COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== Voting was made compulsory in Queensland in 1915. BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Brisbane North, Fortitude Valley, Ithaca, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,999 +03.0 Votes cast: 40,004 90.9 +16.2 Informal votes: 877 02.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 39,127 97.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William FINLAYSON * ALP 19,571 50.0 -10.3 Alfred Plane Nat 19,556 50.0 +10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,127 00.0 10.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fyfe Finlayson (1867-1955): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Clermont, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 17.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,928 -01.4 Votes cast: 30,335 92.1 +21.2 Informal votes: 638 02.1 -00.9 Formal votes: 29,697 97.9 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Duncan Nat 14,153 47.7 +15.1 Hon William HIGGS * ALP 15,544 52.3 -15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,697 02.3 15.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guy Higgs (1862-1951): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Higgs was unofficial deputy leader of the ALP in the House, although Senator Gardiner was the official Deputy Leader. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Jondaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,702 +01.0 Votes cast: 32,296 90.5 +12.5 Informal votes: 544 01.7 -01.6 Formal votes: 31,752 98.3 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Littleton GROOM * Nat 17,815 56.1 -00.8 John Wilson ALP 13,937 43.9 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,752 06.1 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Honorary Minister to 16 November 1917 Vice-President of the Executive Council 16 November 1917 to 27 March 1918 Minister for Works and Railways from 27 March 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The swing to the ALP in this seat was generally attributed to the ethnic German vote in this part of Queensland. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Ayr, Cairns, Mackay, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,244 +02.5 Votes cast: 37,138 90.0 +15.8 Informal votes: 921 02.5 -00.3 Formal votes: 36,217 97.5 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick BAMFORD * Nat 18,583 51.3 +15.7 Eugene McKenna + ALP 17,634 48.7 -15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,217 01.3 15.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Bamford (1849-1934): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North-west Queensland: Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Herberton, Longreach -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,441 -05.7 Votes cast: 25,089 79.8 Informal votes: 667 02.7 Formal votes: 24,422 97.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles McDONALD * ALP 15,346 62.8 Hubert Sizer Nat 9,076 37.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,422 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sizer was Qld MLA for Nundah 1918-23, Sandgate 1923-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles McDonald (1861-1925): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 13 June 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== North of Brisbane: Gympie, Nundah, Toombul, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,630 +14.4 Votes cast: 40,341 90.4 +12.8 Informal votes: 746 01.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 39,595 98.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harald Jensen ALP 14,751 37.3 -10.4 George MACKAY + Nat 24,844 62.7 +10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,595 12.7 10.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Hugh Mackay (1872-1961): Elected 1917 Born: 20 March 1872, Caulfield, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools. Printer, editor, bookseller, Clermont, Queensland. To Gympie 1905. Auctioneer. Gympie Council. State politics: Qld MLA for Gympie 1912-15. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Miles, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,802 -05.2 Votes cast: 26,012 84.4 Informal votes: 753 02.9 Formal votes: 25,259 97.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James PAGE * ALP 13,850 54.8 Herbert Yeates Nat 11,409 45.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,259 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeates was Qld MLA for East Toowoomba 1938-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Page (1861-1921): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South-west of Brisbane: Bundamba, Esk, Ipswich, Logan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,009 +04.6 Votes cast: 33,127 87.2 +09.4 Informal votes: 601 01.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 32,526 98.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Butler ALP 16,234 49.9 +07.2 Hugh SINCLAIR * Nat 16,292 50.1 -07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,526 00.1 07.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Butler was Qld MLA for Lockyer 1918-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Sinclair (1864-1926): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Sinclair retired in 1919. Later career: Chairman, Queensland Butter Board. Died 3 August 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Brisbane South, Coorparoo, Kangaroo Point, Woolloongabba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,975 +10.8 Votes cast: 41,642 90.6 +11.4 Informal votes: 708 01.7 -00.7 Formal votes: 40,934 98.3 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BAYLEY Nat 21,603 52.8 +09.6 James Sharpe * ALP 19,331 47.2 -09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,934 02.8 09.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Benjamin Sharpe (1868-1935): Elected 1913, 1914. Defeated 1917 Later career: Life insurance officer Died 8 July 1935 > James Garfield Bayley (1882-1968): Elected 1917 Born: 26 March 1882, Franklin, Tasmania. Career: To Queensland as child. Educated Brisbane Grammar School, Stanford University, United States. Teacher, school principal. Brother of Irene Longman MLA, first woman elected to the Queensland Parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: ALP over Independent 14.3 1915 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,566 -00.8 Votes cast: 30,766 91.7 +13.6 Informal votes: 525 01.7 -01.3 Formal votes: 30,241 98.3 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward CORSER * Nat 15,991 52.9 Frederick Martyn + ALP 14,250 47.1 -17.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,241 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917 --------------------------------------------------------------------