COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prospect, Walkerville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 18.4 1913 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 34.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,250 +03.8 Votes cast: 25,835 73.3 -02.6 Informal votes: 612 02.4 -02.2 Formal votes: 25,223 97.4 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Hamilton Lib 8,461 33.5 +04.1 Edwin YATES * ALP 16,762 66.4 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,223 16.4 02.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamilton was Vic MLA for Sandhurst 1894-1904, SA MHA for East Torrens 1917-24, 1925-30, 1933-38. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Edwin Yates (1871-1959): Elected 1914 By, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 majority: none (Liberal unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,387 +04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Patrick GLYNN * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick McMahon Glynn (1855-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Minister for External Affairs to 17 September 1914 Minister for Home and Territories from 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Strathalbyn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,389 +07.1 Votes cast: 30,556 81.7 +02.0 Informal votes: 814 02.7 -02.3 Formal votes: 29,742 97.3 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LIVINGSTON * Lib 16,866 56.7 -02.3 William Sampson ALP 12,876 43.3 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,742 06.7 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Livingston (1856-1935): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,534 +05.6 Votes cast: 34,804 81.8 -01.3 Informal votes: 755 02.2 -01.2 Formal votes: 34,049 97.8 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George DANKEL * ALP 18,822 55.3 +02.3 Samuel Hunt Lib 15,227 44.7 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,049 05.3 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Dankel (1864-1926): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dankel left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. Of German birth, he retired in 1917. Later career: Beet sugar grower. Died 31 May 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Gladstone, Melrose, Petersburg, Port Pirie -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,478 +04.1 Votes cast: 26,899 80.3 +01.4 Informal votes: 565 02.1 -02.3 Formal votes: 26,334 97.9 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morrow Lib 12,116 46.0 -02.0 Hon Alexander POYNTON * ALP 14,218 54.0 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,334 04.0 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Morrow was SA MLC for Northern 1915-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Poynton (1853-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Treasurer 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Poynton left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Goodwood, Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,790 +09.6 Votes cast: 35,647 77.8 Informal votes: 839 02.4 Formal votes: 34,808 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William ARCHIBALD * ALP 25,913 74.4 James Craig Lib 8,895 25.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,808 24.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Archibald (1852-1926): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 Minister for Home Affairs 17 September 1914 to 17 October 1915 Minister for Trade and Customs 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,525 +01.3 Votes cast: 28,397 84.7 +00.5 Informal votes: 695 02.4 -02.8 Formal votes: 27,702 97.6 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard FOSTER * Lib 14,505 52.4 -01.3 William Harvey ALP 13,197 47.6 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,702 02.4 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey was SA MHA for Newcastle 1918-33. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914 --------------------------------------------------------------------