BY-ELECTIONS 1919-22 ==================================================================== BALLAARAT, Vic 38,209 enrolled, 29,314 (76.7%) voted ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Mt Pleasant, Creswick, Soldiers Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 July 1920, following the voiding of the election of Edwin Kerby -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Callow 186 00.6 Edwin Kerby Nat 11,443 39.3 (-10.7) Charles McGRATH ALP 15,058 51.7 (+01.7) John Troup 2,413 08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 214 (00.7%) informal 29,100 06.1 e 06.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Kerby was member for Ballaarat 1919-20. 2. McGrath was member for Ballaarat 1913-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Charles McGrath (1873-1934): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1920 By -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA 20,789 enrolled, 16,434 (79.1%) voted ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Hannans, Kalgoorlie, Yilgarn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 December 1920, following the expulsion from the House of Hon Hugh Mahon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George FOLEY Nat 8,382 51.4 (+03.5) Hon Hugh Mahon ALP 7,939 48.6 (-03.5) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 113 (00.7%) informal 16,321 01.4 03.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahon was Member for Coolgardie 1901-13 and for Kalgoorlie 1913-17 and 1919-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George James Foley (1873-1945): Elected 1920 By Born: 1873, Walhalla, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools, Victoria. To Western Australia 1895, goldminer. Active miners union. Left ALP 1916. State politics: WA MLA for Leonora 1911-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the only House of Representatives by-election in which the Government has captured a seat from the Opposition. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld 30,047 enrolled, 22,169 (73.8%) voted ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Miles, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 July 1921, following the death of Hon James Page -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: ALP over Country Party 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dunstan ALP 10,329 46.8 (-05.9) James HUNTER CP 11,751 53.2 (+05.9) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 (00.4%) informal 22,080 03.2 05.9 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunstan was a Qld MLC 1920-21, 1921-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Aitchison Johnston Hunter (1882-1968): Elected 1921 By Born: 1882, Glasgow, Scotland. Career: Migrated as child. Educated Brisbane. Accountant and company director. Founding member Country Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST SYDNEY, NSW 31,620 enrolled, 14,316 (45.3%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Golden Grove, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 September 1921, following the death of Hon Thomas Ryan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Henry Nat 5,237 38.2 (+10.4) William LAMBERT ALP 7,857 57.3 (-14.9) Timothy McCristal 430 03.1 John Powell 186 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 606 (04.2%) informal 13,710 09.6 e 12.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Henry was NSW MLA for Clarence 1931-38. 2. McCristal was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Lambert (1885-1928): Elected 1921 By Born: 1885, near Orange, NSW. Career: Primary education. Shearer. Official, Australian Workers Union. President, NSW Branch 1917-21. Sydney City Council. Lord Mayor 1920-21. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRAMATTA, NSW enrollment unknown, 32,307 voted ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Chatswood, Gordon, Hunters Hill, Parramatta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 December 1921, following the resignation of Rt Hon Sir Joseph Cook -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 22.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barton Addison CP 2,268 07.2 William Hutchinson ALP 5,625 17.9 (-09.5) Albert Piddington 2,787 08.9 Herbert PRATTEN Nat 20,768 66.0 (-06.6) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 859 (01.2%) informal 31,448 26.0 e 03.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Piddington was NSW MLA for Tamworth 1895-98. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Edward Pratten (1865-1928): Elected 1921 By Born: 7 May 1865, Bristol, England. Career: Educated Bristol. Migrated as youth. Printer, jam manufacturer. President, NSW Chamber of Commerce. Investor, goldmining. Ashfield Council. Uncle of Frederick Pratten MP. Senate: Senator for NSW 1917-21. Pratten contested Martin in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic 39,098 enrolled, 16,745 (42.8%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Richmond, Richmond North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 February 1922, following the death of Hon Frank Tudor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Davidson Nat 3,473 21.5 (-08.2) James SCULLIN ALP 12,553 77.7 (+07.4) Frederick Smyth 129 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 590 (03.5%) informal 16,155 28.1 e 07.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scullin was member for Corangamite 1910-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henry Scullin (1876-1953): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1922 By --------------------------------------------------------------------