COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,048 +35.9 Votes cast: 51,491 95.3 Informal votes: 654 01.3 Formal votes: 50,837 98.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McKellar ALP 15,379 30.3 Rt Hon William WATT * Nat 35,458 69.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,837 19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 12 January 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Creswick, Daylesford, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,491 -00.4 Votes cast: 37,609 95.2 +22.5 Informal votes: 341 00.9 -01.4 Formal votes: 37,268 99.1 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles McGRATH * ALP 19,121 51.3 +00.9 Thomas Ryan Nat 18,147 48.7 +12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,268 01.3 00.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Charles McGrath (1873-1934): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1920 By, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,971 +28.7 Votes cast: 55,684 92.9 +32.0 Informal votes: 744 01.4 -01.7 Formal votes: 54,940 98.6 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank BRENNAN * ALP 32,427 59.0 +08.0 Samuel Dennis Nat 22,513 41.0 +18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,940 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Dennis, see Batman 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Brennan (1880-1950): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,250 -01.9 Votes cast: 38,061 94.6 +31.3 Informal votes: 400 01.1 -02.1 Formal votes: 37,661 98.9 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry HURRY * Nat 20,154 53.5 +21.9 Thomas Jude ALP 17,507 46.5 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,661 03.5 01.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry (1868-1951): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Blyth, Brunswick, Carlton North, Coburg -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,370 +18.6 Votes cast: 52,427 94.7 +41.3 Informal votes: 703 01.3 -01.1 Formal votes: 51,724 98.7 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank ANSTEY * ALP 32,325 62.5 -07.6 Edward Price Nat 19,399 37.5 +07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,724 12.5 07.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Anstey (1865-1940): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 3 March 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,689 +06.3 Votes cast: 39,356 92.2 +30.2 Informal votes: 502 01.3 -01.5 Formal votes: 38,854 98.7 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William GIBSON * CP 21,557 55.5 +27.0 William Nicol ALP 17,297 44.5 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,854 05.5 01.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Gerand Gibson (1869-1955): Elected 1918 By, 1919, 1922, 1925 Postmaster-General Deputy Leader of the Country Party from 1927 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine, Werribee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,726 +13.6 Votes cast: 44,229 92.7 +35.2 Informal votes: 539 01.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 43,690 98.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LISTER * Nat 24,775 56.7 +05.9 Peter Randles ALP 18,915 43.3 -05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,690 06.7 05.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Lister (1875-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHUCA, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,107 +05.8 Votes cast: 39,348 93.4 +41.2 Informal votes: 576 01.5 -02.6 Formal votes: 38,772 98.5 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William HILL * CP 25,321 65.3 -05.0 Patrick O'Hanlon ALP 13,451 34.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,772 15.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Caldwell Hill (1866-1939): Elected 1919 By, 1919, 1922, 1925 Minister for Works and Railways -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,885 +06.9 Votes cast: 44,380 92.7 +37.7 Informal votes: 543 01.2 -01.9 Formal votes: 43,837 98.8 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Foster ALP 17,809 40.6 -00.8 George MAXWELL * Nat 26,028 59.4 +07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,837 09.4 01.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster was Deputy President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission 1944-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South-east of Melbourne: Box Hill, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over Liberal 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,566 +25.1 Votes cast: 53,789 93.4 +49.8 Informal votes: 868 01.6 +02.5 Formal votes: 52,921 98.4 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Beardsworth ALP 19,748 37.3 Rt Hon Stanley BRUCE * Nat 33,173 62.7 +07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,921 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883-1967): Elected 1918 By, 1919, 1922, 1925 Prime Minister Minister for External Affairs Minister for Health 2 April 1927 to 24 February 1928 Minister for Trade and Customs from 8 May 1928 Leader of the Nationalist Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Maffra, Sale, Trafalgar, Warragul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Country Party over Nationalist 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,263 +05.2 Votes cast: 42,508 93.9 +37.8 Informal votes: 1,240 02.9 -01.0 Formal votes: 41,268 97.1 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bermingham ALP 13,417 32.5 +05.1 Thomas Paterson * CP 18,423 44.6 +05.2 Hon George Wise 9,428 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,268 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wise was member for Gippsland 1906-13 and 1914-22. He was an independent Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wise's 9,428 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bermingham 1,796 19.0 15,213 36.9 PATERSON * 7,632 81.0 26,055 63.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,428 41,268 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Paterson (1882-1952): Elected 1922, 1925 Minister for Markets and Migration 18 June 1926 to 19 January 1928 Minister for Markets from 19 January 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Nationalist over Nationalist 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,723 +36.6 Votes cast: 61,234 94.6 +31.6 Informal votes: 909 01.5 -03.7 Formal votes: 60,325 98.5 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GULLETT Nat 31,077 51.5 Donald Mackinnon 11,318 18.8 Edward Stewart ALP 17,930 29.7 +09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,325 10.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mackinnon was Vic MLA for Prahran 1900-20. He was an independent Nationalist candidate. 2. The Nationalist vote of 51.5% was a decline of 28.7% from the 80.2% polled by four Nationalist candidates in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925 Born: 26 March 1878, Herston, Victoria. Career: Educated state schools. Journalist, Sydney and Britain. War correspondent. Military Service 1916-19. Attended Versailles Peace Conference. Director, Australian War Memorial. Journalist and author. Father of Henry Baynton Somer Gullett MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, NSW ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Benalla, Croydon, Wangaratta, Warburton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,398 +03.7 Votes cast: 37,864 93.7 +34.9 Informal votes: 550 01.5 -01.7 Formal votes: 37,314 98.5 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Black ALP 16,153 43.3 +08.3 Robert COOK * CP 21,161 56.7 +17.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,314 06.7 06.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Cook (1868-1930): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cook retired (involuntarily) in 1928. For the circumstances of this, see Indi 1928. Died 21 May 1930 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Liberal over Nationalist 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,598 +25.0 Votes cast: 55,363 94.5 +32.6 Informal votes: 745 01.3 -00.9 Formal votes: 54,618 98.7 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel Batten ALP 17,664 32.3 +13.5 John LATHAM * Nat 36,954 67.7 +20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,618 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Greig Latham (1877-1964): Elected 1922, 1925 Attorney-General from 18 December 1925 Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party from 18 December 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Latham stood as a Nationalist having been elected as a Liberal in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray, Moonee Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,897 +15.8 Votes cast: 48,600 93.6 +31.6 Informal votes: 496 01.0 -01.3 Formal votes: 48,104 99.0 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FENTON * ALP 28,621 59.5 -03.7 Thomas White Nat 19,483 40.5 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,104 09.5 03.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- For White, see Balaclava 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Edward Fenton (1864-1950): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton South, Melbourne East, Melbourne West, Newmarket -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 27.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,556 +01.3 Votes cast: 40,610 87.2 +37.5 Informal votes: 921 02.3 -01.4 Formal votes: 39,689 97.7 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hendry Nat 13,082 33.0 +10.2 Dr William MALONEY * ALP 26,607 67.0 -10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,689 17.0 10.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Nuttal Maloney (1854-1940): Elected 1904 By, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,313 +07.4 Votes cast: 44,243 89.7 +35.6 Informal votes: 792 01.8 -01.2 Formal votes: 43,451 98.2 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MATHEWS * ALP 29,416 67.7 -05.4 Francis Wilcher Nat 14,035 32.3 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,451 17.7 05.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Matthews (1863-1934): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Horsham, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,960 +04.4 Votes cast: 39,923 95.1 +27.6 Informal votes: 640 01.6 -01.6 Formal votes: 39,283 98.4 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Anderson CP 5,995 15.3 -09.9 John McNeill * ALP 16,610 42.3 +01.2 Hon Arthur Rodgers Nat 16,678 42.5 +08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,283 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodgers was member for Wannon 1913-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Anderson's 5,995 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McNeill * 1,455 24.3 18,065 46.0 RODGERS 4,540 75.7 21,218 54.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,995 39,283 04.0 04.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John McNeill (1868-1943): Elected 1922. Defeated 1925 Later career: See Wannon 1929. > Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers (1875-1936): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Country Party over Independent 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,561 +14.6 Votes cast: 42,594 87.7 +40.8 Informal votes: 1,312 03.1 -00.7 Formal votes: 41,282 96.9 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas de Garis 9,154 22.2 Hon Percy STEWART * 32,128 77.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,282 27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart was a Country Progressive candidate. He was not opposed by the Country Party because the CP's candidate, Hugh McClelland, posted his nomination form to the wrong address. (Albury Banner, 23 October 1925. For McClelland, see Wimmera 1931.) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Gerald Stewart (1885-1931): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Fitzroy South, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 28.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,858 +00.8 Votes cast: 43,025 91.8 +40.6 Informal votes: 964 02.2 -01.4 Formal votes: 42,061 97.8 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James SCULLIN * ALP 31,451 74.8 -03.2 Marcus Towler Nat 10,610 25.2 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,061 24.8 03.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henry Scullin (1876-1953): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1922 By, 1922, 1925 Deputy Leader of the Opposition 3 March 1927 to 26 April 1928 Leader of the Opposition from 26 April 1928 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party 3 March 1927 to 26 April 1928 Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 26 April 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scullin was elected Leader of the ALP following the retirement of Charlton. --------------------------------------------------------------------