COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA EIGHTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,114 +10.7 Votes cast: 32,307 51.2 -15.0 Informal votes: 859 01.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 31,448 98.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------