COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Fortitude Valley, Ithaca, Merthyr, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,897 +05.3 Votes cast: 38,970 90.8 +10.1 Informal votes: 1,035 02.7 -01.2 Formal votes: 37,935 97.2 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald CAMERON * Nat 20,902 55.1 +03.1 Herbert Collie 322 00.8 John Fihelly ALP 16,711 44.1 -03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,935 05.5 e 03.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Collie was an independent Labor candidate. 2. Fihelly was Qld MLA for Paddington 1912-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Charles Cameron (1879-1960): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,982 +08.6 Votes cast: 44,631 91.1 +03.0 Informal votes: 1,261 02.8 -00.7 Formal votes: 43,370 97.2 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Doherty CP 20,846 48.1 +41.9 Frank FORDE * ALP 22,524 51.9 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,370 01.9 00.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Country Party is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Michael Forde (1890-1982): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,375 +02.0 Votes cast: 38,514 93.1 +07.9 Informal votes: 1,063 02.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 37,451 97.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Littleton GROOM * Nat 23,648 63.1 +04.5 Duncan McInnes ALP 13,803 36.9 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,451 13.1 04.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Attorney-General to 18 December 1925 Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party to 18 December 1925 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 13 January 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Groom resigned as Attorney-General following the government's unsuccessful attempt to deport two trade union officials, Walsh and Johnson, in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Cairns, Mackay, Mirani, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,739 +19.6 Votes cast: 46,690 90.2 +06.8 Informal votes: 2,188 04.7 -02.0 Formal votes: 44,502 95.3 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Lewis NOTT + Nat 22,385 50.3 -01.4 Hon Edward Theodore ALP 22,117 49.7 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,502 00.3 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Theodore, see Dalley by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis Windemere Nott (1888-1951): Elected 1925 Born: 12 February 1888, Bundaberg, Queensland. Career: Educated Maryborough Grammar School, University of Sydney, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Doctor, Scotland. Military Service 1914-18. Medical superintendent, Mackay, Queensland. Mayor of Mackay 1923. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Atherton, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,277 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grosvenor FRANCIS Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- The sitting member since 1901, Hon Charles McDonald (ALP), who was the only other candidate, died 13 November 1925, between the close of nominations and polling day. Francis was declared elected unopposed. The Electoral Act was later amended to provide for the cancellation of the poll and the re-opening of nominations in these circumstances. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grosvenor Arundell Francis (1873-1944): Elected 1925 Born: 14 April 1873, Normanton, Queensland. Career: Educated Brisbane Grammar School, University of Queensland. Barrister 1901. Practised Charters Towers 1901-26. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Enoggera, Nundah, Sandgate, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Nationalist over Independent 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,778 +17.4 Votes cast: 44,639 93.4 +13.2 Informal votes: 1,445 03.2 -03.6 Formal votes: 43,194 96.8 +03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George MACKAY * Nat 27,966 64.7 -00.5 John Mattingley ALP 15,228 35.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,194 14.7 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Hugh Mackay (1872-1961): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Roma, Stanthorpe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,795 +02.7 Votes cast: 28,311 83.8 +07.1 Informal votes: 824 02.9 -00.9 Formal votes: 27,487 97.1 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Brassington ALP 13,024 47.4 +01.8 James HUNTER * CP 14,463 52.6 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,487 02.6 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brassington was Qld MLA for Balonne 1927-32, Fortitude Valley 1932-50. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Aitchison Johnston Hunter (1882-1968): Elected 1921 By, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South of Brisbane: Bremer, Coorparoo, Ipswich, Southport -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,513 +08.5 Votes cast: 41,882 94.1 +08.8 Informal votes: 1,325 03.2 -02.1 Formal votes: 40,557 96.8 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah FRANCIS * Nat 25,650 63.2 +18.7 Horace Lee ALP 14,907 36.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,557 13.2 03.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Francis (1890-1964): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Buranda, Kurilpa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,353 +13.4 Votes cast: 47,329 92.2 +07.6 Informal votes: 1,675 03.5 -00.7 Formal votes: 45,654 96.5 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BAYLEY * Nat 25,421 55.7 +02.4 James Sharpe ALP 20,233 44.3 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,654 05.7 02.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharpe was member for Oxley 1913-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Garfield Bayley (1882-1968): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,142 +04.8 Votes cast: 41,456 91.8 +07.7 Informal votes: 1,348 03.3 -01.8 Formal votes: 40,108 96.7 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward CORSER * Nat 25,877 64.5 +26.1 Andrew Thompson ALP 14,231 35.5 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,108 14.5 04.0 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thompson was Qld MLA for Wide Bay 1918-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Died 31 July 1928 (see By-elections) --------------------------------------------------------------------