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 candidatesNationalist 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
References
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive