COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== BARTON, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bexley, Kogarah, Oatley, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1919 notional two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,384 Votes cast: 24,091 56.8 Informal votes: 914 03.8 Formal votes: 23,177 96.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Hector Lamond * Nat 9,828 42.4 -11.3 Frederick McDONALD ALP 13,349 57.6 +16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,177 07.6 13.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lamond was member for Illawarra 1917-22 (Illawarra was abolished at the 1922 redistribution). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hector Lamond (1865-1947): Elected 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Assistant Minister for Repatriation to 9 February 1923 Later career: Editor and publisher. Died 26 April 1947 > Frederick Albert McDonald (1872-?1925): Elected 1922 Born: 1872. Career: Educated public schools, University of Sydney. Teacher, President Teachers Federation of NSW. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALARE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.3 Effect of redistribution: 00.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,887 +22.2 Votes cast: 25,971 65.1 -09.9 Informal votes: 1,560 06.0 +04.6 Formal votes: 24,411 94.0 -04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Neville Howse Nat 8,449 34.6 -11.2 Thomas Lavelle * ALP 10,263 42.0 -10.2 Henry Pigott CP 5,278 21.6 Selina Siggins CP 421 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,411 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Pigott was member for Calare 1913-19. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 23.3%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Siggins's 421 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Howse 58 13.8 8,507 34.8 Lavelle * 48 11.4 10,311 42.2 Pigott 315 74.8 5,593 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 421 24,411 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Pigott's 5,593 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOWSE 5,000 89.4 13,507 55.3 Lavelle * 593 10.6 10,904 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,593 24,411 05.3 08.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas James Lavelle (1857-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Insurance salesman, publican, public servant. Died 24 May 1944 > Neville Reginald Howse (1864-1930): Elected 1922 Born: 26 October 1864, Somerset, England. Career: Educated Taunton, England. Studied medicine, London. Practised, London. Migrated 1889. Practised country NSW. Military Service 1899-1902, 1914-18. VC South Africa. Director-General ANZAC Medical Services. Father of John Howse MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Defence from 16 January 1925 Minister for Health from 16 January 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COOK, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Alexandria, Camperdown, Mascot, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,966 +04.5 Votes cast: 23,600 57.6 -08.5 Informal votes: 1,085 04.6 -05.2 Formal votes: 22,515 95.4 +05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Catts * 3,122 13.9 William Pritchard Nat 4,749 21.1 -09.9 Edward RILEY ALP 14,644 65.0 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,515 24.7 e 09.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Catts had been expelled from the NSW ALP in April 1921. -------------------------------------------------------------------- * James Howard Catts (1878-1951): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Died 27 November 1951 * Edward Charles Riley (1892-1969): Elected 1922 Born: 9 August 1892, Sydney Career: Secretary, Commonwealth Public Service Clerical Officers Association. NSW State Secretary, Federated Clerks' Union. Military service 1916-19. Son of Edward Riley MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- COWPER, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Grafton, Kempsey, Macksville, Taree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 majority: none Nationalist unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,960 +10.6 Votes cast: 20,615 52.9 -12.1 Informal votes: 1,060 05.1 -00.1 Formal votes: 19,555 94.9 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Earle PAGE * CP 13,157 67.3 +14.9 John Thomson Nat 6,398 32.7 +11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,555 17.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomson was MP for Cowper 1906-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1880-1961): Elected 1919, 1922 Treasurer from 9 February 1923 Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- DALLEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,438 +05.2 Votes cast: 25,280 59.6 -09.5 Informal votes: 1,125 04.5 +02.1 Formal votes: 24,155 95.5 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William MAHONY * ALP 16,104 66.7 +07.0 Herbert Mitchell 2,034 08.4 William Simpson Nat 6,017 24.9 -15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,155 20.9 e 11.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Mahony (1877-1962): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,017 +33.8 Votes cast: 20,456 55.3 -12.5 Informal votes: 976 04.8 +02.6 Formal votes: 19,480 95.2 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY * ALP 8,820 45.3 -16.5 Michael Considine * 4,331 22.2 Walter Wright Nat 6,329 32.5 -05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,480 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Considine was the Member for the abolished seat of Barrier. He was variously described as an Independent Labor or a Socialist Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Considine's 4,331 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAKELEY * 3,862 89.2 12,682 65.1 Wright 469 10.8 6,798 34.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,331 19,480 15.1 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Michael Patrick Considine (1885-1959): Elected 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Lived in Melbourne, rejoined ALP, active in union affairs. Died 2 November 1959 * Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Glenmore, King, Paddington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.8 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,615 +04.0 Votes cast: 19,204 47.3 -10.8 Informal votes: 801 04.2 +01.5 Formal votes: 18,403 95.8 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Fuller Nat 7,518 40.9 -01.3 John WEST * ALP 10,885 59.1 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,403 09.1 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Edward West (1851-1931): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDEN-MONARO, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bega, Moss Vale, Nowra, Yass -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.2 Effect of redistribution: 01.4 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,098 +34.0 Votes cast: 25,293 64.7 -05.1 Informal votes: 906 03.6 +02.0 Formal votes: 24,387 96.4 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Austin CHAPMAN * Nat 14,892 61.1 +09.5 Ulric Walsh ALP 9,495 38.9 -06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- %) voted 24,387 11.1 08.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin Chapman (1864-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Minister for Trade and Customs 9 February 1923 to 26 May 1924 Minister for Health 9 February 1923 to 26 May 1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapman resigned as a result of criticisms of his administration of the Tariff Board. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.2 Effect of redistribution: 01.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,740 +19.4 Votes cast: 24,837 64.1 -05.3 Informal votes: 972 03.9 -02.7 Formal votes: 23,865 96.1 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Ashford Nat 4,121 17.3 -24.3 Lou Cunningham * ALP 11,056 46.3 -05.5 Gordon Wilkins CP 8,688 36.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ashford was NSW MLA for The Upper Hunter 1910, Liverpool Plains 1911-20, Wammerawa 1920-22. 2. Wilkins was NSW MLA for Bathurst 1932-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ashford's 4,121 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CUNNINGHAM * 895 21.7 11,951 50.1 Wilkins 3,226 78.3 11,914 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,121 23,865 00.1 05.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Country Party is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1948): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUME, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Albury, Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga, Young -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.5 Effect of redistribution: 03.3 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,874 +17.4 Votes cast: 24,739 62.0 -08.7 Informal votes: 1,111 04.5 -02.7 Formal votes: 23,628 95.5 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Belbridge Nat 6,518 27.6 +04.1 Cyril James CP 4,616 19.5 -04.0 Parker MOLONEY * ALP 12,494 52.9 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,628 04.9 e 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parker John Moloney (1879-1961): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914. Defeated 1917. Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTER, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Cessnock, Maitland, Wallsend, Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 08.9 Effect of redistribution: 04.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,033 +07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew CHARLTON * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mathew Charlton (1866-1948): Elected 1910, 1913 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- LANG, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.3 Effect of redistribution: 01.4 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,500 -14.4 Votes cast: 22,869 53.8 -13.8 Informal votes: 992 04.3 +02.8 Formal votes: 21,877 95.7 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Evans 1,974 09.0 Hon Sir Elliot Johnson * Nat 10,786 49.3 -09.3 George Smith ALP 9,117 41.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans was a Majority Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Evans's 1,974 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHNSON * 1,125 57.0 11,911 54.4 Smith 849 43.0 9,966 45.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,974 21,877 04.4 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 27 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Penrith, Portland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.2 Effect of redistribution: 02.8 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,452 +09.6 Votes cast: 22,748 59.2 -14.1 Informal votes: 1,073 04.7 +03.1 Formal votes: 21,675 95.3 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Manning Nat 9,595 44.3 -05.3 John Miller 1,674 07.7 Samuel Nicholls * ALP 10,406 48.0 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,675 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Miller was NSW MLA for Bathurst 1907-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Miller's 1,674 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MANNING 1,285 76.8 10,880 50.2 Nicholls * 389 23.2 10,795 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,674 21,675 00.2 00.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Samuel Robert Nicholls (1885-1939): Elected 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: insurance agent, bankrupt 1924. Died 26 September 1939 > Arthur Gibson Manning (1872-1947): Elected 1922 Born: 1872, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Career: Educated public schools. Farmer and grazier, Narrabri, West Wyalong. Official, Farmers and Settlers. State politics: NSW MLA for Albury 1917-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Concord, Five Dock, Mortlake -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1919 notional two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 21.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,637 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert PRATTEN * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pratten was member for Parramatta 1921-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Edward Pratten (1865-1928): Elected 1921 By, 1922 Minister for Trade and Customs from 13 June 1924 Minister for Health 13 June 1924 to 16 January 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ENGLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Tamworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist/F&S over ALP 07.3 Effect of redistribution: 00.2 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,318 +22.1 Votes cast: 22,676 57.7 +12.0 Informal votes: 985 04.3 +02.3 Formal votes: 21,691 95.7 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Hay * 6,282 29.0 Sydney Kearney ALP 7,683 35.4 -06.9 Victor Thompson CP 7,726 35.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,691 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hay had been elected in 1919 as a Nationalist but had joined the Country Party. He was expelled from the Country Party in 1922 and stood as an independent Country candidate. 2. Kearney was NSW MLA for Armidale 1903-07. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hay's 6,282 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kearney 1,313 20.9 8,996 41.5 THOMPSON 4,969 79.1 12,695 58.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,282 21,691 08.5 01.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alexander Hay (1865-1941): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Grazier. Died 8 May 1941 > Victor Charles Thompson (1863-1953): Elected 1922 Born: 10 September 1885, Sydney. Career: Educated public school, Sydney. Journalist, from 1911 editor, Tamworth. Leader of New England statehood movement. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Adamstown, Hamilton, Newcastle, Wickham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: none (ALP unopposed) Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,339 -02.7 Votes cast: 23,569 55.7 Informal votes: 932 04.0 Formal votes: 22,637 96.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Gardiner 4,695 20.7 John Willings Nat 5,580 24.6 Hon David WATKINS * ALP 12,362 54.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,637 19.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner NSW MLA for Newcastle 1910-22. He was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Watkins (1865-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Artarmon, Chatswood, Crows Nest, Milsons Point -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 25.5 Effect of redistribution: 06.1 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,401 -16.6 Votes cast: 29,062 65.5 -01.4 Informal votes: 775 02.7 +00.9 Formal votes: 28,287 97.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Billy HUGHES * Nat 16,475 58.2 -11.2 Albert Piddington 11,812 41.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,287 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hughes was member for West Sydney 1901-17 and for Bendigo, Victoria, 1917-22. 2. Piddington was NSW MLA for Tamworth 1895-98. He was a Constitutionalist candidate. He had a long-running feud with Hughes dating from 1913 when he had been offered a seat on the High Court but had withdrawn. He was President of the NSW Industrial Commission 1927-32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Prime Minister to 9 February 1923 Minister for External Affairs to 9 February 1923 Leader of the Nationalist Party to 9 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was forced to resign as Prime Minister following the Nationalists' loss of their majority at the elections. The Country Party leader, Page, refused to serve under him. This also entailed his resignation as Leader of the Nationalist Party. He was replaced in both offices by Bruce. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKES, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Ashbury, Ashfield, Earlwood, Haberfield -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.6 Effect of redistribution: 03.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,322 -34.3 Votes cast: 21,715 50.1 -15.9 Informal votes: 737 03.4 -04.5 Formal votes: 20,978 96.6 +04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Cohen ALP 8,008 38.2 +00.1 Charles MARR * Nat 12,970 61.8 +17.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,978 11.8 01.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Clanan Marr (1880-1960): Elected 1919, 1922 Honorary Minister from 16 January 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Liverpool, Parramatta, Ryde West, Sutherland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 22.6 1921 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 26.0 e Effect of redistribution: 06.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 16.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,130 -26.1 Votes cast: 20,399 48.4 -17.8 Informal votes: 830 04.1 +02.7 Formal votes: 19,569 95.9 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric BOWDEN * Nat 12,793 65.4 +02.3 James Stone ALP 6,776 34.6 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,569 15.4 01.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowden was member for Nepean 1906-10 and 1919-22 (Nepean was abolished at the 1922 redistribution). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Kendall Bowden (1872-1931): Elected 1906. Defeated 1910. Elected 1919, 1922 Minister for Defence 9 February 1923 to 16 January 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- REID, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Auburn, Bankstown, Granville, Homebush -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1919 notional two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,166 Votes cast: 23,813 56.5 Informal votes: 1,214 05.1 Formal votes: 22,599 94.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy COLEMAN + ALP 12,316 54.5 +04.7 Howard Fowles 1,226 05.4 Frederick Reed Nat 9,057 40.1 -09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,599 08.6 e 08.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fowles was NSW MLA for Illawarra 1941-68. He was a Majority Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Edmund Coleman (1892-1934): Elected 1922 Born: 20 October 1892, Sydney. Career: Educated public schools. Seaman, clerk. Secretary, Clerks Union. Military Service 1917-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Byron Bay, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 22.5 e Effect of redistribution: 01.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,803 +17.1 Votes cast: 22,263 55.9 -10.8 Informal votes: 716 03.2 -03.0 Formal votes: 21,547 96.8 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Green CP 9,848 45.7 Hon Walter Massy-Greene * Nat 9,660 44.8 -20.6 John Steel 2,039 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,547 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steel was an Independent Unification candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Steel's 2,039 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREEN 1,643 80.6 11,491 53.3 Massy-Greene * 396 19.4 10,056 46.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,039 21,547 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Walter Massy-Greene (1874-1952): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: See Senate 1922, Appointments Minister for Defence to 5 February 1923 Minister for Health to 5 February 1923 > Roland Frederick Herbert Green (1895-1947): Elected 1922 Born: 29 October 1895, Emmaville, NSW. Career: Educated Sydney High School and University of Sydney. Sailor, African explorer. Farmer. Military Service 1914-17, lost leg. -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERINA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera, West Wyalong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist/F&S over ALP 01.3 Effect of redistribution: 01.8 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,261 +13.2 Votes cast: 22,886 58.3 -05.5 Informal votes: 1,946 08.5 +06.3 Formal votes: 20,940 91.5 -06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bartram CP 1,832 08.7 Hon John Chanter * Nat 4,342 20.7 -31.9 James Hoad ALP 8,609 41.1 -05.3 William Killen CP 5,551 26.5 John Lorimer CP 606 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hoad was a NSW MLC 1925-31. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 38.1%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lorimer's 606 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bartram 176 29.0 2,008 09.6 Chanter * 92 15.2 4,434 21.2 Hoad 28 04.6 8,637 41.2 Killen 310 51.2 5,861 28.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 606 20,940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bartram's 2,008 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chanter * 575 28.6 5,009 23.9 Hoad 80 04.0 8,717 41.6 Killen 1,353 67.4 7,214 34.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,008 20,940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Chanter's 5,009 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hoad 845 16.9 9,562 45.7 KILLEN 4,164 83.1 11,378 54.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,009 20,940 04.3 01.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Moore Chanter (1845-1931): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903. Elected 1904 By, 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Died 9 March 1931 > William Wilson Killen (1860-1939): Elected 1922 Born: 1860, Ireland. Career: Educated Ireland. Migrated 1876. Farm worker. Farmer at Corowa. President, Farmers and Settlers 1921-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Gosford, Mudgee, Muswellbrook, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist/F&S over ALP 03.5 Effect of redistribution: 01.9 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,976 +17.4 Votes cast: 20,385 52.3 +13.4 Informal votes: 996 04.9 +03.2 Formal votes: 19,389 95.1 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fleming * CP 5,310 27.4 Sydney Gardner Nat 7,366 38.0 -17.4 Alfred Roberts ALP 6,713 34.6 -10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,389 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Fleming's 5,310 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GARDNER 4,612 86.9 11,987 61.8 Roberts 698 13.1 7,411 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,310 19,389 11.8 06.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Montgomerie Fleming (1874-1961): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Author. Died 24 July 1961 > Sydney Lane Gardner (1884-1965): Elected 1922 Born: 9 June 1884, Aberdeen, NSW. Career: Educated Scone Grammar and University of Sydney. Teacher, NSW country. Accountant, Singleton. Farmer and grazier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Randwick, Redfern -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 18.3 Effect of redistribution: 11.8 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,216 -03.6 Votes cast: 19,522 46.2 -13.7 Informal votes: 998 05.1 +03.0 Formal votes: 18,524 94.9 -97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vivian Deacon 870 04.7 Robert Moore Nat 6,752 36.5 -07.0 Edward RILEY * ALP 10,902 58.9 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,524 11.7 e 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deacon was a Majority Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Riley (1859-1943): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARRINGAH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Manly, Mosman, Narrabeen, Neutral Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1919 notional two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 29.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,799 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Granville RYRIE * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryrie was member for North Sydney 1911-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Granville de Laune Ryrie (1865-1937): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Waverley, Woollahra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 11.5 Effect of redistribution: 00.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,813 -24.1 Votes cast: 20,575 50.4 -13.5 Informal votes: 775 03.8 +02.1 Formal votes: 19,800 96.2 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fitzgerald ALP 6,455 32.6 -06.3 Walter Marks * Nat 9,843 49.7 -11.4 Henry Morton 3,502 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,800 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Morton was NSW MLA for Hastings and Macleay 1910-20. He was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Morton's 3,502 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKS * 2,408 68.8 12,251 61.9 Fitzgerald 1,094 31.2 7,549 38.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,502 19,800 11.9 00.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Moffitt Marks (1875-1951): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Goulburn, Thirroul, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.0 Effect of redistribution: 03.0 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,722 +08.8 Votes cast: 24,605 61.9 -09.7 Informal votes: 1,242 05.0 -02.9 Formal votes: 23,363 95.0 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bate Nat 8,881 38.0 +01.4 Hubert LAZZARINI * ALP 12,397 53.1 +01.3 James Newman CP 2,085 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,363 03.9 e 00.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bate was NSW MLA for Goulburn 1926-27, South Coast 1927-41, and the father of Jeff Bate MHR. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Peter Lazzarini (1886-1952): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 22.2 1921 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 09.6 e Effect of redistribution: 05.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 27.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,199 +31.0 Votes cast: 19,169 47.7 -10.0 Informal votes: 1,102 05.7 +02.1 Formal votes: 18,067 94.3 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Bryde 3,631 20.1 William LAMBERT * ALP 13,359 73.9 -03.8 Arthur O'Donnell 1,077 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,067 25.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bryde was an independent Labor candidate. 2. O'Donnell was a Majority Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Lambert (1885-1928): Elected 1921 By, 1922 --------------------------------------------------------------------