COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Fortitude Valley, Ithaca, Merthyr, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.0 Effect of redistribution: 01.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,736 -08.8 Votes cast: 32,885 80.7 -04.8 Informal votes: 1,285 03.9 -01.4 Formal votes: 31,600 96.1 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Burke ALP 15,183 48.0 -01.5 Donald CAMERON * Nat 16,417 52.0 +03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,600 02.0 02.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Charles Cameron (1879-1960): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.8 Effect of redistribution: 01.4 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,120 +35.0 Votes cast: 39,748 88.1 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,403 03.5 +01.5 Formal votes: 38,345 96.5 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank FORDE ALP 19,904 51.9 +00.5 Albert Gorrie CP 2,362 06.2 Hon William Higgs * Nat 16,079 41.9 -06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,345 02.5 e 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Higgs stood as a Nationalist having been expelled from the ALP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Guy Higgs (1862-1951): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Chairman, Royal Commission on Western Australian Finances, 1925. Died 11 June 1951 > Francis Michael Forde (1890-1983): Elected 1922 Born: 18 July 1890, Mitchell, Queensland. Career: Educated Christian Brothers School, Toowoomba. Teacher and electrical engineer. State politics: Qld MLA for Rockhampton 1917-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.7 Effect of redistribution: 01.8 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,547 +11.3 Votes cast: 34,541 85.2 -01.9 Informal votes: 1,092 03.2 +01.4 Formal votes: 33,449 96.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Littleton GROOM * Nat 19,592 58.6 -00.9 James MacDougall ALP 13,857 41.4 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,449 08.6 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Attorney-General Deputy Leader of the Nationlist Party from 9 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Cairns, Mackay, Mirani, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.4 Effect of redistribution: 00.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,269 -00.2 Votes cast: 36,090 83.4 -03.9 Informal votes: 2,435 06.7 -02.8 Formal votes: 33,655 93.3 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick BAMFORD * Nat 17,396 51.7 +00.9 Maurice Hynes ALP 16,259 48.3 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,655 01.7 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hynes was Qld MLA for Townsville 1923-39. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Bamford (1849-1934): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Bamford retired at the 1925 election. Died 10 September 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Atherton, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 11.7 Effect of redistribution: 00.8 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,971 +16.2 Votes cast: 25,414 74.8 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,333 05.2 +02.0 Formal votes: 24,081 94.8 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Nowland CP 9,257 38.4 +37.0 Hon Charles McDONALD * ALP 14,824 61.6 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,081 11.6 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Country Party is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles McDonald (1861-1925): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Died 13 November 1925 (after nominating for the 1925 elections). -------------------------------------------------------------------- See Kennedy 1925 for the consequences of McDonald's death. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Enoggera, Nundah, Sandgate, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.3 Effect of redistribution: 01.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,680 -16.6 Votes cast: 32,636 80.2 -04.1 Informal votes: 2,218 06.8 +04.6 Formal votes: 30,418 93.2 -04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Costello 10,576 34.8 George MACKAY * Nat 19,842 65.2 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,418 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Costello was a “Labor-leaning” independent (Daily Standard, 27 November 1922) -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Hugh Mackay (1872-1961): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Roma, Stanthorpe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.7 1921 by-election two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.2 Effect of redistribution: 01.0 shift to Country Party New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,919 +07.7 Votes cast: 25,244 76.7 -00.4 Informal votes: 951 03.8 +01.4 Formal votes: 24,293 96.2 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Durkin ALP 11,086 45.6 -05.5 James HUNTER * CP 13,207 54.4 +11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,293 04.4 06.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Aitchison Johnston Hunter (1882-1968): Elected 1921 By, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South of Brisbane: Bremer, Coorparoo, Ipswich, Southport -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: PPU/Nationalist over ALP 05.2 Effect of redistribution: 01.3 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,043 +05.8 Votes cast: 35,004 85.3 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,852 05.3 +03.6 Formal votes: 33,152 94.7 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Brewer CP 5,714 17.2 Josiah Francis + Nat 14,762 44.5 -12.0 Horace Lee ALP 12,676 38.2 -05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,152 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brewer's 5,714 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANCIS + 4,968 86.9 19,730 59.5 Lee 746 13.1 13,422 40.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,714 33,152 09.5 03.0 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Francis (1890-1964): Elected 1922 Born: 28 March 1890, Ipswich, Queensland. Career: Educated Christian Brothers College, Ipswich. Public servant. Military Service 1913-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Buranda, Kurilpa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.8 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,266 -07.5 Votes cast: 38,313 84.6 -02.8 Informal votes: 1,615 04.2 +02.4 Formal votes: 36,698 95.8 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BAYLEY * Nat 19,552 53.3 -00.5 James Sharpe ALP 17,146 46.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,698 03.3 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharpe was member for Oxley 1913-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Garfield Bayley (1882-1968): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.3 Effect of redistribution: 04.9 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,677 +22.0 Votes cast: 35,906 84.1 -03.1 Informal votes: 1,830 05.1 +03.3 Formal votes: 34,076 94.9 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Corser * Nat 13,069 38.4 -20.8 James Heading CP 9,427 27.7 Joseph Johnston ALP 11,580 34.0 -06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Heading was Qld MLA for Wide Bay 1947-50, Marodian 1950-60. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Heading's 9,427 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORSER * 7,564 80.2 20,633 60.5 Johnston 1,863 19.8 13,443 39.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,427 34,076 10.5 01.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919, 1922 --------------------------------------------------------------------