This is a list of candidates of the 1927 South Australian state election. The conservative Liberal Federation and Country Party ran a combined ticket for this election, known as the "Pact".
Retiring MPs
Labor
John Stanley Verran (Port Adelaide) – lost preselection
Liberal Federation
Robert Thomson Melrose MLC (Southern District) – retired
Murray Liberal MHA Harry Dove Young switched to the Legislative Council at this election, being elected unopposed to the seat vacated by Melrose in the Southern District.
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
Electorate Labor candidates Liberal–Country Pact candidates Other candidates Adelaide (3) Bill Denny*Bert Edwards*Herbert George* Agnes Goode (Lib.)F. G. Hicks (Lib.)Donald Kerr (Lib.) C. E. L. Skitch (Ind.)Albert (2) H. M. DalzielRichard McKenzie Malcolm McIntosh* (C.P.)Frederick McMillan* (C.P.) Alexandra (3) Percy Heggaton* (Lib.)Herbert Hudd* (Lib.)George Laffer* (Lib.) Barossa (3) George Cooke*Leonard Hopkins Henry Crosby* (Lib.)Herbert Lyons (Lib.)Reginald Rudall (Lib.) Herbert Basedow* (Ind.)A. P. Davies (Ind.)Burra Burra (3) Albert HawkeSydney McHughMick O'Halloran Reginald Carter* (C.P.)Samuel Dickson* (Lib.)George Jenkins* (Lib.) East Torrens (3) J. F. FlahertyLeslie Claude HunkinBeasley Kearney Frederick Coneybeer* (Lib.)Walter Hamilton* (Lib.)Albert Sutton* (Lib.) Flinders (2) John O'ConnorJ. B. Pollard Edward Coles* (C.P.)James Moseley* (Lib.) Edward Craigie (Single Tax)Murray (3) Clement Collins*A. L. GnielFrank Staniford Ernest Hannaford* (Lib.)Hermann Homburg* (Lib.)John Randell (Lib.) John Godfree (Ind.)Newcastle (2) Thomas Butterfield*William Harvey* S. B. Castine (Lib.)Philip McBride (Lib.) North Adelaide (2) Frederick Birrell*Stanley Whitford Victor Marra Newland (Lib.)Shirley Jeffries* (Lib.) Port Pirie (2) John Fitzgerald*Lionel Hill* Port Adelaide (2) Frank CondonJohn Jonas* Thomas Thompson* (Ind.)Stanley (2) Robert Nicholls*John Lyons* P. S. Gillen (Ind.)Sturt (3) Bob DaleT. W. GrealyFrancis McCabe Ernest Anthoney* (Lib.)Herbert Richards* (Lib.)Edward Vardon* (Lib.) E. E. Craig (Ind.)Victoria (2) Eric Shepherd*F. E. Young Vernon Petherick (Lib.)Peter Reidy* (Lib.) Wallaroo (2) John Pedler*Robert Richards* West Torrens (2) Alfred Blackwell*John McInnes* R. A. Cilento (Ind.)Wooroora (3) William JarradR. R. ReinckeAllan Robertson Richard Layton Butler* (Lib.)Archie Cameron* (C.P.)James McLachlan* (Lib.) Yorke Peninsula (2) Edward Giles*Henry Tossell*
Legislative Council
Electorate Labor candidates Liberal–Country Pact candidates |Central District No. 1 (2) John Carr*James Jelley* H. P. Butterworth (Lib.)L. H. Crosby (Lib.) Central District No. 2 (2) Herbert BaldockF. E. Stratton John Herbert Cooke* (Lib.)George Henry Prosser* (Lib.) Midland District (2) 'Walter Hannaford* (Lib.)Thomas Pascoe* (Lib.) Northern District (2) Even GeorgeH. R. McHugh Percy Blesing* (C.P.)William George Mills* (C.P.)Southern District (2) 'Thomas McCallum* (Lib.)Harry Dove Young* (Lib.)
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