COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: East Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prospect, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,981 +30.0 Votes cast: 40,664 88.4 +25.0 Informal votes: 1,953 04.8 -02.5 Formal votes: 38,711 95.2 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George McLeay Nat 19,018 49.1 +29.2 Edwin YATES * ALP 19,693 50.9 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,711 00.9 02.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For McLeay, see Senate South Australia 1934. 2. The Nationalist vote of 49.1% was an increase of 0.8% over the combined vote of 48.3% polled by the Nationalist and Liberal candidates in 1922. 3. The ALP majority over the Nationalists is compared with the ALP majority over the Liberals in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Edwin Yates (1871-1959): Elected 1914 By, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,830 +13.4 Votes cast: 42,246 94.2 +43.2 Informal votes: 1,640 03.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 40,606 96.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses Gabb * ALP 20,178 49.7 -08.3 Walter PARSONS Nat 20,428 50.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,606 00.3 08.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. There was no Nationalist candidate in 1922. The Nationalist vote of 50.3% was an increase of 8.3% from the 42.0% polled by the Liberal candidate in 1922. 2. The Nationalist majority over the ALP is compared with the ALP majority over the Liberals in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel Moses Gabb (1882-1951): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925 Later career: See Angas 1929. > Walter Langdon Parsons (1881-1955): Elected 1925 Born: 16 August 1881, Adelaide. Career: Educated Whieham College, Adelaide. Shopkeeper and citrus grower, Gladstone. Gladstone Council. Military Service 1918. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Plympton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,344 +10.2 Votes cast: 41,558 93.7 +43.5 Informal votes: 1,993 04.8 -02.6 Formal votes: 39,565 95.2 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm CAMERON * Nat 24,356 61.6 Alwyn Roberts ALP 15,209 38.4 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,565 11.6 09.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cameron stood as a Nationalist having been elected as a Liberal in 1922. His vote of 61.6% was an increase of 19.6% over the 42.0% he polled as a Liberal in 1922. 2. The Nationalist majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Duncan Cameron (1873-1935): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,291 +14.4 Votes cast: 42,494 93.8 +40.4 Informal votes: 1,483 03.5 -03.2 Formal votes: 41,011 96.5 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John DUNCAN-HUGHES * Nat 23,602 57.6 Henry Kneebone ALP 17,409 42.4 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,011 07.6 02.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Kneebone, see Senate South Australia 1928 Appointments 2. Duncan-Hughes stood as a Nationalist having been elected as a Liberal in 1922. His vote of 57.6% was an increase of 36.4% over the 21.2% he polled as a Liberal in 1922. 3. The Nationalist vote of 57.6% was a decrease of 3.1% from the combined vote of 60.7% polled by the Nationalist and Liberal candidates in 1922. 4. The Nationalist majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Peterborough, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Streaky Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,441 +03.6 Votes cast: 32,525 91.8 +34.5 Informal votes: 1,318 04.1 -03.0 Formal votes: 31,207 95.9 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew LACEY * ALP 16,427 52.6 -01.1 John Lyons Nat 14,780 47.4 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,207 02.6 01.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew William Lacey (1887-1946): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 18.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,500 +14.3 Votes cast: 46,659 94.3 +40.2 Informal votes: 2,058 04.4 -01.6 Formal votes: 44,601 95.6 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman MAKIN * ALP 29,097 65.2 -03.4 Hon John Verran Nat 15,504 34.8 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,601 15.2 03.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Verran, see Senate 1925, Appointments. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman John Oswald Makin (1889-1982): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,988 -01.4 Votes cast: 35,461 93.3 +38.9 Informal votes: 1,773 05.0 -03.1 Formal votes: 33,688 95.0 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Richard FOSTER * Nat 21,846 64.8 Even George ALP 11,842 35.2 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,688 14.8 09.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Foster stood as a Nationalist having been elected in 1922 as a Liberal. 2. George was SA MHA for Burra Burra 1930-33. 3. The Nationalist vote of 64.8% was an increase of 21.9% from the 42.9% polled by the Liberal candidate Foster) in 1922. 4. The Nationalist majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 --------------------------------------------------------------------