COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928
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Parties
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* ALP - Australian Labor Party
* CP - Country Party
* Nat - Nationalist Party

BY-ELECTIONS
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BALACLAVA, Vic                 55,121 enrolled, 45,472 (82.5%) voted
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Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda
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3 August 1929, following the resignation of Rt Hon William Watt
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1928 majority: Nationalist over Independent 13.2
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Frederick Francis                       16,048   35.9
Thomas WHITE                    Nat     28,655   64.1  (-00.9)
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769 (01.7%) informal                    44,703   14.1
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Francis was member for Henty 1919-25. He was an independent 
Nationalist candidate.
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Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By
Born: 26 April 1888, Melbourne.
Career: Educated state schools and privately. Military Service 1911-
28. Founding member RAAF. Aviator and company director. Son-in-law 
of Hon Alfred Deakin MP.
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