COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: East Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prospect, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.8 Effect of redistribution: 03.6 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,250 +02.2 Votes cast: 22,338 63.4 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,629 07.3 +03.6 Formal votes: 20,709 92.7 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Blundell * Nat 4,123 19.9 -33.8 George McLeay Lib 5,872 28.4 Edwin YATES ALP 10,714 51.7 +06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,709 03.6 e 08.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yates was member for Adelaide 1914-19. 2. For McLeay, see Senate South Australia 1934. 3. The combined Nationalist and Liberal vote of 48.3% was a decrease of 2.5% from the 50.8% polled by the Nationalists in 1919. 4. The ALP majority over the Liberals is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Reginald Pole Blundell (1873-1945): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Worked for tobacco company. Died 9 August 1945 > George Edwin Yates (1871-1959): Elected 1914 By, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.7 Effect of redistribution: 00.5 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,548 +32.1 Votes cast: 20,170 51.0 -13.5 Informal votes: 888 04.4 +01.2 Formal votes: 19,282 95.6 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses GABB * ALP 11,192 58.0 +08.2 George Ritchie Lib 8,090 42.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,282 08.0 07.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ritchie was SA MLC for Northern 1924-44. 2. The Liberal vote of 42.0% was a decrease of 7.3% from the 49.3% polled by the Nationalists in 1919. 3. The ALP majority over the Liberals is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Moses Gabb (1882-1951): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Plympton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.1 e Effect of redistribution: 00.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,230 +03.0 Votes cast: 20,209 50.2 -12.1 Informal votes: 1,491 07.4 -01.8 Formal votes: 18,718 92.6 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Cameron Lib 7,861 42.0 Ronald Hunt CP 2,791 14.9 Eric Shepherd ALP 8,066 43.1 +09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,718 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hunt was SA MHA for Victoria 1933-38. 2. Shepherd was SA MHA for Victoria 1924-33. 3. The Liberal vote of 42.0% was a decrease of 18.0% from the 60.0% polled by the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hunt's 2,791 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON 1,928 69.1 9,789 52.3 Shepherd 863 30.9 8,929 46.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,791 18,718 02.3 11.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Duncan Cameron (1873-1935): Elected 1922 Born: 12 July 1873, Mt Gambier, South Australia. Career: Educated public schools. Farmer, Tantanoola. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron joined the Nationalists in 1923. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 16.6 e Effect of redistribution: 00.7 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,590 -14.4 Votes cast: 21,158 53.4 -13.9 Informal votes: 1,411 06.7 -00.7 Formal votes: 19,747 93.3 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan-Hughes Lib 7,793 39.5 Harry Kneebone ALP 7,775 39.4 +05.3 William Story * Nat 4,179 21.2 -44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Kneebone, see Senate 1928, Appointments 2. The combined Nationalist and Liberal vote of 60.7% was a decrease of 2.8% from the 63.5% polled by the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Story's 4,179 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DUNCAN-HUGHES 3,011 72.1 10,804 54.7 Kneebone 1,168 27.9 8,943 45.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,179 19,747 04.7 11.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Harrison Story (1857-1924): Elected 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Died 13 July 1924 > John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922 Born: 1 September 1882, Higher Park, South Australia. Career: Educated St Peters College, Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Cambridge University. Barrister 1907. Military Service 1915-18. ADC and Secretary to Governor-General. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan-Hughes joined the Nationalists in 1923. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Peterborough, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Streaky Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.8 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,208 +01.1 Votes cast: 19,588 57.3 -11.0 Informal votes: 1,385 07.1 +04.4 Formal votes: 18,203 92.9 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew LACEY ALP 9,778 53.7 +05.5 Hon Alexander Poynton * Nat 8,425 46.3 -05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,203 03.7 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alexander Poynton (1853-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Postmaster-General to 9 February 1923 Died 10 January 1935 > Andrew William Lacey (1887-1946): Elected 1922 Born: 9 October 1887, Terowie, South Australia. Career: Educated state schools. Smelting worker, Port Pirie. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Port Pirie Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.4 Effect of redistribution: 02.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,315 -13.0 Votes cast: 23,445 54.1 -15.0 Informal votes: 1,409 06.0 +03.4 Formal votes: 22,036 94.0 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Hayter Nat 6,925 31.4 -14.6 Norman MAKIN * ALP 15,111 68.6 +14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,036 18.6 14.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman John Oswald Makin (1889-1982): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.4 Effect of redistribution: 01.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,609 +12.2 Votes cast: 21,003 54.4 -15.4 Informal votes: 1,698 08.1 -00.8 Formal votes: 19,305 91.9 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Foster * Lib 8,288 42.9 Henry Queale CP 3,941 20.4 +09.5 Edward Stokes ALP 7,076 36.7 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,305 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster stood as a Liberal having previously sat as a Nationalist. His vote of 42.9% was a decrease of 6.8% from the 49.7% he polled in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Queale's 3,941 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOSTER * 2,392 60.7 10,680 55.3 Stokes 1,549 39.3 8,625 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,941 19,305 05.3 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster joined the Nationalists in 1923. --------------------------------------------------------------------