COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== FORREST, WA ==================================================================== Southern Western Australia: Albany, Katanning, Nelson, Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Country Party over Nationalist 29.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,176 +21.3 Votes cast: 37,037 89.9 +49.0 Informal votes: 1,301 03.5 -05.9 Formal votes: 35,736 96.5 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Lowry ALP 13,976 39.1 John PROWSE * CP 21,760 60.9 -18.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,736 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Prowse (1871-1944): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FREMANTLE, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: Balcatta, Claremont, Fremantle, West Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: Independent over Nationalist 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,314 +12.3 Votes cast: 36,257 92.2 +37.9 Informal votes: 877 02.4 -01.5 Formal votes: 35,380 97.6 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtin ALP 14,812 41.9 +02.0 William WATSON * 20,568 58.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,380 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Curtin, see Fremantle 1928. 2. Watson's vote of 58.1% was an increase of 17.5% from the 40.6% he polled in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Watson (1864-1938): Elected 1922, 1925 Watson retired at the 1928 election. Later career: See Fremantle 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KALGOORLIE, WA ==================================================================== Outback Western Australia: Geraldton, Irwin, Kalgoorlie, Yilgarn -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,568 -04.9 Votes cast: 25,438 86.0 +27.6 Informal votes: 717 02.8 -02.3 Formal votes: 24,721 97.2 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert GREEN * ALP 14,245 57.6 +00.2 John Mullany Nat 10,476 42.4 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,721 07.6 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mullany was WA MLA for Menzies 1911-24. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Ernest Green (1869-1940): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PERTH, WA ==================================================================== Suburban Perth: East Perth, Maylands, North Perth, Subiaco -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,822 +15.6 Votes cast: 35,446 91.3 +44.5 Informal votes: 1,161 03.3 -04.6 Formal votes: 34,285 96.7 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lane ALP 12,768 37.2 +03.0 Edward MANN * Nat 21,517 62.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,285 12.8 03.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 62.8% was a decline of 3.0% from the 65.8% polled by four Nationalist candidates in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Alexander Mann (1874-1951): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN, WA ==================================================================== Country Western Australia: Canning, Guildford, Northam, Swan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,155 +33.7 Votes cast: 39,020 88.4 Informal votes: 1,269 03.3 Formal votes: 37,751 96.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Davies ALP 12,773 33.8 Henry GREGORY * CP 24,978 66.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,751 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gregory (1860-1940): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Deputy Leader of the Country Party to 1927 --------------------------------------------------------------------