COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * F&S - Farmers and Settlers * Nat - Nationalist Party * PPU - Primary Producers Union VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== DAMPIER, WA 29,649 enrolled, 16,565 (55.9%) voted ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Irwin, Northam, Swan, Toodyay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GREGORY * Nat/FSA 10,440 64.6 (-06.8) Thomas Lowry ALP 5,720 35.4 (+06.8) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 405 (02.4%) informal 16,160 14.6 06.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory was endorsed both by the Nationalists and the FSA. He joined the Country Party when it was formed in 1920. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy Leader of the Country Party from 5 April 1921. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dampier was abolished at the 1922 redistribution. Gregory contested Swan in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA 43,455 enrolled, 26,942 (62.0%) voted ==================================================================== Perth Suburban: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Guildford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald BURCHELL * Nat 15,988 60.8 (-08.1) Nils Clementson ALP 10,294 39.2 (+08.8) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 660 (02.4%) informal 26,282 10.8 08.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald John Burchell (1882-1955): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Burchell retired in 1922. Later career: Company manager and administrative officer, Melbourne. Died 20 June 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA 22,605 enrolled, 17,937 (79.3%) voted ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Boulder, Hannans, Kalgoorlie, Yilgarn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Heitmann * Nat 8,480 47.9 (-03.4) Hon Hugh MAHON ALP 9,220 52.1 (+03.4) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 237 (01.3%) informal 17,700 02.1 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahon was member for Coolgardie 1901-13 and for Kalgoorlie 1913-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Ernest Heitmann (1878-1934): Elected 1917. Defeated 1919 Later career: Controller of Demobilisation 1919. Businessman, Adelaide, farmer, Victoria. Died 30 January 1934 > Hugh Mahon (1857-1931): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1913 By, 1914. Defeated 1917. Elected 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Expelled from the House of Representatives 12 November 1920 (see By- elections) Died 28 August 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mahon was expelled by a vote of the House following a speech outside the House in which he criticised British actions in Ireland. This is the only occasion on which a member has been expelled from the House. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA 36,838 enrolled, 21,527 (58.4%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Perth: East Perth, North Perth, Subiaco, West Perth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 19.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel Carter Nat 4,699 23.4 John Curtin ALP 6,877 34.2 (+03.7) Hon James Fowler * Nat 7,721 38.4 Gerald Hartrey 811 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,419 (06.6%) informal 20,108 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Nationalist vote was 61.8%, a decline of 7.7% from the vote polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1917. 2. Carter was WA MLA for Leederville 1921-24. 3. For Curtin, see Fremantle 1928. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hartrey's 811 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 248 (30.6) 4,947 24.6 Curtin 215 (26.5) 7,092 35.3 Fowler * 348 (42.9) 8,069 40.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 811 20,108 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Carter's 4,947 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtin 741 (15.0) 7,833 39.0 FOWLER * 4,206 (85.0) 12,275 61.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,947 20,108 11.0 08.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mackinnon Fowler (1865-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA 30,997 enrolled, 20,263 (65.4%) voted ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Albany, Forrest, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) 1918 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Corboy * ALP 7,444 39.1 William Hedges Nat 4,260 22.4 John Prowse FSA 7,313 38.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,246 (06.1%) informal 19,017 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hedges was Member for Fremantle 1906-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hedges's 4,260 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Corboy * 534 (12.5) 7,978 42.0 PROWSE 3,726 (87.5) 11,039 58.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,260 19,017 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edwin Wilkie Corboy (1897-1950): Elected 1918 By. Defeated 1919 Later career: WA MLA for Yilgarn 1921-30, Yilgarn-Coolgardie 1930- 33. Military Service 1939-45. Public servant, Perth. Died 6 August 1950 > John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919 Born: 16 June 1871, Adelong, NSW. Career: Educated public schools and Kings College, Melbourne. Insurance agent. Station owner, Western Australia. Perth City Council. Uncle of Senator Edgar Prowse. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Prowse joined the Country Party when it was formed in 1920. He contested Forrest in 1922. --------------------------------------------------------------------