COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * Nat - Nationalist Party VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== The increased rate of informal votes in all South Autralian seats at this election was noted in the newspapers, but no convincing explanation was offered. ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: East Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prospect, St Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,098 -04.1 Votes cast: 40,623 92.1 +03.7 Informal votes: 4,099 10.1 +05.3 Formal votes: 36,524 89.9 -05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George McLeay Nat 16,114 44.1 -05.0 Edwin YATES * ALP 20,410 55.9 +05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,524 05.9 05.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For McLeay, see Senate South Australia 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Edwin Yates (1871-1959): Elected 1914 By, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGAS, SA ==================================================================== East of Adelaide: Angaston, Gawler, Magill, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,731 +10.9 Votes cast: 47,386 95.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 4,689 09.9 +06.0 Formal votes: 42,697 90.1 -06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter PARSONS * Nat 25,372 59.4 +09.1 Michael Woods ALP 17,325 40.6 -09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,697 09.4 09.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Langdon Parsons (1882-1951): Elected 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKER, SA ==================================================================== South-east South Australia: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Plympton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,334 +09.0 Votes cast: 46,105 95.4 +01.7 Informal votes: 4,523 09.8 +05.0 Formal votes: 41,582 90.2 -05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm CAMERON * Nat 21,883 52.6 -09.0 Ronald Hunt CP 19,699 47.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,582 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hunt was SA MHA for Victoria 1933-38. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Duncan Cameron (1873-1935): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTHBY, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,137 +06.3 Votes cast: 45,134 93.8 00.0 Informal votes: 3,886 08.6 +05.1 Formal votes: 41,248 91.4 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan-Hughes * Nat 20,582 49.9 -07.7 John PRICE ALP 20,666 50.1 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,248 00.1 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: See Wakefield 1940. > John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928 Born: 14 February 1882, Liverpool, South Australia. Career: Educated public schools. State public service, railways. President, South Australian Trades and Labor Council, South Australian ALP. Son of Hon Tom Price, SA MHA and Premier. State politics: SA MHA for Port Adelaide 1915-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Peterborough, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Streaky Bay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,938 +07.0 Votes cast: 34,917 92.0 +00.2 Informal votes: 2,839 08.1 +04.0 Formal votes: 32,078 91.9 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Blight Nat 14,174 44.2 -03.2 Andrew LACEY * ALP 17,904 55.8 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,078 05.8 03.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew William Lacey (1887-1946): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HINDMARSH, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Hindmarsh, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Thebarton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,608 +10.3 Votes cast: 51,696 94.7 +00.4 Informal votes: 4,626 08.9 +04.5 Formal votes: 47,070 91.1 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Dunks Nat 8,748 18.6 -16.2 Charles Graham 5,081 10.8 Norman MAKIN * ALP 33,241 70.6 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,070 23.3 e 08.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunks was SA MHA for Sturt 1933-38, Mitcham 1938-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman John Oswald Makin (1889-1982): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WAKEFIELD, SA ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,738 -03.3 Votes cast: 35,318 96.1 +02.8 Informal votes: 3,750 10.6 +05.6 Formal votes: 31,568 89.4 -05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice COLLINS CP 18,813 59.6 Richard Foster * Nat 12,755 40.4 -24.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,568 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: Farmer. Died 5 January 1932 > Maurice Collins (1878-1945): Elected 1928 Born: 1878, Mt Bryan, South Australia. Career: Educated South Australia. Grazier, landowner, sheepbreeder. Terowie Shire Council, Burra Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------