COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South of Melbourne: Dandenong, Frankston, Korumburra, Wonthaggi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 May 1918, following the resignation of Hon Sir William Irvine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,257 -00.5 Votes cast: 22,770 56.6 -23.7 Informal votes: 203 00.9 -01.4 Formal votes: 22,567 99.1 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley BRUCE + Nat 14,445 64.0 +02.8 John Hall VFU 382 01.7 Gordon Holmes ALP 7,740 34.3 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,567 14.9 03.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hall withdrew his candidacy between the close of nominations and polling day. He was Vic MLA for Kara Kara 1917-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883-1967): Elected 1918 By Born: 15 April 1883, Melbourne. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School and Cambridge University. Barrister 1907. Practised London. Worked in family softgoods business London and Melbourne. Military Service 1914-17, wounded, won MC. Made name as recruiting speaker and supporter of conscription. --------------------------------------------------------------------