Candidates of the Australian federal election, 1934

By-elections and appointments

• On 6 February 1932, Eddie Ward (NSW Labor) was elected to replace John Clasby (UAP) as the member for East Sydney.
• On 6 April 1933, Herbert Collett (UAP) was appointed as a Western Australian Senator to replace Sir Hal Colebatch (UAP).
• On 11 November 1933, James Fairbairn (UAP) was elected to replace Stanley Bruce (UAP) as the member for Flinders.
• On 5 June 1934, William Holman (UAP), the member for Martin, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.
• On 31 July 1934, Charles McGrath (UAP), the member for Ballaarat, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.
• On 2 August 1934, Walter McNicoll (Country), the member for Werriwa, resigned. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.

Defections

• In 1933, Independent MP Sir Littleton Groom (Darling Downs) joined the United Australia Party.
• In 1934, Country Senator Robert Elliott (Victoria) lost preselection. He resigned from the party and sat as an Independent.
• In 1934, Labor Senator John Daly (South Australia) was expelled from the state branch of the party, and sat as an Independent.
• In 1934, a dispute between the federal Australian Country Party and the state-based United Country Party in Victoria saw the two parties endorse candidates separately. The UCP had demanded that sitting members sign a new pledge before being re-endorsed, which several MPs objected to. The two sitting members, deputy party leader Thomas Paterson (Gippsland) and Hugh McClelland (Wimmera), were endorsed by the federal party. The other Victorian Country Party MP, William Hill (Echuca), retired rather than sign the pledge.

Labor

• Frank Anstey MP (Bourke, Vic)

United Australia

• Malcolm Cameron MP (Barker, SA)
• Moses Gabb MP (Angas, SA)
• John Latham MP (Kooyong, Vic)
• George Mackay MP (Lilley, Qld)
• William Watson MP (Fremantle, WA)
• Senator Sir Walter Kingsmill (WA)
• Senator Sir Harry Lawson (Vic)
• Senator Matthew Reid (Qld)

Country

• William Hill MP (Echuca, Vic)

Independent

• Senator John Daly (SA) [elected as Labor]

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

New South Wales

Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats (although Senators Dunn and Rae had joined the Lang Labor breakaway). United Australia Party Senators Charles Cox and Sir Walter Massy-Greene and Country Party Senator Charles Hardy were not up for re-election.

Queensland

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Gordon Brown, Joe Collings and John MacDonald were not up for re-election.

South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Jack Duncan-Hughes and Alexander McLachlan and Country Party Senator Oliver Badman were not up for re-election.

Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. Note that, apart from Group A, all candidates appeared in the ungrouped column. United Australia Party Senators John Millen, Herbert Payne and Burford Sampson were not up for re-election.

Victoria

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending two seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. United Australia Party Senators Tom Brennan, James Guthrie and William Plain were not up for re-election.

Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Patrick Lynch and Sir George Pearce and Country Party Senator William Carroll were not up for re-election.