COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== BARTON, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bexley, Kogarah, Oatley, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,213 +14.3 Votes cast: 60,154 96.7 +01.3 Informal votes: 2,768 04.6 +03.4 Formal votes: 57,386 95.4 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas Ley * Nat 25,070 43.7 -07.3 James TULLY ALP 32,316 56.3 +07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,386 06.3 07.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas John Ley (1879-1947): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: To Britain 1928. Convicted of murder 1946, died insane in Broadmoor Prison. Died 25 July 1947 > James Thomas Tully (1877-1962): Elected 1928 Born: 1877, South Grafton, NSW. Career: Educated state schools. Teacher and farmer, Tullamore, NSW. From 1922, teacher, Sydney. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALARE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,555 +02.0 Votes cast: 38,918 93.7 +01.8 Informal votes: 1,581 04.1 +01.9 Formal votes: 37,337 95.9 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Neville HOWSE * Nat 22,673 60.7 +01.6 James O'Donnell ALP 14,664 39.3 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,337 10.7 00.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neville Reginald Howse (1864-1930): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 Minister for Health -------------------------------------------------------------------- COOK, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Alexandria, Camperdown, Mascot, Newtown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,775 -00.7 Votes cast: 39,725 95.1 +02.9 Informal votes: 2,202 05.5 +03.5 Formal votes: 37,523 94.5 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Humphrey Earl Nat 9,197 24.5 -07.7 Edward RILEY * ALP 28,326 75.5 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,523 25.5 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Charles Riley (1892-1969): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COWPER, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Grafton, Kempsey, Macksville, Taree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 20.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,254 +02.2 Votes cast: 37,551 95.7 +02.9 Informal votes: 1,659 04.4 -02.9 Formal votes: 35,892 95.6 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Dr Earle PAGE * CP 27,556 76.8 +06.8 Thomas Swiney ALP 8,336 23.2 -06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,892 26.8 06.8 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Swiney was NSW MLA for Byron 1920-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1880-1961): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Treasurer Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- DALLEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 14.1 1925 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,037 -00.7 Votes cast: 40,239 95.7 +03.7 Informal votes: 2,319 05.8 +03.7 Formal votes: 37,920 94.2 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Albert Gardiner 5,888 15.5 Hedley Rogers Nat 7,704 20.3 -15.6 Hon Edward THEODORE * ALP 24,328 64.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,920 19.3 e 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner was a Senator for NSW 1910-26 and 1928. He was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Granville Theodore (1884-1950): Elected 1927 By, 1928 Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 5 February 1929 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 5 February 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING, NSW ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,214 +01.6 Votes cast: 35,799 86.9 +06.1 Informal votes: 1,881 05.3 +02.9 Formal votes: 33,918 94.7 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY * ALP 24,056 70.9 +05.4 Frederick Drury Nat 9,862 29.1 -05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,918 20.9 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Deputy Leader of the Opposition to 5 February 1929 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 5 February 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Glenmore, King, Paddington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,398 -03.2 Votes cast: 35,497 87.9 +02.3 Informal votes: 1,852 05.2 +03.2 Formal votes: 33,645 94.8 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Julian Simpson Nat 13,994 41.6 -04.6 John WEST * ALP 19,651 58.4 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,645 08.4 04.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Edward West (1851-1931): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EDEN-MONARO, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bega, Moss Vale, Nowra, Yass -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.6 1926 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,567 +03.2 Votes cast: 38,879 93.5 +02.1 Informal votes: 2,131 05.5 +03.8 Formal votes: 36,748 94.5 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Cusack ALP 15,590 42.4 +07.0 John PERKINS * Nat 21,158 57.6 -07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,748 07.6 07.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Cusack, see Eden-Monaro 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Arthur Perkins (1878-1954): Elected 1926 By, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GWYDIR, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,291 +03.9 Votes cast: 38,036 92.1 +04.0 Informal votes: 1,811 04.8 +02.3 Formal votes: 36,225 95.2 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubrey ABBOTT * CP 18,959 52.3 +21.5 Lou Cunningham ALP 17,266 47.7 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,225 02.3 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cunningham was member for Gwydir 1919-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975): Elected 1925, 1928 Minister for Home Affairs from 10 December 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUME, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Albury, Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga, Young -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,489 +03.7 Votes cast: 40,790 93.8 +03.1 Informal votes: 1,235 03.0 +01.4 Formal votes: 39,555 97.0 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fleming CP 10,797 27.3 +11.2 John Garry Nat 7,906 20.0 -13.5 Parker MOLONEY * ALP 20,852 52.7 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,555 04.7 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fleming was member for Robertson 1913-22. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Parker John Moloney (1879-1961): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1914. Defeated 1917. Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTER, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Cessnock, Maitland, Wallsend, Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 21.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,471 +04.4 Votes cast: 48,189 95.5 +03.3 Informal votes: 2,640 05.5 +03.7 Formal votes: 45,549 94.5 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Brown 8,073 17.7 Ernest Carr Nat 9,145 20.1 -08.6 Rowland JAMES + ALP 28,331 62.2 -09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,549 20.6 e 00.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carr was member for Macquarie 1906-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowland James (1885-1962): Elected 1928 Born: 14 June 1885, Lambton, NSW. Career: Primary education. Coalminer, NSW and Western Australia. Official, Miners' Federation. Father of Bert James MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LANG, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,638 -03.2 Votes cast: 43,314 92.9 +07.2 Informal votes: 2,314 05.3 +03.8 Formal votes: 41,000 94.7 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Elliot Johnson * Nat 19,082 46.5 -09.4 William LONG ALP 21,918 53.5 +09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,000 03.5 09.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928 Died 8 December 1932 > William John Long (1885-1957): Elected 1928 Born: 18 June 1885, Newcastle, NSW. Career: Primary education. Boilermaker, NSW Railways. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACQUARIE, NSW ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Penrith, Portland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,386 +02.0 Votes cast: 38,171 94.5 +02.1 Informal votes: 1,439 03.8 +02.2 Formal votes: 36,732 97.2 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben CHIFLEY ALP 20,155 54.9 +06.2 Arthur Manning * Nat 16,577 45.1 -06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,732 04.9 06.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur Gibson Manning (1872-1947): Elected 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: Grazier. Died 3 April 1947 > Joseph Benedict Chifley (1885-1951): Elected 1928 Born: 22 September 1885, Bathurst, NSW. Career: Primary education. NSW Railways, enginedriver. Dismissed as striker, 1917. Reinstated by Lang Government 1925. Founding member Enginedrivers Union (AFULE). Abercrombie Shire Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon, Hunters Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.8 1928 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 60,764 +14.1 Votes cast: 57,406 94.5 +00.7 Informal votes: 2,609 04.5 +02.5 Formal votes: 54,797 95.5 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Hannett ALP 23,631 43.1 +07.9 Graham PRATTEN * Nat 31,166 56.9 -07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,797 06.9 07.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Graham Pratten (1899-1977): Elected 1928 By, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW ENGLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Tamworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,824 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor THOMPSON * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Charles Thompson (1885-1968): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWCASTLE, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Adamstown, Hamilton, Newcastle, Wickham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,166 +07.9 Votes cast: 49,192 94.3 +05.2 Informal votes: 2,028 04.1 +01.4 Formal votes: 47,164 95.9 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Skelton 20,212 42.9 Hon David WATKINS * ALP 26,952 57.1 -05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,164 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Skelton was NSW MLA for Newcastle 1922-27. He was a Protestant Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Watkins (1865-1935): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Artarmon, Chatswood, Crows Nest, Milsons Point -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 21.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,181 +07.0 Votes cast: 52,188 94.6 +01.7 Informal votes: 2,718 05.2 +03.0 Formal votes: 49,470 94.8 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Howe ALP 16,736 33.8 +05.3 Rt Hon Billy HUGHES * Nat 32,734 66.2 -05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,470 16.2 05.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Howe was NSW MLA for North Sydney 1930-32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- On 10 September 1929 Hughes was one of four Nationalist members who voted in committee against the Maritime Services Bill, leading to the fall of the Government. He was expelled from the Nationalist Party as a result. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARKES, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Ashbury, Ashfield, Earlwood, Haberfield -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,428 +10.9 Votes cast: 52,768 93.5 +03.3 Informal votes: 2,627 06.4 +04.7 Formal votes: 50,141 93.6 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles MARR * Nat 28,798 57.4 -05.4 George Sherringham ALP 21,343 42.6 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,141 07.4 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Clanan Marr (1880-1960): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Honorary Minister -------------------------------------------------------------------- PARRAMATTA, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Liverpool, Parramatta, Ryde West, Sutherland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,765 +12.9 Votes cast: 54,157 93.8 +01.9 Informal votes: 2,798 05.2 +03.3 Formal votes: 51,359 94.8 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Eric BOWDEN * Nat 30,867 60.1 -05.6 Albert Rowe ALP 20,492 39.9 +05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,359 10.1 05.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Rowe, see Parramatta 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Kendall Bowden (1872-1931): Elected 1906. Defeated 1910. Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- REID, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Auburn, Bankstown, Granville, Homebush -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,298 +25.7 Votes cast: 64,442 94.4 +01.8 Informal votes: 3,186 04.9 +03.4 Formal votes: 61,256 95.1 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy COLEMAN * ALP 40,495 66.1 +11.4 George Tomlinson Nat 20,761 33.9 -11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,256 16.1 11.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Edmund Coleman (1892-1934): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHMOND, NSW ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Byron Bay, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,726 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland GREEN * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Frederick Herbert Green (1895-1947): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERINA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera, West Wyalong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,411 +01.5 Votes cast: 41,058 90.4 +04.3 Informal votes: 2,143 05.2 +03.1 Formal votes: 38,915 94.8 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Casserly ALP 16,538 42.5 -03.2 William KILLEN * CP 22,377 57.5 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,915 07.5 03.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Wilson Killen (1860-1939): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERTSON, NSW ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Gosford, Mudgee, Muswellbrook, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,571 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney GARDNER * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Lane Gardner (1884-1965): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Coogee, Kensington, Randwick, Redfern -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,720 +08.2 Votes cast: 50,086 89.9 +03.6 Informal votes: 2,297 04.6 +03.2 Formal votes: 47,789 95.4 -03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Baker Nat 21,874 45.8 -03.1 Edward RILEY * ALP 25,915 54.2 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,789 04.2 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Riley (1859-1943): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WARRINGAH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Manly, Mosman, Narrabeen, Neutral Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 30.1 1927 by-election two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 19.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,137 +05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archdale PARKHILL * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Archdale Parkhill (1879-1947): Elected 1927 By, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Waverley, Woollahra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,093 +11.4 Votes cast: 50,339 89.7 +02.0 Informal votes: 2,161 04.3 +02.5 Formal votes: 48,178 95.7 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter MARKS * Nat 29,639 61.5 -02.9 Robert O'Halloran ALP 18,539 38.5 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,178 11.5 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Halloran was NSW MLA for Eastern Suburbs 1920-27, Orange 1941-47. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Moffitt Marks (1875-1951): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- On 10 September 1929 Marks was one of four Nationalist members who voted in committee against the Maritime Services Bill, leading to the fall of the Government. He was expelled from the Nationalist Party as a result. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Southern NSW: Goulburn, Thirroul, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,297 +06.1 Votes cast: 42,149 93.1 +00.9 Informal votes: 1,900 04.5 +02.9 Formal votes: 40,249 95.5 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert LAZZARINI * ALP 24,842 61.7 +08.0 Herbert Ogilvie Nat 15,407 38.3 -08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,249 11.7 08.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hubert Peter Lazzarini (1886-1952): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,961 -08.3 Votes cast: 32,865 91.4 +04.4 Informal votes: 1,930 05.9 +03.3 Formal votes: 30,935 94.1 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack BEASLEY + ALP 25,286 81.7 +07.7 Alfred Benjamin Nat 5,649 18.3 -07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,935 31.7 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928 Born: 9 November 1895, Werribee, Victoria. Career: Educated Sydney. Electrician with Sydney City Council. President Electrical Trades Union and Sydney Trades and Labor Council 1922-28. Member NSW ALP Executive. --------------------------------------------------------------------