COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Fortitude Valley, Ithaca, Merthyr, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,913 +02.4 Votes cast: 40,655 92.6 +01.8 Informal votes: 2,592 06.4 +03.7 Formal votes: 38,063 93.6 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Burke ALP 16,500 43.3 -00.8 Donald CAMERON * Nat 21,563 56.7 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,063 06.7 01.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Charles Cameron (1879-1960): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,285 +00.6 Votes cast: 46,218 93.8 +02.7 Informal votes: 1,728 03.7 +00.9 Formal votes: 44,490 96.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank FORDE * ALP 23,376 52.5 +00.6 Robert Staines CP 21,114 47.5 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,490 02.5 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Michael Forde (1890-1982): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Gatton, Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,145 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Littleton GROOM * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Littleton Ernest Groom (1867-1936): Elected 1901 By, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 11 October 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- As Speaker of the House, Groom declined on 10 September 1929 to cast a vote in committee which would have saved the Bruce Government from defeat on the Maritime Services Bill. This led to the fall of the Government. Groom was expelled from the Nationalist Party as a result. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Cairns, Mackay, Mirani, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,864 +11.8 Votes cast: 54,082 93.5 +03.3 Informal votes: 3,312 06.1 +01.4 Formal votes: 50,770 93.9 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George MARTENS ALP 25,462 50.2 +00.5 Dr Lewis Nott * Nat 25,308 49.8 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,770 00.2 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lewis Windermere Nott (1888-1951): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: See Australian Capital Territory 1949. > George William Martens (1874-1949): Elected 1928 Born: 1874, Mt Perry, Queensland. Career: Primary education. Bushworker, active Sugar Workers Union. Organiser, State Secretary, Australian Workers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Atherton, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 majority: none (Nationalist unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,677 -01.8 Votes cast: 28,904 88.5 Informal votes: 1,527 05.3 Formal votes: 27,377 94.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grosvenor FRANCIS * Nat 14,336 52.4 William Riordan ALP 13,041 47.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,377 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Riordan, see Kennedy 1936 by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grosvenor Arundell Francis (1873-1944): Elected 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Enoggera, Nundah, Sandgate, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,482 +16.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George MACKAY * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Hugh Mackay (1872-1961): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-west Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Roma, Stanthorpe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,273 -01.5 Votes cast: 30,150 90.6 +06.8 Informal votes: 1,289 04.3 +01.4 Formal votes: 28,861 95.7 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James HUNTER * CP 16,837 58.3 +05.7 John Reid ALP 12,024 41.7 -05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,861 08.3 05.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Aitchison Johnston Hunter (1882-1968): Elected 1921 By, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== South of Brisbane: Bremer, Coorparoo, Ipswich, Southport -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,429 +08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah FRANCIS * Nat Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Francis (1890-1964): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Buranda, Kurilpa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,618 +08.3 Votes cast: 52,178 93.8 +01.6 Informal votes: 3,376 06.5 +03.0 Formal votes: 48,802 93.5 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Baker ALP 22,579 46.3 +02.0 James BAYLEY * Nat 26,223 53.7 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,802 03.7 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Baker, see Oxley 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Garfield Bayley (1882-1968): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.5 1928 by-election majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,727 +03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1928 --------------------------------------------------------------------