COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * Nat - Nationalist Party VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld 40,736 enrolled, 32,885 (80.7%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Burke ALP 15,183 48.0 (-01.5) Donald CAMERON * Nat 16,417 52.0 (+03.6) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,285 (03.9%) informal 31,600 02.0 02.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Charles Cameron (1879-1960): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld 45,120 enrolled, 39,748 (88.1%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,403 (03.5%) informal 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, Toowommba, Queensland. Teacher and electrical engineer. State politics: Qld MLA for Rockhampton 1917-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld 40,547 enrolled, 34,541 (85.2%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Littleton GROOM * Nat 19,592 58.6 (-00.9) James MacDougall ALP 13,857 41.4 (+00.9) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,092 (03.2%) informal 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 43,269 enrolled, 36,090 (83.4%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick BAMFORD * Nat 17,396 51.7 (+00.9) Maurice Hynes ALP 16,259 48.3 (+01.8) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,435 (06.7%) informal 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 in 1925. Died 10 September 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld 33,971 enrolled, 25,414 (74.8%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Nowland CP 9,257 38.4 (+37.0) Hon Charles McDONALD * ALP 14,824 61.6 (+00.8) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,333 (05.2%) informal 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 40,680 enrolled, 32,636 (80.2%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Costello 10,576 34.8 George MACKAY * Nat 19,842 65.2 (+03.2) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,218 (06.8%) informal 30,418 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Hugh Mackay (1872-1961): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld 32,919 enrolled, 25,244 (76.7%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Durkin ALP 11,086 45.6 (-05.5) James HUNTER * CP 13,207 54.4 (+11.9) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 951 (03.8%) informal 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 41,043 enrolled, 35,004 (85.3%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,852 (05.3%) informal 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 45,266 enrolled, 38,313 (84.6%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Buranda, Kurilpa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.8 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BAYLEY * Nat 19,552 53.3 (-00.5) James Sharpe ALP 17,146 46.7 (+00.5) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,615 (04.2%) informal 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 42,677 enrolled, 35,906 (84.1%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,830 (05.1%) informal 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 9,427 34,076 10.5 01.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919, 1922 --------------------------------------------------------------------