COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * Nat - Nationalist Party VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic 46,647 enrolled ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.9 e Effect of redistribution: 01.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon William WATT * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 28 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic 39,657 enrolled, 28,833 (72.7%) voted ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Creswick, Daylesford, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.0 1919 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 06.1 Effect of redistribution: 00.9 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Coldham Nat 10,098 35.8 (-14.8) Sydney King Lib 3,878 13.8 Charles McGRATH * ALP 14,200 50.4 (+01.7) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 657 (02.3%) informal 28,176 01.7 e 02.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Charles McGrath (1873-1934): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1920 By, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic 46,597 enrolled, 28,398 (60.9%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.1 Effect of redistribution: 04.2 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank BRENNAN * ALP 14,042 51.0 (-01.9) Martin Hannah 7,174 26.1 George Mackay Nat 6,315 22.9 (-24.2) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 867 (03.1%) informal 27,531 03.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hannah was Vic MLA for Railway Officers 1904-06, Collingwood 1908- 21. He was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Brennan (1880-1950): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic 41,031 enrolled, 25,989 (63.3%) voted ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.0 Effect of redistribution: 00.5 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry Nat 7,961 31.6 (-10.2) Edmund Jowett * CP 6,348 25.2 (+10.1) Thomas Jude ALP 10,854 43.1 (+00.0) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 826 (03.2%) informal 25,163 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jowett was member for Grampians 1917-22 (Grampians was abolished at the 1922 redistribution). -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jowett's 6,348 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HURRY 5,055 (79.6) 13,016 51.7 Jude 1,293 (20.4) 12,147 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,348 25,163 01.7 03.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edmund Jowett (1858-1936): Elected 1917 By, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Grazier. Died 14 April 1936 > Geoffrey Hurry (1868-1951): Elected 1922 Born: 15 September 1868, Kyneton, Victoria. Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School. Solicitor. Kyneton Shire Council. Military Service 1915-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic 46,674 enrolled, 24,946 (53.4%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Blyth, Brunswick, Carlton North, Coburg -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.2 Effect of redistribution: 05.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank ANSTEY * ALP 17,068 70.1 (+11.0) John March Nat 7,290 29.9 (-11.1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 588 (02.4%) informal 24,358 20.1 11.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Anstey (1865-1940): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic 40,173 enrolled, 24,914 (62.0%) voted ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: VFU over ALP 11.4 Effect of redistribution: 03.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Richard Crouch ALP 10,788 44.5 (+05.0) William Gibson * CP 6,908 28.5 (-08.2) Allan McDonald Nat 6,530 27.0 (+03.2) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 688 (02.8%) informal 24,226 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Crouch was member for Corio 1901-10. 2. For McDonald, see Corangamite 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McDonald's 6,530 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crouch 379 (05.8) 11,167 46.1 GIBSON * 6,151 (94.2) 13,059 53.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,530 24,226 03.9 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Gerand Gibson (1869-1955): Elected 1918 By, 1919, 1922 Postmaster-General from 9 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic 42,023 enrolled, 24,155 (57.5%) voted ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine, Werribee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.5 Effect of redistribution: 00.2 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Hampson ALP 11,646 49.2 (+11.0) John LISTER * Nat 12,046 50.8 (+05.0) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 463 (01.9%) informal 23,692 00.8 06.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hampson was member for Bendigo 1915-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Lister (1875-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHUCA, Vic 39,797 enrolled, 20,759 (52.2%) voted ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: VFU over Nationalist 14.0 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HILL * CP 13,991 70.3 (+27.0 James Stewart Nat 5,914 29.7 (-03.4) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 854 (04.1%) informal 19,905 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Caldwell Hill (1866-1939): Elected 1919 By, 1919, 1922 Minister for Works and Railways from 8 August 1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic 44,782 enrolled, 24,652 (55.0%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.5 Effect of redistribution: 12.0 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Foster ALP 9,881 41.4 (+05.3) George MAXWELL * Nat 12,472 52.2 (-06.3) John Murphy Lib 1,533 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 766 (03.1%) informal 23,886 08.0 e 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic 45,999 enrolled, 20,053 (43.6%) voted ==================================================================== South-east of Melbourne: Box Hill, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 15.5 Effect of redistribution: 05.2 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Stanley BRUCE * Nat 10,689 55.6 (+04.5) Stephen Thompson Lib 8,532 44.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 832 (04.1%) informal 19,221 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883-1967): Elected 1918 By, 1919, 1922 Treasurer to 9 February 1923 Prime Minister from 9 February 1923 Minister for External Affairs from 9 February 1923 Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party to 9 February 1923 Leader of the Nationalist Party from 9 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce was elected leader of the Nationalist Party following the resignation of Hughes, despite his earlier pledge that "if the Prime Minister goes, I go." He then formed a coalition government with the Country Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic 43,016 enrolled, 24,121 (56.1%) voted ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Maffra, Sale, Trafalgar, Warragul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: Nationalist over VFU 05.2 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bermingham ALP 6,357 27.4 Thomas Paterson CP 9,132 39.4 Hon George Wise * Nat 7,682 33.2 (-22.0) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 950 (03.9%) informal 23,171 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bermingham's 6,357 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- PATERSON 5,431 (85.4) 14,563 62.9 Wise * 926 (14.6) 8,608 37.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,357 23,171 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Henry Wise (1853-1950): Elected 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Lawyer. Died 31 July 1950 > Thomas Paterson (1882-1952): Elected 1922 Born: 20 November 1882, Birmingham, England. Career: Educated King's Grammar School, Birmingham. Migrated 1908. Dairy farmer, Gippsland. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic 47,386 enrolled, 29,856 (63.0%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: Independent over Nationalist 02.9 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Beardsworth ALP 5,615 19.8 (-03.0) James Boyd Nat 3,269 11.5 Frederick Francis * Nat 10,794 38.1 Eleanor Glencross Nat 3,551 12.5 Henry Gullett Nat 5,082 18.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,545 (05.2%) informal 28,311 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Boyd was member for Henty 1913-19. 2. Francis stood as a Nationalist after having sat as an Independent. 3. For Gullett, see Henty 1925. 4. The combined Nationalist vote was 80.2%, an increase of 39.4% from the 40.8% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1919. This rise is mainly explained by the fact that Francis had stood as an independent in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Boyd's 3,269 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beardsworth 219 (06.7) 5,834 20.6 Francis * 1,625 (49.7) 12,419 43.9 Glencross 362 (11.1) 3,913 13.8 Gullett 1,063 (32.5) 6,145 21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,269 28,311 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Glencross's 3,913 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beardsworth 554 (14.2) 6,388 22.6 Francis * 1,339 (34.2) 13,758 48.6 Gullett 2,020 (51.6) 8,165 28.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,913 28,311 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Beardsworth's 6,388 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANCIS * 2,053 (32.1) 15,811 55.8 Gullett 4,335 (67.9) 12,500 44.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,388 28,311 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Henry Francis (1881-1949): Elected 1919, 1922 Francis retired in 1925. Died 15 August 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic 38,940 enrolled, 22,891 (58.8%) voted ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Benalla, Croydon, Wangaratta, Warburton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: VFU over ALP 12.6 Effect of redistribution: 01.4 shift to Country Party New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Cook * CP 8,723 39.3 (+09.6) Donald Mackinnon Nat 5,695 25.7 (-11.5) John Minogue ALP 7,768 35.0 (+01.9) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 705 (03.2%) informal 22,186 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mackinnon was Vic MLA for Prahran 1900-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Mackinnon's 5,695 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COOK * 5,304 (93.1) 14,027 63.2 Minogue 391 (06.9) 8,159 36.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,695 22,186 13.2 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Cook (1868-1930): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic 46,886 enrolled, 29,020 (61.9%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: Nationalist over Ind 14.3 e Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Robert Best * Nat 13,459 47.4 (-15.1) Jean Daley ALP 5,341 18.8 (+00.0) John Latham Lib 9,591 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 629 (02.2%) informal 28,391 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Daley's 5,341 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Best * 572 (10.7) 14,031 49.4 LATHAM 4,769 (89.3) 14,360 50.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,341 28,391 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Wallace Best (1856-1946): Elected 1910 By, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Lawyer. Died 27 March 1946 > John Greig Latham (1877-1964): Elected 1922 Born: 25 August 1877, Melbourne. Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne, and University of Melbourne. Teacher, tutor in philosophy. Barrister 1904. Law lecturer, journalist. Military Service 1914-18. Attended Versailles Peace Conference as advisor to the Prime Minister. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Latham played a central role as an advisor to the Country Party leader, Dr Earle Page, in negotiating the removal of Hughes as Prime Minister and the formation of the Bruce-Page coalition. He joined the Nationalists in 1923. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic 44,804 enrolled, 27,765 (62.0%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray, Moonee Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.1 Effect of redistribution: 01.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FENTON * ALP 17,153 63.2 (+09.7) James Stephens Nat 9,976 36.8 (-09.7) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 636 (02.3%) informal 27,129 13.2 09.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Edward Fenton (1864-1950): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic 45,952 enrolled, 22,850 (49.7%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton South, Melbourne East, Melbourne West, Newmarket -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.6 Effect of redistribution: 00.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr William MALONEY * ALP 16,991 77.2 (+11.4) Ernest Nicholls Nat 5,022 22.8 (-11.4) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 837 (03.7%) informal 22,013 27.2 11.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Nuttal Maloney (1854-1940): Elected 1904 By, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic 45,936 enrolled, 24,858 (54.1%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: none (ALP unopposed) Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MATHEWS * ALP 17,628 73.1 Selwyn Neale Nat 6,485 26.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 745 (03.0%) informal 24,113 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mathews (1863-1934): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic 40,181 enrolled, 27,133 (67.5%) voted ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Horsham, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.1 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Gibson CP 6,625 25.2 (+22.4) John McNeill ALP 10,795 41.1 (-04.1) Hon Arthur Rodgers * Nat 8,841 33.7 (-18.3) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 872 (03.2%) informal 26,261 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibson was Vic MLA for Grenville 1917-21. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gibson's 6,625 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McNEILL 2,539 (38.3) 13,334 50.8 Rodgers * 4,086 (61.7) 12,927 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,625 26,261 00.8 04.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers (1875-1936): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Minister for Trade and Customs to 5 February 1923 Later career: See Wannon 1925. > John McNeill (1868-1943): Elected 1922 Born: 1868, Millicent, South Australia. Career: Primary education. Shearer, selector. To Western Australian goldfields, 1890s, then farmed, Western District. Organiser, Australian Workers Union, Victoria and Riverina. Brother-in-law of Rt Hon James Scullin MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic 42,373 enrolled, 19,882 (46.9%) voted ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 majority: VFU over Nationalist 09.5 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Shaw 5,503 28.8 Percy STEWART * CP 13,614 71.2 (+11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 765 (03.8%) informal 19,117 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaw was a United Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Gerald Stewart (1885-1931): Elected 1919, 1922 Minister for Works and Railways 9 February 1923 to 5 August 1924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart resigned from the ministry and from the Country Party in protest at the party's electoral pact with the Nationalists for the 1925 elections. Thereafter he sat as a Country Progressive. -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic 46,477 enrolled, 23,803 (51.2%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Fitzroy South, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 20.3 1922 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 28.1 Effect of redistribution: 00.7 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 19.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Fitzgerald Nat 5,042 22.0 (-08.4) James SCULLIN * ALP 17,897 78.0 (+08.4) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 864 (03.6%) informal 22,939 28.0 08.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henry Scullin (1876-1953): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1922 By, 1922 --------------------------------------------------------------------