COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== New Seat (not previously voting) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,376 Votes cast: 1,245 90.5 Informal votes: 38 03.1 Formal votes: 1,207 96.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Byrne 43 03.6 Arthur Love 362 30.0 Harold Nelson ALP 452 37.4 George Stevens 127 10.5 Frederick Thompson 5 00.4 Walter Young 218 18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Thompson's 5 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrne 1 20.0 44 03.6 Love 0 362 30.0 Nelson 1 20.0 453 37.5 Stevens 2 40.0 129 10.7 Young 1 20.0 219 18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5 1,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Byrne's 44 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Love 15 34.1 377 31.2 Nelson 5 11.4 458 37.9 Stevens 17 38.6 146 12.1 Young 7 15.9 226 18.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44 1,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Stevens's 146 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Love 35 24.0 412 34.1 Nelson 34 23.3 492 40.8 Young 77 52.7 303 25.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 146 1,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Young's 303 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON 116 38.3 608 50.4 Love 187 61.7 599 49.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 303 1,207 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold George Nelson (1881-1947): Elected 1922 Born: 1881, NSW Career: Primary education. Laborer, miner, enginedriver, Queensland. To NT 1913. Union organiser. Secretary, Australian Workers Union, NT Workers Union. Father of John Nelson MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Northern Territory was part of South Australia 1901-03 and part of Grey, South Australia, 1903-11, but did not elect a member between the time of its transfer to the Commonwealth in 1911 and 1922. The member could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------