COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balaclava, Prahran Gardens, St Kilda, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,676 +08.6 Votes cast: 35,846 84.0 +05.5 Informal votes: 848 02.4 +00.1 Formal votes: 34,998 97.6 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Foster ALP 11,690 33.4 -08.2 Hon William WATT * Nat 23,308 66.6 +08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,998 16.6 08.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster was Deputy President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission 1944-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917 Minister for Works and Railways to 27 March 1918 Treasurer from 17 March 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Mt Pleasant, Creswick, Soldiers Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,379 -09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles McGRATH * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Charles McGrath (1873-1934): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McGrath was on active service in Europe and was not opposed by the Nationalist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton, Clifton Hill, Fitzroy, North Carlton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,897 -06.4 Votes cast: 31,916 88.9 Informal votes: 950 03.0 Formal votes: 30,966 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank BRENNAN * ALP 18,868 60.9 Frederick O'Neill Nat 12,098 39.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,966 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Brennan (1880-1950): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Golden Square -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.1 1915 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,292 -09.2 Votes cast: 28,981 89.7 +05.9 Informal votes: 618 02.1 +00.3 Formal votes: 28,363 97.9 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hampson * ALP 12,091 42.6 -12.5 Rt Hon Billy HUGHES * Nat 16,272 57.4 +12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,363 07.4 12.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was member for West Sydney, NSW, 1901-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alfred John Hampson (1865-1924): Elected 1915 By. Defeated 1917 Died 19 May 1924 > William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Prime Minister Attorney-General Leader of the Nationalist Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hughes contested Bendigo after a challenge from Hampson to do so. He needed a new seat because he could not have won West Sydney as a Nationalist, and chose a Victorian seat because he was then living near Melbourne, where Parliament then sat. 2. Hughes offered his resignation as Prime Minister on 8 January 1918, following the defeat of the second conscription plebiscite, but was recommissioned on 10 January when it became clear that no other government could be formed. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albert, Albion, Northcote, Edward -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,832 +13.9 Votes cast: 42,443 83.5 +07.2 Informal votes: 596 01.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 41,847 98.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank ANSTEY * ALP 22,814 54.5 -11.4 Arthur May Nat 19,033 45.5 +11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,847 04.5 11.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Anstey (1865-1940): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,733 -03.4 Votes cast: 31,061 84.6 -01.2 Informal votes: 562 01.8 +00.2 Formal votes: 30,499 98.2 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Bennett ALP 12,067 39.6 -08.8 Hon Chester MANIFOLD * Nat 18,432 60.4 +08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,499 10.4 08.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Chester Manifold (1867-1918): Elected 1901. Retired 1903. Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 Died 23 October 1918 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Barwon, Belmont, Geelong, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,652 -00.2 Votes cast: 33,540 86.8 +04.4 Informal votes: 536 01.6 00.0 Formal votes: 33,004 98.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LISTER Nat 18,902 57.3 +08.5 Alfred Ozanne * ALP 14,102 42.7 -08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,004 07.3 08.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alfred Thomas Ozanne (1877-1961): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914. Defeated 1917. Later career: Farmer near Geelong. Died 27 May 1961 > John Henry Lister (1875-1935): Elected 1917 Born: 13 May 1875, Lincolnshire, England. Career: Educated Wesley School, Lincoln. Migrated 1889. Farmed at Wutul, South Australia. Military Service 1914-16. Left ALP 1916. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHUCA, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,415 -03.0 Votes cast: 29,510 83.3 +02.6 Informal votes: 554 01.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 28,956 98.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert PALMER * Nat 17,585 60.7 +02.5 Thomas Power ALP 11,371 39.3 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,956 10.7 02.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Clayton Palmer (1859-1919): Elected 1906. Election declared void 1907. Elected 1907 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Died 14 August 1919 (see By-elections -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Albert Park, Prahran, South Melbourne, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,182 +01.0 Votes cast: 34,045 84.7 -09.0 Informal votes: 959 02.8 -00.7 Formal votes: 33,086 97.2 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Hannan * ALP 15,976 48.3 -11.0 Frank Henty 203 00.6 George MAXWELL Nat 16,907 51.1 +10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,086 01.4 10.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Francis Hannan (1873-1943): Elected 1913, 1914. Defeated 1917 Later career: Vic MLA for Albert Park 1918-19. Assistant Secretary Trades Hall Council, Melbourne 1920-24. Died 14 March 1943 > George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917 Born: 30 April 1859, Montrose, Scotland. Career: Educated Scotland. Migrated 1875. Teacher. Studied law part- time, University of Melbourne. Barrister 1891. Blind from 1900. Leading barrister in Melbourne. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Dandenong, Frankston, Korumburra, Wonthaggi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,469 +08.2 Votes cast: 32,482 80.3 +02.7 Informal votes: 762 02.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 31,720 97.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir William IRVINE * Nat 19,398 61.2 +08.5 David Russell ALP 12,322 38.8 -08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,720 11.2 08.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hill Irvine (1858-1943): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Resigned seat 5 April 1918 (see By-elections Later career: Chief Justice of Victoria 1918-35. Died 20 August 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Bairnsdale, Foster, Sale, Yarram -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: Independent over Liberal 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,162 -02.3 Votes cast: 30,584 84.6 +01.3 Informal votes: 518 01.7 +00.2 Formal votes: 30,066 98.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Holloway ALP 8,215 27.3 George WISE * Nat 21,851 72.7 +23.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,066 22.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Henry Wise (1853-1950): Elected 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914, 1917 Honorary Minister from 27 March 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAMPIANS, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Daylesford, Maryborough, St Arnaud, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.3 1915 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,980 -07.9 Votes cast: 26,988 84.4 -01.1 Informal votes: 509 01.9 +00.2 Formal votes: 26,479 98.1 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McDougall + ALP 11,390 43.0 -07.3 Hon Dr Charles SALMON * Nat 15,089 57.0 +07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,479 07.0 07.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDougall was member for Wannon 1906-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Carty Salmon (1861-1917): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Retired 1913. Elected 1915 By Died 15 September 1917 (see By-elections -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Malvern, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,356 +16.1 Votes cast: 43,553 81.6 +06.9 Informal votes: 908 02.1 -00.1 Formal votes: 42,645 97.9 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BOYD * Nat 30,119 70.6 +17.8 William Smith ALP 12,526 29.4 -08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,645 20.6 12.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Arthur Boyd (1867-1941): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Beechworth, Benalla, Rutherglen, Wangaratta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,708 -07.2 Votes cast: 29,277 89.5 +02.6 Informal votes: 422 01.4 +00.7 Formal votes: 28,855 98.6 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LECKIE Nat 16,216 56.2 +07.2 Parker Moloney * ALP 12,639 43.8 -07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,855 06.2 07.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Parker John Moloney (1879-1961): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914. Defeated 1917 Later career: See Hume 1919. > John William Leckie (1872-1947): Elected 1917 Born: 1872, Alexandra, Victoria. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne, and University of Melbourne. Farmer and shopkeeper, Alexandra. Father-in-law of Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies MP. State politics: Vic MLA for Benambra 1913-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Glenferrie, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: Liberal over Independent 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,508 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Robert BEST * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Wallace Best (1856-1946): Elected 1910 By, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Coburg, Moonee Ponds, Newmarket -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,429 +01.9 Votes cast: 39,314 84.7 +12.3 Informal votes: 675 01.7 -00.1 Formal votes: 38,639 98.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FENTON * ALP 20,156 52.2 -12.1 Edmund Jowett Nat 18,483 47.8 +12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,639 02.2 12.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Jowett, see Grampians by-election 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Edward Fenton (1864-1950): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton South, East Melbourne, North Melbourne, West Melbourne -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 19.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,784 -05.1 Votes cast: 28,843 80.6 +07.7 Informal votes: 842 02.9 00.0 Formal votes: 28,001 97.1 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr William MALONEY * ALP 16,871 60.3 -09.0 Reginald Tracy Nat 11,130 39.7 +09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,001 10.3 09.0 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Nuttal Maloney (1854-1940): Elected 1904 By, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Emerald Hill, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,524 +00.6 Votes cast: 35,047 80.5 Informal votes: 801 02.3 Formal votes: 34,246 97.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fozard Nat 11,557 33.7 James MATHEWS * ALP 22,689 66.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,246 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mathews (1863-1934): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Horsham, Koroit -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,819 -01.8 Votes cast: 28,991 83.3 -02.6 Informal votes: 506 01.7 +00.1 Formal votes: 28,485 98.3 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Egerton Holden ALP 12,888 45.2 -01.2 Arthur RODGERS * Nat 15,597 54.8 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,485 04.8 01.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers (1875-1936): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Swan Hill, Warracknabeal -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (Liberal unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,660 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney SAMPSON * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Sampson (1863-1948): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Richmond, Richmond North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,250 -03.4 Votes cast: 32,156 84.1 Informal votes: 805 02.5 Formal votes: 31,351 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Copeland Nat 8,993 28.7 Hon Frank TUDOR * ALP 22,358 71.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,351 21.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Gwynne Tudor (1966-1922): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Australian Labor Party --------------------------------------------------------------------