COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== DAMPIER, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Irwin, Northam, Swan, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,087 -15.5 Votes cast: 22,479 72.3 +03.4 Informal votes: 1,025 04.6 +00.5 Formal votes: 21,454 95.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Costello ALP 6,144 28.6 -17.5 Henry GREGORY * Nat 15,310 71.4 +17.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,454 21.4 17.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Guildford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,747 +04.6 Votes cast: 32,656 80.1 +03.0 Informal votes: 1,034 03.2 -00.9 Formal votes: 31,622 96.8 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald BURCHELL * Nat 21,773 68.9 +25.2 John Simons + ALP 9,849 31.1 -25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,622 18.9 25.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Simons was WA MLA for East Perth 1921-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald John Burchell (1882-1955): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Hannans, Kalgoorlie, Yilgarn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,715 +00.6 Votes cast: 23,381 84.4 Informal votes: 635 02.7 Formal votes: 22,746 97.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward HEITMANN Nat 11,659 51.3 Hon Hugh Mahon * ALP 11,087 48.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,746 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1913 By, 1914. Defeated 1917 Later career: See Kalgoorlie 1919. > Edward Ernest Heitmann (1878-1934): Elected 1917 Born: 3 June 1878, California Gully, Victoria. Career: Primary education. Miner and enginedriver. To Western Australia 1895. President Enginedrivers Union. Left ALP 1916. State politics: WA MLA for Cue 1904-13, Geraldton 1914-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, North Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,761 -11.6 Votes cast: 28,127 76.5 +08.8 Informal votes: 1,191 04.2 +01.2 Formal votes: 26,936 95.8 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James FOWLER * Nat 18,715 69.5 +13.7 Alexander Panton ALP 8,221 30.5 -13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,936 19.5 13.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Panton was WA MLC for West 1919-22, WA MLA for Menzies 1924-30, Leederville 1930-51. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,720 -16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Sir John FORREST * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Forrest (1847-1918): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Treasurer to 17 March 1918 Died 2 September 1918 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forrest was created Baron Forrest of Bunbury in 1918. He died while travelling to London to take his seat in the House of Lords, and was thus not technically a peer. --------------------------------------------------------------------