COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Emu Bay, Leven, Queenstown, Zeehan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 June 1917, following the death of Charles Howroyd -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 19,300 +01.3 Votes cast: 11,998 62.2 -21.0 Informal votes: 48 00.4 -02.1 Formal votes: 11,950 99.6 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hurst ALP 5,285 44.2 +03.0 Hon William SPENCE + Nat 6,665 55.8 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,950 05.8 03.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Spence was member for Darling, NSW, 1901-17. 2. Hurst was Tas MHA for Darwin 1910-12, 1919-26. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914. Defeated 1917. Elected 1917 by Spence contested Batman, Victoria, in 1919. --------------------------------------------------------------------