COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Fingal, Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 majority: ALP over Independent 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,295 +01.9 Votes cast: 15,623 73.4 +16.6 Informal votes: 457 02.9 +00.8 Formal votes: 15,166 97.1 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jens JENSEN * ALP 7,945 52.4 -04.4 Stephen Margetts Lib 7,212 47.6 +04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,166 02.4 04.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jens August Jensen (1856-1936): Elected 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,322 +05.8 Votes cast: 16,360 76.7 +23.1 Informal votes: 396 02.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 15,964 97.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Marshall Lib 7,652 47.9 +11.2 Hon King O'MALLEY * ALP 8,312 52.1 -11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,964 02.1 11.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall was Tas MHA for Bass 1914-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,096 +17.4 Votes cast: 17,696 76.6 +12.0 Informal votes: 653 03.7 +00.9 Formal votes: 17,043 96.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alicia Petersen 261 01.5 William LAIRD SMITH * ALP 8,943 52.5 -05.6 William Trenwith Lib 7,839 46.0 +04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,043 03.3 04.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Laird Smith appeared second on the ballot paper because his name was legally Smith. 2. Trenwith was a Senator for Victoria 1904-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Brighton, Huon, New Norfolk, Port Cygnet -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,323 +12.1 Votes cast: 17,052 76.4 +14.8 Informal votes: 551 03.2 +00.3 Formal votes: 16,501 96.8 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McWILLIAMS * Lib 9,202 55.8 +02.4 William Shoobridge ALP 7,299 44.2 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,501 05.8 02.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoobridge was Tas MHA for Franklin 1916-19, 1922-25, Wilmot 1925- 28, 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James McWilliams (1860-1929): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,710 +05.0 Votes cast: 13,667 73.0 +17.1 Informal votes: 494 03.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 13,173 96.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn ATKINSON * Lib 8,251 62.6 +06.0 Henry McFie ALP 4,922 37.4 -06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,173 12.6 06.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- McFie was Tas MHA for Darwin 1925-34, 1941-48. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913 --------------------------------------------------------------------