This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1917 Victorian state election. The 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.
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 |
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| | Labor}}| | Nationalist}}| | Nationals}}| | |
Ministerial | Economy | National Labor |
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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 |