COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.8 Effect of redistribution: 01.5 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,454 -09.0 Votes cast: 10,078 44.9 -08.8 Informal votes: 478 04.7 -04.0 Formal votes: 9,600 95.3 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hegarty 337 03.5 Alfred Higgins ALP 3,359 35.0 +01.3 Sydney JACKSON * Nat 4,819 50.2 Hon King O'Malley 1,085 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,600 03.6 e 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. O'Malley was a member for Tasmania 1901-03 and member for Darwin 1903-17. He was an independent Labor candidate. 2. Hegarty was an independent Nationalist candidate. 3. The Nationalist vote of 50.2% was an increase of 2.0% over the 48.2% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Sydney Jackson (1889-1941): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.0 Effect of redistribution: 01.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,526 +20.7 Votes cast: 10,481 46.5 -20.7 Informal votes: 424 04.0 +01.8 Formal votes: 10,057 96.0 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Bell * Nat 4,533 45.1 -01.3 James Campbell 1,473 14.6 Joshua Whitsitt CP 4,051 40.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,057 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Campbell's 1,473 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bell * 455 30.9 4,988 49.6 WHITSITT 1,018 69.1 5,069 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,473 10,057 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: See Darwin 1925 > Joshua Thomas Hoskins Whitsitt (1870-1943): Elected 1922 Born: 1870, Ireland. Career: Educated Ireland. Migrated as youth. Bank officer. Farmer at Cooee, Tasmania. State politics: Tas MLA for Darwin 1909-22. Whitsitt retired at the 1925 election. Later career: Farmer Died 14 September 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.9 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,080 -10.6 Votes cast: 12,405 51.5 -15.1 Informal votes: 1,158 09.3 +07.6 Formal votes: 11,247 90.7 -07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Blanshard 170 01.5 Leopold Broinowski Nat 1,667 14.8 Edward Mulcahy Nat 2,295 20.4 Hon David O'Keefe ALP 5,234 46.5 +00.4 Hon William Laird Smith * Nat 1,881 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,247 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Broinowski was the main political journalist for the Hobart Mercury and ran on a states' rights platform. 2. Laird Smith appeared last on the ballot paper because his name was legally Smith. 3. O'Keefe was a Senator for Tasmania 1901-06 and 1910-19. 4. Mulcahy was a Senator for Tasmania 1904-10 and 1919-20. 5. The combined Nationalist vote was 52.0%, a decline of 1.9% from the vote polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Blanshard's 170 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Broinowski 125 73.5 1,792 15.9 Mulcahy 19 11.2 2,314 20.6 O'Keefe 17 10.0 5,251 46.7 Laird Smith * 9 05.3 1,890 16.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 170 11,247 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Broinowski's 1,792 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulcahy 1,023 57.1 3,337 29.7 O'Keefe 110 06.1 5,361 47.7 Laird Smith * 659 36.8 2,549 22.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,792 11,247 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Laird Smith's 2,549 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulcahy 2,241 87.9 5,578 49.6 O'KEEFE 308 12.1 5,669 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,549 11,247 00.4 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Henry Laird Smith (1869-1942): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Farmed near Burnie. Rejoined ALP 1940. Died 21 October 1942 > David John O'Keefe (1864-1943): Elected 1922 Born: 21 August 1864, Longford, Tasmania Career: Educated state schools. Farm worker and miner. Labor journalist. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Senate: Senator for Tasmania 1901-06, 1910-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Kingborough, Moonah, Nelson, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: Nationalist over Nationalist 12.1 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,342 -10.1 Votes cast: 9,351 43.8 -09.3 Informal votes: 396 04.2 -02.6 Formal votes: 8,955 95.8 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Seabrook Nat 2,829 31.6 Benjamin Watkins ALP 3,364 37.6 William McWilliams * CP 2,762 30.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watkins was Tas MHA for Queenstown 1906-09, Darwin 1909-17, Franklin 1919-22, 1925-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McWilliams's 2,762 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SEABROOK 2,211 80.1 5,040 56.3 Watkins 551 19.9 3,915 43.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,762 8,955 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William James McWilliams (1860-1929): Elected 1903, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: See Franklin 1928. > Alfred Charles Seabrook (1867-1939): Elected 1922 Born: 5 April 1867, Hobart. Career: Educated Ireland. Builder and contractor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over Nationalist 10.2 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,857 +22.1 Votes cast: 8,907 40.8 -11.2 Informal votes: 850 09.5 +01.9 Formal votes: 8,057 90.5 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson * CP 1,826 22.7 Hon Donald Cameron CP 1,407 17.5 John Campbell CP 302 03.7 John Palamountain ALP 2,596 32.2 George Pullen Nat 1,926 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,057 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cameron was a member for Tasmania 1901-03 and member for Wilmot 1904-06. 2. Palamountain was Tas MHA for Wilmot 1926-28. 3. Pullen was Tas MHA for Darwin 1912-16, Wilmot 1919-22. 4. The Nationalist vote of 23.9% was a decline 29.4% from the 53.3% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1919. 5. The combined Country Party vote of 43.9% was an increase of 18.2% over the 25.7% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Campbell's 302 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson * 95 31.5 1,921 23.8 Cameron 104 34.4 1,511 18.8 Palamountain 33 10.9 2,629 32.6 Pullen 70 23.2 1,996 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 302 8,057 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cameron's 1,511 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson * 1,029 68.1 2,950 36.6 Palamountain 170 11.3 2,799 34.7 Pullen 312 20.6 2,308 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,511 8,057 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Pullen's 2,308 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ATKINSON * 1,980 85.8 4,930 61.2 Palamountain 328 14.2 3,127 38.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,308 8,057 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 9 February 1923 --------------------------------------------------------------------