Henry Vernon		David Gibson
Gunbower	Nationalist			Henry Angus
Hampden	Nationalist	Patrick McMahon		David Oman
Hawthorn	Nationalist			William McPherson
Jika Jika	Nationalist	John Cain		Samuel Dennis Arthur May			George Jewell (Ind Lab)
Kara Kara	Nationalist		John Pennington			John Hall
Korong	Nationalist			Achilles Gray		Isaac Weaver
Lowan	Nationalist			James Menzies
Maryborough	Labor	Thomas Jude		Robert Laidlaw	Alfred Outtrim
Melbourne	Labor	Alexander Rogers
Mornington	Nationalist			Robert Anderson Alfred Downward*
North Melbourne	Labor	George Prendergast		John Vroland
Ovens	Nationalist	William Gribble		Alfred Billson* Erle Evans
Polwarth	Nationalist	Edward Smith		Edgar Churches John Hancock James McDonald*
Port Fairy	Labor	Henry Bailey		Alfred Noar
Port Melbourne	Labor	James Murphy		James Crichton			Henry Sanderson (Ind Lab) Owen Sinclair (Ind Lab)
Prahran	Nationalist	Harry Smith		Donald Mackinnon
Richmond	Labor	Ted Cotter
Rodney	Nationalist		Hugh McKenzie			John Allan	William Day (Temp)
St Kilda	Nationalist	George McGowan		John Macfarlan Agar Wynne*
Stawell and Ararat	Nationalist	William Tibbles		Richard Toutcher
Swan Hill	Nationalist		John Gray			Percy Stewart	Hugh McClelland (Ind VFU)
Toorak	Nationalist			Norman Bayles* Alfred Darroch
Upper Goulburn	Nationalist			Thomas Hunt Malcolm McKenzie*
Walhalla	Nationalist	Edward Nichols	Samuel Barnes
Wangaratta	Nationalist			John Bowser
Waranga	Nationalist	Leon Villiers		John Gordon
Warrenheip	Labor	Edmond Hogan		Garnett Durham
Warrnambool	Nationalist	James McMeel		James Deany
Williamstown	Labor	John Lemmon		George Greenslade

See also

• 1916 Victorian Legislative Council election