COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA EIGHTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,047 -01.7 Votes cast: 22,169 73.8 -03.3 Informal votes: 89 00.4 -02.0 Formal votes: 22,080 99.6 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dunstan + ALP 10,329 46.8 -05.9 James HUNTER CP 11,751 53.2 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------