COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== TASMANIA ==================================================================== BASS, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale, St Leonards -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,001 00.0 Votes cast: 21,285 92.5 +04.0 Informal votes: 1,067 05.0 -00.9 Formal votes: 20,218 95.0 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Jackson * Nat 5,991 29.6 William Judd Nat 5,606 27.7 Thomas Wilson ALP 8,621 42.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,218 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Nationalist vote was 57.3%, an increase of 0.3% from the 57.0% polled by one Nationalist candidate in 1925. 2. The ALP vote of 42.6% was a decrease of 0.4% from the 43.0% polled by two ALP candidates in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Judd's 5,606 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- JACKSON * 4,745 84.6 10,736 53.1 Wilson 861 15.4 9,482 46.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,606 20,218 03.1 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Sydney Jackson (1889-1941): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARWIN, Tas ==================================================================== Northern Tasmania: Circular Head, Devonport, Emu Bay, Leven -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,496 +01.2 Votes cast: 22,078 94.0 +03.3 Informal votes: 1,385 06.3 +01.8 Formal votes: 20,693 93.7 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George BELL * Nat 14,880 71.9 James Campbell 5,813 28.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,693 21.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nationalist vote of 71.9% in 1928 was an increase of 9.4% from the 62.5% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George John Bell (1872-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DENISON, Tas ==================================================================== Hobart area: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,799 -04.4 Votes cast: 21,099 92.5 +04.0 Informal votes: 1,171 05.6 +03.5 Formal votes: 19,928 94.4 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Culley ALP 7,824 39.3 Sir John Gellibrand * Nat 9,486 47.6 -04.6 Thomas Jude ALP 2,618 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP vote was 52.4%, an increase of 4.6% from the 47.8% polled by one ALP candidate in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jude's 2,618 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CULLEY 2,204 84.2 10,028 50.3 Gellibrand * 414 15.8 9,900 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,618 19,928 00.3 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Gellibrand (1872-1945): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928 Died 3 June 1945 > Charles Ernest Culley (1877-1949): Elected 1928 Born: 16 April 1877, Broadmarch, Tasmania. Career: Primary education. Miner, Broken Hill and Tasmania. Building worker. President, Tasmanian Trades Hall Council. State politics: Tas MHA for Denison 1922-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKLIN, Tas ==================================================================== Southern Tasmania: Kingborough, Moonah, Nelson, New Norfolk -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 23,842 -00.5 Votes cast: 21,869 91.7 +05.2 Informal votes: 1,380 06.3 -00.1 Formal votes: 20,489 93.7 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Foster Nat 2,195 10.7 William McWilliams 9,121 44.5 Alfred Seabrook * Nat 9,173 44.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,489 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McWilliams was member for Franklin 1903-22. 2. The combined Nationalist vote was 55.5%, a decline of 6.3% from the 61.8% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Foster's 2,195 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McWILLIAMS 1,446 65.9 10,567 51.6 Seabrook * 749 34.1 9,922 48.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,195 20,489 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alfred Charles Seabrook (1867-1939): Elected 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: Tas MHA for Franklin 1931-34. Died 11 June 1939 > William James McWilliams (1860-1929): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- On 10 September 1929 McWilliams joined four Nationalist members who voted in committee against the Maritime Services Bill, leading to the fall of the Government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WILMOT, Tas ==================================================================== Central Tasmania: Deloraine, Evandale, Latrobe, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,352 -01.8 Votes cast: 19,822 92.8 +03.1 Informal votes: 1,839 09.3 +03.6 Formal votes: 17,983 90.7 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Llewellyn Atkinson * Nat 7,791 43.3 George Flowers 6,534 36.3 Hector McFie Nat 3,658 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Flowers was Tas MLC for Westmorland 1942-58. 2. McFie was Tas MLC for Mersey 1954-72. 3. The combined Nationalist vote was 63.6%, a decrease of 0.1% from the 63.7% polled by two Nationalist candidates in 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McFie's 3,658 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ATKINSON * 2,023 55.3 9,814 54.6 Flowers 1,635 44.7 8,169 45.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,658 17,983 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Atkinson (1867-1945): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 --------------------------------------------------------------------