COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FOURTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 November 1911, following the death of Hon Lee Batchelor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Independent 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,446 +17.5 Votes cast: 18,702 52.8 -02.6 Informal votes: 38 00.2 -08.0 Formal votes: 18,664 99.8 +08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David GORDON Lib 10,656 57.1 James Jelley + ALP 8,008 42.9 -20.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,664 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jelley was SA MLC for Central 1912-15, Central No 1 1915-33. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David John Gordon (1865-1946): Elected 1911 By Born: 4 May 1865, Riverton, South Australia. Career: Educated Stanley Grammar School, Watervale. Farmer, journalist. --------------------------------------------------------------------