COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Fingal, Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,318 +04.8 Votes cast: 17,639 79.0 +05.5 Informal votes: 270 01.5 -01.4 Formal votes: 17,369 98.5 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jens JENSEN * ALP 9,731 56.0 +03.6 Alexander Marshall Lib 7,638 44.0 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,369 06.0 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall was Tas MHA for Bass 1914-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jens August Jensen (1856-1936): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 Assistant Minister 17 September 1914 to 12 July 1915 Minister for the Navy 12 July 1915 to 17 February 1917 Minister for Trade and Customs from 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jensen left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,921 -06.6 Votes cast: 15,648 78.6 +01.9 Informal votes: 340 02.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 15,308 97.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon King O'MALLEY * ALP 8,585 56.1 +04.0 Ernest Plummer Lib 6,723 43.9 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,308 06.1 04.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- King O'Malley (1856-1953): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Minister for Home Affairs 27 October 1915 to 14 November 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Malley resigned in protest at Hughes's leadership on the day Hughes led his followers out of the ALP Caucus. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,201 +04.5 Votes cast: 17,988 77.5 +00.9 Informal votes: 535 03.0 -00.7 Formal votes: 17,453 97.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Clerke Lib 7,701 44.1 -01.9 William LAIRD SMITH * ALP 9,752 55.9 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,453 05.9 02.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 Assistant Minister 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Laird Smith left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Brighton, Huon, New Norfolk, Port Cygnet -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,862 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McWILLIAMS * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James McWilliams (1860-1929): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Devonport, Kentish, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 18,677 -00.2 Votes cast: 13,828 74.0 +01.0 Informal votes: 404 02.9 -00.7 Formal votes: 13,424 97.1 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn ATKINSON * Lib 8,169 60.9 -01.7 Henry McFie ALP 5,255 39.1 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,424 10.9 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- McFie was Tas MHA for Darwin 1925-34, 1941-48. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 --------------------------------------------------------------------