COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== THE SENATE ==================================================================== NEW SOUTH WALES (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,335,660 +05.4 Votes cast: 1,244,918 93.2 +02.9 Informal votes: 109,720 08.8 +02.4 Formal votes: 1,135,198 91.2 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Dooley ALP 561,149 49.4 Group A James Dunn ALP 24,618 02.2 Arthur Rae ALP 18,505 01.6 Percy Abbott * CP 200,089 17.6 Group B Hon Richard Orchard Nat 305,355 26.9 Hon Josiah Thomas * Nat 25,482 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,135,198 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Rae was a Senator for NSW 1910-14. 2. Orchard was MHR for Nepean 1913-19. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 2nd count: Rae's 18,505 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dooley 4,448 24.0 565,597 49.8 Dunn 10,871 58.7 35,489 03.1 Abbott * 1,886 10.2 201,975 17.8 Orchard 865 04.7 306,220 27.0 Thomas * 435 02.4 25,917 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,505 1,135,198 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 3rd count: Thomas's 25,917 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dooley 644 02.5 566,241 49.9 Dunn 446 01.7 35,935 03.2 Abbott * 3,705 14.3 205,680 18.1 Orchard 21,122 81.5 327,342 28.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,917 1,135,198 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 4th count: Dunn's 35,935 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DOOLEY 31,257 87.0 597,498 52.6 ELECTED 1 Abbott * 3,037 08.5 208,717 18.4 Orchard 1,641 04.6 328,983 29.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,935 1,135,198 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Dooley's 561,149 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DOOLEY E ELECTED 1 DUNN 548,619 97.8 573,237 50.5 ELECTED 2 Rae 8,125 01.4 26,630 02.3 Abbott * 2,257 00.4 202,346 17.8 Orchard 1,388 00.2 306,743 27.0 Thomas * 760 00.1 26,242 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 561,149 1,135,198 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Dooley's 561,149 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DOOLEY E ELECTED 1 DUNN E 24,618 02.2 ELECTED 2 RAE 552,046 98.4 570,551 50.3 ELECTED 3 Abbott * 5,127 00.9 205,216 18.1 Orchard 2,480 00.4 307,835 27.1 Thomas * 1,496 00.3 26,978 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 561,149 1,135,198 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1929. Dooley, Dunn and Rae elected for a term ending 30 June 1935. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1932): Charles COX (Nat), Walter DUNCAN (Nat), Hon Walter MASSY- GREENE (Nat). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Percy Phipps Abbott (1869-1940): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928 Died 9 September 1940 > Charles Frederick Cox (1863-1944): Elected 1919, 1925 > John Braidwood Dooley (1883-1961): Elected 1928 Born: 11 November 1883, Tumbarrumba, NSW Career: Educated state schools, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Shearer, miner. Organiser, Rural Workers Union, Railway Workers Union and Australian Workers Union. > Walter Leslie Duncan (1883-1947): Elected 1919, 1925 > James Patrick Digger Dunn (1888-1945): Elected 1928 Born: 1888, Liverpool, England Career: Primary education. Migrated 1903. Miner, shearer. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Sydney Vice-President Iron Trades Federation. Military Service 1915-19. > Walter Massy-Greene (1874-1952): Appointed 1923. Elected 1925 > Arthur Rae (1860-1943): Elected 1910. Defeated 1914. Elected 1928 > Josiah Thomas (1863-1933): Elected 1917. Defeated 1919. Elected 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: Worked for British Empire League Died 5 February 1933 --------------------------------------------------------------------