COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission THE SENATE ==================================================================== WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 193,035 +14.5 Votes cast: 173,198 89.7 +43.0 Informal votes: 12,805 07.4 -01.8 Formal votes: 160,393 92.6 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Barker ALP 24,171 15.1 Group A Nils Clementson ALP 32,391 20.2 James Kenneally ALP 6,898 04.3 William Carroll CP 37,270 23.2 Group B Hon Patrick Lynch * Nat 17,896 11.2 Rt Hon George Pearce * Nat 36,959 23.0 James Crawford 4,808 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneally was WA MLA for East Perth 1927-36. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 2nd count: Crawford's 4,808 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 536 11.1 24,707 15.4 Clementson 217 04.5 32,608 20.3 Kenneally 146 03.0 7,044 04.4 Carroll 1,417 29.5 38,687 24.1 Lynch * 991 20.6 18,887 11.8 Pearce * 1,501 31.2 38,460 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,808 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 3rd count: Kenneally's 7,044 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 2,388 33.9 27,095 16.9 Clementson 4,225 60.0 36,833 23.0 Carroll 170 02.4 38,857 24.2 Lynch * 197 02.8 19,084 11.9 Pearce * 64 00.9 38,524 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,044 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 4th count: Lynch's 19,084 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 378 02.0 27,473 17.1 Clementson 246 01.3 37,079 23.1 Carroll 8,661 45.4 47,518 29.6 Pearce * 9,799 51.3 48,323 30.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,084 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 5th count: Barker's 27,473 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clementson 26,298 95.7 63,377 39.5 Carroll 744 02.7 48,262 30.1 Pearce * 431 01.6 48,754 30.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,473 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 6th count: Carroll's 48,262 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clementson 2,647 05.5 66,024 41.2 PEARCE * 45,615 94.5 94,369 58.8 ELECTED 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,262 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Pearce's 36,959 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 217 00.6 24,388 15.2 Clementson 107 00.3 32,498 20.3 Kenneally 74 00.2 6,972 04.3 Carroll 5,338 14.4 42,608 26.6 Lynch * 30,610 82.8 48,506 30.2 PEARCE * E ELECTED 1 Crawford 613 01.7 5,421 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,959 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 2nd count: Crawford's 5,421 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 684 12.6 25,072 15.6 Clementson 278 05.1 32,776 20.4 Kenneally 180 03.3 7,152 04.5 Carroll 1,855 34.2 44,463 27.7 Lynch * 2,424 44.7 50,930 31.8 PEARCE * E ELECTED 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,421 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 3rd count: Kenneally's 7,152 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 2,417 33.8 27,489 17.1 Clementson 4,282 59.9 37,058 23.1 Carroll 199 02.8 44,662 27.8 Lynch * 254 03.6 51,184 31.9 PEARCE * E ELECTED 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,152 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 4th count: Barker's 27,489 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clementson 26,337 95.8 63,395 39.5 Carroll 705 02.6 45,367 28.3 Lynch * 447 01.6 51,631 32.2 PEARCE * E ELECTED 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,489 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy, 5th count: Carroll's 45,367 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clementson 1,302 02.9 64,697 40.3 LYNCH * 44,065 97.1 95,696 59.7 ELECTED 2 PEARCE * E ELECTED 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,367 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Pearce's 36,959 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 331 00.9 24,502 15.3 Clementson 161 00.4 32,552 20.3 Kenneally 163 00.4 7,061 04.4 Carroll 35,109 95.0 72,379 45.1 LYNCH * E 17,896 11.2 ELECTED 2 PEARCE * E ELECTED 1 Crawford 1,195 03.2 6,003 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,959 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Lynch's 17,896 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 302 01.7 24,804 15.5 Clementson 160 00.9 32,712 20.4 Kenneally 259 01.4 7,320 04.6 CARROLL 16,200 90.5 88,579 55.2 ELECTED 3 LYNCH * E ELECTED 2 PEARCE * E ELECTED 1 Crawford 975 05.4 6,978 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,896 160,393 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1926. Carroll, Lynch and Pearce elected for a term ending 30 June 1932. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1929): Charles GRAHAM (ALP), Walter KINGSMILL (Nat) and Edward NEEDHAM (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Carroll (1872-1936): Elected 1925 Born: 3 January 1872, Garvoc, Victoria Career: Educated Horsham, Victoria. To Western Australia during gold rush, miner. Farmer at Tammin, Western Australia. General Secretary Western Australian Primary Producers' Association. State politics: WA MLC for Eastern 1923-24 > Charles Montague Graham (1867-1938): Elected 1922 > Walter Kingsmill (1864-1935): Elected 1922 > Patrick Joseph Lynch (1867-1944): Elected 1906, 1913, 1914, 1919, 1925 > Edward Needham (1872-1956): Elected 1906. Defeated 1919. Elected 1922 > George Foster Pearce (1870-1952): Elected 1901, 1906, 1913, 1914, 1919, 1925 Minister for Home and Territories to 18 June 1926 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 18 June 1926 --------------------------------------------------------------------