COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BALACLAVA, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 August 1929, following the resignation of Rt Hon William Watt -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: Nationalist over Independent 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,121 -01.9 Votes cast: 45,472 82.5 -12.6 Informal votes: 769 01.7 +03.6 Formal votes: 44,703 98.3 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Francis 16,048 35.9 Thomas WHITE Nat 28,655 64.1 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,703 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis was member for Henty 1919-25. He was an independent Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Walter White (1888-1957): Elected 1929 By Born: 26 April 1888, Melbourne. Career: Educated state schools and privately. Military Service 1911- 28. Founding member RAAF. Aviator and company director. Son-in-law of Hon Alfred Deakin MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------