COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== DAMPIER, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Irwin, Northam, Swan, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,945 -00.2 Votes cast: 24,765 68.9 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,007 04.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 23,758 95.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Coffey ALP 10,941 46.1 -01.3 Henry GREGORY * Lib 12,817 53.9 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,758 03.9 01.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Guildford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,953 +05.8 Votes cast: 30,027 77.1 -00.7 Informal votes: 937 03.1 -00.3 Formal votes: 29,090 96.9 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald BURCHELL * ALP 16,385 56.3 +00.5 Thomas Briggs Lib 12,705 43.7 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,090 06.3 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald John Burchell (1882-1955): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burchell left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Hannans, Kalgoorlie, Yilgarn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 majority: none (ALP unopposed 1913 by-election majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,547 -11.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Hugh MAHON * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1913 By, 1914 Assistant Minister 17 September 1914 to 14 December 1914 Minister for External Affairs 14 December 1914 to 14 November 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahon resigned in protest at Hughes's leadership on the day Hughes led his followers out of the ALP Caucus. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, North Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,573 +02.8 Votes cast: 28,163 67.7 -03.9 Informal votes: 836 03.0 -00.9 Formal votes: 27,327 97.0 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Lib 15,256 55.8 +02.5 Alexander McCallum ALP 12,071 44.2 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,327 05.8 02.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCallum was WA MLA for South Fremantle 1921-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,089 +04.7 Votes cast: 27,722 72.8 -03.7 Informal votes: 787 02.8 +01.4 Formal votes: 26,935 97.2 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * Lib 15,950 59.2 +04.3 Walter Peters ALP 10,985 40.8 -04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,935 09.2 04.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Treasurer to 17 September 1914 Treasurer from 17 February 1917 Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party to 17 February 1917 --------------------------------------------------------------------