COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,001 +02.4 Votes cast: 20,357 88.5 +43.6 Informal votes: 1,192 05.9 +01.2 Formal votes: 19,165 94.1 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Holmes ALP 5,654 29.5 Sydney JACKSON * Nat 10,929 57.0 +06.8 John Swain ALP 2,582 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,165 08.3 e 04.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP vote was 43.0%, an increase of 8.0% from the 35% polled by one ALP candidate in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Sydney Jackson (1889-1941): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Country Party over Nationalist 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,211 +03.0 Votes cast: 21,048 90.7 +44.2 Informal votes: 939 04.5 +00.5 Formal votes: 20,109 95.5 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Bell Nat 9,682 48.1 Henry Lane ALP 7,541 37.5 Hubert Nichols Nat 2,886 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bell was member for Darwin 1919-22. 2. Lane was Tas MHA for Darwin 1926-28, 1937-46. 3. Nichols was Tas MLC for Mersey 1902-24, Meander 1926-35. 4. The combined Nationalist vote was 62.5%, an increase of 17.5% from the 45.1% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nichols's 2,886 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BELL 2,482 86.0 12,164 60.5 Lane 404 14.0 7,945 39.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,886 20,109 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,856 -00.9 Votes cast: 21,114 88.5 +37.0 Informal votes: 450 02.1 -07.2 Formal votes: 20,664 97.9 +07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir John GELLIBRAND Nat 10,782 52.2 Hon David O'Keefe * ALP 9,882 47.8 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,664 02.2 02.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 52.2% was an increase of 0.2% from the 52.0% polled by three Nationalist candidates in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David John O'Keefe (1864-1943): Elected 1922. Defeated 1925 Later career: Worked in Western Australia. Returned to Tasmania 1931. Tas MHA for Wilmot 1934-43. Speaker 1934-42. Died 21 July 1943 > John Gellibrand (1872-1945): Elected 1925 Born: 5 December 1872, Ouse, Tasmania. Career: Educated King's School, Canterbury, and Sandhurst Military Academy. Military Service till 1919. Commissioner of Police, Victoria, 1920-22. Knighted 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Kingborough, Moonah, Nelson, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,959 +12.3 Votes cast: 20,721 86.5 +42.7 Informal votes: 1,325 06.4 +02.2 Formal votes: 19,396 93.6 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McWilliams Nat 5,879 30.3 Eric Ogilvie ALP 5,836 30.1 Alfred Seabrook * Nat 6,107 31.5 Douglas Thompson ALP 1,574 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,396 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McWilliams was member for Franklin 1903-22. 2. Ogilvie was Tas MHA for Wilmot 1928-40. He was the brother of Hon Albert Ogilvie MHA, Premier of Tas 1934-39. 3. The combined ALP vote was 38.2%. 4. The combined Nationalist vote was 61.8%, an increase of 30.2% from the 31.6% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Thompson's 1,574 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McWilliams 91 05.8 5,970 30.8 Ogilvie 1,351 85.8 7,187 37.1 Seabrook * 132 08.4 6,239 32.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,574 19,396 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: McWilliams's 5,970 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ogilvie 1,422 23.8 8,609 44.4 SEABROOK * 4,548 76.2 10,787 55.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,970 19,396 05.6 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Charles Seabrook (1867-1939): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,751 -00.4 Votes cast: 19,502 89.7 +48.9 Informal votes: 1,121 05.7 -03.8 Formal votes: 18,381 94.3 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Llewellyn Atkinson * CP 5,448 29.6 Percival Best Nat 3,134 17.1 Hon Jens Jensen ALP 7,118 38.7 +06.5 Atherfield Newman Nat 2,681 14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,381 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Best was Tas MHA for Wilmot 1928-31, Tas MLC for Meander 1934-43. 2. Jensen was member for Bass 1910-19. He had rejoined the Labor Party after being expelled in 1916. 3. The combined Nationalist vote was 31.7%, an increase of 7.8% from the 23.9% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1922. 4. The Country Party vote of 29.6% was a decrease of 14.3% from the 43.9% polled by three Country Party candidates in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Newman's 2,681 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson * 1,196 44.6 6,644 36.1 Best 1,137 42.4 4,271 23.2 Jensen 348 13.0 7,466 40.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,681 18,381 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Best's 4,271 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ATKINSON * 3,832 89.7 10,476 57.0 Jensen 439 10.3 7,905 43.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,271 18,381 07.0 04.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Vice-President of the Executive Council to 18 June 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkinson left the Country Party in 1928 and returned to the Nationalist Party. --------------------------------------------------------------------