COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * Nat - Nationalist Party VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== VICTORIA ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,211 +04.0 Votes cast: 53,478 95.1 -00.2 Informal votes: 2,850 05.3 +04.0 Formal votes: 50,628 94.7 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Price 18,651 36.8 Rt Hon William WATT * Nat 31,977 63.2 -06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,628 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Price was "a Nationalist, an individualist and an uncompromising opponent of the Labor Party." (The Age, 19 October 1928) -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alexander Watt (1871-1946): Elected 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Resigned seat 5 July 1929 (see By-elections) Later career: Company director. Died 13 September 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BALLAARAT, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Ballarat, Creswick, Daylesford, Warrenheip -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,969 -01.3 Votes cast: 37,826 97.1 +01.9 Informal votes: 682 01.8 +00.9 Formal votes: 37,144 98.2 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Baird Nat 17,616 47.4 -01.3 Charles McGRATH * ALP 19,528 52.6 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,144 02.6 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Baird was Vic MLA for Ballarat West 1911-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Charles McGrath (1873-1934): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1920 By, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BATMAN, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alphington, Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,112 +11.9 Votes cast: 61,629 91.8 -01.1 Informal votes: 2,170 03.5 +02.1 Formal votes: 59,459 96.5 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank BRENNAN * ALP 37,947 63.8 +04.8 Angus McDonald Nat 21,512 36.2 -04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,459 13.8 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Brennan (1880-1950): Elected 1911 By, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO, Vic ==================================================================== Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Eaglehawk, Kyneton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,000 -00.6 Votes cast: 38,267 95.7 +01.1 Informal votes: 855 02.2 +01.1 Formal votes: 37,412 97.8 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry * Nat 14,074 37.6 -15.9 Cyril James CP 7,489 20.0 James McDonald ALP 15,849 42.4 -04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,412 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McDonald was Vic MLA for Daylesford 1923, 1924-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: James's 7,489 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HURRY * 5,808 77.6 19,882 53.1 McDonald 1,681 22.4 17,530 46.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,489 37,412 03.1 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffry Hurry (1868-1951): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURKE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Blyth, Brunswick, Carlton North, Coburg -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,560 +05.8 Votes cast: 55,908 95.5 +00.9 Informal votes: 2,276 04.1 +03.0 Formal votes: 53,632 95.9 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank ANSTEY * ALP 36,835 68.7 +06.2 Leonard Smith Nat 16,797 31.3 -06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,632 18.7 06.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Anstey (1865-1940): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORANGAMITE, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Ararat, Camperdown, Colac, Stawell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,598 -02.6 Votes cast: 39,671 95.4 +03.2 Informal votes: 959 02.4 +01.1 Formal votes: 38,712 97.6 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Richard Crouch ALP 18,211 47.0 +02.5 Hon William GIBSON * CP 20,501 53.0 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,712 03.0 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crouch was member for Corio 1901-10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Gerand Gibson (1869-1955): Elected 1918 By, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Postmaster-General Deputy Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORIO, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Geelong, Newtown, Sunshine, Werribee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,386 +07.7 Votes cast: 48,220 93.8 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,223 02.5 +01.3 Formal votes: 46,997 97.5 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LISTER * Nat 27,497 58.5 +01.8 Peter Randles ALP 19,500 41.5 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,997 08.5 01.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Henry Lister (1875-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ECHUCA, Vic ==================================================================== Northern Victoria: Echuca, Kyabram, Rochester, Shepparton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 15.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,373 +00.6 Votes cast: 40,014 94.4 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,263 03.2 +01.7 Formal votes: 38,751 96.8 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Churches 15,486 40.0 Hon William HILL * CP 23,265 60.0 -05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,751 10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Churches was a Country Progressive candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Caldwell Hill (1866-1939): Elected 1919 By, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Minister for Works and Railways to 29 November 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWKNER, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Armadale, Malvern, Prahran, South Yarra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,108 -03.7 Votes cast: 42,475 92.1 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,356 03.2 +02.1 Formal votes: 41,119 96.8 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George MAXWELL * Nat 25,388 61.7 +02.3 Nicholas Roberts ALP 15,731 38.3 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,119 11.7 02.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Arnot Maxwell (1859-1935): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- On 10 September 1929 Maxwell 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic ==================================================================== South-east of Melbourne: Box Hill, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,931 +11.1 Votes cast: 60,715 95.0 +01.6 Informal votes: 2,073 03.4 +01.8 Formal votes: 58,642 96.6 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Stanley BRUCE * Nat 34,823 59.4 -03.3 Jack Holloway ALP 22,372 38.2 +00.9 Clarence Robertson 1,447 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,642 10.7 e 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Holloway, see Flinders 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883-1967): Elected 1918 By, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Prime Minister Minister for External Affairs Minister for Trade and Customs to 24 November 1928 Leader of the Nationalist Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== Eastern Victoria: Maffra, Sale, Trafalgar, Warragul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,894 -00.8 Votes cast: 42,844 95.4 +01.6 Informal votes: 1,101 02.6 -00.3 Formal votes: 41,743 97.4 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas PATERSON * CP 24,100 57.7 +13.1 Hon George Wise 17,643 42.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,743 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wise was member for Gippsland 1906-13 and 1914-22. He was an independent Liberal (The Age, 13 November 1928). His vote of 42.3% was an increase of 19.5% from his vote of 22.8% in 1925 (when he was an independent Nationalist). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Paterson (1882-1952): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 Minister for Markets to 10 December 1928 Minister for Markets and Transport from 10 December 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HENTY, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Brighton, Gardiner, Oakleigh, Sandringham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,801 +15.6 Votes cast: 70,577 94.4 -00.2 Informal votes: 2,249 03.2 +01.7 Formal votes: 68,328 96.8 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GULLETT * Nat 45,489 66.6 +15.1 Edward Stewart ALP 22,839 33.4 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,328 16.6 05.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940): Elected 1925, 1928 Minister for Trade and Customs from 24 November 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDI, Vic ==================================================================== North-east Victoria: Benalla, Croydon, Wangaratta, Warburton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,336 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul JONES ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- The sitting member since 1919, Robert Cook (Country Party), failed to lodge his nomination papers. This is the only occasion in federal parliamentary history that a member has lost his seat in this manner. Cook's lapse was particularly momentous, since the Bruce Government lost office in 1929 after being defeated in committee by one vote. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Jones (1878-1972): Elected 1928 Born: 1878, Gaffney's Creek, Victoria. Career: Educated South Melbourne College. Goldminer, teacher. Studied University of Melbourne, MA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Auburn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,832 +10.6 Votes cast: 61,885 95.5 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,773 02.9 +01.6 Formal votes: 60,112 97.1 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Hannan ALP 20,124 33.5 +01.2 Hon John LATHAM * Nat 39,988 66.5 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,112 16.5 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hannan was member for Fawkner 1913-17 and a Senator for Victoria 1924-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Greig Latham (1877-1964): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 Attorney-General Minister for Industry from 10 December 1928 Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARIBYRNONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray, Moonee Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,689 +05.4 Votes cast: 53,401 97.6 +04.0 Informal votes: 1,614 03.0 +02.0 Formal votes: 51,787 97.0 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Fenton Nat 20,765 40.1 -00.4 James FENTON * ALP 31,022 59.9 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,787 09.9 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The two Fentons were not related. (The Herald, 19 October 1928) -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Edward Fenton (1864-1950): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Carlton South, Melbourne East, Melbourne West, Newmarket -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 17.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,069 -13.9 Votes cast: 38,656 96.5 +09.3 Informal votes: 1,667 04.3 +02.0 Formal votes: 36,989 05.7 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr William MALONEY * ALP 27,532 74.4 +07.4 Norman O'Brien Nat 9,457 25.6 -07.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,989 24.4 07.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robert Nuttal Maloney (1854-1940): Elected 1904 By, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PORTS, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Albert Park, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Williamstown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,429 -07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MATHEWS * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Mathews (1863-1934): Elected 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-west Victoria: Casterton, Hamilton, Horsham, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,383 +01.0 Votes cast: 40,565 95.7 +00.6 Informal votes: 742 01.8 +00.2 Formal votes: 39,823 98.2 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McNeill ALP 18,807 47.2 +04.9 Hon Arthur RODGERS * Nat 21,016 52.8 +10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,823 02.8 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- McNeill was member for Wannon 1922-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers (1875-1936): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922. Elected 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIMMERA, Vic ==================================================================== North-west Victoria: Kerang, Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 majority: Country Progressive over Independent 27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,789 +02.5 Votes cast: 46,033 92.5 +04.8 Informal votes: 1,090 02.4 -00.7 Formal votes: 44,943 97.6 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Harris CP 18,716 41.6 Hon Percy STEWART * 26,227 58.4 -19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,943 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Gerald Stewart (1885-1931): Elected 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart was a Country Progressive candidate. On 10 September 1929 he joined four Nationalist members who voted in committee against the Maritime Services Bill, leading to the fall of the Government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- YARRA, Vic ==================================================================== Inner Melbourne: Abbotsford, Collingwood, Fitzroy South, Richmond -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,993 -08.2 Votes cast: 40,228 93.6 +01.8 Informal votes: 2,115 05.3 +03.1 Formal votes: 38,113 94.7 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cecil Keeley Nat 9,618 25.2 +00.0 James SCULLIN * ALP 28,495 74.8 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,113 24.8 no swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henry Scullin (1876-1953): Elected 1910. Defeated 1913. Elected 1922 By, 1922, 1925, 1928 Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Australian Labor Party --------------------------------------------------------------------