COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Brisbane North, Fortitude Valley, Ithaca, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,677 +01.5 Votes cast: 38,188 85.5 -05.4 Informal votes: 2,035 05.3 +03.1 Formal votes: 36,153 94.7 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sinon Boland 773 02.1 Donald Cameron Nat 17,804 49.2 -00.8 William Finlayson * ALP 17,576 48.6 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,153 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Boland was an independent Nationalist candidate -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Boland's 773 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON 632 81.8 18,436 51.0 Finlayson * 141 18.2 17,717 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 773 36,153 01.0 01.0 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Fyfe Finlayson (1867-1955): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919 Later career: Qld MLC 1920-22. Died 13 January 1955 > Donald Charles Cameron (1879-1960): Elected 1919 Born: 1879, Brisbane Career: Brisbane Grammar School. Military Service 1901-19. Grazier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Clermont, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,417 +01.5 Votes cast: 29,232 87.5 -04.6 Informal votes: 577 02.0 -00.1 Formal votes: 28,655 98.0 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Cameron Nat 13,521 47.2 -00.5 Hon William HIGGS * ALP 15,134 52.8 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,655 02.8 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guy Higgs (1862-1951): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Higgs was expelled from the Queensland ALP in January 1920 for advocating an alliance with the Country Party, and as a result was excluded from the ALP Caucus. He subsequently joined the Nationalist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Jondaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,441 +02.1 Votes cast: 31,723 87.1 -03.4 Informal votes: 569 01.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 31,154 98.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Alke ALP 13,180 42.3 -01.6 Hon Littleton GROOM * Nat 17,974 57.7 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,154 07.7 01.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Minister for Works and Railways to 21 December 1921 Attorney-General from 21 December 1921 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Ayr, Cairns, Mackay, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,352 +05.1 Votes cast: 37,861 87.3 -02.7 Informal votes: 3,583 09.5 +07.0 Formal votes: 34,278 90.5 -07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick BAMFORD * Nat 17,470 51.0 -00.3 Terence Haren 443 01.3 Eugene McKenna ALP 15,872 46.3 -02.4 Henry Madden 493 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,278 02.4 e 01.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Bamford (1849-1934): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North-west Queensland: Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Herberton, Longreach -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,242 -07.0 Votes cast: 22,347 76.4 -03.4 Informal votes: 704 03.2 +00.5 Formal votes: 21,643 96.8 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles McDONALD * ALP 13,360 61.7 -01.1 James Suter Nat 8,283 38.3 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,643 11.7 01.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles McDonald (1861-1925): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== North of Brisbane: Gympie, Nundah, Toombul, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,772 +09.3 Votes cast: 41,147 84.3 -06.1 Informal votes: 912 02.2 +00.4 Formal votes: 40,235 97.8 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Johnston ALP 14,762 36.7 -00.6 George MACKAY * Nat 25,473 63.3 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,235 13.3 00.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Hugh Mackay (1872-1961): Elected 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Miles, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,574 -00.7 Votes cast: 23,575 77.1 -07.3 Informal votes: 563 02.4 -00.5 Formal votes: 23,012 97.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hunter PPU 10,885 47.3 Hon James PAGE * ALP 12,127 52.7 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,012 02.7 02.1 to PPU -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The ALP's majority over the PPU is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1917. 2. For Hunter, see Maranoa by-election 1921. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Page (1861-1921): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Died 3 June 1921 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South-west of Brisbane: Bundamba, Esk, Ipswich, Logan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,798 +02.1 Votes cast: 32,897 84.8 -02.4 Informal votes: 572 01.7 -00.1 Formal votes: 32,325 98.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Heffernan ALP 14,491 44.8 -05.1 Arnold WIENHOLT + PPU/Nat 17,834 55.2 +05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,325 05.2 05.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold Wienholt (1877-1940): Elected 1919 Born: 25 November 1877, Goomburra, Queensland. Career: Educated Eton College, England. Grazier, Darling Downs. Military Service 1899-1902, 1914-16. Author. State politics: Qld MLA for Fassifern 1909-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weinholt was endorsed both by the PPU and the Nationalist Party. He did not join the Country Party in 1920 but often voted with them. He retired in 1922. Later career: Qld MLA Fassifern for 1930-35. Farmer and author. Military Service 1939-40. Died 10 September 1940 (Killed in action, Ethiopia). -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Brisbane South, Coorparoo, Kangaroo Point, Woolloongabba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,955 +06.5 Votes cast: 42,768 87.4 -03.2 Informal votes: 791 01.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 41,977 98.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BAYLEY * Nat 22,576 53.8 +01.0 James Sharpe ALP 19,401 46.2 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,977 03.8 01.0 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharpe was member for Oxley 1913-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Garfield Bayley (1882-1968): Elected 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,972 +04.2 Votes cast: 30,491 87.2 -04.5 Informal votes: 534 01.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 29,957 98.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward CORSER * Nat 16,272 54.3 +01.4 Frederick Martyn ALP 13,685 45.7 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,957 04.3 01.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919 --------------------------------------------------------------------