COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== BARRIER, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Deniliquin, Moama, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,717 +12.3 Votes cast: 20,655 56.3 -05.9 Informal votes: 498 02.4 -01.3 Formal votes: 20,157 97.6 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Ferguson Lib 4,094 20.3 -02.9 Hon Josiah THOMAS * ALP 16,063 79.7 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,157 29.7 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferguson was NSW MLA for Sturt 1894-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Thomas (1863-1933): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. He contested the Senate in 1917. Later career: See Senate 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALARE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Orange, Parkes, Wellington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,840 -03.3 Votes cast: 25,574 77.9 +08.9 Informal votes: 635 02.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 24,939 97.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Johnson ALP 12,169 48.8 +00.9 Henry PIGOTT * Lib 12,770 51.2 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,939 01.2 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnson was member for Robertson 1910-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Robert Maguire Pigott (1866-1949): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COOK, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Alexandria, Camperdown, Mascot, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,044 +08.1 Votes cast: 27,903 60.6 -10.6 Informal votes: 629 02.3 -00.8 Formal votes: 27,274 97.7 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James CATTS * ALP 16,568 60.7 +02.0 Emily Paul 509 01.9 Stanley Yarrington Lib 10,197 37.4 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,274 11.7 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Howard Catts (1878-1951): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COWPER, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Bellingen, Grafton, Kempsey, Woolgoolga -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,797 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John THOMSON * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Thomson (1862-1934): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DALLEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,699 +02.4 Votes cast: 25,000 58.5 -15.5 Informal votes: 587 02.3 +00.6 Formal votes: 24,413 97.7 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert HOWE * ALP 14,963 61.3 +03.6 John McEachern Lib 9,450 38.7 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,413 11.3 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Howe (1861-1915): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 Died 2 April 1915 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Cobar, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,464 -05.0 Votes cast: 21,163 69.5 +06.8 Informal votes: 818 03.9 -02.2 Formal votes: 20,345 96.1 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Kelk Lib 8,036 39.5 -00.0 Hon William SPENCE * ALP 12,309 60.5 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,345 10.5 no swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Postmaster-General 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915 Vice-President of the Executive Council 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Spence left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Denham Street, Glenmore, King -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,316 +01.2 Votes cast: 23,135 51.1 -06.9 Informal votes: 736 03.2 +00.4 Formal votes: 22,399 98.8 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Osterley Thompson Lib 9,568 42.7 -01.2 John WEST * ALP 12,831 57.3 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,399 07.3 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Edward West (1851-1931): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDEN-MONARO, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bega, Cooma, Nowra, Yass -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,044 -03.1 Votes cast: 23,289 72.7 +02.2 Informal votes: 589 02.5 -00.2 Formal votes: 22,700 97.5 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Austin CHAPMAN * Lib 13,439 59.2 +00.5 Henry Lestrange ALP 9,261 40.8 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,700 09.2 00.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin Chapman (1864-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,398 -02.2 Votes cast: 25,937 73.3 +11.1 Informal votes: 719 02.8 -01.0 Formal votes: 25,218 97.2 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Blackney Lib 11,658 46.2 -01.6 William WEBSTER * ALP 13,560 53.8 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,218 03.8 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Webster (1860-1936): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Postmaster-General from 27 October 1915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Webster left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUME, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Albury, Cootamundra, Tumut, Wagga Wagga -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over Independent 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,469 +05.0 Votes cast: 27,806 76.2 +08.1 Informal votes: 645 02.3 -01.3 Formal votes: 27,161 97.3 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert PATTEN * Lib 13,841 51.0 +00.3 Patrick Sullivan ALP 13,320 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,161 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Patten (1859-1935): Elected 1913, 1914 Patten retired in 1917. Later career: Returned to England. Died 17 September 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTER, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Cessnock, Maitland, Kurri Kurri, Teralba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,608 +02.1 Votes cast: 22,531 61.5 -05.7 Informal votes: 429 01.9 00.0 Formal votes: 22,102 98.1 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew CHARLTON * ALP 12,057 54.6 +00.1 Alexander Hay Lib 10,045 45.4 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,102 04.6 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hay, see New England 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Charlton (1866-1948): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLAWARRA, NSW ==================================================================== South of Sydney: Bulli, Hurstville, Kogarah, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,064 +12.7 Votes cast: 33,362 75.7 -02.0 Informal votes: 382 01.1 -01.3 Formal votes: 32,980 98.9 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BURNS * ALP 17,884 54.2 +04.0 Hon George Fuller Lib 15,096 45.8 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,980 04.2 04.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuller was member for Illawarra 1901-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Mason Burns (1869-1932): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LANG, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Livingstone, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,237 +10.3 Votes cast: 31,586 64.2 -09.8 Informal votes: 639 02.0 -01.0 Formal votes: 30,947 98.0 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Elliot JOHNSON * Lib 16,556 53.5 -03.6 Hector Lamond ALP 14,391 46.5 +03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,947 03.5 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lamond, see Illawarra 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 7 October 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Blayney, Bathurst, Lithgow, Penrith -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,258 -04.6 Votes cast: 24,714 74.3 +07.4 Informal votes: 538 02.2 -02.2 Formal votes: 24,176 97.8 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest CARR * ALP 12,888 53.3 +03.3 Robert Moore Lib 11,288 46.7 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,176 03.3 01.7 to ALP ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Shoobridge Carr (1875-1956): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carr left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEPEAN, NSW ==================================================================== West of Sydney: Granville, Homebush, Liverpool, Rookwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,157 +10.0 Votes cast: 32,654 69.2 -03.4 Informal votes: 747 02.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 31,907 97.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Voltaire Molesworth ALP 15,092 47.3 +04.3 Richard ORCHARD * Lib 16,815 52.7 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,907 02.7 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Molesworth was NSW MLA for Cumberland 1920-25, NSW MLC 1932-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Beaumont Orchard (1873-1942): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ENGLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Armidale, Glen Innes, Tamworth, Werris Creek -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,016 -04.2 Votes cast: 25,095 73.8 +01.4 Informal votes: 533 02.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 24,562 97.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy ABBOTT * Lib 13,929 56.7 +00.2 Edward Bowman ALP 10,633 43.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,562 06.7 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Phipps Abbott (1869-1940): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Hamilton, Mereweather, Newcastle, Wickham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 23.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,364 +14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon David WATKINS * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Watkins (1865-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Sydney suburban: Manly, Milsons Point, Mosman, North Sydney -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 19.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,331 +05.6 Votes cast: 30,170 63.7 -09.5 Informal votes: 853 02.8 -01.8 Formal votes: 29,317 97.2 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Bradley ALP 9,507 32.4 +01.5 Granville RYRIE * Lib 19,810 67.6 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,317 17.6 01.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Granville de Laune Ryrie (1865-1937): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKES, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Drummoyne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,852 +15.5 Votes cast: 33,657 64.9 -10.8 Informal votes: 722 02.1 -00.9 Formal votes: 32,935 97.9 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Russell ALP 13,676 41.5 +03.4 Hon Bruce SMITH * Lib 19,259 58.5 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,935 08.5 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Bruce Smith (1851-1937): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Chatswood, Gordon, Hunters Hill, Parramatta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 18.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,598 +12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Joseph COOK * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Cook (1860-1947): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Prime Minister to 17 September 1914 Minister for Home Affairs to 17 September 1914 Minister for the Navy from 17 February 1917 Leader of the Opposition 8 October 1914 to 17 February 1917 Leader of the Liberal Party to 17 February 1917 Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party from 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cook (for the second time in his career) ceded his party leadership when he became Hughes's deputy after the formation of the Nationalist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Ballina, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,378 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter MASSY-GREENE * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Massy-Greene (1874-1952): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERINA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Coolamon, Narrandera, Temora, West Wyalong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,426 +06.3 Votes cast: 28,542 74.3 +09.5 Informal votes: 773 02.7 +00.4 Formal votes: 27,769 97.3 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John CHANTER ALP 14,454 52.1 +03.1 Franc Falkiner * Lib 13,315 47.9 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,769 02.1 03.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chanter was member for Riverina 1901-03 and 1904-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Franc Brereton Sadlier Falkiner (1867-1929): Elected 1913. Defeated 1914 Later career: See Hume 1917. > John Moore Chanter (1845-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903. Elected 1904 By, 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chanter left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON, NSW ==================================================================== Central North NSW: Gosford, Mudgee, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,610 -01.8 Votes cast: 22,750 69.8 -00.6 Informal votes: 591 02.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 22,159 97.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William FLEMING * Lib 11,822 53.4 -01.9 John Fraser ALP 10,337 46.6 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,159 03.4 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Montgomerie Fleming (1874-1961): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Foveaux, Kensington, Redfern, Surry Hills -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,775 +06.8 Votes cast: 23,629 52.8 -13.6 Informal votes: 680 02.9 +00.2 Formal votes: 22,949 97.1 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Ritt Lib 7,157 31.2 -03.8 Edward RILEY * ALP 15,792 68.8 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,949 18.8 03.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Riley (1859-1943): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bondi, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,610 +12.9 Votes cast: 31,040 63.9 -07.3 Informal votes: 790 02.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 30,250 97.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Cruickshank ALP 13,171 43.5 +05.2 Hon William KELLY * Lib 17,079 56.5 -05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,250 06.5 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cruickshank was a NSW MLC 1921-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Kelly (1877-1960): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Minister without portfolio to 17 September 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Goulburn, Grenfell, Murrumburrah, Young -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,472 -01.5 Votes cast: 26,869 75.7 +04.2 Informal votes: 552 02.1 -00.5 Formal votes: 26,317 97.9 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alfred Conroy * Lib 13,155 50.0 -05.9 John LYNCH ALP 13,162 50.0 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,317 00.0 05.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lynch's seven-vote victory was the closest in terms of votes in a House of Representatives election ever allowed to stand. (Two closer results were declared void.) Lynch polled 50.01% of the two-party vote, the second-closest result ever allowed to stand (see Griffith by-election, 1938). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alfred Hugh Beresford Conroy (1863-1920): Elected 1901, 1903. Defeated 1906. Elected 1913. Defeated 1914 Died 28 November 1920 > John Lynch (1863-1941): Elected 1914 Born: 1863, Young, NSW. Career: Primary education. Road contractor and dam sinker. Selected land at Thuddingra, NSW. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lynch left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Golden Grove, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,585 -02.4 Votes cast: 21,692 54.8 -09,8 Informal votes: 731 03.4 -02.0 Formal votes: 20,961 96.6 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Finch Lib 5,187 24.7 -04.0 Hon Billy HUGHES * ALP 15,774 75.3 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,961 24.7 04.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Attorney-General from 17 September 1914 Prime Minister from 27 October 1915 Minister for Trade and Customs 29 September 1916 to 18 September 1914 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party 18 September 1914 to 30 October 1915 Leader of the Australian Labor Party 30 October 1915 to 14 November 1916 Leader of the National Labor Party 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 Leader of the Nationalist Party from 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was elected Leader of the ALP following the retirement of Fisher. He left the ALP in November 1916 over the issue of conscription and formed the National Labor Party. In February he and his followers merged with the Liberal Party to form the Nationalist Party, of which he became Leader. He contested Bendigo, Victoria, in 1917. --------------------------------------------------------------------